Archive for November 15th, 2009
Palestine to go to Security Council
Palestinian chief negotiator says a new plan to turn to the U.N. Security Council is a bid to garner international support for an independent state and is not an unilateral step.
In first visit to China, Obama walks a tightrope (AP)
AP – President Barack Obama is walking a tightrope on his first trip to China, seeking to enlist help in tackling urgent global problems while weighing when and how — or if — he should raise traditional human rights concerns.
Obama arrives in China.
U.S. President Barack Obama lands in a rainy Shanghai, eastern China’s coastal commercial hub, before heading on to Beijing.
Two dead, one injured in Tamarac fire
The morning after a birthday party, two people were killed and a third injured in a fire at a two-story house in Tamarac.
Bush’s 2 TDs help Saints stay unbeaten, 28-23 (AP)
AP – Reggie Bush helped the New Orleans Saints overcome another bundle of mistakes to stay unbeaten for the best start in team history.
Disbursement for H1N1 vaccines uncertain http://ping.fm/GJGQa
Two dead, one injured in Tamarac fire
Two people were killed and a third person injured early Sunday when a fire broke out in a residence at 6020 Woodland Point Dr. in Tamarac.
Frustrated Palestinians to appeal to UN for state (AP)
AP – A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appeared more an expression of frustration with U.S. and Israeli policies and stalled peace talks than a real effort to go it alone.
Thousands mourn Enke
Nov. 15 – Thousands of fans, friends and fellow footballers attended a memorial service for Robert Enke on Sunday, in honour of the German goalkeeper who committed suicide.
Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court (AP)
AP – In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba. http://twurl.nl/fjlb7x
