International

Xinjiang returns to normal despite police shootings
13/07/2009 05:00
Xinjiang is slowly returning to normal more than a week after s deadly riot in the far western Chinese region, despite police shootings and sporadic tension in the capital city of Urumqi on Monday. A policeman salutes when an employee of Rongdu...
Obama names top U.S. physician
13/07/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Regina Benjamin, a family physician from Alabama, to be the next surgeon general, the country’s top physician. U.S. President Barack Obama shakes hand with Alabama doctor Regina Benjamin (R) after...
All Britons to be vaccinated against A/H1N1 flu
12/07/2009 05:00
All Britons could be vaccinated against the A/H1N1 flu as the number of confirmed cases in Britain is moving closer toward 10,000, health authorities said Sunday. A passenger wears two surgical masks as he leaves the terminal after coming off a...
NASA postpones launch of space shuttle Endeavour
12/07/2009 05:00
The U.S. space agency NASA said on Sunday that it has decided to postpone the scheduled Sunday launch of space shuttle Endeavour until Monday due to thunderstorms near the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The space shuttle Endeavour sits on...
Two U.S. banks to keep accepting California IOUs
12/07/2009 05:00
As California legislature still embroiled in a fight over how to close a budget deficit, Citibank and Bank of the West would honor state officials’ requests that they continue accepting California IOUs, it was reported on Saturday. A traffic...
Walking on the moon: a singular, solitary experience
12/07/2009 05:00
US Navy pararescueman Lieutenant Clancey Hatleberg disinfects Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin âBuzzâ Aldrin in a life raft during recovery operations on July 24, 1969 For the...
Harvard gradâs smile-fixing nonprofit gets boost from HBO movie
12/07/2009 05:00
Brian Mullaney figured that tapping one of the best smiles in Hollywood would surely boost publicity and donations for his organization that fixes the misshapen mouths of poor children. So he flew to Los Angeles three years ago after sending...