Famed S. Korean Model Found Dead In Paris Apartment, Victim Of Possible Suicide
Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor Paris, France (AHN) - A famed South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment. Investigators believe the beauty may have hung herself.According to published reports friends found the rising star in her...
Obama Appoints First Black American Envoy To The Philippines
Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor Washington, D.C. (AHN) - The Obama administration has chosen the first African-American to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Philippines.Harry Thomas was nominated on Friday to succeed American envoy Kirstie Kenney,...
First Day Of Filing Draws 20 Presidential Candidates For Philippines' May 2010 Election
AHN Staff Manila, Philippines - (AHN) - Twenty people registered on Friday as presidential candidates with the Commission on Elections for the Philippines' May 2010 election. Another three people filed certificates of candidacy for...
Pacquiao Gets Hero's Welcome In Manila Amid Talks Of Marital Problems
AHN Staff Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Seven-division boxing title holder Manny Pacquiao got a hero's welcome upon returning home to Manila on Friday. Amid the celebrations, which disrupted life in the national capital region, talks of...
Arroyo Proclaims Official Administration Candidates For May 2010 Election
AHN Staff Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Amid party hopping by some members of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD coalition, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo proclaimed on Thursday the official administration candidates for the May 2010 national...
Belgian Premier Named First Permanent EU Council President
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Brussels, Belgium (AHN) - Leaders of the European Union's 27 member states unanimously chose Thursday Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first president of Europe to serve a two-and-a-half-year...
Report: Toronto Has Potential As Global Financial Hub
AHN Staff Toronto, Ontario (AHN) - Toronto has a potential to be in the league of New York and London as one of the global top 10 financial hubs. To reach that point, Toronto has to improve its competitiveness and initiate measures in several...
Filipina Congresswoman Sworn In Two Years After Elections
Kris Alingod - AHN Contributor Manila, Philippines (AHN) - The lone district of Malabon City-Navotas was represented by a new, and according to a tribunal rightful, lawmaker on Thursday, when Josephine Lacson-Noel was sworn in more than two...
Russian High Court Bans Death Penalty
Ayinde O. Chase - AHN Editor Moscow, Russia (AHN) - Russia announced on Thursday that it was reaffirming its ban on the death penalty. The announcement came ahead of a January 1 legal suspension date.The country's Constitutional Court...
Harper Prays For World Peace In Hindu Temples
AHN Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper ended his three-day visit to India on Wednesday by praying for world peace at the Golden Temple in Amritsar and the BAPS Swaminarayam Akshardham Temple.It is the...
Truck Inspections Causing Havoc, Delays Along Saudi-UAE Border
The Media Line Staff Between 4000 - 5000 trucks are stuck in 15 mile queues without access to shelter or provisions at a Saudi - U.A.E. border crossing due to new Saudi customs checks.Drivers and suppliers are worried fruit and vegetables cargo...
Israeli, Palestinian Olive Crops Beset By Theft And Violence
The Media Line Staff Israeli Itzhak Moreno holds a sack of freshly picked, plump olives, purple and ripe for the press.For the past year, he has been toiling in an orchard off the main road to Jerusalem, waiting for the right moment to harvest...
Half of Afghani, Yemeni Children Suffer From Stunted Growth
The Media Line Staff Children in half a dozen countries in the Middle East and North Africa have stunted growth problems resulting from malnutrition, a recent report by the United Nations' children organization (UNICEF) found.The UNICEF...
Saudi Clerics Told to Keep Sermons Short
The Media Line Staff Saudi authorities have told the kingdom's imams to shorten their Friday mosque-sermons to prevent unnecessary congestion in places of worship.The instructions are the latest in a series of measures taken by Saudi...
Only 7 Bets In Philippine Ruling Coalition's Senatorial Slate For 2010 Polls
Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer Manila, Philippines (AHN) - The ruling coalition is not fielding a complete senatorial slate for next year's national elections announcing Thursday only seven candidates for 12 slots of the Senate.Executive...
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