Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Monday | December 29, 2008
'Blagojevich out by February'
CHICAGO (AP): The lieutenant governor of Illinois said yesterday he was certain scandal-plagued Governor Rod Blagojevich will be out of office in less than two months.Lt Gov Pat Quinn, speaking from Chicago, said on CBS television's 'Face the Nation'...
UNITED STATES - Bush presidency not a failure - Laura Bush
WASHINGTON (AP): First Lady Laura Bush disagrees with critics who call the presidency of George W. Bush a failure. "I know it's not, and so I don't really feel like I need to respond to people that view it that way," Bush said in a television ...
EQYPT - Border guard killed in clashes with Palestinians
RAFAH, Egypt (AP):Palestinians breached the border fence with Egypt in several places and hundreds crossed, prompting clashes with Egyptian security that left one border guard dead, said an Egyptian...
AFGANISTAN - Video captures deaths of 14 Afghan students
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP):A single-file line of schoolchildren walked past a military checkpoint yesterday as a bomb-loaded truck veered towards them and exploded, ending the lives of 14 young Afghans...
CHINA - Money for melamine victims not enough, say lawyers
BEIJING (AP):Lawyers for the families of Chinese children sickened by tainted milk said yesterday that a compensation plan announced recently would likely be inadequate and lacked transparency, though they cautiously welcomed any move to help...
Colorado avalanche kills 2 snowmobilers
GRAND LAKE, Colorado (AP):An avalanche in the U.S. state of Colorado has killed two snowmobilers. The Grand County sheriff's office says the avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon as four Colorado residents were snowmobiling near Grand Lake...
GUINEA - Guinea coup leaders demote all generals
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP):Coup leaders in Guinea issued a declaration on state radio yesterday saying all military generals of the former regime had been demoted, raising the specter of instability in the country....
GHANA - Presidential run-off vote goes smoothly in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana (AP): Ghana's presidential run-off vote appeared to go smoothly yesterday, obser-vers and analysts said, even though the West African nation's ruling party and opposition traded allegations of rigging...
ISRAEL - Hospital goes underground for fear of missiles
ASHKELON, Israel (AP): The largest hospital on Israel's southern coast has gone underground.Wary of a missile strike against it from the nearby Gaza Strip, Ashkelon's Barzilai Hospital has moved its most essential departments into an underground bomb...