D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad executed
JARRATT, Va. - John Allen Muhammad, the mastermind behind the sniper attacks that left 10 dead, was executed Tuesday as relatives of the victims watched, reliving the killing spree that terrorized the Washington, D.C., area for three weeks in October 2002.
Nations:Canada Activities:2002 DC Sniper Case Source:(AP)
2009-11-10
Google adds free GPS navigation to mobile phones
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Internet giant Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of standalone GPS navigation devices.
Nations:Netherlands Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday.
Nations:Canada People:Barack Obama Charles Schumer Activities:2009 US Health Reform Source:(Reuters)
2009-10-26
Hitting early, swine flu claims 11 more kids in US
WASHINGTON - As the swine flu outbreak strikes the U.S. early and hard, health officials note a worrisome number of child deaths and warn that supplies of vaccine will remain scarce for at least the next couple of weeks.
Nations:Canada Argentina U.S. Australia Activities:2009 Swine Flu Source:(AP)
2009-10-17
Australia rate hike a good sign for world economy
WASHINGTON - A move by Australia's central bank to raise its benchmark interest rate, the first major economy to do so since the financial crisis worsened last fall, may signal a vote of confidence in a global recovery.
Nations:South Korea Spain Canada India New Zealand Switzerland Activities:Global Financial Crisis
2009-10-06
G20 becomes top world economic forum
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (AFP) - World leaders on Friday said the Group of 20 developed and developing nations would become the top economic forum, spreading influence to emerging powers such as China and India.
Nations:U.S. Japan China India Canada Turkey People:Barack Obama Michelle Obama Activities:2009 Pittsburgh G20 Summit
2009-09-25
Hurricane Bill grows to major storm, should miss U.S.
MIAMI (Reuters) - Hurricane Bill, the first of the 2009 Atlantic season, strengthened into a Category 3 storm on Tuesday with top winds near 125 miles per hour (205 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Canada Activities:2009 Hurricane Bill Source:(Reuters)
2009-08-18
JFK's sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver dies at 88
BOSTON - President John F. Kennedy's sister, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died Tuesday morning surrounded by family at a Hyannis hospital. She was 88.
Nations:Canada U.S. People:John F. Kennedy George McGovern Edward Kennedy Arnold Schwarzenegger
2009-08-11
White House advises Dems on health care protests
WASHINGTON - Top White House officials counseled Democratic senators Thursday on coping with disruptions at public events on health care this summer, officials said, and promised the party and allies would respond with twice the force if any individual lawmaker is criticized in television advertising.
Nations:Canada People:Kent Conrad John Boehner Christopher Dodd Arlen Specter Harry Reid Max Baucus Activities:2009 US Health Reform 111th Congress Source:(AP)
2009-08-06
Cronkite eulogized as newsman, friend, father
NEW YORK - Walter Cronkite was remembered as a great journalist, sailor, friend and father during services that, despite the grandeur of the setting, felt remarkably comfortable -- like the man.
Nations:U.S. Canada People:Walter Cronkite Jerry Stiller Charles Gibson Meredith Vieira Bob Schieffer Connie Chung Activities:Vietnam War
2009-07-23
Indonesia police: bomb attacks have JI hallmark
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Sunday that deadly attacks on two Jakarta hotels used the same methods and equipment as previous bombings by the militant Jemaah Islamiah group.
Nations:Indonesia Canada India Netherlands South Korea Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-19
Australia presses China on Rio Tinto arrest
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia on Saturday made high-level representations in China over the arrest of a top mining executive on bribery claims, as diplomatic tensions deepened between the key trading partners.
Nations:Australia China Canada India New Zealand People:Kevin Rudd Activities:2009 Rio Tinto Spy Case Source:(AFP)
2009-07-11
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