BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled Friday to Iowa, a state that is pivotal to a presidential campaign, in a trip that has heightened speculation that Jindal is planning a presidential bid in 2012. But Jindal said the speculation is ...

Rich countries launch great land grab to safeguard food supply - Focus Infomation

London. Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies, The Guardian reported ...

Hickam general assigned Oklahoma command - Honolulu Advertiser

Air Force Brig. Gen. Bruce A. Litchfield, director, logistics, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base, has been named the commander of the 76th Maintenance Wing at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Air Force Materiel Command ...

Wal-Mart Replaces Chief Scott With Overseas Head Duke (Update5) - Bloomberg

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott after almost nine years at the helm, replacing him with overseas chief Mike Duke . Scott, 59 ...

How to Stop a Serial Killer - Foreign Policy

Malaria is a mass killer. This year, 1 to 3 million children, or roughly 7,000 per day, will likely die from the mosquito-borne disease. Around 90 percent of the staggering illness and death will occur in Africa. There is no excuse for inaction ...