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White House Counsel Told of IRS Audit Weeks Ago

Posted by Forexsq 2 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img The White House's chief lawyer learned weeks ago that an audit of the Internal Revenue Service likely would show that agency employees inappropriately targeted conservative groups, a senior White House official said Sunday.

That disclosure has prompted a debate over whether the president should have been notified at that time.

In the week of April 22, the Office of the White House Counsel a

White House springs into damage control

Posted by Forexsq 6 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img With no sign of an end to three mushrooming scandals, the White House acknowledged the rising political dangers on Wednesday by launching a concerted effort at damage control.

In a whirlwind few hours, the administration moved forcefully to counter criticism of its handling of the deadly attacks in Benghazi, Libya, the seizure of reporters' phone records in a Justice Department leak investigat

China rejects Pentagon charges of military espionage

Posted by Forexsq 15 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img China is using espionage to acquire technology to fuel its military modernization, the Pentagon said on Monday, for the first time accusing the Chinese of trying to break into U.S. defense computer networks and prompting a firm denial from Beijing.

In its 83-page annual report to Congress on Chinese military developments, the Pentagon also cited progress in Beijing's effort to develop advanced

Italy's Letta government begins life in climate of crisis

Posted by Forexsq 23 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img New Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta will seek the backing of parliament in a confidence vote on Monday, facing severe political and economic problems that will test the solidity of his coalition government in the months ahead.

The vote takes place under the shadow of the gun attack on Sunday in which an unemployed man shot two police officers and a passerby outside the prime minister's off

U.S. suspects Syria used chemical weapons, wants proof

Posted by Forexsq 26 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img The White House said on Thursday the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad had probably used chemical weapons on a small scale in the country's civil war, but insisted that President Barack Obama needed definitive proof before he would take action.

The disclosure created a quandary for Obama, who has set the use of chemical weapons as a "red line" that Assad must not cross. It trigger

Venezuela Says Chávez Successor Maduro Wins Vote

Posted by Forexsq 37 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img Nicolás Maduro, a one-time bus driver who went on to become a confidant of late President Hugo Chávez, won a razor-thin victory in Venezuela's presidential elections on Sunday, election authorities said.

The narrow margin prompted the opposition to call for a full recount, setting the stage for rising tensions in this deeply divided nation, which holds the world's largest reserves of oil and i

U.S. will never accept a nuclear-armed North Korea: Kerry

Posted by Forexsq 40 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dismissed as "unacceptable by any standard" weeks of bellicose warnings of impending nuclear war by North Korea and said Washington would never accept the reclusive state becoming a nuclear power.

Kerry, addressing reporters after talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye and leaders of the 28,000-strong U.S. military contingent in the country, also sai

Margaret Thatcher, U.K. ‘Iron Lady’ Prime Minister, Dies

Posted by Forexsq 44 days ago (http://www.bloomberg.com)
img Margaret Thatcher, the former U.K. prime minister who helped end the Cold War and was known as the “Iron Lady” for her uncompromising style, died today. She was 87.
“She had a stroke this morning and died peacefully,” her spokesman, Tim Bell, told Sky News television. “We’ll never see the like of her again. She was one of the great prime ministers of all times. She transformed people’s lives.”

Margaret Thatcher dead at age 87

Posted by Forexsq 44 days ago (http://live.reuters.com)
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North Korea pressures South by halting entry to industrial zone

Posted by Forexsq 49 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img North Korea closed access to a joint factory zone with South Korea on Wednesday, officials said, putting at risk $2 billion a year in trade that is vital for an impoverished state with a huge army, nuclear ambitions and a hungry population.

The move marked an escalation in North Korea's months-long standoff with South Korea and its ally Washington. On Tuesday, Pyongyang said it would restart a

Seoul Seeks Ability to Make Nuclear Fuel

Posted by Forexsq 49 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img South Korea is pressing the Obama administration for U.S. permission to produce its own nuclear fuel, a move that nonproliferation experts said could trigger a wider nuclear-arms race in North Asia and the Middle East.

The negotiation between Seoul and Washington, though part of a broader, long-term civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, is taking place as nuclear pressures swell on both side

North Korea to Restart Yongbyon Nuclear Plant

Posted by Forexsq 50 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img North Korea said on Tuesday it would restart its only nuclear reactor to provide material for its weapons program and electricity, a move that will add to tensions driven by Pyongyang's recent war rhetoric and boost its efforts to develop weapons of mass destruction.

The reactor at the Yongbyon plant, 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of Pyongyang, was closed in 2007 as part of an aid-for-disarma

U.S. flexes muscle after North Korea provocation

Posted by Forexsq 51 days ago (http://www.marketwatch.com)
img U.S. F-22 stealth fighter jets arrived in South Korea on Sunday for exercises as part of an effort to demonstrate advanced military capabilities, seeking to deter provocations from North Korea, according to reports.

The move come after North Korea warned South Korea earlier in the weekend that the Korean peninsula had entered a “state of war,” according to an Associated Press report. Pyongyang

U.S. Warns North Korea With Stealth Bomber Flights

Posted by Forexsq 54 days ago (http://online.wsj.com)
img Two B-2 stealth bombers flew from a base in the American heartland, dropped test charges on targets near North Korea and returned to the U.S. on Thursday, as Washington mounted its most overt display of military force amid months of escalating tensions with North Korea.

The B-2s, the most advanced heavy bombers in the U.S. arsenal, flew low over the South Korean city of Osan before dropping ei

North Korea readies rockets after U.S. show of force

Posted by Forexsq 54 days ago (http://www.reuters.com)
img North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack U.S. military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed off on the order at a midnight meeting of top generals and "judged the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperi
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