‘Justice has been done,’ Barack Obama tells world after al-Qaida leader is killed by special forces at Abbottabad compound near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.Osama bin Laden, mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks and the…
Reported by Karin Laub And Ben Hubbard, Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli that killed one of his sons and three young grandchildren, a government…
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2011 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION This month, our Nation celebrates…
Editor’s note: More than 1.2 million homeowners in California have faced foreclosures. And the number of foreclosures this year is expected to be even higher than last year. But the foreclosure crisis has also given…
TRENTON, Ga. — A Georgia salon owner and her two daughters – Sky and Stormy – climbed inside a tanning bed while a tornado ripped the roof off their business. A Virginia couple scrambled under…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Trip intended to build support for KORUS agreement SEOUL, KOREA — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and members of Congress met today with the President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-Bak…
The White House on Wednesday morning released the president’s long form birth certificate (pdf) in an attempt to put “birther” questions to rest. “The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for…
Shortly after dawn on Friday morning – a full five hours before the show actually starts – Irene Bunn will plant herself in front of her TV, forget her worldly worries, and wait in joyous…
Just last month, the Dalai Lama sent a shockwave through the world of Buddhism when he announced that he was giving up his political powers as head of the Tibetan government in exile. For more…
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Tuesday urged Indonesians to respect intellectual property rights and promote innovation in a bid to boost economic growth. “I call on all Indonesians to acknowledge, provide incentives to, and protect…
Greatest mattress inventions in recent history Today, our friends at Buzzfeed alerted us to the way the other half lives–that half being kid millionaires and adults who are victims of the fortune telling machine from…
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – In central Florida, a Congressional town meeting erupted into near chaos on Tuesday as attendees accused a Republican lawmaker of trying to dismantle Medicare while providing tax cuts to corporations and…
US President Barack Obama was subjected to racial abuse as a child in Indonesia, according to a new book about his mother’s troubled life. The forthcoming book, ‘A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack…
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Islamic militants involved in a plot to bomb an Indonesian church ahead of Easter celebrations wanted to film and broadcast the inferno, which would have occurred as thousands of people were…
Sony says personal data and perhaps credit card information were stolen from tens of millions of users of its online game and movie service, as well as its on-demand digital music service. Sony Corp. said…
Indonesia’s state-owned gas distributor, PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara, organized this mass wedding in Jakarta. And hundreds of poor Indonesian couples who can’t afford a marriage license took the opportunity to tie the knot. The celebration…
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