A high-level conference on the global AIDS response is wrapping up at the United Nations, with world leaders agreeing to a political declaration on intensifying efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS. Member states are expected to sign the declaration Friday at the close of the New York conference. Among other commitments, the document sets a […]
NASA Launches Satellite to Study Oceans
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
The U.S. space agency has launched a satellite that will measure the saltiness of the oceans, in a mission to help scientists gain a better understanding of the world’s changing climate. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the Aquarius satellite observatory blasted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA says data from Aquarius […]
India Considers Charges Against US-Based Terror Supporter
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
India says it might bring its own charges against a Chicago-based businessman cleared by a U.S. court of helping plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Internal Security Secretary U.K. Bansal said Friday India was “disappointed” the U.S. jury did not find 50-year-old Tahawwur Rana guilty on the Mumbai charges. He said India may […]
UN AIDS Conference Wrapping Up Friday
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A high-level conference on the global AIDS response wraps up at the United Nations Friday, with member states signing on to a political declaration on intensifying efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS. On Thursday, world leaders at the conference launched a new initiative to significantly reduce the number of children born with HIV, the virus […]
Alaska to Release Ex-Governor Palin’s Official E-mails
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 7:55 am (UTC-5)
Officials in the northwestern U.S. state of Alaska are releasing more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails from her first two years as governor. The e-mails were first requested by journalists in 2008 after Palin was picked by Republican presidential nominee John McCain to be his vice-presidential running mate. The messages cover the time […]
Dallas Mavericks on Brink of First NBA Championship
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
The Dallas Mavericks are one game away from clinching the National Basketball Association championship after beating the visiting Miami Heat 112-103 Thursday. The Mavericks won with a balanced scoring effort, shooting a sizzling 56.5 percent from the floor, including 13 out of 19 three-point attempts. Dirk Nowitzki finished with 29 points, while teammates Jason Terry […]
Chicago Businessman Convicted of Terrorism but Not Mumbai Attacks
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 2:15 am (UTC-5)
A jury in a U.S. federal court has convicted a Chicago businessman of supporting an overseas terrorist group and helping to plot an attack on a Danish newspaper, but acquitted him of helping plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. The jury announced the verdicts in trial of Tahawwur Rana Thursday after two days […]
White House Campaign of Newt Gingrich Dealt Major Setback
Posted June 10th, 2011 at 12:40 am (UTC-5)
More than a dozen top aides have resigned from the presidential campaign of former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich, dealing a major blow to his struggling bid for the 2012 Republican nomination. Among the 16 aides who quit Thursday were campaign manager Rob Johnson, spokesman Rick Tyler and several consultants in Iowa and South Carolina, […]
US Delegation Meets with Contractor Jailed in Cuba
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. delegation has visited an American contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the communist state. Political strategist Donna Brazile said Thursday the delegation spoke with Alan Gross for about two hours and found him “in good spirits.” Brazile said Gross, who is serving a 15-year sentence, “is not bitter” but eager to return […]
Family of Deceased Cuban Hunger Striker Emigrates to US
Posted June 9th, 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC-5)
Relatives of a jailed Cuban dissident who died during a hunger strike have emigrated to the United States. Orlando Zapata Tamayo’s mother arrived in Miami on Thursday along with a dozen other family members. She was carrying the ashes of her son. Cuban authorities earlier this week had exhumed and cremated Zapata’s remains at his […]
