Category Archives: World

‘What’s Christmas without chopsticks?’ How other faiths celebrate December 25th

By doris | Published: December 25, 2011

Full Story at religion.blogs.CNN.com (CNN) – Two days before Christmas, Imam Mohamed Magid, the executive director at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, preached about Jesus at Friday prayers. “We live in a country with a majority of Christians, where Christmas is a major holiday… It’s a reminder we do believe in Jesus. Jesus’ position [...]

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NYC welcomes 2011 with traditional ball-drop, revelers

By doris | Published: January 1, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — An estimated 1 million people marked the passing of one year and the beginning of another in New York’s Times Square with the descent of an iconic ball. With the help of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta, the dazzling [...]

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Second wife warned U.S. of Mumbai plotter

By doris | Published: October 17, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com.com There were two separate warnings that an American businessman was plotting a terrorist attack in India with the Pakistani extremist group that carried out the Mumbai assault, NBC News confirmed Saturday. But the second warning, given by the man’s wife to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad just a year before the [...]

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U.S. to issue travel alert for Americans in Europe

By doris | Published: October 3, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Sunday will issue a travel “alert” urging American citizens to be vigilant as they travel in Europe, government officials told NBC News on Saturday. The alert is due to new al-Qaida threats although officials have not identified specific targets that terrorists might be considering, [...]

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PayPal outage frustrates merchants, consumers

By doris | Published: August 4, 2009

Full Story at msnbc.com SAN JOSE, Calif.— PayPal suffered periodic breakdowns that crimped Internet sales for more than four hours Monday. The main outage occurred from 1:30 p.m. EDT through 2:30 p.m. when PayPal was unable to process any transactions worldwide, according to company spokesman Anuj Nayar. The online payment service continued to experience scattered [...]

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Presley: Jackson knew his fate

By doris | Published: June 27, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Presley — the daughter of Elvis, the “King of Rock,” and the ex-wife of Jackson, the “King of Pop” — wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted “to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once.” Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote [...]

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First batch of swine flu vaccine produced

By doris | Published: June 14, 2009

Full Story At msnbc.com BASEL, Switzerland – Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis AG said Friday it has successfully produced a first batch of swine flu vaccine weeks ahead of expectations. The vaccine was made in cells, rather than grown in eggs as is usually the case with vaccines, the company said. The announcement comes a day [...]

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N. Korea To Abandon Nuclear Negotiations

By doris | Published: April 14, 2009

Full Story At  CBS News (CBS/AP) North Korea vowed Tuesday to bolster its nuclear deterrent and boycott six-party talks aimed at its denuclearization in protest of a U.N. Security Council statement condemning the country’s recent rocket launch. North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “resolutely condemns” the action by the United Nations, [...]

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World’s richest countries pledge to fix economy

By doris | Published: February 16, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com The Group of Seven finance ministers also urged countries not to close their markets to goods and services from abroad. “An open system of global trade and investment is indispensable for global prosperity,” they said in a statement at the end of their meeting Saturday. “Protectionist measures … would only exacerbate [...]

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Somali pirates free tanker after ransom

By doris | Published: January 10, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) — Pirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment, a piracy monitor in neighboring Kenya and the U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet said Saturday “The supertanker VLCC Sirius Star is currently under way to safe waters,” [...]

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Western governments working to extract their citizens from Gaza

By doris | Published: January 7, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — Western governments stepped up efforts to rescue their citizens from Gaza Wednesday as violence swept the area for the 12th day in a row.The International Committee of the Red Cross was unable to rescue foreigners due to security concerns. The International Committee of the Red Cross was unable [...]

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Commentary: Both sides wrong in Gaza

By doris | Published: January 6, 2009

Full Storly At CNN.com WASHINGTON (CNN) — The recent carnage in Gaza has left little doubt that within the tortured dynamic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, both the chicken and the egg have completely and utterly lost their minds. Regardless of who’s to blame for the origins of the conflict, shame on both Hamas and Israel [...]

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Australia denies another request to resettle Guantanamo detainees

By doris | Published: January 5, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com (CNN) — Australia declined a request from the Bush administration to resettle detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, the Australian Associated Press agency (AAP) reported Saturday. Australia’s acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said each detainee was considered on a “case-by-case basis” and decided that none met her country’s [...]

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Hamas won’t stop rocket attacks on Israel

By doris | Published: January 5, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com GAZA CITY (CNN) — Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into southern Israel on Monday despite a 10-day Israeli military campaign that reportedly has left more than 500 Palestinians dead.Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar says rocket attacks on Israel will continue.Click to view previous image1 of [...]

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Diplomats say US blocks UN statement on Gaza

By doris | Published: January 4, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News UNITED NATIONS – The United States has blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council statement calling for an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, diplomats said. French U.N. Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert, the council president, said the 15 council members could not agree on a statement in closed discussions [...]

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Israeli forces bisect Gaza, surround biggest city

By doris | Published: January 4, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli ground troops and tanks cut swaths through the Gaza Strip early Sunday, bisecting the coastal territory and surrounding its biggest city as the new phase of a devastating offensive against Hamas gained momentum. Thousands of soldiers in three brigade-size formations pushed into Gaza after [...]

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U.S. to split by 2010? Russian analyst thinks so

By doris | Published: January 3, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com For seriously predicting that the United States will break into six parts in June or July of 2010, Igor Panarin has suddenly become a Russian state-media celebrity. Hardly a day goes by without another interview or two for the KGB-trained, Kremlin-backed senior analyst. The clamor in Russia for his ideas is [...]

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Israel kills top Hamas figure, escalating campaign

By doris | Published: January 1, 2009

Full Story At Yahoo! News – Israel rejects calls for ceasefire * Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza Slideshow: Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza * Gaza’s dire situation Play Video Video: Gaza’s dire situation Reuters * Livni: Israel has ‘no alternative’ Play Video Video: Livni: Israel has ‘no alternative’ BBC Palestinian firefighters work at the scene [...]

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