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What to know on Egypt's new political drama

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, made up of judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak before his ouster last year, ordered the dissolving of the Islamist-dominated parliament and upheld the right of Mubarak's former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to run for president. The rulings came only two days before the start of this weekend's runoff election between Shafiq and the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here are some questions and answers on the rulings and their impact....

What to know on Egypt's new political drama

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, made up of judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak before his ouster last year, ordered the dissolving of the Islamist-dominated parliament and upheld the right of Mubarak's former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to run for president. The rulings came only two days before the start of this weekend's runoff election between Shafiq and the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here are some questions and answers on the rulings and their impact....

What to know on Egypt's new political drama

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, made up of judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak before his ouster last year, ordered the dissolving of the Islamist-dominated parliament and upheld the right of Mubarak's former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to run for president. The rulings came only two days before the start of this weekend's runoff election between Shafiq and the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here are some questions and answers on the rulings and their impact....

What to know on Egypt's new political drama

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court, made up of judges appointed by Hosni Mubarak before his ouster last year, ordered the dissolving of the Islamist-dominated parliament and upheld the right of Mubarak's former prime minister Ahmed Shafiq to run for president. The rulings came only two days before the start of this weekend's runoff election between Shafiq and the candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood. Here are some questions and answers on the rulings and their impact....

Clinton warns NKorea to reform or face backlash

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is warning that North Korea's new young leader must transform his impoverished country for the better or face a backlash from its oppressed people....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Some GOP VP hopefuls face common personal issues

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not that they're a step away from the poor house, but some of Mitt Romney's potential vice presidential running mates are grappling with the same financial issues as many other Americans....

Some GOP VP hopefuls face common personal issues

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not that they're a step away from the poor house, but some of Mitt Romney's potential vice presidential running mates are grappling with the same financial issues as many other Americans....

Some GOP VP hopefuls face common personal issues

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not that they're a step away from the poor house, but some of Mitt Romney's potential vice presidential running mates are grappling with the same financial issues as many other Americans....

Some GOP VP hopefuls face common personal issues

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Not that they're a step away from the poor house, but some of Mitt Romney's potential vice presidential running mates are grappling with the same financial issues as many other Americans....

Md. cannibalism suspect charged in earlier attack

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
BALTIMORE (AP) -- A grand jury has indicted a Maryland cannibalism suspect on more a serious charge of attempted murder in a different attack at a Baltimore university dorm....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Military star power endorses high seas treaty

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Proponents of a treaty governing the high seas rolled out military star power Thursday to try to lift the prospects for a long-spurned pact that faces strong conservative Republican opposition....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Obama: Election is chance to break stalemate

AP - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
CLEVELAND (AP) -- President Barack Obama said November's election will give voters the chance to break a stalemate about America's direction, declaring Thursday in a campaign speech in battleground Ohio that he and Republican Mitt Romney offer "two fundamentally different views" about how to grow the economy and create jobs....

Holder floats 'Fast and Furious' deal with Congress

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
Facing a possible contempt vote by a House committee, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday offered to release more records of a botched gun probe and proposed a quick face-to-face meeting with the committee's chairman.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Supreme Court considering appeal over Arizona voter ID law

CNN - Politics - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
Justice Anthony Kennedy has put on hold a lower court's ruling invalidating Arizona's voter identification law.
Categories: CNN, Issues, Politics

Middle-income family spends $235,000 to raise baby

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
WASHINGTON (AP) -- For $235,000, you could indulge in a shiny new Ferrari - or raise a child for 17 years....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

CDC: Motorcycle helmet laws reduce deaths

AP - U.S. News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
ATLANTA (AP) -- Fewer motorcyclists die in states that require helmets, and the costs to society are lower too, according to a new federal study released Thursday....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Green completes Rangers purchase

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
Charles Green completes his purchase of Rangers' assets - shortly after former manager Walter Smith announces a last-minute bid.
Categories: BBC, News

Europe crisis spreads as Merkel resists big steps

AP - World News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
MILAN (AP) -- A growing number of European countries are being squeezed by a financial vise just days before a Greek election that could escalate the region's political and economic turmoil....

Obama and Romney give rival plans

BBC - News - Fri, 2025-05-16 07:36
US President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney offer competing visions of the road to economic recovery in speeches in Ohio.
Categories: BBC, News
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