Archive for July 4th, 2009

UN’s Ban ends Myanmar trip empty-handed (AFP)

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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visiting the village of Kyondah in the Delta of Myanmar to see the progress of reconstruction from last year's devastating cyclone which killed over 130,000 people. Ban headed home empty-handed from a trip to Myanmar after the ruling junta brazenly snubbed his attempts to visit pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.(AFP/UN/Ho/Mark Garten)AFP – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon headed home empty-handed from a trip to Myanmar after the ruling junta brazenly snubbed his attempts to visit pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US lights up sky (AP)

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Fireworks of the 33rd annual Macy's Fourth of July display are seen Saturday, July 4, 2009, looking past the waterfront of Jersey City toward New York borough of Manhattan. This year the fireworks were moved from the East River to the Hudson River in honor of the 400th anniversary of the river's discovery by Henry Hudson.  (AP Photo/Mel Evans)AP – Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colors shooting 1,000 feet into the air on an Independence Day that started with the Statue of Liberty’s crown opening to the public for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

By George Larrimore

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Access Hollywood has learned that the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is conducting an investigation into the welfare of Michael Jackson’s three children, in light of the unanswered questions about his death.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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