Emissions cuts 'not a taboo' to Brazil

Chicago, July 5 2009 - Brazilian President Lula da Silva has expressed recently that Brazil should not be afraid of the challenge of cuting carbono emissions. The actual administration has settled high goals to...

Anti-Chavez mayor on hunger strike in Venezuela

 Venezuelan President Colonel Chavez "revolutionary"party's lost the elections in Caracas last year, but this is not a problem to this tireless Caudillo, he created a new major position to be on top of Caracas...

Disney World monorail crash kills driver

This is sad but itcould have been worse.  At least no visitors were killed." A monorail train at Walt Disney World crashed into the back of another train early Sunday, killing one driver, according to an...

Honduras braces for confrontation ahead of Zelaya's return

Both sides need towork together for what is best for the country, and forgetabout personal politics. " Both sides are using the defense of democracy to justify their actions, though both sides condemn the other for breaking the law. And the citizens of this banana...

American states seek Zelaya return

This can be resolvedpeacefully.  Neither side wants a civil war.  Thereseems to be room for compromise., " The head of the Organisation of American States (OAS) has arrived in Honduras to demand the reinstatement of Manuel Zelaya, its ousted president....

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...

Statement by Senator Glenn McConnell

Uncut Press release from SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GLENN McCONNELL" PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Wesley Donehue | 843.460.7990     STATEMENT BY SENATOR GLENN McCONNELL  ...

Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

Clinton urged Obama to talk tough on Iran

Behind the scenes, administration officials, who spoke on the condition that they not be named, have revealed that Sec of State Hillary Clinton had urged President Obama to take a harder line on Iran for several...

Special zone for China in Sri Lanka

First time ever Sri Lanka had set up a specific area for foreign companies, and China's Huichen gets it. "Sri Lanka's investment promotion agency, the Board of Investment, said it signed a deal with China's...

Sri Lankan military maintains fishing restrictions in the north

The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image.  This meeting was attended by several government officials,...

Honduras Coup: Roberto Micheletti Sworn In As The New President

The lawful President of Honduras Manuel Zelaya is removed from his home and flown into Costa Rica by troops, while Congress leader Roberto Micheletti is sworn as the new President of the country. The President of Honuduras Manuel (Mel) Zelaya was captured in his home and...

CAP issues five-step plan for repealing DADT

The Centre for American Progress (CAP) has issued a five-step plan for repealing "Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT), the common term for the policy about homosexuality in the U.S. armed forces mandated by federal law...

Yunus-Bek Yevkurov President Of Ingushetia Wounded In Attack

The President of the Russian Republic of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov was wounded in an assassination attempt but expected to survive. Russia's President Medvedev called the attack "an act of terror."Yunus-Bek...

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