New York :: NY :: USA
| about 12 hours ago
Day across Los Angeles County today will vary in focus, from celebrating advances in medicine that keep people alive longer to observing the global toll of a disease that is still a death sentence in too many countries...The infection rate continues to...
Tags: disease, aids, medicine, world aids day, percent, hiv, infection, usa
Basra :: Iraq
| 1 day ago
Iraq - Martyr Iranian and Iraqi officials on Sunday swapped the bodies of wartime victims. Some 41 Iranian martyrs of US-backed Iraqi imposed war (1980-1988) were delivered to Iran in exchange of 200 bodies of Iraqi soldiers. Coffins of the Iranian martyr...
Tags: iraq, war, Iraqi, troops, Iran, usa, soldiers killed, u.s, Basra, war dead
Tbilisi :: Georgia
| 2 days ago
Georgian and separatist South Ossetian authorities are accusing each other of opening fire across the line of control in the ex-Soviet republic. Nobody was hurt, but the accusations have added to tension following the August war that strengthened Russian...
Tags: south ossetia, georgia, russia, russian troops, South Ossetian, Georgian, usa
Dubai :: United Arab Emirates
| 4 days ago
The Public Prosecution charged the 26-year-old Emirati tradesman with premeditatedly killing the 52-year-old British woman. The Dubai Court of First Instance handed down the prison sentence. The man's lawyer Abdul Moniem Bin Suwaidan told Gulf News he...
Tags: court, killing, usa
Ara :: India
| 4 days ago
Stopping by the nursing home or hospital to spend time with loved ones is a holiday ritual for thousands of Americans -- but are you sharing more than gifts and goodies when you visit? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention video...
Tags: percent, disease, health, america, usa
Kabul :: Afghanistan
| 5 days ago
The United Nations' biggest ever winter food aid plan for Afghanistan faces new security threats and the global financial crisis could pressure funding for food relief to Afghans in 2009, a UN official said. The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has now completed...
Tags: children, for, will, usa
Washington :: DC :: USA
| 5 days ago
Want to sell something? As the federal government tries to revive the nation's ailing economy, President-Elect Barack Obama is proving to be a one-man stimulus package. Tight-fisted consumers are separating themselves from their cash for Obama memorabilia,...
Tags: obama, president-elect, lincoln, president, elect, barack, election, Barack Obama, john mccain, usa
Baghdad :: Iraq
| 5 days ago
Bush has defended the US-led invasion of Iraq, in a speech at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Bush thanked troops for their service and gave encouragement to thousands of soldiers getting ready to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan. He gave the speech on the eve...
Tags: obama, economic team, economic, troops, speech, president, team, barack, usa, elect
Kankakee :: IL :: USA
| 5 days ago
The four candidates for the 40th District Illinois Senate seat are: Manteno Mayor Tim Nugent, former congressional candidate John Pavich, Will County Board member John Anderson and Toi Hutchinson, former chief of staff to state Senator Debbie Halvorson.
Tags: democrats, john, john mccain, usa, mccain, obama
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA
| 6 days ago
Sen. Charles Schumer thanked local United Auto Workers leaders for attending his news conference today on congressional plans to revive the nation's economy with a $500 to $700 billion stimulus package. But Schumer did not talk at the event about the...
Tags: economy, 700 billion, congress, bill, auto, usa, obama
