Home » 2012 » May

Federal court in Boston rules Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional

Federal court in Boston rules Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional

In saying marriage is an issue for states to decide, appeals court is second in a week to call Doma unconstitutional By Chris McGreal A federal appeals court has struck…

HIV Infections in U.S. Disproportionately Impact Communities of Color and the Poor

HIV Infections in U.S. Disproportionately Impact Communities of Color and the Poor

HIV Specialists Meet to Identify, Help Those Who Are Falling Through the Cracks WASHINGTON - With mounting evidence that many Americans remain the invisible people with HIV/AIDS who live in poverty,…

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30 a Share

Facebook Stock Falls Below $30 a Share

Shares in the social networking site Facebook fell to less than $30 Tuesday. The price of Facebook dropped $3.07, almost 10 percent, to close at $28.84. Facebook shares are 24…

China Beats US as World’s Top Auto Market

China Beats US as World’s Top Auto Market

Young Americans ditching car keys for the keyboard By Ted Landphair Whole books and hundreds of studies have been written about the American “automobile culture” – our “love affair with…

Mixed Reaction to Sentencing of Liberia’s Charles Taylor

Mixed Reaction to Sentencing of Liberia’s Charles Taylor

By Nina Devries FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Hundreds…

Grim News for Caribbean Economies

Grim News for Caribbean Economies

By Peter Richards GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands – For yet another occasion, it was not the good news Caribbean leaders wanted to hear. Already stung by mixed economic growth ranging…

Egypt: Brotherhood Marches On Towards Presidency

Egypt: Brotherhood Marches On Towards Presidency

Analysis by Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani CAIRO – Results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election last week have left most Egyptians stunned, with Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi…

The Elton John AIDS Foundation Announces $850,000 in Grant Awards

The Elton John AIDS Foundation Announces $850,000 in Grant Awards

NEW YORK – In advance of the July 2012 International AIDS Conference, the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) today announced its first round of grants for calendar year 2012 totaling…

Prince William misses Diana at his wedding

Prince William misses Diana at his wedding

The Duke of Cambridge has said it was “very difficult” not to have his late mother at his wedding. Interviewed by US TV network ABC, Prince William agreed he had…

Soccer: South Africa entering crucial period, says Radebe

Soccer: South Africa entering crucial period, says Radebe

Former captain Lucas Radebe says that now is the time for South Africa to begin producing results. South Africa will stage the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, having failed to…

Page 1 of 7123Next ›Last »