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Conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh hospitalized, he is well
December 31, 2009The most popular talk show host in the United States, Rush Limbaugh, was taken to a hospital after suffering chest pains and was resting comfortably Wednesday, his radio program said in a statement. "Rush was admitted to and is resting comfortably...
Dutch to use full body scanners for US-bound flights
December 30, 2009Interior Minister Guusje Ter Horst says the body scanners will be in place within three weeks. The Dutch Interior Minister says that all passengers flying to the United States from the Netherlands will have to pass through a full body scan. The move...
Barack Obama: US doing everything to protect Americans
December 29, 2009President says a full investigation has been launched into attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner. U.S. President Barack Obama says those responsible for the attempted Christmas Day attack on an American airliner will be held to account...
U.S., France, Italy condemn Iranian violence
December 28, 2009The United States, Italy, and France have all come out with statements condemning violence by Iranian security forces against civilian protesters. The White House said it "strongly condemns" what it described as the "unjust suppression...
Weather affecting holiday plans worldwide
December 23, 2009Many people worldwide travel to family celebrations for Christmas and the New Year. But this December, getting to those celebrations requires a mixture of patience and cooperating weather. So far, the weather has been unyielding, affecting travel for...
Major snowstorm blankets Northeastern United States
December 21, 2009A major late-autumn storm is continuing to blanket parts of the northeastern United States, after dumping a record amount of snow on the nation's capital and other areas along the mid-Atlantic coast. The U.S. National Weather Service warned of blizzard...
What to do with President Medvedev’s European Security Treaty?
December 18, 2009By Michael Emerson We reproduced in our last issue the text of the draft European Security Treaty published on the Kremlin’s website of 1 December. The text is dressed up in smart legal language. The legal department of the Russian Ministry of...
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...
