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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 nationīs 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 monthīs 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 nationīs 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...
Washington During a debate on hate crimes legislation taking place last week in the well of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) claimed that Matthew Shepard's murder and torture were "a hoax."
While Matthew's mother, Judy Shepard looked on from above in the H...
By DENIS STAUNTON
US SUPREME court justice David Souter is set to retire this summer, offering President Barack Obama his first opportunity to shape the court after almost a decade of conservative government.
Mr Obama yesterday declined to comment on Mr Souter's decision, which had yet to be m...
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Portions of Arizona's new immigration law went into effect Thursday after a federal judge temporarily blocked the law's most controversial requirements.
July 29--LOUISVILLE -- He was smartly dressed, as always.
July 29--Blocking Arizona's unwise and unconstitutional immigration law won't solve the bigger problems.
July 29--Bank repossessions in metro Detroit are up 43% for the first six months of the year as foreclosures delayed under state law last year start to work their way through the system, according to data from RealtyTrac.
A record number of borrowers once judged the most creditworthy are heading into foreclosure as the job market leaves more homeowners unable to keep up with mortgage payments.
PHOENIX -- Supporters of Arizona's illegal-immigration law vowed a long legal fight to enforce it after a federal judge blocked key provisions of the legislation that ignited a national furor.
July 29--LOUISVILLE, Ky.
July 29--The federal government's first shot at blocking a controversial immigration law in Arizona was heard more than 700 miles away by Lubbockites in support and opposition to the law.
July 29--A jury began deliberating the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday in a 25th-floor room in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse equipped with a few creature comforts: a refrigerator, private bathrooms and a view of Lake Michigan.
July 29--A C-17 cargo plane with four people on board crashed and burned on Elmendorf Air Force Base this evening, according to the Air Force.
A PLANE crash in Pakistan yesterday killed all 152 on board.
July 29--ASHBURN -- Before the Albert Haynesworth drama could reach a full boil on the eve of training camp, tensions appeared to diffuse yesterday when Haynesworth reported to team headquarters and met separately with coach Mike Shanahan and defensive coordinator Jim Haslett.
July 29--So a federal judge has gutted Arizona's new law designed to crack down on illegal immigration, which was scheduled to take effect today.
A PAKISTANI passenger plane crashed in heavy rain and low cloud near Islamabad yesterday morning, killing all 152 people on board in the country's worst air accident.
July 28--The poor phrasing of the central provision in SB 1070 led to it being blocked, according to the injunction issued today by U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton.
Business
Fjordland Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FEX) and Cariboo Rose Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CRB), 60%-40% partners in the Woodjam Joint Venture ("WJV"), have announced that Gold Fields Limited's (NYSE: GFI) exploration company, Gold Fields Horsefly Exploration Corporation ("Gold Fields"), has provided an update on its work on the Woodjam South Property.
TORONTO, July 29 /CNW Telbec/ - Celtic House Venture Partners has led a US$10 million Class "B" financing round of Morega Systems.
TORONTO, July 29 /CNW/ - Galway Resources Ltd. (GWY: TSX-V): is pleased to announce that Mr. Michael Sutton has agreed to join its Board of Directors.
Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank today announced the addition of five new highly experienced sales, trading, research, and DCM origination professionals to its expanding debt and credit markets platform.
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/5b387d/expenditure_analys) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report "Expenditure Analysis of the South African Gold Mining Industry" to their offering.
July 29--The property developer Chewathai Co Ltd plans to launch a matchmaking campaign to attract investment buyers and tenants, aiming to close sales of its condominium on Surawong Road by the end of the year.
July 29--The Gold Traders Association today announced the buying price at 17,540.12 baht per baht-weight for gold ornaments and 17,800 baht per baht-weight for gold bar.
Santa Fe Gold Corporation (OTCBB: SFEG) is pleased to announce that commissioning of the Lordsburg mill has proceeded as planned and is now running two shifts per day, five days per week.
ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: ATC) is pleased to announce that it has made another significant gold discovery at its wholly owned Rau Gold Project in the Keno Hill Mining District of central Yukon Territory.
The government of Ireland has allocated E320 million ($413 million) for information and communication technology projects as part of its capital expenditure plan of E40 billion ($51.6 billion) until 2016, according to Silicon Republic.
VANCOUVER, July 28 /CNW/ - Trading resumes in:
July 29--Spencer International Advisors Inc. paid $75,000 to settle an SEC investigation into the Clearwater investment firm's role in raising $5 million in a 2006 private placement loan for local condo developer John Loder and his wife, Michelle, that later fell into default.
Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a diversified global leader in
LONDON, July 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP Therapeutics (CMPT) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Neill Moray Mackenzie to the role of Chief Executive Officer.
LOS ANGELES - Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. said Thursday its second-quarter earnings nearly doubled, partly due to a tax benefit, and it raised its outlook for the year.
The Florida Venture Forum (http://www.floridaventureforum.org) has changed the date of its Third Annual Early State Venture Capital Conference.
Company provides update on Ezulwini mine plan, updated guidance on cash flow to execute on capital programs and achieve business milestones
Sports
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July 29--It might not be the World Cup or the Stanley Cup, but the Cranberry Cup is coveted enough that one neighborhood took it on a tour around the country.
July 29--DANVILLE -- Lynchburg Post 16 proved it could win a rain-delayed relative pitchers' duel, rallying from behind to upset 22-2 Gloucester 7-6 in Tuesday's first round of the American Legion state tournament.
Cincinnati, 121; Howard, Philadelphia, 119; Detroit at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m. Golf def.
July 29--COLONIAL HEIGHTS -- Former Columbia University professor and dean Jacques Barzun once said: "Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game."
Family: Parents, Steve and Lori Giedt, sister Desiree (22).
July 29--OGDEN -- For the first time in the community's history, not only one, but two Ogden Recreation youth baseball teams have taken first place in their respective 2010 state tournaments.
July 29--GOSHEN -- Rain showers caused fans to scurry for cover several times, but for the most part the weather conditions didn't deter players in the annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament Wednesday night at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair.
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July 28--CARTHAGE, Mo. -- Carthage, although it went 0-2, didn't play eventual runner-up Festus Post 253 in the 2008 Missouri American Legion AAA state finals.
July 29--John Geraffo was once a man without a hobby, spinning pizza dough and baking the pies "day and night, seven days a week" for more than 20 years.
July 29--ST. PETERSBURG -- Joe Maddon had an answer for anyone who wanted to question his decision to intentionally walk Miguel Cabrera to load the bases in the seventh inning of a tight game for the second consecutive night Wednesday.
July 28--If you saw Ryan Schmidt this past weekend at Carlton Daze, you most likely noticed that he was wearing a smile.
July 29--Coaches for Dickinson's 11-year-old baseball team set Tuesday night's practice for 7 p.m.
July 29--PORTALES -- The Alamogordo Rotary Little League Junior All-Stars lost their first game of the state tournament Wednesday night.
July 29--The New York Mets are in a bit of a quandary as the waivers-free trade deadline nears.
July 29--Matt Packa's masterful performance on the mound sunk the top-seeded Fairbanks 49ers into the loser's bracket at the American Legion baseball tournament at Mulcahy Stadium on Wednesday.