By Bernard Shusman New York 05 November 2009 U.S. authorities have filed criminal charges against 14 people allegedly involved in a widening insider trading scandal that has already snared one of the richest men in America. Federal authorities filed...
By Kent Klein White House 05 November 2009 President Obama preparing to speak about the shooting at Fort Hood, 05 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama is calling a mass shooting at an Army base in Texas a horrific outburst of violence. The president...
By Lisa Ferdinando Washington 05 November 2009 Senator Carl Levin The U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on Thursday tackled the problems posed by shell companies, or companies with hidden ownership. The panel heard...
By Meredith Buel Washington 05 November 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at State Department, 5 Nov 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held an emotional meeting Thursday with the families of three American hikers being detain...
By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 05 November 2009 Senior U.S. officials have urged Burma's military government to talk with opposition groups before next year's controversial elections. The call for dialogue came during the highest-level visit by U.S. dipl...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 05 November 2009 Child kidnapping in Kenya. A parent's worse nightmare. Kidnapping has become a serious problem in Kenya's capital, with children being the most common targets. Experts say criminals consider kidnapping to b...
By Ron Corben Bangkok 05 November 2009 Minority communities in Burma say the exploitation of the country's natural resources is damaging the environment and increasing the military presence in their areas. The activists say greater public participat...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 05 November 2009 Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he does not want to run for re-election in January. In a televised speech, Mr. Abbas accused the United States of...
By Laurel Bowman Washington 04 November 2009 People everywhere are trying to protect themselves against the swine flu From Europe to Asia to the Middle East, the 2009 H1N1 virus is spreading. The World Health Organization reports the virus has kille...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington 04 November 2009 A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to...
By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Commitments on greenhouse-gas emissions cuts will be the focus of the remaining few days of a U.N. climate conference in Barcelona. African delegates pulled out of t...
By Peter Fedynsky Gdynia, Poland 04 November 2009 A red banner with hammer and sickle is seen outside the Polish Embassy in Moscow (File) The symbol of Communism - the hammer and sickle - represents the main tools of physical labor used by industria...
By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 04 November 2009 The collapse of the Berlin Wall came as the result of social, political and economic pressures that built up over decades behind the Iron Curtain. Its demise has exposed some glaring material differences i...
By Greg Flakus Houston 04 November 2009 In late October, 1944 the First Battalion of the U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of men from the Texas National Guard, broke through German lines in northeastern France and then found themselves...
By Robert Raffaele Washington 04 November 2009 The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be solidly profitable in 2011. Meanwhile, General Motors announced its first mo...
