Posts Tagged ‘concerns’

Top official dismisses concerns about Kim Jong Un (AP)

FILE - In this MOnday, Jan. 16, 2012 file photo, Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, meets with a delegation from The Associated Press at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, North Korea.  In the first high-level interview with foreign journalists since North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's Dec. 17 death, Politburo member and Kim family confidante Yang dismissed concerns about Kim Jong Un's readiness to lead, saying he spent years working closely with his late father and helped him make key policy decisions on the economy as well as military affairs. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)AP – A senior North Korean party official dismissed concerns about Kim Jong Un’s readiness to lead, saying he spent years working closely with his late father and helped him make key policy decisions on economic and military affairs.


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Gingrich’s unpredictability raises concerns (AP)

In this Dec. 1, 2010, photo, Republican presidential hopeful former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the annual meeting of the Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives in West Des Moines, Iowa. Gingrich’s surprise surge in the polls is the latest chapter in a career marked by unpredictability and even chaos, raising the question of how steadily he would lead a jittery nation from recession to economic stability.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP – At last, Rep. Phil Gingrey thought as he watched the most recent presidential debate. His candidate, Newt Gingrich, had moved beyond scolding journalists to talking ideas and looking like a contender. But then Gingrich seemed to embrace a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. And Gingrey, who opposes amnesty like most conservatives, froze.


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UN report expected to raise concerns on Iran

Middle East tensions were running high Monday ahead of an imminent United Nations report expected to say Iran is closer to developing a nuclear weapon than previously believed.

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Myers: Eli’s turnovers raise Giant concerns

Eli Manning has been the MVP in the Super Bowl, so there is no reason for the Giants to panic just because he’s looked so out of rhythm in the preseason. But he’s got to get better for the Giants to have a chance to make the playoffs. He tossed two bad interceptions when the Jets were blitzing in the first half of the Giants’ 17-3 loss Monday night at MetLife Stadium.

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Syrian siege of Hama raises humanitarian concerns (AP)

In this image made from amateur video released by Ugarit News and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, mourners carry the body of a man during a funeral ceremony in the city of Homs, Syria. After killing scores of people in two days, Syrian troops tightened their siege on the city of Hama Tuesday by taking up positions near homes and sending residents fleeing for their lives. The escalated crackdown on anti-government protests has already brought an international outcry and new European Union sanctions on members of President Bashar Assad's regime. (AP Photo/APTN) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE CONTENT, DATE, LOCATION OR AUTHENTICITY OF THIS MATERIALAP – Gunmen in plainclothes are randomly shooting people in the streets of the besieged Syrian city of Hama and families are burying their loved ones in gardens at home for fear of being killed themselves if they venture out to cemeteries, a resident said Thursday.


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Stocks now down for year as economic concerns grow (AP)

In this Aug. 1, 2011, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Tuesday, Aug. 2, after downbeat U.S. data fueled fears the world's largest economy might be sliding back into recession.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – A sell-off is erasing all of the year’s gains in the stock market.


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Stocks slump as concerns about economy grow (AP)

In this Aug. 1, 2011, trader John Bowers works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Global stock markets tumbled Tuesday, Aug. 2, after downbeat U.S. data fueled fears the world's largest economy might be sliding back into recession.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – The Dow Jones industrial average is falling for an eighth straight day as investors react to more signs of weakness in the U.S. economy.


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