In the coming days, the US capital will be abuzz with more than the G20 Economic Summit.On Saturday, November 15, Foto Week DC kicks off a week of photographic creativity with more than 100 Free Events.This is I believe the first edition of FotoWeek DC...
Online auction site eBay has banned the sale of tickets for the inauguration of Barack Obama as US president.The move follows a request from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies which is...
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President-elect Barack Obama and current US President George W Bush have held their first face-to-face talks at the White House - some 71 days before Obama is inaugurated. The president-elect also got his first...
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A G20 Summit on financial markets and the world economy - called Bretton Woods II- will take place on November 15 in Washington DC. China, a major player in world economy has expressed its willingness to...
"The White House offers no comments on future of the convicted Alaska senator Ted Stevens as he dismisses the possibility of resignation. "Given that Senator Stevens has said that he's going to fight his...
"It's a great time to be a journalist," said FastCompany's Robert Scoble as he began his keynote to a packed room at the Online News Association conference in Washington DC.Here's why: Scoble got a member of the...
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WASHINGTON – Solving world hunger has been at the top of the humanitarian agenda for decades -- even centuries, but now there are solutions evolving that could take center stage during the World Critical Resources...
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" On the 45th anniversary of the day the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "dream" speech to a quarter of a million people outside the Lincoln Memorial, a U.S. senator from Illinois and presumed Democratic...
According to recent figures, "No city in the 20-city index experienced price gains in May for the second straight month". In addition, the index "fell by 15.8 per cent in May compared with a year ago". The current crisis has been blamed on the offer of mortgages that...
In the District of Columbia residents and businesses are required to recycle paper, bottles and cans. And recycling is very popular -- residents enthusiastically separate their recyclable material from their regular...
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Feel Tricolore as Bastille Day approaches. If you look forward to an afternoon of Pastis and Petanque, Bar Tabac in Brooklyn, New York holds its annual Petanque Tournament. Merguez, frites and Ricard are on the menu as well as music by the Baby Blue Orchids and the Francois...
American Government has finally removed Nelson Mandela from its list of Terrorists all over World. Mandela and members of his African National Congress were categorised as Terrorist during Apartheid regime and...
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WASHINGTON DC A new website campaign urging mothers to send their baby pictures to Barrack Obamas via mail for a virtual baby-kissing pictures with the Sen. Obama. The website...
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