Tom Hanks to produce new Kennedy film
August 18th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Aug 18 (IANS) Actor Tom Hanks is set to produce a new drama chronicling the events leading to the assassination of late US president John F. Kennedy.The 56-year-old ... Read more...
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Gingrich finally calls it quits (Lead)
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 3 (IANS) With just two victories under his belt in Republican primaries, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich finally called it quits, a little less than a year ... Read more...
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Hurricane Irene may be America’s costliest catastrophe
August 31st, 2011 - 11:14 am ICT by IANS
Washingto/New York, Aug 31 (IANS) As the US East Coast struggled to recover from the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, rising floodwaters forced thousands of evacuations in New Jersey and Connecticut ... Read more...
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Russell Crowe may direct 77
April 29th, 2011 - 12:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, April 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Deadline has reported that Russell Crowe is close to his first director position. The report says the actor might find himself in the director’s seat for ... Read more...
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Ten Delhi schools get books from US embassy
April 11th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) Sally Roemer, wife of US ambassador Timothy Roemer, Monday presented 1,000 books to 10 schools in the Indian capital."The books are a symbol of the ... Read more...
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Mitt Romney Challenges Obama in Conservative Political Action Conference
February 12th, 2011 - 1:09 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Republican Mitt Romney held nothing back Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, accusing Democratic President Barack Obama of presiding over the “greatest job loss in modern American ... Read more...
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Lance Armstrong’s New Zealand holiday
January 30th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Auckland, Jan 30(ANI): American racing cyclist Lance Armstrong has been spotted in holiday hotspots across New Zealand as he takes time out from the drug allegations that continue to swirl around him.According ... Read more...
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Armstrong ‘pushed us towards’ banned boosting agent EPO: Ex-teammate
January 19th, 2011 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 19(ANI): American racing cyclist Lance Armstrong encouraged members of his former team, Motorola, to use the banned boosting agent EPO, a former teammate has claimed.Stephen Swart, a teammate in ... Read more...
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Anonymous buyer bids $500K for Star-Spangled Banner first edition
December 4th, 2010 - 11:32 am ICT by ANI
London, Dec 4 (ANI): An anonymous buyer bought the first edition of the "Star-Spangled Banner" poem, whose words were adopted for the US national anthem, for a whopping 506,500 dollars.According to Christie's ... Read more...
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‘Bush happy with living normal-sized existence after eight tumultuous years in White House’
November 13th, 2010 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 13(ANI): Former United States President George W. Bush is pleased that he is once again living a more normal-sized existence, a CBS News correspondent who interviewed him this week has ... Read more...
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Jay-Z wants to be US President
November 4th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 4 (IANS) Rapper Jay-Z is harbouring political ambitions. He wants to run for the White House in 2018."Give me a chance. Maybe in eight years, I'll be the president," ... Read more...
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US court stalls acceptance of gay recruits into military
October 21st, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.21 (ANI): A US federal appeals court has temporarily stalled the landmark court decision of allowing openly gay recruits to be accepted into the military.In response to an emergency request from ... Read more...
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Indian, Chinese talents making it tough for US: Obama
September 17th, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) US President Barack Obama says that with India and China catching up fast with "some very talented people" and a hunger for growth, America faces ... Read more...
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Obama’s election a ‘wonderful con,’ president ‘dishonest’: Ex-Speaker Gingrich
September 13th, 2010 - 2:22 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept.13 (ANI): Former House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrinch has described President Barack Obama's election victory in 2008 as a "wonderful con on the American people, and added that ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin to release new book
August 2nd, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Alaska, Aug 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Former Alaska governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has a second book in line with the title "America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith ... Read more...
Jim Webb, the Virginian Senator, Emphasizes That Diversity Programs Must Be Terminated
July 24th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, July 24, 2010 (Just Flashed): Jim Webb happens to be the Democratic Senator of Virginia. He has demanded that the state-run diversity programs must conclude. He has uttered that these programs ... Read more...
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Leonardo DiCaprio wants to play ‘duplicitous’ J Edgar Hoover
July 10th, 2010 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 10 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed that he hopes to play J Edgar Hoover, the first director of the FBI, in a film directed by Clint Eastwood."I want to do ... Read more...
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Obama again postpones trip to Indonesia, Australia and Guam
June 4th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has been forced to again cancel his trip to Australia, Indonesia and Guam as his administration tries to manage what is believed to ... Read more...
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Gettysburg National Park declared as an endangered battlefield
May 17th, 2010 - 7:08 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Gettysburg, May 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Gettysburg is going to be closed on the 3rd of June, because of cuts in the State budget. It is on the Civil War Preservation Trust's 2010 ... Read more...
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SEC To Examine The Accounting Measure Of Lehman
April 21st, 2010 - 9:42 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) has declared that it is examining if any of America’s biggest 19 banks are utilizing an accounting measure, which ... Read more...
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National Day Of Prayer 2010: White House Observance Cancelled
April 16th, 2010 - 1:20 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Apr 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) It's all over Facebook, "President Obama has decided that there will no longer be a "National Day of Prayer" held in May. He doesn't want to offend ... Read more...
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American Idol: 9-2 - Andrew & Katie Go Home
April 15th, 2010 - 1:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
After Mike was saved last week, there are no more saves available for the entire season. Another side effect of this save is the fact that two will go home this week. ... Read more...
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Some American States To Sue The Federal Government Over The Health Care Bill
March 23rd, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 23, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Washington's Governor and Attorney General are competing over the recently accepted health care restructuring bill.Attorney General Rob McKenna has declared that Washington will be ... Read more...
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Clint Eastwood To Direct Controversial J. E. Hoover-FBI Film
March 12th, 2010 - 11:46 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 12 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Clint Eastwood, who is a well-known Hollywood actor, and Oscar winning film director, is known for such films as "Unforgiven," "Grand Torino," and "Million Dollar Baby." He ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama donates inaugural gown to educational facility Smithsonian
March 10th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 10 (ANI): Michelle Obama has donated the white gown she wore at the inauguration to the Smithsonian, saying it helped the public "connect with a moment in history in a ... Read more...
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2010 Super Bowl most-watched TV show in history
February 9th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb.9 (ANI): This year's Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million viewers, surpassing the 1983 finale of "M-A-S-H" to become the most-watched televised event in American history.The Nielsen Company ... Read more...
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Virginia Tech officials warned own kin first about shooting
December 5th, 2009 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 5 (IANS) Virginia Tech officials locked down some administrative buildings and warned their own families more than an hour and a half before the rest of the university campus was ... Read more...
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Obama bow before Japanese Emperor aggravates American conservatives
November 17th, 2009 - 11:51 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.17 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has incited conservatives back home by bowing before Japanese Emperor Akihito during a visit to Japan last week.According to a Washington Times report, Obama ... Read more...
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Steel beam from 9-11 attacks returned to new World Trade Centre
August 25th, 2009 - 2:44 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 25 (DPA) A massive steel column from the original World Trade Centre destroyed by terrorist attacks Sep 11, 2001, was returned to its original site Monday to be a ... Read more...
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Three nabbed for America’s biggest case of identity theft
August 18th, 2009 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 18(ANI): In the biggest case of identity theft in American history, US prosecutors have charged a man with stealing data relating to 130 million credit and debit cards.Prosecutors say ... Read more...
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Gandhi, Mandela among Obama’s heroes
July 6th, 2009 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 6 (IANS) Besides Abraham Lincoln, President Barack Obama looks up to Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela as his heroes for bringing about transformative change without violence by changing people's ... Read more...
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Madoff gets 150 years for US’s biggest financial fraud (Lead)
June 30th, 2009 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
New York, June 29 (DPA) Bernard Madoff, the mastermind of biggest financial fraud in American history, was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison, the maximum sentence possible,
New York Judge ... Read more...
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Peterson of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s view on America’s health care systems
June 2nd, 2009 - 9:38 pm ICT by GD
With a new President on board who sincerely wants to expand health care access with a broad, bipartisan vote, people from all the world over want to put across their ideas and ... Read more...
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Michelle Obama to show her force in bio-comic
April 25th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 25 (ANI): Michelle Obama is set to grace the cover of a biographical comic book.The First Lady will feature in the Female Force: Michelle Obama "as she secures her ... Read more...
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Matt Damon to re-enact American history
April 17th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 17 (ANI): Hollywood actor Matt Damon is set to re-enact the American history for a documentary in The History Channel.Other celebs joining the 'The Departed' star to film dramatic performances ... Read more...
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