White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., it was built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the late Georgian style and has been the executive residence of every U.S. President since John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the home in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) expanded the building outward, creating two colonnades which were meant... read more
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French far-right suffers over economic credibility
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 PARIS (Reuters) - France's far-right is pushing a nationalistic economic platform for April's presidential elections, but 70 percent of voters believe its financial programme lacks credibility, including the flagship policy to leave the euro, a poll published on Saturday showed....
Washington Occupy protesters comply with no-camping
From Reuters Dated 4 February 2012 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some 150 "Occupy" movement protesters who have been camped at a park near the White House since October peacefully removed gear on Saturday after police moved in at dawn to enforce a no-camping rule.
South Africa's Malema loses appeal, expelled from ANC
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - An appeals panel of South Africa's ruling ANC on Saturday upheld a decision to expel its firebrand youth leader Julius Malema for bringing the movement into disrepute, sending into the political wilderness one of the leading voices...
Park Police Surround Occupy DC Camp, Search McPherson Square Tents (VIDEO)
From The Huffington Post Dated 4 February 2012 WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police officers, some on horseback and others in riot gear, surrounded the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square with barricades before sunrise Saturday in an enforcement action, though police stressed it was not an...
Iran says oil ban will not halt nuclear work
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's oil minister said the Islamic state would not retreat from its nuclear programme even if its crude oil exports grind to a halt, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Related Stories ...
More than 200 killed in Syria's Homs before U.N. vote
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 BEIRUT/MUNICH (Reuters) - Syrian forces killed more than 200 people in an assault on the city of Homs, activists said, the bloodiest day of an 11-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, ahead of a Saturday vote on a U.N. resolution...
Leon Panetta reassures European allies over defence cuts
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 MUNICH (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reassured European allies on Saturday that Washington remains committed to their security despite an austerity drive, as NATO pushed for new ways for alliance members to maintain capabilities at lower cost. ...
Police Converge On Occupy DC Site At McPherson Square
From The Huffington Post Dated 4 February 2012 WASHINGTON — Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.Officers arrived and placed barricades around McPherson Square, a federal park near the White...
Police converge on Occupy site in Washington, DC
From Wichita Eagle Dated 4 February 2012 Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.Officers arrived and placed barricades around McPherson Square, a federal park near the White House where...
Kenya claims "best attack" yet against al Shabaab
From Reuters.co.uk Dated 4 February 2012 NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's military has struck al Shabaab targets in one of the most devastating attacks against the al Qaeda-linked insurgents since it launched an operation in Somalia to crush the rebels last October, a Kenyan army officer said...
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