As Oil Slips Away, So Do Chances for Obama
WASHINGTON – President Obama is supposed to leave Washington in 10 days for Indonesia, Australia and Guam, but with oil still gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, some in the White House are wondering whether…
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Five Comeback Careers for People with Bachelor’s Degrees
The U.S. Department of Labor is starting to give us some good news: Employment projections for the next several years show double-digit growth in many career paths available to people with bachelor’s degrees. The post-recession…
Tropical storm leaves more than 115 dead in Central America
At least 115 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported. Guatemala was hit hardest, with at least 92 deaths, 54 people…
Has Israel lost lone regional Muslim ally Turkey?
Less than three years ago Shimon Peres addressed the Turkish Grand National Assembly – Turkey’s parliament – in Ankara. It was the first time an Israeli president had addressed legislators in a Muslim country, a…
Israel: 10 killed in Gaza protest
More than 10 people onboard a flotilla carrying aid for the Palestinian territory of Gaza were killed when security forces boarded the boats Monday, the Israeli military said. Four soldiers were wounded, the military added.…
Malawi’s President Orders Gay Couple Freed From Jail
Malawi’s president on Saturday pardoned and ordered the release of a gay couple sentenced to 14 years in prison, but said that homosexuality remains illegal in this conservative southern African nation. Activists were searching for…
How to Regain Your Mental Sharpness After Age 40
How Brain Training Can Make You Significantly Smarter. As many people hit middle age they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We suddenly can’t…
Tight Pants Ban Takes Effect In Indonesia’s Aceh
Authorities in a devoutly Islamic district of Indonesia’s Aceh province have distributed 20,000 long skirts and prohibited shops from selling tight dresses as a regulation banning Muslim women from wearing revealing clothing took effect Thursday.…
China urges calm in standoff over North Korea
South Korea – China came under pressure to censure in North Korea at a regional summit on Sunday but gave no sign it would get tough with the hermit state, instead urging everyone to calm…
Tanker collision spills oil onto Singapore wetlands
Louisiana isn’t the only place dealing with oil on its beaches and in its wetlands this weekend. Singapore parks officials said Friday that oil spilled in the collision of a tanker with another ship on…
Sumatran Toddler Ardi Rizal’s two-pack-a-day Cigarette Habit Sparks Outrage
A top anti-smoking group called on the Indonesian government Thursday to give the parents of a chainsmoking 2-year-old baby a kick in the ash. “It’s clear the parents of this baby don’t understand the risk…
Maoists Blamed for Deadly Rail Crash in India
BANGALORE, India – A freight train rammed into derailed coaches of a passenger express in eastern India early yesterday, killing at least 56 people in the country’s worst rail disaster in eight years, as officials…
About Fathers Day
Many people of the United States and Canada celebrate Fathers Day as a day to express gratitude and appreciation to their fathers by giving them presents or greeting cards. Father’s Day comes on the third…
Bank Indonesia Officials Grilled Over Alleged Money Printing Bribery
Bank Indonesia deputy governor Budi Rochadi said an internal audit team had questioned four officials for their alleged involvement in a bribery case over the printing of Rp 100,000 bills in Australia. “The internal audit…
Senate panel, House approve ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ compromise plan
Washington — The U.S. House and a Senate committee approved amendments to a military bill Thursday that would repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy barring openly gay and lesbian soldiers from military service, but…
Trio Tied to Bashir ‘Funded Aceh Cell’
Jakarta Globe -Â The National Police on Friday said three members of an Islamist group led by hard-line cleric Abu Bakar Bashir would face charges of helping fund an armed group in Aceh that had…
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