Aug 21st, 2012
SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) – A 91,000-acre (38,800-hectare) wildfire in the Boise National Forest closed in from three directions on an Idaho mountain town on Monday as authorities worried about the safety of roughly 30 residents who have refused to evacuate.
The Elmore County Sheriff’s Office ordered evacuations over the weekend as thick smoke from the Trinity Ridge Fire posed a health hazard and limited...
Jul 23rd, 2012
AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) – President Barack Obama met with friends and family of the Colorado movie theater shooting victims on Sunday as the town of Aurora mourned the 12 who died.
Obama joined local officials and residents in refusing to utter the name of the alleged shooter, James Eagan Holmes.
Police say Holmes, 24, was dressed in body armor and toting three guns when he opened fire at a midnight...
Jul 19th, 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Fans still holding tickets for a canceled 1979 show in Rhode Island by British rock band The Who can finally use them.
The Who’s 1979 concert in Providence was canceled by then-Mayor Buddy Cianci, who cited safety concerns after a stampede before a show in Cincinnati, Ohio, killed 11 people. The band hasn’t been to Providence since.
The Who this week announced it will end its...
Jul 10th, 2012
CAIRO (Reuters) – The People’s Assembly, the lower house of Egyptian Parliament dissolved by the military court decision, met Tuesday, suggesting an increase in tension between the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (AFSC) and the newly elected president, Mohamed Morsi.
Minutes before the opening of the parliamentary session, the United States urged Egyptian political actors to dialogue to preserve the...
Jul 9th, 2012
More than 17,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in Syria since the uprising began in March 2011 against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, according to revised figures announced by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, (OSDH) on Monday .
The OSDH, based in London, has a network of activists on the ground in Syria, which establish the balance sheets and identify abuses through testimonies, field...
Jul 5th, 2012
Algiers – Algerians celebrate today the fiftieth anniversary of independence officially occurred July 5, 1962, after a French colonial occupation of 130 years, signed by seven years of bloody war (1954-1962) who had “a million and a half martyrs “, depending on the version Algerian.
In order to commemorate this important event, the Algerian authorities have opted for a rather “light”...
Jun 28th, 2012
WASHINGTON – It’s a huge political victory for Barack Obama, in just over four months of the November U.S. presidential. The Supreme Court of the United States has approved Thursday the bulk of its law on the generalization of the Medicare reform emblematic of its mandate, intended to provide health coverage to more than 30 million Americans who were uninsured.
This historic reform arouses fierce...
May 29th, 2012
At least 19 people, including 13 children, were killed in a fire that broke out in one of the country’s fanciest shopping malls late Monday morning, raising questions about building safety in the booming Gulf state, reported Al Jazeera.
Four of the children killed were Spanish citizens living in the small Arab emirate, the Spanish Foreign Ministry said. It did not identify the children, citing Spanish...
