http://bhcourier.com/index.cfm Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper Politics en-us Copyright 2012 Beverly Hills Courier, Beverly Hills Newspaper Tue, 15 May 2012 14:15:11 EST Debt-stricken Greece must hold fresh elections after talks on forming a new government broke up without agreement Tuesday, prolonging a tortuous crisis which could see Athens exit the troubled eurozone. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Greece_Faces_New_Elections_as_Government_Talks_Collapse/88075 No Author Tue, 15 May 2012 11:12:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Greece_Faces_New_Elections_as_Government_Talks_Collapse/88075 Gov. Jerry Brown proposed steep cuts across a variety of programs yresterday to close a nearly $16 billion state budget deficit, but Los Angeles Unified School District and university officials said the impact on their budgets will remain unknown until November, when voters weigh in on proposed tax hikes. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Steep_Budget_Cuts_for_California/88071 No Author Tue, 15 May 2012 11:02:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Steep_Budget_Cuts_for_California/88071 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2011/10/c2aac942-b5a4-fa8d-a9f43f9d76f6867c.jpg Greece is to get a further 5.2 billion euros as part of its bailout package but creditors warned Wednesday there may be no more if it fails to come up with a government that sticks to their conditions. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Greece_Gets_More_Cash_Amid_Rescue_Deal_Doubts/87915 No Author Wed, 09 May 2012 09:41:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Greece_Gets_More_Cash_Amid_Rescue_Deal_Doubts/87915 CUN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said on Tuesday his peace plan could be the 'last chance' to avoid civil war in Syria, where a truce has failed to end 14 months of bloodshed that monitors say has killed nearly 12,000 people. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Last_Chance_to_Avoid_Civil_War_in_Syria_Annan/87886 No Author Tue, 08 May 2012 10:22:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Last_Chance_to_Avoid_Civil_War_in_Syria_Annan/87886 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2011/10/ed11374f-de65-fe50-ec4a2c1c1817ac08.jpg Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up its defensive measures. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Iran_Mobilizing_for_Cyberwar_with_West_Experts/87589 No Author Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:47:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Iran_Mobilizing_for_Cyberwar_with_West_Experts/87589 The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it sees the US economy growing more strongly than it thought this year, while unemployment would ease. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Fed_Sees_More_2012_Growth_Less_Unemployment/87555 No Author Wed, 25 Apr 2012 12:07:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Fed_Sees_More_2012_Growth_Less_Unemployment/87555 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/4/2d359cbf-0a5d-54e8-89c76459682518ab.jpg Thousands of people marched through the streets of Hollywood today to observe the 97th anniversary of the beginning of the Armenian genocide and to call for the Turkish government to take responsibility for the deaths of about 1.5 million people. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Protest_Parade_in_Hollywood_to_Observe_Armenian_Genocide/87534 No Author Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:44:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Protest_Parade_in_Hollywood_to_Observe_Armenian_Genocide/87534 An initiative that would replace the death penalty in California with life imprisonment without the possibility of parole has qualified for the November ballot, Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Death_Penalty_Measure_to_make_it_onto_November_Ballots/87528 No Author Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:08:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Death_Penalty_Measure_to_make_it_onto_November_Ballots/87528 The UN Security Council on Monday tightened sanctions against North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new 'action' if the isolated state stages a new nuclear test. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/UN_Tightens_NKorea_Sanctions_Over_Rocket_Launch/87324 No Author Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:38:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/UN_Tightens_NKorea_Sanctions_Over_Rocket_Launch/87324 UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan said Thursday that a ceasefire in Syria appears to be holding but President Bashar al-Assad must carry out all parts of an agreed peace plan. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Annan_says_Syria_Ceasefire_Appears_to_be_Holding/87209 No Author Thu, 12 Apr 2012 08:09:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Annan_says_Syria_Ceasefire_Appears_to_be_Holding/87209 The Men's Central Jail, which has been long plagued by allegations of violence and abuse against inmates, could be closed by next year by releasing thousands of low-risk offenders into community supervision programs and upgrading existing facilities elsewhere, according to a report released today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/ACLU_Study_Mens_Central_Jail_Can_be_Shuttered_by_2013/87184 No Author Wed, 11 Apr 2012 09:53:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/ACLU_Study_Mens_Central_Jail_Can_be_Shuttered_by_2013/87184 Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad has shown no sign so far that his government is sticking to a peace plan to end the fighting in Syria just hours before a UN deadline, the White House said Monday. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/No_Sign_Syria_Meeting_Peace_Deal_Commitments/87145 No Author Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:37:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/No_Sign_Syria_Meeting_Peace_Deal_Commitments/87145 The United States is closely following preparations by North Korea to launch a long-range rocket, which could come as early as next week, Pentagon officials said Thursday. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/US_Closely_Monitoring_N_Korea_Rocket_Launch/87026 No Author Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:02:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/US_Closely_Monitoring_N_Korea_Rocket_Launch/87026 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is scheduled to conduct what his campaign is calling a town hall meeting tonight at Straus Stadium at the Los Angeles Tennis Center at UCLA. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Ron_Paul_Set_to_Speak_at_UCLA_Tonight/86983 No Author Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:59:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Ron_Paul_Set_to_Speak_at_UCLA_Tonight/86983 Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday as Syria's regime sent reinforcements into rebel areas despite a truce pledge, and the UN said it was rushing a team to Damascus to pave the way for peace monitors. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Syria_Steps_up_Assault_as_UN_Moves_to_Send_Monitors/86953 No Author Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:17:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Syria_Steps_up_Assault_as_UN_Moves_to_Send_Monitors/86953 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2011/10/ed11374f-de65-fe50-ec4a2c1c1817ac08.jpg Supreme Court justices battled Wednesday over the fate of President Barack Obama's health care reforms with liberals fighting to salvage the law if a key provision is declared unconstitutional. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Supreme_Court_Justices_Battle_over_Health_Care_Law/86803 No Author Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:34:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Supreme_Court_Justices_Battle_over_Health_Care_Law/86803 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/3/1dcc2794-c196-264a-b00b006bbf331ae2.jpg Syrian forces on Wednesday stormed a rebel bastion as United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon urged President Bashar al-Assad to 'immediately' implement a UN-Arab League peace plan he reportedly accepted. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Syria_Forces_Storm_Rebel_Town_Despite_Peace_Pledge/86801 No Author Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:31:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Syria_Forces_Storm_Rebel_Town_Despite_Peace_Pledge/86801 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is scheduled to appear on NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' and hold fundraisers in Irvine and Century City today. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Presidential_Candidate_Mitt_Romney_Visiting_Century_City_Today/86760 No Author Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:02:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Presidential_Candidate_Mitt_Romney_Visiting_Century_City_Today/86760 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/3/55662e45-cb53-a7a7-8572ca2f460c01d4.jpg The US Supreme Court opened blockbuster hearings Monday on President Barack Obama's signature health care reform law, a case with huge implications for the nation and the 2012 elections. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/US_Supreme_Court_Begins_Hearings_on_Health_Care_Reform/86726 No Author Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:10:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/US_Supreme_Court_Begins_Hearings_on_Health_Care_Reform/86726 http://bhcourier.com/Media/1/jpg/2012/3/1dcc2794-c196-264a-b00b006bbf331ae2.jpg  Russia said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was 'making a lot of mistakes' despite repeated calls from Moscow for his troops and rebel forces to cease violence and seek dialogue. http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Russia_Says_Assad_Making_a_lot_of_Mistakes/86545 No Author Tue, 20 Mar 2012 12:37:00 EST http://bhcourier.com/article/Politics/Politics/Russia_Says_Assad_Making_a_lot_of_Mistakes/86545