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Republicans speak at CPPAC
Congressman King wants to be directly involved with all the candidates so he can make his own evaluation,” said Ann Trimble-Ray, a CPPAC staffer, adding that King also wanted to provide more opportunities for the candidates to visit the state and give people “one-on-one time with them, because that’s what we prize here in Iowa.”Voters,…
Sri Lanka rise to England challenge in W.Cup quarters
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara hopes fit-again spinner Muttiah Muralitharan rises to the challenge of a World Cup quarter-final against England on Saturday.Sangakkara said the 38-year-old off-spinner, who will retire from international cricket after the tournament, was fully fit for the R. Premadasa stadium clash.Muralitharan, who has a world record of 530 one-day wickets, injured…
Iraq diverts F-16 budget for food rations
BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraq has postponed the planned purchase of 18 F-16 fighter planes from the United States this year and diverted the funds to feeding the poor, an official said on Monday, amid growing protests that have been inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia."The F-16 contract has been postponed this year and…
Former N. Ireland leader Paisley gets pacemaker
BELFAST (AFP) – Former Northern Irish first minister Ian Paisley has had a pacemaker fitted after falling ill, his son said Tuesday.The 84-year-old titan of Northern Irish politics, who now sits in the House of Lords, fell ill at a meeting in the upper house last Wednesday.The firebrand preacher was treated by parliamentary paramedics before…
Nautilus X MMSEV Is More Outside-the-Box Space Thinking from NASA
Lack of money or direction has not caused some at NASA to decline to dream big. In that spirit, two engineers at the Johnson Spaceflight Center, Mark Holderman and Edward Henderson, Nautilus X MMSEV is a NASA acronym for Non-Atmospheric Universal Transport Intended for Lengthy United States X-ploration Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle.The Nautilus X would…
Trafficker who tried to buy DC-8 gets 30 years
NEW YORK – A Colombian drug trafficker who prosecutors say tried to buy a DC-8 jetliner and other large aircraft to smuggle cocaine was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Tuesday by a federal judge in New York.Francisco Gonzalez Uribe, 44, was arrested in 2009 during a sting in the Dominican Republic and pleaded…
China manufacturing up as Japan, Australia slow
SHANGHAI – China's manufacturing boom picked up pace in November, shrugging off weakness in the U.S. and other export markets that slowed production in Japan and Australia.The state-affiliated China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said Wednesday that its purchasing managers index, or PMI, rose to 55.2 last month from 54.7 in October and 53.8 in…
Connor Garmey Honored as a Finalist in This Year's K'NEXpert Building Contest
Severna Park, MD 8 Year-Old to be awarded $1,000 Savings Bond from K’NEX BrandsHatfield, PA (Vocus) November 19, 2010 K’NEX Brands,focused on building worlds kids love, has chosen Connor Garmey as one of the finalists of its 2011 . The nationwide building contest asks kids ages 5-12 to submit original designs made entirely out of…
Clinton to lead US delegation to Kazakhstan summit
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the December 1-2 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit in Kazakhstan, a US diplomat said Wednesday."Secretary Clinton plans to lead the US delegation to the OSCE summit," Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake said in…
Nobel panel may not hand out Liu's peace prize
OSLO, Norway – The Nobel Peace Prize committee says the award may not be handed out this year because no one from prize winner Liu Xiaobo's family is likely to attend the ceremony.The prestigious award can only be collected by the laureate or close family members.Liu, a Chinese dissident, is imprisoned, and his wife is…
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