A U.S. government-backed panel of doctors and scientists is recommending that everyone between 15 and 65 get tested for HIV — the virus that causes AIDS. The influential Preventive Services Task Force on Monday said its previous recommendation for testing was only for high-risk individuals. But now it says as many as 25 percent of […]
US Government-Backed Panel Recommends AIDS Testing for Everyone
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 9:15 pm (UTC-5)
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UN Calls For Urgent Aid to Pakistan
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 7:50 pm (UTC-5)
A senior United Nations relief coordinator is calling for $79 million in urgent aid for displaced communities in Pakistan. Catherine Bragg said the money is needed to help families displaced by violence in the tribal areas of northwest Pakistan and those uprooted by flooding in the south. She said that as winter approaches, $196 million […]
Obama Presses Cambodia PM on Rights
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has voiced concerns about Cambodia’s human rights record in what U.S. officials describe as a “tense” meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mr. Obama, who arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, Monday, raised the issue of free and fair elections and the detention of political prisoners. U.S Deputy National Security […]
Twinkie Baker Hostess, Union to Enter Mediation
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 6:30 pm (UTC-5)
The iconic American snack cake Twinkies and other tasty treats have been given a reprieve from what appeared to be certain oblivion. The bankrupt U.S. bakery Hostess and union officials agreed Monday to enter mediation after the company shut down its ovens last week and said it would go out of business. A bankruptcy judge […]
Obama Tells Burma Reforms Have Much Further to Go
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 3:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has voiced concerns about Cambodia’s human rights record in what U.S. officials described as a “tense” meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mr. Obama, who arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, Monday, raised the issue of free and fair elections and the detention of political prisoners. U.S Deputy national security […]
Obama Tells Burma Reforms Have Much Further to Go
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama has voiced concerns about Cambodia’s human rights record in what U.S. officials described as a “tense” meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Mr. Obama, who arrived in the capital, Phnom Penh, Monday, raised the issue of free and fair elections and the detention of political prisoners. U.S Deputy national security […]
17 Killed in Stampede During Indian Festival
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 2:05 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in eastern India say at least 17 people have been killed in a stampede during a religious festival. Monday’s incident happened in Patna, the capital of Bihar state, as thousands of Hindus gathered along the banks of the Ganges river to offer prayers to the sun god during the Chhath festival. Police say a […]
ASEAN Nations Mull Over South China Sea Dispute
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
Southeast Asian leaders are meeting in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, for a summit aimed at strengthening political and economic ties, despite tense territorial disputes with China. Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations split on how to handle the South China Sea dispute. ASEAN chair and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said the […]
Jailed Pussy Riot Members Change Lawyers
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
The two jailed members of the Russian all-female punk band Pussy Riot have replaced their legal team, their lawyers citing public pressure for their decision to quit. Mark Feigin, one of the lawyers for Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, confirmed the news Monday, saying they had been refused a meeting with Tolokonnikova at the prison […]
As US Sanctions Against Burma Ease, American Companies Start Investing
Posted November 19th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
With the easing of longstanding U.S. economic sanctions against Burma, major American companies are quickly starting to invest in the Southeast Asian nation. Competing soft drink giants Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Co. are returning to Burma for the first time in many years. Meanwhile, both MasterCard and Visa have reached deals with Burmese banks for use of […]
