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US military praising policewoman who wounded shooter at Fort Hood
November 06, 2009Officials at Fort Hood Military base in Texas have praised a civilian policewoman for stopping Thursday's shooting spree that killed 13 people and wounded 31 others. Fort Hood Spokesman, Colonel John Rossi, told reporters early Friday police woman Kimberly...
Ukraine: Swine Flu mania in Kyiv
November 03, 2009By Irene Chalupa Upon landing at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Sunday afternoon, I was met by Ukrainian passport-control personnel in surgical masks. I suddenly noticed that a number of people on line were also wearing masks of various sizes...
Moldova makes progress in preventing, combating human trafficking
October 21, 2009Moldova has made outstanding progress in the prevention and combating of the human trafficking, and I am sure that we will manage to defeat this vice as a result of cooperation. US Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry...
3 scientists share Nobel Chemistry Prize for DNA work
October 07, 2009By Tom Rivers Two Americans and one Israeli share this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work showing how the DNA code is translated into life itself. Americans Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas Steitz and Ada Yonath from Israel were all...
- 2010 Watch List: 93 cultural heritage sites in 47 countries
October 06, 2009The World Monuments Fund has released a list of 93 cultural heritage sites in 47 countries that it says are threatened by human neglect, vandalism or natural disasters. The list released Tuesday by the New York-based non-profit includes the ancient city...
- US Charges Terror Suspect with Bomb Plot
September 24, 2009An Afghan-born man detained in the United States as part of a terror investigation has been charged with conspiring to detonate bombs in the U.S. The indictment unveiled Thursday in New York alleges Najibullah Zazi spent more than a year plotting the...
- US provides $1.4M to Moldova to combat corruption, crime
September 23, 2009Moldova has received a new installment of financial assistance worth 1.4 million dollars from the United States to combat corruption, human trafficking and organised crime. U.S. Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry and Parliament Speaker and acting...
False claim to U.S. citizenship may result in deportation
September 12, 2009By Robert L. Reeves and Nancy E. Miller As everyone who has applied for a job in the United States knows, you have to show that you have the right to work before you can be hired. As every non-citizen should know, falsely claiming to be a United States...
August 25, 2009
Obesity in America at O'Reilly Factor with Marshall and BruceOn August 25, 2009, radio talk hosts Leslie Marshall and Tammy Bruce on the O'Reilly Factor discussed obesity in America and its societal implications. The discussion is about PETA's new billboard campaign in Florida, which has raised questions among...
US Prosecutors Charge Three In Largest Identity Theft In History
August 18, 2009Officials in the United States have charged a 28-year-old American man and two foreign accomplices -- identified as "having resided in or near Russia" -- with data theft from an estimated 130 million credit and debit cards. That makes it the...