Leaders from the developing world sharply criticized their counterparts from richer nations during talks at the Rio+20 sustainable development conference on Thursday, citing what they said is the historic responsibility industrialized nations have to clean up the globe. Delegates from developed nations, meanwhile, said that a rapidly changing economic order […]
Day: June 21, 2012
Richland Co. deputy killed in Afghanistan
A Richland County Sheriff’s deputy serving in Afghanistan was killed there Wednesday, the department has reported. Few other details were immediately available. The department…
3 Companies Bid for Gas Drilling in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s government says three energy companies have submitted bids for exploration and exploitation of natural gas in the country’s Black Sea waters. Energy Minister Delyan Dobrev said Thursday that U.S. Exxon Mobil, France’s Total, and Canada’s Melrose are bidding and the winner will be announced by […]
Awaiting the court ruling, a consumer guide to health reform law
The Supreme Court is expected to rule within a week on some key constitutional challenges brought by states against the 2010 health care overhaul law. The decision will have sweeping ramifications for consumers, state officials, employers and health care providers, including hospitals and doctors. While some of the key features […]
Palestinians maintain UNESCO bid for Church of Nativity
The Palestinians’ quest to get Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity named a UNESCO World Heritage site is set to dominate a meeting next week in Russia to decide who is accepted on the prestigious list. The World Heritage Committee is meeting in Saint Petersburg from June 24 to July 6 […]
US probe recommends punishment of troops in Quran burning
A US military investigation has recommended disciplinary actions against culprits involved in the Quran burning incident in Afghanistan early this year, the Pentagon has said. “The results from the investigation concerning allegations that US service members…
Sahel hunger crisis risks being another example of too little, too late
The politics of aid can delay early intervention, despite last year’s famine in Somalia showing early aid can achieve more Somali girls fill their jerry cans at the Dadaab refugee camp. Early warning systems failed to prevent famine being declared in Somalia in July 2011. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images A […]
Conductor Adam Fischer: Wagner’s music like "opium"
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Trust a Hungarian Jewish conductor to look beyond Richard Wagner’s notorious anti-semitism and infamous personal life to mount a Wagner festival on a tight budget that has become a magnet for Wagner lovers the world over. “I don’t know any other composer who had this intense effect […]
Orange Field SC defy the odds – Trinidad & Tobago Express
Orange Field SC defy the oddsTrinidad & Tobago Express… Orange Field Sports Club defied the odds to host their fourth annual cricket … with West Indies Cricket Board certified Level One coach Christopher Joseph as …
WICB, WIPA make progress on CBA – Trinidad & Tobago Express
WICB, WIPA make progress on CBATrinidad & Tobago ExpressThe West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) says "significant progress" has been made with the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) on the controversial Collective …