http://www.cdeclips.com/China Daily RSSCopyright © 2008- China Daily Hong Kong Limited, All Rights Reservedhttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/ChinaDaily_RSS_americas.xmlFri, 30 Jul 2010 08:36:22 GMThttp://www.cdeclips.com/web_xml/RSS/china_daily_logo.jpghttp://www.cdeclips.com/LOS ANGELES — British energy giant BP and victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill go to court for the first time Thursday during a session in Idaho that sets the stage for a potential trial of the century.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48709http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870929 Jul 2010 09:41:56 +0800LONDON — WikiLeaks' editor-in-chief claims his organization doesn't know who sent it some 91,000 secret US military documents, telling journalists that the website was set up to hide the source of its data from those who receive it.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48710http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4871029 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800RICHMOND, Virginia — A team of scientists will launch an expedition to the Titanic next month to assess the deteriorating condition of the world's most famous shipwreck and create a detailed three-dimensional map that will "virtually raise the Titanic" for the public.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48701http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870129 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800PHILADELPHIA — Condoleezza Rice is no stranger to the whims of royalty. So when the Queen of Soul herself, Aretha Franklin, decided the two should get together to play a song or two for charity, it was decreed.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48703http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4870329 Jul 2010 09:41:09 +0800WASHINGTON — Leaked documents on the Afghanistan conflict, including accusations that US ally Pakistan is helping the Taliban, further complicate President Barack Obama's strategy at a time of mounting doubt over the war effort.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48638http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4863828 Jul 2010 09:07:51 +0800BRASILIA — Brazilian native Indians on Sunday took 100 workers hostage at the construction site of a hydroelectric plant in the southern Amazon region, local media reported.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48563http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4856327 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800NEW YORK — She loves the taste of blood, hates the sun, and, if you ask, will tell you she died in a train accident back in 1892: Meet Seregon O'Dalley, a would-be vampire living in New York.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48555http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4855527 Jul 2010 09:23:41 +0800AgenciesMEXICO CITY — A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48483http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848326 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK ­— A former Chinese doctoral student in the United States must decide by Tuesday whether to accept a plea bargain or continue fighting charges that have mistakenly seen him branded a potential "terrorist".http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48485http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848526 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800By Chen WeihuaHAVANA — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has been warning of an impending war and on Saturday he dressed for it, donning a green military shirt that was once his typical dress, in his latest public appearance after four years in seclusion.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48486http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4848626 Jul 2010 09:36:21 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Northwest Airlines repeatedly failed to follow federal safety orders but wasn't held accountable by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a government report.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48436http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843624 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK — Brazil's Green Party presidential candidate is hoping her use of social media will help boost her low poll numbers before October's election as she seeks to close the gap with the two front-runners.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48437http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843724 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — More and more new Chinese immigrants in the United States are trying to get the best of both worlds — citizenship in the US, for its stable social system and better living environment, and employment in China, with its prospering economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48439http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4843924 Jul 2010 13:08:28 +0800By Tan YingziWASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama signed into law on Wednesday the most comprehensive financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression, vowing to stop risky behavior on Wall Street that imperiled the US economy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48323http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4832322 Jul 2010 15:56:13 +0800AgenciesBeijing — Like a scene out of a science fiction movie, a laser beam fired from a ship shot down four unmanned vehicles in a secret test carried out off the California coast.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48291http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4829122 Jul 2010 09:23:23 +0800China Daily/AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — Engineers monitored a newly-capped oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday amid cautious optimism the months-long spill behind the worst environmental disaster in US history has been finally contained.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=48059http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4805919 Jul 2010 09:34:31 +0800AgenciesHOUSTON — Oil is no longer spewing into the Gulf of Mexico –at least temporarily–as BP Plc said it choked off the flow from its undersea well that ruptured in April and caused the worst offshore oil spill in US history.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47995http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799517 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesLOS ANGELES — Republican Meg Whitman has caught Democrat Jerry Brown flat-footed with an aggressive push for Latino voters in the California governor's race, making quick inroads with a traditionally Democratic constituency in an incendiary year for US immigration politics.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47996http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799617 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to Afghanistan next week for a crucial conference that US officials hope will clarify the long-term goals of an expensive, unpopular and increasingly uncertain war.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47999http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4799917 Jul 2010 11:10:57 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — US Pres­ident Barack Obama on Tuesday secured the 60 votes he needs in the Senate to pass a sweeping overhaul of US financial regulations, all but ensuring that he soon will sign into law one of the top initiatives of his presidency.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47885http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4788515 Jul 2010 10:57:33 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON - A US government document reveals that the Obama administration is planning to cut the US nuclear stockpile by up to 40 percent by 2021.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47843http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4784314 Jul 2010 16:40:01 +0800AgenciesMYSTIC, Connecticut —Artifacts of a battle between a Native American tribe and English settlers, a confrontation that helped shape early American history, have sat for years below manicured lawns and children's swing sets in a Connecticut neighborhood.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47805http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4780514 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — BP robots attached a new, tighter-fitting cap on top of the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil leak, raising hopes that the crude could be kept from polluting the water for the first time in nearly three months.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47811http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781114 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesHAVANA — Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro appeared on state-run television for the first time in nearly a year on Monday, looking alert and healthy.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47812http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4781214 Jul 2010 10:49:56 +0800AgenciesHANGA ROA, Chile — Tourists and scientists poured onto remote and mysterious Easter Island ahead of Sunday's solar eclipse, a mixed blessing of sorts for the tiny Pacific outpost.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47696http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4769612 Jul 2010 10:35:07 +0800AgenciesLOS ANGELES — From an ornate Egyptian sarcophagus to the striking preserved remains of a howler monkey wearing a feathered skirt, a new exhibition in Los Angeles is unraveling the mysteries of mummies.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47578http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4757809 Jul 2010 10:05:33 +0800AgenciesNEW YORK — American Joey "Jaws" Chestnut wolfed down 54 hot dogs in 10 minutes to claim his fourth consecutive world title on Sunday in one of the planet's most bizarre sports: competitive eating.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47335http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4733506 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesMEXICO CITY — Mexico's main opposition party, which ruled the country for most of the last century, claimed victory in Sunday's state elections marked by a blood-stained campaign.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47342http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4734206 Jul 2010 09:37:47 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — Many fishing boats signed up to skim oil sit idle in marinas. Some captains and deckhands say they have been just waiting around for instructions while drawing checks from BP of more than $1,000 a day per vessel. Thousands of offers to clean beaches and wetlands have gone unanswered.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47261http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726105 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800AgenciesNEW ORLEANS — The latest hopes to clean up oil near the spewing well in the Gulf of Mexico are riding on a massive new skimmer.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47262http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4726205 Jul 2010 09:18:03 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — Researchers have found a pattern of genes that predicts with more accuracy than ever before who might live to be 100 or older — even if they have other genes linked with disease.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47191http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719103 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesWASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama told Latino and other groups that Republicans are being excessively partisan during an election year, and accused the opposition party of delaying reform of the immigration system.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47192http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719203 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesHOUSTON, Texas —Tropical storm Alex slowed oil spill clean-up and containment work in the Gulf of Mexico and drove more petroleum into fragile Gulf wetlands and beaches on Thursday, with any permanent fix to BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well still several weeks away.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47194http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4719403 Jul 2010 11:34:35 +0800AgenciesHAVANA — Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States during a nasty international custody battle a decade ago, and is thankful "a large part of the American public" supported him being reunited with his father in Cuba.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47126http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712602 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800AgenciesANCHORAGE, Alaska — It's an unlikely collaboration: A 21-year-old aspiring artist in Europe is working with a 75-year-old Fairbanks linguist to carry on a dying native Alaskan language.http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=47128http://www.cdeclips.com/en/world/fullstory.html?id=4712802 Jul 2010 09:57:26 +0800Agencies