Reuters – The Los Angeles Clippers rallied from a 27-point deficit to stun the Memphis Grizzlies 99-98 in Game One of their first-round playoff series....
Archive for April, 2012
UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Urges Burma To Unite On Path To Change
By World On The Run
BBC News – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Burma’s president and its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to work as partners...
French Journalist ‘Abducted’ in Farc Raid in Colombia
By World On The Run
BBC News – A French journalist missing after a raid by Farc rebels on Colombian soldiers was “abducted”, the French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has...
Teck Resources Cashes In On Chile’s Copper
By World On The Run
CTV News – For centuries, pilgrims have thronged to the Chilean mountain town of Andacollo – to worship at the historic church and to mine...
Study Finds Brain Networks Linked to Teen Drug Abuse
By World On The Run
The Sun – In the largest imaging study of the human brain ever conducted – involving 1,896 14-year-olds – scientists have discovered a number of...
Blind Chinese Activist Under U.S. Protection, Group Says
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – A blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest is under U.S. protection, his supporters said Saturday, creating a dilemma for...
Child Soldiers: Roméo Dallaire’s Wrenching Return To Africa’s ‘Gang Warfare’
By World on the Run
The Toronto Star – It is nearly noon and the United Nations helicopter is ready to take off from this remote outpost in northeastern Congo,...
Sudan-South Sudan Conflict: Sudan Declares State Of Emergency In Border Areas
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – Sudan has declared a state of emergency in areas bordering South Sudan, giving authorities there wide powers of arrest and detention....
US Special Forces Help In Hunt For Warlord Kony
By World On The Run
Fox News -Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It’s also...
As America’s Waistline Expands, Costs Soar
By World On The Run
Reuters – U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants...
Who Owns The Asteroids?
By World On The Run
Discovery News – Of all the hurdles facing Planetary Resources, a startup firm that this week unveiled its plan to survey and mine asteroids for...
Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop
By World On The Run
Wall Street Journal – A Google Inc. GOOG -0.08% engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users...
Christians Under Attack in Kenya, Nigeria
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – Christians at worship came under deadly attack on Sunday in Kenya and Nigeria, and initial suspicion fell on radical Islamist...
Former SNC Executive Riadh Ben Aissa Arrested in Switzerland
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – Riadh Ben Aissa, the former head of global construction for Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin, is in police custody in Switzerland. Reports...
Woman on Anniversary Glider Ride Over B.C.’s Fraser Valley Plunges to Her Death
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – It was an anniversary gift from her boyfriend – a gliding experience over B.C.’s Fraser Valley that he was videotaping,...
Palace: Kate Has Graduated As ‘Fully Fledged’ Royal
By World on the Run
CNN – The Duchess of Cambridge has successfully graduated as a “fully fledged member” of Britain’s monarchy after fulfilling all her objectives one year on...
UN’s Ban Ki-Moon Urges Burma To Unite On Path To Change
By World On The Run
BBC News – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Burma’s president and its opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to work as partners...
French Journalist ‘Abducted’ in Farc Raid in Colombia
By World On The Run
BBC News – A French journalist missing after a raid by Farc rebels on Colombian soldiers was “abducted”, the French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has...
Teck Resources Cashes In On Chile’s Copper
By World On The Run
CTV News – For centuries, pilgrims have thronged to the Chilean mountain town of Andacollo – to worship at the historic church and to mine...
Study Finds Brain Networks Linked to Teen Drug Abuse
By World On The Run
The Sun – In the largest imaging study of the human brain ever conducted – involving 1,896 14-year-olds – scientists have discovered a number of...
Blind Chinese Activist Under U.S. Protection, Group Says
By World on the Run
Los Angeles Times – A blind Chinese dissident who escaped from house arrest is under U.S. protection, his supporters said Saturday, creating a dilemma for...
Child Soldiers: Roméo Dallaire’s Wrenching Return To Africa’s ‘Gang Warfare’
By World on the Run
The Toronto Star – It is nearly noon and the United Nations helicopter is ready to take off from this remote outpost in northeastern Congo,...
Sudan-South Sudan Conflict: Sudan Declares State Of Emergency In Border Areas
By World on the Run
The Huffington Post – Sudan has declared a state of emergency in areas bordering South Sudan, giving authorities there wide powers of arrest and detention....
US Special Forces Help In Hunt For Warlord Kony
By World On The Run
Fox News -Deep in the jungle, this small, remote Central African village is farther from the coast than any point on the continent. It’s also...
As America’s Waistline Expands, Costs Soar
By World On The Run
Reuters – U.S. hospitals are ripping out wall-mounted toilets and replacing them with floor models to better support obese patients. The Federal Transit Administration wants...
Who Owns The Asteroids?
By World On The Run
Discovery News – Of all the hurdles facing Planetary Resources, a startup firm that this week unveiled its plan to survey and mine asteroids for...
Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop
By World On The Run
Wall Street Journal – A Google Inc. GOOG -0.08% engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users...
Christians Under Attack in Kenya, Nigeria
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – Christians at worship came under deadly attack on Sunday in Kenya and Nigeria, and initial suspicion fell on radical Islamist...
Former SNC Executive Riadh Ben Aissa Arrested in Switzerland
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – Riadh Ben Aissa, the former head of global construction for Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin, is in police custody in Switzerland. Reports...
Woman on Anniversary Glider Ride Over B.C.’s Fraser Valley Plunges to Her Death
By World On The Run
The Globe and Mail – It was an anniversary gift from her boyfriend – a gliding experience over B.C.’s Fraser Valley that he was videotaping,...
Palace: Kate Has Graduated As ‘Fully Fledged’ Royal
By World on the Run
CNN – The Duchess of Cambridge has successfully graduated as a “fully fledged member” of Britain’s monarchy after fulfilling all her objectives one year on...