The governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province has been assassinated, allegedly by one of his security guards in Islamabad. Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik says the slain governor, Salman Taseer, was returning to his car after visiting a shoppin...
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Democrat Jerry Brown was sworn in Monday as California's 39th governor, taking over from Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger who left the office with a huge deficit(赤字) for the golden state. The year ahead will de...
This week, the United States Census Bureau released its official count of the nations population. It said the population, as of April first, was three hundred eight million, seven hundred forty-five thousand, five hundred thirty-eight. The population...
After 19 years of experimenting - and some help from his local government - a Kurdish man has realized his childhood dream. Nareeman Anwar Saleh has flown his home-built airplane over his home town of Irbil. On a dusty, windswept runway, a small yell...
Police detain a woman - one of the protesters who gathered for an unsanctioned rally, known as the Day of Anger - in front of the Moscow mayor office, 12 Aug 2010 Russia's two-month heat wave took a political turn as protesters tried to gather in fro...
Would a guy like the governor of California be allowed to teach Arizona kids how to learn English? Arnold (Schwarzenegger)'s Austrian accent is as thick as his biceps but his English seems to be just fine. How about Paula Deen? Her accent's as thick...
President Barack Obama, left, speaks to members of the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House, 22 Feb. 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama is turning to the nation's governors for help in meeting his domestic prioriti...
An elephant was once appointed ruler of the forest.Now,it is well known that the race of elephants is endowed with great intelligence;but every family has its unworthy scion.Our Governor was as stout as the rest of his race are,but as fooli...
From NPR News in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh. President Obama says jobs market is beginning to turn the corner, encouraged by the Labor Departments March report out today showing 162,000 jobs added to the economy. Thats biggest gain in three years....