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November 18th, 2012
Written by Phillip Elliott - Associated Press in Feature Stories, Latest News with 0 Comments
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama won re-election last week because of the "gifts" Obama had provided to blacks, Hispanics and young voters and because of his effort to paint Romney as anti-immigrants.
"The president's campaign, if you will, focused on giving targeted groups a big gift," Romney said in a phone call with top donors...
November 17th, 2012
Written by Nataliya Vasilyeva - Associated Press in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
MOSCOW (AP) — In czarist times, Geda Zimanenko watched her mother offer the local police officer a shot of vodka on a plate and five rubles every Sunday to overlook the fact that their family lived outside the area where Jews were allowed to live.
Then came the Bolshevik Revolution and Zimanenko became a good Communist, raising her own son to believe in ideals that strove to stamp out...
November 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Race & Politics, Latest News with 0 Comments
In 2010, Alaska entered a settlement agreement with voters in the Bethel area - and their attorneys - who had sued to make governments in the state provide better election information in the Yup'ik language. Under the settlement, the list of actions the state must take is comprehensive; the agreement comprises a major commitment to ensuring that every Yup'ik-speaking voter in the Bethel census...
November 16th, 2012
Written by The Associated Press in Common Ties That Bind, Latest News with 0 Comments
Rights groups warn of an explosion in racist violence over the past year in Greece, with a notable surge since national elections in May and June that saw dramatic gains by the far-right Golden Dawn party. The severity of the attacks has increased too, they say. What started as simple fist beatings has now escalated to assaults with metal bars, bats, and knives. Another new element: ferocious...
November 16th, 2012
Written by Ian James - Associated Press in Latest News, Our Daily Walk with 0 Comments
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — From Caracas to Havana to La Paz, President Barack Obama's re-election victory was welcomed with a sigh of relief by many on Latin America's left, though others cautioned that the U.S. leader had not made the region a priority during his crisis-buffeted first term and was unlikely to do so in a second.
In Cuba, state-run news website CubaSi called the outcome a victory...
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