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Rebels Reach Qaddafi's Turf

The New York Times reports: TRIPOLI, Libya — American and European bombs battered Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi ’s most important bastion of support in his tribal homeland of Surt on Sunday night, as rebels seeking his ouster capitalized on the damage from the Western airstrikes to erase their …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

Radiation Levels Reach New High

The Washington Post reports: TOKYO — As radiation levels at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant reached a new high Sunday, workers contended with dark, steamy conditions in their efforts to repair the facility’s cooling system and stave off a full-blown nuclear meltdown. Wearing …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

Japanese Embrace Era Of Austerity

The New York Times reports: TOKYO — Even in a country whose people are known for walking in lockstep, a national consensus on the proper code of behavior has emerged with startling speed. Consider post-tsunami Japan as the age of voluntary self-restraint, or jishuku, the antipode of …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

Global Executions Fell In 2010

BBC News reports: The use of the death penalty globally is continuing to fall, an annual report by Amnesty International has said. Although 23 countries carried out executions in 2010, four more than in 2009, the number of people executed dropped from at least 714 to at least 527, the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

NY Budget Proposed With Heavy Cuts

The New York Times reports: Capping weeks of secretive negotiations and intense political jockeying, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and leaders of the Legislature on Sunday announced a $132.5 billion budget agreement that would cut overall spending, impose no major new taxes and begin a long-term …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

Libyan Rebels Sign Oil Deal With Qatar

BBC News reports: Libyan rebels say they have signed an oil contract with Qatar to export oil from rebel-held territory. "We are producing about 100, 000 to 130, 000 barrels a day, we can easily up that to about 300,000 a day," rebel spokesman Ali Tarhouni told the Associated Press. …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

IN Tea Party Targets Lugar

The Wall Street Journal reports: REYNOLDS, Ind.—Two meetings in recent days in this Midwestern state showed the predicament facing Sen. Richard Lugar, a six-term Republican with a centrist profile, as he runs for re-election next year. When Mr. Lugar came to this farming town of 500 people …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 28, 2011

What Libya Reveals About Obama's Views on War

Toby Harnden writes at The Daily Telegraph : America’s intervention in Libya, riding on the coattails of Britain and France, may yet turn out for the best. There are indications that coalition air power has given the rebels the opportunity to stem and perhaps even turn the military …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

How Bernard-Henri Lévy Started the Libyan War

The biggest push for Sarkozy's decision to intervene in Libya may have come from left-wing celebrity philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy. This weekend’s Financial Times contains a revealing article detailing French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s recent unilateral decision to grant diplomatic recognition …

Written by Ulf Gartzke on Sunday March 27, 2011

The Geraldine Ferraro I Knew

In 1984, after Walter Mondale selected Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate, I was part of a team assembled to accompany her on her first campaign swing. In a statement issued Saturday, President Obama commented on the life and death of Geraldine Ferraro; the President referred to the former …

Written by Les Francis on Sunday March 27, 2011

Merkel's Party Loses Important Election

The New York Times reports : BERLIN — In an astonishing shift in German politics, Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s conservative Christian Democrats on Sunday seemed headed for a major defeat in a historic stronghold in southwestern Germany, where the Green party appeared poised to head …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Lieberman: Syria Could Be Next

Politico reports : Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) raised the possibility Sunday of U.S. military involvement in Syria if President Bashar Al-Assad massacres his people. “If Assad does what Qadhafi was doing, which is to threaten to go house to house and kill anybody who’s not on his …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Gallup: Huckabee Tops GOP Field

Politico reports : Mike Huckabee is in a position most politicians would die for. In the latest Gallup poll released Friday, he’s the Republican leader, ahead of 16 other presidential prospects. Regardless of what’s being polled, who’s doing the polling or how the question is asked, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

WH: NATO Mission Could Last Months

The AP reports : Ahead of President Barack Obama's national address on Libya, top officials of his administration claimed major strides were being made in bolstering rebels fighting Moammar Gadhafi's forces but acknowledged there was no timetable for ending the international operation. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Palin: Ferraro Was a Pioneer

Politico reports : Sarah Palin took to Twitter and Facebook Saturday to mourn the passing of Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman on a national ticket who "broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more." "My family and I would like to express our sincere condolences to the …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Alleged Libyan Rape Victim Slandered

The New York Times reports: TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan authorities on Sunday attacked the character and credibility of a Libyan woman who burst into a hotel full of foreign journalists to say that she had been abducted and raped by militia members working for Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi , …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Rebels Advance, Retake Brega

BBC News reports: Libyan rebels are advancing westwards after re-taking the port of Ajdabiya from Muammar Gaddafi's forces. They have captured the coastal town of Brega without a fight and say they are moving towards the heartland of Col Gaddafi's support. One report says rebel fighters …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Govt Shutdown Threatened Again

The Washington Post reports: A breakdown late last week in closed-door negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House on funding the federal government makes it increasingly possible that Congress will not agree on a long-term funding resolution or another temporary measure …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

No Western Arms For Libyan Rebels

BBC News reports: Coalition countries attacking targets in Libya will not supply arms to anti-Gaddafi rebels, UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox has told the BBC. There are reports in the Sunday Times claiming plans to supply weapons to rebels are being drawn up. But Dr Fox said there was a …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011

Rad Reading Up In Seawater Near Plant

The Washington Post reports: TOKYO — Radioactivity levels have soared in the seawater outside the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant , safety officials reported Saturday, igniting fresh concerns about the spread of highly radioactive material and the risks involved in completing …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 27, 2011