U.N. patent agency overcomes deadlock over budget
GENEVA (Reuters) - Diplomatic tensions surrounding the U.N. patent agency eased on Monday after member states approved a budget increase that had been blocked in a dispute over its chief.
Bush seeks to salvage legacy at NATO, Putin summits
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush left on Monday for his farewell NATO summit and a final heads-of-state meeting with Russia's Vladimir Putin as he tries to salvage…
Why This Rabbi Supports Obama
NEIGHBORLY CONVERSATION By Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf Jewish Standard Published on 03/28/2008 Barack Obama is more than a presidential candidate to me; he’s also my neighbor. …
Few Women, Blacks Elected in Pa.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Voters in Pennsylvania rarely elect black and female candidates....…
Democrats face summer of bitter infighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supporters of Barack Obama backed away on Sunday from calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of…
Fact Check: Obama and Oil Money
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic Sen. Barack Obama has seized on a key feature of voters' economic concerns - rising fuel prices - and is casting himself as the candidate who…
Boos for Bush
There's a reason President Bush almost never appears before members of the general public: They really don't like him. …
Dem elite working for June solution
Party elders tilting against Clinton's hopes for keeping the nomination contest open indefinitely.…
United States reopens ransacked Belgrade embassy
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The consular section of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade will re-open to the public on Tuesday, the embassy said in a statement on Monday.
Belarus seeks new reduction in U.S. embassy staff
MINSK (Reuters) - Ex-Soviet Belarus, locked in a diplomatic row over sanctions and human rights with Washington, has asked for a second reduction in staffing at the U.S. embassy in…
