Obama vows to put jobs on top of agenda
2011-09-06 07:56:02
The Obama administration has put job creation on top of its agenda and the two parties of the Congress need to work together to stimulate job growth in the United States, White House press official said on Monday.
United Express plane skids off runway
2011-09-05 10:16:51
A United Express regional jet carrying 44 passengers from Chicago skidded off the runway while landing in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon, but no one was apparently injured, authorities said.
21 killed in Chilean air force plane crash
2011-09-04 10:25:01
All the 21 people on a Chilean air force plane have been killed in a crash, the country's defense minister Andres Allamand told reporters on Saturday.
Cuban defense minister dies
2011-09-04 09:33:04
Cuban Defense Minister Julio Casas Reguerio, 75 years old, died of heart failure on Saturday, the Cuban government said.
Chavez 'couldn't feel better' after 3rd cancer treatment
2011-09-03 15:48:02
Wearing a red beret and an olive green military uniform, Chavez stood up through the sunroof of a sport utility vehicle and waved to crowds lining the streets after he completed a cancer treatment session at a Caracas hospital.
Pakistani man arrested on US terrorism charges
2011-09-03 11:08:09
A Pakistani-born man living in northern Virginia was charged with trying to help a militant group in his home country, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and making false statements to authorities, US prosecutors said on Friday.
Chile air force plane crashed, 21 aboard
2011-09-03 10:36:07
A Chilean air force plane with 21 people aboard was presumed to have crashed in the Pacific Ocean on Friday after it disappeared near the remote Juan Fernandez islands, authorities said.
Chile approves draft law against education profit
2011-09-03 07:58:26
The education committee of Chile's senate Wednesday approved a draft law that seeks to eliminate state contributions to for-profit educational centers.
7.1 magnitude quake strikes off Alaska
2011-09-02 22:12:27
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, the US Geological Survey reported.
Miss Universe contestants in Sao Paulo
2011-09-02 15:47:13
Miss Nicaragua Adriana Dom tries on a cap from the Corinthians soccer club, while visiting the Soccer Museum in Sao Paulo August 31, 2011.
Two women journalists killed in Mexico
2011-09-02 13:57:20
Mexican authorities are investigating the murder of two women journalists whose bodies were found in a park in the south of Mexico City on Thursday.
9/11 firefighters have higher cancer risk
2011-09-02 09:48:24
Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancers.