Tea Party darling Sarah Palin said Wednesday that she would not run for the US presidency next year, leaving former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Texas governor Rick Perry as the top contenders for the Republican nomination.
Thursday's papers look at what's next for Syria, after six months of uprising, and what the international community can do to support the protesters. Also, have the Germans really had enough of bailing out Greece this time?
The Tea Party is a decentralised, rather disorganised political movement, but one that has a very big influence on the campaign to get rid of Barack Obama. And the Republican candidates know this.
Once viewed as a lightweight, Michele Bachmann has capitalised on her popularity among Tea Partiers and a lack of enthusiasm for mainstream candidates to rise toward the top of the pack of conservatives hoping to unseat President Barack Obama.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 13/06/11, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s re-election as Prime Minister of Turkey dominates much of the international press. Several papers examine what this means for Turkey’s role in the region. Also, it turns out that "A Gay Girl in Damascus" is a 40-year-old American man. And according to several US newspapers, Sarah Palin’s released emails ain’t no Wikileaks.
In Wednesday's international papers, we take a look at why Pakistan has become the most dangerous country in the world to be a journalist, check out the reaction in Spain to Germany blaming its cucumbers for an E. coli outbreak, and witness Sepp Blatter becoming the British tabloids' new hate figure - The Sun is even comparing him to Muammar Gaddafi.
Real estate tycoon and reality TV star Donald Trump has emerged as the most visible and vocal potential contender for the Republican presidential nomination. But is he serious about running – and would he make a viable candidate?
As President Obama presses ahead with his re-election campaign, a list of possible Republican challengers is emerging - a group of hopefuls testing the mood of the right-wing electorate and determined to make the incumbent a one-term president.
Tunisian web users are poking fun at fallen president Ben Ali. Sarah Palin’s supporters are campaigning online for her to become president in 2012. And a site asking for web users’ help in finding new planets
US President Barack Obama appealed for civility in the political discourse at a Tucson memorial service for the victims of the Arizona shooting. He also said that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had opened her eyes for the first time since being shot.
