Obama welcomes president of ‘Myanmar’ with cautionary reminder

Japan Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday welcomed Myanmar’s president to the White House — the first such visit in nearly 50 years — and hailed the Southeast Asian nation’s progress on democratic reforms, but emphasized that much work remains to be done. After meeting privately with President Thein Sein in the Oval Office, Obama told reporters that Myanmar must ...

Public Sharply Critical on IRS Benghazi But Economy Cuts Obama Some Slack

ABC News - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

May 21, 2013 12:01am Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll sharply reject special scrutiny of conservative groups by the Internal Revenue Service, suspect an administration cover-up of the Benghazi incident and express substantial distrust of the federal government more generally. Yet the national survey also finds no backlash against Barack Obama, at least at this point. His ...

Obama cites movement toward political economic reforms in Myanmar

The Globe and Mail - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

In a long-awaited White House visit, President Barack Obama told Myanmar's president Monday that he appreciates the Asian leader's efforts to lead the country in "a long and sometimes difficult, but ultimately correct, path to follow" toward democracy.Mr. Obama spoke as he sat in the Oval Office with former general Thein Sein, who became the first president of Myanmar to ...

AP Photos Images of devastating Oklahoma tornado

The Miami Herald - Monday 20th May, 2013

The devastating tornado that swept through Oklahoma turned houses into matchsticks and sent parents and teachers running to pull children from the wreckage of an elementary school in the eye of the storm. At least 51 people were killed by the 200-mph storm and dozens of homes destroyed. The toll was expected to rise. Here are images from the aftermath ...

Missouri city aids tornado-ravaged Okla. town

The Miami Herald - Monday 20th May, 2013

President Barack Obama has called Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin to express his concern about a monstrous tornado that wreaked havoc in the Oklahoma City ...

Mexico adopts five-year plan for social economic development

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday presented a five-year plan, aimed at combating violence and improving administration."Mexico has the historic opportunity to launch a national transformation," Pena Nieto said at an event to announce the plan, adding that for the first time, the government has devised a development plan that includes the periodic evaluation of its ...

Hundreds pay respects as Elijah Harper laid to rest

C News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Former MLA, MP, and aboriginal leader Elijah Harper has died. Elijah Harper - The Man Who Said No, to many Canadians - was remembered as much more by friends and family at funeral events Monday. Harper, a former Manitoba MLA and MP who was a key figure in shutting down the failed Meech Lake Accord, died Friday as a result of heart failure stemming from diabetes ...

Sex-tape soldier hopes for closure

C News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge is seen in this QMI Agency file photo. MONTREAL - The Quebec soldier whose stolen sex tape ruined her military career said she hoped to reach an "accommodation" with army officials. Alexandra-Kim Martin-Roberge said the Canadian army will present her with an offer on Tuesday at CFB Valcartier, just north of Quebec City. In 2010, while on a 12-month ...

Obama’s Africa tour begins in June

IOL - Monday 20th May, 2013

Washington - President Barack Obama will leave on a first African tour next month, visiting Senegal, Tanzania and South Africa, but his itinerary released on Monday bypasses Kenya, an ancestral ...

FBI Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast

Associated Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- Two FBI agents who died while training off the Virginia Beach coast fell to their deaths when a helicopter had trouble during a "maritime counterterrorism exercise," an agency spokeswoman said Monday ...

South Africa Canadian Governor General to Visit

All Africa - Monday 20th May, 2013

South Africa's relations with Canada will come under the spotlight on Tuesday when President Jacob Zuma hosts the Governor General of Canada, David Johnston, for a state visit. This will be Johnston's first visit to South Africa, which forms part of his tour of Africa, including stops in Ghana and Botswana. South Africa is Canada's second-largest trading partner in sub-Saharan ...

Police close Susan Powell case offer new details

San Diego Union-Tribune - Monday 20th May, 2013

West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ...

File Josh Powell had affair before wife vanished

The Miami Herald - Monday 20th May, 2013

West Valley City Deputy Police Chief Mike Powell, center, makes remarks during a news conference, while West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder, right, and West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle, left, look on Monday, May 20, 2013, in West Valley City, Utah. Citing a lack of leads, a police agency said Monday that it is closing the active investigation of the disappearance of Susan Powell, a Utah mother ...

Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations meet Obama in US

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura ...

Obama stresses importance of forming new Lebanese cabinet

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

US President Barack Obama stressed on Monday the importance of forming a new Lebanese cabinet and holding timely parliamentary elections, according to a presidential statement from Beirut.A statement released by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman's office said Obama called Suleiman and told him that "holding the elections on time and forming a new cabinet send a strong message about ...

Summer to rank among Canadas warmest on record typical temperatures predicted for Metro Vancouver

Vancouver Sun - Monday 20th May, 2013

Southwestern British Columbia should expect typical summer temperatures this year, although the southern interior will see more heat than usual.That's the prediction of meteorologists at AccuWeather.com, which said in its summer outlook Monday that Canadians in general will experience hot spells interspersed with cooler periods.However, it will be more of the same in Metro Vancouver and ...

Titanium implants in spine give Canadian freediver Jill Yoneda second chance to pursue her passion

Vancouver Sun - Monday 20th May, 2013

Jill Yoneda, 38, of Langley, is a freediver who has had surgery on her neck to repair three ruptured discs. She has 6 titanium end plates on 3 vertebrae from 2 separate operations, and the latest small scar is visible on the right side of her ...

Obama deliberately shielded from tax inquiry news

The Standard - Monday 20th May, 2013

(52 mins ago) The White House chief of staff and other senior presidential advisers knew in late April that an upcoming report was likely to find that employees of the US tax agency had inappropriately targeted conservative political groups _ but they did not tell President Barack Obama. The White House said advisers left Obama to learn the results from news reports. The White House defended ...

‘He’s not a grizzly bear he’s a cuddly bear’ Mulcair takes a softer approach in new ad as Trudeau’s popularity grows

National Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

On Monday, the federal New Democratic Party released a new advertisement touting the "Leadership [and] Experience" of Thomas Mulcair. The 30-second clip opens with home-movie images of the bearded-even-back-then NDP leader holding his wife Catherine Pinhas in his lap, then cradling a baby, then skiing. His never-really-before-seen adult sons talk about what a great hockey coach he was. ...

Chris Weigant Obamas Teflon Presidency

Huffington Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

Is Barack Obama our nation's second "Teflon president"? The question has occurred to me before, but it became impossible to ignore after the last week of "Scandalgate." Even after multiple scandals all vying for the top headline throughout the week, over the weekend CNN reported poll numbers showing Obama currently enjoys 53 percent of the public's approval for the ...

Rabbi Abraham Cooper From Sudan to North Korea and Syria A Plea to President Obama to Activate His Atrocities Prevention Board

Huffington Post - Monday 20th May, 2013

Co-authored by Professor Samuel Totten "In remembrance lie the roots of redemption; in forgetfulness the roots of destruction." That Judaic theme has inspired museums, international memorial days, and not a few politicians to invoke "Never Again" when the specter of genocide rears its horrific head. Yet while millions may draw inspiration and hope from survivor's ...

Obama meets Myanmar’s president

Tribune Review - Monday 20th May, 2013

WASHINGTON -- President Obama welcomed Myanmar's president to the White House for the first time in nearly 50 years on Monday, hailing the Southeast Asian nation's progress on democratic reforms but emphasizing that much work remains to be ...