US Soccer Hosts Costa Rica in Key World Cup Qualifier As most followers of World Cup qualifying know, it's crucial to win your home games. U.S. forward and new captain Clint Dempsey, a star for England's Tottenham Hotspur, says he and his American te...
Muslim Women Host Fundraiser for Sandy Victims Dancing, exotic food in abundance, camaraderie - all in an ambassador's residence in Washington, DC. But this is not a typical party. It is a fundraiser for the victims of superstorm Sandy, which devasta...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Comedian Ricky Gervais will return to host the 69th Golden Globes awards ceremony early next year, which will be his third stint at the telecast, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced on Wednesday....
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia will host the 13th World Congress on Public Health (WCPH) in April 2012, the Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) said on Wednesday. The meeting will be held on April 23-27 under the theme: Moving toward...
BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Giuliana Rancic, 37-year-old E! News and Style Network host, revealed Monday that she has breast cancer after doctors discovered a tumor during her latest round of in-vitro fertilization. Rancic had planned to wait unt...
JAKARTA, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- East Kalimantan province will host its second 2011 Bank Kaltim Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament at the end of this month, predicting a successful event like it was last year, local media reported on Fr...
BEIJING, Aug. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. Emmy award-winning actress Selena Gomez will host the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on Aug. 28, according to media reports Monday. Along with a cadre of MTV personalities and rock act Cobra Starship, Gomez will...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 12 July 2006 Eight years after becoming a member of the Group of Eight industrialized nations, Russia is set to host the annual G8 Summit in St. Petersburg - President Vladimir Putin's hometown. It is a significant achievement...
By Paula Wolfson White House 11 June 2006 President Bush has called his top advisors to his Camp David retreat for a strategy session Monday on Iraq. Iraqi leaders will join the discussions by teleconference on Tuesday. President Bush The talks will...
Lisa McAdams Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to host the first summit between Russia and the member states of the newly enlarged European Union in Moscow on Friday. On the eve of the sum...
