The Municipal Council of the northeast Bulgarian city of Dobrich adopted Tuesday a declaration recognizing the genocide over the Armenian people in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1922. Twenty-five of the total of 32 municipal counselors voted in favor of ...
The project of the Bulgarian Burgas Municipality "Let Us Unite Our Efforts" under the EU URBACT II Program envisaging partnership with five other European cities has been approved, the private Darik Radio reported. Under the project a partnership netw...
Parliament sets up a constitutional commission in mid-May; in late May the new version of the Constitution is okayed by the Constitutional Court and gets preliminary approval from a simple majority in parliament; in September the document collects the required
Zimbabwe's police chief has accused the political opposition of rigging the election held last March, saying that the act was "evil" and a "new phenomenon." Augustine Chihuri went on to charge the opposition and various human rights groups with orchestrating
Three more American soldiers died Tuesday, bringing April’s death toll to 47 a seven-month high according to U.S. military officials. Two soldiers were killed in the northwestern part of Baghdad by a roadside bomb and small-arms fire. Another soldier died
A month and a half ago, Barack Obama refused to condemn a man who had been his pastor for two decades. Now, in the wake of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s appearance before the National Press Club, the Illinois senator is changing
I have been watching wrestling since 1982 and I still think it was in poor taste that the 3 presidential candidates (Obama, Clinton, and McCain) were pandering for votes on Monday Night Raw last week. Vince McMahon is one of
Barrack Obama certainly knows politics. This Reverend Wright controversy would not rest and I think Senator Obama’s denunciation of Wright should put the issue to bed for good. Obama’s attendance at a Church where Wright was the pastor is not
Like the war in Iraq, the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama continues to rage on with no end in sight. Although this idea is not original, I feel the need to state it anyway: The powers-that-be in
There is never a better indicator of character than when disaster strikes and people need help to prevent starvation.An excellent story on this point is running in today's Washington "In India, Even Gods Are Going Hungry", among other items, it
There are so many things you can do with a $10 Amazon Gift Certificate. You can buy a whole load of paperback books to read during the summer, for starters. Maybe you can even find a small gift for Father's
After days of largely ignoring the media blitz his former pastor has waged, Barack Obama reversed course and denounced the Rev. Jeremiah Wright in the strongest and most direct terms yet on Tuesday. It was a decision that may help
For months, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have dominated political advertising. Increasingly, they are not alone. Partisan groups and the political parties are pushing their way onto the airwaves, often with negative ads that are adding an even more
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has backed out of a special meeting in Palatine that many hoped would ease the friction over a sales tax increase that has escalated to a discussion of secession from the county.
The release of Nassim Nisr, a man of Lebanese origin who has also held Israeli citizenship for a number of years, will be put on hold for another week or so, according to reports published Tuesday by the Israeli daily
The Provincial Council of Barcelona and the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in cooperation with the Technical Office of Lebanese Cities and the Tyre municipality, held a conference in the southern city of Tyre on Tuesday with the aim
The establishment of the UN tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has moved one step closer, as the UN announced on Tuesday that the tribunal's registrar was formally taking office this week. As
Israeli officials are extremely concerned about Hizbullah's growing strength in South Lebanon, Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz told US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Monday. Hizbullah controls southern Lebanon and enjoys a "complete hold" over the area, Mofaz said.
Parliamentary majority leader MP Saad Hariri said on Tuesday that he was certain a new Lebanese president would be elected on May 13. bSpeaking after a meeting with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Hariri also said he had no objections to
