People in the United States basically invented the Internet. So U.S. connections must be the fastest and cheapest in the world, right? Not so much. Broadband Internet speeds in the United States are only about one-fourth as fast as those in South Korea, the world leader, according to the Int... Read more...
Whoppers, Dairy Queen sundaes and the latest movies will soon disappear for U.S. military personnel serving Afghanistan, according to a blog posting by morale, welfare and recreation command Sgt. Maj. Michael T. Hall. In an effort to put more focus on fighting the Taliban, the military is... Read more...
The United States and Russia have reached "the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades," President Obama said Friday. The agreement cuts by about one-third "the nuclear weapons that the United States and Russia will deploy," the president said. "It significantly reduces ... Read more...
(CNN) -- The United States gave Iraq a bit of its long history back Thursday in the form of ancient golden earrings, an old Roman coin, a rifle emblazoned with Saddam Hussein's image and more. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton gave the cultural items to Sa... Read more...
(CNN) -- In what may be former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega's final showdown with the United States, his attorneys have filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to block his extradition to France. Last month, the court refused to hear Noriega's appeal as he fights extradition to Franc... Read more...
Uwe and Hannelore Romeike are not like other asylum seekers, people fleeing war or torture in places like Afghanistan, Iraq or Somalia. They're music teachers from a village in southern Germany. And yet, in what appears to be the first case of its kind, the couple and their five children were gran... Read more...
Wow... MIAMI — Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is facing charges that he attempted along with others to buy a large quantity of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer. A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration affidavit says Banton, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie, traveled to ... Read more...
[vodpod id=Groupvideo.4056461&w=425&h=350&fv=contentId%3Dworld%2F2009%2F11%2F27%2Fjamjoom.iraq.big.move.cnn%26context%3D640x384_start_art%26domId%3Dcvp_1%26w%3D640%26h%3D384] Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. drawdown currently happening in Iraq is not just about service members, it also ... Read more...