PARIS (AFP) - French bank Societe Generale came under fierce scrutiny Friday over how a lone trader could build up billions of dollars of losses as the government tried to reassure investors there would be no fallout. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:26 pm
Egyptian riot police clash with hundreds of Palestinians on the Gaza border as they prepare to close it. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Stock markets rose further Friday on the growing view that fraud-linked billion-dollar losses at Societe Generale may have contributed to panic-selling earlier this week and bounced the US central bank into a radical rate cut. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:21 pm
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi lost a confidence vote in the Senate on Thursday and went to hand his resignation to the president, prompting opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures rose on Friday, buoyed by strong earnings from Microsoft Corp and as a speedy agreement on a U.S. economic stimulus package helped boost investor confidence.
AP - Roger Federer's streak of 10 straight Grand Slam finals came to an abrupt end Friday when he lost to No. 3 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the Australian Open semifinals.
ROME (AFP) - President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks on Friday to resolve Italy's political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation and the end of his centre-left government. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:03 pm
Liverpool reveal the latest design for their new stadium ahead of an expected £350m refinancing announcement. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
Dozens of homes are set on fire in central Kenya, police say, with several people reported killed. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan and the United States signed on Friday a new three- year accord from next April on host-nation support for U.S. forces, including a moderate cut of 800 million yen in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - A much-anticipated deal between the White House and once-warring House leaders to speed tax rebate checks to workers starting in May has the Senate in a bind over whether to try to add to the measure.
(Kyodo) _ Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako visited Nagano Prefecture on Friday to attend the opening ceremony of the winter national sports festival, marking the first time Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces have begun a "decisive" final offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq to push the Sunni Islamist militants out of their last major stronghold in the north, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egypt began closing its breached border with the Gaza Strip on Friday, using barbed wire and water cannons to keep Palestinians from leaving the Hamas-controlled territory in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
ROME (AP) -- Discussions Friday between the Italian president and political leaders could determine if the country will face early elections or an interim government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:51 am
AP - Discussions Friday between the Italian president and political leaders could determine if the country will face early elections or an interim government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi.
AP - No one will ever confuse Jim Murray with a teenager. His tall frame, broad shoulders and clipped gray hair give him away for the grandfather he is. But the 69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri town cuts a credible figure as a 13-year-old girl surfing the Web, looking for friends. He knows all the instant-messaging shorthand, the emoticons.
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian border guards with riot shields formed human chains Friday in an apparent attempt to gradually reseal Egypt's breached border with Gaza, but thousands of Palestinians still managed to sneak through.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:50 am
AP - Egyptian border guards with riot shields formed human chains Friday in an apparent attempt to gradually reseal Egypt's breached border with Gaza, but thousands of Palestinians still managed to sneak through.
AP - Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
AP - Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the White House.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited India on Friday to cement ties with a booming Asian economic power, trying to boost civil nuclear cooperation and defence deals.
AP - In a bow to political reality, President Bush's final State of the Union speech will skip bold proposals in favor of ones the country has heard before, a modest approach for a White House that prides itself on big ideas.
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Buoyed by optimism from Bill Gates, business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum on Friday set aside two days of confronting fears and considered the positive things they can do.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:44 am
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney and rival John McCain squabbled over the U.S. economy but pounded Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday as they jockeyed for votes in Florida in the wide-open U.S. presidential race.
(Kyodo) _ Takeshi Okada is already feeling pangs of pressure ahead of his first match in charge of Japan in nearly a decade, but is confident the team he inherits from Ivica Osim can... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:38 am
(Kyodo) _ Hong Kong on Friday elected 36 local deputies to China's National People's Congress, the country's parliament. Rita Fan, chairwoman of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, won... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:35 am
AFP - A senior intelligence officer investigating killings largely blamed on Syria was slain with nine other people in a bombing in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday, army and security officials said.
BEIRUT (AFP) - A senior intelligence officer investigating killings largely blamed on Syria was slain with nine other people in a bombing in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday, army and security officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:32 am
Feds say Wesley Snipes attempted to declare himself 'a nonresident alien' and faulted the IRS for efforts to 'terrorize, enslave, rape or pillage' taxpayers during his tax evasion trial in Florida. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:31 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Ethnic clashes have left half a town burned down and at least two dead in western Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross Society said Friday, in the latest violence in the East African nation's deadly election dispute.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:30 am
Ethnic clashes have left half a town burned down and at least two dead in western Kenya, the Kenya Red Cross Society said Friday, in the latest violence in the East African nation's deadly... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:29 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister announced Friday that the government was launching a major offensive against al-Qaida in the northern city of Mosul after two days of deadly bombings that killed nearly 40 people.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:27 am
(Kyodo) _ The Japan Bank for International Cooperation said Friday it has signed a contract with the government of Iraq to loan up to 182.7 billion yen to help rebuild oil facilities and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:22 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - Fresh clashes killed seven people in Kenya, police said Friday, as visiting former UN chief Kofi Annan pushed for dialogue to end the turmoil sparked by last month's disputed presidential poll. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:21 am
Buoyed by optimism from Bill Gates, business and government leaders at the World Economic Forum on Friday set aside two days of confronting fears and considered the positive things they... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:18 am
(Kyodo) _ The Osaka District Court gave suspended prison terms Friday to the president and an executive of a tour bus operator for forcing an overworked driver to drive a ski tour bus and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:18 am
PARIS (Reuters) - France stepped up efforts to restore confidence in the banking system as Societe Generale faced tough questions on Friday over why it failed to prevent the biggest financial dealing scandal in history.
The family of a witness in the trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor say they have received death threats. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:01 am
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is seen attending a ceremony at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, in this Jan. 4, 2006, file photo. A reader-submitted question related to Sharon is being answered... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 11:00 am
AKITA, Japan, Jan. 25 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 3RD GRAF, UPDATING 4TH GRAF) Prosecutors on Friday demanded the death penalty for a 34-year-old woman for murdering her 9-year-old... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:57 am
An ex-pilot is jailed for 20 years for the murder of Indonesian human rights activist Munir Thalib in 2004. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:54 am
A car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday killing at least five people, including a top police official who dealt with terrorist bombings and had previously been... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:49 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- A car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday killing at least five people, including a top police official who dealt with terrorist bombings and had previously been targeted, authorities said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:49 am
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States is likely to keep a high threat designation for the airline industry because militants still see air travel as a target, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
An ethnic Russian is the first person to be convicted for taking part in cyber attacks against Estonia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:31 am
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Barack Obama has a 13-point lead on rival Hillary Clinton but his support has eroded slightly on the eve of South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Friday.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AFP) - Egypt set a deadline Friday for the border with Gaza to be resealed after Washington said it was looking to Cairo to put a stop to the uncontrolled flood of people of the past three days. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:28 am
South Africa's mining firms suspend production amid a "national emergency" sparked by power cuts. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:18 am
European and Asian shares recover, with investors buoyed by a plan to stimulate the US economy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:16 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The New York Times on Thursday endorsed Democratic Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain for their party's nominations to contest the U.S. presidential election in November.
At least six people are killed in a powerful blast in a Christian suburb of Beirut, say reports from Lebanon. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:13 am
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, seen here on January 14 during a state visit to Slovenia, will open talks to resolve a political crisis after prime minister Romano Prodi's resignation and the end... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
National Alliance leader Gianfranco Fini celebrates after the Italian government lost a vote of confidence at the Senate in central Rome. President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks to resolve Italy's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
The centre-right politician Silvio Berlusconi smiles after Italian prime minister Romano Prodi lost a vote of confidence in the Senate and resigned. President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks to resolve... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
Romano Prodi gestures during a vote of confidence at the Senate in Rome. President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks to resolve Italy's political crisis after Prodi's resignation and the end of his centre-left... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
Italian right-wing supporters wait for a vote of confidence in Romano Prodi's government at the Senate in central Rome. President Giorgio Napolitano will open talks to resolve Italy's political crisis... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:06 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits India, amid intense media interest in his girlfriend Carla Bruni. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Jan 2008 | 10:05 am
Iraqi soldiers secure the site of an explosion in Mosul. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has declared "final war" on Al-Qaeda after dozens of people including a police chief were killed in bomb attacks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 9:33 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's government responded angrily Friday to a group of retired military commanders who appealed to President Pervez Musharraf to resign in order to promote democracy and combat religious militancy.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 9:22 am
A man selling bread rides past Lebanese soldiers in Beirut, January 24. A blast which shook a Christian suburb of Beirut on Friday was a bomb attack targeting a security vehicle and three people were killed,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 8:44 am
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- One of Egypt's latest hit films opens with scenes of police brutally beating pro-democracy protesters and ends with angry masses storming a police station where demonstrators are tortured. The audiences cheer.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 8:43 am
Palestinian children play on the bombed metal fence that used to separate the Gaza Strip from Egypt in the border town of Rafah. Egyptian security forces announced by loudspeaker in towns near the border... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 8:40 am
Egyptian border guards watch as thousands of Palestinians cross into the Egyptian side of the border town of Rafah from the southern Gaza Strip through the bombed metal fence that used to separate the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Jan 2008 | 8:40 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - An international team of scientists has isolated pancreatic stem cells in adult mice, a breakthrough that could lead to treatment for juvenile or Type 1 diabetes, researchers said in a study published Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Jan 2008 | 7:47 am
Southwest Airlines says a California teenager was detained after an incident on board a flight from Los Angeles to Nashville. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jan 2008 | 7:08 am
A couple fed up with the noise from jets flying over their house expressed their anger at federal aviation officials by painting an obscene message atop their home. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jan 2008 | 5:07 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Major U.N. Security Council powers have agreed on an incremental increase in sanctions on Iran, including a new restriction on exporters doing business with the country, diplomats said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 25 Jan 2008 | 3:42 am
The stimulus package deal announced Thursday must be approved by the Senate. Melissa Block talks with Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) -- the head of the Senate Budget Committee. Conrad says more provisions should be added to the package before it gets passed, but says that quick passage is likely.
The Ohio congressman said Thursday in an interview with the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he is withdrawing his White House bid and that a formal announcement will come Friday. He said he will continue to serve in the House of Representatives and will not endorse another Democrat in the primaries.
Yoghurt health drinks are at the centre of safety fears after 24 patients died during clinical trials of probiotics, the dietary supplements containing potentially beneficial bacteria. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Gordon Brown is facing the prospect of the first national teachers' strike for 20 years in a row over pay. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Mothers are being failed by the NHS, it has been claimed, after a report branded half of "crumbling" maternity units fair or weak. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
The suspected mastermind behind Benazir Bhutto's assassination has stolen sophisticated Nato equipment by raiding the alliance's supply lines running through Pakistani territory. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Gordon Brown's New Year fight back has been brought to an abrupt halt as Peter Hain dramatically resigned his cabinet post following the launch of a police investigation into the undeclared donations scandal. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Heath Ledger is highly unlikely to have overdosed accidentally on the prescription pills found in his New York flat, according to a senior forensic pathologist in the city. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Congressional leaders announced a deal with the White House Thursday on an economic stimulus package that would give most tax filers refunds of $600 to $1,200, and more if they have children. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 11:44 pm
Senators are up against a deadline to replace the permissive eavesdropping law they passed in haste last summer with a Feb. 1 expiration date. But a highly controversial provision sought by the White House gives legal immunity to phone companies that collaborated in past warrantless surveillance.
The University of Maine is mourning the loss of about 1,500 pieces of dinnerware from one dining hall. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:54 pm
Sales of existing homes dropped again in December, a new report shows. Marketplace's John Dimsdale addresses how the declining housing market is affecting Wall Street.
It's another step in the quest to create artificial organisms: Scientists have synthesized the complete DNA of a type of bacteria. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:34 pm
Many people have no choice but to buy healthcare coverage on their own, despite its downsides. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:30 pm
Not everyone is a fan of the commodity boom. Some blame federal policy for higher feed and food bills. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 24 Jan 2008 | 10:20 pm
Over the weekend, officials at the French bank Societe Generale uncovered a massive trading fraud that is one of history's biggest -- more than $7 billion. A 31-year-old trader is the reported mastermind behind the scheme of fictitious transactions.
Prime Minister Romano Prodi has lost a confidence vote in the Italian Senate and has been forced to offer his government's resignation. The opposition, led by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is pressing for an immediate election.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The abandoned apartment block known as the Pepsi building vanished in seconds, leaving a 30-foot-deep blast crater and a ring of destruction for a quarter mile in every direction through a shanty district in Mosul.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:04 a... | 24 Jan 2008 | 9:41 pm
The field of Republican presidential candidates is down to four, and all four debate Thursday night in Boca Raton, their last encounter before Tuesday's pivotal Florida primary. The candidate with the most at stake is former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, but polls show him slipping in Florida.
Scientists have taken another step on the way toward building an organism from the ground up. They built from scratch the genetic code of an entire bacterium and then assembled it into one piece.
Romano Prodi has resigned as Italy's prime minister, leaving the path open for Silvio Berlusconi to return to power. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 9:08 pm
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who challenged President Mwai Kibaki in a contested election, says the only way to solve the dispute is for Kibaki to step down or for a new election to be held. Odinga denies claims that his party has orchestrated violence against Kibaki's ethnic group.
Romano Prodi was on the verge of resigning tonight as Italy's prime minister, leaving the path open for Silvio Berlusconi to return to power. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 7:55 pm
Police said they plan to interview about 100 registered sex offenders who live within a mile of the Reno home where a college student mysteriously vanished five days ago. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Jan 2008 | 7:45 pm
The French bank Societe Generale says the fraud cost them more than $7 billion. A single, young trader was blamed, the CEO resigned and managers were fired.
Investigators trying to pinpoint the cause of last week's crash landing by a British Airways jet at Heathrow have switched their focus to the aircraft's fuel. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Jan 2008 | 12:48 pm
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AP - The massage therapist's first call on finding a lifeless Heath Ledger wasn't to 911. Nor was her second. Nor her third, police said.
AP - Roger Federer's streak of 10 straight Grand Slam finals came to an abrupt end Friday when he lost to No. 3 Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the Australian Open semifinals.
AP - A much-anticipated deal between the White House and once-warring House leaders to speed tax rebate checks to workers starting in May has the Senate in a bind over whether to try to add to the measure.
AP - Discussions Friday between the Italian president and political leaders could determine if the country will face early elections or an interim government following the resignation of Premier Romano Prodi.
AP - No one will ever confuse Jim Murray with a teenager. His tall frame, broad shoulders and clipped gray hair give him away for the grandfather he is. But the 69-year-old retired police chief of this small Missouri town cuts a credible figure as a 13-year-old girl surfing the Web, looking for friends. He knows all the instant-messaging shorthand, the emoticons.
AP - Egyptian border guards with riot shields formed human chains Friday in an apparent attempt to gradually reseal Egypt's breached border with Gaza, but thousands of Palestinians still managed to sneak through.
AP - Few constituencies are as eager for the Republican Party to falter this political season as gay-rights activists. Yet as they observe the Democratic presidential campaign and the rest of the electoral landscape, their high hopes often are mixed with frustration.
AP - Republican presidential contenders depicted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as weak on Iraq and certain to raise taxes Thursday night, setting aside their own campaign debate squabbles long enough to agree that she is unworthy of the White House.
AP - In a bow to political reality, President Bush's final State of the Union speech will skip bold proposals in favor of ones the country has heard before, a modest approach for a White House that prides itself on big ideas.
AFP - A senior intelligence officer investigating killings largely blamed on Syria was slain with nine other people in a bombing in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Friday, army and security officials said.
