GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions of Chinese faced a humanitarian crisis on Friday, as petrol and food reserves dwindled and yet more bad weather was forecast for a country paralyzed by record-breaking cold and snow.
Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Technology giant Microsoft Corp said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and stock.
Leaving behind the acrimony that marked an earlier on-stage encounter in South Carolina, Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton held a cordial one-on-one debate Thursday at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, Calif. They covered questions on health care, Iraq and the possibility of a joint ticket.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber killed 45 people at a packed pet market in Baghdad on Friday, police said, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in six months.
ELDORET, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyan police killed four people as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western Kenyan town, an official said Friday, after a policeman's killing of an opposition lawmaker sparked clashes in the Rift Valley.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains have killed at least 12 people across Indonesia and the capital's main airport was briefly shut on Friday as more than 40 flights were delayed due to low visibility.
AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.
REDMOND, Washington (AFP) - Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars in cash and stock, the technology giant said in a statement Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:59 am
Reuters - Technology giant Microsoft Corp
said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet
media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and
stock.
AFP - Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars in cash and stock, the technology giant said in a statement Friday.
NAZARE DA MATA, Brazil (AP) -- As morning breaks over the rolling green cane fields, the 19-year-old sugar cane cutter takes an herbal bath and offers a prayer to indigenous and African spirits before transforming himself into something resembling an electric, Day-Glo lion from outer space.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
VIENNA (AFP) - OPEC agreed here on Friday to leave unchanged its oil production target, Nigeria's energy chief told reporters, snubbing US calls for an increase to cool prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A U.S. missile strike that killed a top al-Qaida commander in Pakistan marked a significant victory for the U.S. in its battle against the terror network after a series of pessimistic assessments of the American-led campaign against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday in separate attacks on Baghdad pet bazaars, killing at least 64 people and wounding dozens, police said. The attacks were the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since 30,000 more American troops flooded into the center of the country last spring.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday in separate attacks on Baghdad pet bazaars, killing at least 64 people and wounding dozens, police said. The attacks were the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since 30,000 more American troops flooded into the center of the country last spring.
AP - Dave Gilligan remembers being pushed outside to play baseball and other sports, but feeling it just wasn't for him. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
Two bombs explode in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 64 people in the deadliest violence for months. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
A senior al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, top Western officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (AFP) - A top Al-Qaeda commander who led Osama bin Laden's terror network in Afghanistan was believed killed by a US airstrike on his hideout in a Pakistani tribal area, officials said Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
Zimbabwe has extradited British alleged mercenary Simon Mann to Equatorial Guinea, his lawyer says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
Suicides among US soldiers are heading for a record high, army data released on Thursday shows. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight Thursday and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it's now up to a team of professional caregivers to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral.
NAIROBI (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Friday for Kenya's feuding political leaders to stop weeks of deadly violence sparked by disputed presidential polls, and to resolve the crisis through peaceful dialogue. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
AP - The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the drive-thru window.
AP - At least one person has been interviewed privately by congressional lawyers looking into Roger Clemens' denial of allegations in the Mitchell Report. Now the parade of players is set to begin.
AP - More and more, top government diplomats are straying from official Bush foreign policy as the administration wanes, leaving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggling to keep them in check.
Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican - as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
AP - Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain.
Salvage crews are preparing to launch an operation to recover a stricken ferry that ran aground off the coast in "horrendous" weather. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Police in Myanmar have given DVD hawkers strict orders not to stock the new Rambo movie, which features the Vietnam War veteran taking on the former Burma's ruling military junta, a Yangon resident told Reuters on Friday.
TOKYO (AP) -- There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
There was no significant damage to a nuclear plant in northern Japan shuttered since last summer after it was hit by a strong earthquake, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Friday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
LONDON (AP) -- Massive waves and violent winds battered two ships, forcing them aground during storms overnight off Britain's northwestern coast, the coast guard said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
Massive waves and violent winds battered two ships, forcing them aground during storms overnight off Britain's northwestern coast, the coast guard said Friday. The gale force winds... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
Chinese officials say recent bad weather has caused 54bn yuan (£3.8bn) of damage and killed 60 people. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Powerful bombs, one triggered by a female suicide attacker, ripped through two Baghdad markets on Friday, killing at least 43 people, panicking crowds and scattering body parts, officials and witnesses said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
Giving babies nutritious food could significantly increase their earning power as adults, new research suggests. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
Police killed four looters as mobs set scores of houses and businesses ablaze in a western town, an official said Friday, in clashes sparked by the police killing of an opposition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Three weeks of crippling snow storms across China have inflicted $7.5 billion in damages, the government said Friday, as it announced a $700 million relief fund for farmers.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
Three weeks of crippling snow storms across China have inflicted $7.5 billion in damages, the government said Friday, as it announced a $700 million relief fund for farmers. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:11 am
EU members Romania and Cyprus say they will not recognise a declaration of independence by Kosovo. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
France flies 150 extra troops to Chad as rebels advance on the capital, amid reports of fighting north of the city. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew into Kenya on Friday to provide heavyweight diplomatic clout for efforts to end a month of post-election turmoil in which more than 850 people have been killed.
BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING, ADDING DETAILS) A senior government official overseeing disaster relief said Friday that the snowstorms and freezing conditions hitting much... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia traded accusations on Friday with Europe's main election watchdog in an increasingly acrimonious dispute over international monitoring of its presidential election next month.
A female homicide bomber blew herself up at the main pet market in central Baghdad, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens, police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:52 am
A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main pet market in central Baghdad, killing at least 46 people and wounding dozens in the deadliest bombing to strike the capital since... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan has decided not to take up the issue of whether to expand the Group of Eight nations to include China, India and other emerging countries on the official agenda of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
German soldiers guard the site of a bomb blast on the outskirts of the Afghan capital in 2007. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sent an "unusually stern" letter to his German counterpart asking Berlin... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung (R) listens to his US counterpart Robert Gates during a 2007 press conference in Berlin. Gates has sent an "unusually stern" letter to his German counterpart asking... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
A U.S. missile strike that killed a top Al Qaeda commander in Pakistan marked a significant victory for the U.S. in its battle against the terror network after a series of pessimistic assessments of the American-led campaign. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Contact has been lost with a 58-year-old Japanese man who has embarked on a voyage to cross the Pacific solo in a hot-air balloon and his supporters have... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton shared a debate stage alone for the first time on Thursday, striking a cordial tone and highlighting their opportunity to make history as the next U.S. president.
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Gunmen opened fire on the Israeli embassy in Mauritania on Friday, wounding three bystanders including a French woman, days after anti-Israeli protests calling for the government to sever diplomatic ties.
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama struck a rare note of civility in their White House battle, uniting to observe that history was in the air as the Democrats vie to seize back the presidency. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:37 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Friday that Japan should deal "calmly" with the dispute with Australia over Japan's whaling activities, while... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:26 am
Japan on Friday hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions this year, with the justice minister saying that public opinion demanded capital punishment. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Japanese Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama, seen here in December 2007. Japan on Friday hanged three convicted murderers in the country's first executions this year - a justice ministry spokesman said the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Chadian soldiers stand beside their vehicles during a patrol near Sudan's troubled Darfur region in 2007. Fighting has broken out between Chadian government forces and rebels just 50 kilometers (30 miles)... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:09 am
Exotic birds for sale at the Al-Ghazl pet market in Baghdad in 2007. Powerful bombs have ripped through two busy Baghdad markets, killing at least 43 people and wounding 85 in the worst attacks this year... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:04 am
Iraqi soldiers patrol in Baghdad, January 30. Powerful bombs have ripped through two busy Baghdad markets, killing at least 43 people and wounding 85 in the worst attacks this year in the Iraqi capital,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:04 am
Snow storms that have battered many parts of China over the last three weeks have killed at least 60 people and caused 53.8 billion yuan (US$7.5 billion; euro5 billion) in damage, the Civil Affairs Ministry said Friday. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:49 am
PARIS (AFP) - A new study shows that parent training programmes fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting that coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:19 am
The US has urged Germany to send more troops to Afghanistan amid fears that the Nato-led force is failing against the Taliban. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
Yet another storm swept across the nation's midsection Thursday, burying areas still recovering from an earlier wave of severe weather, tying up air travel and making roads treacherous. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:55 am
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Fears of a global bird flu pandemic that once dominated headlines have largely vanished in the West, but four years after the virus began ravaging Asian poultry, it continues to quietly spread.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:46 am
President George W. Bush is relying on his bully pulpit to get an economic deal done, a strategy proving tough with a Senate that fumes at being bullied. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:19 am
All those on board a passenger ferry hit by a "freak wave" in the Irish Sea have been air-lifted to safety after a mayday call was issued this morning. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 7:01 am
ORANJESTAD, Aruba (AP) -- Aruban prosecutors said Thursday that authorities are investigating new information in the Natalee Holloway case provided by a Dutch crime reporter.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 1 Feb 2008 | 6:29 am
Israeli ambassador to Mauritania says one civilian not employed by the embassy was wounded by gunmen who sparked a firefight with guards in the predominantly Muslim nation. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 6:26 am
A Chadian woman rids a donkey as French military vehicles drive through a trail in eastern Chad, November 2007. France was to reinforce Friday its military force in Chad with an extra company deployed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:46 am
A 7-year-old boy is in critical condition after being found hanging by his shirt collar from a clothing hook in a charter school's dressing room, and police tried to determine Thursday whether it was an attack or an accident. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 5:34 am
France's Minister of Defense Herve Morin (R) and US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates (L) speak to reporters following their private meeting January 31 at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. Morin cast... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 4:12 am
Having a tornado demolish her home was bad enough. But when Ann Beam received a $2,000 cable bill a few weeks later, she was floored. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Feb 2008 | 2:37 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian David Hicks, the only Guantanamo Bay detainee convicted of terrorism charges, is at the centre of a worldwide media bidding war for his story, with a possible price tag of A$1 million (US$892,000), local media said.
Several alarming reports about Afghanistan describe it as a failing state on the verge of a humanitarian crisis. Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill have seized on the reports to call for a new U.S. strategy. State Department officials insist they are making progress and show no sign of doing anything differently.
A professor's attempt to reduce a man's appetite by implanting electrodes in his brain didn't curb his appetite -- but it did cause the man to experience vivid memories instead. Now that professor -- Andres Lozano at the Toronto Western Research Institute -- is testing the procedure on people suffering from Alzheimer's.
Farmers ride on a tractor as they approach Mexico City's main Zocalo plaza during a mass protest on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. Tens of thousands of demonstrators belonging to different organizations protested... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:21 am
Mexican farmers take part in Mexico City in a march of hundreds of corn producers protesting against the NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), which they say is hurting their pockets.. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:14 am
Lotteries should be used to award pupils places at schools across England under plans that would see the abolition of grammar schools, a Government-backed report recommended yesterday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hillary Clinton has mounted a carefully choreographed appeal to black voters in Georgia in her bid to dent Barack Obama's popularity in the southern states. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Talks designed to end the political crisis in Kenya were called off yesterday after police shot dead an opposition MP. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Passengers and crew of a stricken ferry, including a nine-month-old baby, have been airlifted to safety after the vessel was hit by a "freak wave" caused by gale force winds. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The effects of China's weather crisis on its economy worsened yesterday as the devastation of winter crops added to pressures on food prices. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The abortion debate is reignited today as figures show that survival rates of babies born very prematurely have doubled in the past 20 years. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
CPAC's organizers decided to cut Ann Coulter from the list of speakers at the February 7-9 conference. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:52 pm
The bipartisan economic stimulus plan has run into a partisan wall in the Senate. Democratic leaders say they'll force votes next week on a number of amendments. They deal with food stamps and unemployment benefits -- and whether to extend a tax rebate program to low income seniors.
Alexander Autographs has for sale the gold Benrus watch that the Democratic National Committee gave to JFK during his 1960 campaign against Richard Nixon. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:43 pm
Former superstar GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson took too long to warm to the campaign trail and wife Jeri erred in grabbing for control of the reins, according to Fred's associates. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:32 pm
We can't tell you where it is or we'd have to kill you, but the newest CIA campus somewhere in northern Virginia is winning kudos for being green. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:28 pm
Fox News Channel's Geraldo Rivera has never been one to slink from a fight, especially when facing bigots. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 31 Jan 2008 | 11:27 pm
It was relatively quiet at the Washington state Peace Arch, the Northern border's third busiest crossing, on Thursday as new border rules took effect. But the real test will come over the weekend, when the number of border crossers generally is much higher.
People traveling by land into the U.S. have to show border guards their proof of citizenship starting Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security was prepared for confusion, and most likely issued warnings at the start. But U.S. customs officials said delays were minimal at the busiest U.S. gateway on the southern border.
Officials are investigating why a train en route to Iran from Kyrgyzstan was carrying radioactive cargo. The amount of cesium-137 was not enough to make a weapon. But experts are asking how the train crossed two borders equipped with radiation detectors.
Teachers are leaving their profession in record numbers, especially at the high-school level, according to study released Thursday. Some 40 percent of the nation's teachers are now 50 years or older and an unprecedented number of them will likely retire in the next five years, a study shows.
The Department of Homeland Security will begin asking people crossing into the U.S. by land for passports or other proof of citizenship. Critics predict confusion and many border-area businesses oppose the idea.
A senior al-Qa’eda leader in Afghanistan, Abu Laith al-Libi, has been killed, officials have said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 31 Jan 2008 | 6:42 pm
AP - Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.
Reuters - Technology giant Microsoft Corp
said on Friday that it had offered to acquire Internet
media company Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion in cash and
stock.
AFP - Microsoft has offered to buy struggling Internet firm Yahoo for 44.6 billion dollars in cash and stock, the technology giant said in a statement Friday.
AP - Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up Friday in separate attacks on Baghdad pet bazaars, killing at least 64 people and wounding dozens, police said. The attacks were the deadliest in the Iraqi capital since 30,000 more American troops flooded into the center of the country last spring.
AP - With Britney Spears whisked out of the public spotlight Thursday and committed to a hospital psychiatric ward, it's now up to a team of professional caregivers to reverse her seemingly endless downward spiral.
AP - The bronze medallion embedded in the pavement behind the Commercial Bank of Texas is easy to overlook. About the size of a DVD, it barely registers as a bump for the cars pulling into the drive-thru window.
AP - At least one person has been interviewed privately by congressional lawyers looking into Roger Clemens' denial of allegations in the Mitchell Report. Now the parade of players is set to begin.
AP - More and more, top government diplomats are straying from official Bush foreign policy as the administration wanes, leaving Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice struggling to keep them in check.
AP - Germans are gaga over Barack Obama. He's got Japan pretty jazzed, too, along with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Russia's leaders, not so much: They prefer a Republican as long as it's not Kremlin critic John McCain.
