http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296376,us-review-of-landmine-policy-ongoing.html Washington - The United States confirmed Wednesday its policy on an international treaty banning landmines was under review and, for the time being, there were no plans to join the pact. US State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said the review would ... US,World Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:04:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296376,us-review-of-landmine-policy-ongoing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296383,us-struggles-to-keep-up-with-demand-vaccine--feature.html Washington/Geneva - Health officials across the United States have complained about shortages of vaccines for the pandemic A(H1N1) virus. Just outside the capital, Washington DC, Mary Anderson, at the health department of Montgomery County, Maryland,... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:10:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296383,us-struggles-to-keep-up-with-demand-vaccine--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295512,pelosi-no-quick-end-to-us-travel-ban-to-cuba.html Washington - Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in the US House of Representatives, said Thursday she expected no quick action on ending the United States' decades-long travel ban with Cuba. House Speaker Pelosi said it was one of a long list of legislat... Travel,General Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:10:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295512,pelosi-no-quick-end-to-us-travel-ban-to-cuba.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296361,toyota-to-replace-nearly-4-million-accelerator-pedals-in-us.html Washington - Japanese carmaker Toyota said Wednesday it will replace the accelerator pedals on 3.8 million vehicles, part of its largest-ever recall in the United States. The world's largest car manufacturer said it would shorten the pedals to avoid ... Cars,General Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:10:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296361,toyota-to-replace-nearly-4-million-accelerator-pedals-in-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295312,obama-acknowledges-danger-of-double-dip-recession-if-deficit-grows.html Washington - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was mindful of the dangers brought on by the country's skyrocketing budget deficit, warning that too much spending could lead the United States into another recession. Obama, who has taken heavy c... US,Business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:28:27 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295312,obama-acknowledges-danger-of-double-dip-recession-if-deficit-grows.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292242,in-its-annual-vote-un-general-assembly-rebuts-us-embargo.html New York - The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to call on UN members not to support the decades-old United States economic embargo of Cuba. In what has become an annual event, the 192-nation assembly voted 182-3, with two absten... US,World Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:34:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292242,in-its-annual-vote-un-general-assembly-rebuts-us-embargo.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295473,extrasweden-seeks-to-clarify-eu-presidents-role.html Brussels - The European Union's Swedish presidency on Thursday tried to clarify what the bloc's first-ever full-time president should do as EU leaders arrived in Brussels to nominate the new top official. EU member states are torn over whether the pr... Europe,World Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:40:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295473,extrasweden-seeks-to-clarify-eu-presidents-role.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291206,us-fed-survey-notes-uneasy-economic-recovery.html Washington - The United States is recovering slowly from a deep recession and many sectors of the economy have yet to show clear signs of improvement, according to a regional survey by the Federal Reserve Wednesday. Most parts of the country said the... US,Business Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:46:48 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291206,us-fed-survey-notes-uneasy-economic-recovery.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291201,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea--summary.html Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanc... US,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:52:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291201,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291196,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea.html Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday that the United States will never establish normalized relations with North Korea as long as the Stalinist state has nuclear weapons. Current sanctions will not be relaxed unt... US,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:04:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291196,clinton-no-normal-ties-with-nuclear-armed-north-korea.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296354,us-welcomes-netanyahu-freeze-on-west-bank-settlements.html Washington - The United States welcomed the Israeli moratorium Wednesday on West Bank settlement construction as a positive step that could help move peace negotiations forward, but expressed concern that it did not include building in East Jerusal... US,World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:30:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296354,us-welcomes-netanyahu-freeze-on-west-bank-settlements.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296217,more-than-16000-evacuated-as-malaysian-floods-worsen.html Kuala Lumpur - More than 16,000 Malaysians have evacuated their homes as flood waters continued to rise following incessant rainfall in six states, news reports said Wednesday. The onslaught of the annual year-end monsoon season, which typically last... Nature,Environment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:10:29 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296217,more-than-16000-evacuated-as-malaysian-floods-worsen.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291187,massachusetts-man-arrested-on-terrorism-charges--summary.html Washington - A US citizen has been arrested on terrorism charges that include a plot to attack shopping centres in the United States, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Tarek Mehanna, 27, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, was arrested Wednesday morning ... US,World Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291187,massachusetts-man-arrested-on-terrorism-charges--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291179,aid-agency-calls-for-more-funding-to-tackle-tuberculosis.html Stockholm - Main European countries were Wednesday said to be lagging far behind the United States in funding efforts to develop new tests and treatment of tuberculosis. The disease is estimated to claim 1.7 million lives each year, the medical hum... Health Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:04:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291179,aid-agency-calls-for-more-funding-to-tackle-tuberculosis.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290311,us-inflation-rate-02-per-cent-in-september--summary.html Washington - US consumer prices edged up for a second straight month amid indications that the United States has pulled out of recession, the US Labour Department reported Thursday. The inflation rate was 0.2 per cent on the month, after a 0.4-per- c... US,Business Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:04:53 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290311,us-inflation-rate-02-per-cent-in-september--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293380,russia-praises-arms-reduction-talks-with-us.html Moscow - Russia praised Thursday the constructive atmosphere in nuclear disarmament talks with the United States. The progress achieved meant there could be a successor agreement in place when the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expires on ... Europe,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:04:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293380,russia-praises-arms-reduction-talks-with-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290114,east-timor-begins-first-joint-military-manoeuvres-with-us.html Dili - East Timor's first joint military exercise with the United States began Wednesday with the arrival of the USS Bonhomme Richard assault ship. The manoeuvres with 2,500 US troops and Australia forces are to last through October 24, aimed at bols... Australasia,World Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:34:46 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290114,east-timor-begins-first-joint-military-manoeuvres-with-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289990,us-senate-panel-set-for-critical-vote-on-health-reform.html Washington - A key Senate committee was to vote Tuesday on legislation that would dramatically overhaul health care coverage in the United States, paving the way for the entire Senate to begin considering the reform plans. The Senate Finance Committe... Health Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:52:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/289990,us-senate-panel-set-for-critical-vote-on-health-reform.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291334,goldstone-challenges-obama-to-point-out-flaws-in-the-report.html Cairo - South African judge Richard Goldstone, who wrote a a fact-finding report on the December-January war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has challenged the United States to justify its objections on the report. Goldstone told Al-Jazee... Middle East,World Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:28:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291334,goldstone-challenges-obama-to-point-out-flaws-in-the-report.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291322,afghan-expulsions-must-follow-rules-eus-barrot-says.html Brussels - European Union member states must follow strict rules if they want to forcibly repatriate illegal Afghan immigrants, the EU's justice commissioner said Thursday. Jacques Barrot was speaking a day after France controversially flew three ill... Europe,World Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:46:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291322,afghan-expulsions-must-follow-rules-eus-barrot-says.html