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Experts Call for Revamping of US Patent System

Monday, April 30, 2007 6:50:00 PM

Microsoft's Corporate Vice President, Marshall Phelps, lead a panel of intellectual property industry experts in a discussion of the U.S. patent system, now more than 200 years old, and how it can ...   Full Story

Debate on Commercial Whale Hunting Returns

Monday, April 23, 2007 6:55:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A coalition of 20 environmental and animal welfare organizations urged the Bush Administration today at a news conference to take a leadership role to stop commercial whaling and prot ...   Full Story

Virginia Tech Tragedy Touches Washington, D.C. Area

Monday, April 23, 2007 6:49:00 PM

CENTREVILLE, VA—The Virginia Tech massacre afflicted the lives of people from across the U.S. and from around the world, including Peru, India, Egypt, Indonesia, and Puerto Rico.The tragedy touched ...   Full Story

Japanese Culture Explosion

Sunday, April 22, 2007 3:10:00 PM

Iron Chef Morimoto is coming, and who doesn't love the Iron Chef? The Smithsonian's Japan WOW! began March 31 and will continue through till early June.   Full Story

Google Joins Holocaust Museum to Prevent Genocide in Darfur

Monday, April 16, 2007 9:20:00 AM

Google and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum announced an initiative on April 10 to bring more attention to the ongoing crisis in Darfur.   Full Story

Food Crises in North Korea

Monday, April 09, 2007 6:57:00 PM

Estimates vary from 600,000 to 3¼ million deaths caused by starvation in North Korea during the mid-1990s. "As many as one million" is the phrase used by Stephan Haggard and Marcus Nolan in their rece ...   Full Story

DC Dual Fashion Show To Raise Funds for Washington's Animal Shelters

Monday, April 09, 2007 3:20:00 PM

Returning the loyalty that pets show their owners, the Washington Humane Society (WHS) will host a benefit fashion show, Fashion for Paws, Saturday, April 14th at the Embassy of France. Proceeds will ...   Full Story

Bush, Democrats Engage in Crossfire on Iraq Funds

Saturday, April 07, 2007 6:55:00 AM

President Bush piled pressure on Democrats Saturday to approve $100 billion to fund the Iraq war without attaching a troop pullout timetable, while Democrats called on him to compromise.   Full Story

Locals Protest Russian Government

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:55:00 PM

Washington, D.C.—Dozens of local residents gathered in front of the Russian Embassy today to protest the Russian government's deportation of a Chinese political refugee back to China. Protests hav ...   Full Story

'Handwriting on the Wall': Twenty Million Withdraw from Chinese Communist Party

Monday, March 26, 2007 4:16:00 PM

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The number of Chinese people renouncing their ties to the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its affiliated organizations passed the 20-million milestone early Monday morning.

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