Israel's next government is shaping up to be a narrow conservative coalition after designated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to strike a deal on Friday with the moderate Kadima Party. "Unfortunately, I encountered a complete refusal for unity, a complete refusal to create joint teams to reach arrangements in order to find a common ground," Netanyahu told reporters after meeting with Kadima leader, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. "I found no willingness for unity by Livni." Israel's other major ...

President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress may be one of the best political speeches of the last few decades. It will certainly be remembered for its cadence, passion, and a degree of astute articulation which has been missing from the national debate recently. What the speech did lay out is a road map for getting the economy back in shape and then keeping it expanding. What it did not do, despite its own claims, was say how ...

Days after being chosen to form the next Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu met with moderate party leaders in an attempt to lure them into a government under his leadership. Netanyahu, who heads the conservative Likud movement, made no real progress in his separate talks with Kadima party leader, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Labor party leader Defense Minister Ehud Barak. "I am not going to give up on this," Netanyahu said Monday. "I want to try and make every possible ...

The first photos of Tiger Woods cradling his new baby boy have been released amid speculation that the injured world number one could announce a return to competitive golf "any day now." Charlie Axel Woods was born on Sunday, February 8, and is the second child for Woods and his wife Elin. He's pictured here with his 20-month-old sister Sam their dogs Yogi and Taz, who is seen planting a well-timed lick on Tiger's face. Woods had been waiting for ...

Tiger Woods is set to return "in the next few weeks" according to his long-time caddie Steve Williams. The date of the world number one's return to competitive golf has been the subject of fevered speculation, but Williams has thrown some further light on his readiness in an interview with Television New Zealand. "He is ready to go anytime in the next few weeks," Williams said. "He is about 90 per cent but he won't play unless he is 100 ...

The quickest way to help the auto industry would be to make sure that no one in the U.S. defaults on a car loan. Certainly the government could make sure that people who are employed and do not have a history of being deadbeats get a portion of their car loans paid. When cars are repossessed and go onto the market to be sold as "used," that drives down the entire market for similar vehicles. A surfeit of well-maintained cars ...