During talks in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao endorsed a package of energy projects, including deals on clean coal and electric vehicles. Environmental analysts say the talks offer new hope the two countries wi...
There is Oscar buzz in Hollywood for the performance of rising young star Carey Mulligan as a teenager learning some life lessons in a bittersweet film written by English novelist Nick Hornby and directed by Danish filmmaker Lone Scherfig. Alan Silv...
Lee Daniel's low-budget film, Precious, is based on the award-winning novel Push by the African American author Sapphire. Like the book, the movie tells the story of an obese 16-year-old girl from Harlem, the traditionally African American neighborh...
At the movies: the strange happenings in the rainy Pacific Northwest town of Forks, Washington get even stranger for love-struck Bella and her brooding boyfriend Edward (who happens to be a vampire); but best friend Jacob also has a supernatural sec...
Five bodyguards were killed. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in southwestern Afghanistan, while two roadside bombs killed 4 others in eastern Afghanistan. Sean Maroney | Kabul 20 November 2009 Photo: AFP Afghan policem...
US Senate is scheduled to take crucial vote on Saturday on legislation crafted by majority Democrats to reform US health care system. Democrats, facing expected unanimous opposition from Senate Republicans, need to ensure all 60 of their members vot...
Despite higher rate, US Army says campaign to get soldiers help is showing progress at some bases Melinda Smith | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 Thomas John Sweet (TJ) had been in Iraq two months. He killed himself on Thanksgiving Day, November 27t...
Fire Dept. shoulders costs in neighborhoods lacking doctors and medical clinics Chris Simkins | Washington, DC 20 November 2009 In large cities like Washington, to ensure the fastest response to medical calls, fire departments dispatch trucks carryi...
David Gollust | State Department 20 November 2009 Photo: AFP Iran's Wom nuclear facility Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran This is something the Iranians agreed to in principle. If you remember back in the Geneva meeting they agr...
Relations between Egypt and Algeria have been taking a serious turn for the worse in the aftermath of Algeria's World Cup playoff qualifying victory over Egypt's national football (soccer) team in Khartoum on Wednesday Edward Yeranian | Cairo 20 Nov...
