As I noted earlier, there have been many reports that the looting in Egypt has been carried out by agents provocateur.There have also been widespread rumors that the looting of the Cairo Museum, and the damage to several mummies, was carried out by gov…
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Prominent Former Egyptian MP and Presidential Candidate: The Looting of the Cairo Museum Was Carried Out by Government Employees
January 30th, 2011 |
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JFK Presidential Library Launches New Cloud-Based Archive
January 13th, 2011 |
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The archive contains 40TB of material–some 200,000 document pages, 300 reels of audio tape, 300 museum artifacts, 72 reels of film and 1,500 photos. – A half-century has gone by since President John F. Kennedy declared his famous call to action on that frigid Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 1961: quot;Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. quot;
Next week, the Boston-based John F. Kennedy Library amp; Museu…
Obama to award Bush ‘Presidential Medal of Freedom’
November 18th, 2010 |
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US President Barack Obama has announced that he would award the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honour, to George W Bush next year. According to the New York Daily News, the decision has come a day after Bush gave a respectful nod to Obama at the groundbreaking of his library in Dallas. [...]
Presidential approval
October 1st, 2010 |
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Bit of a bunfight getting in to the Paris Show this morning. President Sarkozy was paying a visit and I counted at least a dozen police vans stuffed full of ‘Les flics’ on the way in and all heavily armed.
I didn’t see the great man personally but I’m told he arrived with an enormous entourage, which swelled exponentially as a vast media scrum followed him around.
And being French of course, le President resolutely stuck to a Gallic agenda - bystanders told me he visited Peugeot, Citroen and Renault – but whether neighbouring Ford was paid a visit remains a mystery.
The Show opens its many doors to the public in the morning for a fortnight – they’re expecting more than a million visitors, petrolheads and enthusiasts – as well as tomorrow’s consumers – to pour in.
I wasn’t here two years ago but people assure me the mood is much improved from those gloomy days – although there’s a long way to go.
As I write this on the oasis-like calm of the Saab stand – all icebergs and cool Scandi imagery – I can hear the Chevvy stand opposite belting out AC\DC and Bruce Springsteen. Horses for courses.
Polls open in Polish presidential election run-off
July 4th, 2010 |
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The people of Poland are voting in a run-off election to determine the country’s next president. Observers say the final result between Bronislaw Komorowski and Jaroslaw Kaczynski could be close.
Komorowski leads Polish presidential race
June 21st, 2010 |
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Polish presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski held a slight lead over his rival candidate Jaroslaw Kaczynski in early election results. Komorowski, from the center-right Civic Platform Party, had gained a 41.22 percent share of the vote with 94.3 percent of papers counted on Monday morning.
Poland sets early presidential elections
April 21st, 2010 |
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Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski on Wednesday set June 20 as the date for early early presidential elections. The elections are called to replace former president Lech Kaczynski, who died in a plane crash April 10 along with 95 others.
Candlelit vigil after Polish presidential plane crash
April 11th, 2010 |
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Plunged into mourning by their president’s brutal death, Poles gathered in their thousands in Warsaw, well into the night. Mourners laid a carpet of flowers and candles near the presidential palace.
David Shuster Suspended From MSNBC Over CNN Pilot
April 6th, 2010 |
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MSNBC anchor David Shuster has been suspended from the network indefinitely after the journalist violated his contract by participating in a pilot for a new show headed to rival network CNN, The New York Times reported Tuesday.
“David has been suspended indefinitely,†an NBC spokesperson confirmed this morning.
Shuster has been a correspondent and anchor for MSNBC [...]
Georgia denies citizenship to presidential hopeful
March 24th, 2010 |
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The Georgian authorities have rejected a formal application for Georgian citizenship by St. Petersburg-based Georgian businessman Aleksandr Ebraelidze. Ebraelidze had formally requested citizenship in a letter addressed to Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in July 2009. In that letter, he criticized Saakashvili’s foreign policy and said he considers himself morally obliged to participate in the restoration of Georgia’s territorial integrity.
Ukrainian presidential vote result suspended
February 17th, 2010 |
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Ukraine’s Supreme Administrative Court suspended the official announcement that Viktor Yanukovych had won the country’s presidential elections. The suspension came pending consideration of a lawsuit, RIA Novosti reported.
Pakistan’s top court blocks presidential appointment of two judges
February 14th, 2010 |
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Pakistan’s Supreme Court has suspended a presidential order appointing two judges in an ruling observers say could lead to a confrontation between the judiciary and the government. President Asif Ali Zardari’s spokesman issued a statement dismissing rumors that the government was planning to
Ukraine begins tense presidential run-off
February 7th, 2010 |
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Ukrainians are voting in a presidential election run-off, after a bruising campaign and warnings of mass street protests and demonstrations. PM Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych are competing for the top job after President Viktor Yushchenko lost out in the first round.
Ukrainians to vote in presidential poll today
February 7th, 2010 |
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Ukraine yesterday awaited the final showdown in presidential elections between two bitter rivals, each confident of victory, after a bruising campaign and warnings of street protests. Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich are competing in today’s run-off to
Rajapaksa takes initial lead in Lanka presidential poll
January 27th, 2010 |
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Colombo, Jan. 27 (ANI): Incumbent Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has acquired an initial lead in postal vote counting in the country’s sixth presidential election against main challenger and former chief of army staff General (retired) Sarath Fonseka.
According to the island-nation’s Election Office, over 70 cent of the 14 million-plus voters exercised their franchise in [...]
Bomb blasts shadow bitter Sri Lankan presidential poll
January 26th, 2010 |
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Pre-dawn bomb blasts in Sri Lanka’s Tamil heartland escalated tensions as the country went to the polls Tuesday in the first presidential election since the end of its 37-year civil war. The bomb attacks on the house of a ruling party activist in the northern peninsula of Jaffna underlined
Ukrainian presidential candidates vie for support
January 21st, 2010 |
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Contenders for the presidency of Ukraine are vying for political support, VOA reports. The final vote tally shows a 10 percent gap separating frontrunner Viktor Yanukovych from Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who finished second in Sunday’s first round of voting.
Yanukovych leads in Ukraine presidential race
January 18th, 2010 |
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Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych is leading with 36.86% in the Ukrainian presidential elections, after half of the ballots have been counted. This is according to the country’s Central Election Commission, RIA Novosti reported.
Presidential candidates vote in Ukraine election
January 17th, 2010 |
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Voting for a President has got underway in Ukraine. Viktor Yanukovich is the frontrunner. The 59-year-old was once seen as a pro-Moscow stooge whose rigged election in 2004 sparked mass street protests dubbed the, “Orange Revolution.”