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  • Military Should Run Drone Strikes, Colin Powell Says

    U.S. drone strikes should be limited to targets that present a “real, immediate threat to us” and conducted by the military rather than the CIA, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said.

  • Niger Vows to Intensify Fight Against Militants After Bombings

    Niger said it will step up its fight against Islamist militants in the country as a group linked to al-Qaeda said it took part in twin suicide car bombings yesterday that killed at least 23 people.

  • Obama Bully Pulpit Bullied With Congress Probes Obscuring Agenda

    Updated 29 minutes ago

    President Barack Obama renewed his oath of office in January vowing to use the bully pulpit to rally the American people around his second-term agenda.

  • OPEC to Keep Exports Stable Amid Supply Glut, Oil Movements Says

    The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will keep crude shipments little changed into early next month as abundant inventories cap demand, tanker tracker Oil Movements said.

  • White House Feeds IRS Frenzy by Revising Accounts

    The almost daily disclosures by the White House about who knew about an IRS investigation before it became public has helped stoke the furor over the agency’s scrutiny of tax-exempt groups and given the president’s harshest critics an opening.

  • Obama Probes Create Immigration Magic as Bill Advances

    The trio of investigations causing headaches for President Barack Obama’s administration has also provided a honeymoon period for the marquee element of his domestic agenda: revising immigration laws.

  • Sanctions Alone Won’t Stop Iran’s Nuclear Push

    Updated 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

    This month, the U.S. expanded its already aggressive sanctions on Iran by penalizing several companies suspected of aiding the country’s nuclear program or helping the regime evade trade restrictions. The U.S. Senate also introduced legislation that could prevent Iran from accessing more than $100 billion held in overseas banks.

  • Mursi Pledges to Develop Sinai as Egyptian Hostages Freed

    Suspected militants released seven security personnel in Egypt, after a weeklong ordeal that threatened to escalate into a large-scale military operation to free them.

  • Iraq Spurns Egyptian Bank’s Guarantee for Oil Payment: Borsa

    Iraq rejects guarantee from Egyptian bank for payment Egypt owes country for sale of 4m bbl of oil a month, Al-Borsa reports, citing unidentified officials in Cairo- based General Petroleum Authority. * Iraq asking for $1.2b guarantee from an intl bank because of deterioration in Egypt’s credit rating: newspaper * Shipment of Iraqi oil will probably be delayed: report * NOTE: Iraq, Libya to Start Shipping Crude to Egypt in June: Ministry NSN MMFKOD6S972J <GO>

  • ‘Obama Scandals’ Could Actually Hurt Republicans

    Republican politicians and activists can barely contain their glee at the simultaneous eruption of three major controversies about the Obama administration.

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