UN OPENS INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF YOUTH WITH CALL TO TAP INTO YOUNGSTERS´ TALENT, IDEALISM
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New York - The International Year of Youth kicked off today with calls from United Nations officials to harness the talents and energy of the world´s young people to promote better understanding and dialogue between different generations, cultures and religions.
Dialogue and mutual understanding ...
Judge rules California´s Proposition 8 unconstitutional.
SAN FRANCISCO – In a landmark decision Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that excluded same-sex couples from marriage in the state, violates the United States Constitution. The American Ci...
Opposition leader Mousavi moves out of the consensus on foreign policy to criticize the Iranian president over UN sanctions.
Benjamin Joffe-Walt / The Media Line
Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi harshly criticized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday for fail...
Dean of Senate was Champion of the U.S. Constitution.
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia has died at age 92. He was the longest-serving member of Congress. The nine-term Democrat died peacefully Monday at 3 a.m. at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, Virginia.
Byrd was best known fo...
Congressman Joe Barton, the top Republican on the committee that is overseeing the Gulf oil spill and its aftermath, delivered a personal apology to BP last week, saying the $20 billion relief fund that President Obama directed BP to provide to the victims of the oil disaster was a "tragedy in the f...
Democrat Elected to Congress from District Carried By John McCain in 2008
In the only race on Tuesday, May 18, where a Democrat faced off against a Republican, Congressman-elect Mark Critz won in a district carried by Republican Presidential contender John McCain in 2008. The seat, vacated by ...
Solicitor General would become historic third woman on Court.
Last week, President Obama nominated former Harvard Law School Dean and current Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the third woman on the United States Supreme Court, replacing retiring Justice John Paul Stevens.
Kagan, a respect...
Fixing Immigration System Is Part And Parcel of Improved Border Security.
Washington, DC - The National Immigration Forum along with Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva, and a coalition of border leaders hosted a press conference on Capitol Hill to highlight the renewed focus on the border and ...
President Obama achieves goal of Democratic presidents dating back to Harry Truman.
Under the leadership of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrats in Congress approved sweeping health care reform Sunday, providing medical coverage to millions of Americans. "With this action tonight, with this heal...
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation´s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, this week lauded the introduction of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2010 in the U.S. Senate. The bill, sponsored by U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I...
U.S. President Barack Obama said $100 million would be available immediately to provide equipment, food, water and medicine to earthquake-ravaged Haiti. "This investment will grow over the coming year as we embark on the long-term recovery from this unimaginable tragedy," Obama said.
The first w...
"Candle of Hope" legislation passed early morning Christmas Eve.
Democrats in the United States Senate have passed the first major health care reform bill since the 1960s. The bill would extend health care coverage to an additional 31 million Americans who are currently without coverage. Not a ...
New York: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging countries to seize the opportunity presented by next month´s climate change conference in Copenhagen to clinch a political agreement that will help chart the way forward on a new legally binding pact to combat global warming.
"Opportunity is knock...
At 11:15 p.m. Eastern Time, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the historic passage of a health care bill revamping the health care system and bringing about the reforms promised by President Obama during the November 2008 election.
The vote was 220 to 215 with one Republican, Representative C...
$1 billion minimum required annually to reach children still at risk.
WASHINGTON, DC | GENEVA -- Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organizati...
Barely nine months into office, President Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize, substantially boosting his prestige and standing in the United States and internationally.
The Nobel Committee said the President won the award for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diploma...
More than 400 of the nation's most respected health care leaders issued a joint Open Letter to Congress declaring that the health care system is in crisis and is unsustainable and calling on Congress to act now on meaningful reforms. They state that Congress has a moral and ethical obligation to imp...
Speaking to a joint session of Congress last night, President Obama gave a clear, inspiring and unusually detailed explanation of our nation´s health care crisis and his plan to address it.
The President outlined the two key goals of health care reform: safety and security for those already insu...
Stay in school and take personal responsibility are two messages President Barack Obama delivered to U.S. school children.
Obama's speech to the nation's school children Tuesday encouraged them to do the best they can.
"(At) the end of the day, we can have the most dedicated teachers, the most...
The number of people hit by deadly floods across West Africa has now topped 600,000, and the heavy rains have also destroyed crops and infrastructure in a region already hard hit by poverty, the United Nations humanitarian arm reported today.
The rains that began in June have claimed nearly 160 l...
GENEVA -- Monitoring of outbreaks from different parts of the world provides sufficient information to make some tentative conclusions about how the influenza pandemic might evolve in the coming months.
WHO is advising countries in the northern hemisphere to prepare for a second wave of pandemic ...
A strong earthquake struck Indonesia Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, injuring 18 others and damaging several older buildings, witnesses said.
The earthquake, centered about 150 miles from Jakarta, initially was categorized at 7.4 magnitude before being downgraded to 7 by geological official...
By William M. Welch
LOS ANGELES -- Two firefighters died in a wildfire Sunday in the San Gabriel Mountains that threatened more than 10,000 homes and the century-old Mount Wilson Observatory.
Los Angeles County Deputy Fire Chief Mike Bryant said the two firefighters died in the Angeles Nationa...
Praise for the long political career of U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., began coming in early Wednesday as word of his death was reported.
The Kennedy family released a brief statement announcing the death and thanking those who cared for the senator in his last months.
"He loved this count...
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told assembled bankers and policymakers in Wyoming Friday to expect the U.S. economy to grow soon.
"Fears of financial collapse have receded substantially," Bernanke said at the Fed's annual retreat in Jackson Hole.
"After contracting sharply over the...
A tropical storm warning was issued Sunday for Florida and Alabama as a tropical depression organized off the Gulf Coast, meteorologists said.
The depression, on the brink of becoming Tropical Storm Claudette, was located about 125 miles south-southeast of Apalachicola and moving toward the Florid...
By Karen Jeffrey, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.
HYANNIS -- Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, an internationally acclaimed advocate for people with physical and development disabilities, died early this morning at Cape Cod Hospital, according to a statement from the family.
Born into the privilege...
Former Democratic President achieves diplomatic coup.
By Matt Williams
Two American reporters were freed from North Korea's notorious labour camps after former President Bill Clinton flew in for talks. Clinton met Kim Jong-il yesterday during a surprise visit to the secretive Asian state.
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Inspectors General fault Bush-Era surveillance tactics for questionable effectiveness and circumvention of legal safeguards.
Top federal investigators from the Department of Justice, Department of Defense, CIA, Directorate of National Intelligence, and the National Security Agency issued a detai...
AVE MARIAH FOR MICHAEL; STARS FLOCK TO MEMORIAL AS 17,000 FANS FIND OUT OF THEY'VE GOT A TICKET
By Keith McLeod
Mariah Carey will sing the Jackson Five's classic I'll Be There as Tinseltown pays tribute to the King of Pop today.
Maria, who had a hit with the haunting ballad in 1992, is o...
Protesters hit the streets of Tehran again Tuesday to express anger over election results they say were manipulated to keep Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power.
The government has begun cracking down harder on the demonstrations that have turned deadly, while reaction from world leaders remains subdued, ...
By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The tobacco-control movement celebrated another milestone yesterday as the U.S. Senate easily passed a bill giving the government unprecedented power over the making and marketing of tobacco products.
Supporters say the law will enable the Food ...
By PAUL KANE; JOBY WARRICK
FORMER US vice-president Dick Cheney personally oversaw at least four briefings with senior members of Congress about controversial interrogation programmes, part of a secretive and forceful defence he mounted throughout 2005 in an effort to maintain support for the hars...
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has nominated federal judge Sonia Sotomayor of New York for the U.S. Supreme Court positioning the longtime federal jurist to become the first Hispanic member of the nation's high court.
Sotomayor, a former federal prosecutor who first was appointed to the fed...
North Korea claimed Monday it had "successfully" conducted a nuclear test, its second since October 2006, to "bolster its nuclear deterrent for self-defense."
South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported the testing comes in the wake of the Communist country's warning last month about its nuclear pla...
Poor weather conditions prevented the the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis from landing at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, NASA said Friday.
The landing was rescheduled for Saturday.
Two landings were waved off at the center because weather conditions wouldn't permit a safe landing, the space agen...
Los Angeles - Kobe Bryant scored 40 points, sank six free throws in the final 30.5 seconds and came up with the game-sealing rebound in the final seconds, as the Lakers rallied to beat Denver, 105-103, in the opener of the Western Conference finals.
Bryant had 18 of his points in the fourth quarte...
By Tom Troy, The Blade, Toledo, Ohio
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame University gave a thunderous welcome during Sunday's graduation ceremony to President Obama and cheered him throughout the program despite stark differences on abortion that prompted protests on the Catholic campus.
Mr. Obama w...
Pope Benedict XVI, in Israel on his Middle East tour, called for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would lead to a homeland for both sides.
The pontiff said, "I plead with all those responsible to explore every possible avenue in the search for a just resolution of the outstandin...
By Bangor Daily News, Maine
AUGUSTA, Maine - Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday signed a gay marriage bill passed just hours before by the Maine Legislature.
Baldacci made his announcement within an hour of the Maine Senate giving its final approval to LD 1020. The Senate voted 21-13 in favor o...
Top Headlines
Sept. 02--More than seven years after former President Bush announced the start of military operations in Iraq, Americans remain divided about the wisdom of invading that country and staying so long. No matter what side one takes on that score, there should be no dispute over the decision to start getting out.
Sept. 02--ROCHESTER -- Hurricane Earl is expected to skirt past the New Hampshire and Maine coast this Friday, and local officials are most concerned about the effect the wind will have on the region.
SILVER SPRING - Police shot a gunman who had taken three people hostage at Discovery Channel's headquarters yesterday, ending a tense four-hour stand-off near Washington.
RICHARD FULD, the former chief executive of Lehman Brothers, yesterday accused the Federal Reserve of worsening the financial crisis by allowing his investment bank to fail in 2008.
HAMAS'S KILLING of four Israeli settlers dominated the start of two days of Middle East peace talks here yesterday.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Senator Lisa Murkowski dropped out of the Republican Senate primary in Alaska yesterday, conceding to a Tea Party-backed insurgent in a stunning upset fuelled by conservative supporters.
Investigators today begin recovery of the failed technology at the heart of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
Sept. 02--FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. -- A searing hot Wednesday ended with a hot-headed Andy Roddick mocking a lineswoman about a foot-fault call, making a "1-800 Rent-A-Ref" joke, and eventually losing a tense second-round match to Janko Tipsarevic 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) just as the clock struck midnight.
James J. Lee, identified as the gunman killed by police at the Discovery Channel in Maryland, had a history of environmental extremism, online posts indicate.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. _ Here comes Charlie Weis, the man with the enormous ego and the rough reputation, and it seems so obvious how this will end.
NOW it's his turn.
A MAN who took three people hostage at the Discovery Channel's headquarters has died after a shoot-out with police.
Engineers said they hoped to have the blowout preventer that malfunctioned in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill hoisted to a recovery ship by Sunday.
Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin direct peace negotiations in Washington Thursday, a day after pledging to work to end a decades-long conflict.
Hurricane Earl intensified Thursday, prompting warnings and watches along the U.S. East Coast into Canada, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
Business
Drilling has commenced at Radius' 100% owned Sixty Mile project in the
CALGARY, Sept. 2 /CNW/ - Tuscany Energy Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles (Tony) Teare as Executive Vice President, Marshall Kis as Vice President Development Geology and Brad R. Perry as Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
China Opportunity Inc. (TSX VENTURE: COC.P) ("COC", or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") has issued a final exchange bulletin confirming the completion of the Corporation's Qualifying Transaction.
Sept. 02--On size alone, the nearly 9,000-square-foot lease recently signed by tech startup Talari Networks classifies as a very minor deal in Triangle commercial real estate.
SERIAL entrepreneur Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou announced plans to expand his empire with the launch of no-frills fitness club chain easyGym.
Mountain Lake Resources Inc. (TSX-V: MOA) ("Mountain Lake" or the "Company") is pleased to report that initial results from barge drilling over the Leprechaun Gold Deposit are defining an area of near surface mineralization by filling in a large void in the historic drilling pattern.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Gratio Capital, a San Francisco-based asset management firm creating asset building products for underserved consumers, today welcomed former SEC Commissioner Roel Campos to the company's Advisory Board.
MIAMI - Burger King Holdings Inc. is selling itself to private equity firm 3G Capital in a deal worth $3.26 billion.
Sept. 02--Inkling, a startup that debuted two weeks ago with an iPad app and first-round funding of an undisclosed amount from mighty Sequoia Capital, offers a compelling glimpse into a crystal ball.
Prism Capital Partners LLC, an Englewood-based commercial real estate investment firm, bought a 180,000-square-foot Class A office building in Parsippany.
B2Gold Corp. (TSX: BTO)(OTCQX: BGLPF) ("B2Gold" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with Weeping Apple S.A. ("Weeping Apple"), a private Uruguayan company, to option the Cebollati gold property located in Uruguay.
Canasia Industries Corporation ("Canasia" and the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: CAJ)(PINK SHEETS: CANSF)(FRANKFURT: 45C) has been informed by the operator that crews have now started drilling operations on the Clone Gold Prospect.
Sept. 02--India's fourth largest spirits company, John Distilleries Ltd (JDL), best known for its Original Choice whisky, expects to sell a 15% stake to a private equity (PE) firm by October for '75 crore to fund expansion.
Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) announced today that Pierre Cailleteau will join the firm's Sovereign Advisory Group, effective 6th September.
Sept. 02--The Gold Traders Association this morning announced the buying price at 18.085.88 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 18,350 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
Lando and Anastasi, LLP (L&A) today announced that Craig R. Smith has joined the firm as a partner.
J.P. Morgan captures a record-smashing 55 positions in the 2010 All-America Fixed-Income Research Team survey, Institutional Investor's annual ranking of the nation's top fixed-income analysts.
Sports
Sept. 02--While the Tacoma Rainiers and their fans celebrate the final game of the season at Cheney Stadium following tonight's contest against the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, it really won't be the final game at the place that's housed baseball in Tacoma for 51 years.
Sept. 02--It all turned so swiftly a year ago.
(Sports Network) - Given how well the Phillies have played out west over the last week, they certainly won't mind staying there for an extra game.
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Sept. 01--BINARY STARS LOCKED IN EACH OTHER'S GRIP: The Yankees and Rays were locked in a tie atop the AL East for eight straight days going into Tuesday night.
Sept. 02--Fred Aubuchon hadn't been accustom to losing much during his career as a collegiate volleyball coach.
Sept. 02--ST. PETERSBURG -- There was outstanding pitching by David Price, great defense by the Tampa Bay Rays infield, another go-ahead-run in the eighth inning and another scoreless ninth by Rafael Soriano that added up to Wednesday night's victory.
Sept. 02--Until someone comes up with a way to travel back in time, there is nothing Shay Wooten and his Salina Central teammates can do about the way they ended the 2009 football season.
Sept. 02--Tim McGaha's starting job is safe.
Sept. 02--As Portland says farewell to minor league baseball, we offer a daily look back from team history.
Sept. 02--Brigham Young University's decision to join the West Coast Conference in 11 sports starting with the 2011-12 school year will transform the league's national profile and be an ideal fit on multiple fronts, coaches and administrators from the three Bay Area WCC schools said Wednesday.
Sept. 02--For those here who have embraced Michelle Wie and followed her frenetic golf career, it wasn't the win at the CN Canadian Women's Open that was so special Sunday.
By Kevin Currie, Golf Editor
Sept. 02--MUNCIE -- Ball State football coach Stan Parrish isn't one of those half-full kinds of people.
Sept. 02--AMMAN -- The third week of the Jordan Professional League starts Thursday following which it will stop for over a month while the national team regroups for the 6th West Asian Championship in Amman.
ISTANBUL - Eric Gordon scored 21 points and the United States pulled away after a sluggish first half to beat Tunisia 92-57 on Thursday in its final game of pool play at the world championship.
(Sports Network) - The Boston Red Sox have missed the playoffs only once in the previous seven years, but are in danger of being left out for the first time since the 2006 campaign.
