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USAID Announces New Mission Director to Regional Mission in Ukraine

USAID Announces New Mission Director to Regional Mission in Ukraine

   The Acting Deputy Administrator for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), James Kunder, today administered the oath of office to Janina Jaruzelski as Mission Director for the USAID Regional Mission in Ukraine.

Posted : Sun, Jul 20, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

Pope to Lead Ecumenical Prayer Service at Manhattan Parish

Pope to Lead Ecumenical Prayer Service at Manhattan Parish

   Pope Benedict XVI will lead an ecumenical prayer service April 18, at St. Joseph's Church in the Yorkville area of Manhattan.

Posted : Mon, Mar 31, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $166 Million Contract to Produce Hydra-70 Rockets

U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics $166 Million Contract to Produce Hydra-70 Rockets

   The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract worth $166.4 million for the production of 2.75-inch Hydra-70 rockets.

Posted : Wed, Mar 26, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

Chinese Agent Sentenced to Over 24 Years in Prison for Exporting United States Defense Articles to China

Chinese Agent Sentenced to Over 24 Years in Prison for Exporting United States Defense Articles to China

   An engineer who conspired with family members to export United States sensitive military technology to the People's Republic of China was sentenced today to 293 months in federal prison.

Posted : Tue, Mar 25, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases

USAID Fights Neglected Tropical Diseases

   The new Presidential Initiative for NTD Control will increase the United States' commitment to NTDs from $15 million in 2008 to a total of $350 million over five years.

Posted : Sat, Feb 23, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

U.S. Provides Flood Assistance to Ecuador

U.S. Provides Flood Assistance to Ecuador

   The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), are airlifting relief commodities in response to severe flooding that has caused a humanitarian crisis in Ecuador.

Posted : Sat, Feb 23, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

Interpol Enters Search for Fugitive Marine

Interpol Enters Search for Fugitive Marine

   United States National Central Bureau (USNCB), a component of the U.S. Department of Justice, has requested the issuance of an Interpol Red Notice seeking the world-wide location, apprehension, and extradition of Cesar Armando Laurean-Ramirez.

Posted : Wed, Jan 30, 2008

Category : World-Business / World News

North Carolina Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

North Carolina Man Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography

   A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 84 months in prison for distributing online child pornography to a person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl, the Justice Department announced yesterday.

Posted : Sat, Dec 15, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News

Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 14 Years

Teen Birth Rate Rises for First Time in 14 Years

   The teen birth rate in the United States rose in 2006 for the first time since 1991, and unmarried childbearing also rose significantly, according to preliminary birth statistics released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Posted : Fri, Dec 07, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News

Iran accuses US for airspace violation

Iran accuses US for airspace violation

   Two US airplanes have violated Iran's airspace, near the Iran's border with Iraq, where the US and British military are deployed in force, according to a local military chief.

Posted : Mon, Apr 02, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News
 
 
 
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