Basketball court is at Obama’s disposal at G-8 summit venue

October 3rd, 2009 Obamas celebrate anniversary with dinner outWASHINGTON — There was no trip to New York and no fancy outing as the Obamas celebrated their first wedding anniversary since they moved to the White House. Instead they kept it simple, with a dinner out Saturday night at an elegant, American-fare restaurant near Georgetown.

September 30th, 2009 Southeast Asian basketball league set for launchKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — The first pan-ASEAN professional basketball league has been officially launched. Malaysian aviation tycoon Tony Fernandes spearheaded the league's formation and hopes to boost the sport in the 10 countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

September 29th, 2009 ST PETERSBURG - Russia's state-run civilian nuclear power corporation 'Rosatom' will dismantle 191 out of 198 decommissioned nuclear submarines by 2010, a company report said Tuesday. "As of today, 198 nuclear submarines have been decommissioned from the Navy.

September 22nd, 2009 NCAA coaches back health care reformWASHINGTON — NCAA basketball coaches who are sometimes rivals on the court came united to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to push for quick approval of health care reform. "Now is the time to press full court," Notre Dame Coach Mike Brey told about 200 American Cancer Society activists and others, adding, "And foul a little bit." Georgetown University Coach John Thompson III countered that Brey's team knows more than a little bit about fouling.

September 5th, 2009 RANCHI - Jharkhand will raise 10 bomb disposal squads to tackle rising threats from Maoists and other terrorist groups, a senior police official said Saturday. "Each battalion of the JAP (Jharkhand Armed Police) will have its own bomb disposal squad.

September 3rd, 2009 Philly basketball court shooting kills 1, wounds 1PHILADELPHIA — Police say a shooting during a pickup basketball game at a Philadelphia recreation center has left a 23-year-old man dead and his 19-year-old brother wounded. About 30 people were on and around the Shepard Recreation Center court Thursday afternoon when two men approached, fired three shots and fled.

July 31st, 2009 As anticipate, on Thursday evening White House Rose Garden witnessed the "Beer Summit" and the taste of the president and three other guests. But who ever thought that non alcoholic Buckler beer would be a choice in the prestigious list of Beer Summit, it was never showed up in the probable lists of the experts.

July 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and the first family will rent a scenic farm house on Martha's Vineyard for their vacation during the last week of August, the Vineyard Gazette reported Monday. The Blue Heron Farm-located on the island's western end in Chilmark-is a sprawling 28.5-acre private residential compound with a white Victorian farm house, apple orchard, swimming pool, golf practice tee, basketball half-court, private dock with kayaks, and a basement movie theater, reports Fox News.

July 10th, 2009 Obama to conclude summit talks, meet with popeL'AQUILA, Italy — Global problems, Africa and the pope all figure in President Barack Obama's day. He's in Italy, where the three-day G-8 summit on climate change and the economy is wrapping up.

July 9th, 2009 L'AQUILA - Ground security for the G8-G5 summit in this town and its surrounding areas has been put on top priority with the Italian government hosting 27 heads of states. Nearly 10,000 security personnel have been assigned around Coppito, the main venue of the summit.

May 11th, 2009 Obama's Day: Health care, basketballWASHINGTON — Reforming the health care system to make it affordable for all Americans is one of President Barack Obama's top priorities. Obama plans to talk Monday about a health care industry offer of $2 trillion in spending reductions over 10 years to help pay for the program.

May 3rd, 2009 Obamas take a walk, holding hands in the eveningWASHINGTON — The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night. After a date night out on Saturday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama decided to take a stroll when their motorcade arrived back at the White House.

April 30th, 2009 Spike Lee films a game-in-the-life of Kobe BryantNEW YORK — You could call Spike Lee the basketball auteur. No other filmmaker has sought to accurately portray basketball as much as Lee has.

April 23rd, 2009 Italy asks to move G-8 summit to quake-hit cityROME — Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi says he wants to move this summer's Group of Eight summit to earthquake-stricken L'Aquila from Sardinia to both save money and provide the region with an economic boost. Berlusconi told a news conference after a Cabinet meeting in L'Aquila that the security costs of holding the July 8-10 summit in the Sardinian island of La Maddalena would have cost euro220 million ($285 million) alone — money better spent on reconstruction efforts in Italy's central Abruzzo region.

January 6th, 2009 BANGKOK - Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva Wednesday announced that the 14th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will be held in Hua Hin town and not in the Thai capital as planned earlier. He said the decision to shift the venue was taken in view of security reasons.