By Laurel Bowman Washington 04 November 2009 People everywhere are trying to protect themselves against the swine flu From Europe to Asia to the Middle East, the 2009 H1N1 virus is spreading. The World Health Organization reports the virus has kille...
By Vidushi Sinha Washington 04 November 2009 A new report about the H1N1 flu virus indicates that the elderly are not immune from the disease afterall. And another report seems to support the early decision to make pregnant women among the first to...
By Selah Hennessy London 04 November 2009 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Commitments on greenhouse-gas emissions cuts will be the focus of the remaining few days of a U.N. climate conference in Barcelona. African delegates pulled out of t...
By Peter Fedynsky Gdynia, Poland 04 November 2009 A red banner with hammer and sickle is seen outside the Polish Embassy in Moscow (File) The symbol of Communism - the hammer and sickle - represents the main tools of physical labor used by industria...
By Peter Fedynsky Budapest 04 November 2009 The collapse of the Berlin Wall came as the result of social, political and economic pressures that built up over decades behind the Iron Curtain. Its demise has exposed some glaring material differences i...
By Greg Flakus Houston 04 November 2009 In late October, 1944 the First Battalion of the U.S. 141st Infantry Regiment, comprised mostly of men from the Texas National Guard, broke through German lines in northeastern France and then found themselves...
By Robert Raffaele Washington 04 November 2009 The Ford Motor Company posted a third-quarter profit of almost $1 billion US. The U.S. automaker said Monday it expects to be solidly profitable in 2011. Meanwhile, General Motors announced its first mo...
By Kent Klein White House 04 November 2009 President Barack Obama at a middle school in Madison, Wisconsin, 04 Nov 2009 President Barack Obama is challenging the 50 U.S. states to reform their education systems. The president says the U.S. needs bet...
By Al Pessin Washington 04 November 2009 Admiral Mike Mullen (file photo) The top U.S. military officer said Wednesday Afghan President Hamid Karzai must arrest and prosecute corrupt officials and take other action to establish the legitimacy of his...
By Dan Robinson Capitol Hill 04 November 2009 A cloud of smoke billows from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli strikes as seen from the Israel-Gaza border, 15 Jan 2009 The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemn...
