Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
South Carolina Debate – Gingrich: I am tired of the elite media protecting Barack Obama
It would be an understatement to say that last night’s debate was feisty. CNN’s host John King received a real tongue lashing when his opening question to Newt Gingrich was about Marianne Gingrich’s interview with ABC. Bad chess move John King. Gingrich said it was despicable that John King and his staff chose the question about his wife’s interview as the first question in a Presidential debate.“Every person in here has had someone close to them go through painful things. To take an ex-wife and make it, two days before the primary, a significant question for a presidential campaign is as close to despicable as anything I can imagine, Gingrich said”When King tried to defend the question, Gingrich fired back that even though the interview was published by ABC, CNN [...]
Egyptians rally ahead of anniversary of uprising
Tweet Several thousand Egyptians marched to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday ahead of the one-year anniversary of the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak, demanding justice and retribution for those killed in clashes with security forces.Activists have organized the demonstrations as part of a week of "mourning and anger" around the Jan. 25 anniversary to rally support for their call to end military rule. They say the generals who took power after Mubarak's fall have continued the policies of the toppled regime.The military has tried to counter what some protesters have dubbed "the second revolution" by using state-run media to accuse protesters of receiving foreign funding to destabilize Egypt and by [...]
Cargo ship damaged after collision off Istanbul
Tweet A cargo ship brushed against two anchored vessels during severe weather off the coast of Istanbul on Friday and tilted to one side, taking on water for hours before authorities were forced to pull it ashore using a tug boat.A senior maritime official said the disabled ship was not in danger of sinking, but most of its crew members were evacuated before it was towed.The cargo ship's struggle came during a time of heightened attention on ship safety following last week's grounding of the Costa Concordia cruise ship off Italy's coast, an accident that killed 11 people and left 21 missing. Also Friday, a freighter ran aground off a Dutch beach.In the Istanbul area, the Sierra Leone-flagged Kayan-1, an [...]
Hungarian civic group to appeal to European court
A civic group said Friday it would file an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights because authorities are blocking it from holding a protest on the March 15 national holiday by reserving all likely locations in downtown Budapest for official use.Peter Juhasz, a spokesman for One Million for the Freedom of Press in Hungary, said the group is turning to the Strasbourg, France-based court because authorities are limiting its right to assembly.Budapest Mayor Istvan Tarlos said in a statement he does not want to block the March 15 protest rally near Elizabeth Bridge and is willing to discuss the issue with the One Million group."We have not received any official proposals from the mayor," Juhasz told the AP. "We only heard about it through state news wire MTI, which we don't consider a [...]
Novartis drug investigated after 11 deaths
Tweet A multiple sclerosis drug made by industry giant Novartis is under investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died.The drug, Gilenya, was licensed last year in the European Union to treat patients with a severe type of multiple sclerosis.The deaths raise concerns Gilenya could trigger heart problems after patients take their first dose, according to a statement issued Friday by the European Medicines Agency. The agency, which is now investigating the drug, said it isn't clear if it caused the deaths.One of the deaths was in the U.S., where a patient died within 24 hours of taking the first dose.The European agency said it didn't know where the other 10 deaths occurred, but [...]