Clinton slams Israel on housing announcement

Mar. 12 | WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday delivered a stinging rebuke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his government’s announcement this week of new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem, calling it “a...

States may hold onto tax refunds for months

Mar. 12 | Residents eager to get their state tax refunds may have a long wait this year: The recession has tied up cash and caused officials in half a dozen states to consider freezing refunds, in one case for as long as five months. States from New York to Hawaii...

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican

Mar. 10 | Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for...

Canadian dollar likely to trump US greenback

Mar. 10 | OTTAWA (AFP) – The Canadian dollar, or loonie as it is affectionately called here, is likely to soar above parity with the US greenback this year, experts at a Canadian bank said Wednesday. Canadian Imperial Bank of Canada (CIBC) chief economist Avery...

Biden: US to prevent nuclear Iran

Mar. 9 | US Vice President Joe Biden expressed America’s “absolute, total, unvarnished commitment to Israel’ security” at a press conference in Jerusalem following a meeting with Prime Minster Binyamin Netanyahu Monday morning. As such,...

Male Sexual Harassment? Eric Massa (D-NY) to resign from Congress

Mar. 5 | New York Rep. Eric Massa will resign his House seat on Monday at 5 p.m., he said in a statement Friday, a move that comes just days after he announced his plans to retire at the end of the year. “A member of my staff believed I had made statements...