Kenya's police fire into the air to disperse opposition supporters on the second day of poll protests. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
AP - Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots.
AP - Faced with a deteriorating economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated he is open to congressional and White House efforts to develop a rescue package to avert a recession.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police clashed with opposition protesters on Thursday in a second day of demonstrations against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election in which police have already killed three.
George Osborne is to be investigated by the parliamentary sleaze watchdog over his alleged failure to fully declare £500,000 in donations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:47 am
Fiji needs to get rid of its reputation as a nation with a "coup culture", its current military leader says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:46 am
AP - O.J. Simpson was a free man again Thursday as he awaited trial in his armed robbery case after a judge doubled his bail and blistered his "arrogance or ignorance" for violating the terms of his previous release.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's military said air force jets destroyed a hideout used by senior Tamil Tiger rebels Thursday and soldiers captured a strategic stretch of road in a battle that left nine insurgents dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:44 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza bombarded southern Israel with rockets Thursday and Israel pounded back with air and ground fire, the latest spate of violence that has pushed peace efforts to the sidelines.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:28 am
AP - Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza bombarded southern Israel with rockets Thursday and Israel pounded back with air and ground fire, the latest spate of violence that has pushed peace efforts to the sidelines.
AP - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted on charges of working for an alleged terrorist fundraising ring that sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
AP - The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said. "It appears he hadn't gotten authority from anyone," said Rep.
AP - The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years.
'American Idol' auditions in Texas showcase lesser talented vocalists and slightly peculiar personalties as Paula and Randy fail to match Simon's spontaneity. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:15 am
Sri Lanka's military says its fighter jets have destroyed a Tamil Tiger base where its leaders were meeting. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 11:15 am
AP - One day after testifying before Congress, baseball commissioner Bud Selig told owners he hopes to complete his review of the players and executives mentioned in the Mitchell Report by the start of spring training in mid-February.
GREENVILLE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican White House hopefuls turned their sights on South Carolina on Wednesday, the day after Mitt Romney's decisive Michigan win focused a topsy-turvy U.S. presidential race on growing voter worries about the economy.
KABUL (Reuters) - Worsening security is pushing Afghanistan towards a crisis, the country's main opposition group said on Thursday, days after a deadly Taliban raid near the presidential palace.
The Mozambique authorities say flooding could be cause more damage than those of seven years ago. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:59 am
DNA evidence found on the bodies of three murdered prostitutes provided an "inexorable" link to their alleged killer Steve Wright, a jury has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:56 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Young men armed with machetes hurled stones at police who fired back tear gas in a slum in Kenya's capital Thursday, but most of the country was quiet as opposition protests over a disputed presidential election appeared to lose steam.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:46 am
Palestinian militants escalate rocket fire and Israel says it will keep up military pressure on Gaza. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:41 am
Two disputed offices of the British Council are likely to remain closed amid ongoing UK-Russia tensions. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:36 am
Pakistan's army says pro-Taleban militants have abandoned a fort they overran in the north-west. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:34 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's chief nuclear negotiator said on Thursday the West had failed in efforts to put pressure on the Islamic Republic over its atomic activities.
San Francisco police searched the car and cell phones of two brothers mauled by a zoo tiger, but haven't said if they found any evidence that the young men provoked the animal, which also killed their friend. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:29 am
Deutsche Bank plans to eliminate 300 jobs from its investment banking unit amid market volatility. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Jan 2008 | 10:25 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States stressed on Thursday that it opposes Taiwan plans to hold a referendum on U.N. membership, while China urged Washington to help oppose the vote that it calls a dangerous provocation.
JENIN, West Bank (AP) -- He once carried an assault rifle and planned attacks on Israelis. Now, the retired Palestinian militant breaks up fights between children in a theater that he helped establish in the West Bank town of Jenin.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 9:24 am
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australia said Thursday it would send a ship to pick up two anti-whaling activists who jumped on a Japanese harpoon vessel from a rubber boat in Antarctic waters, offering a solution to a tense, two-day standoff on the high seas.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 9:23 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The head of U.S. forces in the Pacific said on Thursday the USS Kitty Hawk, banned from entering Hong Kong in November, had not obtained final permission from China before setting off from its home base in Japan.
BEIJING (AFP) - A severe drought has left parts of China's famed Yangtze river suffering their lowest water levels in at least 140 years, state media reported Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 9:18 am
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke signals that he was open to Congress and White House packages to avert a recession. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 9:14 am
BEIJING (AFP) - A top US diplomat urged China on Thursday to back a new UN resolution against Iran over its nuclear programme as Tehran's top atomic negotiator arrived in Beijing to lobby against such a move. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 9:13 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenya braced for more violence Thursday as the opposition vowed to press ahead with a second day of banned nationwide rallies against President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 8:59 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) - The eurozone economy should grow by about its potential of two percent this year, ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet said late Wednesday, brushing off comments made earlier by board member Yves Mersch. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 8:46 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain holds a steady 7-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina two days before the state casts votes in an unpredictable presidential nominating race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - O.J. Simpson was freed from a Las Vegas jail on Wednesday evening, after spending five nights behind bars for trying to contact a defendant in an armed-robbery case that could send him to prison for life.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia could send a customs ship to end a high-seas standoff in Antarctic waters by picking up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 7:23 am
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- In an embarrassing battlefield defeat for Pakistan's army, Islamic extremists attacked and seized a small fort near the Afghan border, leaving at least 22 soldiers dead or missing.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 7:14 am
A Navy helicopter carrying four people crashed in a field in rural South Texas late Wednesday. One person was rescued and taken to a local hospital and rescuers using spotlights and flashlights searched for the other three. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 6:45 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Sexually active gay men are at much greater risk than heterosexuals of infection from a highly virulent bacteria that has proven resistant to most antibiotics, according to a new study released this week. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 6:37 am
SHANGHAI (AFP) - China's largest steel maker Baosteel said Thursday it is still in iron ore price talks, denying a report it had walked out of negotiations over the price demanded by ore producers. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Jan 2008 | 5:56 am
Marine Cpl. Andy Powell watched his daughter Bailey Mae Powell enter the world in Kentucky via live video feed while he was stationed in Iraq. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 5:43 am
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet representatives for the four other permanent members of the Security Council to lobby for new sanctions against Iran's nuclear program after GAO report raises doubt on impact of unilateral sanctions. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Jan 2008 | 4:57 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia warned Kosovo's leaders Wednesday that if they declare independence the territory will never become a member of the United Nations or other international political institutions.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 4:28 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's care during his two-week hospitalization has sparked quiet debate on end-of-life issues in this predominantly Muslim nation.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 17 Jan 2008 | 4:04 am
Steve Wright, 49, "systematically selected" his victims before strangling or asphyxiating them and dumping their naked bodies in countryside around Ipswich, Suffolk, over a six-week period in 2006, it was alleged. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:15 am
Summertime ice in the Arctic Ocean has been in quick retreat. There's a lot of uncertainty about how quickly it will melt away entirely in the summertime. Estimates range from 2013 to beyond 2100. The uncertainty is explained by the science behind the phenomenon of melting.
Doctors in Naples have begun screening residents for deadly dioxins as fears grow that the city's rubbish crisis would unleash a "chemical bomb". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:02 am
The son of the security minister, Admiral Lord West, has been arrested for alleged drugs offences, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
A row over MPs' pay erupted last night after an independent review recommended that they should receive rises above inflation for the next three years. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Sri Lanka's civil war was reignited yesterday when suspected Tamil Tiger rebels bombed a civilian bus, gunned down fleeing passengers and attacked farmers as they retreated into the bush, killing 31 people and leaving 62 injured. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
A teacher at a leading fee-paying grammar school has been suspended amid allegations that she starred in a risqué advertisement which has become an internet hit. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
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AP - Parents may be left with only love and lots of liquid to give their sniffling babies and toddlers now that the government is declaring over-the-counter cough and cold medicines too risky for tots.
AP - Faced with a deteriorating economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has indicated he is open to congressional and White House efforts to develop a rescue package to avert a recession.
AP - O.J. Simpson was a free man again Thursday as he awaited trial in his armed robbery case after a judge doubled his bail and blistered his "arrogance or ignorance" for violating the terms of his previous release.
AP - Militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza bombarded southern Israel with rockets Thursday and Israel pounded back with air and ground fire, the latest spate of violence that has pushed peace efforts to the sidelines.
AP - A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted on charges of working for an alleged terrorist fundraising ring that sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
AP - The CIA official who gave the command to destroy interrogation videotapes apparently acted against the direction of his superiors, the top Republican House Intelligence Committee member said. "It appears he hadn't gotten authority from anyone," said Rep.
AP - The Republican presidential race is so unsettled that some party officials are openly talking of a scenario that seemed almost unthinkable until now: the first contested GOP convention in 60 years.
AP - One day after testifying before Congress, baseball commissioner Bud Selig told owners he hopes to complete his review of the players and executives mentioned in the Mitchell Report by the start of spring training in mid-February.
