WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As the U.S. government discusses reauthorizing a sweeping education law and prepares to distribute billions of stimulus dollars for school reform, state legislatures are sending it a strong message: hands off.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights to the United States for badly injured Haitian earthquake victims after a four-day suspension over cost and treatment questions.
Five people were killed and more than 50 injured in heavy exchange of fire between Islamic insurgents and security forces in the Somali capital, officials said.
After finding that seven previous US presidents, including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, are his distant kin, President Barack Obama has now discovered that the nations newest senator Scott Brown is also his distant cousin.
The Asian Development Bank today extended its support to address the social and health issues and road improvement in the northeastern Indian states of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Manipur and Nagaland.
In announcing a $6 billion arms package for Taiwan, the Obama administration has drawn the line beyond which it would not let China push them.
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and wife Veronica Lario met nine months after estrangement to discuss details of their divorce settlement.
South African President Jacob Zuma is said to have fathered a lovechild with the daughter of chairman of football World Cups organising committee.
The assassination of top Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai has left number of questions unanswered.
Two fishermen were rescued and eight others were missing Sunday when their boat sank off the coast of Bataan province in the Philippines, the Coast Guard said Monday.