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The Gandhi Monument Council has urged the mayors of America's top 15 cities to name one of the major streets of their respective cities after peace icon Mahatma Gandhi.

'The new vaccine is the result of a deliberate effort to get ahead of these epidemics, at a price affordable in Africa,' said the Director-General of WHO, Margaret Chan.

Following Yevloyev's death, the Investigative Committee opened an investigation citing Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation-'death caused by recklessness.'

Drexel University, Philadelphia, Penn., $599,999 - to develop a field-portable sensor device that can quickly detect algal toxins or potential toxin-producers in source, finished, and system waters.

The intent is to generate fear and create the perception that Jerusalem, Jerusalem's Arab character and the Al-Aqsa mosque are threatened on personal, national and religious fronts.

The Republican National Convention began in earnest September 2, after the first day of convention activities were curtailed due to Hurricane Gustav.

Undergraduate students in their second year of study will receive up to $15,000 per year for two years and a summer internship with a $10,000 stipend at a NASA center.

Separately, the U.S. Department of Energy received a formal request from Marathon Petroleum Company's Robinson and Catlettsburg refineries for oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Hindus have called on all world religions, denominations and religious leaders not to just remain silent spectators to the plight of Roma people of Europe who are facing apartheid like conditions.

Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producer in the world and is sometimes referred to as the kingpin of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries .

Nearly $270 million has been contributed to the Fund by dozens of nations and groups, surpassing its $250 million funding target.

Each year, Americans spend more than 3 billion hours using lawn and garden equipment and more than 500 million hours in recreational boating.

North Korea cannot be removed from the U.S. state sponsors list until it submits a plan that would allow international inspectors to verify that North Korea's nuclear program has been stopped.

More Americans believe that past trade policies have been bad for the U.S. economy than believe those policies have been good, according to numerous polls.

NASA will hold a media teleconference Wednesday, Sept. 10, at 1 p.m. EDT, to discuss new results regarding the gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B, which was visible to the naked eye.