He took office as the most popular incoming president in a generation. A movement had become a mandate of nearly 70 million votes. People hoped the new president would bring change to Washington, the hallmark claim of his historic candidacy.
Now, the mood through much of the nation seems restive, even sour. It is almost jarring [...]
4:40pm UK, Monday February 08, 2010
Rob Cole,
Sky News Online
Reports from Japan suggest the embattled car giant Toyota will reveal on Tuesday plans to recall defective Prius cars in Japan and the US.
Toyota says a software glitch is behind a problem with the model’s brakes
Japan’s Kyodo news agency said Toyota would inform the countries’ respective governments [...]
Tom Bonnett, Sky News Online
The “golden goodbye” payments for three MPs facing criminal charges over their expenses will be suspended while legal proceedings are on-going, the Commons Speaker has said.
The three facing charges: Jim Devine, David Chaytor and Elliot Morley
Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor would have been entitled to resettlement grants on stepping [...]
3:40pm UK, Monday February 08, 2010
Vicki Hawthorne,
Ireland correspondent
Two republican paramilitary groups responsible for more than 100 murders in Northern Ireland have announced the decommissioning of their weapons.
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After 36 years of armed struggle the Irish National Liberation [...]
4:28pm UK, Monday February 08, 2010
David Williams, Sky News Online
Jack Straw has hit back at claims he ignored legal advice that the Iraq war was unlawful.
Mr Straw said he had ‘an intense knowledge of the negotiating history’
Mr Straw said he had given “serious attention” to warnings the conflict would be a “crime of aggression” if [...]
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A week ago, Jeb Hensarling was a generally anonymous backbencher in the House of Representatives, one of hundreds of middle-aged, white, Republican males holding consistently conservative views and…
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