Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Wednesday | January 28, 2009
UNITED STATES - Obama pushes economic plan in Congress
WASHINGTON (AP): President Barack Obama met with Congres-sional Republicans on Tuesday in his quest to chip away at their doubts over the new administration's plans to spend $825 billion to rescue the economy. At every opportunity, the new Democratic...
Octuplets born in California doing 'very well'
BELLFLOWER, California (AP): Eight babies born to a mother in Southern California — only the second live-born set of octuplets in the United States — were in stable condition and breathing on their own, doctors said yesterday.
GUYANA - Over 700 deportations pending from Canada
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC):High Commissioner Charles Court says the matter of criminal deportations remains an important matter in Canada's bilateral relationship with Guyana, with at least 700 Guyanese currently...
EGYPT - President tells Arabic network US is 'not your enemy'
CAIRO, Egypt (AP):President Barack Obama told Arab television viewers that "Americans are not your enemy" in an interview aimed at repairing relations with the Muslim world that were damaged under the Bush Administration.
Bill Clinton gets millions from foreign sources
WASHINGTON (AP): Financial documents filed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton show that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned nearly $6 million in speaking fees last year, nearly all of it from foreign companies...
New York's new senator takes oath
WASHINGTON (AP): Kirsten Gillibrand, a little-known, pro-gun Demo-crat from upstate New York, has been sworn into the US, Senate, succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton.Vice-President Joe Biden administered the oath on Tuesday in the US Capitol building...