Suicide bombing kills 5 in northwest Pakistan

Suicide bombing kills 5 in northwest Pakistan

Suicide bombing kills 5 in northwest Pakistan

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 09:55 PM PST

A police officer says a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including three policemen.


Magnitude 5.5 earthquake hits Iran, USGS reports

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 11:13 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A shallow magnitude 5.5 earthquake hit northwest Iran on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Quick Post-Election Thoughts

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 06:06 PM PST

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama embrace on Election Night (via @BarackObama) My main concern right now is a Republican Party that can win elections and majorities again, and do that for the conservative movement. Now is the hour of our discontent, when all of the factions inside the GOP turn on [...]


Presidents, Candidate, and Their Voices

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:39 PM PST

Watching Obamas victory from Moscow, wondering what comes next

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:21 PM PST

MOSCOW Russians kept a lively watch overnight on the U.S. elections. The government-supported 24-hour television station provided constant, and straightforward, coverage. Independent newspapers blogged, and the world of Twitter buzzed with who was ahead and where.

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Bombs hit pro-Assad Damascus district, Syria's sectarian divide widens

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:38 PM PST

A crowd gathers at the site of an explosion in Hai al-Wuroud, near DamascusAMMAN (Reuters) - Multiple bomb explosions on Wednesday hit a hilltop area in Damascus populated by members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawite sect, marking escalation of sectarian attacks in a conflict that has deepened religious Middle East divides. The attack occurred a day after deadly tit-for-tat attacks in segregated neighborhoods of the capital, deepening the divide between the Alawite sect, an offshoot of Shi'ite Islam backed by Iran that has ruled Syria since the 1960s, and Sunnis leading the 19-month revolt against the Assad family rule. ...

Cyprus, lenders resume talks on Friday: government spokesman

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:37 PM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - International lenders resume bailout talks with Cyprus on Friday, authorities said, in an attempt to secure badly needed financial aid by the end of the year for an island exposed to Greece's debt meltdown. A team representing the lenders, known as the troika, would arrive on Thursday and talks would resume on Friday, Cypriot government spokesman Stefanos Stefanou said in a statement. He said the aim was to "secure an agreement on the program for a loan" to Cyprus. ...


Americans Celebrate President Barack Obama's Victory

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:45 PM PST

Voters Reject Divisive GOP Strategy. Can Obama And The House Deliver The Compromises The Electorate Wants?

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:45 PM PST

The exit polls showed that 70 percent of Americans want bipartisanship and conciliatory government. They are unlikely to get it.


After Election Night, A House Still Divided In Washington

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:39 PM PST

After election day, division wins as Washington DC to remain as divided as ever.


Payroll Tax Be Gone: Angel Investor Ron Conway Discusses Election Victory In San Francisco

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:37 PM PST

Angel of tech: Ron Conway (credit: TechCrunch) "This is about jobs," angel investor Ron Conway told me earlier today as he anxiously awaited a vote tally on the proposition he backed in San Francisco. Conway might just be tech's most prolific early-stage investor. And now, he's shaping policy in tech's mecca. [...]


Romney In Defeat: 'I Pray That The President Will Be Successful'

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:30 PM PST

After suffering what appears to be a solid defeat in both the electoral and popular vote,  Mitt Romney was gracious in his concession speech tonight, telling a room packed with crushed supporters that "This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be [...]


Americans Celebrate President Barack Obama's Victory

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:34 PM PST

Hu Jintao's legacy: A strong but strained China

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 09:45 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 8, 2012 file photo, Chinese President Hu Jintao waves as he arrives for the Leaders Meeting at the APEC summit in Vladivostok, Russia. As Hu steps down as head of China's Communist Party after 10 years in power, he's hearing something unusual for a Chinese leader: sharp criticism. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev, File)As Hu Jintao steps down as head of China's Communist Party after 10 years in power, he's hearing something unusual for a Chinese leader: sharp criticism.

The Anatomy of a Re-Election

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:14 PM PST

President Barack Obama has won and the exit polls show why. First and foremost, the share of the electorate that is white dropped from 74% in 2008 to 72%. African Americans accounted for 13% of the total, Hispanics 10%, and Asian Americans and others 5%. The white percentage of the [...]


Americans Celebrate President Barack Obama's Victory

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:14 PM PST

Mitt Romney Supporters React To President Obama's Reelection

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 05:08 PM PST

Photos of the Forbes Most Powerful People


President Obama 2.0: What Happens Now?

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 04:03 PM PST

Forbes editor Randall Lane and political strategist Douglas Schoen?s insights for second Obama term.


Best Fictional Presidents

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 03:41 PM PST

Our top film and TV presidents include a few too good to be true and some we're glad are fiction.


Obama still enjoys wide popular support overseas, but with reservations

Posted: 06 Nov 2012 10:43 PM PST

Four years ago, the world exalted in the election of America's first black president, seeing in Barack Obama an affirmation of the American dream and the prospect of dramatic possibility after eight years under George W. Bush.

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