A group of 22 students from the greater District of Columbia and Maryland area have been quarantined in China after several tested positive for the H1N1 flu virus, school officials said Tuesday. Total eclipses occur about twice a year as the moon passes between the Earth and the sun on the same plane as Earth’s orbit.
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Iranian police scatter anti-government protesters
Security forces dispersed a crowd gathering to protest the country’s regime Tuesday at a square in Iran’s capital. And with good reason.
Drowning island pins hopes on clean energy
Tuvalu, the fourth smallest nation on the planet, has announced it aims to be totally powered by renewable energy sources by 2020. Located between Hawaii and Australia, the tiny Pacific nation is one of the world’s climate change hotspots and many believe it is already seeing the negative affects of rising sea levels. The highest elevation on the island is just 4.5 meters (14.8 feet), and king tides have become increasingly damaging over the past 10 years, threatening the homes and livelihoods of its 12,000 inhabitants.
Capture of U.S. soldier ‘breaks our heart,’ friend says
A family friend of a U.S. soldier captured by the Taliban said his friends and family want Pfc
Record rain in Karachi kills dozens
Cleanup efforts unfolded Monday in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, after torrential monsoon rain over the weekend killed dozens, cut power to 15 million and broke a 32-year record. Officials combed the city looking for bodies
Summer School: What? No More Vacations?
Hello, summertime! No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers’ — wait, actually, yes, there may very well be more of each of those. Sorry, kids.
U.S.-Iran Relations: Is Diplomacy in Closer Reach?
Since the earliest days of his Administration, President Barack Obama has sought to engage Iran’s leaders in the search for diplomatic solutions to the standoff over Tehran’s nuclear program and other points of conflict. But in the days since protests exploded in the streets following the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, many U.S
Man’s family learns of his death one month after Iran protests
An Iranian family learned of their 19-year-old son’s death nearly a month after he was shot during a demonstration over the Islamic republic’s disputed election results, an international human rights group said Sunday. Sohrab Aarabi was apparently shot dead June 15 during one of the bloody protests that followed the June 12 presidential elections, according to the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran. At least 20 protesters were killed in the chaos and more than 1,000 were arrested in Tehran in the first few days after the election, but it was not clear whether Aarabi’s death was counted among those
Michael Jackson: Goodbye, or See You Soon?
The most striking statement at Michael Jackson’s memorial service was not his daughter Paris’ tremulous and wrenching goodbye. It was not Berry Gordy’s declaring Jackson “the greatest entertainer that ever lived,” nor was it the Rev
Obama at G-8: Full recovery ‘still a ways off’
President Obama said Friday that leaders of the industrialized nations have agreed to continue fueling economic growth while strengthening regulatory measures but they also realize that full recovery is "still a ways off." Obama listed some of the achievements of the Group of Eight summit this week in Italy as the conference neared the end, and he stressed the need for collective action. In addition, the G8 nations agreed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons, set goals for reducing carbon monoxide emissions and invest $20 billion in food security