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Romney wins Oregon, Nebraska
LOS ANGELES: Presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney won primary ballots in Oregon and Nebraska on Tuesday, partial results showed, moving him a step closer to winning his party’s formal White House nomination. Romney won 73 percent of the vote in Oregon against 12.2 percent for Ron Paul, who suspended active campaigning this week, and 5.7 percent for Newt Gingrich, according to results from nearly two thirds...
 
 
Obama threatens to veto defence bill
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama threatened on Tuesday to veto a defence policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorise higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees. In a move that set the White House on a collision course with lawmakers in the Republican-led House, the administration warned that the National Defense...
   
Arizona court stays execution over clemency hearing
PHOENIX: Arizona’s top court issued a stay of execution on Tuesday for death row inmate Samuel Villegas Lopez, a day before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, to address claims that he had been denied a chance at a fair clemency hearing. Villegas Lopez was sentenced to death for raping 59-year-old Estafana Holmes and stabbing her to death in a violent, drawn-out assault at her Phoenix apartment in 1986....
 
 
Oklahoma governor signs open-carry gun bill
OKLAHOMA CITY: Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed into law on Tuesday a bill that will allow Oklahomans to openly carry guns if they pass a criminal background check and take firearms training. Fallin, a Republican, said the new law “sends a strong message that Oklahoma values the rights of its citizens to defend themselves, their family and their property.” Oklahoma already issues licenses that allowed citizens to carry...
   
Mexican novelist Fuentes is dead
MEXICO CITY: Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America’s best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83. Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His most famous novels include The Death of Artemio Cruz, The Old Gringo and The Crystal Frontier. The Old Gringo was the first US...
 
 
Cruise line sued for failing to rescue fishermen
MIAMI: Princess Cruises has been hit with a lawsuit accusing it of “outrageous conduct” and “callous disregard for human life” for failing to rescue three young men aboard a disabled Panamanian fishing boat, two of whom later died at sea. The civil complaint, in a tragic high seas case that has grabbed the international spotlight, was filed in circuit court in Miami last week. It was filed on behalf of 18-year-old Adrian...
   
Pentagon restricts F-22 flights over safety concerns
WASHINGTON: Facing a mysterious safety problem with the Air Force’s most-prized stealth fighter, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Tuesday ordered new flight restrictions on the F-22 and summoned help from Navy and Nasa experts. Panetta endorsed Air Force efforts to figure out why some F-22 pilots have experienced dizziness and other symptoms of an oxygen shortage while flying, but his personal intervention signaled a new...
 
 
 
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