ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan police swooped down on an ambulance used by robbers escaping a bank siege on Tuesday, arresting all four men and freeing a group of captives to end a two-day hostage standoff.
BEIJING (AFP) - China dispatched the army Wednesday to help millions of people stranded by snowstorms that have caused transport gridlock, crippled power supplies and left many towns and villages short on supplies. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm
Directors at scandal-hit Societe Generale begin talks to decide the fate of the bank's head, Daniel Bouton. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:19 pm
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- An Iraqi television cameraman and his driver were killed in a roadside bombing north of Baghdad, Al-Forat TV reported on Wednesday. The female correspondent and camera assistant traveling with them were wounded.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:17 pm
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals hold separate talks in Cairo over Gaza's border breach. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:12 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - The board of Societe Generale met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyans pleaded on Wednesday for an end to violence that has killed 850 people and created unprecedented horror in the east African nation's darkest moment since 1963 independence.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. law enforcement official faces a clash on Wednesday with Senate Democrats after he rejected demands to rule on the legality of an interrogation technique known as waterboarding
(Kyodo) _ An academic panel studying the pros and cons of surrogate births at the government's request agreed Wednesday to recommend basically banning them by law and punishing those... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ South Korea prevailed 28-25 over Japan on Wednesday in a replay of the men's handball qualifying tournament to book a spot in this summer's Beijing Olympics. South Korea took Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:57 am
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Kosovo will declare independence from Serbia with Western backing the weekend after the February 3 Serbian presidential election if the nationalist candidate wins, political sources said on Wednesday.
NAIROBI (AFP) - Kenyan police have been given shoot to kill orders in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a commander said Wednesday, a day after Kofi Annan launched crisis talks between feuding political leaders. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:52 am
AFP - Kenyan police have been given shoot to kill orders in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a commander said Wednesday, a day after Kofi Annan launched crisis talks between feuding political leaders.
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese government has compiled an action plan to strengthen cooperation with local authorities and corporations on environmental measures, such as by setting up a liaison... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:51 am
The ashes of Mahatma Gandhi are scattered in the sea on the 60th anniversary of his assassination. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:46 am
Reuters - The board of Societe Generale
met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue
trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked
questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.
AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton claimed victory in a campaign-free Florida presidential primary while rival Barack Obama sketched a personal story that he argues can bring the nation together.
(Kyodo) _ Japan and the 27-member European Union signed an agreement Wednesday to promote cooperation between their customs authorities to more effectively prevent smuggling and to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:37 am
AP - The space station's two American astronauts went out on a riskier than usual spacewalk Wednesday to fix one of two equipment failures that have crippled their power system and threatened to stall construction.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A report to be released Wednesday about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:32 am
AP - A report to be released Wednesday about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year.
AP - The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions, although analysts are split on just what size the future cuts will be.
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey still won't say whether waterboarding is torture, a stance that is upsetting Senate Democrats who had threatened to derail his confirmation over the issue.
AP - Australia will issue its first formal apology to its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia will issue its first formal apology to its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:30 am
AP - Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, seizing the upper hand in the Republican presidential race ahead of next week's coast-to-coast contests and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani.
PARIS (AFP) - French bank BNP Paribas, seen as a potential bidder for crisis-hit Societe Generale, reported on Wednesday a record estimated net profit of 7.8 billion euros (11.5 billion dollars) for 2007. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:27 am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that Iran is approaching the "summit" of nuclear development. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:26 am
Severe thunderstorms, tornadoes and fierce winds sliced through the Midwest, leaving behind bitterly cold air and blizzards in the northern Plains that sent temperatures in some areas plummeting by 50 degrees in a few hours. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:23 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH STATEMENT FROM CHINESE QUALITY CONTROL AUTHORITIES) China is investigating a food poisoning case in which Chinese-made frozen dumplings are suspected of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:22 am
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert awaits the publication of the final report into the conduct of the 2006 Lebanon war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:17 am
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley was "clear ethnic cleansing," aimed at chasing out President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu people amid the turmoil over the recent disputed presidential election.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:16 am
A U.S. envoy said Wednesday that the violence in Kenya's Rift Valley was "clear ethnic cleansing," aimed at chasing out President Mwai Kibaki's Kikuyu people amid the turmoil over the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:16 am
(Kyodo) _ All of Japan's 47 prefectural governors support a plan by the government and the ruling coalition to maintain provisionally raised gasoline and other road-related tax rates... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:12 am
China's worst winter storms in five decades have highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy, bringing transportation and much industry to a halt and prompting the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:08 am
SHANGHAI, China (AP) -- China's worst winter storms in five decades have highlighted the vulnerabilities of the country's booming economy, bringing transportation and much industry to a halt and prompting the government to deploy nearly 500,000 army troops to assist troubled areas Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:08 am
MIAMI (AFP) - Senator John McCain's status as frontrunner in the Republican presidential nomination race was expected to get a new boost Wednesday with the endorsement of former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani -- the man he beat in the Florida primary. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 11:08 am
The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:59 am
(Kyodo) _ The Hanshin Tigers and closer Kyuji Fujikawa agreed Wednesday to a new deal worth an estimated annual salary of 280 million yen, up 100 million yen from 2007, plus performance ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:51 am
The Chinese government deploys almost half a million troops to help people hit by the worst snow in decades. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:44 am
The space station's two American astronauts went out on a riskier than usual spacewalk Wednesday to fix one of two equipment failures that have crippled their power system and threatened to stall construction. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:41 am
BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING FIGURES) China has dispatched nearly 14,000 medical staff to treat the sick, frail and injured in what state-run media described Wednesday as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:39 am
John McCain wins a close victory in Florida over Mitt Romney in the Republican battle to run for US president. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:31 am
Pakistani police say they have captured a leading militant, Qasim Toori, in a shoot-out in the city of Karachi. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:24 am
ZURICH (Reuters) - Subprime-related problems at UBS AG mounted on Wednesday as the Swiss bank unveiled $4 billion in new write-downs in a surprise statement and sank deep into the red for the year.
Canada re-opened a nuclear reactor despite safety risks, the nuclear watchdog's former head tells parliament. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:15 am
MIAMI (Reuters) - John McCain and Mitt Romney looked ahead on Wednesday to the next sprawling battles in a heated Republican presidential race that is about to have one less combatant -- former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.
Kenya's government and opposition are due to begin full negotiations to try to end the country's political crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:09 am
ZURICH (AFP) - Swiss banking giant UBS said on Wednesday it would post a full-year loss of 4.4 billion Swiss francs (3.5 billion dollars, 2.75 billion euros) for 2007 due to its exposure to the US subprime crisis. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 10:04 am
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani strongly hinted on Tuesday that he might soon end his quest for the White House after finishing a distant third in the Florida Republican primary where he had staked his entire campaign.
ALTAGRACIA DE ORITUCO, Venezuela (AP) -- Four gunmen surrendered to police after freeing dozens of hostages and a high-speed chase, ending an ordeal in Venezuela that began with a botched bank robbery and lasted more than 30 hours.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:28 am
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- A strong earthquake struck off the coast of East Timor on Wednesday, prompting authorities to briefly issue a tsunami alert - but no large waves hit the tiny nation's coast.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:23 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - In a search for what could be the ultimate cure for drug addiction, scientists have developed a vaccine which prevents the body from getting high. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 9:16 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- At the end of her teaching day, Felicita Figueroa would like nothing more than to leave her crumbling, rat-infested school building in the Puerto Rican capital. But to pay her bills, she needs to stay late and offer private tutoring sessions.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 8:41 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
U.S. military spokesman says Homeland Security and FEMA will help assist in dealing with the impact of a malfunctioning spy satellite that may hit North America. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 7:37 am
Australian court sides with retired man who sought a $1.8 million lottery prize after obtaining the winning lottery ticket which had been canceled. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 6:57 am
John McCain pulled off a spectacular victory in the Republican Florida primary last night, immediately becoming the clear favourite to win the party’s nomination for this year’s presidential election. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Jan 2008 | 6:37 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The shadow of an FBI investigation spread across the subprime mortgage crisis on Tuesday, while the U.S. Congress moved closer to emergency relief for millions of distressed homeowners.
Madonna pushes Gucci and other donors raise money for unregistered Kabbalah charity under the guise of supporting African children. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 6:00 am
Arizona Sen. John McCain won the Florida Republican primary on Tuesday, earning him the state's coveted 57 delegates and giving him his third January victory heading into Super Tuesday. On the Democratic side, Sen. Hillary Clinton has won, but no delegates were at stake.
It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 5:08 am
Reality Check: We're in our third week of auditions, and while you'd think this would mean it's high time for some meltdowns and harsh words, sweetness was actually the most consistent sentiment on display. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:57 am
PARIS (AFP) - Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jan 2008 | 3:20 am
On a campaign visit to London last autumn, Rudy Giuliani said he was one of the five best known Americans in the world. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Jan 2008 | 2:26 am
Early results have put John McCain narrowly ahead of Mitt Romney in the crucial Florida primary, a key battle in the Republican race for the White House. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Jan 2008 | 2:26 am
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Tuesday he will refuse to publicly say whether the interrogation tactic known as waterboarding is illegal, digging in against critics who want the Bush administration to define it as torture. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 2:18 am
Robert Seigel catches up with NPR's Greg Allen, who is watching Sen. John McCain's campaign; and NPR's Scott Horsley, who is watching the Mitt Romney campaing. Robert Seigel then talks with Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, which covers political opinion trends in California, about what Florida's primary means for Super Tuesday states like California.
The late son of reality TV star Anna Nicole Smith was a gifted but anguished 20-year-old who longed to be more independent of his celebrity mother, a family friend testified Tuesday at an inquest into his death. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:56 am
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- It was lunchtime in one of Haiti's worst slums, and Charlene Dumas was eating mud. With food prices rising, Haiti's poorest can't afford even a daily plate of rice, and some take desperate measures to fill their bellies. Charlene, 16 with a 1-month-old son, has come to rely on a traditional Haitian remedy for hunger pangs: cookies made of dried yellow dirt from the country's central plateau.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:43 am
The leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Italy met Tuesday in London with the head of the European Union to discuss the world's financial turmoil: a world credit shortage, stock market volatility and the impact of a massive bank fraud in France -- and as the International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for world economic growth this year.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to overhaul stop and search powers in a bid to tackle rising gun and knife crime. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, explains how the stimulus package going before his committee Wednesday -- and then to the floor soon afterward -- differs from the compromise bill between the House and the Bush administration.
The House has passed the economic stimulus package worked out last week by House leaders and the White House. However, the Senate Finance Committee has an alternative plan.
Assuming Congress doesn't impose further restrictions, immigrants -- both legal and illegal -- and their native-born children are expected to provide the bulk of coming years' growth in home-buying demand, nudging the market back up and aiding the broader economy.
President Bush announced in Monday's State of the Union address that he plans to double the funding for his Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. But critics say there's less to that increase in money than meets the eye.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- In his State of the Union address, President Bush called Afghanistan a young democracy where children go to school and Afghans are hopeful. But he didn't mention the violence that has killed 147 students and teachers, and closed 590 schools in the last year - almost as many as the 680 the U.S. has built.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:17 a... | 29 Jan 2008 | 9:44 pm
The killing of an opposition politician added new fuel to the violence in Kenya on Tuesday as former United Nations chief Kofi Annan renewed efforts to mediate an end to the monthlong crisis. Government helicopters fired on mobs rioting in the Rift Valley, and clashes broke out in and around Nairobi.
The office of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is reeling following publication of a series of e-mails between him and his chief of staff, Christine Beatty, suggesting that they lied under oath last year in denying they were having an affair. Their testimony was part of a lawsuit by police officers who lost their jobs after investigating Kilpatrick.
The House voted Tuesday to pass a $146 billion stimulus package that has been fast-tracked to give a quick boost to the nation's sagging economy. The bill now goes to the Senate, which is likely to modify the package.
Derek Conway faces a police investigation and de-selection as an MP over £260,000 of taxpayer-funded payments he has made to his two sons and wife, it has emerged. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 7:49 pm
Parviz Khan and his allies made four separate shipments of equipment to terrorists in Pakistan, the court heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 7:27 pm
A terrorist planned to kidnap a British Muslim soldier, cut his head off “like a pig” and release a video of the beheading to cause panic and fear across the country, a court has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 7:12 pm
Four of the robbers that took part in Britain's biggest cash heist, stealing £53m from Securitas, have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years each. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 6:41 pm
Four of the robbers that took part in Britain's biggest cash heist, stealing £53m from Securitas, have been jailed for a minimum of 15 years each. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 4:55 pm
An Islamist fanatic has admitted to hatching a plot to kidnap and behead a British Muslim soldier "like a pig" in a lock-up garage, a court has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Jan 2008 | 3:54 pm
Rescuers work by the wrecking of a police station, seen covered in black plastic in background, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 in Thenia, some 60 kilometers (38 miles) east of Algiers. A car bomb exploded Tuesday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 1:38 pm
A prison officer holds sets of handcuffs. Iran's judiciary has said it has sentenced 54 members of the Bahai religious community, whose faith is banned in the Islamic republic, for anti-regime propaganda.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 1:12 pm
US and Iraqi soldiers patrol the outskirts of Baquba on January 14. Iraqi police have found the remains of 19 executed men in the volatile province of Diyala, including 10 heads removed from their bodies.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 1:03 pm
A US soldier secures an area during an operation against Al-Qaeda militants on the outskirts of southern Baghdad. Iraqi police have said they have found the remains of 19 executed men in the volatile northeastern... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 1:03 pm
An Iraqi soldier inspects a car at a checkpoint in Baghdad. Iraqi police have found the remains of 19 executed men in the volatile northeastern province of Diyala, including 10 heads removed from their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 1:03 pm
Egyptian anti-riot policemen stand alert at the breached border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip in the border town of Rafah, January 28. Egypt boosted security around Rafah and resealed parts... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:58 pm
A Palestinian woman carries her belongings on her back as she crosses back into the Gaza Strip from Egypt through the breached border point in the border town of Rafah, January 28. Egypt boosted security... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:58 pm
Egyptian border guards erect barbed wire along a crossing in the divided border town of Rafah between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, January 28. Egypt boosted security around the border town of Rafah and resealed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Jan 2008 | 12:58 pm
AFP - Kenyan police have been given shoot to kill orders in a bid to stem weeks of violence, a commander said Wednesday, a day after Kofi Annan launched crisis talks between feuding political leaders.
Reuters - The board of Societe Generale
met on Wednesday to decide the fate of its chairman after rogue
trading losses as fellow French bank BNP Paribas ducked
questions on whether it would bid for its wounded rival.
AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton claimed victory in a campaign-free Florida presidential primary while rival Barack Obama sketched a personal story that he argues can bring the nation together.
AP - The space station's two American astronauts went out on a riskier than usual spacewalk Wednesday to fix one of two equipment failures that have crippled their power system and threatened to stall construction.
AP - The city that popularized the fast food drive-thru has a new innovation: 24-hour medical marijuana vending machines.
AP - A report to be released Wednesday about his inconclusive 2006 war in Lebanon could determine whether Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians this year.
AP - The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions, although analysts are split on just what size the future cuts will be.
AP - Attorney General Michael Mukasey still won't say whether waterboarding is torture, a stance that is upsetting Senate Democrats who had threatened to derail his confirmation over the issue.
AP - Australia will issue its first formal apology to its indigenous people next month, the government announced Wednesday, a milestone that could ease tensions with a minority whose mixed-blood children were once taken away on the premise that their race was doomed.
AP - Sen. John McCain won a breakthrough triumph in the Florida primary Tuesday night, seizing the upper hand in the Republican presidential race ahead of next week's coast-to-coast contests and lining up a quick endorsement from soon-to-be dropout Rudy Giuliani.
