Headlines for May 15, 2008; As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation with Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi; Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip-Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People
In a move that's been rumored for weeks, University of Idaho President Tim White officially resigned his position to take a new job as chancellor of the University of California at Riverside. Glenn Mosley reports.
The viewpoint and visitor center closest to the Mount St. Helens crater reopens for the season Friday. That's just in time to mark the 28th anniversary of the catastrophic 1980 eruption this weekend.
Polar bears have just been declared a threatened species in the United States and global warming may be to blame. As CBS 2's Susan Carlson reports, conservationists in Chicago say if nothing changes, polar bears may become extinct in our
CeaseFire, a program that appears to help reduce crime, is hoping to get its funding back after Gov. Rod Blagojevich cut it last year. CBS 2's Dorothy Tucker reports.
The services of a psychic and forensic experts have been enlisted by the Lake County coroner's office to take a look at a skull discovered in a ravine 16 years ago.
External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday briefed his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the Indo-US nuclear deal and raised the issues of delay in the delivery of Gorshkov aircraft carrier.
Delivering the keynote at a conference on The Future of India's Foreign Policy, organized by the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia's Centre for the Advanced Study of India, Sen said this was particularly imperative in the context of today's world that
Sri Lanka on thursday, welcomed India's decision to extend the ban on Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and described it as New Delhi's policy of not extending support to terrorism.
Sunil Garg, an environmental attorney in Summit, New Jersey, was surprised when Governor Jon Corzine's office called April 16 to say he had been appointed a trustee of the soon-to-be-created Asian American Study Foundation.
In 2004, the BJP had bagged 15 out of the 19 seats, thus pushing the overall tally of the BJP to 79 in the Karnataka legislative assembly. This apart, the BJP also won all three Lok Sabha seats in 2004,
A Congress worker in Bellary had alleged that Sriramulu, who is contesting the elections from Bellary, had assaulted him on Wednesday night. It was also alleged that BJP member of legislative council, Janardhan Reddy, had abetted the incident.
A survey conducted by the Karnataka Election Watch, a non-governmental organisation, states that the Bharatiya Janata Party has the highest number of candidates with a criminal background. The BJP tops the list with 13 while the Congress and the Janata
A report documenting the constant 'stream of bias and prejudices' against Sikhs, based on surveys of more than 1,000 members of the community in the five boroughs of New York City, was released in the city by the Sikh Coalition
Disclosing this on Thursday, Uttar Pradesh ADG of Police Brij Lal who also heads the state Special Task Force, told rediff.com, "The bicycle used in the blast looks like a racing model with a straight handle while the one visible
Immediately following his election, DeBenedittis closed down the day-labour centre that had been sustained by public funds and was located in a residential neighbourhood. In this, he had the backing of most members of the Town Council.
