Reuters - There has been some progress in U.S. government-driven negotiations to save Chrysler LLC, according to a senior White House official, who on Sunday also did not rule out an attempt to complete the company’s restructuring in bankruptcy.
Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed on Sunday that the United States would never sell out Lebanon in any deal with Syria and she urged the Lebanese to hold an “open and fair” election in June.
US calls for freeze on government aid to UAE and international anger grows as the half-brother of Manchester City’s owner is seen on video shooting at, setting fire to and running over a helpless Afghan he had accused of cheating him in a business deal The accused is Sheikh Issa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, half-brother of Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan pictured above. Photograph: Rabih Moghrabi/AFP/Getty Images A shocking videotape showing a wealthy prince from the United Arab Emirates brutally torturing a man in the desert has brought a sharp focus on western dealings with the oil-rich Gulf state. The man at the centre of the 45-minute tape, which shows bloodcurdling…
By BETSY MCKAY and DAVID LUHNOW Health officials said Saturday there were no new confirmed cases of a deadly flu virus, but warned that the disease is widespread and intensified their search to discover its true potential. Mexican health authorities said the death toll from the new strain of A/H1N1 swine flu remains at 20, and they are continuing to investigate whether more than 1,000 others were infected with the mysterious bug, which attacked in three geographically diverse areas of the country and is taking its heaviest toll in young adults. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the number of confirmed cases of the new flu in the U.S….
His bloody, bullet-riddled body, naked except for his underwear, was found on the floor of a hotel room in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Police say Michael Dwyer, a 24-year-old Irishman, was a ruthless assassin hatching a plot to murder the Bolivian President, Evo Morales. His family say the allegations are “absolutely ridiculous” and the Irish government is demanding an investigation into his death alongside a Balkan war veteran and a Hungarian nationalist. Mr Dwyer’s mother, Caroline, describes her son as “fun-loving, always good-natured, generous, always thinking of us”. She is clearly baffled by the alleged transformation of her son from an engineering…
Reuters - Twenty cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the United States as the White House stepped up efforts to monitor the outbreak, U.S. officials said on Sunday.
Reuters - Fears of a global swine flu pandemic grew with new infections in the United States and Canada on Sunday, and millions of Mexicans hid indoors to avoid a virus that has already killed up to 81 people.