Obama pressures Congress on housing; Republicans call for tax cuts
The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is calling on the public to help him get a plan through Congress to expand government assistance to homeowners. Obama urged people to "get on the phone, send an email, tweet," and visit with their legislators about his housing proposal to lower lending rates for m
Swedish group linked to Anonymous claims cyber attack against government website
The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
STOCKHOLM - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it. CyberForce used Twitter to claim responsibility for Saturday's attack on the website, which all departments of Sweden's government use. Government spok
Russian FM: 2 major problems remain with UN Syria resolution that need resolving
Geir Moulson, The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
MUNICH - Moscow still sees two problems of "crucial importance" with a draft U.N. resolution on the violence in Syria, Russia's foreign minister said Saturday amid Western attempts to head off a Russian veto in the Security Council. Sergey Lavrov said the resolution makes too few demands of armed gr
Europe's unrelenting cold snap traps people with heavy snowfall
Dusan Stojanovic,Jovana Gec, The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
Eastern Europe's unrelenting and deadly cold snap produced another heavy snowfall in the Balkans on Saturday, trapping people in their homes and cars, causing power outages, and closing airports, railway stations and bus services. In Bosnia, which woke up to more than three feet (one meter) of new s
Tens of thousands of Russians rally against Putin's rule, undeterred by bitter cold
Lynn Berry, The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
MOSCOW - Tens of thousands of Russians flooded downtown Moscow on Saturday to demand an end to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's rule, braving sub-zero temperatures to keep the protest movement alive one month before a presidential election that Putin is still expected to win. The protest — which drew
London's Heathrow Airport cuts flight schedule in anticipation of heavy snowfall
The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
LONDON - The owner of Heathrow Airport says it has cancelled 30 per cent of flights for Sunday amid forecasts for snow and severe weather in London. BAA says it reached an agreement with Heathrow airlines and air traffic control to reduce the flight schedule for Sunday to "minimize the disruption to
George Esper, who covered Vietnam War as Associated Press correspondent, dies at 79
The Associated Press
4 Feb, 2012 0
BRAINTREE, Mass. - George Esper, the tenacious Associated Press correspondent who refused to leave his post in the last days of the Vietnam War, remaining behind to cover the fall of Saigon, has died. He was 79. Esper died in his sleep on Thursday night, his son, Thomas, told the AP on Friday. Esper
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