Archive for May 2nd, 2008

Thousands rally to press for immigrant rights

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Some 10,000 people rallied and paraded through downtown Los Angeles on Thursday to press demand for immigrant rights. Carrying flags, banners and air horns, the demonstrators called for changes in federal immigration laws, an end to ...

Texas man arrested for trying to cash $360 bln check

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The 21-year-old North Texas man Charles Ray Fuller was arrested last week for trying to cash a 360 billion U.S. dollars check, saying he wanted to start a record business, media reported on Friday. Fuller, of suburban Crowley, was ar ...

Biggest measles outbreak in U.S. since 2001

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

The biggest U.S. outbreak of measles since 2001 in 10 states have led to more than 70 cases so far this year, U.S. health officials said on Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said none of those who ca ...

Confucius Institute opens in Mongolia

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

An opening ceremony was held Friday at the Mongolian National University to formally launch the Confucius Institute in the land-locked Asian country. The Mongolian Confucius Institute was jointly established by China's Shandong Univ ...

Madonna performs for new album "Hard Candy"

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Singer Madonna performs during a concert to celebrate the launch of her new album "Hard Candy" in New York April 30, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Gisele Bundchen is top earning model

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

(Photo: file photo) Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen remains the highest-earning catwalk queen after raking in more than 35 million U.S. dollars ...

Diarrhoea claims 6 lives in western Nepal

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Six persons have died of diarrhoea in western Nepal district Kalikot, local newspaper The Himalayan Times reported Friday. In the Chhapre Village Development Committee (VDC) of Kalikot district, some 400 km west of the Nepali capita ...

U.S. researchers: Early treatment of stomach infection may prevent cancer

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Based on research using a new mouse model of gastritis and stomach cancer, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say that prompt treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infections reverses damage to the lining of t ...