Op-eds react to Washington scandals

Amman (dpa)- Iran and the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group are increasing military support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday."It is very clear that the Syrian regime is receiving a great ...

Brussels (dpa) - Tax cheats big and small were under the microscope in Brussels on Wednesday, as European Union leaders gathered at a summit to discuss tax evasion amid a fresh scandal involving computing giant Apple."All of the questions of tax ...

Emergency departments currently drive about 50% of all U.S. hospital admissions, and EDs were responsible for nearly all admissions growth between 2003 and 2009, according to a studyreleased Monday by the RAND Corporation,The Hill's "Healthwatch" ...

Moscow (dpa) - Russias State Duma Tuesday voted by a large majority for legislation that would sentence people convicted of blasphemy to up to three years in prison. The passage by the lower house of parliament in the crucial second of three ...

Stockholm (dpa) - Three former executives of Swedish carmaker Saab Automobile were questioned Tuesday, the day after they were arrested on suspicion of tax-related accounting fraud prior to the companys bankruptcy at the end of 2011.The trio, ...

Washington (dpa) - A US Senate committee accused Apple Inc of running a complex web of offshore business interests to avoid paying billions of dollars in income taxes, saying the technology giant was "among Americas largest tax avoiders."The ...

Moscow (dpa) - At least four people were killed and 45 injured in back-to-back car bombings in the semi-autonomous Russian republic of Dagestan Monday, authorities said. The first bomb detonated in front of the Justice Ministry in the regional ...

Belgrade (dpa) - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Monday encouraged Serbia to continue normalizing ties with Kosovo and remain on track of progress towards EU membership. "It is important and right to make the correct decision," ...

After the dust had settled, and most of the industry had returned to their native lands, ERA President Paul C. Nielsen of Brainard-Nelsen Marketing was able to put EDS 2013 in perspective. I thought EDS was great, Nielsen said. It had a very high ...