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Greek PM Faces Confidence Vote

The Wall Street Journal reports: Prime Minister George Papandreou faces a crucial vote of confidence in parliament late Tuesday as the government tries to shore up support for its economic reforms amid growing popular discontent over a fresh wave of austerity measures. The vote, which is …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Lowry: Conservatism Loses Its Compassion

Rich Lowry The Republican noncandidate flavor of the week is Texas governor Rick Perry. If you squint just right, you could mistake him at a podium for his predecessor, George W. Bush. Except for his message. There might be no more powerful symbol of the death of compassionate conservatism in …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Iraq Suicide Bombers Kill 27

The New York Times reports: Suicide bombers detonated two car bombs on Tuesday outside the governor’s compound in a southern Iraqi city, killing 27 people, many of them police officers, and wounding dozens of others, according to local officials. It was not immediateley clear …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Obama, Turkish PM Discuss Syria

T urkish Weekly reports : Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Barack Obama talked on the phone on Monday and exchanged views on recent situation in Syria and Libya as well as peace process in the Middle East, Prime Ministry Press Center said Erdogan and Obama …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Avlon: Huntsman, The Dark Horse

John Avlon writes at The Daily Beast: It’s so crazy, it just might work. Jon Huntsman is set to officially announce his run for the presidency today in sight of the Statue of Liberty, where the Gipper kicked off his fall campaign in 1980. The Reagan homage is intended to remind …

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

Obama To Discuss Afghan Pullout

The New York Times reports : President Obama plans to announce his decision on the scale and pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan in a speech on Wednesday evening, an administration official said Monday. As he closes in on a decision, another official said, Mr. Obama is considerin…

Written by FrumForum News on Tuesday June 21, 2011

House Dem: End Military NASCAR Sponsorships

The Hill reports : Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minn.) is readying her next move in a months-long effort to slash Pentagon spending for NASCAR and other sports sponsorships. McCollum questions whether the U.S. military should be spending hundreds of millions of dollars on sponsorship deals …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Obama No-Show Miffs Hispanics

POLITICO reports : Leaders of a national Hispanic organization are criticizing President Barack Obama for skipping their annual conference for the third consecutive year after he promised as a candidate in 2008 that he would return as president. Some members of the National Associatio…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Latin American Drug Traffickers Using Submarines

The Huffington Post reports : Latin American cocaine traffickers may be using submarines to move the Europe-bound drugs across the Atlantic Ocean, a top official said Monday during a conference aimed at stemming the flow of the drugs through Africa. Alexandre Schmidt, the head of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

House GOP Considers New Limits on Libya

POLITICO reports : House Republican leaders are considering new legislation that would limit President Barack Obama’s military options in Libya, with a vote possible before the July 4th holiday. GOP leaders will review their options at a Tuesday meeting with the intention of presentin…

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Weak Spots Discovered in HIV

The Wall Street Journal reports : Scientists using a powerful mathematical tool previously applied to the stock market have identified an Achilles heel in HIV that could be a prime target for AIDS vaccines or drugs. The research adds weight to a provocative hypothesis—that an HIV …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Report Warns of Mass Marine Extinction

The Huffington Post reports : If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report . The preliminary …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Russian Plane Crash Kills 40

The Huffington Post reports : Russian news agencies are reporting 40 people have been killed in a passenger jet crash in northwestern Russia. RIA Novosti and Interfax say the plane crash landed on a highway en route to the city of Petrozavodsk from Moscow, according to Emergencies …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

CA Death Penalty Costs $184M Annually

The Huffington Post reports : California has rarely executed convicts since the death penalty was reinstated there in 1978, but the state has managed to spend $4 billion taxpayer dollars on capital punishment since then, according to a new cost analysis. The study, conducted over three …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Weiner Officially Resigns

The Huffington Post reports : Rep. Anthony Weiner submitted his official resignation letter on Monday to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Secretary of State Cesar Perales, House Speaker John Boehner and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. His congressional tenure ends at midnight on …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Ben Ali, Wife Sentenced to 35 Years

Reuters reports : A Tunisian court on Monday sentenced ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife, in absentia, to 35 years in jail each after finding them guilty of theft and unlawful possession of cash and jewelry. Reading out the verdict and sentence in the courtroom after …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Greece to Sell Off Government Assets

CNN reports : Greece is preparing to sell off billions of dollars worth of state assets including airports, highways and state-owned companies, as well as banks, real estate and gaming licenses, to meet international lenders' demands that it raise funds. European finance ministers said …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

McCain Still Thinks Illegals Started AZ Wildfires

Politico reports : Under attack from civil rights groups, Sen. John McCain on Monday stood by his charge that illegal immigrants started some of the wildfires burning in southern Arizona, as his office clarified he was not referring over the weekend to the largest fire raging in the state …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Watch: GOP Candidate Warns of Chinese Domination

The Daily Caller reports : The Republican candidate for Nevada’s special congressional election has released his first ad and he makes one thing clear — vote for me or China will literally take over the United States. Mark Amodei, who has served as the chairman of the Nevada GOP, …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011

Applebaum: Gorbachev is a B-List Celebrity

Anne Applebaum writes : In the most notable of the many photographs snapped at the gala held to mark his 80th birthday, Mikhail Gorbachev seems shorter and rounder than he did in his prime, back when he was one of the most important people in the world. He is inscrutable, only half-smiling; he …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday June 20, 2011