News Office in Jordan Is Damaged in an Attack
Date: 16 June 2011
By Ethan Bronner
Ethan Bronner
The bureau chief of Agence France-Presse in Amman had received threats after the agency reported two days earlier of an assault on the king’s convoy.
Replaying Thursday, June 16, 2011
The June 16, 2011 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♊. It was the 166 day of the year. President of the United States was Barack Obama.
If you were born on this day, you are 15 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 8 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, June 16, 2027, in 356 days. You have lived for 5,487 days, or about 131,691 hours, or about 7,901,481 minutes, or about 474,088,860 seconds.
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16th of June 2011 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on June 16, 2011
Lawmakers Seek Assurances on Bank Regulations
Date: 16 June 2011
By Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
The United States worries that regulations being imposed under the Dodd-Frank act may slow economic recovery from the 2008 financial crisis and drive business overseas.
The Week’s Business News in Photos
Date: 17 June 2011
Financial turmoil in Europe, housing construction in the United States, the marketing power of custom mannequins and more.
A Hyperactive Fly on a Newsroom Wall
Date: 16 June 2011
By Michael Kinsley
Michael Kinsley
“Page One,” a documentary about The New York Times, is fixated on one particular reporter.
Epistemology and the End of the World
Date: 17 June 2011
By Gary Gutting
Gary Gutting
Why are some Christians “certain” that the rapture will occur, even thought they don’t know it in the scientific sense?
Good Pawlenty? Bad Pawlenty? So Far It’s Been Both
Date: 17 June 2011
By Michael D. Shear
Michael
Based on this week’s performance at the candidates’ debate and on Fox News, Tim Pawlenty is unsure whether to go after the Mitt Romney so early.
Obama Admin Objects to Alaska Oil and Gas Development Bill
Date: 16 June 2011
By PHIL TAYLOR of Greenwire
The Obama administration today said a proposal from House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to expedite oil a...
Americans Support Offshore Drilling, but Washington Wavers
Date: 16 June 2011
By John M. Broder
John
Public opinion wavered after the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but in general Americans back plans to reduce oil imports.
A New Therapeutic Tool in the Doctor’s Bag: Comic Strips
Date: 17 June 2011
By James Warren
James Warren
At a recent conference, health care professionals, artists and humanities scholars discussed how comics could be used in medical education, patient care and scholarship.
Norah O’Donnell Leaves NBC for CBS
Date: 16 June 2011
By Bill Carter
Bill Carter
Norah O’Donnell, the long-time Washington-based correspondent for NBC News, will join CBS News as its new chief White House correspondent.