Ahmadinejad to Iran’s rulers: Keep coed colleges
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s political power struggles have brought no shortage of cutthroat intrigue with careers ruined, government officials arrested and even accusations of black magic. And now this — firebrand President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the voice of liberal dissent.
Obama calls out Ahmadinejad
WEIMAR, Germany - President Obama witnessed the Nazi ovens of the Buchenwald concentration camp Friday, its clock tower frozen at the time of liberation, and said the leaders of today must not rest against the spread of evil.
Obama knocks Putin's 'old ways'
WASHINGTON - On the eve of a trip to Moscow, President Obama chided Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Thursday for keeping "one foot in the old ways of doing business." By contrast, he said Putin's handpicked successor as president understands that Cold War behavior is outdated.
In the Spotlight: USS George H.W. Bush is $6.8B insurance policy
OFFSHORE FROM NORFOLK, Va. - If the Navy tells you to buckle up, you'd best cinch the strap as if you were Rambo going into action. When the wheels of the C-2 Greyhound touch down on the USS George H.W. Bush, there's no time to fiddle with the harness.
Obama's mission on trip: Reshape U.S. image
WASHINGTON - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, President Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.
Iran leader sparks U.N. walkout
GENEVA - Dozens of Western diplomats walked out of a U.N. conference and a pair of rainbow-wigged protesters threw clown noses at Iran's president Monday when the hard-line leader called Israel the "most cruel and repressive racist regime."