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Paula Broadwell, author of the David Petraeus biography

Ahad , 11 Nov 2012, 21:27 WIB

FBI, CIA face questions about Petraeus affair

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - The career of David Petraeus, the CIA director and a renowned military general, was derailed by allegedly vicious emails his paramour sent to another woman. Now the...

U.S. General David Petraeus gestures during the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 23, 2011. (file photo)

Sabtu , 10 Nov 2012, 23:32 WIB

CIA Director Petraeus resigns, admits extramarital affair

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CIA Director Petraeus resigns, admits extramarital affair WASHINGTON - CIA Director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading U.S. spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he "showed extremely poor judgment." In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said he met with President Barack Obama at the White House on Thursday and asked "to...

Sabtu , 10 Nov 2012, 23:13 WIB

Unwanted donation, the 'disaster after the disaster'

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MOUNT LAUREL - Superstorm Sandy has brought out generosity...

Jumat , 09 Nov 2012, 21:05 WIB

Dead candidates win elections in Florida and Alabama

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ORLANDO - Florida Democrat Earl K. Wood and Alabama...

Jumat , 09 Nov 2012, 20:45 WIB

Praying passenger diverts flight from Denver to DC

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, STERLING - A United Airlines flight from Denver to...

President Barack Obama, with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at right, speaks about Libya in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington. Obama now has a freer hand to deal with a world of familiar problems in fresh ways. Clinton has announc

Jumat , 09 Nov 2012, 20:30 WIB

A look at expected Obama administration departures

Indian sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik gives final touches to a sand sculpture of U.S. President Barack Obama on a beach at Puri, in the eastern Indian state of Odisha November 7, 2012.

Jumat , 09 Nov 2012, 20:24 WIB

Obama tears up in video as he thanks campaign staff after re-election

A courtroom sketch shows shows Mark Basseley Youssef (right) talking with his attorney Steven Seiden, left, in court in Los Angeles. Youssef received a one-year sentence Wednesday Nov. 7, 2012, in federal prison for parole violation. (file photo)

Kamis , 08 Nov 2012, 20:07 WIB

Man behind anti-Muslim film gets one year in prison

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (file photo)

Rabu , 07 Nov 2012, 21:10 WIB

Obama victory spells more trouble for Israel's Netanyahu

A man exits after watching U.S. President Barack Obama's acceptance speech broadcast live in Times Square following his re-election in New York November 7, 2012.

Rabu , 07 Nov 2012, 21:00 WIB

China says Obama win offers opportunity to mend ties

A sign hangs in the window of a shop during the U.S. presidential election in South Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2012.

Selasa , 06 Nov 2012, 22:37 WIB

Obama or Romney? Voters start deciding

Chinese pop musician Gao Xiaosong, shown on a computer screen in Beijing, China, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012, speaks in his online talk show posted on the popular video-sharing site Youku.com.

Senin , 05 Nov 2012, 20:58 WIB

US election fascinates Chinese; some envy voters

Homemade signs line the walls at a phone bank at the AFL-CIO building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin November 2, 2012. President Barack Obama as a somewhat easier path to 270 electoral votes than Republican Mitt Romney fueled primarily by a small but steady lead

Senin , 05 Nov 2012, 20:10 WIB

Obama and Romeny make their final case on the last day

U.S. President Barack Obama laughs behind Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney during the second U.S. presidential campaign debate in Hempstead, New York, October 16, 2012.

Ahad , 04 Nov 2012, 23:39 WIB

Factbox: How the US Electoral College works

A mother and daughter hug U.S. President Barack Obama at the same time during a campaign rally in Bristow, Virginia, November 3, 2012.

Ahad , 04 Nov 2012, 22:53 WIB

Factbox: Barack Obama, the first US black president

A supporter puts his hand on his heart for the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance at a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee MittRomney in Des Moines, Iowa November 4, 2012.

Ahad , 04 Nov 2012, 22:45 WIB

Factbox: Mitt Romney, Republican presidential candidate

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg updates the media on the City’s Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012 in New York. Later that day Bloomberg cancelled the 2012 New York Marathon amid growing public pressure.

Sabtu , 03 Nov 2012, 23:53 WIB

Ultimately, Bloomberg cancels the marathon event

U.S. President Barack Obama holds up his plan for jobs during a campaign rally in Delray, Florida October 23, 2012.

Payrolls rise sharply, giving Obama some relief

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON - Employers stepped up hiring in October and the jobless rate ticked higher as more workers restarted job hunts, a hopeful sign for a lackluster economy that has been a drag on President Barack Obama's reelection chances. Employers added 171,000 people to their payrolls last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. The government also said 84,000 more...