CIA Director Petraeus resigns after an extra marital affair
Posted on November 13, 2012
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CIA Director Petraeus resigns after an extra marital affair
CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post after an extramarital affair with his autobigrapher Paula Broadwell. Petraeus disclosed the affair in a letter released to the CIA work force on Friday afternoon, writing: “Such behavior is unacceptable, both as a husband and as the leader of an organization such as ours.” Petraeus told President [...]
Obama wants wealthy to pay more in taxes
Posted on November 10, 2012
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Obama wants wealthy to pay more in taxes
WASHINGTON —President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are signaling they’re open to some compromise on a taxes and spending to prevent more financial pain in the new year, but the two sides are digging in on raising taxes for wealthier Americans. President Barack Obama says he won’t accept a plan to avert the [...]
President Barack Obama’s victory speech and Mitt Romney Speech in full
Posted on November 7, 2012
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President Barack Obama’s victory speech and Mitt Romney Speech in full
Barack Obama addresses crowds in Chicago as he is re-elected US President.
Putin sents telegram congratulating Barack Obama over re election
Posted on November 7, 2012
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Putin sents telegram congratulating Barack Obama over re election
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent Barack Obama a telegram congratulating his US counterpart on victory in presidential elections, a Kremlin spokesman said on Wednesday. The Kremlin received the news of Obama’s victory over Mitt Romney “very positively,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was quoted as saying by [...]
Barack Obama relected as US president
Posted on November 7, 2012
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Barack Obama relected as US president
Barack Obama clinched a second term as US president, defeating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney after a long and bitter campaign. Romney conceded shortly after midnight, delivering a brief speech to a subdued crowd of supporters at his Boston headquarters where he said he would “pray that the president will be successful in guiding our [...]
US presidential voting under way
Posted on November 6, 2012
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US presidential voting under way
Polls opened in the first clutch of eastern states — including battlegrounds New Hampshire and Virginia — from 6:00 am (1100 GMT), with the rest of the country’s six mainland time zones following suit through the day. A winner could be known by midnight. Turnout will be crucial. The most expensive campaign in history, and [...]
Obama leads Mitt Romney by 0.2 percent in polls
Posted on November 4, 2012
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Obama leads Mitt Romney by 0.2 percent in polls
President Obama and Mitt Romney are fighting for last minute votes on Sunday and Monday in what could turn out to be an historically close presidential election. The average of polls compiled by the Real Clear Politics gives Obama a lead of 0.2 percent in the popular vote — 47.4% to 47.2^%. That would leave 5.4% undecided. In [...]
Point Pleasant, New Jersey residents survey destruction after Hurricane Sandy
Posted on November 1, 2012
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Point Pleasant, New Jersey residents survey destruction after Hurricane Sandy
Residents of the seaside town of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, survey the damage caused by superstorm Sandy.
US dismisses terrorist Hafeez Muhammad Saeed 10 million USD offer for aid of Super Storm Sandy Victims
Posted on November 1, 2012
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US dismisses terrorist Hafeez Muhammad Saeed 10 million USD offer for aid of Super Storm Sandy Victims
America dismissed the offer of humanitarian aid for superstorm Sandy victims from 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind, Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief terrorist Hafeez Muhammad Saeed for whom the US has offered a bounty of USD 10 million. “As you all well know, Saeed is believed to be behind organising the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack in which 166 people were [...]
Hurricane Sandy leaves northeastern United States fighting floodwaters and power outages
Posted on October 31, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy leaves northeastern United States fighting floodwaters and power outages
The northeastern United States battled epic flood waters and lengthy power outages on Tuesday after the massive Hurricane Sandy pummeled the coast with a record storm surge, high winds and heavy rains that killed at least 45 people and caused billion of dollars in losses. Millions of people in New York City and other hard-hit areas will [...]
Datacenters could be amongst Sandy’s virtual victims as storm continues destructive path
Posted on October 29, 2012
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Datacenters could be amongst Sandy’s virtual victims as storm continues destructive path
The unprecedented storm Hurricane Sandy has already left thousands without power in Virginia, the home of data centers that keep popular sites like Amazon, Google, Netflix and Apple up and running. Damage to these server centers could potentially spark outages that would affect nearly everyone using the Web, given that Amazon’s cloud powers over one percent [...]
Hurricane Sandy can transform into a “super storm”
Posted on October 29, 2012
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Hurricane Sandy can transform into a “super storm”
Hurricane Sandy strengthened overnight off the mid-Atlantic coast and was expected to bring a “life-threatening storm surge” that forecasters warned could hit New York City with a wall of water up to 11 feet high. Maximum sustained winds of about 85 miles per hour were recorded 385 miles southeast of New York City early Monday. [...]