1. A 100,000-dollar reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever started the massive wildfire in Southern California. The fire has burned through more than 240 square miles of the Angeles National Forest. 2...
1.Firefighters have made progress against the big wildfire burning north of Los Angeles. But officials say they still have a long way to go. Officials say the blaze is more than 20% contained, but it has destroyed more than 60 homes. 2.Most business...
1. Firefighters in Southern California continue to struggle to contain a massive blaze that is threatening the iconic Hollywood sign. The fire has chared more than 50 homes and killed two firefighters. Thousands of people have been evacuated from th...
1.A massive fire North of Los Angeles has doubled in size, burning nearly two dozen homes and threatening thousands more. It's among at least eight fires currently burning in California. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has issued emergency declaratio...
The life of senator Edward Kennedy celebrited in Boston and a Mass attended by President Barack Obama and three of his predecessors along with scores of other political figures. Kennedy will be buried at our international cemetary in Virginia. Autho...
1. Officials have closed the viewing for Senator Ted Kennedy at his brother's presidential library in Boston where he lay in repose for two days. The viewing covered several hours over the two days, and thousands of people have filed by the flag-dra...
UN humanitarian chief John Holmes said people there needed money for food, water, sanitation facilities, emergency shelter and health care. Typhoon Ketsana left at least 300 people dead, and hundreds of thousands stranded. Typhoon Parma just over a...
Somalia's junior minister for defence who was briefly held in Uganda has been released（发布）, Uganda's army spokesman says. Sheikh Yusuf Mohamed Siad, a former Islamist warlord, was detained by Ugandan security forces during a trip to the capital...
Leaders of 15 southern African states are have concluded a two-day summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo, expressing support for efforts to mediate political confrontations in several member nations. But they have delegated the crisis in Zimbab...
A senior leader of South Sudan's ruling party says its suspicions of foul play on the part of the North have been confirmed by a new report that finds discrepancies in the oil figures reported by Khartoum. Oil revenue sharing is a crucial component...
