Tōkyō :: Japan
| 13 days ago
Crimes committed by elderly people, particularly shoplifting and pick-pocketing, are surging in rapidly aging Japan, with the number of senior offenders doubling in the past five years, a government report said Friday. The number of people aged 65 or...
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Sacramento :: CA :: USA
| 13 days ago
Weston, 44, is one of an overwhelming number 70 percent of black voters in California who voted for Proposition 8 and helped secure its passage, according to exit polling conducted by Edison Media Research and Mitofsky International. African Americans,...
Tags: african american, obama, age, voter, black, president, poll, barack, state, elections, helped, voters, mccain
London :: United Kingdom
| 13 days ago
The former slashed its base rate by an unprecedented 1.5% to 3%, while the ECB remained more hawkish with only a 0.5% drop...Financial stocks were hit hard with AIB and Bank of Ireland falling 79c and 42c to 3.51 and 1.92...Irish Life & Permanent managed...
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İstanbul :: Turkey
| 13 days ago
The PKK's Murat Karayılan and Zübeyir Aydar said in their message they are not enemies of Iraq or the United States and that Obama should contribute to the finding of a democratic solution to Turkey's Kurdish issue. Internet sites close to the PKK published...
Tags: obama, president, mccain, election, american, campaign, elected, age, politics, john mccain, PKK
Mumbai :: India
| 13 days ago
This weekend, it may be a good idea to become a couch potato and have your fill of your favourite soaps because come Monday, theyre going to go off the air. In the biggest crisis facing the TV industry, both the workers federation and producers have...
Tags: strike, crisis, india, age, obama
Orlando :: FL :: USA
| 13 days ago
The Seminole County Health Department will open a new wing Thursday devoted entirely to treating sexually transmitted diseases. Health officials said the number of cases they treat is on the rise, especially in teenagers...The number of HIV diagnoses...
Tags: disease, health, obama, age, hiv, barack obama, mccain, infectious disease
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates
| 14 days ago
However, they think Obama will have a tough task to mend America's image in the Middle East and show that his policies will be a real change from the past Republican era. "With Barack Obama being elected, Arabs have more reasons than America and the world...
Tags: barack obama, election, president, senator, change, politics, mccain, age, israel, obama, arabs, Barack Obama
Leon Valley :: TX :: USA
| 15 days ago
Four cities approved sales tax increases and a southwest Bexar County town elected its first City Council on Tuesday. Olmos Park's proposed ¼-cent sales tax increase irked some residents, who questioned the efficiency of establishing more bureaucracy...
Tags: obama, vote, mccain, economy, politics, age, money, south, taxes, elections, tax increase, sales tax
Hainan :: China
| 15 days ago
Twenty-nine of the 51 people treated for cholera in Hainan were discharged from hospital on Monday, and the situation is now under control, the provincial health department said on Tuesday. No new cases have been reported since Sunday, spokeswoman Wu...
Tags: university, control, spread, students, disease, health, party, age, Hainan University, cholera outbreak, cholera, Hainan Province
Centerville :: UT :: USA
| 15 days ago
Nothing like a few adjustments to make the lines move on Election Day. Its 10:30 a.m. and greeters at the polls at the Kuhlman Center are shouting to customers coming through the door in a steady stream. Here...There were 40 people in line at 6 a.m....
Tags: voting, lines, election, voters, polls, age, politics, sarah palin, john mccain, Centerville Christian Church
