Tag: New York

Saturday, June 25th 2011 - 10:17 UTC
Great victory for gay rights movement: New York legalizes same-sex marriage

New York lawmakers narrowly voted to legalize same-sex marriage Friday, handing activists a breakthrough victory in the state where the gay rights movement was born. New York thus becomes the sixth state in the US where gay couples can wed and the biggest by far.
Thursday, June 2nd 2011 - 09:29 UTC
New York sues Federal government on natural gas drilling in Delaware river basin

$Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says ‘fracking’ system could contaminate New Yorkers water source$

New York's attorney general is suing the federal government to compel a full environmental review of proposed regulations for natural gas drilling in the Delaware River Basin.
Monday, May 2nd 2011 - 06:46 UTC
“Justice has been done”, said Obama announcing the killing of Bin Laden

Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind of the most devastating attack on United States soil in modern times and the most hunted man in the world, was killed in a fire-fight with US forces in Pakistan on Sunday, President Obama announced.
Monday, April 4th 2011 - 06:57 UTC
“London and New York, two biggest laundries of criminal and drug money”

Martin Woods, a former senior anti-money laundering officer at the London office of Wachovia Bank says that New York and London have become the world's two biggest laundries of criminal and drug money, and offshore tax havens.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:43 UTC
Jackpot with 319 million US dollars benefited seven New York state employees

Despite reports that seven New York state government workers held the winning 319 million US dollars ticket in the Mega Millions lottery, as of Sunday, no one had come forward to claim the prize, a New York Lottery spokeswoman said Monday.
Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:06 UTC
UN Secretary-General Guest of Honour at 11th Anniversary Gala of the Sejong Soloists “Dream Team” at Carnegie Hall

Sejong Soloists, the brilliant 14-piece conductor less string ensemble, often referred to as the sensational “dream team,” once again razzled and dazzled an internationally distinguished audience at their 11th Annual Gala in New York.
Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 05:07 UTC
Unasur chairman Kirchner condemns FARC and its ‘pre-Cold War’ attitude

UNASUR (Union of South American nations) Secretary General Nestor Kirchner currently in New York with the Argentine delegation for the United Nations General Assembly, said that the Colombian guerrilla FARC “are so back in time, that they are even far behind the Cold War”
Monday, September 20th 2010 - 02:12 UTC
Britain’s top novelist plans to move definitively to New York

Novelist Martin Amis, author of some of Britain’s best known modern literature is fed up with criticisms in Britain, and also on request from his Uruguayan wife is planning to move definitively to the United States.
Saturday, August 14th 2010 - 07:50 UTC
Mexican billionaire buys 44 million USD townhome in New York

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim real estate firm paid 44 million US dollars for a town-home on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue, adding to his property holdings in New York.
Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 06:03 UTC
US Judge Griesa Denies Request to Suspend Argentina’s Debt Swap

A US judge denied requests by a class of mostly individual bondholders to suspend or disapprove of Argentina's 20 billion US dollars debt swap.