WP: Blacks shift to Obama, poll finds- February 28, 2007 WP: Blacks shift to Obama, poll finds African American voters moving away from Sen. ClintonBy Dan Balz and Jon CohenThe Washington PostUpdated: 6:49 a.m. ET Feb 28, 2007The opening stages of the campaign for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination have produced a noticeable shift in sentiment among African American voters, who little more than a month ago heavily supported Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton but now favor the candidacy of Sen. Barack Obama.Clinton, of New York, continues to lead...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/wp-blacks-shift-to-obama-poll-finds.html 'I Heard a Loud Boom' -- Cheney Discusses Assassination Attempt- February 27, 2007 'I Heard a Loud Boom' -- Cheney Discusses Assassination Attempt Suicide Bomber Strikes U.S. Base Where Cheney Was Staying; Unhurt, Cheney Heads to Kabul Vice President Dick Cheney arrives at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. (Richard Coolidge) 'I Heard a Loud Boom' -- Cheney Discusses Assassination AttemptU.S., Italian Envoys Hurt in Sri LankaTalabani Recuperating Well in Hospital Mission in the Middle East Was Cheney a Target in Afghanistan Pakistan Kite...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/i-heard-loud-boom-cheney-discusses.html Old Foes Join in Anger as Train Bombings Toll Rises to 66- February 20, 2007 February 20, 2007Old Foes Join in Anger as Train Bombings Toll Rises to 66By SOMINI SENGUPTADIWANA, India, Feb. 19 A day after two homemade bombs killed at least 66 people on a train traveling to Pakistan from India, the governments of both countries on Monday condemned the attack and pledged that it would not deter their aim of reducing longstanding hostilities on the subcontinent.The office of Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, on Monday morning called the bombing an act of terror...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/old-foes-join-in-anger-as-train_20.html Old Foes Join in Anger as Train Bombings Toll Rises to 66- February 20, 2007 February 20, 2007Old Foes Join in Anger as Train Bombings Toll Rises to 66By SOMINI SENGUPTADIWANA, India, Feb. 19 A day after two homemade bombs killed at least 66 people on a train traveling to Pakistan from India, the governments of both countries on Monday condemned the attack and pledged that it would not deter their aim of reducing longstanding hostilities on the subcontinent.The office of Manmohan Singh, the Indian prime minister, on Monday morning called the bombing an act of terror...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/old-foes-join-in-anger-as-train.html Outside Pressures Broke Korean Deadlock- February 14, 2007 February 14, 2007News AnalysisOutside Pressures Broke Korean Deadlock By DAVID E. SANGERWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 It is hard to imagine that either George W. Bush or Kim Jong-il would have agreed even a year ago to the kind of deal they have now approved. The pact, announced Tuesday, would stop, seal and ultimately disable North Koreas nuclear facilities, as part of a grand bargain that the administration has previously shunned as overly generous to a repressive country especially one that has not..http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/outside-pressures-broke-korean-deadlock.html U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi Shiites- February 12, 2007 February 12, 2007U.S. Says Arms Link Iranians to Iraqi ShiitesBy JAMES GLANZBAGHDAD, Feb. 11 After weeks of internal debate, senior United States military officials on Sunday literally put on the table their first public evidence of the contentious assertion that Iran supplies Shiite extremist groups in Iraq with some of the most lethal weapons in the war. They said those weapons had been used to kill more than 170 Americans in the past three years.Never before displayed in public, the weapons.http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/us-says-arms-link-iranians-to-iraqi.html Putin Says U.S. Is Undermining Global Stability- February 11, 2007 February 11, 2007Putin Says U.S. Is Undermining Global Stability By THOM SHANKER and MARK LANDLERMUNICH, Feb. 10 President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accused the United States on Saturday of provoking a new nuclear arms race by developing ballistic missile defenses, undermining international institutions and making the Middle East more unstable through its clumsy handling of the Iraq war. In an address to an international security conference, Mr. Putin dropped all diplomatic gloss to recite a.http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/putin-says-us-is-undermining-global.html Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, U.S. Says- February 10, 2007 February 10, 2007Deadliest Bomb in Iraq Is Made by Iran, U.S. Says By MICHAEL R. GORDONWASHINGTON, Feb. 9 The most lethal weapon directed against American troops in Iraq is an explosive-packed cylinder that United States intelligence asserts is being supplied by Iran.The assertion of an Iranian role in supplying the device to Shiite militias reflects broad agreement among American intelligence agencies, although officials acknowledge that the picture is not entirely complete. In interviews,...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/deadliest-bomb-in-iraq-is-made-by-iran.html Special flights brought in tonnes of banknotes which disappeared into the war zone- February 8, 2007 How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanishSpecial flights brought in tonnes of banknotes which disappeared into the war zoneDavid PallisterThursday February 8, 2007GuardianThe US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.The staggering scale of the biggest transfer of cash in the history of the Federal Reserve has been graphically laid bare by a US...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/special-flights-brought-in-tonnes-of.html As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy Plunges- February 7, 2007 February 7, 2007As Inflation Soars, Zimbabwe Economy PlungesBy MICHAEL WINESJOHANNESBURG, Feb. 6 For close to seven years, Zimbabwes economy and quality of life have been in slow, uninterrupted decline. They are still declining this year, people there say, with one notable difference: the pace is no longer so slow.Indeed, Zimbabwes economic descent has picked up so much speed that President Robert G. Mugabe, the nations leader for 27 years, is starting to lose support from parts of his own...http://armwoodnews.blogspot.com/2007/02/as-inflation-soars-zimbabwe-economy.html |