VOA News - Clinton On
Human Rights Agenda
Source: www.voanews.com
In a recent speech, U.S.
Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton explained
how human rights and
democracy are integral to
America's broader foreign
policy. The United
States' mission, she...
AP - Last month, marine
scientists counted more
than 1,500 sea lions on
fabled Pier 39, a record
number that delighted
tourists and baffled
experts. Why so many? Why
were they sticking
around? But now, almost
all of the sea lions are
gone, leaving th...
AFP - President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva
Tuesday signed a law
requiring that Brazil cut
greenhouse gas emissions
by 39 percent by 2020,
meeting a commitment made
at the Copenhagen climate
change summit.
AP - Once in a blue moon
there is one on New
Year's Eve. Revelers
ringing in 2010 will be
treated to a so-called
blue moon. According to
popular definition, a
blue moon is the second
full moon in a month. But
don't expect it to be
blue — the nam...
AP - Attorneys for an
exotic animal dealer have
accused an employee of
intentionally neglecting
animals to further his
work as an undercover
investigator for an
animal rights group.
Reuters - Quebec will
become the first province
in Canada to adopt
California's strict auto
emissions standards, the
province's environment
ministry said on Tuesday.