LA PAZ, BOLIVIA leftist president, Evo Morales, vowed Monday to increase state control over the economy and strengthen political power for indigenous groups, a day after exit polls showed that he was reelected in a landslide.Bolivia's top electora
TEHRAN state television will ban makeup for women, abnormal music and unruly children, an Iranian newspaper reported Wednesday.The broadcaster's top manager, Ezzatollah Zarghami, told his managers that female presenters wearing makeup are to be
WASHINGTON Copies of e-mails between the White House party crashers and a Pentagon official undermine their claims that they were invited to President Barack Obama's first state dinner. Tareq and Michaele Salahi pressed the friendly Pentagon aide f
We were invited, not crashers, and there isn't anyone that would have the audacity or the poor behavior to do that. The White House is 'the house' and no one would do that, certainly not us, said Michaele Salahi, who appeared with her husband Tareq
A group of developing nations has agreed a common position in a bid to pressure rich countries during crunch climate talks in Copenhagen after low-key talks in China, state media said Sunday. Representatives from China, India, Brazil, South Africa a
BEIJING - A Chinese court has started to hear the first civil lawsuit seeking compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal, state-run media reported Saturday. A district court in Beijing on Friday began hearing a case filed by Ma Xuexin, whose
Sweden’s prime minister has ruled out a government bail-out for Saab auto and warned that European leaders must not stand in the way of efforts to tackle overcapacity in the car industry.Fredrik Reinfeldt said his government would offer credit guara
WASHINGTON Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq S
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