Wildlife officials kill two wolves Friday near Hall

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Missoulian Wolves killed a calf on private land near Hall this week. Wildlife Services officials confirmed the incident Thursday.

Three Forks wildfire under control

Friday, August 29th, 2008

A quick moving grass fire that burned 200 acres and placed about a dozen homes north of Three Forks in jeopardy on Monday evening is no longer a threat.

Two policemen wounded in Jerusalem shooting attack

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Two policemen were wounded in a shooting attack late Friday night at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City, local daily Ha'aretz reported Saturday on its website, citing Israeli officials. One of the victims was seriously wounded and ...

EU endorses proposal to reduce standby electricity consumption

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

European Union (EU) member states have endorsed the European Commission's proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption by household and office products, the commission said Tuesday. The regulation lays down energy e ...

Russian food aid arrives in DPRK

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Russia's promised food aid to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has been shipped to a border city in the DPRK, the official KCNA news agency reported Wednesday. The aid, whose quantity was unspecified in the report, a ...

Young girl killed in drive-by shooting in Salt Lake City

Monday, July 7th, 2008

A 7-year-old American girl was killed in a drive-by shooting in Salt Lake City, according to media reports Monday. The shooting took place around 6:30 p.m. Sunday while the girl, who was an innocent bystander, was playing outside of ...

U.N. sets up emergency telecommunication center in Myanmar

Monday, July 7th, 2008

The United Nations has set up an emergency telecommunication center (ETC) in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon to improve quick communication access in disaster relief and restoration works, reported the local Biweekly Eleven journal. ...

Fresh from prairies, Chinese children’s chorus becomes a hit

Friday, June 27th, 2008

The popularity of the Wucai Children's Chorus, a troupe from the vast Hulun Buir Prairie in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is easy to see from its performance schedule. Wu Hongjie, an official in charge of publicity with Hul ...