guardian.co.uk Samoa tsunami: at least 100 feared dead on Pacific islands guardian.co.uk Samoa tsunami: scene of devastation in Leone village, American Samoa. Barack Obama has declared the situation a disaster. Photograph: Ardie Roque/EPA At least 100 people are believed to have died and many more been injured in the Pacific island nations ... Earthquakes Off Indonesia, Samoa Kill Hundreds, Trap Thousands Bloomberg Samoa tsunami: British girl presumed dead Telegraph.co.uk 'Scores dead' after Pac

Sen. John McCain urges President Barack Obama to quickly heed the call for more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, saying the region would be destabilized if the U.S. and its NATO allies pull back. from msnbc.com: World news

AFP Obama Announces $5 Billion For New Medical Research New York Times By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical ... Obama says $5B in grants will aid medical research The Associated Press Obama announces stimulus funds for research during NIH visit Baltimore Sun Obama channels FDR in defend

Calling scientific research a job-creating engine, President Barack Obama heralded $5 billion in new government grants Wednesday to fight cancer, autism and heart disease while boosting the economy. Obama described the money as crucial to improving public health and helping add jobs to an economy that has seen unemployment surge. Visiting the Bethesda campus of the National Institutes of Health, he said that its projects illustrate the dual goals of the $787 billion economic stimulus bill: rescu

Clifton Maloney was a man who enjoyed beating the odds. At the age of 50 he took up running marathons. He went on to complete twenty. He climbed five of the famous 7 Summits, the tallest peaks on the seven continents. At the age of 71, he set a record by becoming the oldest man to summit Cho Oyu, an altitude of nearly 27,000 feet. Then, after safely descending to Base Camp 2, Clifton Maloney died quietly in his sleep on September 25, 2009. It is said that some 80 percent of those who d