Associated Press List of Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1980 By The Associated Press, 10.09.09, 05:36 AM EDT Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize since 1980:  _ 2009: U.S. President Barack Obama _ 2008: Martti Ahtisaari _ 2007: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore _ 2006: Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank   _ […]
Print E-Mail Feedback 10/07/2009 Â Gaza Love Story The Bride Who Crawled Through a Tunnel By Ulrike Putz in Nuseirat, the Gaza Strip SPIEGEL ONLINE May and Mohammed together in Gaza. He lived in the Gaza Strip, she in the West Bank. It seemed as though the Israeli blockade would prevent their marriage. Then May […]
Israelis bring green power to  West Bank village By TIA GOLDENBERG, Associated Press Writer Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press Writer 25 mins ago SUSYA, West Bank – Residents of a West Bank village with no electricity have been helped out of the darkness by unlikely benefactors — a group of Israelis who installed solar panels and wind turbines […]
OPINION OCTOBER 8, 2009, 7:18 P.M. ET A New Solution For Honduras Micheletti should resign. Zelaya should renounce his desire to be restored to power. By LANNY J. DAVIS This past July, the United States, the Organization of American States, and the European Union came together to persuade the divided forces of Honduras to reach […]
OCTOBER 9, 2009 U.S. Stands By as Dollar Falls By JON HILSENRATH and MARK GONGLOFF The dollar fell to a 14-month low against other currencies Thursday, intensifying a trend that the Obama administration has publicly suggested it opposes — but which it appears prepared to tolerate quietly. View Full Image Many of America’s trading partners, […]
Friday, October 9, 2009 PRUDEN: It’s a cruel world for Obama Wesley Pruden OPINION/ANALYSIS: The cruel world is closing in on Barack Obama. Springfield was never like this. The president can only look back with yearning for the days when he was the star of the state legislature, where a legislator’s only concern is who’s […]
 October 09, 2009 Che Guevara’s Whacking — A  Glorious Anniversary By Humberto Fontova Forty two years ago today, Ernesto “Che” Guevara got a major dose of his own medicine. Without trial he was declared a murderer, stood against a wall and shot. Historically speaking, justice has rarely been better served. If the saying “What […]
Return to the Article  October 09, 2009 The Science of Disinformation By Jed Gladstein In the dictionary: Science is defined as “knowledge gained by the study of the physical world.” Knowledge is defined as “possession of … truths.” Disinformation, is defined as “false … information.” So, apart from a possible oxymoron, what in the […]
Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize US President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize for his “extraordinary” efforts to reduce the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons and working for world peace. Â By Andrew Hough Published: 10:03AM BST 09 Oct 2009 The committee said it attached special importance to Mr Obama’s vision of […]
 October 08, 2009, 4:00 a.m. Could Obamacare Be Repealed? Encouraging signs from the states. By Stephen Spruiell In the early 1990s, eight state governments imposed “guaranteed issue†and “community rating†regulations on health-insurance companies operating in their states. Guaranteed issue means that insurance companies cannot deny coverage except in rare cases, such as those […]
