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Despite Chinese protests, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe conferred the city’s honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama on Sunday. China said that the award was an interference in Chinese domestic political affairs. Read full story from www.huliq.com Read more
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Five U.S. contractors have been detained in the investigation of the slaying of another American in Baghdad’s Green Zone, officials said Sunday, in what may become the first case of U.S. citizens facing Iraqi justice under a security agreement that took effect this year. Read more
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It’s been the Battle of the Bay Area Mayors this week now that Santa Clara’s City Council has approved the $967 million proposal to put the 49ers’ stadium there — even after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said he can’t understand a city putting up millions for a team that “won’t even change their name.” [...]
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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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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — Corruption charges leveled against Puerto Rico’s governor put the island briefly in the news last week. Anibal Acevedo Vila is accused of soliciting thousands in improper contributions to erase campaign debts and cover lavish personal expenses. He denies the charges and is continuing his bid for re-election this year. Read more
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COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France, June 6 — President Obama urged the world Saturday to live up to the sacrifice made by thousands of Allied soldiers who struggled to shore here 65 years ago on D-Day, telling a hushed audience that “the selflessness of a few was able to change the course of an entire century.” Read more
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NEW DELHI — Three weeks ago, Geetanjali Bahl opened her monthly credit card statement to find a letter tersely announcing that her credit limit had been slashed by more than half — to just a little over $500. Read more
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He was a courtly State Department intelligence analyst from a prominent family who loved to sail and peruse the London Review of Books. Occasionally, he would voice frustration with U.S. policies, but to his liberal neighbors in Northwest D.C. it was nothing out of the ordinary. “We were all appalled by the Bush years,” one [...]
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CAIRO, June 4 — President Obama delivered a direct appeal to the Islamic world Thursday for a “new beginning” with the United States, acknowledging historical mistakes made over centuries in the name of culture and religion that he said are now overshadowed by shared interests. Read more
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LONDON, June 6 — Two years ago, Gordon Brown entered 10 Downing Street for the first time as prime minister and promised, without a smile, to “try my utmost.” Read more
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RECIFE, Brazil/PARIS (Reuters) – Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – The Taliban said on Saturday that U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world was full of “deceptive slogans” and did nothing to change relations between America and Muslims. Read more
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People in Lebanon have begun voting in a parliamentary election that pits the ruling Western-backed coalition against a Hezbollah-led bloc. Read more
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) – Ministers and officials from 19 farm exporting countries plus the United States and India have met in Indonesia to give impetus to world trade talks amid the global economic slump. Read more
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AP – US President Barack Obama waves as he walks with Normandy American Cemetery Superintendent Daniel Neese … Slideshow:President Barack Obama Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama hails ‘sheer improbability’ of D-Day victory KMOV Channel 4 St. Louis Play Video Barack Obama Video:Governor O’Malley Visits Normandy WJZ 13 Baltimore By JENNIFER LOVEN, AP White House Correspondent Jennifer Loven, Ap [...]
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Yesterday was the first day for a month the ‘Daily Telegraph‘ did not feature a new story about MPs’ expenses on its front page. Such a run is unique in my experience. Read more
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (June 6) – Alaskans are concerned over the prospect that North Korea is getting ready to test a long-range missile that could reach strategic targets in their home state. Read more
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Peter Mandelson’s claim that Gordon Brown is doing a great job is in tatters after it was revealed that he called the Prime Minister ‘insecure, self-conscious physically and emotionally, uncomfortable in his skin and angry’ in a leaked email. Read more
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Queensland council bans circus animals New 12:00PM Sunday Jun 07, 2009 A city council in Queensland has ruled exotic circus animals are a relic of a cruel past. Pet Albums Neighbouring Queensland councils Brisbane and Ipswich are divided over a push by the RSPCA and Animal Liberation to ban circuses that use such animals in [...]