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Several published reports say that Merchandise Mart president Christopher Kennedy, 45, son of Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of former President John F. Kennedy, is very interested in running in next year’s Democratic U.S. Senate primary. Read more
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10:53pm UK, Friday May 01, 2009 Two people in France have become infected with the H1N1 swine flu – the country’s first confirmed cases of the virus. A Parisian hospital where a [...]
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Michael Grade has said that ITV is currently overstocked with too many shows, despite reducing its programme budget by £135 million. The executive chairman of the channel blamed the gap in time between ideas being greenlit and the completion of production, The Mirror reports. Grade said: “Because of the lead times of programmes, someone walking [...]
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An 8-year-old Saudi girl has divorced her middle-aged husband after her father forced her to marry him last year in exchange for about $13,000, her lawyer said Thursday. Read more
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NAPLES – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who has compared himself to Jesus Christ and Napoleon, boasted on Friday that he was the world’s most popular leader. Read more
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There’s more bad news on the state’s finances. April, which is by far the largest tax collection month for California, ended in a whimper, coming up short by more than $1.8 billion in personal income and… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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Electric organs, sombre synths and a variety of syncopated drum rythyms. This is the song of swine flu, according to musician Stephan Zielinski who has strung up the virus’s two key proteins to make an algorithm that can be listened to. Speaking to Current.com the US-based artist explained how he created the piece by [...]
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En un arranque de franqueza durante su discurso esta semana en la conferencia anual del Concilio Nacional de la Raza, el Senador John McCain reconoció que estaba dirigiéndose a una audiencia en general escéptica. “Sé que muchos de ustedes son demócratas y muchos de ustedes acostumbrarÃan a votar por el candidato presidencial de ese partido”, [...]
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Twenty-nine Democratic senators voted in the fall of 2002 to authorize the invasion of Iraq. There isn’t enough room on this page to list the Democratic foreign policy experts and former officials, including those from the top ranks of the Clinton administration, who supported the war publicly and privately — some of whom even signed [...]
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“This cannot be,” Henry Kissinger once muttered in exasperation when an unexpectedly positive development occurred during a Democratic administration. “The wrong people are doing the right thing.” Read more
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The acting head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said yesterday that there is no single best way for communities to respond to the growing outbreak of swine flu, and he played down the role the nation’s chief public health agency will play in managing the illness around the country. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, April 30 — Soldiers sent to halt a Taliban advance toward the Pakistani capital fought their way over a mountain pass Thursday, killed at least 14 insurgents and narrowly escaped a wave of suicide car bombers, the army said. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, April 30 — Mexican authorities on Thursday raised the number of confirmed cases of swine flu in the country to 312 and confirmed deaths to 12, while many more people are suspected of having contracted the disease and died. Read more
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NAIROBI, April 9 — The FBI and U.S. Navy were in delicate negotiations Thursday with Somali pirates holding an American captain in a lifeboat drifting in the Indian Ocean, as one U.S. destroyer hulked nearby and additional naval ships were speeding to the scene, U.S. officials said. Read more
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ZABOL, Afghanistan — In this impoverished province on the Pakistani border, the U.S. military’s most senior officer came face to face with the consequences of nearly eight years of American indifference and neglect in Afghanistan. Read more
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BUNER VALLEY, Pakistan (Reuters) – The Pakistan army battled through mountain passes on Thursday in a third day of fighting to evict Taliban fighters from a strategic valley, after U.S. President Barack Obama welcomed its newfound resolve. Read more
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico began shutting down all non-essential work and services on Thursday to slow the spread of a new flu strain as officials urged increased worldwide precautions against an imminent pandemic. Read more
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Mexico is preparing for a five-day shutdown of parts of its economy in a bid to slow the spread of swine flu. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil edged higher on Thursday as gains in wider global markets offset rising energy inventories and slumping demand. Read more