Sadiq Khan, the MP allegedly bugged as he visited a constituent in jail, welcomes an inquiry. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AFP) - Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls on Sunday continue their intense campaign schedule ahead of the key "Super Tuesday" vote, even as millions in the United States turn their attention to the American football national championship game. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Chadian forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships struggled to repel a rebel assault on the capital Sunday, the French military said, and insurgents claimed to have trapped the president in his palace.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:25 pm
AP - Chadian forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships struggled to repel a rebel assault on the capital Sunday, the French military said, and insurgents claimed to have trapped the president in his palace.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH BRIEFING AFTER MEETING) A group of Chinese experts held a meeting with their Japanese counterparts Sunday over a food-poisoning outbreak allegedly... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Reuters - Egyptian forces began closing
the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of
Palestinians across a frontier blown open 11 days ago by Hamas
Islamists in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egyptian forces began closing the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of Palestinians across a frontier blown open 11 days ago by Hamas Islamists in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.
At least 21 people die and hundreds are injured in a 5.0 magnitude earthquake in western Rwanda. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao urges his country to "have faith" recent bad weather can be overcome, media reports. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
Chadian forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships struggled to repel a rebel assault on the capital Sunday, the French military said, and insurgents claimed to have trapped the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
Police were searching for a man they said fled a clothing store in a Chicago suburb where five woman were shot to death during an apparent robbery. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:57 am
COLOMBO (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked a train at Colombo's main rail station Sunday, killing at least 10 and injuring more than 100 others on the eve of Sri Lanka's independence day celebrations, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
Five women are shot dead in a shopping centre in a suburb of the US city of Chicago, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
AP - Police were searching for a man they said fled a clothing store in a Chicago suburb where five woman were shot to death during an apparent robbery.
KIGALI (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed and 200 seriously injured when an earthquake shook southern Rwanda on Sunday, police said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Fighting raged for the second day on Sunday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and surrounded his palace and loyalist troops.
A breakthrough is reported in talks between Hollywood production companies and striking writers. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
BELGRADE (AFP) - Serbia voted Sunday in a watershed presidential election runoff that pits a pro-European against an extremist bolstered by anti-Western feelings over Kosovo's looming independence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
AP - A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
AP - Mitt Romney coasted to a win in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans on Saturday, claiming his third victory in a caucus state and fourth overall.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama told young voters Saturday his multicultural background lets him "see through the eyes of other people" abroad in ways another president could not. Closer to home and student pocketbooks rival Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of aggressive steps to make college affordable.
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, ending 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
AP - Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, ending 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said.
BONDO, Kenya (AP) -- The leader of Kenya's opposition called Sunday for the African Union to send peacekeepers to help stem violence sparked by the country's disputed presidential election.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
AP - The leader of Kenya's opposition called Sunday for the African Union to send peacekeepers to help stem violence sparked by the country's disputed presidential election.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Sunday, killing six people and wounding 95 others, the military and a hospital official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
Reuters - Fighting raged for the second day on
Sunday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling
President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and
surrounded his palace and loyalist troops.
AP - Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that he would not pull his faction from the government over its handling of the 2006 war against Hezbollah guerillas, an announcement that removed any immediate threat to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are running neck-and-neck in California, New Jersey and Missouri two days before the sprawling "Super Tuesday" presidential showdown, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that he would not pull his faction from the government over its handling of the 2006 war against Hezbollah guerillas, an announcement that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
CHEBILAT, Kenya (Reuters) - Militiamen armed with clubs, sharpened sticks and machetes patrolled roads in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, while scores of people fled ethnic attacks on their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:04 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 4TH, 5TH GRAFS) Pesticide was detected from the surface of six Chinese-made "gyoza" dumpling packages which were produced on the same day as one that ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - At least 13 people were killed in western Kenya as tribal fighting and a police crackdown intensified, police said Sunday, bringing the death toll to 70 since Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:55 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING, CHANGING DATELINE) At least nine people were killed and more than 100 injured Sunday in a suicide bomb attack on a main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:51 am
A homicide bomber blew herself up at the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Sunday killing eight people and wounding 100 more, the military and a hospital official said. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
A suicide bomb ripped through a train in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo on Sunday, killing at least seven people and injuring nearly 100 on the eve of independence celebrations, officials... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
A Sri Lanka army soldier patrols outside the country's main zoo. A suicide bomb has ripped through a train in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, killing at least seven people and injuring nearly 100 on the eve... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
A Sri Lankan Special Task Force bomb squad commando stands guard at the site of a blast just outside Colombo. A suicide bomb has ripped through a train in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, killing at least... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak says he will not quit PM Ehud Olmert's coalition over the 2006 Lebanon war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
At least eight people die in a suspected suicide attack on the main railway station in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:29 am
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday killing nine people and wounding around 100, the military said.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 3RD, 4TH GRAFS) A group of Chinese experts held a meeting with their Japanese counterparts Sunday over a food-poisoning outbreak allegedly triggered by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, had just consoled the father of a 16-year-old suicide bomber when he spoke of his religious compulsion to drive American forces out of Pashtun tribal lands.
TINLEY PARK, Illinois (Reuters) - Five women were shot and killed inside a clothing store at a suburban Chicago shopping center on Saturday in what police said appeared to be a botched robbery.
Rebels try for a second day to take control of Chad's capital as hundreds of French and other foreigners evacuate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:39 am
Francois Lebel, Mayor of Paris 8th district, poses in Paris after marrying French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni at the Elysee palace. Sarkozy put an end to the rumours Saturday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
Flowers are delivered to the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy put an end to the rumours Saturday, marrying Italian supermodel-turned-singer Carla Bruni in an intimate ceremony at... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
The entrance of the Elysee Palace in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy went to elaborate lengths to keep his wedding to former supermodel Carla Bruni a near state secret until it was over, a Paris... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy(L) and his model-turned-singer girlfriend Carla Bruni visit the Great Pyramids of Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo in December 2007. Sarkozy went to elaborate lengths to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A senior Interior Ministry official and his bodyguard were wounded and his driver was killed Sunday by a bomb planted on his car, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:37 am
Kenya's opposition leader on Sunday called for the African Union to send peacekeepers to help stem violence sparked by the country's disputed presidential election. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 9:27 am
HULHUMALE, Maldives (AP) -- Running out of space in its crowded capital, this republic of 1,200 islands thought it had a can't-miss solution: build another island.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 8:23 am
Egyptian troops seal the border with the Gaza Strip, ending 10 days of freedom of movement for Palestinians. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
ABO EBAM, Nigeria (AP) -- In the gloomy shade deep in Africa's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:52 am
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan authorities put a prominent lawyer back under house arrest Saturday after he tried to visit the grave of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, his spokesman said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:51 am
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed eight civilians and wounded nine others when it exploded near a minibus full of passengers in the war-ravaged Somali capital on Sunday, witnesses and hospital staff said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EST | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:48 am
Hong Kong police seized hundreds of pictures in connection to a series of racy photos posted on the Internet that appear to depict partially nude local celebrities. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Palestinians walk along a section of the destroyed border fence between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. Senior Hamas leader Mahmud al-Zahar has said his movement will work with Cairo to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Egyptian police attempt to control the crowd during a Hamas demonstration at the border fence with the Gaza Strip on February 1. Egyptian and Hamas forces closed the border between the Gaza Strip and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Hamas supporters demonstrate at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Egyptian and Hamas forces closed the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Sunday, nearly two weeks after militants... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Senior Hamas leader Mahmud al-Zahar waves upon his arrival in Rafah. Zahar has said his movement will work with Cairo to gradually bring order to the breached border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea received a huge boost from Soviet technology to develop its ballistic missiles and still relies on foreign suppliers for key components, a report obtained on the weekend said.
Colombia's Farc rebel group says it will release three hostages kidnapped over six years ago, for health reasons. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Feb 2008 | 7:32 am
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The New York Giants stand between the New England Patriots and their date with destiny when the two teams square off in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
A four-story building collapsed in this western Indian city on Sunday, killing eight people and injuring another 12, a local administrator said. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 6:57 am
With one night left before the big game, fans packed into Super Bowl pre-parties teeming with free booze, free music, body-painted go-go dancers, celebrities, athletes, and possibly even a discussion or two about football. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 6:14 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Joel and Ethan Coen's "No Country for Old Men," a tale of moral decline wrapped in a gritty crime drama, won the top film prize from Hollywood's producers on Saturday, making it the clear front-runner in the race to the Oscars.
NDJAMENA (AFP) - Chad's president was Sunday holed up in his palace cornered by rebels who seized most of the capital as foreigners fled the country, military and rebel sources said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 6:04 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's striking writers and its major studios made "significant progress" in recent talks aimed at ending their labor dispute, a source briefed on the discussions said on Saturday, raising hopes a settlement may be near.
GUANGZHOU, China (AFP) - For Luo Qingming, returning to his village in central China for the New Year holiday is the one bright spot in a year full of back-breaking work and low pay. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 4:50 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) - Faced with record inflation, the European Central Bank is expected to resist pressure for an interest rate cut when its governing council meets this week, in the wake of moves by the US Federal Reserve. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Feb 2008 | 4:33 am
In former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's posthumous autobiography, she names the son of Al Qaeda leader Usama Bin Laden as one of the assassins sent to kill her. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 3:45 am
The father of a baby boy who was found dead in a car seat near Galveston, Texas, says he stomped the baby to death, Pennsylvania police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Feb 2008 | 1:26 am
Poland has put its doubts to one side and agreed in principle to let America base a missile defence system in the country, despite fierce opposition from its powerful Russian neighbour. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The Conservatives are proposing dramatic new powers for the police and tax reductions to boost small businesses in an attempt to seize back the political initiative. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
John McCain revealed that he thinks he can wrap up the Republican White House nomination on Tuesday, when Republicans in 21 states go to the polls, in what will be the biggest single day of voting in presidential primary election history. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hillary Clinton is ahead in the polls and is hoping to win emphatically on Super Tuesday. But the gap is steadily closing in the face of Barack Obama's surging challenge. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Portugal's top policeman has publicly admitted that detectives were "hasty" in making Madeleine McCann's parents suspects in her disappearance. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits following a year-long Government review, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The Conway affair has been bad for politics, George Osborne tells Melissa Kite, but the Tories must not let it blow them off course. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A sniffer dog snatched from under the noses of its handlers is among thousands of items of police equipment that has been lost or stolen. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
As the New England Patriots prepare for the Super Bowl, actor Jerry O'Connell complains Boston teams have a sports 'monopoly' Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Feb 2008 | 9:21 pm
There's a new breed of networking sites growing on the Web -- anti-social sites like Enemybook and Snubster. Some say these sites are a harmless social commentary on the forced cheer of Facebook, but others worry that they may enable online bullying. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Steve Johnson, Internet critic for the Chicago Tribune about the culture of Enemybook.
Apple sales numbers released this week show that more than a quarter of iPhones sold in 2007 may have been hacked. The phones haven't shown up on the roster of exclusive service provider AT&T. Many probably went to black markets overseas. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Dylan Tweney of Wired about the rogue phones.
Philadelphia's wireless Internet network was supposed to be a model for the nation, but the project has been plagued by delays and spotty service. Now EarthLink, the company building it, is getting out of the municipal wireless business in other cities. That may leave Philadelphia disconnected.
John Holmes, under-secretary general of the U.N. for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, talks with Scott Simon about Kenya's post-election violence and what the rest of the world might do about it.
Exit polls show Arizona Sen. John McCain is picking up support from pro-choice voters, but his record shows he is consistently anti-abortion. Many voters appear to assume, incorrectly, that abortion is among the issues on which McCain has split with his party.
Microsoft's bid to buy Yahoo further demonstrates its desire to compete with Google, which has dominated the Web search industry. But analysts warn that Microsoft and Yahoo each bring flawed Internet strategies to the table, while Google holds a strong hand.
Rebels in Chad seeking to overthrow the government fought their way into the capital city, N'Djamena, Saturday morning after a five-day march from Chad's eastern border, across from Darfur.
Next stop on the road to the White House: Super Tuesday, when 24 states hold caucuses or primaries. On the Republican side, the nominee is likely to be determined by the Feb. 5 vote, but not necessarily on the Democratic side, says analyst Charlie Cook.
A Los Angeles court has placed the financial affairs of troubled pop singer Britney Spears under the temporary control of her father while she remains hospitalised under psychiatric care. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Feb 2008 | 1:30 pm
Matt Miller has a radical but simple proposal to improve the nation's public schools: federalize funding to eliminate disparities in per-pupil funding between poor and affluent communities. He also proposes a single set of federal standards for math, science and reading, instead of letting each state set its own standards. Scott Simon speaks with Miller, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots is described as a coaching genius. Tom Coughlin of the New York Giants is credited with rallying his team after a dismal start. But both men are taciturn and stone-faced with the media. Do they ever lighten up?
AP - Chadian forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships struggled to repel a rebel assault on the capital Sunday, the French military said, and insurgents claimed to have trapped the president in his palace.
Reuters - Egyptian forces began closing
the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stemming the flow of
Palestinians across a frontier blown open 11 days ago by Hamas
Islamists in defiance of an Israeli-led blockade.
AP - Police were searching for a man they said fled a clothing store in a Chicago suburb where five woman were shot to death during an apparent robbery.
AP - A breakthrough in contract talks has been reached between Hollywood studios and striking writers and could lead to a tentative deal as early as next week, a person close to the ongoing negotiations said Saturday.
AP - Mitt Romney coasted to a win in presidential preference voting by Maine Republicans on Saturday, claiming his third victory in a caucus state and fourth overall.
AP - Democrat Barack Obama told young voters Saturday his multicultural background lets him "see through the eyes of other people" abroad in ways another president could not. Closer to home and student pocketbooks rival Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke of aggressive steps to make college affordable.
AP - Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, ending 11 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said.
AP - The leader of Kenya's opposition called Sunday for the African Union to send peacekeepers to help stem violence sparked by the country's disputed presidential election.
Reuters - Fighting raged for the second day on
Sunday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling
President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and
surrounded his palace and loyalist troops.
AP - Sen. John McCain barnstormed through a skeptical South on Saturday, campaigning for a Super Tuesday knockout in the Republican presidential race. Democratic rivals Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton worked the West on the final weekend before primaries and caucuses in more than 20 states.
