AP - Global market turmoil extended into a second week as European and Asian markets tumbled Monday in the wake of Wall Street's drop on Friday amid persistent worries about a possible U.S. and worldwide economic slowdown.
A court sentenced six French charity workers to eight years in prison in France on Monday, after they were convicted in Chad of trying to kidnap 103 children they said were orphans from... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:25 pm
French trader Jerome Kerviel has admitted to hiding deals that lost his bank billions, prosecutors say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Asian and European stock markets fell sharply once more on Monday as investors worried about possible recession and a forthcoming interest rate call in the United States, analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:20 pm
AP - Utah's leaders and believers mourned the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.
EU foreign ministers approve a peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:16 pm
PARIS (AP) -- A Paris prosecutor on Monday asked for preliminary charges of forgery, breach of trust and fraud to be filed against a trader accused by Societe Generale bank of causing what could be history's largest trading fraud by a single person.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH PRESENCE OF SUHARTO ENEMY GUSMAO, LONG- TIME FRIEND MAHATHIR, ADDITIONAL COLOR) Indonesians bid farewell Monday to former President Suharto in a state ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:08 pm
NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) -- Hundreds of people from rival tribes confronted one another on a main road in this western Kenyan town Monday, wielding machetes and clubs and retreating only when a handful of police between them fired live bullets into the air.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:07 pm
AP - Hundreds of people from rival tribes confronted one another on a main road in this western Kenyan town Monday, wielding machetes and clubs and retreating only when a handful of police between them fired live bullets into the air.
Hundreds of people from rival tribes confronted one another on a main road in this western Kenyan town Monday, wielding machetes and clubs and retreating only when a handful of police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:07 pm
Four people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in southern Somalia, reports say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:06 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde said on Monday that Societe Generale, hit by $7 billion in losses from rogue trades, was under no pressure to merge with another bank as its shares plunged.
RAFAH, Egypt (AP) -- Egyptian security forces and Hamas militants strung barbed wire across one of the openings in the Egypt-Gaza border Monday - a sign that a days-long breaching of the frontier may be nearing an end.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:04 pm
AP - Egyptian security forces and Hamas militants strung barbed wire across one of the openings in the Egypt-Gaza border Monday a sign that a days-long breaching of the frontier may be nearing an end.
European and Asian shares decline as concerns remain about the state of the US and global economies. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING FIGURES) China issued its most severe weather warning Monday ahead of snowstorms predicted to hit southern, central and eastern China, with hundreds of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:58 am
AFP - Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that has left more than 140 dead over four days spread further across the country.
Islamist militants take children and teachers hostage in a school near the Pakistani district of North Waziristan, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:56 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that has left more than 140 dead over four days spread further across the country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:56 am
Severe winter weather leaves hundreds of thousands stranded in China ahead of New Year celebrations. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:49 am
The French trader accused by Societe Generale bank of causing the biggest trading fraud by a single person could face preliminary charges of forgery, breach of trust and fraud, a Paris... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:46 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Persistent fears about the world economy battered global stocks again on Monday and drove investors towards safer assets despite expectations of more interest cuts from the Federal Reserve to bolster growth.
AP - Department store retailer Sears Holdings Corp. said Monday Aylwin B. Lewis will step down Feb. 2 as president and chief executive and be succeeded by W. Bruce Johnson, executive vice president of supply chain and operations on an interim basis. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:36 am
AP - Labor strife has been topping the bill in Hollywood of late, yet you wouldn't have known it from the weekend's awards shows: The town's elite seemed more interested in celebrating, and "No Country for Old Men" emerged as the movie to beat at the Academy Awards.
Egypt cuts off supplies to its border zone with Gaza to discourage Palestinians from pouring into the area. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:36 am
Egyptian security forces and Hamas militants strung barbed wire across one of the openings in the Egypt-Gaza border Monday _ a sign that a days-long breaching of the frontier may be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:35 am
NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Protests erupted in western Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on Monday after scores died in ethnic violence, complicating mediation efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
(Kyodo) _ A senior safety official in Beijing admitted Monday two workers have been killed during the construction of the main Olympic stadium, reversing previous denials by Olympics... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:28 am
The EU's enlargement commissioner rules out a deal with Serbia before elections are completed. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:24 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Shiite Muslims began burying their dead on Monday, a day after seven protesters died in rioting and clashes in Beirut's southern suburbs that were reminiscent of Lebanon's 15-year civil war.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:23 am
Social Democratic Party (SPD) top candidate Andrea Ypsilanti stands next to Hessen State Premier Roland Koch after exit polls of the parliamentary state elections in Hesse. German Chancellor Angela Merkel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:21 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced tough questions Monday after her conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state election as voters spurned a hardline campaign on crime and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:21 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures as she speaks to supporters in Hanover, 24 January 2008. Merkel faced tough questions after her conservatives suffered heavy losses in a key state election as voters... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:21 am
Lower Saxony State Premier Christian Wulff of the Christian Democrats (CDU) party smiles after the parliamentary state elections in Lower Saxony in Hanover. German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced tough... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:21 am
AP - It's about the economy, and the war in Iraq, and other unresolved matters that have kept the nation on edge. But President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday is something else, too: probably his last chance to seize the public's attention and put it to use.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, who bears one of the most famous names in politics and is a leading liberal voice in the Congress, will endorse Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign on Monday, Democratic sources said.
AP - In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism-fighting war efforts in Afghanistan, the original target of a post-Sept. 11 offensive. The U.S. also is refocusing on Pakistan, where a regenerating al-Qaida is posing fresh threats.
More than 10 years after a University of Colorado senior was raped and beaten to death, police think they've cracked the once-cold case. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:10 am
Lebanon's army is on high alert a day after bloody clashes between troops and Shia demonstrators. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:07 am
NAGANO, Japan, Jan. 28 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 3RD GRAF) An assistant public prosecutor in Nagano Prefecture pleaded with a train operator to make an unscheduled train stop at a Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 11:05 am
Reuters - Protests erupted in western
Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on
Monday after scores died in ethnic violence, complicating
mediation efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
GIRIBANGUN, Indonesia (Reuters) - Former Indonesian president Suharto, whose 32 years in power were marred by graft and rights abuses, was buried near the royal city of Solo in a state funeral with full military honors on Monday.
Several major roadways across the state were closed early Monday after the latest in a week's worth of storms, and experts warned that the risk of mudslides has not eased even as wet weather begins moving out of the region. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:51 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain opened a narrow lead on rival Mitt Romney ahead of a critical Florida primary after picking up the endorsement of Gov. Charlie Crist, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Monday.
Investigators believe China Arnold killed her infant daughter by putting her in a microwave oven. Arnold's attorneys argue she had nothing to do with the baby's death in 2005. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:42 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Brutal winter weather across China on Monday stranded hundreds of thousands of people and choked energy flows, claiming a rising human and economic toll that pummeled local stock prices ahead of Chinese New Year.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti-U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could jeopardize recent security gains.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:41 am
Influential members of Muqtada al-Sadr's movement have urged the anti- U.S. Shiite cleric not to extend a cease-fire when it expires next month, officials said Monday, a move that could... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:41 am
PARIS (AFP) - Shares in crisis bank Societe Generale took another major fall Monday as authorities prepared to charge accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel over a seven billion dollar loss. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:40 am
MATESIH, Indonesia (AFP) - Former Indonesian president Suharto was laid to rest with full military honours Monday, ending a controversial chapter in the history of the nation he ruled with an iron fist for 32 years. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:37 am
SOLO, Indonesia (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Indonesians mourned former dictator Suharto during his state funeral Monday, a striking display of affection for the U.S. Cold War ally whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:24 am
Organizers of the Beijing Olympics unveiled the "Watercube" swimming venue Monday, one of the more stunning structures built for the 2008 Games. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:22 am
BANGKOK (AFP) - Thai lawmakers elected Samak Sundaravej, an ally of deposed premier Thaksin Shinawatra, as the nation's new prime minister Monday, restoring civilian leadership after 16 months of military rule. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 10:03 am
COLOMBO (AFP) - Tamil Tiger rebels Monday shelled Sri Lanka's main military base in the island's north, disrupting a vital air link to a region reliant on supplies from planes and ships, defence officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:48 am
Forty-three years after banning the Beatles from playing here, Israel is crooning Love Me Do to surviving members of the Fab Four and inviting them to perform at the Jewish state's 60th birthday bash in May, an Israeli daily reported Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:47 am
Police are struggling to restore order in western Kenya, amid a fresh wave of deadly violence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:47 am
Coffins of Bosnian Muslims lay in a local factory before burial in Potocari near Srebrenica, 2003. EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said Serbia was close to achieving full cooperation with the UN... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:45 am
EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn addresses the Bosnian leadership in Sarajevo, 2007. Rehn said Serbia was close Monday to achieving full cooperation with the UN war crimes court and expressed support... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:45 am
People walk along a frozen tree lined avenue in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 28, 2008. The temperature in the Ukrainian capital is about -1 Celsius (30 F) on Monday. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:26 am
Sri Lankan soldiers fire artillery shells at Tamil Tiger rebel positions in Jaffna, 2006. Tamil Tiger rebels shelled Sri Lanka's main military base in the island's north, disrupting a vital air link to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:20 am
Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, a U.S. Cold War ally whose military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing opponents, was buried Monday at a state funeral with full military honors as tens of thousands mourned. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 9:03 am
In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is refocusing on Pakistan, where a regenerating Al Qaeda is posing fresh threats. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 8:47 am
A Luo man lays dead after he was attacked and stoned by rival Kikuyu tribe members January 27 in Naivasha. Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that left 130 dead over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 8:44 am
A Kenyan policeman inspects the body of a 15-year-old boy who was hacked to death during ethnic clashes in Nakuru January 27. Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 8:44 am
A man displaced by ethnic violence in Kenya's Rift Valley is helped by another man after the truck he was travelling in crashed January 27. Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Jan 2008 | 8:44 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The gritty crime drama "No Country For Old Men" became the front-runner for Oscar glory on Sunday after winning top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on a night of traditional Hollywood glamour and emotion over the sudden death of Heath Ledger.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton jockeyed for position on Sunday in a bruising U.S. presidential race after Obama scored a landslide win in a South Carolina primary tinged with the issue of race.
Mormon church president Gordon B. Hinckley, who was the denomination's longest-serving leader, died on Sunday at 97, according to a church spokesman. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 7:08 am
Russia has completed the shipment of uranium fuel for Iran's first nuclear plant, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 6:52 am
Detectives hunting for a suspected kidnapper in Madeleine McCann's disappearance have narrowed in on a Portuguese man, the Daily Mail reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Jan 2008 | 6:46 am
CASPER, Wyoming (AFP) - Mormon church President Gordon Hinckley, who dedicated his life to expanding the group's reach overseas, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, late Sunday at the age of 97, the church announced. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Jan 2008 | 6:38 am
Tens of thousands of people lined roads in Indonesia to catch a glimpse of the former Indonesian dictator General Suharto's coffin as he was buried in a state funeral with full military honours. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Jan 2008 | 6:18 am
President Pervez Musharraf has rejected an offer of greater American involvement in hunting down al-Qa'eda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, it has been reported. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Millions of voters fear the economic slowdown will leave them worse off and trust David Cameron to protect their household finances more than Gordon Brown. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Parents could be sent sex advice packs when their children reach the age of nine, under a controversial new drive to cut teenage pregnancies being considered by the Government. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
The Kennedy clan is throwing its weight behind Barack Obama's bid for the presidency following his victory in the South Carolina primary. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
The Rift Valley, known for its picturesque wildlife, is now the scene of growing ethnic strife. What started as an electorial matter, has now ignited old tribal conflicts. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton attempts to get to the root of the problem.
BLITAR, Indonesia (AP) -- Hiding out in the dense, humid jungle, Markus Talam watched Indonesian soldiers herd manacled prisoners from trucks, line them up and mow them down with round after round of automatic weapons fire.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 27 Jan 2008 | 10:02 pm
BANDAR ABBAS, Iran (AP) -- Each day, the boulevard in this port city derisively dubbed "OPEC Street" is lined with dozens of vendors selling plastic jugs of black-market gasoline to desperate drivers who haggle over the price of a tankful.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 27 Jan 2008 | 10:00 pm
SANTA MARIA QUIEGOLANI, Mexico (AP) -- Women in this Indian village high in the pine-clad mountains of Oaxaca rise each morning at 4 a.m. to gather firewood, grind corn, prepare the day's food, care for the children and clean the house.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:10 a... | 27 Jan 2008 | 6:35 pm
Democrats in South Carolina turned out in unprecedented numbers for their primary Saturday and handed Sen. Barack Obama a 2-to-1 victory over Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama secured his first win since the Iowa caucuses by claiming 80 percent of the African-American votes.
The U.S. military surge in Iraq has brought American soldiers to parts of the country where they haven't operated much in the past -- areas that had become sanctuaries for insurgent groups.
A new wave of bloodshed in Kenya's Rift Valley has killed at least 70 people and triggered a fresh exodus of terrified people fleeing their homes. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Jan 2008 | 2:54 pm
The former Indonesian dictator Suharto died on Sunday, leaving countrymen struggling to define the legacy of one of the 20th century's biggest killers and greatest thieves. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Jan 2008 | 2:15 pm
President George W. Bush speak to the nation Monday in his final State of the Union address. Presidential historian Michael Beschloss talks to Liane Hansen about what Americans can expect to hear from the president.
Researchers gathered in Washington this week to launch "The Year of the Coral Reef." That work has taken on renewed importance in the wake of two new studies showing that reefs are facing more threats than ever.
Suharto, the general who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist after brutally suppressing a 1965 communist uprising, died Sunday in Jakarta of multiple organ failure at age 86. His regime was widely regarded as one of most corrupt of the 20th century.
Lord Ashdown, the former Liberal Democrat leader, has ruled out becoming an international envoy in Afghanistan after President Hamid Karzai blocked his appointment. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Jan 2008 | 11:47 am
AP - Global market turmoil extended into a second week as European and Asian markets tumbled Monday in the wake of Wall Street's drop on Friday amid persistent worries about a possible U.S. and worldwide economic slowdown.
AP - Utah's leaders and believers mourned the death of Gordon B. Hinckley, the humble head of the Mormon church who added millions of new members and labored long to burnish the faith's image as a world religion.
AP - Hundreds of people from rival tribes confronted one another on a main road in this western Kenyan town Monday, wielding machetes and clubs and retreating only when a handful of police between them fired live bullets into the air.
AP - Egyptian security forces and Hamas militants strung barbed wire across one of the openings in the Egypt-Gaza border Monday a sign that a days-long breaching of the frontier may be nearing an end.
AFP - Police battled rioters in the west of Kenya on Monday as tribal clashes that has left more than 140 dead over four days spread further across the country.
AP - Labor strife has been topping the bill in Hollywood of late, yet you wouldn't have known it from the weekend's awards shows: The town's elite seemed more interested in celebrating, and "No Country for Old Men" emerged as the movie to beat at the Academy Awards.
AP - It's about the economy, and the war in Iraq, and other unresolved matters that have kept the nation on edge. But President Bush's State of the Union address on Monday is something else, too: probably his last chance to seize the public's attention and put it to use.
AP - In a shift with profound implications, the Bush administration is attempting to re-energize its terrorism-fighting war efforts in Afghanistan, the original target of a post-Sept. 11 offensive. The U.S. also is refocusing on Pakistan, where a regenerating al-Qaida is posing fresh threats.
Reuters - Protests erupted in western
Kenya and machete-wielding mobs faced off in the Rift Valley on
Monday after scores died in ethnic violence, complicating
mediation efforts by former U.N. boss Kofi Annan.
