Competing rallies in Washington highlight nation's divisions2010-08-29 Kansas City Star More News Standing on the hallowed ground of the nation's civil rights icons, the leading conservative luminaries of the tea party movement on Saturday called on tens of thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to turn to the values of the founding fathers to restore what they say is a deficit of honor in America. Four miles away, a...
Jimmy Carter gets job done - 31 years later2010-08-28 Boston Herald OK, Jimmy Carter, thanks for getting this Mattapan moonbat of ours out of North Korea. After 30 years, you finally freed a hostage. And a double thank-you for immediately screwing out of town. You saved me from having to lecture you: You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here. For once, I didn’t have to ask a has-been pol...
Mexicana Airline Halts All Operations2010-08-28 WPXI MEXICO CITY -- Debt-ridden carrier Mexicana and its domestic subsidiaries will begin suspending flights midnight Friday and halt all operations by the next day as it seeks to restructure costs, Mexico's transportation secretary said. The country's biggest airline is forced to shut down because it does not have enough money to keep flying, Juan...
Obama to visit Israel and the West Bank2010-08-28 Irish Times MARK WEISS in Jerusalem US PRESIDENT Barack Obama plans to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah in the coming year to press Israel and the Palestinians to make painful concessions in order to clinch a historic Middle East peace agreement in 2011. The president, who set Middle East peace as one of his top foreign policy goals, will oversee the relaunch of...
California lawmakers to vote on budget plans2010-08-28 MSNBC SAN FRANCISCO — California lawmakers will vote on rival plans for closing a $19 billion deficit and balancing the state's budget on Tuesday, the last day of their legislative session, aides said on Friday. The votes in the state Senate and Assembly will be symbolic gestures since...
FDA to inspect all large egg farms in U.S.2010-08-28 MSNBC WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of the country's largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall that has sickened as many as 1,500 people. An Obama administration official says inspectors will visit about 600 large egg farms that produce 80 percent of the nation's eggs. The...
800 dengue cases in Delhi2010-08-29 Indian Express Dengue cases increased alarmingly in the national capital as 59 more patients tested positive for the vector-borne disease, taking the total number of people being affected by it to 800. The national capital has recorded two confirmed and...
D Decor launches fashion for Indian homes2010-08-29 Indian Express D'decor announced the re-launch of their brand with Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan. D'decor has been on the forefront of the furnishings industry, with their innovative products and trendy designs, which are sought after by leading European and US furnishing brands and adorned by labels like Karavet,...
HK furious; OFWs fearful2010-08-29 Inquirer HONG KONGTens of thousands marched in Hong Kong on Sunday in honor of eight Hong Kong residents killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, denouncing the Philippine government for botching the rescue operation and demanding justice for the dead. President Benigno Aquino III has 'begged for understanding' and ordered a thorough investigation into the...
New Kapuso girls get juicy assignments2010-08-29 Inquirer MANILA, PhilippinesAndi Manzano swears her relationship with the controversial disc jockey-turned-TV host Mo Twister was 'never official.' She told Inquirer Entertainment: 'We liked each other, but things didn't go beyond that. I guess it happened because we worked together every daywe did a morning show together. We were...
Binoe and Mariel: Passage to India2010-08-29 Inquirer LOVE-struck as she was, Mariel Rodriguez admitted, 'I can't compete with 20 years of marriage. They had four kids together.' She'd gladly settle for the title of Robin Padilla's 'one true love,' Mariel said on Saturday on ABS-CBN's 'E-Live.' She could never be Robin's 'one great love,' she...
Indies for kids2010-08-29 Inquirer MANILA, PhilippinesThe Cinemalaya Kids' Treat jury picked Rommel Tolentino's short film, 'P,' as the recently concluded festival's Best Film for Children 'for delightful and...
'Comprehensive' program to save NFA proposed2010-08-29 Inquirer MANILA, PhilippinesThe National Food Authority must be transformed into an economically viable entity that will fulfil its mandate of pursuing food security and stabilize prices of rice for the benefit of underprivileged Filipino consumers. This was the stand adopted by newly formed ForensicLaw and...
Foreign research firm says RP stocks still undervalued2010-08-29 Inquirer MANILA, PhilippinesThe Philippinestockmarket remains undervalued and should benefit more from a domestic consumption and overseas Filipino workers' remittance play in the years ahead, according to a research by foreign stock brokerage CLSA. In a report titled 'People, People and More People' dated Aug. 23 and written by CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets...
John Lennon's Toilet Sells For $14,0002010-08-29 Starpulse A toilet which once belonged to late Beatles legend John Lennon has sold for over $14,000 at an auction on Saturday. The blue and white...
China silent on reported visit by North Korea's Kim The Star2010-08-28 CHANGCHUN, China (Reuters) - China kept silent on Friday about a reported visit by North Korea's secretive leader, Kim Jong-il, that analysts say appears intended to line up Beijing behind his dynastic succession plans. A paramilitary policeman checks a car at the entrance of Nanhu hotel in Changchun city where reclusive North Korean leader Kim...
'Sons of Iraq' feel betrayed by motherland Daily Star Lebanon2010-08-27 By Agence France Presse (AFP) and The Daily Star Saturday, August 28, 2010 - Powered by --> Nafia Abdul Jabbar Agence France Presse SAMARRA, Iraq: The SunniArab militiamen who sided with American soldiers against Al-Qaeda during Iraq’s brutal insurgency fear the exit of thousands of US troops will herald a surge in bloody revenge attacks...
Fire alarm on Jet flight, 15 injured during evacuation Mumbai Mirror2010-08-27 Mumbai Mirror Bureau Posted On Saturday, August 28, 2010 at 02:16:10 AM Following a fire alarm in a Jet Airways Boeing 737, 130 passengers were evacuated through chutes at Mumbai airport on Friday evening. Fifteen passengers were injured during the evacuation, at about 8.30 pm. A Jet spokesperson said a later investigation revealed that there was...
Congress ticks off Chidambaram over 'saffron terror' remark The Times of India2010-08-27 NEW DELHI: With the BJP and Shiv Sena moving in to turn P Chidambaram's " saffron terror" remark into an issue of insult to the majority community, Congress on Friday distanced itself from its home minister. "Saffron or bhagwa or kesariya (Hindi equivalents of saffron) is not the issue here. The issue is terrorism. Terrorism does not have any...
Many Nobel peace prizes betray founder's aims - book The Star2010-08-27 OSLO (Reuters) - Guardians of the Nobel Peace Prize have betrayed the original aim of rewarding "champions of peace" by picking laureates such as the Red Cross or U.S. President Barack Obama, according to a book seen by Reuters on Friday. A logo for the 2009 Nobel Prize giving ceremony is pictured at the Concert Hall in Stockholm December 10, 2009....
U.S. Economy Slowed to 1.6% Pace in 2nd Quarter The New York Times2010-08-27 Economic statistics released Friday offered the clearest sign yet that the recovery, already acknowledged to be sauntering, had slowed to a crawl. The government lowered its estimate of economic growth in the second quarter to an annual rate of 1.6 percent, after originally reporting last month that growth in the three-month period was 2.4 percent....
