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MANILA, Philippines - Some 1,000 journalists and activists marched Monday in the capital to protest the massacre in the southern Philippines of 57 civilians, including at least 30 journalists and their staff in the world's deadliest attack on the media.
Major Wendy J. Galloway received the Athena Award from the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce. Galloway is the first African-American woman to achieve the rank of major with the New Jersey State Police.
New Delhi - The Indian economy rebounded strongly during the second quarter of the financial year growing at 7.9 per cent, far exceeding expectations, officials said Monday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew nearly 8 per cent during July to September...
Tehran - Iran is still open to diplomacy despite the latest tensions over the nuclear dispute, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Monday. There is still room for diplomacy so that Iran goes ahead (with its nuclear programmes) under the supervision...
Islamabad - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday left for Germany on a four-day official visit to promote economic cooperation and discuss the insurgency in the border areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Gilani told reporters at the a...
Athens - Former finance minister Antonis Samaras was elected Greece's Conservative opposition party leader, results showed Monday. Samaras, 58, who succeeded former prime minister Costas Karamanlis defeated former foreign minister Dora Bakoyianni and...
Manila - Philippine police raided a house searching for guns Monday in the southern city where 57 people were massacred last week. Chief Superintendent Josefino Cataluna, a regional police chief, said the raid was conducted at the house of a police o...
Seoul - Shares surged 2 per cent Monday on the Seoul stock exchange as fears over Dubai's debt problems eased. South Korea's currency increased against the dollar. The benchmark Kospi index soared 31.10 points to close at 1,555.60. ...
You might have caught Don Caplan on the speakers' circuit. No, not at Powell Hall. He's not one of those speakers. He doesn't have a Pulitzer or Nobel on his resume.
Bangkok - Two important events marking the 82nd birthday in early December of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, have been indefinitely postponed, his principal private secretary said Monday. A parade in which t...
Cairo - The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Ali Gomaa, slammed the vote in Switzerland to disallow the building of minarets as an insult to all Muslims, media reported Monday. In a statement carried by Egypt's MENA news agency, Gomaa said the vote in favour ...
Madrid - Three Spanish aid workers have been abducted in the north-western African country of Mauritania, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. The two men and one woman were kidnapped Sunday by armed men, possibly members of the North African branch of ...
Some 1,000 journalists and activists marched Monday in the capital to protest the massacre in the southern Philippines of 57 civilians, including at least 30 journalists and their staff in the world's deadliest attack on the...
Manila - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Monday she would run for a seat in Congress in next year's elections to represent a district in her home province. Yes, I will file my certificate of candidacy, Arroyo said when asked about...
Dubai - Nakheel, the real-estate development wing of the troubled Dubai World, said Monday it had asked for a suspension of trading of its bonds on the Dubai Nasdaq market. Following the announcement on Wednesday 25 November from the government of D...
BERINO - Two summers ago, after being condemned, Berino's white adobe Church of Immaculate Conception was demolished, to the dismay of historians, parishioners and the church.
