Washington - A second US Navy ship arrived Friday on the scene of a tense hostage stand-off near the coast of Somalia, where the captain of a US-operated ship was still being held by a group of four pirates, US defence officials confirmed. The USS Halyburton, a frigate, joined the USS Bainbridge, a destroyer that had arrived Thursday morning and taken up negotiations with the pirates, according to Commander Peter Schneider, a spokesman for the US Defence Department.
Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, was taken hostage Wednesday after a failed attempt by Somali pirates to capture the cargo vessel.
Washington - President Barack Obama on Friday pointed to some signs of progress for the US economy, which is going through one of its longest and deepest recessions since the Great Depression. "What you are starting to see is glimmers of hope across the economy," Obama said after a meeting at the White House with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic advisors.
Washington, Apr 10 : Hollywood actress Miley Cyrus has found a snoopy way to pin down potential boyfriends, as she sneaks through their cellphone text messages, before making her mind about her suitors.
Cyrus, who is currently dating Justin Gatson, has revealed that she goes through their text messages and sees whether they are good to their mum, for she believes that if they are nice to their mothers, they would be nice to her too.
Washington, Apr. 10: Republican strategist Karl Rove has called Vice President Joe Biden a "liar" for claiming that he scolded former President George W Bush in private meetings.
"I hate to say this, but he''s a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind, I would say liar. But it is a habit he ought to drop," Fox News quoted Rove, as saying.
"You should not exaggerate and lie like this when you are the Vice President of the United States," he added.
Washington, Apr 10 : Hollywood actress Christina Applegate, who was recently cured of breast cancer after a year-long battle, left her fans shocked when she was caught smoking.
She had quit the habit before undergoing a double mascetomy in a bid to get rid of cancer.
However, Applegate, who used to be a chain smoker, couldn't hold herself back for long and was spotted smoking in L. A
Washington, Apr. 10: A Texas lawmaker suggestion that voters of Asian descent adopt names that are "easier for Americans to deal with" at the polls has outraged the Asian American community.
According to Fox News, Texas Republican Representative Betty Brown made these comments on Tuesday as Ramey Ko, an associate member of the Organization of Chinese Americans, testified before the Texas House Elections Committee on voter identification legislation.
Washington - A second US Navy ship arrived Friday on the scene of a tense hostage stand-off near the coast of Somalia, where the captain of a US-operated ship was still being held by a group of four pirates, US defence officials confirmed. The USS Halyburton, a frigate, joined the USS Bainbridge, a destroyer that had arrived Thursday morning and taken up negotiations with the pirates, according to Commander Peter Schneider, a spokesman for the US Defence Department.
Washington - President Barack Obama on Friday pointed to some signs of progress for the US economy, which is going through one of its longest and deepest recessions since the Great Depression. "What you are starting to see is glimmers of hope across the economy," Obama said after a meeting at the White House with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and other economic advisors.
Washington, Apr 10 : Hollywood actress Miley Cyrus has found a snoopy way to pin down potential boyfriends, as she sneaks through their cellphone text messages, before making her mind about her suitors.
Washington, Apr. 10: Republican strategist Karl Rove has called Vice President Joe Biden a "liar" for claiming that he scolded former President George W Bush in private meetings.
Washington, Apr 10 : Hollywood actress Christina Applegate, who was recently cured of breast cancer after a year-long battle, left her fans shocked when she was caught smoking.
Washington, Apr. 10: A Texas lawmaker suggestion that voters of Asian descent adopt names that are "easier for Americans to deal with" at the polls has outraged the Asian American community.
