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IVORY COAST LEADER
12/04/2011 17:19
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Sporadic gunfire rang out Tuesday after Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara called on all fighters to put down their arms now that the country's longtime strongman has been captured following a months-long deadly power struggle.
More than 1 million...
OBAMA
12/04/2011 17:18
WASHINGTON (AP) — The historic $38 billion in budget cuts resulting from at-times hostile bargaining between Congress and the Obama White House were accomplished in large part by pruning money left over from previous years, using accounting sleight of hand and going after programs...
AP IMPACT
11/04/2011 20:08
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Tasers. Brand-new SUVs. A top-of-the-line iPad. A fully loaded laptop. In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending spree with BP money, dropping tens of millions of dollars on gadgets and other gear — much of which had little to do with...
FRANCE
11/04/2011 20:05
PARIS (AP) — France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest.
France on Monday became the first country to ban the...
FORCES CAPTURE IVORY COAST STRONGMAN IN BUNKER
11/04/2011 20:00
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's elected president ended the 10-year rule of strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday, storming the bunker where he had holed up and putting him under arrest following a crisis that left hundreds dead and threatened to re-ignite a...
GUNFIRE ERUPTS AS ARMY SEALS SYRIAN CITY
10/04/2011 16:59
BEIRUT (AP) — Gunfire erupted across a key port city in northern Syria on Sunday hours after the army sealed it off, deploying tanks, setting up checkpoints and cutting communications to area, human rights activists said.
Activist Mazen Darwish said security forces appeared to be...
2012 IN SIGHT
10/04/2011 16:55
CHICAGO – President Barack Obama’s relationship with his hometown may be best described as a long-distance love affair.
That looks like it’s about to change.
Obama is returning to his roots as he embarks on his re-election race for 2012. He’s setting up his campaign headquarters in a...
IVORY COAST REPORT
10/04/2011 16:54
UEKOUE, Ivory Coast – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast's democratically elected president killed hundreds of civilians, raped his rival's supporters and burned villages during an offensive launched in the country's west, a human rights group said.
Human Rights Watch called on Alassane Ouattara to...
FRENCH HELICOPTERS
09/04/2011 21:43
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – French helicopters on an evacuation mission were fired upon by forces supporting the country's strongman as they tried to retain power in Ivory Coast's largest city, a military spokesman said Saturday.
No French soldiers were injured in the attack late Friday, but French...
SHUTDOWN AVOIDED WHITE HOUSE
09/04/2011 11:30
WASHINGTON – A last minute budget deal, forged amid bluster and tough bargaining, averted an embarrassing federal shutdown and cut billions in spending — the first major test of the divided government voters ushered in five months ago.
Working late into the evening Friday, congressional and White...