International

Young survivor of Comoros crash heading to Paris
01/07/2009 05:00
Kassim Bakari, father of a teenage girl who miraculously survived the Yemenia airliner crash off the Comoros, in Corbeil-Essonnes, outside Paris. The only known survivor of the Yemeni airlines crash off the...
Black box of Airbus A310 located under Indian Ocean
01/07/2009 05:00
The black box of the Yemeni Airbus A310, which crashed early on Tuesday off the Comoros, has been located under the Indian Ocean. A Yemenia airlines Airbus 310-300 taxis on the tarmac of Charles De Gaulle International Airport in Paris in this...
Obama presses the case for health care reform
01/07/2009 05:00
U.S. President Barack Obama pressed the case for health care reform at a town-hall style meeting with common citizens Wednesday. U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on health care during an online town hall forum at Northern Virginia Community...
Iraqi security forces take control of cities with confidence
30/06/2009 05:00
What are added to Baghdad’s usually tensional streets — featured by countless checkpoints, blast walls and steel wire that fend off suicide and car bombs — are more fully armed soldiers compounded with both U.S. and Iraqi armed vehicles. U.S....
Jackson’s mother named temporary guardian of his children
30/06/2009 05:00
A Los Angeles judge on Monday named Michael Jackson’s mother as temporary guardian of his three children, four days after the pop star unexpectedly died at his rented estate. Pop star Michael Jackson (C) arrives with his father Joe Jackson and...
UN concludes high-level meeting on financial crisis
30/06/2009 05:00
The United Nations on Tuesday wrapped up a five-day debate on world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development. The 63rd Session of UN General Assembly President D’Escoto Brockman (C) declares the closing of the UN Conference on...
Disney agrees to pay $452 million for Hong Kong Park expansion
30/06/2009 05:00
Walt Disney Co. will pay HK$3.5 billion (US$452 million) to add rides like âToy Story Landâ and âGrizzly Trailâ at its Hong Kong theme park and raise its stake in the project, said its partner, the...