Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico (AHN) – The U.S. and Mexican governments signed agreements Tuesday designed to improve airline security as Mexico continues its war against drug cartels. The two countries also agreed to seek ways to protect immigrants, who are often targeted by criminals as they cross over [...]

Paris, France (NewsBahn) – Delegates from 48 countries ended a week-long conservation conference here Saturday with an agreement on new protections for several species of endangered sharks, but failed to tighten limits on harvesting bluefin tuna. Members of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas voted to ban the fishing and sale of [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – U.S. President Barack Obama was instrumental at the recently concluded 2-day Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. In which NATO was placed on a fresh-start with Russia that paved the way for renewed diplomatic relations between Washington and Moscow. Political pundits welcomed decisions adopted at [...]

The U.S. property and casualty industry continued to experience modest growth in premiums written while essentially breaking even on underwriting with a calendar year combined ratio of … View full post on Insurance Stories

The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel David Rosenberg and Benja – Israel’s housing shortage and the skyrocketing prices that it has created are unlikely to be solved by the government’s latest measures because the industry faces critical shortages of labor and bureaucratic obstacles to building, industry leaders said. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Housing and [...]

The Media Line Staff Jerusalem, Israel David Rosenberg and Benja – Israel’s housing shortage and the skyrocketing prices that it has created are unlikely to be solved by the government’s latest measures because the industry faces critical shortages of labor and bureaucratic obstacles to building, industry leaders said. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Housing and [...]

Kris Alingod – AHN News Contributor Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Families of 9/11 victims asked the Justice Department on Thursday to continue its original plan of prosecuting suspects of the terror attacks in civilian courts. The appeal was in response to comments by Attorney General Eric Holder that a decision on the trial [...]

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh insisted Monday that instead of “stealing American jobs,” India was helping “improve the productive capacity and productivity of America.” Speaking with Singh at a joint press conference at Hyderabad House, U.S. President Barack Obama tried to assuage India’s fears over his views [...]

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Some journalists complained Thursday during a business conference in Washington, D.C., about what they see as the sunset of the traditional news media while others said the Internet was opening new opportunities. The Online News Association conference in a downtown Washington hotel was [...]

Tom Ramstack – AHN News Correspondent Texas, El Paso, United States (AHN) – The FBI and U.S. military authorities are investigating the assassination Wednesday afternoon of an American National Guardsman in Juarez City, Mexico. The Guardsman, identified as Pfc. Jose Gil Hernandez Ramirez, 22, was shot to death with a Mexican man outside a home, [...]