Tuesday, August 30th, 2011 | 6 comments

Muslims pray at King Fahad Mosque on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Culver City, Los Angeles, California August 1, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Lucy Nicholson/Files
A majority of U.S. Muslims are content with the nation’s direction in contrast to many Americans and few Muslims believe there is support for Islamic extremism here, a survey released on Tuesday found.
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Seething discontent in Germany over Europe’s debt crisis has spread to all the key institutions. Photo: AP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel no longer has enough coalition votes in the Bundestag to secure backing for Europe’s revamped rescue machinery, threatening a consitutional crisis in Germany and a fresh eruption of the euro debt saga.
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Monday, August 29th, 2011 | One comment

Obama announces that he will appoint Alan Krueger to replace Austan Goolsbee as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Photo by Hayley Peterson.
President Obama required two heavy-duty teleprompters on Monday during a three-minute speech in which he nominated Alan Krueger to serve as chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers.
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Monday, August 29th, 2011 | 2 comments

London rally for ‘peace’
Arutz Sheva photo
Laura Booth, sister-in-law of Quartet envoy Tony Blair, calls on “Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt liberate Al-Quds [Jerusalem].”
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Monday, August 29th, 2011 | 4 comments

A New York City taxi is stranded in deep water on Manhattan’s West Side Photo: AP
For the television reporter, clad in his red cagoule emblazoned with the CNN logo, it was a dramatic on-air moment, broadcasting live from Long Island, New York during a hurricane that threatened Manhattan.
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Saturday, August 27th, 2011 | Post a comment

Workers are seen on the deck of China’s first aircraft carrier, which finished its maiden sea trial and arrived at Dalian Port, Liaoning province August 14, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/China Daily
China’s state news agency on Thursday condemned a Pentagon report on China’s growing military might, calling its account of Beijing’s weapons modernization drive an alarmist “cock-and-bull story.”
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