AP - Egypt began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding in from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving deeper into Egypt. But authorities did not attempt to reseal the breached border with the Palestinian territory.
French bank Societe Generale says it has uncovered a huge fraud by a Paris-based trader, who has been suspended. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:24 pm
AP - Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is still failing to cover losses from collapse of international CD sales, the music industry's global trade body said Thursday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:23 pm
AFP - Palestinians thronged out of Gaza into Egypt for a second consecutive day on Thursday to stock up on supplies after militants blew open the border of the Hamas-run territory.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Palestinians thronged out of Gaza into Egypt for a second consecutive day on Thursday to stock up on supplies after militants blew open the border of the Hamas-run territory. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:23 pm
AFP - French banking giant Societe Generale said Thursday a single trader who fooled his bosses carried out a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud -- one of the biggest in financial history.
PARIS (AFP) - French banking giant Societe Generale said Thursday a single trader who fooled his bosses carried out a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud -- one of the biggest in financial history. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:16 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale said fraud by a single trader had caused it a 4.9 billion euro ($7.1 billion) loss and that it would seek emergency funds as a result, shocking battered markets.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Nine Afghan policemen were killed Thursday during an anti-Taliban operation by U.S.-led coalition troops in central Afghanistan, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:12 pm
involvement in Islamic militant activities overseas, the government said Thursday. Two of them have been detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows indefinite detention... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:11 pm
AP - Wall Street headed toward a moderately higher open Thursday, a day after stocks staged an extraordinary reversal and as European stocks rebounded from a sharp sell-off.
(Kyodo) _ A 35-year-old Indonesian man who is on trial for staying in Japan illegally was served a fresh arrest warrant Thursday on suspicion of operating an underground bank to send... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:07 pm
FLORENCE, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama's big lead over rival Hillary Clinton slipped slightly but is still substantial two days before South Carolina's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Thursday.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a blast a day earlier that devastated a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in the volatile northern city of Mosul.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 1:02 pm
AP - A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a blast a day earlier that devastated a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in the volatile northern city of Mosul.
ALLENBY BRIDGE, West Bank (Reuters) - The first battalion of Palestinian security forces crossed into Jordan on Thursday to begin training under a U.S. program after nearly a year-long delay.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO) Struggling Ford Motor Co. on Thursday reported a net loss in 2007 for the second year in a row due to slack sales in its mainstay North American... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:56 pm
A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a deadly blast a day earlier that devastated a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in the volatile northern city of Mosul. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:55 pm
Societe Generale uncovered a $7.14 billion fraud one of history's biggest by a single futures trader who orchestrated a series of bogus transactions that spiraled out of control, the French bank said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:53 pm
Investigators examining the causes of last Thursday's crash landing of a Boeing 777 at Heathrow have switched their focus to fuel supply. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:48 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in police uniform killed the police chief of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Thursday as he toured the scene of a blast a day earlier in which at least 20 people died, police said.
Israel wants to abandon all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including the supply of electricity and water, now that the territory's southern border with Egypt has been blasted open, Israel's deputy defense minister said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:45 pm
(Kyodo) _ Global emissions of carbon dioxide could be reduced by 45 billion tons by 2050 and help the world halve greenhouse gas emissions from the 2005 level if innovative energy-saving... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:45 pm
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian officials began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving deeper into Egypt but not attempting to reseal the breached border.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:42 pm
Egyptian officials began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving deeper into Egypt but not attempting to reseal the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:42 pm
An Iraqi police chief is killed in the northern city of Mosul as he tours the site of an earlier blast that killed 34. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:39 pm
(Kyodo) _ Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it posted a net loss of $2.75 billion, or a loss of $1.30 per share, down sharply from a net loss of $5.63 billion, or a loss of $2.98 per share, a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:37 pm
Kenyan opposition officials were behind attacks on the president's ethnic group, a rights group says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:31 pm
Peter Hain, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced his resignation from the cabinet following a row over undeclared political donations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:31 pm
Peter Hain, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has announced his resignation from the cabinet following a row over undeclared political donations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:31 pm
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian actor Heath Ledger, who was found dead in his New York apartment, was edgy and anxious during his Christmas holidays about not seeing his daughter Matilda, close friend and model Sophie Ward told local media.
LONDON (Reuters) - Investors poured back into equities on Thursday, hoping a rescue plan for ailing bond issuers would stop a new round of credit losses, although claims of a massive trade fraud added to financial sector worries.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have agreed to meet for the first time since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential elections, which sparked weeks of ethnic violence, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:17 pm
House Democratic and Republican leaders looking for imminent agreement with the White House on emergency package to jolt the economy out of its slump after negotiators on all sides made significant concessions at a late-night bargaining session. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:12 pm
Italian PM Romano Prodi decides to face a key Senate confidence vote that he is in danger of losing. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:10 pm
Kenyans attend a mass funeral in Nairobi. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki for talks to end the crisis sparked by his re-election one month ago -- as 12 people... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) greets former UN chief Kofi Annan before their meeting in Nairobi. Annan met Kibaki for talks aimed at ending the crisis sparked by his re-election one month ago -- as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga (L) meets former UN chief Kofi Annan in Nairobi. Annan met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki for talks to end the crisis sparked by his re-election one month ago -- as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
A Kenyan wails over the coffin of a relative during a mass funeral in Nairobi. Former UN secretary general Kofi Annan has met Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki for talks to end the crisis sparked by his re-election... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A top Israeli defense official said Thursday that Israel wants to relinquish all responsibility for the Gaza Strip, including the supply of electricity and water, now that the territory's southern border with Egypt has been opened.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
The Dutch Muslim Council appeals for calm ahead of the release of far-right MP Geert Wilders' film on Islam. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:49 am
In Delhi, Chris Morris looks at what could become an increasingly important special relationship between India and the UK. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:45 am
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- The rate of Amazon deforestation rose sharply during the last five months of 2007 as land was cleared for soy and cattle, prompting a top-level emergency meeting Thursday by government officials to deal with the problem.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:44 am
Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and top presidential candidate in the March 2008 election, Dmitry Medvedev, speaks to a waitress at a cafe in the city of Voronezh, about 475 kilometers (300 miles)... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:37 am
ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday he would go before the Senate as he struggles against increasing odds to save his centre-left government from collapse, the ANSA news agency reported. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:28 am
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has decided to go ahead with a vote of confidence before the Senate, the ANSA news agency reported after the embattled centre-left leader met for a second time with... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:04 am
Since taking over control of Pakistan's military forces from President Pervez Musharraf, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani has kept a relatively low profile. But he seems to be trying to keep the military out of politics.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, leaders are concerned about a potential U.S. recession and the recent volatility of financial markets.
Four years ago, SpaceShipOne made history as the first private manned spacecraft. SpaceShipTwo, which begins flight tests this year, will eventually offer paying customers the chance to become astronauts.
Government and militia factions have signed a peace deal to end a deadly conflict in eastern Congo. The accord follows weeks of negotiations brokered by the U.N., European Union and U.S.
The man in charge of auditing city finances and uncovering local corruption in New Orleans is off to a slow start. Bob Cerasoli, who made a name for himself investigating Boston's "Big Dig" project, is fighting the city's slow bureaucracy.
LONDON (AFP) - Global share prices rocketed Thursday in the latest roller-coaster ride by stock markets this week amid lingering fears a recession will hit the US economy, the world's largest, in coming months. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:51 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian girl spontaneously switched blood groups and adopted her donor's immune system following a liver transplant in the first known case of its type, doctors treating her said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:07 am
NEW YORK (AFP) - Tycoon Richard Branson unveiled his newest spaceship and said that test flights for the vessel would begin this year. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Jan 2008 | 9:50 am
British authorities are warning that a form of militant Islamist feminism is beginning to emerge, and that some Muslim women could begin to pose a security threat. The Islamic reawakening comes at a time when the British government is trying to enlist Muslim women to combat extremism.
The type of aircraft that crash-landed at Heathrow last week has had six other engine failures logged by American investigators, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Ministers must release an early draft of a controversial Whitehall dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the Information Tribunal ruled yesterday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Fat people will be offered cash incentives to lose weight and take regular exercise under a radical Government strategy announced yesterday to tackle the obesity epidemic. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
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AP - Egypt began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding in from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving deeper into Egypt. But authorities did not attempt to reseal the breached border with the Palestinian territory.
AFP - Palestinians thronged out of Gaza into Egypt for a second consecutive day on Thursday to stock up on supplies after militants blew open the border of the Hamas-run territory.
AFP - French banking giant Societe Generale said Thursday a single trader who fooled his bosses carried out a massive 4.9 billion euro (7.15 billion dollar) fraud -- one of the biggest in financial history.
AP - Wall Street headed toward a moderately higher open Thursday, a day after stocks staged an extraordinary reversal and as European stocks rebounded from a sharp sell-off.
AP - A suicide bomber killed an Iraqi police chief and two other officers Thursday after they toured the site of the wreckage of a blast a day earlier that devastated a predominantly Sunni neighborhood in the volatile northern city of Mosul.
