New York, Sept. 18 : A CBS Evening News anchor will spend two days on the road with the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Tuesday.
K. Couric''s interview with Palin during the trip would be aired on September 29 and 30 on the CBS Evening News and The Early Show.
It has been timed for just before the Oct. 2 vice presidential debate between Palin and Democrat Joe Biden.
New York, Sept. 18: The two presidential candidates – John McCain (Republican) and Barack Obama (Democrat), it seems, have contrasting positions on how to deal with incidents like 9/11, should they occur again in the immediate future.
McCain told CBS News that as president, he would like to get both Republicans and Democrats on one platform to deal with a calamity of this nature in a unified way.
New York - US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday amid fears that more major bank failures could be around the corner, despite the government rescue of struggling insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 449.36 points, or 4.06 per cent, to 10,609.66. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 57.20 points, or 4.71 per cent, to 1,156.39.
New York - The UN Security Council on Wednesday faulted the Eritrean government for rejecting a UN team that sought to investigate border clashes between it and Djibouti.
The fighting in June resulted in the deaths of several soldiers from Djibouti. Djibouti said Eritrea invaded its border and complained to the council, which dispatched the team to the area to investigate.
New York/Taipei - A committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday tossed out Taiwan's request to join UN specialized agencies, like the World Health Organization, even though the Taipei government has downgraded its global campaign to return to the world body.
The decision by the General Committee was made during a closed- door session to adopt the agenda of debate for the 192-nation assembly, which opened its 63rd session on Tuesday.
New York - The United Nations plans to renew the mandate of its military observer force in Georgia by mid-October, but the situation may change after an international agreement is reached to monitor the conflict in that country, a UN official said Wednesday.
The UN, the European Union and the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe are to meet in Geneva next month to decide on an international mechanism to end the conflict between Georgia and Russia, which erupted over the break-away province of South Ossetia in August.
A CBS Evening News anchor will spend two days on the road with the Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, the network said Tuesday.
The two presidential candidates – John McCain (Republican) and Barack Obama (Democrat), it seems, have contrasting positions on how to deal with incidents like 9/11, should they occur again in the immediate future.
New York - US stocks fell sharply on Wednesday amid fears that more major bank failures could be around the corner, despite the government rescue of struggling insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG).
New York - The UN Security Council on Wednesday faulted the Eritrean government for rejecting a UN team that sought to investigate border clashes between it and Djibouti.
New York/Taipei - A committee of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday tossed out Taiwan's request to join UN specialized agencies, like the World Health Organization, even though the Taipei government has downgraded its global campaign to return to the world body.
New York - The United Nations plans to renew the mandate of its military observer force in Georgia by mid-October, but the situation may change after an international agreement is reached to monitor the conflict in that country, a UN official said Wednesday.
