ATLANTA (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed at least 21 people and injured hundreds as they ripped through the central and southeastern United States over the weekend, destroying homes, overturning cars and downing trees and power lines.
YANGON (Reuters) - Desperate survivors of Cyclone Nargis headed out of Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta in search of food, water and medicine, but aid workers said on Sunday that thousands will die if emergency supplies don't get through soon.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah gunmen battled supporters of the government on Sunday on the fifth day of a campaign by the Iranian-backed group that has dealt a severe blow to Washington's allies in Lebanon.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's campaign chief predicted on Sunday his long battle against Hillary Clinton for the party's presidential nomination would soon be over, saying "we're coming to the end of the process."
Today we caught an illegal tuna purse seiner (Queen Evelyn 168) in the Pacific Commons between Papua New Guinea and the Federated States of Micronesia. This Philippines-flagged vessel was close to the transfer of tuna between her sister vessel and
Last time I was on the Esperanza we were on the Grand Banks off the coast of Nova Scotia, exposing the destruction of bottom trawling in 2005 . We were asking the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) to wake up
What do all these newspapers have in common: The Wall Street Journal, Germany's Financial Times and Handelsblatt newspaper, and the Dutch Financieele Dagblad ? They've all reported positive stories about our campaigns and campaigners around the world in the past
An event which will likely be marked as unique in future Russian history books took place in the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow at noon on May 7th. For the first time, a President of the Russian Federation stepped down
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Foreign Ministry confirmed Tuesday that British soccer fans traveling to Moscow for the Champions League final between Chelsea FC and Manchester United will not need a visa. >>
President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on social security for disabled veterans, the Kremlin press service reported on Tuesday. The document provides that over 11,000 people will receive a free car or a one time payment of 100,000 rubles
Police in Chengdu recently detained six local residents for posting Internet articles and demonstrating against a major petrochemical project, according to Sichuan News Online. Several local residents posted articles on a number of Chinese Internet forums opposing the project, saying
Beijing-based lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan wrote an article on his blog commenting on the recent demonstration in Chengdu against petrochemical projects, translated by CDT. May 4th was a special day. 200 residents of Chengdu City took a unique "stroll" in the
The recent launch of new job Website, eJobWire.com,will enable employers to reach targeted demographics of job seekers whorepresent a highly diverse and educated workforce interested inexecutive, non-executive, middle-income jobs in traditional as well asskilled and hourly positions.
The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today dedicated a new test and evaluationfacility in Huntington Beach, Calif., that provides the technology andcapability to support both current and future radar-based weaponsystems.
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has taken delivery of a new IBM (NYSE: IBM) supercomputer that will advance research into severe weather and the future of Earth's climate.
The task order award is part of the U.S. General ServicesAdministration's (GSA) SmartPay® 2 program, the largest governmentcharge card program in the world.
eBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY; www.ebay.com) today announced the opening ofan environmentally friendly building on its North Campus in San Jose.It is the first building in San Jose to be built to LEED (Leadership inEnergy and Environmental Design) Gold standards for
