CHARLESTON (AP) - West Virginia's Ethics Commission moved Thursday to lift prohibitions on the use of public funds to finance employee recognition awards, parties and retirement mementos. Executive Director Lew Brewer said the unanimous actions of ...
4 Dec 2008
Bangkok - Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport resumed full operations Friday after being shut down for a week by protestors as part of their campaign to topple the government. More than 100 international and domestic flights were expected to ...
4 Dec 2008
This week when climate change negotiators from across the world meet in the city of Poznan in Poland for the 14th conference of parties to the climate convention, they have a tough job on hand. They know that the threat of climate change is real and ...
4 Dec 2008
HARARE- Zimbabwe’s government pleaded for international help after declaring a national emergency over a cholera epidemic that has left 560 dead, as Britain warned the country had become a 'failed state.' With its economy shrinking dramatically for ...
4 Dec 2008
Russia is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since the second world war, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former US naval base, showcasing Moscow's growing influence in the region ...
4 Dec 2008
If the Detroit automakers receive taxpayer money, Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., wants it to come with lots of stipulations, and he said Thursday that if it doesn’t accept certain changes, the U.S. auto industry is doomed anyway. “I think there’s a ...
4 Dec 2008
TORONTO - Goalkeeper Greg Sutton has added his voice to those Canadian soccer players asking for change in the way the sport is organized and run in Canada.
4 Dec 2008
When shareholders vote on Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. on Friday, they are expected to transform the bank into a business befitting its name and change the face of Wall Street.
4 Dec 2008
When shareholders vote on Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co. on Friday, they are expected to transform the bank into a business befitting its name and change the face of Wall Street. The shotgun deal, valued at $50 billion when it was...
4 Dec 2008
European officials warned Thursday of tough talks ahead if the EU is to seal a major climate change accord this month, amid demands from Germany, Poland and others to protect their industries.
4 Dec 2008
As world leaders meet in Poznan, Poland this week and next to discuss efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions causing global warming, it's worth remembering that scientists have known climate change could be a problem for a long time. [More]
4 Dec 2008
The U.N. climate change organization has said the world's poor countries will need $130 billion dollars a year by 2030 to help them adapt to global warming and curb their carbon emissions.
4 Dec 2008
Canada could take a lead in tackling climate change while still prospering economically, according to a study released today. The report says that the country could reduce its greenhouse gas pollution to 25 percent below the 1990 level ...
4 Dec 2008
Not true, the President-elect uses an iPod." -- An Obama spokesman makes quick work of the Zunegate scandal ...
4 Dec 2008
Official Web Site of The Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team.
4 Dec 2008
Questions and Observations Blog, a weblog containing commentary & essays on politics, economics, and military & foreign affairs.
4 Dec 2008
That’s right! our sister site’s own “Bake for a Change” is a contest where you, as the submission details say, apply sustainable building design practices to a gingerbread house. Anyway, those details in full are presented here, ...
4 Dec 2008
If you are interested in how to use the Web to create a grassroots political movement, tune in today and tomorrow to the ...
4 Dec 2008