Twitter Tweets Used To Measure Moods By Researchers

Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have created a Twitter Mood Map to measure the moods in the US by using millions of Twitter messages, or tweets, from the famous social networking site. The researchers discovered that individuals were happiest in the morning and in the evening, with happiness peaking on Sunday morning and dipping [...]

Flooding shuts down airport and closes roads in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Heavy storms and thunderstorms have caused widespread flooding in southern Wisconsin, leading to the shutdown of Milwaukee’s airport and blocking roads, and two people have been struck by lightning. The Milwaukee-General Mitchell International closed around 9:30 p.m. when floodwaters began covering the runways. The strong rains flooded  the city on Thursday, with only parts of Milwaukee [...]

Iraqi Minister: 4 al-Qaida Inmates Have Escaped From Jail

Iraq’s justice minister said on Thursday that four  al-Qaida-linked detainees have escaped from a Baghdad area prison that was handed over by the US to Iraqi authorities a week ago. The minister, Dara Noureddin, said the four were awaiting trial on terrorism charges and had escaped from the prison formerly known as Camp Cropper. The [...]

Hillary Clinton Lands in Pakistan on Key Mission

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in Pakistan today to being a tour of South Asia aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan. Her mission is to push neighboring countries of Afghanistan to cooperate in the fight against al-Qaida and Taliban extremists. Clinton landed in Islamabad, the [...]

Hungarian boat crash victims remembered in Pa.

Two Hungarian students died in a boat crash were remembered today by family. The two students died when they were aboard an amphibious tourist boat and it was struck by a barge and sank. Friends of the two Hungarian students solemnly and silently dropped white roses into the Delaware River on Saturday to show sympathy [...]

NYC Subway Bomb Plot Linked With British Plotter

A failed plot to set off bombs in the New York subway station system last year was part of a larger al-Qaida terrorist conspiracy that planned a similar attack in London. The link was announced on Wednesday by US prosecutors in an indictment unsealed. The prosecutors added several al-Qaida figures to the case, which includes [...]

U.S. Geologist sentence to 8 years in prison by Chinese court

An American geologist was sentenced to 8 years in prison by the Chinese court Monday. He was held and tortured by China’s state security agents for gathering data on the Chinese oil industry in a case that highlight the government’s use of vague secret laws to restrict business information. Xue Feng was pronounced guilty of [...]

Horses bolt during Iowa parade

Two horses running away that has pulled a wagon and trampled children whose been collecting candies and other onlookers at a small-town Fourth of July parade route in a small Mississippi River town in eastern Iowa on Sunday. The incident killed a 60-year-old woman and has injured at least 23 other people. Four of those [...]

Police charge man in boat crash near Statue of Liberty

A 39-year-old New Jersey City man was charged with vehicular manslaughter and pleaded not guilty of the charges. New York City police says that the man hit his boat to a smaller vessel near the Statue of Liberty on Friday, that killed a man, a groom-to-be and injured two others. Richard Aquilone, a 39-year-old man [...]

Obama hands $2 billion for solar plant, creating new jobs

The US government is awarding nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that US President Barack Obama says will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources. The announcement was made by Obama during his  weekly radio and online address on Saturday. He said the money is part of his plan to [...]

Google buys travel software company (ITA) for $700M

Google Inc. to buy travel technology company ITA Software Inc. This deal cost $700 million that would enable the Internet Search web site to steer more of the airline reservations booked on the Web. Google Inc. will be shared a bigger part of the online travel business and make it easier for users to find [...]

Russian Spaceship, fails to clock with Space Station

A Russian Cargo Ship failed in an attempt to clock to International Space Station according to Russian Mission Control and NASA Friday. The unmanned Russian space capsule which carries supplies, sailed clear past the orbiting lab instead of docking on autopilot. It zooms out of control near the International Space Station as engineers om Earth [...]

Starbucks to open wine store called “Olive Way”

Starbucks is opening a store on the edge of a trendy Seattle neighborhood which is to sell beer and wine. The store will be named “Olive Way” and is the biggest percolator yet for ideas that the world’s largest coffee company has been testing separately at nearly a dozen locations around the globe. And what [...]

US strengthens sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program

Several Iranian personalities and companies were added anew by the Obama administration in its blacklist, in connection with the United States and Europe’s tight measures on Iran’s nuclear program a week after the United Nations announced its new sanctions. The new US sanctions are aimed at oil firms, insurance companies, and shipping lines which are [...]

Another Gore Separation – Al Gore’s Daughter Splits From Husband

Just a week after the announcement of Al Gore and wife Tipper Gore’s separation, the daughter of the once happy-couple, Karenna has turned towards splitsville according to many websites. In May last year, the former Vice President’s other daughter Kristin divorced her husband, Paul Cusack. Last week’s sudden announcement of the Gore’s separating after 40 [...]

Al Gore & wife to separate after 40 years of marriage

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and wife, Tipper, are to part ways after 40 years of marriage. According to reports, the Gores told friends via email that it was “a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration.” Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider confirmed the [...]

NYC community board votes in favor for ground zero mosque plans

The New York community board voted late on Tuesday to support a plan that has been under continuous debate and public comment – the construction of an Islamic mosque and religious center near ground zero, where 9 years ago, the World Trade Center collapsed due hijacked airplanes crashing into it by terrorists. Nearly 3,000 people [...]

Warrant Issued by Judge for Lindsay Lohan’s Arrest

A warrant was issued on Thursday for the arrest of Lindsay Lohan because actress missed a compulsory hearing. Lindsay was due in court for a progress report on her probation stemming from two arrests in 2007. Shawn Champan Holley, attorney of Lindsay said that her passport was stolen at Cannes film festival and that’s why [...]

Brief scare over suspicious vehicle in NY

A brief scare due to a suspicious vehicle in Lower Manhattan was notified immediately to the police on Friday, who sounded an all-clear after the short panic. An employee for the Con Edison utility company called 911 at 10:15 p.m. on Thursday to report a four-door 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera with two gas cans in the [...]

14 militants killed from suspected U.S. drones

14 militants were killed and several others injured when 5 suspected U.S. drones fired missiles in Pakistan’s tribal region on Tuesday, officials said. 18 missiles were fired by the suspected drones at two vehicles and many compounds which are believed to be used by militants in the Data Khel area in North Waziristan, the officials [...]

US singer Lena Horne dies aged 92

US singer and actress Lena Horne has died in New York at the age of 92. Renowned for her beauty and sultry voice, Horne battled against racial segregation to become Hollywood’s first black sex symbol. In 1943, she played Selina Rogers in the all-black film musical Stormy Weather, the title song of which was to [...]

Oklahoma tornadoes leave five dead

At least five people were killed in Oklahoma on Monday after a severe storm system spawned multiple tornadoes across the state, the state emergency management department said. Three people died in Cleveland County, just west of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, said Albert Ashwood, director of the state emergency management department, and another was reported dead near Choctaw, [...]

Bullock’s adoption of black baby stirs debate

 It was supposed to be just a picture of a happy new mother showing off her beautiful adopted son. But when Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock appeared on the cover of People magazine with her newly adopted African-American baby, the image stirred discussion in the black community and on blogs aimed at that readership. “We have [...]

Obama ‘to nominate Elena Kagan for Supreme Court’

US President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor-General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, US media reports say. The nomination is expected to be announced Monday at 11 a.m., another source familiar with the process said. Kagan, 50, a New York native, was widely reported to be the frontrunner for the nomination. She was a finalist [...]

Luxury store Harrods sold to Qatari royals

Egyptian billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed has sold luxury London department store Harrods to Qatar Holding, the Gulf royal family’s investment arm, Fayed’s advisors Lazard said Saturday. “The Al Fayed family trust, owners of Harrods, announce that they have today sold the Harrods Group to Qatar Holding,” Lazard said in a statement.     Media reports [...]

Laura Chinchilla, country’s first female president, takes office

 Laura Chinchilla became Costa Rica’s first female president Saturday, promising a more inclusive, transparent and green government, which she immediately put to work by suspending all open-pit mining projects in the country. “My government will be for all women and men,” Chichilla said after her open-air swearing in ceremony at a central square with thousands [...]

‘Pakistan Taliban’ behind Times Square bomb plot

The US has evidence the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attempted car bombing in New York’s Times Square, Attorney General Eric Holder says. Mr Holder said the militants helped to facilitate the plot, and “probably helped finance it”. US officials had previously rejected claims by the group that it was behind the 1 May plot. [...]

Chaotic polling problems lead to calls for e-voting

Voting electronically could prevent future problems at election polling stations, some experts claim. The US is planning to introduce e-voting and India has already had it in place for some time. However the British Electorial Commission has expressed concerns about the security of such systems. The 2010 UK election was marred for those unable to [...]

Dozens Hurt as Staten Island Ferry Collides with Dock

A Staten Island ferry boat, having a history of accidents, collided into a pier as it approached a terminal on Saturday, which lead to the serious injury of at least one person and leaveing almost 35 people with minor injuries. The ferry Andrew J. Barberi hit the pier at 9:20 a.m. as it approached the St. [...]

Pressure on Pakistan Amid Fresh Terror links

Alleged links between the times square plot and extremists network are adding to perceptions of Pakistan as a global exporter of terror and increasing pressure on its military to crack down on Extremists along the Afghan border. While a failed attempt of car bombing in New York could affect the improvise relation between Pakistan and [...]

Oil slick hits Chandeleur Islands off Louisiana

Oil from a massive slick in the Gulf of Mexico has started washing ashore on an island chain off the coast of Louisiana, US officials have confirmed. Pelicans and other birds covered in oil have been found on the uninhabited Chandeleur islands, which are part of the Breton National Wildlife Refuge. A federal maritime agency [...]

BP vows to clean up Gulf of Mexico oil slick

Oil giant BP has acknowledged it is “absolutely responsible” for cleaning up a huge oil spill after an explosion at one of its wells off the US coast. But BP boss Tony Hayward said the firm was not to blame for the accident which sank the Deepwater Horizon rig on 22 April, causing the slick. [...]

Actress Lynn Redgrave dies at 67

Film and stage star Lynn Redgrave has died of breast cancer at the age of 67. “Our beloved mother Lynn Rachel passed away peacefully after a seven-year journey with breast cancer,” her children said on Monday. Her son Ben and daughters Pema and Annabel were with her when she died in Connecticut on Sunday, Redgrave’s [...]

Arkansas Tornadoes kills 1, 2 dozen injured

Tornadoes struck Arkansas, United States, on Friday, leading to the death of at least one person, whil two dozen were injured, authorities said. They added that more bad weather is possible by Saturday. Three homes were destroyed in Van Buren County, and the death was reported from the region, state Department of Emergency Management spokeswoman Renee [...]

Lady Gaga makes Time’s ‘most influential’ list

Lady Gaga and Ricky Gervais are among the celebrities who “most affect our world”, according to a list published by Time magazine. The eccentric pop star was called “an inspiration to other artists” in an appraisal written by singer Cyndi Lauper in the US publication. Gervais made the list after hosting the Golden Globe awards [...]

Oil ‘reaches’ US Gulf Coast from spill

The US Coast Guard is investigating reports that oil has started washing ashore on the Gulf Coast from a leaking offshore well. Up to 5,000 barrels of oil a day are thought to be spilling into the water after last week’s explosion on a BP-operated rig, which then sank. President Barack Obama has pledged “every [...]

Katie Holmes to portray Jackie Kennedy

Actress Katie Holmes is to play former US first lady Jackie Kennedy in a TV mini-series about President Kennedy and the events surrounding his family. Greg Kinnear has been cast as JFK in the drama, which is the first scripted series on The History Channel. UK star and Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson will play Kennedy’s [...]

Bill Clinton: More Immigrants a Solution to Come out of Deficit

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke during a national debate on immigration on Wednesday where he asserted that America needed more immigrants, not lesser, to ensure its long-term fiscal future. Clinton said one of the keys to avoid a massive debt was to maintain a good ratio between people paying into the system, and those [...]

Fire in California Apartment Kills 4 Children, Injures 2 Adults

Fire in California Apartment Kills 4 Children, Injures 2 Adults Fire officials said on Wednesday that four children have been killed and at least two adults were injured due to an apartment building fire in Fairfield, California. Fairfield Assistant Fire Marshal Jerry Clark said that when the fire crews reached the single-story fourplex at around [...]

Hollywood sign is saved at last minute by Hugh Hefner

The famous Hollywood sign has been saved from being spoiled by property development by a last-minute donation from Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner. The soft-porn magnate gave $900,000 (£580,000) to the fund which was set up to stop the site being developed. The sign is owned by the city, but the property around it belongs to [...]

Tornadoes kill at least 10, wreak havoc in Mississippi

Several tornadoes, including one nearly a mile (1.6 km) wide, ripped through central Mississippi on Saturday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens of others, state authorities said. The severe spring storms and tornadoes’ victims included two children — one as young as three months and the other 14 — a husband and his [...]

Google reveals government requests for user data

On Tuesday, Google launched an online breaking tool giving down the information that how often the different countries ask the Google search engine to hand over user data or censor information. Brazil was on the top in the list at the nascent Governments requests website, which showed that officials there inquired Google to filter data [...]

Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth

The shuttle Discovery has landed back on Earth after a two-week mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The orbiter touched down on runway 33 at the Kennedy Space Center at 0908 local time (1308 GMT). Discovery had been held in space earlier in the day by stubborn fog and showers in the Kennedy area, [...]

George Washington’s $300,000 library book fine

Librarians in New York’s oldest library have uncovered a surprising book thief: George Washington. The first president of the United States of America borrowed two books from the New York Society Library in 1789 but failed to return them. Adjusted for inflation, he has since racked up $300,000 (£195,000) in fines for being some 220 [...]

Jackson doctor’s medical license restricted in Texas

The doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death has been restricted by the Texas Medical Board from administering the drug which was responsible for killing the pop star, according to authorities. Dr. Conrad Murray is not allowed to use or administer propofol, or any other heavy sedatives or any form of general sedation in Texas as part [...]

Michelle Obama makes surprise visit to quake-ravaged Haiti

First lady Michelle Obama made a surprise visit to the capital of Haiti on Tuesday, where three months after the devastating earthquake, thousands of people remain in dire need of help. Along with Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, the First lady took a helicopter tour of Port-au-Prince, where thousands of people are still homeless because [...]

Terror plot targeted Times Square, Grand Central stations last year

The three men accused of plotting to bomb the New York City subway last year are reported to have planned attacking trains at Times Square and Grand Central stations, according to a federal law enforcement source on Monday. The source said that Najibullah Zazi and his two co-defendants wanted to inflict maximum casualties around the [...]

4 killed in U.S. aircraft crash in Afghanistan

A U.S. aircraft crashed in southern Afghanistan on Friday, which led to the deaths of three U.S. service members and one civilian employee, a statement from NATO-led forces. The aircraft was an Air Force CV-22 Osprey, and the cause of the crash is not yet known. The aircraft conducts long-range infiltration and resupply operations for [...]

13-year-old Californian boy aims to be youngest on Everest peak

13-year-old Jordan Romero is going to Mount Everest so as to become the youngest person to climb the world’s highest mountain. He will then complete his goal of climbing the highest peaks on all seven continents, he says. The Californin boy will depart with his father Paul, and stepmother Karen along with three Sherpa guides. The [...]

Kyrgyzstan to honor deals

The Kyrgyzstan’s interim leader has pledged to honor security agreements after she came into power, this is according to the US source. Roza Otunbayeva, the interim leader in Kyrgyzstan, pledged not to stop the operations of the US. The operations are about the military base in which the US uses to supply troops and materials [...]

Taliban Commander Released

A Taliban commander who had been jailed due to the abduction of foreigner in Kabul, Afghanistan was released. Taliban Commander, Akbar Agha, was sentenced for 16 years in prison due to the abduction of the three UN workers in Kabul in 2004. Late last year, he was released from prison. The commander had been pardoned [...]

Man Accused of Death Threats

A 64-year-old man was arrested by the police in Washington due to death threats against the Democratic Senator, Patty Murray. The suspect, Charles Alan Wilson from Selah, Washington, held the threats in the phone of the senator between the dates of March 22 and April 4. The man stated to the senator that he wanted [...]

FBI Joins Search

Kayleah Wilson, 12, is missing since a birthday party from a friend’s home. A reward of $10,000 is being offered for those who may found her. Wilson disappeared on her way to her friend’s home on March 28. Authorities are now hoping that the reward is enough to search the missing girl. According to the [...]

Two Bodies Found in Trash Bags

Two dead bodies were found in trash bags in Linden, New Jersey. Their names had been withheld until their families had been notified about the incident, according to Theodore Romankow, the Union County Prosecutor. The authorities had been discovered that the bodies could be a female and a male. The female was a Hispanic and [...]

Cuba Releases Photos

Cuba has released the photos of the boy who had a sparkling political battle with the U.S. in 2000 while he was attending a gathering of the Union of Communist Youth. The boy, Elian Gonzalez, 16, appears in a photo wearing olive-green uniform. The olive-green uniform is from the military school he is attending. The [...]

American Sentenced in NoKor

Aijalon Mahli Gomes, American, was sentenced for eight years hard labor for legally entering North Korea. The American who was arrested and was sentenced was charged due to crossing the North Korea- China border last January 25. Aijalon Mahli Gomes, 30, was and English language teacher and has a strong Christian convictions and been a [...]

Apple’s iPad first-day sales reach up to 300,000

On Monday, the Apple Inc. confirmed that the iPad, released on Saturday, April 3, was a major success in early sales. Apple said that they sold more than 300,000 iPads in the United States the first day the new tablet computer was on store shelves. Followed by this, the iPad users downloaded more than 1 [...]

Four killed in LA restaurant by gunman

A gunman shot dead four people and wounded two others at a Middle Eastern restaurant in Los Angeles, before fleeing in a car on Saturday. The Police in LA hunted the gunman on Sunday. There was no clear incentive for the shooting but it could be linked to ongoing strife between Armenian gangs, the authorities [...]

Iran to host nuclear disarmament conference

A nuclear disarmament conference taking place this month will be hosted by Iran, as an effort to show it is not seeking developing nuclear weapons. Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Sunday on State television that China will be attending the two-day conference called “Nuclear Energy For All, Nuclear Weapons For No One,” [...]

Dynasty actor John Forsythe dies aged 92

John Forsythe, the former Dynasty star and voice of Charlie in the Charlie’s Angels TV series and films, has died. The actor, who was 92, died on Thursday in Santa Ynez, California, from complications of pneumonia after a year-long battle with cancer. Forsythe played Blake Carrington in the popular US soap from 1981-9, alongside British [...]

Earthquake rocks western Mexico

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit the Mexican peninsula of Baja California, killing at least one person and causing tremors as far away as Nevada. The quake struck at 1540 (2240 GMT), 26km (16 miles) south-west of Guadalupe Victoria in Baja California, at a depth of 32km, said the US Geological Survey. Some people are [...]

Apple fans finally get a hold of the first iPads

The iPad is finally in the hands of early adopters. Eager customers wanting to be the first owners of the tablet computer stood in long lines across the U.S. on Saturday. The enthusiastic crowds shown in lines seemed to want the device in their hands before discovering the usefulness of it. The lines, however, were smaller than [...]

It’s iPad day!

Hundreds of people lined up outside Apple’s “cube” store on Fifth Avenue for a chance to get a hold of the new tablet on Saturday, with many others waiting their turn at Apple Stores from Pasadena, California, to Knoxville, Tennessee. Although the lines weren’t as long as those for the iPhone in previous years, they were no less fervent. [...]

Search for missing pilot ended by U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy said on Saturday that it was calling off the search and rescue efforts for a pilot who went missing after his plane crashed in the Persian Gulf region last month. They declared the missing pilot as deceased. The U.S. Navy said in a statement released on Saturday that Lt. Steven Zilberman’s plane [...]

Apple iPad hits shops in America

Apple’s latest product, the iPad tablet computer, has gone on sale in America. The first generation model has wi-fi but not 3G connectivity, and unlike other tablet devices, it is not yet available outside the US. The New York Apple store in Manhattan opened its doors to a 500-strong crowd at 0900 EST (1400 BST). [...]

US girl sues for $1m over arrest for desk scribble

A 12-year-old US schoolgirl is suing the New York City authorities for $1m (£650,000) in damages after she was arrested for writing on her desk. Alexa Gonzalez was led out of her school in handcuffs by police after she was caught scribbling a message to her friends with an erasable, green marker. Miss Gonzalez and [...]

US Treasury delays China currency report

The US Treasury is delaying by several months a report on whether China manipulates its currency, the yuan. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said he would delay the report, which was due out on 15 April, until after a series of high-level international meetings. The decision may improve US relations with China but could upset some [...]

Jackson doctor pleads to keep his medical license

On Thursday, the lawyers for Michael Jackson’s doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, asked the California court not to revoke his medical license because he would be unable to defend himself from charges of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s death. Last month, the attorney general of California asked the Los Angeles Supreme Court to suspend Conrad Murray’s medical license in [...]

Apple iPad praised by reviewers

The U.S. media is praising the Apple iPad in reviews post the launch of the much anticipated device on Saturday. The few to receive the review copies of Apple Inc.’s latest creation were graciously complimenting the the notepad-sized gadget. “This beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and [...]

Will iPad actually be sold out by early afternoon on Saturday?

After weeks of good and bad reports, Apple’s iPad will hit stores at 9 a.m. on Saturday. The anticipation of the device, coming in three models – 16 gigabyte, 32 GB and 64 GB, for $499, $599 and $699 – has grown enormously over the last month when Apple Inc. began taking online pre-orders of [...]

iPad gets pre-debut starring role in ‘Modern Family’

The iPad got a starring role in an episode of “Modern Family” shortly before the tablet computer’s retail debut. The latest and much anticipated device from Apple Inc. had a prominent place in Wednesday’s episode of the ABC series. In the show, the device was a birthday gift for one of the characters. Claire (Julie Bowen) is [...]

Tiger’s remaining sponsors plot out his return golf

Sponsors who stuck by Tiger Woods are ramping up to profit from his return to the golf course. Upper Deck will sell memorabilia like signed red shirts with price tags upward of $1,800. Electronic Arts has a new browser-based version of its Tiger-themed video game coming out next week. And Nike reportedly has a TV [...]

Babies made to order

Increasingly, parents are choosing the height, weight and sex of their babies. We take a look at the latest developments in designer babies. Scientific developments are helping parents to be able to make more and more decisions about their unborn offspring. In the United States, pharmacies sell a kit which allows women to know the sex of [...]

US to change air passenger screening policy

The US is set to abandon the policy of using nationality alone to determine which US-bound international air travelers will be screened additionally, a report in the Washington Post has said. Instead, passengers will be selected for additional screening based on intelligence information, including physical description or a certain kind of travel pattern, the report quoted [...]

Peru’s Machu Picchu reopens to tourists

Peru’s most famous archaeological site, Machu Picchu, has formally reopened after it was closed for two months. Hundreds of tourists, including US actress Susan Sarandon, took the train to the 15th-Century Inca ruin – the most-visited site in Latin America. Heavy rains and landslides at the end of January cut rail access to the site, [...]

Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin join hall of fame

Michael Jackson and Aretha Franklin are to be inducted into the hall of fame at the Apollo Theatre in New York. Franklin, 68, best known for hits including I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) and Respect, will attend a ceremony at the Harlem theatre on 14 June. Last July, thousands of Jackson fans remembered [...]

Obama, Sarkozy flaunt their friendship to dispel rumours of tensions

US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy did their best to dispel rumours of bad chemistry between them during Sarkozy’s visit to the US this week, using first-name terms and effusive compliments. First names only, floods of compliments and a shared weakness for hot dogs: Barack Obama and Nicolas Sarkozy put on an [...]

Divorce Is No Solution

Divorce has become an American bad habit, indulgence in which seldom secures either happiness or emotional freedom. Recently a world famous psychiatrist who divorces so rarely bring about the rosy future expected of them “when two people have been irresistibly drawn together it, it is love” said he, “and that can’t be dissolved”. He spoke [...]

I am proud to be gay, says pop star Ricky Martin

Puerto Rican pop star Ricky Martin has announced he is gay, ending years of speculation over his sexuality. Martin, who has sold more than 60 million albums in a career spanning three decades, said on his website that he felt “blessed to be who he was”. With his swiveling hips and scintillating salsa moves, Martin [...]

Severe storms, tornadoes lash Southeast

Emergency management officials will fan out across North Carolina on Monday to survey the damage from severe storms that lashed the state Sunday evening. Residents reported as many as eight tornadoes touching down –overturning mobile homes, ripping out trees and plunging neighborhoods into darkness. “It really did sound like a train. It was pure noise,” [...]

Obama meets with Karzai, troops on overnight visit

US President Barack Obama told US troops in Afghanistan on Sunday he was confident the military mission would succeed after arriving in the war-torn country on a surprise visit that included talks with President Hamid Karzai. Barack Obama made his first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. president on Sunday, delivering a rousing speech to troops [...]

Twilight star Taylor Lautner in double win

Twilight star Taylor Lautner and singer Taylor Swift were double winners at the Kids’ Choice Awards, on a night which saw celebrities covered in green slime. Lautner, 18, won favourite actor and shared the cutest couple gong with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. Country singer Swift collected best female singer and best song for You Belong [...]

Fox cancels hit drama series 24

Hit US drama 24 has been axed, with the eighth and current series being its final TV outing. While it ends in the US on 24 May, a big screen version starring Kiefer Sutherland as anti-terrorism agent Jack Bauer is still in the pipeline. Sutherland, an executive producer, said “it had been the role of [...]

Lights go out as the world begins ‘Earth Hour’

On Saturday, Sydney’s Opera House and Harbor Bridge began the Earth Hour by going dark. The routine was followed by cities across Asia, where a global switch-off aimed at revitalizing efforts against climate change was made. The Harbor ferry horns blared to signal the initiation of the energy-saving event. The event was supported by 4,000 [...]

Anesthetic found in Jackson home

After an investigation with unsealed search warrants, a large quantity of general anesthetic and dozens of tubes of skin-whitening creams were among items found in Michael Jackson’s home after he died last summer. The search was made on June 29, after an interview with the late singer’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, who told them [...]

Osama Bin Laden threatens retaliation over 9/11 trial

A message said to be from Osama Bin Laden threatens to kill Americans if the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is executed by the US. Al-Jazeera, an Arabic  news channel broadcast an audiotape reportedly from the al-Qaeda leader talking about Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other suspects. The tape said that if the US made [...]

US and Russia announce deal to cut nuclear weapons

US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev have agreed a new nuclear arms reduction treaty after months of negotiations. The treaty limits both sides to 1,550 warheads, about 30% less than currently allowed, the White House said. The deal replaces the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. The leaders will sign the pact in [...]

China opposes Switzerland taking Guantanamo Chinese Uighur detainees

On Thursday, China expressed its disagreement to Switzerland taking two Chinese Uighurs released from Guantanamo Bay the previous day. “China resolutely opposes the US transfer of the above terrorist suspects to a third country, and opposes any third country taking them,” said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang. “We have lodged solemn representations to the country [...]

U.S. sends 2 Chinese Uighur detainees to Switzerland

The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday that two Chinese Uighur brothers who were held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had been transferred to Switzerland. Although China demanded that the Uighurs be returned to their country, the U.S. government has said it could not do so because they would face persecution. The U.S. government also [...]

Wall Street Journal will charge $17.99 per month on iPad

The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that it planned to charge $17.99 a month for a subscription to the newspaper on Apple’s upcoming and highly anticipated iPad, which is releasing in a few days. The Wall Street is a News Corp. owned Journal, and is one of the many American media outlets which have developed applications [...]

4 US church abuse victims detained by Rome police

After showing photos of the pope during a news conference outside St. Peter’s Square, four American victims of clergy sexual abuse said they were detained and questioned by Italian police in Rome, according to the detainees. On Thursday, one of the victims named Barbara Blaine said while emerging from a police station near the Vatican [...]

Times and Sunday Times to be charged

The newspapers Times and Sunday Times will be having a start on charging on access to their website in June. The consumers will have to pay 1 pound for a one-day-access and 2 pounds for one-week-subscription. According to Rebekah Brooks, NI chief executive, “it is a crucial step towards making the business of news an [...]

Earth captured by a balloon

The image of the Earth was captured by just a helium balloon. The helium balloon is built to travel for more than 20 miles above sea level. The helium balloon was developed by Robert Harrison, from Highburton, West Yorkshire, trying to take a picture of the Earth. The images of Earth are taken through a [...]

Bin Laden Threatens

Osama Bin Laden, threatens the Americans to be killed if the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks is going to be executed. This message is configured by the Al-Jazeera new channel. The message was broadcast and it was an audiotape of the al-Qaeda leader, who was talking about Khalid Sheik Mohammed and the rest of the [...]

US new home sales hit record low

Sales of new homes in the US fell to their lowest level on record in February as the cold weather discouraged buyers, figures have shown. Sales fell by 2.2% to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 308,000, down from a revised rate of 315,000 in January, the Commerce Department said. It was the fourth consecutive monthly [...]

Car bombing kills six in Colombian port of Buenaventura

A car bomb has exploded in the centre of the Colombian Pacific port city of Buenaventura, killing at least six people, officials have said. More than 30 people were hurt by the blast near the mayor’s office and the local public prosecutor’s building. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, though the [...]

US actor Robert Culp, star of 1960s series I Spy, dies

Hollywood actor Robert Culp, who paired with Bill Cosby in the comedy-adventure TV series I Spy in the 1960s, has died at the age of 79. Police said he accidentally hit his head while taking a walk outside his Hollywood home. In I Spy, Culp played an agent whose cover was a tennis ace, while [...]

US and Pakistan promise to improve ties

The US and Pakistan have promised to start a new partnership in an effort to overcome “years of misunderstandings”, the US secretary of state has said. “It’s a new day,” Hillary Clinton said after talks in Washington with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. Mr Qureshi meanwhile said he expected the US to pay by [...]

Ben Affleck starts new aid group for eastern Congo

Ben Affleck, on Monday, launched a new campaign of raising money and awareness over atrocities committed against women and children during the many years of conflict in eastern Congo, Affleck told The Associated Press. Under the name “The Easter Congo Initiative,” the new foundation will support community-based, Congolese groups, Affleck said. Last week, the American-born actor [...]

Police Arrests 1978 Suspects

Authorities from New Jersey have arrested two suspects from the killings of five teenagers in New Jersey and were reported to be missing that took place last 30 years. Suspects, Lee Anthony Evans and Philander Hampton, were arrested on Monday night and were charged with five counts of murder and were also charged with arson. [...]

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