Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (AHN) – Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach celebrated his 60th birthday on Wednesday and officially retired from public service the following day. He had served as the Canadian province’s premier since 2006 and was leader of the Conservative Party. Stelmach had made known his plan [...]
Latest News: “ Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – There is no consensus yet among Canadian Liberals regarding who will replace resigned party leader Michael Ignatieff. However, former Ontario Premier Bob Rae appears to be emerging as the likely interim leader of the party, which suffered a debacle at the May [...]
Latest News: “ The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel David E. Miller – Egypt’s newly created National Security Service (NSS) marked its first success this week when it succeeded in apprehending a Somali national in Cairo’s international airport suspected of belonging to a terrorist cell, the airport police reported. Youssef Hassan had arrived in Cairo [...]
Latest News: “ AHN News Staff Yangon, Myanmar (AHN) – Aiming to enhance bilateral and regional relations, Myanmarese leader Thein Sein on Thursday began a visit to Indonesia, his first overseas trip since becoming president earlier this year. Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono gave a ceremonial welcome to Sein upon his arrival at the Merdeka [...]
Latest News: “ Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Carson City, NV, United States (AHN) – The special election for Rep. Dean Heller’s (R-NV) seat will use an open ballot, raising the chances of Tea Party conservative Sharron Angle and prompting a threat of a lawsuit from Republicans. Secretary of State Ross Miller announced Monday [...]
Latest News: “ The Media Line Staff Amman, Jordan (TML) – Jordanians are being asked to shut off air conditioners and turn off lights when they don’t need them as the country’s main source of fuel for electric power – natural gas piped in from Egypt – has been shut off for the second time [...]
Latest News: “ Anne Lu – Celebrity News Service Contributor Los Angeles, CA, United States (AHN Entertainment) – Superman has renounced his United States citizenship. Despite being a literal alien immigrant, the comic book superhero wants to be a citizen of the world instead so his actions won’t be construed as political. The Man of [...]
Latest News: “ The Media Line Staff Beirut, Lebanon David E. Miller – Imagine 10,000 fans standing up at the start of a soccer match in Beirut to sing the national anthem. Statistically speaking, however, most of them – some 9, 500 – will be faking it, because they don’t know the words. That’s what [...]
Latest News: “ SAMRAONG, Cambodia (IRIN) – At least 36,000 people were displaced on 23-24 April amid fresh fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border, officials say. The two countries are at loggerheads over ownership of an 11th century Hindu temple, registered as a UN World Heritage Site in 2008 . Each side accused the other of [...]
Latest News: “ AHN News Staff Prague, Czech Republic (AHN) – With the aim to end the ongoing government crisis, Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Thursday announced a minor reshuffle in the cabinet with two changes. He appointed Jan Kubice as the country’s new interior minister, while Radek Smerda handed over the job of Transport [...]
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