Kenyans burned to death in church
At least 30 people are burned to death in a church in Kenya amid mounting violence since last week's elections.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 3:19 pm
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck at a Shiite funeral in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, killing five people and wounding 15, police said....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 3:15 pm
Revelers Ring in 2008 From Times Square to the Vegas Strip
Revelers gathered in droves from New York to Las Vegas to ring in 2008 with confetti, music and streamers.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 3:08 pm
Kenyan Church Torched; More Than 200 Killed in Riots
Kenyans ventured out in search of food on Tuesday after four days of violence killed more than 200 people and President Mwai Kibaki came under increasing pressure for what protesters called his sham re-election.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 3:02 pm
US Diplomat Killed in Sudan Shooting
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- An American diplomat and his driver were shot to death Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, the U.S. Embassy said, a day after a joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur region....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:55 pm
US diplomat killed in Sudan shooting (AP)
AP - An American diplomat and his driver were shot to death Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, the U.S. Embassy said, a day after a joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping in Sudan's Darfur region.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:55 pm
American Diplomat Killed in Sudanese Shooting
The U.S. Embassy on Tuesday said a U.S. diplomat was killed in a shooting attack on a vehicle in the country's capital.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:55 pm
Fighting Intensifies After Election in Kenya - New York Times
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A man was attacked Monday in Nairobi by supporters of President Mwai Kibaki. More Photos > By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya sank deeper into trouble on Monday, with a curfew imposed in Kisumu, the country’s third-largest city, ...
Kenya's Post-Election Violence Complicates Key US Alliance
Kenya Church Fire Kills 15 Refugees
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:50 pm
Woman Forced to Leave Bus After Reading Bible Out Loud
A Texas woman is demanding an apology from her citys mass transit system after she was booted off a bus for reading the Bible aloud, MyFoxDFW.com reported Monday.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:43 pm
Olmert hints Jerusalem division is inevitable (Reuters)
Reuters - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled
on Tuesday Israel might have no choice but to share Jerusalem
with the Palestinians in a peace deal, citing international
pressure for compromise over the holy city.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:41 pm
Olmert hints Jerusalem division is inevitable
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled on Tuesday Israel might have no choice but to share Jerusalem with the Palestinians in a peace deal, citing international pressure for compromise over the holy city.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:41 pm
Pop Tarts: Pam Anderson Leaves Kids in Hotel to Party
Pamela Anderson may be one busty babe who still gets paid to party, but while the mama was making moves at PURE in Vegas, she left her teen kids in the hotel room to lay low.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:38 pm
2008 presidential hopefuls offer last pitches for Iowa
The leading presidential contenders made closing arguments for their candidacies and against their opponents in weekend interviews ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:35 pm
Deaths fall as Baghdad celebrates
The number of civilians killed in Iraq is continuing to fall, data published by Iraqi ministries suggest.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:32 pm
Kenya opposition sees death-toll reaching 250
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Bodies and debris lay in Kenyan streets on Tuesday as Western powers pressed President Mwai Kibaki to investigate a disputed re-election that has triggered days of riots killing at least 150 people.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:30 pm
American diplomat shot and killed in Sudan - International Herald Tribune
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By Jeffrey Gettleman NAIROBI: An American diplomat in Sudan was shot and killed early Tuesday as he was coming home from a New Year's Eve party at the British Embassy in Khartoum, the capital, Western officials said.
Reports: Diplomat Wounded, Sudanese Driver Killed in Attack
US diplomat, driver fatally shot in Sudan
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:24 pm
Bhutto Spouse, Divisive Figure, Asserts Himself - New York Times
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Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, 19, center, with his mother’s portrait, was overshadowed by his father, Asif Ali Zardari, left, at a Pakistan Peoples Party news conference on Sunday in Naudero.
Pakistan decides "in principle" to delay poll
Pakistan may delay vote, announce date Wednesday
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:22 pm
US official killed in Sudan shooting
KHARTOUM (AFP) - A US diplomat and his embassy driver were killed in a pre-dawn shooting attack in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday but the authorities insisted it was not a terrorist attack.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:22 pm
Kenya Church Fire Kills 15 Who Fled Mob
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of Kenyans fleeing election violence on Tuesday, and at least 15 people burned to death, police and a witness said as the president came under increasing pressure over the disputed vote....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:19 pm
Kenya church fire kills 15 who fled mob (AP)
AP - A mob torched a church sheltering hundreds of Kenyans fleeing election violence on Tuesday, and at least 15 people burned to death, police and a witness said as the president came under increasing pressure over the disputed vote.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:19 pm
Gay Couples Enter Into Civil Unions at N.H. Statehouse
Dozens of gay and lesbian couples entered into civil unions in New Hampshire in the early moments of New Year's Day as a new state law legalized such arrangements after midnight.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:15 pm
U.S. official shot in Sudan attack dies (Reuters)
Reuters - A U.S. government aid official who was critically wounded in a shooting attack on his vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday has died, a U.S. embassy official said.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:09 pm
U.S. official shot in Sudan attack dies
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A U.S. government aid official who was critically wounded in a shooting attack on his vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday has died, a U.S. embassy official said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:09 pm
Pakistan to announce vote date Wednesday (AFP)
AFP - Pakistan officials said they would announce a February date for general elections on Wednesday, postponing the crucial vote in the chaotic aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:08 pm
Pakistan to announce vote date Wednesday
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan officials said they would announce a February date for general elections on Wednesday, postponing the crucial vote in the chaotic aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:06 pm
US diplomat dies in Sudan attack
A US diplomat in Sudan is killed in a shooting in the capital, Khartoum, US embassy officials say.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:02 pm
Amnesty bill sent to Iraq's parliament speaker
The government sent Iraq's parliament speaker a draft bill on Tuesday for an amnesty for some detainees being held in Iraqi prisons, ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:02 pm
Times Square celebrates 100th ball drop (AP)
AP - Not even a fractured foot could keep Ryan Visto from joining more than a million revelers in Times Square to watch the symbolic sphere make its 100th descent into the new year.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:01 pm
US diplomat dies after Sudan shooting
A US diplomat has died after being shot during a pre-dawn attack in Khartoum, Sudan, embassy officials have said.Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:01 pm
Cyprus and Malta adopt the euro
Cyprus and Malta join the eurozone, making the single-currency area a club of 15.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 2:00 pm
Crocker Looks Ahead in Iraq
There are signs of progress in Iraq: insurgent attacks have decreased by more than 60 percent since June because of the U.S. troops surge. However, it remains a very dangerous place. U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker discusses 2007 and about new challenges in 2008.
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One man dies in 7-alarm Boston fire
A fire swept through a five-story condominium complex on New Year's Eve, killing one man and forcing fire crews to leave the ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:59 pm
Maine man protests civil unions in New Hampshire - Boston Globe
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CONCORD, NH—As dozens of gay and lesbian couples celebrated the arrival of civil unions in New Hampshire at midnight last night, a member of The Christian Civic League of Maine handed out pamphlets denouncing homosexuality.
New Hampshire Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions
New Year, New Unions for Gay Couples
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:53 pm
Analysis: Huckabee may have gone too far (AP)
AP - Mike Huckabee may have finally gone too far.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:51 pm
Germans tighten car exhaust rules
Three German cities now make drivers display stickers to show their cars meet emission standards.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:49 pm
Suspect jumps off SoCal bridge with dog (AP)
AP - A man being chased by authorities grabbed a police dog and leaped off the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, taking the animal with him into the frigid ocean water 200 feet below.Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:48 pm
EU says Kenya poll flawed, death toll nears 260
NAIROBI (AFP) - EU monitors cast doubts Tuesday on the results of Kenya's disputed presidential vote, stepping up the pressure on re-elected President Mwai Kibaki as his country reels from violence that has claimed nearly 260 lives.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:38 pm
Hawaii (12-0) Hoping to Be This Year’s Boise State - New York Times
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Charlie Riedel/AP The freshman tailback Knowshon Moreno averaged more than 5 yards a carry this season in leading 10-2 Georgia’s ground game.
June Jones survives miracle crash, drives Hawaii's success
Georgia-Hawaii pairing makes the Sugar Bowl interesting
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:35 pm
U.S. diplomat shot dead in Sudan
A U.S. official says an American diplomat in Khartoum has died of injuries suffered in a shooting early Tuesday that also killed ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:34 pm
Poll: Huckabee Maintains Lead Over Romney - ABC News
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BY JONATHAN ROOS - DES MONIES REGISTER Mike Huckabee, a former Baptist minister riding a wave of support from fundamentalist Christians, tops Mitt Romney for first place in a new Des Moines Register poll of Iowans planning to attend Thursday's ...
First-time political participants key in Iowa
Huckabee unveils, withdraws Romney ad
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:33 pm
Pakistan decides "in principle" to delay poll
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan plans to postpone next week's election after Benazir Bhutto's killing sparked turmoil in the nuclear-armed country, but officials put off a final announcement until Wednesday to consult parties.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:27 pm
Northeast braces for new wave of snow
Residents in parts of the Northeast braced Monday for the second winter storm in as many days, testing weather records and motorists' ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:27 pm
Nasa attacked on air safety study
US space agency Nasa is criticised for issuing an incomplete and unanalysed report on air safety.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:21 pm
Liberian Anti-Crime Tool: Cell Phones
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's government is giving away specially programmed cell phones so citizens in the country impoverished by civil wars can report rapes and other violence as crime soars amid a shortage of police officers....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:15 pm
CDC seeks 44 on flight with TB patient
Health officials are searching for dozens of airline passengers who may have come in contact with a 30-year-old woman infected ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:15 pm
Sri Lankan Tamil MP assassinated in temple
COLOMBO (AFP) - An outspoken ethnic Tamil opposition MP was shot dead during a New Year service at a Hindu temple in the Sri Lankan capital Tuesday, the third assassination of a minority legislator in two years.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:13 pm
Pakistan Polls 'Impossible' on Jan. 8
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's election commission said Tuesday that unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto would almost certainly force the postponement of Jan. 8 elections, despite opposition threats of street protests if the poll is delayed....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:07 pm
Clinton holds lead as Romney slips in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mike Huckabee hold narrow leads on their top rivals two days before the state opens the presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 1:00 pm
Cyprus and Malta ease into the euro
NICOSIA (AFP) - The Mediterranean island states of Cyprus and Malta welcomed in the new year with a new currency on Tuesday, taking the number of countries now using the euro to 15.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:44 pm
Thousands Switch Parties: Is There A Primary Reason? - MSNBC
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By Karen Branch-Brioso of The Tampa Tribune TAMPA - The Democratic National Committee voted Aug. 25 to punish Florida for scheduling its Jan. 29 primary earlier than party rules allow, and stripped all its convention delegates.
Voters register in waves for primary
Mail voter registration by Friday
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:37 pm
12 Killed in India in 2 Separate Attacks
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- Two assailants with guns and grenades ambushed a police recruitment center in northern India early Tuesday in an attack that killed seven police officers and a civilian, a police official said....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
Pelosi's First Year as Speaker Marred by Lack of Achievement
Chief disappointment for the liberal San Francisco Democrat was failure to deliver on her biggest goal: ceasing U.S. combat missions in Iraq and getting troops on their way home.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm
Party aide: Bhutto planned to expose government scheme to rig vote
On the day she was killed, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto planned to give two U.S. lawmakers a dossier accusing the ruling ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:10 pm
US diplomat shot in Sudan attack
A US diplomat is wounded and his Sudanese driver killed in an attack in the capital Khartoum, reports say.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:10 pm
PHH Scraps Sale as Blackstone Fails to Get Funding (Update2) - Bloomberg
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By Simon Kennedy Jan. 1 (Bloomberg) -- PHH Corp., the New Jersey-based mortgage and vehicle leasing company, scrapped its $1.8 billion sale to General Electric Co.
PHH Ends Agreement With Blackstone, GE Unit
PHH terminates merger agreement with GE and Blackstone
Source: Google News | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:06 pm
Traditional family key to world peace: Pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict ushered in the third New Year of his pontificate on Tuesday with a call for the protection of the traditional family, which he said was vital for world peace.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
Second arrest after policewoman shot in pub
Police hunting a gunman who shot a female police dog handler as she investigated a suspected armed robbery at a country pub have arrested a second man.Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
New Year violence leaves boy, 16, dead
A 14-year-old boy and a 15-year old girl are among three people arrested after the suspected murder of another teenager during last night's New Year celebrations.Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 11:51 am
New Year violence leaves boy, 16, dead
A 14-year-old boy and a 15-year old girl are among three people arrested after the suspected murder of another teenager during last night's New Year celebrations.Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 11:51 am
Live - Premier League
Fulham lose to Chelsea in Roy Hodgson's first game in charge as the Premier League kicks off in 2008.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Jan 2008 | 11:45 am
World Welcomes New Year With Fireworks
PARIS (AP) -- From New York to Baghdad to Sydney, New Year's revelers welcomed 2008 with parties, fireworks and hopes for peace and prosperity....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 10:12 am
Millions celebrate, but bombs and security fears cloud New Year
NEW YORK (AFP) - Millions staged parties at iconic landmarks around the world to bid farewell to 2007 and ring in 2008, although bomb attacks and security fears darkened some New Year festivities.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
Woman who tried to kill President Ford freed
Sara Jane Moore, who took a shot at President Ford in a bizarre assassination attempt just 17 days after a disciple of Charles ...Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 9:59 am
Pakistan: Jan. 8 Elections 'Impossible' After Violence
It appears "impossible" for Pakistan to hold a vote on Jan. 8 because of unrest following the killing of Benazir Bhutto, the country's election commission said Tuesday.Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jan 2008 | 9:20 am
China's Hu vows forceful measures to curb inflation
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed "forceful measures" to curb rising food prices and address a booming real estate market that has seen property prices sky-rocket, state press said Tuesday.Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Jan 2008 | 9:08 am
Sonia Gandhi Hospitalized but Stable
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Sonia Gandhi, the head of India's ruling Congress party, was admitted to a New Delhi hospital with a chest infection but was in stable condition Tuesday, a hospital official said....Source: AP Top International News At 10:15 ... | 1 Jan 2008 | 8:28 am
"Swish-and-spit" test screens for cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A simple mouth rinse may provide a new way to screen for head and neck cancers in people at high risk for these diseases, researchers said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 5:16 am
Colombian hostage rescue deal crumbles
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) - A delicate mission to free three hostages held by Colombian guerrillas appeared to collapse on Monday as the government and rebel leaders accused each other of trying to kill the deal.Source: Reuters: Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 3:32 am
Mississippians Divided on How to Spend Katrina Aid
There's a debate in Mississippi over how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal money granted after Hurricane Katrina. Advocates for low-income people claim Mississippi is not providing enough of the funds to its poorest residents.
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Huckabee Wavers, then Shows Critical Romney Ad
Three days before the Iowa caucuses, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had an unusual news conference Monday. He had promised to unveil a negative ad against his main opponent in Iowa, Mitt Romney. But at the conference, Huckabee said he would take the high road by not airing the ad. Then he played it for the reporters.
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Pakistan prepares to delay elections
Pakistan's electoral commission has suggested that elections scheduled for next week should be postponed because of unrest following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am