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• Democratic dynasties clash as Obama claims JFK's mantle

  - 2008-01-28

  WASHINGTON AFP — Two branches of US political royalty clashed Monday as liberal lion Edward Kennedy snubbed the Clintons and backed Barack Obama as the inspirational heir to his slain brother, John F. Kennedy. In a stinging rebuff to Obama's White House rival Hillary Clinton, the Massachusetts senator said...

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• US diplomat regrets freedom fries and French-bashing

  - 2007-10-31

  PARIS AFP — A top US diplomat said Wednesday he regretted the French-bashing that took place in the United States over France's refusal to join the US-led war in Iraq. Nicholas Burns, number three in the US State Department, called a decision to rename French fries as freedom fries...

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• Chinese student killing spree inspires Meryl Streep movie

  - 2007-03-31

  SAN FRANCISCO AFP — The 1991 shooting spree by a Chinese student at an American university provided the inspiration for a new film that explores how people in China and the US view each other. The debut feature film from opera director Chen Zhi-zheng, "Dark Matter" is loosely based...

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• Zidane head-butt sets US tongues wagging about football

  - 2006-07-13

  WASHINGTON AFP — The United States, where football is still a second-tier sport, was nonetheless fascinated by the saga of French star Zinedine Zidane and his fateful head-butt in the World Cup final. Some observers wasted no time in pointing out that Zidane's head-butt, paradoxically, raised football to a...

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• Bush give himself wide latitude with war on tyranny: analysts

  - 2005-01-20

  WASHINGTON AFP — With his declaration of a worldwide drive against tyranny, US President George W. Bush gave himself wide latitude in pressing his war on terror without restraints on how or where he would act, analysts said. Several experts described Bush's second inaugural speech, vowing to fight for...

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• American among 20 lawyers to defend Saddam

  - 2004-05-09

  AMMAN AFP ? Twenty lawyers including several Arabs and an American have been chosen by the family of Saddam Hussein to represent the jailed former Iraqi dictator, Jordanian lawyer Mohammad Al-Rachdane said. Rachdane, who is included on the defence team, said the lawyers had been appointed by Saddam's wife,...

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• Guantanamo detentions come under US Supreme Court's review

  - 2004-04-19

  WASHINGTON AFP ? The US Supreme Court will take up the legality of indefinite detention of prisoners at the US base in Guantanamo, Cuba, whom the US government deems enemy combatants in the war on terrorism. The high court will take up the Bush administration's controversial policy on these...

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• Prominent Lebanese composer dies

  - 2004-03-11

  BEIRUT AFP ? Prominent composer Zaki Nassif, a pioneer in developing and spreading Lebanese folk music around the world, died at the age of 88. Nassif also composed "Lebanon will be rebuilt," which became a patriotic hymn after the end of the country's devastating 1975-1990 civil war. Born...

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