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Democrats not telling the facts Published: Sun, May 13, 2012 Democrats aren't telling the facts on the economy. Fact is, the stimulus was a failure. The real unemployment rate is higher because of those who just left the workforce, most jobs added are part time and 340,000 women have left the workforce. That's not proof of getting better; it's the opposite. President Obama... Read More
School sites aren't proper settings for political muster Published: Tue, May 1, 2012 When does a rally held at a public school cross the line from being pro-public schools to being anti-tax cuts? Perhaps it already has. We'll leave it for readers to decide. Tulsa parents and professional educators held a rally April 26 at a public school to demand more money for Tulsa-area schools. Among the... Read More
Police calm London, but riots flare across UK Updated: Tue, Aug 9, 2011 LONDON (AP) — Thousands more police officers flooded London streets Tuesday in a bid to end Britain's worst rioting in a generation as nervous shopkeepers closed early and some residents stood guard to protect their neighborhoods. An eerie calm prevailed in the city, but unrest spread across central and northern... Read More
Cherokee election commissioners meet in secret Published: Thu, Jun 30, 2011 Unofficial returns released Sunday morning showed Baker leading Smith by 11 votes out of more than 15,000 votes cast during Saturday's election, but when the election commission certified the vote on Monday, Smith led by seven votes. The commission has offered no explanation as to why the vote totals change. Read More
Syrian protesters defy Assad government; 42 killed Updated: Fri, Apr 29, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of defiant Syrians chanting "We are not afraid!" were met by security forces firing bullets and tear gas Friday in a crackdown on nationwide protests that left 42 people dead — many of them villagers trying to break an army blockade of the southern city where the six-week uprising began.... Read More
Dozens killed in bloodiest day of Syria uprising Updated: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian security forces fired bullets and tear gas Friday at tens of thousands of protesters across the country, killing at least 75 people in the bloodiest day of the monthlong uprising and signaling that the authoritarian regime was prepared to turn more ruthless to put down the revolt against... Read More
Syria's Assad says govt to lift emergency law Updated: Sat, Apr 16, 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's president said Saturday he expects state of emergency laws that have been in effect for nearly 50 years to be lifted by next week at the latest, a key demand by a monthlong protest movement that has posed the most serious challenge to the authoritarian regime. In his second public... Read More
Attack shuts Iraq's largest oil refinery, kills 1 Updated: Sat, Feb 26, 2011 BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery before dawn Saturday, killing a guard and forcing a shutdown that threatened to exacerbate acute electricity shortages that have prompted violent protests. The gunmen detonated bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to halt operations,... Read More
Egypt's Mubarak transfers power to vice president Published: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced he is handing his powers over to his vice president, Omar Suleiman, and ordered constitutional amendments Thursday. But the move means he retains his title of president and ensures regime control over the reform process, falling short of protester demands.... Read More
Leadership of Egypt's ruling party resigns Updated: Sun, Feb 6, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — State TV says the top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak and the party secretary-general Safwat el-Sharif, resigned Saturday in a new gesture apparently aimed at convincing anti-government protesters that the regime is serious about reform.... Read More
Egypt's Mubarak says won't run for new term Published: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he will not run for a new term in office in September elections, but rejected demands that he step down immediately and leave the country, vowing to die on Egypt's soil, in a television address Tuesday after a dramatic day in which a quarter-million protesters... Read More
Egypt's president names deputy for 1st time Published: Sat, Jan 29, 2011 CAIRO (AP) — With protests raging, President Hosni Mubarak named his intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president on Saturday— setting the stage for a successor as demands for the longtime leader's ouster showed no sign of abating. The death toll rose from five days of anti-government protests rose... Read More
Violent protests escalate outside Egypt's capital Updated: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 CAIRO — Egypt's ruling party said Thursday it was ready for a dialogue with the public but offered no concessions to address demands for a solution to rampant poverty and political change heard in the country's largest anti-government protests in years. At the same time, the grass roots protest movement was... Read More
Tulsa's Holiday Parade approved by councilors Updated: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 Tulsa's Holiday Parade of Lights will march forward Saturday after the City Council in a 5-3 vote approved its special event application at a special Tuesday meeting. Read More
Fuel supplies low as French protest austerity plan Published: Sat, Oct 16, 2010 PARIS (AP) — Diesel and jet fuel supplies were running low Saturday in parts of France as workers took to the streets for another nationwide protest against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age to 62. Fuel supplies were a prime concern as unions announced that all 12 fuel-producing... Read More
Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 15 Published: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, Honduran authorities said. National police spokesman Leonel Sauceda called the attack in the northern city of San Pedro Sula "a massacre." He said the... Read More
6 US troops, 12 civilians killed in Afghan attacks Published: Sat, Jul 10, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Six American service members and at least a dozen civilians died in attacks Saturday in Afghanistan's volatile east and south, adding to a summer of escalating violence as Taliban militants push back against stepped-up operations by international and Afghan forces. NATO said four U.S.... Read More
Police arrest more than 500 at Toronto summit Published: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 TORONTO (AP) — Police conducted a large raid and rounded up more protesters Sunday in an effort to quell further violence at the global economic summit after black-clad youths rampaged through the city, smashing windows and torching police cruisers. Police said they have arrested more than 500 demonstrators,... Read More
Radovan Karadzic extradited to The Hague Updated: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Authorities extradited ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the Netherlands to face genocide charges before the U.N. war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, hours after a violence-tinged protest by thousands of his supporters in downtown Belgrade. U.N. spokesman Liam McDowall... Read More
Hundreds injured in South Korea beef protests Updated: Sat, Jun 21, 2008 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Protesters fought riot police early Sunday at a rally opposing the resumption of American beef imports to South Korea, hours after the chief U.S. diplomat vouched for the health of U.S. cattle. An estimated 15,000 people - some wielding steel pipes and hurling stones at police... Read More
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