A Chinese official has held a rare meeting with Burmese opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin says Aung San Suu Kyi has asked several times to meet with Chinese officials. Liu says the Chinese ambassador met her in response to her request, and listened to her [...]
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December 16, 2011
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December 14, 2011
Attendants want ’30 Rock’ off flights
(CNN) — The NBC sitcom “30 Rock” lost some flight attendant fans after actor Alec Baldwin was kicked off an American Airlines flight when he refused to turn off his phone. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants requested Tuesday that the airline remove the show from all flights after last week’s incident at Los Angeles [...]
December 14, 2011
Army helicopter crash kills four soldiers at Washington base
Two US army helicopters crashed, killing four soldiers, during a training mission Monday night at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a military spokesman confirmed. The reconnaissance helicopters crashed after 8pm in the southwest training area of the sprawling base in Washington state, according to the army. Joint Base Lewis-McChord is one of the largest bases in the [...]
December 13, 2011
Air crash at US base ‘kills four’
13 December 2011 Last updated at 08:22 GMT Four soldiers were killed when two helicopters crashed on a training exercise, reports quoting a military spokesman said. Lt Col Gary Dangerfield of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, near Tacoma, told the Seattle Times the circumstances of Monday night’s crash remained unclear. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to [...]
December 12, 2011
Ryan Braun’s failed drug test not ‘intentional,’ spokesman says
(CNN) — Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun will “ultimately be exonerated” of suspicion that he used banned performance enhancing drugs during this past season, the left fielder’s spokesman said Sunday. Braun, the National League’s 2011 “Most Valuable Player,” faces a possible 50-game suspension after a urine sample tested positive for a high level of testosterone [...]
December 8, 2011
Lakers owner Jerry Buss hospitalized
(CNN) — Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss is in a Los Angeles hospital, where he is being treated for blood clots in his leg, a team spokesman said Wednesday night. Lakers spokesman John Black said Buss, who turns 78 next month, is “doing well” and should be released within the next day or two. [...]
December 8, 2011
December 7, 2011
Alec Baldwin removed from plane for playing with his phone
Alec Baldwin says he was kicked off a plane on Tuesday at Los Angeles International Airport after having words with a flight attendant over an “addicting” word game he was playing on his cellphone. The 30 Rock actor was asked to get off a New York City-bound flight for playing Words with Friends while the [...]
December 7, 2011
Game addiction costs Alec Baldwin his airline seat
Los Angeles (CNN) — Alec Baldwin’s addiction to the cell phone game “Words with Friends” got him booted from an American Airlines plane parked at a Los Angeles International Airport gate Tuesday afternoon, the actor’s spokesman said. “He loves WWF so much that he was willing to leave a plane for it, but he has [...]
December 5, 2011
Arrests after Occupy Portland protest
(CNN) — Protesters in Portland rallied in the streets overnight after the city closed a park half an hour ahead of schedule. “This is a peaceful protest! We have the right to assemble!” demonstrators chanted late Saturday night. The city closed South Park Blocks park about 8:30 p.m. (11:30 p.m. ET) after “park employees and [...]
December 4, 2011
Kansas City-bound airplane searched for explosives
December 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Kansas City-bound airplane searched for explosives –Airport spokesperson: Explosive-sniffing dogs used to search plane; 45 passengers questioned and their baggage searched 03 Dec 2011 (MO) U.S. authorities say they searched a commercial airplane for explosives after it landed in Kansas City because the airline received a “somewhat suspicious” electronic [...]
December 3, 2011
Netanyahu spokesman: Palestinians to blame for deadlock
A spokesman for Israel‘s prime minister has said the Palestinian leadership is to blame for the deadlock in peace talks, a day after the US defence secretary asserted that Israel was not doing enough to renew negotiations. Mark Regev, a spokesman for Binyamin Netanyahu, said Israel remains ready for the resumption of peace talks without [...]
December 3, 2011
US Renews Calls for Cuba to Release Alan Gross
The United States is renewing calls for Cuba to release imprisoned U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who on Saturday will have served two years behind bars on state security charges. White House spokesman Jay Carney called Friday for Havana to free the contractor immediately, saying it is “past time” for Gross to be allowed to return [...]