Jacko TV |Two Brothers, Three Stooges |Alicia Keys Jacko TV: Ed Bradley’s Hat Is in the Ring The wacky world of Michael Jackson is getting more and more complicated to explain, let alone follow. I told you last week that Jackson’s managers-du-jour, Dieter Wiesner and Ronald Konitzer, were putting together …
Read More »Pro-Saddam and Anti-American Feelings Permeate Arab World
And now the most engaging two minutes in television, the latest from the wartime grapevine: FOX Fans: Missed the Grapevine? Watch it in the Screening Room! Scarce Support Even as Saddam Hussein’s statue was tumbling down in that square in Baghdad, there was fresh evidence across the Arab world of …
Read More »Brazilian police arrest US sect leader wanted on sex charges
RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian authorities said Saturday they arrested a self-professed minister put on a U.S. most-wanted list for allegedly molesting two girls in a “Maidens Group” at his religious fellowship in rural Minnesota. A statement posted on the website of the Public Security Secretariat for the Rio Grande …
Read More »Church says Canadian pastor missing in North Korea
TORONTO – A Canadian church says its senior pastor has been missing in North Korea since late January. Lisa Pak, a spokeswoman for the Light Korean Presbyterian Church in Toronto, said Tuesday that Reverend Hyeon Soo Lim travelled to North Korea on Jan. 31 as part of a regular humanitarian …
Read More »9 injured after knife attack at China train station
At least two assailants armed with knives attacked people at a train station in southern China on Friday, injuring nine, and police fatally shot one of the suspects, officials said. The second suspect was captured, police in the city of Guangzhou said in a statement. The incident was still under …
Read More »Czech government approves sale of 15 Czech-made light combat planes to Iraq
PRAGUE – The Czech Republic’s government says it has approved a deal to deliver 15 Czech-made light combat planes to Iraq. Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky says the military will sell the subsonic L-159 planes for 750 million koruna ($30 million) back to the maker, Aero Vodochody, which will then broker …
Read More »EU lawmakers demand inquiry into Nemstov 'political murder', deplore Russian repression
BRUSSELS – European Union lawmakers are demanding an international investigation into the killing of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemstov, calling it the “most significant political murder in recent Russian history.” The resolution adopted Thursday also expressed concern that parliamentarians and diplomats were refused entry into Russia to attend Nemtsov’s funeral. …
Read More »Key facts about Israel's election: the system, parties and forming a government
JERUSALEM – Key facts about Israel’s general election: — What’s at stake: Voters will elect a 120-member parliament, or Knesset, Israel’s 20th. Citizens vote for party lists, not individual candidates. Seats are allocated in the Knesset according to the percentage of the national vote the parties win. — Who’s running: …
Read More »Death, taxes and winning re-election: British government unveils last budget before election
LONDON – The British budget to be unveiled Wednesday will be driven by three certainties: death, taxes and the desire of incumbent governments to win re-election. Treasury chief George Osborne will, as tradition dictates, carry a battered red briefcase containing his budget into the House of Commons before outlining his …
Read More »US, Italy, Saudi Arabia lead strategy effort to hurt Islamic State group's funding, assets
ROME – Rome has hosted a first meeting to combat the Islamic State group’s funding and other financial resources. The two-day meeting was co-chaired by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Italy. It ended Friday with an action plan that the Italian foreign ministry said aimed to “to drain the …
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