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UN chief visits Goma, Congo PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:00

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon greets children as he visits the Heal Africa hospital in Goma, eastern Congo, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Ban arrived Thursday in Goma, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a cease-fire to allow the visit to proceed. The M23 rebels and the Congolese army began fighting three days ago just north of Goma, ending a nearly six-month-long truce.(AP Photo/Alain Wandimoyi)GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed.
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Teen brother questioned in death of 2 Utah boys PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:00
WEST POINT, Utah (AP) — An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.
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Body of child found in deadly Minn. landslide PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:00
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities in St. Paul say they've recovered the body of a child missing since a rockslide killed a classmate and left two others injured at a park along the Mississippi River.
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Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:00

File- In this May18, 2013 file photo, activists of a gay flash mob throw balloons into the air marking International Day Against Homophobia in Kiev, Ukraine. A Ukrainian court on Thursday, May 23, 2013, banned efforts to hold the country's first gay pride demonstration, upholding a complaint by authorities in the capital that the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.
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Jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 23 May 2013 20:00

Hundreds of job seekers wait in line with their resumes to talk to recruiters at the Colorado Hospital Association health care career fair in DenverBy Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to resilience in the labor market despite belt-tightening by Washington. The improving employment picture is helping to prop up housing, with rising home prices keeping domestic consumption supported, limiting the drag from tighter fiscal policy that is dampening factory activity. "All the eggs are in housing and the consumers' baskets this quarter. ...
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