President Obama told nation’s largest gay rights group that his administration is “moving forward” with the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. “We should not be punishing patriotic Americans serving this country,” Obama said.
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Poland signs EU Treaty, only Czech Republic left to ratify
The Polish president on Saturday signed his country’s ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, aimed at streamlining the workings of the European Union. President Lech Kaczynski’s approval of the treaty leaves the Czech Republic as the lone country that has not ratified the document
The view from Egypt: Jumping the gun on the peace prize?
When President Barack Obama came to Cairo in June and made his address to the Muslim world, reaction in Egypt was wildly positive. Many Egyptians had fallen in love with the new young American president with an Arabic middle name.
Praise and skepticism greet Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
The surprise decision to award U.S.
Argentina ‘death pilot’ held in Spain
A Spanish judge Tuesday ordered an Argentine pilot to be kept in prison in Madrid, Spain, until a decision is made about whether he should be extradited to his home country on charges that he participated in “death flights.” Former Argentine Navy Lt.
Pilots charged with Argentina dirty war ‘death flights’
An extradition hearing is expected in Spain this week for one of two pilots arrested recently on charges they participated in “death flights” in which more than 1,000 prisoners were thrown out of planes during Argentina’s “dirty war” in the 1970s and 1980s, officials said. Former Navy Lt
Video from al Qaeda’s No. 2 slams Obama, threatens attacks
Al Qaeda’s second-in-command slams the “smiling Obama” and threatens attacks in the latest video posted on radical Islamist Web sites. Ayman al-Zawahiri uses the message to eulogize Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi, an accused terrorist who said he was tortured into making a false connection between al Qaeda and Iraq.
2 Iranian dissidents say they were raped in captivity
Two Iranians who were caught up in the waves of arrests that followed the disputed presidential elections in June have accused their captors of raping them. An Iranian man and a woman made the allegations in separate interviews with CNN.
Abortion support falls sharply, new research finds
Support for abortion rights has fallen sharply in the past year, with Americans now split roughly 50-50 between those who back legal access to abortion and those who oppose it, according to a new survey. The findings mark a dramatic shift in public opinion, supporters of abortion rights have outnumbered opponents for many years, with one brief exception, studies have shown
Homeless find temporary haven in tent camps
In cities across the country, people with nowhere to live have done what many would have thought unthinkable before the economic crisis: moved into tents.