Obama honors soldiers killed in Afghanistan
2011-08-11 09:23:35
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday participated in a ceremony in Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, honoring Navy SEALs and other servicemembers died in a helicopter shot down in Afghanistan, the White House and the Defense Department said.
WH rejects claim about Laden raid film
2011-08-11 09:07:34
Moviemakers producing a film about the US special forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden are getting help from the Pentagon.
China to help Bolivia launch satellite
2011-08-11 07:49:42
China and Bolivia took further steps on Wednesday toward launching a telecommunications satellite for the South American country.
US federal deficit hits $1.1tr so far this fiscal year
2011-08-11 06:45:59
The federal deficit of the US recorded $1.1 trillion in the first ten months of fiscal year 2010-2011, indicating it the third consecutive year that the US fiscal imbalance topped $1-trillion mark.
Few Armenians support early elections
2011-08-10 22:29:19
Most Armenians are opposed to early parliamentary or presidential elections, a new poll said Wednesday.
Americans spent 8b hours volunteering in 2010
2011-08-10 22:27:22
More than 60 million Americans volunteered 8.1 billion hours of their services in 2010 in work valued at nearly $173 million, according to a new report.
US says kills Taliban who shot down US chopper
2011-08-10 22:06:42
Coalition forces in Afghanistan have killed the Taliban militants responsible for shooting down a US helicopter last weekend
US zoo on brink of finishing elephant sperm bank
2011-08-10 20:14:25
Zoo officials trying to establish North America's first elephant sperm bank have been slowed by bureaucratic hurdles but hope South African officials will approve shipping frozen elephant semen to the United States in about a month.
Remains of troops come home shrouded in secrecy
2011-08-10 09:09:06
The bodies of troops killed in the deadliest incident of the Afghan war came home Tuesday, traveling in death much the same way they did in life, shrouded in secrecy.
Hotel maid files suit against Strauss-Kahn
2011-08-10 07:57:38
A hotel maid who accuses ex-International Monetary Fund boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued him on Monday over their encounter.
Zoo to open elephant sperm bank
2011-08-10 07:57:38
Officials at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium have had difficulty getting export and import permits for 16 liters of semen being stored in the National Zoo's BioBank in Pretoria, South Africa.
US to keep rates low for 2 years
2011-08-10 06:25:51
The US Federal Reserve's promise that it will keep interest rates near zero for two more years and it was considering further action sparks a rebound in stocks.