11 - 20 of 58 results for "washington"

  1. 11. news | 13 Apr 2013

    Newtown mom sits in for Obama

    » WASHINGTON - The mother of a six-year-old killed in a massacre at a Connecticut elementary school replaced President Barack Obama in his weekly radio address to press for tougher gun laws.

  2. 12. news | 14 May 2013

    US seizes AP phone records

    By AFP

    » WASHINGTON - The Associated Press said Monday the US Justice Department has secretly obtained two months of phone records from its news operations, calling it a "massive and unprecedented intrusion."

  3. 13. news | 09 May 2013

    Karzai says US could keep nine Afghanistan bases

    By AFP

    » Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday that he could allow the United States to keep nine military bases in the country as part of negotiations over a long-term security pact with Washington.

  4. 14. opinion | 07 May 2013

    Post-reunification vision key to North negotiations

    KOREAN PENINSULA

    Newspaper section: News

    » As South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits Washington, much attention will be focused on the ability of the two nations to craft a joint strategy for dealing with North Korea.

  5. 15. news | 03 May 2013

    US demands N.Korea free prisoner

    By AFP

    » WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday called for the "immediate release" of a Korean-American tour operator sentenced in North Korea to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile acts" against the government.

  6. 16. learning | 13 Jun 2010

    Losing weight & Being lost for words

    By Andrew Biggs, Newspaper section: Brunch

    » Los Angeles International Airport. That's where your weekly correspondent is seated at present, at Gate 46A, waiting amid the myriad Americans for my flight to Washington DC. And I am thinking about weight loss.

  7. 17. news | 09 Apr 2013

    US to intercept N.Korea missile if allies at risk: admiral

    By AFP

    » A top US military commander said Tuesday he favored shooting down a North Korean missile only if it threatened the United States or Washington's allies in the region.

  8. 18. news | 22 Mar 2013

    US: Regional human rights 'stagnating'

    By AFP

    » WASHINGTON - US officials voiced concern Thursday about human rights in fast-growing Southeast Asian nations, pointing to a lack of progress in many places and a worsening situation in some.

  9. 19. news | 16 May 2013

    IAEA, Iran talks fail again as US hikes pressure

    By AFP

    » Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency failed yet again Wednesday, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.

  10. 20. news | 04 May 2013

    'Massacre' feared as Syria war comes to port city

    By AFP

    » Syrian troops Friday bombarded Sunni areas of the Mediterranean city of Banias, a monitoring group said, warning of a new "massacre," as Washington said for the first time it was looking at arming rebels.

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