The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox all lead with Mitt Romney's surprise withdrawal from the presidential race, which automatically made Sen. John McCain the all-but-official Republican nominee. Romney made his announcement before a large, clearly unhappy audience at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, many of whom shouted out that the former Massachusetts governor should stay in the race and "Fight on!" But Romney said that he was stepping aside for the good of the party, insisting that if he were to stay in the race, it "would make it easier for Senator Clinton or Obama to win." He made up his mind to quit the race after meeting with advisers on Wednesday, who made it clear that after his losses on Super Tuesday it would be virtually impossible to catch up to McCain.
AP - Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure.
AP - People's confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the country is falling into recession.
AP - Microsoft is telling the tale of a major software piracy investigation that weaved through 22 countries, hoping would-be pirates will think twice if they know how far the company will go to protect its computer code worth billions in revenue each quarter.
AP - A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.
PARIS (AP) -- French police were holding a second person for questioning about the loss of billions at bank Societe Generale, a judicial official said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:48 pm
The military tribunal of Canadian Omar Khadr, who was 15 years old when he was arrested in Afghanistan, took a shocking turn when secret tesimony that seemingly contradicted the government's case was accidentally released to reporters.
Reuters - Iran has started building a second
atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with
Iraq, Iran's Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on
Friday by Itar-Tass news agency.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Iran has started building a second atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with Iraq, Iran's Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on Friday by Itar-Tass news agency.
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured, some of them seriously, in an explosion at a sugar refinery in the U.S. state of Georgia on Thursday night, local authorities said, adding that no fatalities had been reported yet.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of unleashing a new arms race on Russia's borders on Friday in a speech that is likely to provide a blueprint for his successor's policies.
AFP - President Vladimir Putin heralded a wealthy Russia able to compete in a new "arms race" with a speech Friday setting long term priorities for his hand-picked successor ahead of next month's presidential election.
MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin heralded a wealthy Russia able to compete in a new "arms race" with a speech Friday setting long term priorities for his hand-picked successor ahead of next month's presidential election. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:36 pm
AFP - British detectives said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's controversial account of how the opposition leader died.
President Nicolas Sarkozy announces thousands more police and a half-billion euro aid package for poor suburbs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:34 pm
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - British detectives said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's controversial account of how the opposition leader died. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:33 pm
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) -- France is considering sending forces to southern Afghanistan amid U.S. and Canadian pressure to move more troops into the fight against the Taliban.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:20 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian militants launched nearly 20 rockets at Israel on Friday hours after Israel began cutting electricity to the Gaza Strip in an attempt to halt the barrages.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
KIRKWOOD, Missouri (Reuters) - A gunman killed two police officers and three city officials on Thursday night when he stormed into a city council meeting in a suburb of St. Louis, police said.
French authorities suspend three policemen over alleged Nazi-style salutes and racist abuse. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Friday it cut by less than 1 percent the amount of electrical power it supplies to the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip as part of a campaign against militants who fire cross-border rockets.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - British police investigating the murder of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto concluded she was killed by a head injury caused by the impact of a bomb blast, not by a bullet, drawing skepticism from her close aides.
PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged Friday to send thousands of extra police and more than $700 million in aid to neglected, heavily immigrant neighborhoods that exploded in riots in 2005 and 2006.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Scotland Yard said in a report released Friday that Pakistan's opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died as a result of a suicide bomb blast, not a gunshot - findings that support the Pakistani government's version of the events.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
British detectives say ex-Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a bomb blast, not gunfire. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
Canada sends a high-level delegation to Paris to sound out a possible offer of military help in Afghanistan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign sought to create an alternate storyline of success on Thursday by announcing that Mrs. Clinton had raised $7.5 million online so far this month. But that unusually high figure was quickly overshadowed by Senator Barack Obama.
Kenyan men, mainly from the Luo tribe, enforce a roadblock to search for Kikuyus and to extort tolls from passing vehicles in Kisumu, Kenya, in this Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 file photo. A reader-submitted... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:03 am
Tanzania's president dissolves his cabinet in the wake of a graft scandal that forced the prime minister to resign. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a convoy of Afghan troops on Friday, killing one soldier and a child who was nearby.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
PARIS (AFP) - French police on Friday questioned a share broker over links to rogue trader Jerome Kerviel, whose 4.8 billion euro (7.1 billion dollar) losses nearly brought Societe Generale bank to its knees, justice officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
The religious head of the Anglican church, Rowan Williams, seen here in 2007, sparked an angry row after saying the adoption of some parts of sharia law alongside Britain's legal system "seems unavoidable."... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
US troops in Iraq say they have arrested a suspected leader of a Shia militia group allegedly backed by Iran. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:45 am
Scotland Yard said in a report released Friday that Pakistan’s opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died as a result of a suicide bomb blast, not a gunshot — findings that support the Pakistani government’s version of the events.
US soldiers train Afghan policemen in weapon techniques in the western province of Herat in 2007. The NATO chief has called on Afghanistan to improve its government and boost support for its security forces... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
A German soldier of NATO's International Security Assistance Force arrives at the site of a bomb blast in Kabul in 2007.The NATO chief has called on Afghanistan to improve its government and boost support... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (L) talks with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the start of an informal meeting of NATO defence ministers in Vilnius, February 7. The NATO chief has called... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Survivors of Cambodia's Khmer Rouge publicly confronted the regime's "Brother Number Two" at a UN-backed genocide tribunal Friday, marking the first time victims have faced a senior cadre in court. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:28 am
South Africa leader Thabo Mbeki says he has "no doubts" that the country will host a successful football World Cup. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:24 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Clearing raw land to produce biofuels actually contributes to global warming by emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, researchers have warned. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:11 am
Michael Clarke's knock of 77 and five wickets for Nathan Bracken helps Australia to a 128-run one-day victory over Sri Lanka. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
ROME (AP) -- In the Mafia's slang they are scorned as the "scappati" - the "runaways" - a crime clan that sought refuge in the United States more than 20 years ago after being nearly wiped out in one of Sicily's bloodiest mob wars.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:53 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. troops captured an alleged Shiite militia leader and three other suspects in a raid south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:45 am
Pakistani mourners light lamps during a religious ceremony in Lahore to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:42 am
Pakistani policemen hold a ladder for a member of a Scotland Yard team during an investigation into the assassination of Pakistan's former opposition leader Benazir Bhutto at the site where she was killed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:42 am
A Pakistani policeman stands guard during a religious ceremony for slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto in Peshawar to mark the end of the 40-day mourning period for Bhutto. Bhutto was killed by the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:42 am
Combination image created in January 2008 from a footage released by Pakistan's Dawn News TV shows former premier Benazir Bhutto waving to the crowd (top) and a suspected gunner firing at her (bottom)... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:42 am
Mitt Romney, who announced Thursday that he was suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, spent more than $35 million of his own money trying to get elected, but faced challenges from the start.
Briton Simon Mann, accused of plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, is shown on TV, apparently in good health. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:17 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AFP) - Shuttle Atlantis soared into orbit after a two-month delay on a mission to the International Space Station that will set a milestone for Europe's presence in space. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:02 am
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal's police have arrested an Indian man suspected of being the mastermind of an illegal kidney transplant racket in India that may have duped or forced at gunpoint hundreds of poor laborers into donating their organs.
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has been widely criticised after he called for aspects of Islamic sharia law to be adopted in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Feb 2008 | 8:51 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Nepalese police have arrested an Indian national who is believed to be the kingpin of a major kidney transplant racket based near New Delhi, State Minister... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 8:38 am
(Kyodo) _ Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan will pay an official visit to Japan later this month as a special envoy of President Hu Jintao, the Foreign Ministry announced Friday. In Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 8:28 am
(Kyodo) _ Weather forecast for Saturday, Feb. 9: Tokyocloudy>snow or rain Osakacloudy/rain or snow Nagoyafair>rain or snow Sapporofair Sendaifair>snow or rain Niigatafair/snow ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 8:25 am
An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
MADRID (Reuters) - A powerful bomb exploded outside a courthouse in Spain's Basque region in the early hours of Friday and caused considerable damage to buildings and vehicles but no... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:52 am
The man says he is possessed by a god. He shouts, his body trembles and he lifts a sacrificed lamb to his lips, drinking its blood from the jugular. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:48 am
(Kyodo) _ The yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond closed lower Friday after demand for safe-haven bonds increased due to a slide in Tokyo equities. In interdealer... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:48 am
(Kyodo) _ Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda said Friday the U.S. subprime crisis and global financial market turmoil have not dealt a serious blow to the fast-growing Asian Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:37 am
(Kyodo) _ British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Friday he welcomes the Tokyo and London stock exchanges' plan to set up a new market for emerging companies by the end... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:28 am
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Business confidence among Japanese workers with jobs sensitive to economic trends deteriorated at the fastest pace on record in January as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:25 am
A wave of defections from Pakistan's ruling party ahead of parliamentary elections is compounding the woes of Pervez Musharraf at a time of rampant Islamic militancy, soaring food prices and anger over the U.S.-backed president's maneuvering to prolong his eight years in power.
TOKYO, Feb. 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT LAST GRAF) The Tokyo Stock Exchange said Friday it was suspending trading in the key March Topix futures contract in the afternoon due to a Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:16 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress has overwhelmingly approved a giant economic stimulus plan sought by the White House amid mounting fears that the world's biggest economy could be sliding into a recession. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:08 am
A gunman killed five and wounded two others in a city council meeting in St Louis, Missouri, before being shot dead by police. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Feb 2008 | 7:01 am
Rescuers in Tennessee have dubbed the discovery of an 11-month-old boy alive in the debris left by a tornado a miracle. At first, teams combing the wreckage in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 Feb 2008 | 6:54 am
The sluggish pace of technological innovation and deployment of airport screening technology has left holes in checkpoint security that could easily be exploited by terrorists, according to government officials and outside experts.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain asked disgruntled conservatives to support his presidential bid on Thursday, shortly after Mitt Romney ended his struggling campaign and made McCain the all-but-certain nominee.
A white woman pleaded guilty to a hate crime and other charges Thursday in the kidnapping and torture of a black woman who authorities say was held captive for days last summer. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:35 am
Authorities in Italy and the United States conducted raids targeting dozens of alleged members of Mafia clans who controlled drug trafficking between the two sides of the Atlantic, officials said.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- A Puerto Rican militant suspected in a 1983 Connecticut robbery - among the country's largest cash heists at the time - was arrested Thursday in the U.S. territory, where he lived quietly under an assumed name, the FBI said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:18 a... | 8 Feb 2008 | 3:47 am
Shaquille O’Neal had strong words for those who doubt he can fit in with the Phoenix Suns. “I’m very upset,” he said Thursday at a news conference to introduce him as a member of his new team. “You just don’t really want to get me upset. When I’m upset, I’m known to do certain things — like win championships.”
GANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The U.S. military has lost a year's worth of records describing the Guantanamo confinement of Osama bin Laden's driver, a prosecutor said at the Yemeni captive's war court hearing on Thursday.
Some of Hillary Clinton's top aides said Wednesday that they will forgo pay for February to help conserve cash. In January, about a dozen of Rudy Giuliani's senior staffers also volunteered to go unpaid for the month as the campaign headed toward critical primaries. And last summer, as John McCain ran low on funds, the senator had to let go dozens of workers and aides. So, how much do campaign staffers make?
The Senate seems to have agreed on a deal for a stimulus package that would send more than $100 billion in cash (checks of $600 to individuals making less than $75,000 and $1,200 to families making less than $150,000) to American taxpayers later this spring. And not a moment too soon. Falling employment, slowing growth, and terrible January retail sales indicate a serious slowdown is upon us. Even Wall Street economists, typically the last to notice a recession coming, have seen the dark.
Congress has passed an economic stimulus bill that will send tax rebates of up to $600 to millions of Americans, and $1,200 to couples. The Senate passed the bill Thursday afternoon after dropping controversial additions, such as extended benefits for the unemployed. The measure now goes to President Bush.
Sharia is the body of Islamic law implemented in Muslim countries across the world including Libya and Sudan, although most modern Islamic nations operate a dual legal system with elements of secular law alongside it. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Amy Winehouse has been denied a visa to enter the United States, preventing her from performing at this year’s Grammy Awards. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, is embroiled in a fierce political and religious row after he called for aspects of Islamic sharia law to be adopted in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Washington state Democrats will hold a presidential preference caucus Saturday that's expected to draw more than twice as many participants as any similar event in the past. Interest has skyrocketed in recent days as coverage of Super Tuesday dominated the media, and both campaigns find themselves overwhelmed.
More than a foot of snow forced University of Wisconsin-Madison officials to cancel afternoon and evening classes yesterday. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:03 pm
A Harvard study suggests napping may aid memory recall; the University of Wisconsin considers offering students a second transcript of extracurricular activities Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:59 pm
In the South, Thursday was another day of digging out the remains of lives upended by tornadoes Tuesday night. The death toll in five states climbed to 57. Emergency workers poured in to help survivors. In Sumner County, Tenn., local officials say they knew just what to do.
In a radio broadcast Thursday, the Archbishop of Canterbury said he believes some aspects of Islamic "sharia" law will be introduced into Britain, saying it's "unavoidable" that British law would have to accommodate Muslim practices. His statement was welcomed by some Muslim groups, but the government was quick to distance itself.
Federal prosecutors have rounded up as many as 60 people, many of them alleged members of the Gambino crime family, and charged them in a 170-page indictment with murders, drug trafficking, conspiracy, illegal gambling and extortion. The five-year investigation yielded one of the largest organized crime stings in decades.
Mitt Romney suspended his campaign for president Thursday, bowing to the mathematical logic that says John McCain will be the nominee of the Republican Party. Romney had poured tens of millions of dollars from his personal fortune into an effort that left him hundreds of delegates behind McCain.
Biofuels like corn ethanol have been hailed as climate-friendly fuels. But new research says that the global effects of losing agricultural land for corn ethanol production will result in twice the carbon emissions of gasoline. The finding could force major changes in the biofuels industry.
Commenters agree: There's much more to keeping hospitals from infecting patients than soap and water or a sanitizing gel. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:19 pm
Army Surgeon General Eric Schoomaker says he was mistaken when he denied that the Army had told the Veterans Affairs Department not to help injured soldiers challenge their disability ratings. Schoomaker says the whole thing was a misunderstanding, and it is fine for the VA to help the soldiers.
The Senate Curator's Office is building a complete set of all the visitor's gallery passes issued since 1868. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:01 pm
She was on a waiting list for three years when the call finally came through to first lady Laura Bush's chief of staff, Anita McBride. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
He could be a top vice presidential pick for Sen. John McCain himself, but Newt Gingrich thinks that Mike Huckabee and Florida Gov. Charlie Crist are better bets. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 7 Feb 2008 | 9:54 pm
The U.N. refugee agency says the flow of Iraqi refugees returning from Syria has slowed, and most are returning because they exhausted their savings, not because they believe Iraq is safer. More than 2 million Iraqis have fled since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. Those who return say they feel very uncertain about the future.
Harry Richard Landis, a veteran of World War I, died in Florida on Monday at age 108. It is widely believed that Landis' death leaves only one surviving American veteran of the Great War: 107-year-old Frank Buckles of Charles Town, W.Va.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has sparked a political storm by calling for aspects of Sharia law to be adopted in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 8:10 pm
Since being chosen as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002, Dr Rowan Williams has made something of a habit of riling politicians and traditionalists alike with what have been perceived as pro-Islamic comments. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 7:20 pm
Inquest into Princess Diana's death hears transcript of phone call in which a woman claims Dodi Fayed was sleeping with her at the same time he was having a relationship with the princess of Wales. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 5:51 pm
Videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al Qaeda in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training boys as young as 10 years old to kidnap and assassinate civilians, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.
An estate agent is recovering from shock after he showed a group of househunters around a house and found a dead body inside a closet. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 5:27 pm
Tehran appears to have combined know-how and equipment with domestic ingenuity to create machines that reflect high level of nuclear development, experts say. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrived in Afghanistan on unannounced visit, carrying a message of support and prodding to Afghan officials as the U.S. continued a drive to recruit more NATO troops.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for the U.K. to adopt Sharia law for Muslims, suggesting that it 'seems unavoidable' that elements of Islamic law be accepted into British legal system. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:33 pm
It might harm their reputation, but Israel's air force is considering giving its combat pilots Viagra to improve their performance in the air. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:08 pm
The adoption of some aspects of Islamic sharia law in Britain "seems unavoidable", the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 4:00 pm
Canberra puts out images, video of what appear to be a mother, calf both harpooned and hauled aboard Japanese 'research' vessel. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:20 pm
Accused serial killer Steve Wright started picking up girls off the street and paying for sex just two weeks before the first of five murdered prostitutes disappeared, a court has heard. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Feb 2008 | 3:20 pm
Confined alone in his Guantanamo cell nearly around the clock, a Yemeni prisoner and former driver for Usama bin Laden has begun to break down mentally and cannot focus on preparing for his upcoming war-crimes trial, his attorneys say. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 2:35 pm
CIA Director Michael Hayden publicly confirmed for the first time the names of three suspected al Qaeda terrorists who were subjected to a particularly harsh interrogation technique known as waterboarding, and why.
An American woman was carted off to jail by religious police in Saudi Arabia for sitting with a male colleague at a Starbucks in Riyadh, the Times of London reports.
Police nab two more in connection with homicide attack that killed opposition leader; Taliban announces cease-fire with Pakistani forces. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 2:27 pm
Pakistani police arrested two more suspects in connection with the suicide attack that killed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, as a team from Scotland Yard returned to Pakistan to report on its probe into the former prime minister's assassination.
A high-ranking Portuguese police official declared Thursday that his colleagues have more important things to do than try to find missing British girl Madeleine McCann. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
Britain's Home Office on Thursday said Abu Hamza al-Masri would be extradited after already being sentenced to seven years in prison in urging his followers to kill non-Muslims. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
Israeli aircraft struck against Gaza militants who bombarded Israeli border communities with rocket fire, vowing to keep up a military and economic siege on the territory until its Islamic Hamas rulers halt the violence.
AP - His face-to-face lobbying efforts not quite complete, Roger Clemens was heading back to Capitol Hill.
AP - Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled veterans, the elderly and other low-income people. President Bush indicated he would sign the measure.
AP - People's confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the country is falling into recession.
AP - Microsoft is telling the tale of a major software piracy investigation that weaved through 22 countries, hoping would-be pirates will think twice if they know how far the company will go to protect its computer code worth billions in revenue each quarter.
AP - A leatherback turtle has been tracked swimming from the coast of the Papua province in Indonesia to Oregon, researchers said, in what may be the longest trip for marine vertebrae between breeding and feeding sites.
AP - French police were holding a second person for questioning about the loss of billions at bank Societe Generale, a judicial official said Friday.
Reuters - Iran has started building a second
atomic power plant in an oil-rich region near the border with
Iraq, Iran's Ambassador to Russia was quoted as saying on
Friday by Itar-Tass news agency.
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush said
on Friday he would sign a $152 billion economic stimulus
package into law next week.
AFP - President Vladimir Putin heralded a wealthy Russia able to compete in a new "arms race" with a speech Friday setting long term priorities for his hand-picked successor ahead of next month's presidential election.
AFP - British detectives said Friday that Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bomb and not gunfire, backing the Pakistani government's controversial account of how the opposition leader died.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign sought to create an alternate storyline of success on Thursday by announcing that Mrs. Clinton had raised $7.5 million online so far this month. But that unusually high figure was quickly overshadowed by Senator Barack Obama.
Scotland Yard said in a report released Friday that Pakistan’s opposition leader Benazir Bhutto died as a result of a suicide bomb blast, not a gunshot — findings that support the Pakistani government’s version of the events.
Mitt Romney, who announced Thursday that he was suspending his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, spent more than $35 million of his own money trying to get elected, but faced challenges from the start.
An explosion and fire at a sprawling sugar refinery rattled this Savannah suburb Thursday night, severely injuring dozens of people and sending authorities into a nearby river to search for possible victims, officials said.
A wave of defections from Pakistan's ruling party ahead of parliamentary elections is compounding the woes of Pervez Musharraf at a time of rampant Islamic militancy, soaring food prices and anger over the U.S.-backed president's maneuvering to prolong his eight years in power.
A gunman opened fire at a meeting of the Kirkwood City Council in suburban St. Louis Thursday night. Six people were killed, including the shooter.
The sluggish pace of technological innovation and deployment of airport screening technology has left holes in checkpoint security that could easily be exploited by terrorists, according to government officials and outside experts.
Shaquille O’Neal had strong words for those who doubt he can fit in with the Phoenix Suns. “I’m very upset,” he said Thursday at a news conference to introduce him as a member of his new team. “You just don’t really want to get me upset. When I’m upset, I’m known to do certain things — like win championships.”