A reported three deaths on what became a “Black” Friday

November 30, 2008

NEW YORK(RushPRnews)12/01/08-This years Black Friday turned out to be a not so nice one after three deaths were reported in two stores across the country.

Two people were killed in a shooting at a Palm Desert, California, Toys “R” Us store and a Wal-Mart emplyee was killed in Long Island, New York. Read more

Indian Home Minister Shivraj Patil Resigns Following Mumbai Attacks

November 30, 2008

By Steve Herman

India’s home minister resigned Sunday — the first political casualty after the unprecedented terror attack on the country’s commercial capital.


New Delhi, India (RushPRnews)11/30/08
-The political fallout from the Mumbai terror attack is beginning to take its toll on the administration of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. As Mr. Singh convened an all-party meeting to discuss security, his home minister submitted his resignation. VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports from New Delhi.
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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to be Next Secretary of State

November 30, 2008

Hilary ClintonOfficial announcement will be made the Monday after Thanksgiving

By Ane Howard

WASHINGTON(RushPRnews)11/22/08-After much speculation, rumors and close-door debates, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has accepted President-elect Obama’s offer to become the next United States Secretary of state. The New York Times, citing sources close to the Clintons, said that the New York Senator and former First-Lady reached the decision after further discussions about her role with President-elect Barack Obama, and with her husband, former President Bill Clinton. Read more

Pakistan Withdraws Pledge to Send Spy Chief to India

November 30, 2008

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi By Ayaz Gul

Islamabad, Pakistan(RushPRnews)11/30/08-Pakistan has urged India to lower bilateral tensions that are running high over Indian allegations that the terrorists behind Mumbai’s deadly assaults have links with Pakistani extremist groups. The Pakistani foreign minister has reiterated his country stands ready to help New Delhi investigate the violence and will move against any local group in Pakistan if India produced solid evidence. Ayaz Gul reports from Islamabad.
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Reuters online blog: US$1 billion lawsuit mulled against world leaders for global warming?

November 29, 2008

[Editor's note: The news in the following Reuters blog post was first reported here at RushPRnews in an article by Mitchell Anderson from DeSmogBlog. Dan Bloom is a RushPRnews reporter. The "story" has now been picked up by Reuters Environment Blog online, posted there by Aaron Gray-Block.]

AMSTERDAM(RushPRNews)11/30/08 – In a global stunt, a U.S. environmental activist is poised to lodge a $1 billion damages class action lawsuit at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Netherlands against all world leaders for failing to prevent global warming.
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UN chief praises Qatar’s role in Global Sports Fund initiative

November 29, 2008

UNITED NATIONS (RushPRnews)11/29/08-UN secretary general Ban-Ki Moon has pledged his whole-hearted support for Qatar’s fight against drugs and poverty through the Global Sports Fund (GSF) initiative.
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Wal-Mart Employee Trampled to Death by Mob of Shoppers

November 29, 2008

By Matthew B. Zeidman

VALLEY STREAM, N.Y. (RushPRnews/Hollywood Today)11/30/08 – The post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy known as Black Friday became a testament to greed, callousness and indifference yesterday morning, when a seasonal worker at a Long Island Wal-Mart was killed by a crush of ravenous shoppers unwilling to wait for the store’s official opening.
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Cambodian Women Suffer Increasing Violence

November 29, 2008

A gruesome assault on two Cambodian women highlights what the government says is an escalating pattern of violence against women.

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia(RushPRnews)11/29/08—A Khmer-American man has confessed to pouring gasoline on his fiancée and her sister and burning them at their home in Cambodia’s northwestern Battambang province, authorities here say, amid what the government describes as a worsening pattern of violence against women.
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Indian PM Calls High-Level Meetings in Wake of Mumbai Attacks

November 29, 2008

By Steve Herman

New Delhi, India(RushPRnews)11/29/08-India’s prime minister Saturday called together the country’s top military and intelligence chiefs. Officials say he wanted details on the Mumbai terrorist attacks and the responsive actions being taken. In New Delhi, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman reports the government is finding itself under immediate pressure to show its resolve amid political criticism.
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