WASHINGTON--US President Barack Obama, fresh from his first presidential trip to Asia, called for the US to increase exports to that region, saying even small gains would help put many unemployed Americans back on the job.
Even though local Operation Christmas Child might not reach its goal of 4400 shoeboxes filled with items for kids in need, organizer Cheryl Pickenpaugh said the more than 2600 boxes already accumulated showcase East Texas' love of Christ ...
WASHINGTON - When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether to laugh or cry.
AP Business Writer PARIS - The first Air France A380 superjumbo took off from Paris on Friday, bound for New York with 380 passengers who had bid a total $450000 in a charity auction organized by the airline.
Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
By JPOST.COM STAFF Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar on Saturday denied Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's claims that the Islamist group had held secret talks with Israel.
Wearing a white kurta and a blue turban, India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 77, appeared relaxed on the eve of his state visit to Washington, which takes place this week.
PERUGIA, Italy - Italian prosecutors on Saturday summed up their case against American exchange student Amanda Knox in the 2007 murder of her British housemate citing "irrefutable" scientific evidence.
Iran has played down a report by the United Nation's nuclear watchdog that found questions remained unanswered about a nuclear facility near the city of Qom.
SEOUL - NORTH Korea strenuously defended its human rights record on Friday after a UN General Assembly committee said it had 'very serious concern' about abuses in the isolated communist country.
Rivalry weekend kicks off today around the country. There's the PAC-10 clash between Bay Area rivals Cal at Stanford. The Big Ten Battle between Ohio State and Michigan at the Big House in Ann Arbor -- and the traditional Ivy League ...
At the heart of the contested city of Jerusalem , the holy site known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram al-Sharif , or Noble Sanctuary, has become, for many, the epicenter of the conflict between Israel , the Palestinians and the ...
A police officer displays two bottles containing human fat while another sets seized sticks of dynamite during a press conference in Lima, Nov. 19, 2009.
PTI New Delhi: Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today appeared satisfied with US president Barack Obama taking up the issue of Tibet with China during his talks with Chinese leader Hu Jintao.
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Pope Benedict XVI and Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, reiterated their wish to strengthen the relationship between the Roman Catholics and the Church of England at a meeting in Rome today.
Friends say he's sincere, articulate, discreet. Foes say he's a rogue. Who, really, is Richard Colvin? Richard Colvin took the place of envoy Glyn Berry, who was killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan.
Teoh body exhumed - Mysinchew KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - The exhumation of Teoh Beng Hock's body for a second autopsy, ordered by the inquest into his recent death, has been completed.
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
AirAsia sells 28000 seats for Kolkata routes - Themalaysianinside KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 - AirAsia has sold 28000 seats to date for the Kuala Lumpur and Kolkata sector. Open for sale on Oct 15, the airline said the new route would unlock the potential of international air travel from Kuala Lumpur to eastern India and ...
Hadron Collider back online V3.co.uk - Phil Muncaster - V3 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after successfully completing its first test since the £6bn project was suspended for vital repairs around 14 months ago.
ARM Predicts Market Explosion In 2010 For Smartphones - Redorbit ARM's designs are in 90 percent of mobile phones , including Apple's iPhone and Nokia's new top-of-the-range N900. Financial director Tim Score said, ...
Space station alarm delays Atlantis crew spacewalk - Google WASHINGTON - Space shuttle Atlantis astronauts aboard the International Space Station delayed their second spacewalk Saturday after being jolted awake by a false alarm, NASA said.
Worst Of Flu Pandemic Behind Us, Experts Say - Nationalpost At times in recent weeks, the number of suspected flu patients showing up at the BC Children's Hospital's emergency department soared to 50 or 60 a day above usual, prompting it to set up a separate influenza clinic.
Ageing Santa gets $100,000 facelift for Christmas - Yahoo Reuters - A Santa in New Zealand with a droopy eye has received a NZ$100,000 ($74,000) face-lift in the run-up to Christmas so that his aging face does not scare children.
