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IN FULL: Ronald Reagan's love letter to wife Nancy in 1981 – '... there is a sentimental lady I love'

Published:Friday | March 11, 2016 | 12:00 AM

President Ronald Reagan's letter to wife Nancy on December 25, 1981, their first Christmas in the White House. Former Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney read it at Friday's funeral service for Mrs Reagan. Dear Mrs. R, I still don't...

Nancy Reagan remembered as more than a first lady at funeral

Published:Friday | March 11, 2016 | 12:00 AM

SIMI VALLEY, California (AP): Close friends and family remembered Nancy Reagan as more than a first lady today, recalling at her funeral service how she and husband Ronald Reagan made up "two halves of a circle", with a love for one...

All eyes on Trump as crucial Tuesday primaries approach

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 9:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):Republican leaders continued to agonise yesterday over how to stop Donald Trump's outsider drive for the presidential nomination ahead of Tuesday's crucial primary elections in Florida and Ohio, while even Democrats Hillary Clinton...

Next Irish government in limbo as lawmakers convene for vote

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 9:26 AM

DUBLIN (AP):Ireland's new parliament convened for the first time yesterday to elect a government leader, but analysts forecast that no candidate would attract enough votes and Prime Minister Enda Kenny would be forced into a much-weakened caretaker...

Kosovo opposition disrupts parliament session with tear gas

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PRISTINA (AP): Kosovo opposition lawmakers opposed to government deals with Serbia and Montenegro released tear gas to disrupt a parliamentary session yesterday.Shortly after the start of the session, Speaker Kadri Veseli suspended proceedings after a tear gas...

Canadian PM makes first official visit to US in almost 20 years

Published:Thursday | March 10, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met yesterday in their first Oval Office meeting.The two leaders strolled into the Oval Office together following an elaborate White House arrival ceremony. Trudeau is...

US captures top IS chemical arms engineer

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 4:28 PM

BAGHDAD (AP):US speciaL forces captured the head of the Islamic State group's unit trying to develop chemical weapons in a raid last month in northern Iraq, Iraqi and US officials told the Associated Press, the first known major success of...

Former president: A Trump presidency risks trade war

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 4:49 PM

SAN FRANCISCO DELRINCON (AP):Former Mexican President Vicente Fox says a Donald Trump presidency could lead Mexico and the United States to a trade war that would hurt both countries.A day after Trump stretched his lead over GOP rivals with wins in...

18 dead from unknown bloodstream infection

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 4:59 PM

MILWAUKEE (AP):The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has sent additional investigators to Wisconsin to find the source of a blood infection that officials described as the largest outbreak of the bacteria now linked to at least 18 deaths...

PHOTO: French day of protest

Published:Wednesday | March 9, 2016 | 12:00 AMAP

Total opens special-fluids plant in Houston

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 12:00 AM

HOUSTON, Texas:Total SA yesterday officially inaugurated the production of the company's new high-purity special fluids facility in Bayport, Texas. The ribbon-cutting represented the completion of a US$100 million investment by the global integrated...

Sexual transmission of ZIKV more common than thought - WHO

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 12:00 AM

GENEVA (AP):Sexual transmission of the zika virus is more common than previously thought, the World Health Organization said yesterday, citing reports from several countries.After a meeting of its emergency committee, the UN health agency also said...

WHO says sexual transmission of Zika more common than thought

Published:Tuesday | March 8, 2016 | 12:00 AM

GENEVA (AP): The World Health Organization says reports from several countries suggest that sexual transmission of the Zika virus is more common than previously thought. After a meeting of its emergency committee today, the UN health agency also...

Fort Bragg troops must obey DOD rules for political activity

Published:Monday | March 7, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Donald Trump is bringing his presidential campaign to Fayetteville tomorrow, and officials at Fort Bragg are reminding active duty troops of the rules concerning political activity for members of the military.The...

Trump language like that of Hitler

Published:Monday | March 7, 2016 | 1:13 PM

MEXICO CITY (AP):Mexican President Enrique PeÒa Nieto compared the language of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump to that of dictators Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in an interview published yesterday, and said it has hurt US-Mexico...

Businessman charged with massive money laundering

Published:Monday | March 7, 2016 | 11:29 AM

BUCHAREST (AP):Anti-corruption prosecutors have charged one of Romania's richest businessmen with money laundering and abusing his position as a chief executive of a leading insurance company.The anti-corruption prosecutor's office charged Dan...

UNAIDS director urges greater commitment to full respect for women

Published:Monday | March 7, 2016 | 11:39 AM

BRIDGETOWN (CMC):The director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Michel Sidibe, is calling on the global community to reaffirm its commitment to achieving full respect for women's rights both as a moral obligation and as a...

Spanish king urges parties to keep negotiating new gov't

Published:Monday | March 7, 2016 | 12:33 PM

King Felipe VI yesterday gave Spanish political parties more time to negotiate a way out of the near three-month political stalemate on who should form a new government.The palace announced the decision after the monarch met with a parliamentary...

Former first lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 1:48 PM

UNITED STATESLOS ANGELES (AP) Nancy Reagan, the helpmate, backstage adviser and fierce protector of Ronald Reagan in his journey from actor to president and finally during his 10-year battle with Alzheimer?s disease has died. She was 94.The...

Egypt says Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood killed chief prosecutor

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 2:03 PM

EGYPTCAIRO (AP) Egypt said yesterday that members of the Muslim Brotherhood trained in the Gaza Strip by the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out the bombing that killed the country?s chief prosecutor in Cairo last year.Interior Minister...

Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan dies at 94

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

Former United States First Lady Nancy Reagan, who joined her husband on a storybook journey from Hollywood to the White House, died today. The news was confirmed by John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and...

US ELECTIONS: Latest votes deliver anything but clarity in GOP race

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Offering anything but clarity, Republicans delivered a split verdict between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz in the latest round of presidential voting, offering fresh evidence of the turmoil still roiling the GOP after...

Man who found MH370 flight part finds new item on Reunion Island

Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 12:00 AM

PARIS (AP) -- The man who found a wing fragment of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared nearly two years ago on a beach in the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has found more mysterious debris, a square-shaped gray item with blue...

Police takeover largest newspaper

Published:Saturday | March 5, 2016 | 1:32 PM

ANKARA, Turkey (AP):The European Union is facing increasing pressure to speak out against the erosion of media freedom in Turkey following the takeover of the country's largest-circulation newspaper, but few expect it to take a bold stance towards...

World considers a Trump presidency, and many shudder

Published:Thursday | March 3, 2016 | 6:28 AM

BRUSSELS, (AP):Following Donald Trump's breathtaking string of Super Tuesday victories, politicians, editorial writers and ordinary people worldwide were coming to grips with the growing possibility that the brash New York billionaire might become...

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