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US urges election monitors for Zimbabwe runoff
Washington - The White House on Saturday urged provisions for election and human rights monitors during a runoff vote in the southern African country Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai ended ...

[Posted on : 2008-05-11 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Jenna Bush wedding under wraps: Even restaurant didn't know
Washington - The secrecy wrap around presidential daughter Jenna Bush's wedding was so tight that even the restaurant owner for Friday's rehearsal dinner wasn't told until a day before, media reports said Saturday. Jenna Bush, 26, and Henry Hager, 30...

[Posted on : 2008-05-11 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US condemns attack by rebels near Khartoum
Washington - The United States Saturday condemned anattack by Sudanese rebels near Khartoum and warned the aggression threatened efforts by the international community to resolve the country's conflicts. Sean McCormack, spokesman for the US Departmen...

[Posted on : 2008-05-10 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US urges Hezbollah to stop violence in Lebanon
Washington - The United States on Friday urged an end to violent clashes between the Shiite movement Hezbollah and pro- government opponents in Lebanon that have rocked Beirut for days. In Lebanon, we are very troubled by the recent actions of Hezbo...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US friendship with Israel 'unwavering' 60 years on - Feature
Washington - Only last month, US federal authorities charged an American man for spying on behalf of Israel, passing along nuclear and other closely guarded secrets in a case connected to the more infamous Jonathan Pollard case of the 1980s. The US J...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US envoy to return with North Korean nuclear documents
Washington - The US envoy to North Korea will return from Pyongyang with a significant number of documents detailing the communist country's nuclear programme, the US State Department said Thursday. Sung Kim, director of the State Department's Kore...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US legislators pass major bill tackling housing crisis
Washington - The US House of Representatives Thursday approved a costly bill tackling the housing crisis that is largely blamed for an economic slowdown in the United States, setting up a confrontation with the White House. The legislation, pushed th...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Scribbled Lennon peace lyrics up for sale
New York - John Lennon's scribbled lyrics to the song Give Peace A Chance are going up for auction and are expected to fetch up to 600,000 dollars, auction house Christie's said Thursday. Lennon jotted down the famous words in 1969 during his famous ...

[Posted on : 2008-05-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

SIDEBAR: Michigan thrashes out deal to be heard in Democratic race
Washington - Michigan Democrats on Thursday offered a compromise that would restore the state's votes in the hard-fought presidential race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The proposal, which must still be approved by the Democratic National...

[Posted on : 2008-05-08 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

EXTRA: Ban calls Myanmar a tragedy; UN to issue aid appeal
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday urged Myanmar's military government to focus on its national tragedy in the wake of Cyclone Nargis as it prepared instead to hold a referendum this weekend on a new constitution. Ban hinted that...

[Posted on : 2008-05-08 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

 



 

 


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