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Published: 02/22/10

Obama's 'Snub' Adds to the Pain in Spain

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Obama's 'Snub' Adds to the Pain in Spain

Who can get President Obama to Iberia? The prime minister has struck out. Even the king, apparently, has no pull. King Juan Carlos I of Spain lunched with the president on Wednesday. As predicted, the monarch, much beloved in Spain for his role in the transition from dictatorship to democracy, invited the Obamas to visit Spain and assured the continuation of good Spanish-American relations. Yet if Spaniards hoped to lock down a presidential visit, it wasn't to be. For the second time in as many months, Obama promised vaguely to come to Madrid but failed to pencil in a trip. Three weeks ago ...

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Published: 01/5/10

Mischievous Hackers Go After World Leaders

By  Carl Franzen - AOL News
Mischievous Hackers Go After World Leaders

(Jan. 5) -- The Web sites of two world leaders were taken down in the past day for two surprising reasons: Mr. Bean and Michael Jackson. Late Monday night, someone slapped a message on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's official site that pleaded to God for the leader's death in 2010, strangely mixing celebrity references with cold threats. "Dear God," the statement read, "In 2009 you took my favorite singer – Michael Jackson, my favorite actress – Farrah Fawcett, my favorite actor – Patrick Swayze, my favorite voice – Neda," a reference to the first name of a ...

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