GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s gun control programme, the source of much speculation in the past few days, was unveiled Wednesday 16 January, a month after a mass shooting in Connecticut left 26 people dead, 20 of them young children. He is calling on Congress to put through his proposals, whose key points [...]
JetBlue pilot held without bond in Texas
April 3, 2012 by
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The JetBlue pilot who made world headlines after he was arrested for causing a mid-air panic among passengers is being held without bond following a federal court hearing in Texas Monday 2 April. Clayton Osbon, who has been a flight captain with the US airline for 12 years, was charged last week [...]
Motorcycle Migrants: New Mexico, China
February 15, 2011 by
Geneva, Switzerland – One of the largest human migrations in the world, including what must be the largest concentration of motorbike travelers, will be replayed in reverse this week as Chinese head back to work following a 15-day New Year holiday. Looking at scenes of the incessant biker traffic, particularly from the southern industrial zones, [...]
Texas woman, 115, dies: world’s oldest woman
February 1, 2011 by
Eunice Sandborn, 114 or 115, has died at her home in Jacksonville, Texas in the US, the world’s oldest woman. Her death was announced by the funeral home in the town. She was born Eunice Alice Lyons in Louisiana, the child of parents of German and Irish extraction, according to wikipedia. She married and outlived [...]
US census results sparking political map fights
December 22, 2010 by
Seats for the US House will be reapportioned now that the US Census results, announced 21 December, are out: more people are moving to the South and West, and Texas will gain more seats in the lower house of Congress than any other state. The increase in black and Hispanic groups in many areas accounts [...]
Widow of IRS agent sues killer’s wife
February 25, 2010 by
Valerie Hunter is suing Sheryl Stack in Austin, Texas in the US, for negligence. Hunter is the widow of Vernon Hunter and Stack is the widow of Joe Stack, who flew his small plane into the IRS tax offices where Vernon Hunter was working. Valerie Hunter’s lawsuit reportedly says Sheryl Stack, who spent the night [...]
Houston student takes top Prix de Lausanne dance prize
February 1, 2010 by
Click on images to view larger Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Cristian Emanuel Amuchastegui, age 18, won the top prize at the 2010 Prix de Lausanne dance competition. He is from Argentina and has been studying at the Houston Ballet’s Ben Stevenson Academy in Texas, USA. Amuchastegui also won the coveted prize as the audience’s favourite, [...]
12 dead, 31 wounded in US army base shootings in Texas
November 6, 2009 by
An army psychiatrist has shot and killed 12 US soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas army base Thursday, 5 November. In the attack at an army processing centre, 31 others were wounded. The shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was in stable condition after having been shot several times by security officers following the shootings. Hasan worked [...]
