Jan 28 (KATAKAMI.COM / Reuters) – Former South African President Nelson Mandela is undergoing specialised tests in hospital and there is no reason to panic, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said in a statement on Friday. A source close to Mandela told Reuters on Thursday the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon is recovering from a collapsed lung and […]
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Egypt: Internet down, police counterterror unit up
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CAIRO, Jan 28 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) – Internet service in Egypt was disrupted and the government deployed an elite special operations force in Cairo on Friday, hours before an anticipated new wave of anti-government protests. The developments were a sign that President Hosni Mubarak’s regime was toughening its crackdown following the biggest protests in years […]
Read moreIDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi Holds Meetings in NATO Conference
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Jan 27 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Earlier today (Thursday) the IDF Chief of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of the United States Military, Admiral Michael G. Mullen held a meeting in Brussels. During the meeting they discussed current events in the Middle East and addressed the mutual strategic […]
Read morePhotostream : French President Nicolas Sarkozy meets Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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House Speaker John Boehner avoids Nancy Pelosi’s strawberry-and-chocolate Air Force shuttle
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Jan 27 (KATAKAMI.COM / THE OREGONIAN) — House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, counts several lobbyists among his closest pals and is no stranger tolavish golf outings paid for by his and other political committees. But you can see why he was smart to drop his predecessors’ custom of being shuttled around on an Air Force jet. […]
Read moreObama Chooses New Press Secretary
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Jan 27 (KATAKAMI.COM/ VOA) — U.S. President Barack Obama has named former magazine journalist Jay Carney as the new White House press secretary. The announcement was made Thursday by White House Chief of Staff William Daley, who is himself a new hire for President Obama. Carney is a former reporter and Washington bureau chief forTime […]
Read moreIll. high court: Rahm Emanuel can run for Chicago mayor
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CHICAGO, Jan 27 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) – Illinois’ highest court put Rahm Emanuel back in the race for Chicago mayor Thursday, three days after a lower court threw the former White House chief of staff off the ballot because he had not lived in the city for a full year. The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Emanuel’s […]
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