Archive for May 29th, 2009
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Iran hangs three over deadly mosque bombing: report (Reuters)
Reuters – Iran executed in public on Saturday three men convicted of involvement in a bomb attack on a mosque that killed 25 people, the official IRNA news agency reported. -
Gates: North Korea should weigh moves carefully (AP)
AP – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. -
Death cases among early issues for new justice (AP)
AP – As a director of a Puerto Rican advocacy group in the 1980s, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor was part of a three-person committee that equated capital punishment with racism. -
Obama to stress renewed US-Muslim ties (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama will stress what the White House calls his personal commitment “based upon mutual interests and mutual respect” to strengthening U.S. ties to the Muslim world in a much-anticipated speech in Egypt next week. -
Administration opposes Uighurs’ release in US (AP)
AP – The Obama administration, picking up the argument of its predecessor, is opposing the release of Chinese Muslim detainees at Guantanamo Bay into the United States. -
President Obama on Judge Sotomayor’s Experience
The President discusses the breadth and depth of experience held by his nominee for the Supreme Court. In the course of a life that began in a housing project in the South Bronx and brought her to the pinnacle of her profession, Judge Sonia Sotomayor accumulated more experience on the federal bench than any incoming Supreme Court Justice in the past 100 years, touching nearly every aspect of our legal system. May 30, 2009. (Public Domain)
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WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Calls for Thorough and Timely Confirmation for Judge Sonia Sotomayor
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Chavez: Next gift for Obama authored by Lenin (AP)
AP – President Hugo Chavez says he has a new book for President Barack Obama: “What is to be Done?” by communist Vladimir Lenin, founder of the Soviet state.
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Obama: Residents must prepare for hurricanes (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama urged residents of hurricane-prone communities on Friday to take responsibility for their own safety and start planning now. -
Obama asks for sanctions against alleged smugglers (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama has requested sanctions against alleged drug smugglers from Colombia, Venezuela, Afghanistan and Pakistan under a federal law known as the Kingpin Act, the White House said Friday.
