The Guardian:
President Barack Obama is considering setting a provisional target for cutting America's huge greenhouse gas emissions, removing the greatest single obstacle to a landmark global agreement to fight climate change.The Observer has learnt that administration officials have been consulting international negotiators and key pl (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
With today's poll suggesting a shrinking Tory lead, David Cameron could find himself governing with a tiny majority or none at allA spectre is stalking the corridors of Westminster, the spectre of a hung parliament. The prospect induces a jostle of emotions: a rare sensation of hope for Labour people, a creeping dread withi (Read More)
The Guardian:
African version of Spitting Image has delighted big audiences by ridiculing corrupt politiciansA rapping president describes himself as "a real bad dude"; a prime minister and vice-president fight over lavatories; and a set of parliamentarians suffer from a brain disease called "corruptophaelia".Welcome to Kenya, as seen an (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
A Tory landslide seemed inevitable at the next general election. But recent soundings show a different trend as Labour benefits from optimism about the economyAlastair Campbell is not normally one to trash the state of the nation under a Labour government. But in a recent post on his blog he listed a stack of reasons to be (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Ministers in minority governments live from day to day, hoping to find the right moment to call the general election that will give them a decisive majority but fearing that it will be forced on them at a time when their unpopularity guarantees defeat. They may hang on for years – as we in Labour did in the 1970s – but the (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
After the success of Steve McQueen and Sam Taylor-Wood, the UK Film Council aims to fund debuts by a new crop of artists turned film-makersFirst came Turner prize-winner Steve McQueen's gritty film Hunger, about the IRA prisoner Bobby Sands. Full of soul-searching and menace, it was the toast of the Cannes film festival las (Read More)
The Guardian:
Hajj is meant to bring Muslims together in brotherhood. But in 2009, more than ever, security is getting in the way"The hajj is one of the great cultural and spiritual events on earth, but one which most of us know far less about than we do about things that happen in outer space and under the sea", says Taran Davies co-pro (Read More)
Reuters:
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Two Pakistan cabinet ministers could face prosecution on corruption charges after a graft amnesty introduced in 2007 expires next week, a government list of possible defendants showed on Saturday.
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LA Times:
Executives are reportedly considering 'serious disciplinary action' against someone in the control room. Also: a sour note on Obama's tweets; Huckabee defends Obama. A few weeks ago, Fox News had the White House on the defensive. Network (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
Derrick T. Dortch, president of the Diversa Group, is a career counselor who specializes in government job searches and military transition. This is adapted from a recent chat at washingtonpost.com.
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washingtonpost.com - Sunday Outlook:
Last October, the president of the island nation of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, made all his ministers put on diving gear and held the first underwater cabinet meeting in history. His point? If nothing is done to slow global warming at next month's United Nations climate-change conference in Copen...
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feeds.latimes.com:
Weekly Remarks by President Obama, as provided by the White HouseHi. I’m recording this message from Seoul, South Korea, as I finish up my first presidential trip to Asia. As we emerge from the worst recession in generations, there is nothing more important than to do everything we can to get our economy moving again and p (Read More)
L.A. Times - Home & Garden:
Stacey Coleman's 'contemporary cabinet of curiosities' takes over another storefront, all the better to display the odd and artistic. Stacey Coleman calls his Pasadena gallery Gold Bug "a contemporary cabinet of curiosities," but after his recent expansion, the (Read More)
Reuters:
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis has said he would consider postponing his retirement if directors need more time to find a successor or smooth the transition to the next CEO, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Washington Post:
Days before Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is to be welcomed in the White House as the first state visitor hosted by President Obama, two perceived missteps by the Obama administration have Indian officials concerned that New Delhi suddenly has been relegated to the second tier of U.S.-Asian...
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