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New York, February 28 2008. The Turkish army said in a statement on Monday February 25 it has killed 41 separatist Kurdish rebels, raising the reported death toll in its incursion in northern Iraq to 153 since Thursday February 21. The White House meanwhile hopes Turkey’s latest armed raids against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) will be short and spare civilians. “We hope that this is just a short-term incursion so that they can help deal with the threat” of Kurdish separatists, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said on Monday. New York. “It’s time to get real”. After 10 defeats in a row against Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton challenged Democratic voters to give her the responsibility to represent in the November presidential election. Despite her string of losses, the former first lady went on the offensive in a speech in New York City. `It’s time we moved from good words to good works, from sound bites to sound solutions.”, she said, claiming that her rival has substituted rhetoric for experience. New York, February 18.. Ahead of the February 19 primaries in Hawaii and Wisconsin, Clinton supporters seem to start questioning the first lady’s strategy to rely on superdelegates to clinch the Democratic party’s nomination if she loses the popular vote. “It’s the people [who are] going to govern who selects our next candidate and not superdelegates,” Charles Rangel said on February 17 at a dinner for the New York State Association of Black and Puerto Rican Legislators conference in Albany. “The people’s will is what is going to prevail at the convention and not people who decide what the people’s will is,” the key Hillary Clinton ally and surrogate added. Amarillo, Texas. His “girls” call him “Coach Tank.” In the small classroom on a cool morning of early March, Scott Tankersley, a teacher of American history and coach of the girls’ wrestling team at Caprock High School in Amarillo, stands out in his bright orange t-shirt. Last year, the big man with the moustache and the strong hands, led the girls team to victory in the 2007 state championships in Austin, the fourth straight title for the Lady Longhorns. And, he did it with hardly a word. New York. Is he unstoppable? On Tuesday February 12, Barack Obama swept the presidential primaries in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia. With these three new victories in the Potomac area, the Illinois Senator has now won contests in a row against his rival Hillary Clinton. With his native Hawaii and Wisconsin, due to vote on February 19, Obama is favored to win both states and to strengthen his new status as the front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination. New York. The momentum is now on his side. On February 9 and 10, Barack Obama swept the Democratic presidential primary and caucuses in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington State and in Maine. He also won the Virgin Islands. Barring a Clinton upset in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, the Illinois senator is set to win three more contests on Tuesday Feb. 12. Series of pictures taken by Daniella Zalcman during the Feb. 5 Super Tuesday. New York. Nineteen years after Let Love Rule, Lenny Kravitz (photo David Hindley) is looking for love again. On February 5 2008, the New York singer released It’s Time for a Love Revolution, his eighth album. the.point.is. news agency met with the retro-rock superstar in the historic Electric Lady Studios, in the West Village in Manhattan. New York, February 7 2008. It will be long. It will be tough. After tying on Super Tuesday, Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton (Photo Daniella Zalcman) are back on the campaign trail. While fighting for the votes, both candidates are looking to raise money to keep their presidential dream alive. Mr Obama’s prospects are currently brighter than Mrs Clinton’s. On Wednesday February 6, Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe said in a letter to supporters that $3 million was raised the evening after Super Tuesday. On Thursday morning, the rose to $7.1 million, according to the Obama campaign Web site. |
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