Archive for March 18th, 2010
US President cancels Australia trip
US President Barack Obama has postponed his trip to Australia and Indonesia until a later date as he attempts to push his health care reform Bill through Congress. “We greatly regret the delay of the trip,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, but he added the “passage of health insurance reform is of paramount importance [...]
Villages blown away by cyclone
SUVA: International relief supplies have begun arriving in cyclone-ravaged Fiji as reports emerged of widespread destruction in isolated parts of the Pacific nation. Officials said up to half the buildings in the eastern Lau group of islands had been destroyed or badly damaged by Cyclone Tomas. Two villages were believed to have been wiped out. [...]
Recent Comments