France's President Sarkozy marries his girlfriend, ex-model Carla Bruni, the mayor who married them says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:32 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS, CLARIFYING MEANING OF 1ST GRAF) President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday visited Itu Aba Island in the disputed Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:31 pm
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:30 pm
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:30 pm
Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the central African nation. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:20 pm
French President Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, according to the official who performed the ceremony. "The bride wore white, she was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:15 pm
PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni were married at the Elysee palace Saturday, local district mayor Francois Lebel told Europe 1 radio. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:13 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing central African nation, officials and witnesses said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:10 pm
AP - Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing central African nation, officials and witnesses said.
Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:08 pm
AP - Andrea Brustein and her husband, Michael Firestone, both New York attorneys, were having lunch with friends when the talk turned to politics. Firestone revealed that he'd made a donation to Barack Obama.
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian rebels seeking to overthrow President Idriss Deby battled their way into the capital N'Djamena on Saturday and fought government troops around the presidential palace, diplomats and residents said.
AP - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
AP - Even as it prepared to say its final goodbyes, the family of a slain pregnant Marine continued to question whether military and civilian authorities adequately responded when she disappeared in December.
AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:04 pm
AP - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.
AP - Spygate sure has touched a nerve. If Roger Goodell wasn't acutely aware of that before Friday, he certainly has no doubt now. Not after repeatedly having to defend his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the New England Patriots' cheating scandal.
Rebels fight their way into Chad's capital N'Djamena and head for the presidential palace, reports say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:57 pm
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Egypt will close the breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not try to prevent it, a senior Hamas leader said after holding talks with Egyptian officials.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:57 pm
AP - Egypt will close the breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not try to prevent it, a senior Hamas leader said after holding talks with Egyptian officials.
(Kyodo) _ Former Foreign Minister Taro Aso said Saturday that Japan's agricultural cooperatives should be grateful to China for helping to add value to Japanese-made foodstuffs given the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:52 pm
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - China warned Saturday the worst was not over in its national weather crisis as desperate holiday travellers jammed transport hubs and others endured bitter winter storms without power or water. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:42 pm
A British teacher's trip to Africa turned to horror - when a lion leapt on her from behind and clamped its jaws round her head. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:36 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy married his girlfriend Carla Bruni on Saturday at the Elysee Palace, French radio station RTL reported, quoting witnesses. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:26 pm
NAIROBI (AFP) - The death toll from ethnic fighting and a police crackdown in western Kenya rose to 37 Saturday, a day after the feuding political sides agreed to a framework to try to end weeks of violence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING, ADDING INFO IN LAST GRAF) Contact remained lost Saturday with a 58-year-old Japanese man who embarked on a voyage Thursday to cross the Pacific solo in a hot-air Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
The Bishop of Rochester has been placed under police protection following death threats made in the wake of his claims that Islamic extremists are creating "no-go areas" for non-Muslims in Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
A Sunshine International Aquarium staff member feeds a ray as part of the annual month-long seasonal daily event for Valentine's Day, which is held until Feb. 14, in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008.(AP Photo/Itsuo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A police raid in Pakistan's northwest Saturday triggered a shootout that killed two officers and three militants and led the insurgents to use women and children as human shields, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
A police raid in Pakistan's northwest Saturday triggered a shootout that killed two officers and three militants and led the insurgents to use women and children as human shields,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
The government agrees to look into funding a first men-only refuge for victims of forced marriage. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Hamas will close the Gaza Strip's breached border with Egypt in coordination with Cairo, a senior official from the Palestinian faction said on Saturday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH VISIT) President Chen Shui-bian on Saturday visited Itu Aba Island in the disputed Spratly Island chain in the South China Sea, marking the first visit by Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:59 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister vowed on Saturday that improved security would not be derailed after two female bombers killed 99 people in the deadliest attacks in Baghdad since last April.
As the BBC's Kim Ghattas leaves Lebanon, she reflects on growing up in Beirut - the city that made her a reporter. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
Justin Webb sees the intimacy of the US presidential campaign evaporate ahead of Super Tuesday. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Paul Martin meets the Palestinians crossing the breached Egypt-Gaza border to do some essential shopping. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Dutch student Joran van der Sloot says he was lying when he spoke privately of involvement in Natalee Holloway's disappearance; mother says one percent hope her missing daughter is alive is gone. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Weeping relatives loaded simple wood coffins atop minivans Saturday in Baghdad as the city buried dozens of victims of the deadliest bombings since the U.S. flooded the capital with extra troops last spring.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:37 am
A seriously injured sea captain and five of his passengers have been airlifted to safety from a stricken cargo ship by the Royal Navy. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings this morning alerting people to the risk of icy roads in northern and eastern England as well as the south west of the country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
The toll from Baghdad market bombs, carried by mentally disabled women, rises to nearly 100, say officials. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
NDJAMENA (AFP) - Chadian rebels have seized the capital Ndjamena after three hours of fighting with government troops, and President Idriss Deby Itno remained at the presidential palace, a military source said Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
Poland and the US appear to be closer to a deal that would allow American missile defence interceptors to be hosted on Polish territory. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
South Korea's president-elect Lee Myung-Bak, seen here in January 2008, has said he would welcome a visit by Japanese Emperor Akihito and called for more "mature" ties between the two neighbours. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:57 am
DAMBULLA, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A bomb tore through a bus packed with mostly elderly Buddhist pilgrims in central Sri Lanka Saturday, killing 18 people and wounding 51 others, the military said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:47 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will seek $140.7 billion on Monday for the U.S. Army in fiscal 2009, including increased funds to buy helicopters and other equipment, according to budget documents obtained by Reuters.
A treasured old photograph, a police investigator's long-shot appeal to the public and a retiree's sharp memory have combined to solve a 15-year-old drowning mystery. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 8:50 am
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Presidential candidate John McCain urged skeptical conservatives on Friday to rally behind him and said he might clinch the Republican nomination in crucial "Super Tuesday" coast-to-coast voting.
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp offered to buy Yahoo Inc for $44.6 billion, in a bold bid to transform two ailing Internet businesses into a worthy competitor for market leader Google Inc.
COLOMBO (AFP) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels detonated a bomb on a crowded bus in northern Sri Lanka on Saturday, killing at least 20 people two days ahead of celebrations marking independence day, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:54 am
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch student Joran van der Sloot denied Friday that he had anything to do with Natalee Holloway's disappearance, saying he lied when he told someone privately he was involved.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
Chadian soldiers patrol the Kapka mountain range near the border with Sudan's troubled Darfur region, in 2007. Chadian officials expected a battle for the capital Ndjamena to begin early Saturday as the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
Chad's President Idriss Deby is seen in 2007. Chadian officials expected a battle for the capital Ndjamena to begin early Saturday as the French embassy called on its nationals to assemble for a possible... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
Chadian governemental troops deployed in town after the fighting with UFDD rebels, in Biltine, the eastern district of Chad, in 2006. Chadian officials expected a battle for the capital Ndjamena to begin... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
A Chadian soldier stands beside a vehicle that was destroyed during fierce clashes, in 2007. Chadian officials expected a battle for the capital Ndjamena to begin early Saturday as the French embassy called... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
SAN JOSE, California (AFP) - White House hopefuls launched a frantic blitz with the stakes enormous heading into "Super Tuesday" and the home stretch of the costliest and longest US election campaign in history. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 7:00 am
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon answers questions during a press conference in Nairobi. Kenyan police on Saturday scoured villages in the volatile western region to recover stolen weapons as turmoil raged... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
Luo families displaced by ethnic violence in the Rift Valley town of Nakuru arrive near the western town of Kericho. Kenyan police on Saturday scoured villages in the volatile western region to recover... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
Kenyan police ride the back of a jeep as they make their way in a road near the Rift Valley town of Nakuru, on February 1. Kenyan police on Saturday scoured villages in the volatile western region to recover... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga anwers questions after meeting with United Nations chief Ban Ki-Moon in Nairobi. Kenyan police on Saturday scoured villages in the volatile western region to recover... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
Poland has agreed in principle to allow an American missile defence system on Polish territory. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:51 am
China's authorities warn that the bad weather which has crippled parts of the country could last several more days. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:37 am
Ten female inmates who say male workers raped and sexually abused them in a state prison were awarded $15.5 million Friday in what may be the first of several trials. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 6:33 am
Russia's presidential election campaign is set to begin, with Putin ally Dmitry Medvedev the clear favourite. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Feb 2008 | 5:34 am
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- To the sound of blasting samba, men dressed as nuns swilled beer and danced down the cobblestoned streets of a Rio hillside Friday night to kick off five days of uninhibited carnival madness.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 4:54 am
A spokesman for the state agency that oversees the welfare of children was arrested Friday on charges that he solicited minors, at least one of whom may have been in state custody, to create pornography, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 4:47 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. nuclear power reactors will be able to obtain more supplies of Russian enriched uranium for fuel, under a trade deal signed by the two countries late on Friday.
OTTAWA (AP) -- The deaths of four U.N. military observers during Israeli clashes with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago were the result of errors by Israel's military, a Canadian Forces board of inquiry found Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 2 Feb 2008 | 4:27 am
A 7-year-old boy dies 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 | 2 Feb 2008 | 4:15 am
Now that Britney Spears has someone looking out for her best interest, maybe she can get some rest before something tragic happened. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 3:37 am
OCALA, Florida (Reuters) - Actor Wesley Snipes, star of the "Blade" movie series, was found guilty of three misdemeanors by a U.S. court on Friday for failing to file tax returns but was acquitted of more serious charges.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - The US Congress Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing next week to scrutinize Microsoft's multi-billion-dollar bid to acquire Yahoo in order to take on Internet goliath Google. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Feb 2008 | 3:23 am
Action star Wesley Snipes was found not guilty of federal tax-fraud and conspiracy charges Friday, but was convicted on three misdemeanor counts of failing to file a tax return. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
China is planning to divert billions of gallons of water hundreds of miles from drought-stricken regions to feed Olympic development in the capital Beijing. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Two women with Down's Syndrome were used to deliver remote-controlled bombs to the heart of Baghdad's thriving markets, killing at least 93 people and shattering the Iraqi capital's fragile peace. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hundreds of motorists have had to be rescued from snowbound roads as blizzards brought chaos. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The conservative credentials of John McCain, the Republican front-runner, came under renewed scrutiny yesterday after it was reported that he had come close to leaving the party in 2001 to become an independent. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Up to two thirds of people claiming incapacity benefit are not entitled to the state handout, the Government's new welfare adviser is warning. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
David Cameron has admitted employing his sister-in-law as a correspondence secretary in his private office. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon does not have a clear picture about the state of the war in Afghanistan, with U.S. commanders on the ground offering positive assessments while intelligence reports are more negative, the U.S. Marine Corps chief said on Friday.
Britney Spears, the troubled singer, has lost control of her assets after a Los Angeles court commissioner placed her estate under temporary conservatorship. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:30 pm
January jobless numbers did nothing to improve the nation's economic outlook. Business payrolls fell by 17,000 last month. Recession fears were already mounting because of another report this week that came in weaker than expected: The nation's gross domestic product expanded at an annual rate of only 0.6 percent.
A pair of female suicide bombers struck at crowded pet markets in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 64 people and wounding about 80 others. It was the deadliest day in the Iraqi capital in months.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is still big news, and the Michigan blog, with its promise of puppies, takes the top prize. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:08 pm
Among dirty dishes and utensils, Harvard dining workers have been finding used hypodermic needles on trays sent to the kitchen. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 1 Feb 2008 | 11:06 pm
At least three more schools think it's a good idea to organize a large mass of people to run around half-naked. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 1 Feb 2008 | 10:59 pm
Congress wants universities to spend more of their endowments to reduce tuition costs, but colleges say their costs vary a great deal from year to year, and they can't hand out money. Analysts say universities are caught up in a spending binge and feel no incentive to reduce costs.
Police in India have uncovered an illegal kidney transplant racket in which hundreds of poor laborers were duped or forced into giving up their organs for wealthy Indians and foreigners. Although several such operations have been discovered in India in recent years, the scale of this one is described as unprecedented.
Microsoft has made a $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, an aggressive move by the software giant to gain market share on the Internet and compete with Google. Microsoft and Yahoo have talked about merging for years. This time, a hostile but very rich offer could seal the deal.
Microsoft has plenty of reasons to want to acquire online giant Yahoo -- 80 billion reasons, in fact. Online ad revenues are expected to double by 2010, reaching $80 billion, and Microsoft is eager to get into the game -- if for no other reason than to slow rival Google's historic growth.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon on Friday insisted it is ready to respond to a chemical, biological or nuclear attack inside the United States, rejecting an independent panel's criticism of its preparations.
Franklin McCain, one of the college students who sat at a whites-only Woolworth lunch counter to protest segregation in 1960, talks with Michele Norris. The sit-in sparked more economic boycotts during the civil rights movement.
Corrupt doctors and middlemen take from the poor and sell to rich foreigners who seek transplants. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:56 pm
The ever frustrating U.S.-led quest for stepping up economic sanctions on Iran in response to its defiant nuclear stand is poised for yet more delays. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 1 Feb 2008 | 9:33 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States supports modernizing Poland's air defenses, a key Polish demand for hosting part of a planned missile defense system, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday.
Microsoft Corp. on Friday announced it has made an unsolicited bid to buy Yahoo Inc. for $44.6 billion. Yahoo, which has seen its profits and share price slide in recent months, said it would consider the offer. Microsoft said it sees at least $1 billion in cost savings generated by the combination.
Employers cut jobs last month and unemployment rates hover around 5 percent. Despite the grim financial outlook, Exxon Mobil posted record earnings last year. We address why crude prices are soaring in a stalling economy.
Thousands of farmers poured into Mexico City on Thursday to protest the elimination of tariffs on U.S. imports. Farmers want the Mexican government to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement to protect sales of their beans and corn.
AP - Brace yourself for more wintry weather. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Saturday, leading the groundhog to forecast six more weeks of winter.
AP - Hundreds of rebels penetrated the capital of Chad on Saturday, clashing with government troops and moving on the presidential palace after a three-day advance through the oil-producing central African nation, officials and witnesses said.
AP - Andrea Brustein and her husband, Michael Firestone, both New York attorneys, were having lunch with friends when the talk turned to politics. Firestone revealed that he'd made a donation to Barack Obama.
AP - Unable to topple Google Inc. on its own, Microsoft Corp. is trying to force crippled rival Yahoo Inc. into a shotgun marriage, with a wager worth nearly $42 billion that the two companies together will have a better chance of tackling the Internet search leader.
AP - Even as it prepared to say its final goodbyes, the family of a slain pregnant Marine continued to question whether military and civilian authorities adequately responded when she disappeared in December.
AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
AP - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.
AP - Spygate sure has touched a nerve. If Roger Goodell wasn't acutely aware of that before Friday, he certainly has no doubt now. Not after repeatedly having to defend his decision to destroy notes and videotapes linked to the New England Patriots' cheating scandal.
AP - Egypt will close the breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not try to prevent it, a senior Hamas leader said after holding talks with Egyptian officials.
