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Groundhog predicts early spring in U.S.
February 02, 2011Offering relief to Americans digging out from a massive snowstorm, the country's most famous groundhog is predicting an early spring. Punxsutawney Phil emerged around dawn Wednesday to make the 125th annual Groundhog Day weather forecast. A crowd gathered...
US humanitarian aid for flood victims reaches Moldova
July 24, 2010A consignment of 250,000-dollar-worth humanitarian aid provided by the USA for Moldovan flood victims reached Hincesti district today. US Deputy Ambassador to Moldova Marcus Michelli said that that the consignment comprised adjustable beds, blankets...
American Chamber in Moldova launches project for children suffering from leukaemia
July 07, 2010The American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova (AmCham Moldova) today launched a social project for children suffering from leukaemia within events dedicated to the USA s Independence Day. The proceeds earned from sold lottery tickets will be donated to...
BP: New effort to contain oil spill underway
June 04, 2010The top executive of oil giant BP says his company should know by Friday if the latest effort to stop the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico is successful. BP chief executive Tony Hayward said cutting away the top of the broken well riser Thursday was the...
Harvard grads choose public service over big bucks
May 27, 2010By Adam Phillips Students from elite American university look for ways to help others It's college graduation season in the United States. Even in today's weak economy, students from prestigious Ivy League universities like Harvard have an extra...
Rima Fakih, Arab American Miss USA, at center of controversy
May 21, 2010By David Byrd For the first time since it was founded in 1952, the Miss USA beauty pageant has crowned an Arab American as its winner. Twenty-four-year old Rima Fakih - who was born in Lebanon - has been at the center of controversy since winning the...
Miss USA Rima Fakih will lose crown
May 19, 2010Over the weekend, the USA has chosen Miss Michigan, a Lebanese immigrant, Rima Fakih as Miss USA. After the gorgeous 24-year-old marketing executive was crowned the most beautiful woman in the US at the fancy ceremony held in Las Vegas, photos that might...
Lebanese immigrant Rima Fakih crowned Miss USA (video, swimsuit photo)
May 17, 2010A 24-year-old Arab-American won the title of Miss USA in the annual beauty pageant held Sunday night in Las Vegas. Rima Fakih, a Lebanese immigrant, won the pageant after swimsuit, evening gown and interview competitions. During the competition, she...
Nurse practitioners expand role in US health care
May 15, 2010By Deborah Block The new health care reform law in the United States will require everyone to have health insurance. People who avoided going to the doctor because they had no insurance will be more likely to visit primary care physicians for minor illnesses...
A most unusual college: No textbooks and no lectures (video)
May 14, 2010By Shant Shahrigian St. John's College looks like a typical American college. But what goes on inside its classrooms is unlike just about every other college in the United States. At this small institution, about 60 kilometers north of Washington, D...