Obama, Romney Continue Battle for Women's Votes Campaigning in Iowa, Obama highlighted the Equal Pay Act - the first bill he signed into law. When young women graduate, they should get equal pay for equal work, said the president. That should be a si...
Undecided Voters Key to 'Super Tuesday' Vote in Ohio This is an incredible opportunity we have to exercise the rights that God has given us, but also our civic responsibility and our spiritual responsibility, said Pastor Matt Keller, Sunday morning a...
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- World championships and World Cup men's singles winner Zhang Jike was voted as the Table Tennis Player of the Year by a leading table tennis magazine. The Table Tennis World, whose editor in chief is the former Internation...
Members of the media gather at the airport where delegates are arriving for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Lima November 21, 2008. [Agencies] SINGAPORE - Airport lounges can ease some of the pain of traveling, and the SUMAQ VIP...
HOUSTON, Nov. 9 (Xinhua)-- U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) on Wednesday announced Los Angeles Galaxy's center back Omar Gonzalez as the winner of MLS Defender of the Year. MLS said in a statement that Gonzalez beat out fellow finalists Jamison Olave,...
Italy, the world's seventh largest economy, is emerging as a new threat to the stability of the 17-country single currency zone. On Tuesday, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano announced that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi would resign, following...
By Jim Malone Democratic presidential contender John Kerry has appealed for votes in a speech to a leading civil rights organization. President Bush declined a similar invitation to speak to the group...
Stephanie Ho There are 12 million American citizens who trace their ancestries back to Asia and the Pacific Islands - about .5 percent of the U.S. population. Asian Pacific Americans acknowledge that...
Ross Dunn Members of Israel's Likud Party have begun voting in a referendum on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan from Palestinian areas. Mr. Sharon is seeking his party's support to uni...
Greg LaMotte The issue of voting rights for women in Kuwait is heading for a vote in the emirate's parliament now that Kuwait's cabinet has given its approval to the proposed legislation. For more tha...