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NBA players unlikely to accept latest offer from owners - AHN | All Headline News
Once down in the D-League would be paid at a pro-rated scale of $75000 a season, which is slightly above the current D-League maximum but roughly one-sixth of the NBA minimum, the source said. The owners' new proposal also would prohibit luxury ...
Obama administration hastens efforts to cut billions in waste spending - AHN | All Headline News
... created by the Affordable Care Act. Addressing a background conference call with journalists, senior administration officials said the HHS program would save $2.1 billion over the next five years, of which $900 million would be returned to states. ...
Tibetan monk burns self in call for return of Dalai Lama - AHN | All Headline News
He then poured petrol over himself and set himself on fire, according to the witness, who declined to be identified. After the incident, the Chinese army reportedly surrounded the monastery, Free Tibet claimed. The group also said the incident was ...
Ethan Hawke and wife welcome new baby - AHN | All Headline News
“He was very happy,” the source said. “Seemed like a proud daddy.” When asked once what it felt like being a father, the 40-year-old actor said, “It is the greatest pleasure in my life. It's the only role that if I fail, I will consider my life a ...
Senate set to give final approval to debt ceiling bill - AHN | All Headline News
Obama administration officials said the additional $2.4 trillion in borrowing should give the US government enough money to pay its bills until 2013. “In the end, compromise won out,” White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said. ...
Two killed as Somali soldiers clash at presidential palace - AHN | All Headline News
However, some independent sources said clash erupted as wrangle within the president and the speaker over the appointment of new cabinet lineup was continuing in the last few days. At least two soldiers have been killed and two others hurt after Somali ...
Dispute between Somali leaders delays cabinet nominations - AHN | All Headline News
“The list of the new cabinet will be officially released on Tuesday and the disagreement on the sharing [of] portfolios by the two sides led by the President and the Speaker has been resolved," said a government official who declined to give his name ...
Ancient wisdom, new knowledge - AHN | All Headline News
“It is always people's first choice here,” said a doctor in Sierra Leone who requested anonymity. “It's a custom people are addicted to.” It is custom, but often it is also the only health care people can afford or physically access. ...
White House to begin sending condolence letters to military suicide victims - AHN | All Headline News
In a statement to CNN, an administration official said, "Perpetuating a policy that denies condolence letters to families of service members who die by suicide only serves to reinforce this stigma by overshadowing the contributions of an individual's ...
Somalis flee as aircraft hover over Islamist stronghold - AHN | All Headline News
“From Friday up to this morning [Saturday], the sounds of planes could be heard throughout the town, mainly coastline areas,” a witness who asked not to be identified told a local radio station. He went on to say that the aircraft seemed to be ...
Vancouver businessman expected to buy NHL's Dallas Stars - AHN | All Headline News
Vancouver business magnate Tom Gaglardi is expected to acquire the cash-strapped Dallas Stars, a source close to situation reported Friday. Gaglardi will reportedly shell out around $250 million and at least 50 percent of lease to the American Airlines ...
Combat against Al Shabaab won't be stopped by govt's bickering: Official - AHN | All Headline News
Combat operations against Somalia's Al Qaeda-linked group, Al Shabaab, won't be stopped by the current bickering within the transitional federal government, a government official said Saturday. In an interview with state run Radio Mogadishu, ...
USC loses appeal over Reggie Bush case; still ineligible for bowl game - AHN | All Headline News
According to reports, citing several sources close to the situation, USC lost its appeal of penalties from the Reggie Bush case. Because Bush was found guilty of receiving impermissible benefits, the football program was banned from postseason play for ...
Dozens of Somali asylum seekers arrested in Turkey - AHN | All Headline News
“On Friday, about 4:30, a large number of Istanbul police have encompassed a home and got into house taking all Somali asylum seekers into custody,” a Somali woman who spoke on condition of anonymity, told BBC Somali Service by telephone. ...
Cameron says privacy laws are MPs' task, not judges' - AHN | All Headline News
Cameron's comments came at a time that there were a number of super-injunctions recently issued by British courts, including to a former banker who did not want to be identified in newspaper articles as the ex-chief executive of a failed financial ...
Al Shabaab confiscates relief agency headquarters in southern Somalia - AHN | All Headline News
A resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for security reasons, told All Headline News from Marka, a town about 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of Mogadishu, that al Shabaab militants looted equipment such as cars and computers belonging to World ...
Myanmar officially dissolves SPDC; appoints Thein Sein as new President - AHN | All Headline News
However, a government official said that it remained unclear whether Min Aung Hlaing has finally taken over as the army head. When publishing articles from AHN we require that you follow several simple rules and that you abide by our Terms and ...
Saudi Women Embrace Feminism -- On Their Own Terms - AHN | All Headline News
A 29-year-old Saudi woman journalist, who asked not to be identified, says few young women have role models beyond the Prophet Muhammad's wives, Aisha bint Abu Bakr and Khadījah bint Khuwaylid. “If I was looking for role models, I'd want women who ...
Al Shabaab executes two men in Mogadishu - AHN | All Headline News
People in the village were astonished by the hasty judgment and expressed concern, a resident who spoke on condition of anonymity told All Headline News. Abdinasir Hussein Ali, one of the deceased, had reportedly defected from al Shabaab in early 2009 ...
Charcoal trade booming despite ban - AHN | All Headline News
"The trade in charcoal in [the port city of] Kismayo seems to be picking up every day, with the current level and intensity being the highest ever," a civil society source, who requested anonymity, told IRIN on 19 January. Previously cutting trees and ...
Gates, Mullen put all options on the table for Libya - AHN | All Headline News
According to a Pentagon official, who asked not to be identified, the two latest ships will join already present the USS Stout and the USS Barry, both of which are destroyers as well as the USS Mount Whitney which is a naval command ship. ...
Behind the news blackout, a civil war may be looming in Libya - AHN | All Headline News
Ali, who asked not to be identified by his full name, has been keeping in contact with friends and family back at home and set up a website Libya17feb to aggregate news, Tweets and other information as it leaks out of the country. ...
US concerned about the safety of Raymond Davis in Pakistan - AHN | All Headline News
“The question here is whether he was properly notified as a member of the diplomatic mission under the treaty,” a senior administration official said adding that the Pakistan was notified on January 20, 2010 that Davis is a member of the embassy staff. ...
LeBron doesn't take kindly to heckling fan - AHN | All Headline News
The fan, who declined to give his name to ESPN.com, said he was offended by James' cursing. He was also told by security to refrain from heckling the rest ...
MLS' Houston Dynamo has groundbreaking ceremony for new stadium - AHN | All Headline News
A source close to situation said steps will be taken to speed up the construction of the Dynamo-operated stadium, which is located in downtown Houston. ...