NATO boss ready with missile shield plan

Published on May 14 2012 // Politics
Fourth Estate Cooperative Staff Washington, D.C., United States (4E) – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Sunday said that the West is determined to go ahead with its plans to build a missile defense system. In an op-ed piece in The Wall Street Journal, Rasmussen wrote that his alliance...

George Clooney fundraiser rakes in nearly $15 million for Obama

Published on May 13 2012 // Featured, Politics
George Clooney fundraiser rakes in nearly $15 million for Obama
Diane Alter – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Los Angeles, CA, United States (4E) – George Clooney’s fundraiser for President Barack Obama’s re-election campaigned raised nearly $15 million Thursday night. Half of the money came from donors and the rest from an Obama campaign...

Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards’ finance campaign charges

Published on May 13 2012 // Featured, Politics
Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards’ finance campaign charges
Diane Alter – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Raleigh, NC, United States (4E) – The judge presiding in the John Edwards finance campaign corruption case refused to dismiss the charges on Friday, pushing the trial into week number four. The defense argued that the prosecution’s...

Judge refuses to dismiss John Edwards’ finance campaign charges

Published on May 13 2012 // Politics
Diane Alter – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Raleigh, NC, United States (4E) – The judge presiding in the John Edwards finance campaign corruption case refused to dismiss the charges on Friday, pushing the trial into week number four. The defense argued that the prosecution’s...

Global Fund for AIDS will have US$1.6 billion more

Published on May 10 2012 // Featured, Politics
Global Fund for AIDS will have US$1.6 billion more
New York, NY, United States (IRIN) – The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria has announced that it will have US$1.6 billion more to invest in life-saving programs between 2012 and 2014. The new funds are a result of “strategic decisions made by the Board, freeing up...

Nicholas Katzenbach, former Kennedy official, dies at 90

Published on May 10 2012 // Politics
Nicholas Katzenbach, former Kennedy official, dies at 90
Paula David – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Washington, DC, United States (4E) – Former Attorney General Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach died Tuesday at his home in New Jersey. He was 90. His wife, Linda Stokes Katzenbach, said his health began to dwindle after he broke his hip in...

Obama extends sanctions on Syria by one year

Published on May 10 2012 // Politics
AHN News Staff Washington, United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday claimed that Syria posed national security to the U.S., forcing them to extend existing sanctions for another year. In a notice sent to the Congress, Obama said that the Syrian government’s policies...

Rural post offices to stay but on limited business hours

Published on May 09 2012 // Politics
Windsor Genova – Fourth Estate Cooperative News Writer Washington, DC, United States (4E) – The U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will not close rural post offices to cut costs, but instead will limit their service hours. Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe said the decision...

Veteran Lugar defeated by Tea Party candidate in GOP primary

Published on May 09 2012 // Politics
Paula David – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter Indianapolis, Ind., United States (4E) – Richard Lugar, one of the longest-serving United States senators in history, has been defeated by Tea Party-backed Richard E. Mourdock in Tuesday’s Republican primary in Indiana. Lugar, who has...

Rick Santorum endorses Romney via late-night email

Published on May 08 2012 // Politics
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Rick Santorum has finally endorsed GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, pledging to help his former foe defeat President Obama in the November elections. In an email to supporters late Monday night, Santorum said,...
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