SAMARA, March 10 (Itar-Tass) -- The Board of Directors of Russia’s major car maker AvtoVAZ adopted the company’s development program (business plan) in the period up to 2020, the AvtoVAZ press service told Itar-Tass summing up the results of Wednesday’s meeting of the Board.
President Barack Obama says Washington for too long has accepted billions of dollars in health care fraud and abuse as simply the cost of doing business. He says that must end.
The most recent showdown left millions of Cablevision Systems Corp. customers around New York without an ABC station at the start of the Academy Awards.
The Show Me State briefly became the No Show State on Wednesday as some prominent Missouri Democrats decided they'd rather be somewhere else when President Obama came to St. Louis to push his massive health care overhaul plan. Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, the all-but-certain....
Middle class pensioners will choose between delaying retirement or being taxed on their inheritance after death under plans for a National Care Service to be announced this month.
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates said Wednesday that U.S. investments in fighting AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations save lives and play a…
The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort…
Somalia's president Sheikh Sharif Sheikh announced that the British government has pledged to support his fragile government in the fight against the powerful insurgents,
The recently flooded regions of Kenya could fall victim to water-borne diseases if public hygiene campaigns are not organized, the United Nations humanitarian wing warned today.
International Monetary Fund head Dominique Strauss-Kahn agrees with "most points" of South Africa's economic policy, including inflation targeting, he said yesterday.
The federal government has warned of budget cuts to offset the cost of stripping foil insulation installed in up to 50,000 homes under its bungled scheme.
23-01-2008 20:49:55 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Thursday that the war with Armenia is not over yet and accused the arch-foe nation of pursuing propaganda about "an alleged victory", warning that Azerbaijan would achieve liberation of its land from occupation no matter what it takes.
Hamtramck, Mich., settled a long-running housing discrimination suit by offering homes to the descendants of black residents forced off their property in the 1950s and ’60s.
20-02-2008 04:13:46 The Azerbaijani government has voiced concern over the potential threat posed by Kurdish rebel group PKK. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said there were reports suggesting that PKK was approaching the country. "We are having to watch the PKK activity more closely due to the problems recently faced by Turkey.
05-03-2008 04:13:11 Four Azerbaijani soldiers were reportedly killed after Armenian armed forces breached ceasefire in the frontline Terter and Goranboy districts on Tuesday. The Azerbaijan Defense Ministry confirmed two casualties so far, but the death toll may climb in the days to come as stand-off continues.
* "Green Zone" adds "thriller" to war film description * "Bourne" star Damon, director Greengrass reunited * Pair say "Hurt Locker" helped paved way for success By Christine Kearney NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) - They conjured box office magic with their "Bourne" spy movies, but Matt Damon and Paul....
10 Mar 2010 22:16:01 GMT Source: Reuters (Adds comments by British Foreign Secretary Miliband) By Golnar Motevalli KABUL, March 10 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on ...
10 Mar 2010 22:15:12 GMT Source: Reuters * Italian politician: 70-80 pct of aid doesn't get through * Says most corruption and waste involves U.S. entities * USAID says concentrating on "safe, solid" projects (adds USAID ...
NEW YORK, NY-In response to massive food shortages and staggering acute malnutrition rates in Niger, global humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger | ACF International launched an emergency response to bolster a national initiative to dampen the impact of the crisis, provide nutritional....
The leadership of South Sudan has downplayed fears of fresh conflict over oil reserves within its territory after the planned 2011 referendum to decide whether southerners will formally secede from their counterparts in the north.
A Hizbul Islam official called Bare Ali Bare was on Tuesday gunned down by unknown assailants in Mogadishu 's Bakara Market, a stronghold for Somali rebel fighters.
Sergei Tigipko, a major player in Ukrainian politics after finishing third in the presidential elections, agreed on Wednesday to become a deputy prime minister, President Viktor Yanukovych said.
The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) began participating in exercise Balikatan 2010 (BK 10) March 9 in the Republic of the Philippines and its surrounding waters.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and again sharply criticized the U.S. mission to stabilize the country.
U.S. President Barack Obama says the situation in Haiti remains dire, with people in desperate need of shelter, food and medicine after the devastating January 12 earthquake.
The head of U.S. Central Command, General David Petraeus, has met with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev in Bishkek to discuss bilateral cooperation and the situation in Afghanistan.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has condemned Israel's plans to expand a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem by building 1,600 more homes in a disputed neighborhood there.
Plans to buy an expensive helicopter carrier from France could hinder the development of Russia's defense industry, a Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday.
The new U.S. adoptive approach for European missile defense includes the possibility of using a Russian radar system as part of an integrated system, NATO's top military officer has said.
USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) will conduct operations with Argentina March 8-10 off the coast of the South American nation as part of Southern Seas 2010, in an exercise designated "GRINGO-GAUCHO" by the Argentine Navy.
The U.S. Justice Department has unsealed criminal terrorism charges against an American woman they say used the name "Jihad Jane" on the Internet. She is accused of plotting with terrorists to kill someone in Sweden as well as wanting to take part in a so-called global jihad against the west.
UN rights chief calls for new approach to end cycle of violence in Nigeria 9 March 2010 The United Nations human rights chief said today she was appalled by the latest “massacre” of hundreds of villagers in northern Nigeria, and called for authorities to tackle the underlying causes of the tension in the region.
Defense Department officials expect to launch a new policy in the coming months that will make head-injury evaluations mandatory for all troops who suffer possible concussions, a senior official with the Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury said.
Bottle shop wins right to continue 24 hour trading 23:29 Consumer Affairs Minister Tony Robinson is disappointed at a VCAT decision that allows a city bottle shop to continue trading around the clock.Read Full Article