MOSCOW ( AP ) Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev criticized Kremlin policies Friday and toyed with the ambitious idea of attempting a political comeback. Gorbachev said that corruption and overdependence on oil exports have aggravated...

In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, Social Democratic Party of Russia, Russia, Moscow, All rights reserved, United Russia, Union of Social Democrats, USA Today, and Supreme Court

...and he remained in touch with his Iranian counterparts. "I do not consider that I have received a final answer," ElBaradei said. "What I got is an oral response, basically saying we need to keep all the material in Iran until we get...

In this article: Mohamed ElBaradei, Iran, Tehran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Barack Obama, Uranium, Berlin, Cancer, U.N., and Brussels

...expect Christie to use the power of his office and his bully pulpit well. But even a great reformer like Teddy Roosevelt only carried a big stick - he never used it on a member of Congress. Many legislators are trying to figure out where...

In this article: Dick Codey, Chris Christie, Stephen Sweeney, Sheila Oliver, Loretta Weinberg, Trenton, and Teddy Roosevelt

Former vice president Al Gore discusses his hopes and fears for the future of the smart grid. SAN MATEO , Calif. -- Former U.S. vice president Al Gore hopes America 's next generation power grid will be a lot like the Internet. Or at least...

In this article: Al Gore, CNET, Apple, U.S., Chrome OS, Coal, Web applications, and Pacific Gas and Electric

Free whitepaper - Avoiding costs from oversizing data center and network room infrastructure "It is fun for me to be here. I am Al Gore and I used to be the next president of the United States of America ," Gore said as he stepped onto the...

In this article: Al Gore, Climate change, Global warming, Deductive reasoning, Silver, An Inconvenient Truth, House Science Committee, Tennessee, and South Carolina

...in the East. And they grossly overestimated the Soviet Union 's ability and will to keep its empire at all costs. Above all, Mikhail Gorbachev will remain the man who had the vision and the courage not to oppose the course of history. He...

In this article: Berlin, Nicosia, Israel, European Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, Korea, Cyprus, Capitalism, Second Intifada, and Harvard University

...a senior diplomatic advisor to a series of senior political figures on the Left, including former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami , President Shimon Peres during his term as foreign minister from March 2001 to November 2002 and Defense Minister...

In this article: United Nations, Avigdor Lieberman, Shimon Peres, Ehud Barak, New York, Civil Service Commission, Shlomo Ben-Ami, and Jerusalem Post

"In many authoritarian regimes, one hearing organ is missing," he said, tugging at his ear. "Like Burma," he added, referring to Aung San Suu Kyi , the detained opposition leader and fellow Nobel peace prize laureate. "Communist hardliners...

In this article: Dalai Lama, Tibet, China, White House, Hu Jintao, Buddhist, Rome, and Beijing

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING Israel 's Peres : Chavez , Ahmadinejad will fall Israel 's President Shimon Peres gestures during a press conference at the government palace in Buenos Aires , Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. Peres is on...

In this article: Shimon Peres, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Argentina, Venezuela, Buenos Aires, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Iran, and Latin America

...will fall By MICHAEL WARREN , Associated Press Writer Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 1:06 p.m. BUENOS AIRES , Argentina Israel President Shimon Peres predicts the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too...

In this article: Shimon Peres, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela, Israel, Argentina, Associated Press Writer, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Iran

Article's topics: Shimon Peres , Cristina Kirchner , Argentina , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , Iran Despite the warm welcome given to President Shimon Peres by Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner , hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Monday night...

In this article: Shimon Peres, Cristina Kirchner, Nobel Prize, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Iran

Sees enlightened leadership as sparking wide change Did Mikhail Gorbachev launch glasnost and perestroika in the mid-1980s with the aim of bringing about genuine democratic change in the Soviet Union? That's what he says in two interviews...

In this article: Mikhail Gorbachev, Warsaw Pact, Afghanistan, Ronald Reagan, Soviet Union, United States, Democracy, Socialism, Taliban, and NATO

CHIANG MAI , Thailand -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Monday he had no regrets about his handling of the Iran hostage crisis more than 30 years ago, saying he didn't attack the country as his advisers proposed because thousands of...

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Iran hostage crisis, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Mai, Iran, Delta Airlines, Vietnam, and Thailand

CHIANG MAI , Thailand -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter helped the housing charity that he champions, Habitat for Humanity , launch a campaign Monday to build homes for 50,000 families in the Mekong River region over the next five years.

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Thailand, Habitat for Humanity, Delta Airlines, Chiang Mai, Jet Li, and King Bhumibol Adulyadej

...the idea of a bipartisan group of senators and House members, who are proposing to create a Roosevelt Scholars program, named after Teddy Roosevelt. Reps. David Price (D-N.C.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.) have introduced a bill in the House,...

In this article: Caroline Kennedy, Teddy Roosevelt, and Kirsten Gillibrand

Security has tightened considerably around President Shimon Peres in Sao Paulo following an anti-Peres rally on Thursday by 40 to 60 Palestinians and Lebanese, some of whom held up banners with swastikas and others images of Palestinian...

In this article: Shimon Peres, Brazil, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Israel, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Joseph Safra, and El Al

1936: Albert Einstein and fellow nuclear scientist Leo Szilard receive an American patent for a new kind of refrigerator that requires no electricity. The most famous physicist of the 20th century wasn't a Thomas Edison : The fridge would...

In this article: Albert Einstein, Butane, Leo Szilard, Boiling point, Oxford, Wired.com, University of Oldenburg, and Electrolux

...to glimpse the Tibetan spiritual leader. Monks clanged cymbals and sounded traditional Tibetan horns to greet the Dalai Lama as he arrived at the Tawang monastery from a nearby helipad. The Dalai Lama smiled and chatted with the...

In this article: Dalai Lama, China, Tibet, Arunachal Pradesh, Beijing, India, Buddhist, Dysentery, Lhasa, and New Delhi