http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us Asian markets stumble as economic fears overtake China stimulus hopes; HK off 4.8 percent HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets fell sharply Tuesday, following Wall Street lower as economic fears sapped enthusiasm over China's nearly $600 billion package to... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1756916-asian-stocks-drop-as-china-stimulus-hopes-wane Tue, 11 Nov 2008 04:28:09 -0800 Apple has removed the biography of its future iPhone leader from the company Web site. You can still find Apple's press release from last week announcing the hiring of Mark Papermaster on the site, but the brief bio once posted... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1756012-apple-removes-papermaster-bio-from-web-site Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:04:00 -0800 Delivery firm to end U.S.-only operations, will continue shipments to other countries. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Global delivery company DHL announced Monday that it was cutting 9,500 jobs as it discontinues air and ground operations within the United States. In... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1749569-dhl-cuts-9500-us-jobs Mon, 10 Nov 2008 08:01:02 -0800 (CNN) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to begin building his transition team Thursday, little more than a day after securing an historic election victory. The Democratic party leader was expected to officially name his White House chief of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1718308-obama-begins-building-transition-team Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:18:05 -0800 By Ralph Jennings TAIPEI (Reuters) - China's top negotiator on Taiwan affairs began a historic trip on Monday to the self-ruled island that Beijing claims as its own to talk trade and transit as the opposition planned protests against warming... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1689284-chinese-official-in-taiwan-for-historic-visit Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:18:13 -0800 NEW YORK (CNN) -- With three days to go before the elections and polls showing him trailing, Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared on NBC's late night comedy show "Saturday Night Live," poking good-natured fun at his campaign. The Arizona... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1686795-mccain-pokes-fun-at-campaign-in-snl-visit Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:50:20 -0800 By GARDINER HARRIS and ABBY GOODNOUGH Published: November 1, 2008 WASHINGTON - Responding to a report that a Kenyan relative of Senator Barack Obama was living in the United States illegally, his campaign said Saturday that he had no knowledge... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1686549-obama-unaware-of-status-of-aunt-campaign-says Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:46:20 -0800 Staff Report & Daily Times MonitorKARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister (CM) Qaim Ali Shah, City Nazim Mustafa Kamal and MQM Chief Altaf Hussain, among others, have mobilized resources to assist and rehabilitate the victims of the Balochistan earthquake.According to an official... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1661620-rs-70m-relief-packages-for-quake-victims Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:08:20 -0700 Diego Armando Maradona, the Argentine idol who almost died of drug and alcohol abuse and obesity a year and a half ago, is a heartbeat away from becoming his country's national team head coach. It beggars belief, but even so... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1655272-still-in-love-argentina-gambles-on-maradona Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:50:31 -0700 The Dow jumps as much as 906 points as investors use 5-year lows as an opportunity to get back into stocks. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Dow rallied as much as 906 points during Tuesday's session, as investors dove back... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1646068-dows-2nd-best-day-ever Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:44:39 -0700 LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- "Mad Men" draws a slice of viewers as slender as Don Draper's 1960s neckties, yet the TV drama unquestionably is all the rage. There was a "Mad Men"-themed category last week on "Jeopardy!" along with... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1634289-mad-men-flying-high-except-in-the-ratings Mon, 27 Oct 2008 06:03:54 -0700 SUKKARIYEH, Syria -; Families in this Iraqi border village prepared to hold funerals Monday for eight people they say were killed when the U.S. military launched a rare attack in Syrian territory. Clergy washed the bodies as angry residents chanted,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1634129-syrians-hold-funerals-for-people-killed-in-us-raid Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:36:49 -0700 Oct 27 - Flash floods destroy buildings and streets in the Yemeni province of Hadramout. Officials have declared al Makala the capital of Hadramout and other locations in the province a disaster zone. Basmah Fahim reports info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1634075-floods-hit-southern-yemen Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:20:07 -0700 This is what Sarah Palin said not long ago at a fund-raiser in North Carolina, as she once again decided she was ready to speak for America: "We believe the best of America is in these small towns that we... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1632093-hey-sarah-palin-there-are-real-american-heroes-even-here-in-new-york-city Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:11:31 -0700 Taking a break from promoting her upcoming movie Changeling, Angelina Jolie hosted a symposium on international law and justice Friday at the Council on Foreign Relations headquarters in New York. "Over the past seven years, I've worked with UNHCR and... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1610910-angelina-jolie-speaks-passionately-about-refugees-children Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:56:47 -0700 UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- North Korea is using public executions to intimidate its citizens and has imposed restrictions on long distance calls to block the spread of news about rising food shortages, the U.N. investigator on human rights in the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1610859-n-koreas-human-rights-state-grave Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:50:13 -0700 The beauty or scandal of the Republican vice presidential nominee's new look appears to be in the eye of the beholder's party. By Robin Abcarian and Kate Linthicum She portrays herself in campaign appearances as an average working woman with... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1603154-sarah-palins-rncfunded-makeover-a-fashion-do-or-dont Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:20:48 -0700 SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Owning an electric vehicle requires more than global-cooling ambitions. It takes guile, planning, sharp vision, a silver tongue -- and a 50-foot extension cord. Steve Bernheim knows accessible outlets like a firefighter knows hydrants. He has... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1602383-charging-stations-for-electric-cars-growing-in-number Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:34:33 -0700 (CNN) -- A $10 million call by Google Inc. for beneficial, world-changing ideas has generated more than 150,000 online submissions. The deadline for people to submit ideas for the initiative, called Project 10^100, was Monday. Google employees will now sift... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1594951-submissions-swamped Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:31:56 -0700 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - EBay is banning the sale of ivory products to help protect African and Asian elephants. The policy will go into effect in December and will be enforced starting in January, eBay Inc. said Monday. "We... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1586273-ivory-products Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:16 -0700