UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday urged the Government of Egypt to exercise restraint and protect the rights of its citizens to freedom of expression, information and assembly in line with the country’s legislation and international human rights law. “It has been brought to my attention that since the street protests [...]
With the Congressional elections in his rear view mirror, President Obama looks ahead to working with a Republican House of Representatives with a positive job approval rating of 38% and a negative rating of 62%. This is not much different than where his ratings stood right before the election when 37% of Americans gave him [...]
Strong Latino voter turnout in key battle ground states has demonstrated once again that the growing Hispanic population is having an increasingly profound impact on US elections. Latino Republicans in particular combined strong support from conservatives and Latino voters to win 2 new governorships, 4 new house seats, and a new senate seat more than [...]
The Constitutional Court of Ukraine has canceled 2004 constitutional reform yesterday. The final and unchallengeable decision was announced yesterday by the Head of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine Anatoliy Holovin. With the decision coming into force Ukraine reestablishes the presidential-parliamentary republic according to the initial version of the Constitution adopted in 1996. The hearings on [...]
The House Republicans have released the “Pledge to America“, a document that will be officially unveiled tomorrow. The Pledge to America talks about the principles all Americans stand on, the priorities and the urgent actions we need to take in order to repair our economy and reclaim the government for the people. The Republicans hope [...]
This is one of the craziest, yet wrongful rumors that spread among American citizens: Barack Obama is a Muslim! And this is not going to do any good to Obama’s latest drop in the polls. According to two new US opinion polls out Thursday (Pew and Time.com), almost one in five Americans think Barack Obama, [...]
Today we celebrate 90 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote. Google celebrates this important day with a message below the search bar. Why Google didn’t do a Google Doodle is a mystery! The Google message states “90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment”. Although the United States of [...]
President Barack Obama is celebrating his 49th birthday today. He will spend his birthday without his wife and his daughters, as Michelle Obama is vacationing in Marbella, Spain with daughter Sasha. The other daughter of the President, Malia, is away in a summer camp. The President’s birthday schedule won’t be that busy. First, he will [...]
Barack Obama, the President of the USA, has signed into law the most sweeping financial reform since the great depression. This reform, says president Obama, has been made with one thought in mind – to protect the citizen, as he interacts with the financial system. He said that a consumer watchdog will be the one [...]
Canada has increased security operations as leaders of rich and developing nations will attend the G8 and G20 summits that will take place between 24-27 June. Leaders from Germany, Italy, France, United Kingdom, United States, Russia and Canada will meet at Deerhurst Resort, 133 miles from Toronto. The security operations include closing the resort to [...]