Monthly Archives: March 2011

Mexico City – Jimmy Carter and Calvin Coolidge have at least one thing in common: they are the only two US presidents to have visited Cuba since 1928. But Mr. Carter is the sole president – sitting or past – … Continue reading →

SYDNEY (AFP) – US talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey on Thursday moved to downplay comments in a new documentary-style show suggesting her high-profile tour of Australia in December was not a smooth ride. In Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes, Winfrey … Continue reading →

TORONTO (Reuters) – Canada’s minority Conservative Party’s gap over the opposition Liberals narrowed ahead of the May 2 federal election, according to a poll released on Thursday. The Nanos Research tracking poll of results over three days of surveys put … Continue reading →

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – Rebels fighting to install Ivory Coast’s democratically elected president began besieging the main city of Abidjan on Thursday after seizing a key seaport overnight. The top military commander of the country’s entrenched ruler fled to the … Continue reading →

CAIRO – International news agency Reuters says two of its journalists are missing in Syria. Diplomatic sources told the agency Wednesday that correspondent Suleiman al-Khalidi was detained by Syrian authorities in Damascus on Tuesday. He is a Jordanian national based … Continue reading →

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – An airline stewardess struggling to lift her bag at a German airport led to the discovery of a 6-million euro (5.3 million pound) coin fraud. The customs officer who stopped the stewardess in early 2010 found thousands … Continue reading →

OLTEN, Switzerland (Reuters) – Two people were injured when a parcel bomb exploded in the offices of the Swiss nuclear lobby on Thursday, police said. The two female employees of Swissnuclear were taken to hospital with superficial burns and hearing … Continue reading →