The U.S. military is refuting claims made by the Iraqi Government that the leader of the terrorist group Al-Qaeda in Iraq – one Abu Ayyub al-Masri, AKA Abu Hamza al-Muhajir – has been arrested.
According to U.S. military spokeswoman Maj. Peggy Kageleiry, the issue is one of mistaken identity... Read More

Now that Republicans have their nominee in John McCain, it’s time to focus on a former frontrunner – Rudolph Giuliani.

Early polls showed Rudy leading potential rivals, and this continued throughout the year. Many saw “America’s Mayor” as a shoo-in for the nomination.

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In the wake of Tuesday’s primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, it appears that 2008 may not be Hillary Clinton’s year after all.

Although the New York senator has vowed to keep fighting, her options continue to narrow. According to many experts, Obama’s share of pledged delegates a... Read More

Lt. Uhura said it best in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: “Be careful what you wish for, soon you may get it.”

Boy, the Labour party could use a man like Tony Blair again. While the Labour party grew tired of ten years of Tony Blair, they are ready to bounce Gordon Brown a... Read More

The poor showing of Gordon Brown’s Labour party in local elections shows that politics in the United Kingdom are a lot like politics in the United States, namely that when a party stays in power too long, voter fatigue sets in. The Labour party has been in power in Parliament since 1997. Gordon Brow... Read More

Those who have survived the cylcone that claimed over 22,000 lives in Burma are forced to find substinence by drinking coconut milk while they wait for aide, according to the Times Online.

As the floodwaters recede from the Irrawaddy delta, blackened bodies of people and animals have ... Read More

A recent London Times poll reveals that a clear majority of Labour Party supporters would like Gordon Brown to quit his post as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

Brown has served as his country’s leader for only a year, yet over 50 percent of Labour voters already feel tha... Read More

In a recent campaign speech, GOP nominee John McCain pledged to appoint conservative justices in the mold of John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court if he is elected president.

“I will look for accomplished men and women with a proven record of excellence in the law, ... Read More

At least a dozen nuns from St. Mary’s Convent near Notre Dame University were prevented from voting in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Indiana.

The nuns – all of them in their 80s and 90s – were not allowed to exercise their franchise because none of them possessed a valid photo ID c... Read More

The Democratic battle may have just gone into sudden death.

Illinois Senator Barack Obama was declared the definite winner of the North Carolina primary earlier this evening. He beat rival Hillary Clinton with 57 percent of the vote to her 43 percent. So far, 89 percent of precincts h... Read More

Barack Obama is the projected winner of North Carolina’s Democratic primary. Obama beat Clinton by a margin of 65-35, receiving a large share of the state’s 115 delegates. Exit polls suggest that Obama won an overwhelming 91 percent of the black vote while Clinton won 59 percent of the white vote. <... Read More