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Europe's economic troubles mount ahead of G-8 - McClatchy Washington Bureau
An economist with the European Union mission in Washington, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the Bank of Greece would guarantee all deposits, with the backing of the European Central Bank, and nerves would calm. She denied that Europe was ...
Video posted on YouTube shows Sen. Mark Kirk doing rehabilitation exercises ... - McClatchy Washington Bureau
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about the senator's recovery. After he fell ill, Kirk underwent three brain surgeries at Northwestern Memorial Hospital before moving to the institute, which he left ...
Holding transcripts hostage takes heavy toll - McClatchy Washington Bureau
He asked that his name not be used because he's afraid it would only make it harder to get help from Temple. "With these policies," he told me, Temple is "helping to crush" students who will "end up with debt that they can never repay.
Military to show Guantanamo proceedings at 4 US bases - McClatchy Washington Bureau
The judge approved a second media viewing site at an unspecified "Executive Branch Federal Building" in Washington, DC But a government official said Friday that the Washington site has not been set up. (The Pentagon also is providing seats in the ...
Accused sit in jail as military courts drag feet on appeals - McClatchy Washington Bureau
... that a situation like that involving Marine Corps Sgt. Brian Foster will never be repeated," said a spokesperson for the Navy's judge advocate general, providing written responses to questions on condition of anonymity as a matter of policy. ...
Bahrain's official tally shows cost to Shiites of crackdown - McClatchy Washington Bureau
In Bahrain, "we still have more Shiite mosques and Ma'atems than Sunni mosques, and we have Buddhist temples and a standing synagogue," according to the official, who asked not to be identified because he was giving his personal view. ...
Pakistan says it's arrested an al Qaida figure - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"The indications are that he is a midlevel al Qaida operative who may have been involved in operations," said a US official in Washington who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue. The arrest appeared to be a ...
Grumpy Republicans await Obama in visit to Texas - McClatchy Washington Bureau
A Texas Democrat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity in the state over the issue, says that with Gov. Rick Perry and every other GOP lawmaker slamming Obama at every turn, the state should not be surprised if it's losing out ...
Commentary: Where Taliban, government practice peaceful co-existence - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"If a policeman, a soldier or a Taliban member is killed, everyone in Afghanistan suffers," said one village elder who asked not to be named. "We, the elders of Alasay district, have made a decision that means that everyone in our area now lives in ...
Gunman posing as Iraqi troops storm government building in Tikrit - McClatchy Washington Bureau
After the barrage, armed men dressed in Iraqi security force uniforms arrived, saying they'd been sent to protect the building, according to a police official who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. ...
Like new Middle East, Obama doctrine is a work in progress - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"There was a pretty early recognition of what was happening, the fact that it was irreversible . . . that no country or society was going to be immune to it," said the senior official who requested anonymity. Now the Obama team is being tested with ...
Karzai succeeds in getting weak parliament speaker elected - McClatchy Washington Bureau
He seems to have worked with everyone, so he's perfect" for consensus, said one Western diplomat in Kabul, who requested anonymity because he wasn't authorized to discuss the topic publicly. "He'll be much easier to push around than Qanooni, ...
How Southern Sudan's 'ticking time bomb' was defused - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"The pressure was palpable on a day-to-day basis that this was becoming too late to do," said a Western diplomat, who wasn't authorized to speak on the record and thus asked not to be identified. When the commission finally became operational in ...
Obama to seek economic sanctions against Gadhafi's regime - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Obama administration officials said the contest over Libya could continue for some time. Gadhafi "is still in control of Tripoli. That means something," said a senior US official, who requested anonymity to speak more frankly. A second senior official ...
Gadhafi defiant; senior officials defect and new atrocity allegations emerge - McClatchy Washington Bureau
About 80 of the men had been rescued by Tuesday night, but dozens of others remained trapped, said a member of the citizens' committee who declined to give his name. A Tripoli resident said that the capital was mostly quiet throughout the day, ...
China cracks down on protest threats, rounds up dissidents - McClatchy Washington Bureau
Standing in the crowd in Beijing on Sunday, one onlooker said he'd come hoping to see, or perhaps even take part in, a real protest. The young man, who asked that his name not be used, took a look around and said “It didn't work.”
Mideast violence spreads to home port of US 5th Fleet - McClatchy Washington Bureau
... (coming to power) in Bahrain, and anything that jeopardizes the stability of the existing government they would see with great alarm," said a senior US official, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity in order to discuss the sensitive issue. ...
As Obama sides with protesters, new Mideast posture emerges - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"I think you will continue to see gradual movement in that direction," said the official, who asked not to be identified because he wasn't authorized to speak for the record. "There is a sense that we are at the beginning of a time where will need to ...
Resort town Mubarak built may be his permanent home - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"We are not sure if he is in prison there, or on vacation," said one kitchen worker, who wouldn't give her name for fear of losing her job. ...
Jordan's government tumbles in wake of Egypt unrest - McClatchy Washington Bureau
"It's a dangerous time, because it's an unpredictable time," one Israeli Cabinet minister said, speaking only on the condition of anonymity as the minister ...
Sudan's Abyei region on edge after fierce fighting during vote - McClatchy Washington Bureau
... 100 dead — and then proceed to Abyei town, according to a UN official who wasn't authorized to speak on the record and thus asked not to be identified. ...
Fighting doesn't discourage southern Sudanese voters - McClatchy Washington Bureau
According to a UN official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak on the record on the matter, a band of Misseriya ...
How rating agencies set stage for community bank failures - McClatchy Washington Bureau
... investment portfolio," said the executive, who asked that his name not be used because he didn't want to attract negative attention to his healthy bank. ...
If Koreas reunite, can North's residents cope with freedom? - McClatchy Washington Bureau
The woman asked that her name not be used for fear of bringing retribution, as in labor camps or worse, to relatives still living in the North. ...
Black Friday crush forces police to clear Sacramento Wal-Mart - McClatchy Washington Bureau
... people in one area and they couldn't control it that well, that's why they evacuated," said a 24-year-old employee who asked that his name not be used. ...