Pelosi to Attend Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony
Speaker Nancy Pelosi will attend the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official delegation on behalf of Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia,…
President Obama to Light the National Christmas Tree
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation have announced that President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and their family will officially light the National Christmas Tree at…
If I Were President: My Haitian Experience
Columbia Records will release If I Were President: My Haitian Experience, the new six-song EP from Wyclef Jean, available on the iTunes store today (Dec. 7). It includes “Election Time,”…
Wikileaks: All Leaks are being Plugged
As the U.S. government-led covert attacks continue on the whistleblowing site Wikileaks, its major corporate partners have cut off the site’s oxygen. While it’s still breathing on temporary support, leading…
Wikileaks Leaks Out Secret US Embassy Cables
By Rakesh Raman Wikileaks, a not-for-profit media organisation that releases classified information for public consumption, began on Sunday Nov. 28 publishing 251,287 leaked United States embassy cables (communications). It is…
Human Rights Outfit Welcomes Suu Kyi Release
Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist organization Amnesty International has welcomed the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a prisoner of conscience, from house arrest in Myanmar (formerly called Burma). Suu…