Posts Tagged ‘ambitions’

South Korea’s new president demands North drop nuclear ambitions

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea's new president Park Geun-hye urged North Korea on Monday to abandon its nuclear ambitions immediately and to stop wasting its scarce resources on arms development. "I urge North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions without delay and embark on the path to peace and shared development," Park said as she [...]

O’Malley blogs: “no ambitions” to be Pope

Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley had a message for supporters who are excited to see his name mentioned as a possible candidate for the papacy. Writing in his personal blog, O’Malley says: I know people like to root for the home team — who wouldn’t want… Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Analysis: Nightclub fire exposes faults in Brazil’s big ambitions

RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A nightclub fire that killed 231 people is prompting Brazilians to worry that a culture of haphazard regulation and lax accountability stand in the way of achieving the country’s lofty, first-world ambitions. Brazil, Latin America’s biggest country, has been praised by economists and investors over the past decade during a [...]

Biden’s “U.S. president” gaffe points to 2016 ambitions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Was it just another slip of the tongue by Vice President Joe Biden, or a preview of 2016? Hours before he and President Barack Obama were due to be sworn in for their second four-year terms, Biden told supporters at the Iowa State Society inauguration ball late Saturday: "I'm proud to be [...]

Sens. Kerry, McCain poke fun over their ambitions

Sen. John Kerry, the next secretary of state? Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Petraeus Mistress Had Political Ambitions

Time magazine reports Gen. David Petraeus tried to talk his mistress, Paul Broadwell, out of ambitions for political office last summer. Tweet This Post

Steve Colbert talks about presidential ambitions

Comedian Stephen Colbert says that just because his name won’t appear on Saturday’s ballot in South Carolina’s Republican primary doesn’t mean he couldn’t become president, or even pope, someday. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post