Archive for May 15th, 2008

German-made zeppelins making California comeback

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Zeppelins are making a comeback in California, and, no, we're not talking about the English rock group. Airship Ventures, which operates out of Moffett Field near the southern end of San Francisco Bay, has announced an agreement with ...

White House says protect energy, then polar bear

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

The Bush administration on Wednesday declared the polar bear a threatened species, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramat ...

Australian FM says won’t be intimidated by Fiji threats

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said here on Thursday his country would not be intimidated after its high commission in Fiji received its second death threat in just over a week. The high commission in Suva is reviewing se ...

Suicide blast kills 12 police, civilians in W Afghanistan

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

A suicide blast killed five policemen and seven civilians in western Afghan province of Farah Thursday, an interior ministry spokesman said. Twenty others including policemen were also injured in the explosion which occurred in Dula ...

Myanmar new constitution ratified

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Myanmar's new constitution has been ratified according to the result released by the Commission for Holding Nationwide Referendum, the state television reported Thursday. A total of 20,786,596, or 92.4 percent of voters, who cast vo ...

Thousands displaced by floods in Philippines

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Thousands of Filipinos were displaced after flash floods destroyed several houses in five villages in Negros Occidental, central Philippines, reported local television network ABS-CBN News Thursday. The provincial office of the Depa ...

Afghan police kill would-be suicide bomber

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Afghan police have shot dead a would-be suicide bomber in eastern Khost province, an official said Thursday. A man equipped with explosive devices and assault rifle was gunned down Wednesday, provincial police spokesman Wazir Badsha ...

S Korean ruling party asks gov’t to offer food aid to DPRK

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

South Korea's ruling party on Thursday asked the government to provide unconditional food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The government should help those people in DPRK by providing unconditional humanitari ...