LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) - Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and top Republicans Saturday braced for voters' judgments in the next contests in the tense 2008 White House nominating marathon. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 3:17 pm
Spanish authorities in Barcelona arrest 14 people suspected of having links to Islamist terror groups. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 3:14 pm
AP - Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness.
Thousands gather in Istanbul, Turkey, to mark one year since the murder of ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 3:12 pm
Reuters - Voters in Nevada and
South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S.
presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both
states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Voters in Nevada and South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S. presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
Reuters - Kenya's opposition on Saturday said it
would resume protests next week over a disputed election, just
having finished three days of demonstrations in which at least
23 died.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition on Saturday said it would resume protests next week over a disputed election, just having finished three days of demonstrations in which at least 23 died.
AP - Republican presidential hopefuls faced off in sleepy Nevada caucuses and a hard-fought South Carolina primary on Saturday, a pair of contests likely to winnow an unwieldy field of rivals.
Reuters - Pakistani forces captured 40
militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border,
a military spokesman said on Saturday, a day after up to 90
rebels were killed in two battles.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani forces captured 40 militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border, a military spokesman said on Saturday, a day after up to 90 rebels were killed in two battles.
AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group had the body parts of Israeli soldiers abandoned on the battlefield as he appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in more than a year.
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group had the body parts of Israeli soldiers abandoned on the battlefield as he appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in more than a year. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:59 pm
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala as 2.5 million pilgrims marked the climax of a major Shi'ite rite on Saturday, a day after gunmen attacked worshippers and police in other southern cities.
KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - Ashura rituals marked by millions of people across Iraq Saturday were marred by attacks that killed nine people but the main events in Karbala, though ritually bloody, ended without incident, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:53 pm
Environmental issues dominate as UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrives in Shanghai on day two of his trip to China. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:49 pm
AP - With recession fears rising and the stock market tumbling, President Bush on Friday called for up to $150 billion in tax relief for consumers and business and said there was no time to waste.
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Fourteen suspected Islamic militants arrested in Spain on Saturday may have been planning a terrorist action in Barcelona, the interior minister said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:44 pm
Charlotte County authorities on Saturday continued to search for a 21-year-old woman they believe was abducted from her home. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:40 pm
MUMBAI (AFP) - India's biggest share offer by Reliance Power was oversubscribed 73 times as investors scrambled to apply for a slice of the nearly three-billion-dollar flotation, final figures showed on Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:40 pm
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:37 pm
AP - Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.
MADRID (AFP) - Spanish police have smashed a suspected Islamist terror cell, arresting 14 people and recovering bomb-making equipment in overnight raids in Barcelona, the interior minister said on Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:26 pm
Police in Pakistan arrest five men accused of plotting terror attacks on Shia Muslims during a religious festival. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:11 pm
A small North Dakota town is getting a bit of foreign aid to help build its community center: a $75,000 donation from Iceland. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:06 pm
Oregon Mayor Carment Kontur-Gronquist, whose MySpace photos depict her in black lingerie on a fire engine, says those who want her out of office will have to 'drag me out of here.' Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 2:02 pm
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A teenager who said he was part of a team of assassins sent to kill former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was arrested near the Afghan border, Pakistani officials said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 1:53 pm
GAZA (Reuters) - A senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip on Saturday accused rival Fatah of plotting to assassinate Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh as he prayed and said the would-be suicide bomber had been arrested and had confessed.
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday confirmed receipt of a key report on the future financing of British bank Northern Rock, after claims its loans will be converted into bonds and sold. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 1:31 pm
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites beat and whip themselves with chains across Iraq to commemorate one of their most revered saints. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 1:19 pm
US presidential hopefuls gear up for votes in South Carolina and Nevada, with no clear frontrunner in either race. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 12:59 pm
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his group has body parts of Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon in 2006. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 12:16 pm
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Former Indonesian dictator Suharto's doctors said Saturday that his condition has improved and he has a good chance of recovering.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 12:07 pm
Security is high in Iraq for the Shia Muslim festival Ashura, after dozens die as a Shia cult clashes with police. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 12:03 pm
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) -- The historic chess match between American Bobby Fischer and Soviet champion Boris Spassky was the Cold War played out with pawns instead of missiles, a combat of mind games between two masters at the height of their powers.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 11:58 am
The BBC's Matthew Price joins the media scramble on the US president's hectic Mid-East tour, complete with men in black. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Jan 2008 | 11:52 am
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Britain and China are entering a new era of environmental cooperation and will lead the world in creating a sustainable future, Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday as he ended a two-day visit. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:48 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah appeared in public Saturday for the first time in more than a year to take part in the most important holiday for Shiite Muslims.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:47 am
Russia's military chief of staff said Saturday that Moscow could use nuclear weapons in preventive strikes in case of a major threat, the latest aggressive remarks from increasingly assertive Russian authorities. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:47 am
The street battles between members of a messianic cult and Iraqi troops raged for a second day as the death toll from the fighting in two predominantly Shiite southern cities rose from 50 to at least 68. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:35 am
Security officials in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province said Saturday they arrested a teenager allegedly involved in the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto last month. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:20 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli air strikes killed two Hamas militants in Gaza early Saturday, a day after Israel sealed the territory and bombed an empty Hamas government ministry in an intensifying campaign to halt rocket fire on Israeli border towns.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:14 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Hundreds of thousands of frenzied Shiites beat their heads and chests in unison and whipped themselves with chains Saturday across Iraq to honor the martyrdom of one of their most revered saints. The processions were marred by violence with a deadly bombing in northern Iraq and clashes south of Baghdad.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:44 a... | 19 Jan 2008 | 10:08 am
ELKO, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called on her chief rival Barack Obama on Friday to denounce ads being run on Spanish-language radio that accuse Clinton of not respecting Hispanic people.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush called on Congress on Friday to give the U.S. economy a "shot in the arm" with an election-year package of temporary tax cuts and other measures worth up to $150 billion.
LONDON (Reuters) - The personal details of up to 600,000 people were lost when a Royal Navy officer's laptop was stolen in the latest embarrassment to hit British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
President Bush on Friday attached a dollar figure to the economic stimulus package he's been talking about this week. He says he'd like to see $150 billion in tax rebates and other measures to keep the economy from slowing any further. But questions remain about who would get the rebates -- and who would not.
The personal details of 600,000 people interested in joining the Armed Forces have been lost after a laptop belonging to a Royal Navy officer was stolen, the Ministry of Defence has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
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AP - Undeterred by controversy, a mysterious visitor paid his annual tribute at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe early Saturday, placing three red roses and a half-filled bottle of cognac before stealing away into the darkness.
Reuters - Voters in Nevada and
South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S.
presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both
states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
Reuters - Kenya's opposition on Saturday said it
would resume protests next week over a disputed election, just
having finished three days of demonstrations in which at least
23 died.
AP - Republican presidential hopefuls faced off in sleepy Nevada caucuses and a hard-fought South Carolina primary on Saturday, a pair of contests likely to winnow an unwieldy field of rivals.
Reuters - Pakistani forces captured 40
militants in the South Waziristan region on the Afghan border,
a military spokesman said on Saturday, a day after up to 90
rebels were killed in two battles.
AFP - Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said his militant group had the body parts of Israeli soldiers abandoned on the battlefield as he appeared in public on Saturday for the first time in more than a year.
AP - With recession fears rising and the stock market tumbling, President Bush on Friday called for up to $150 billion in tax relief for consumers and business and said there was no time to waste.
AP - Bobby Fischer had hoped to play current world chess champion Viswanathan Anand or former great Garry Kasparov in a tournament before his death, an Icelandic newspaper reported Saturday.
Comment by Gary Chaison Professor, Industrial Relations, Clark University
