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Alleged Fort Hood shooter paralyzed: report
AFP - Mon Nov 23, 9:25 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Army Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, earlier this month, is paralyzed from the chest down and doctors believe his paralysis will be permanent, The Washington Post has reported.
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JFK's nephew barred from communion: report
AFP - Sun Nov 22, 6:59 PM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The nephew of ex-president John F. Kennedy, a US lawmaker, has been barred from receiving communion at his Catholic church due to his support for abortion rights, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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McCain defends campaign team against Palin
Reuters - Wed Nov 18, 5:07 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Wednesday strongly defended the top advisers from his 2008 presidential campaign in the face of sharp criticism from his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin.
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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: U.N.
Reuters - Thu Nov 19, 2:11 PM
GENEVA (Reuters) - Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Canada money launderer shows holes in Vegas casinos
Reuters - Tue Nov 17, 4:58 PM
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas has cleaned up since its days as a magnet for ill-gotten mobster gains, but a Canadian insider trading scam has exposed the smaller-scale money laundering still going on in the desert city's casinos.
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Obama health drive clears key Senate hurdle
AFP - Sun Nov 22, 7:50 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's planned overhaul of the US health care system headed Sunday for another major political battle after it cleared a key Senate hurdle that allows for debate on the proposal.
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Obama: Too much debt could fuel double-dip recession
Reuters - Wed Nov 18, 6:28 AM
BEIJING (Reuters) - President Barack Obama gave his sternest warning yet about the need to contain rising U.S. deficits, saying on Wednesday that if government debt were to pile up too much, it could lead to a double-dip recession.
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Obama admits will miss deadline to shut Guantanamo
AFP - Wed Nov 18, 10:21 AM
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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