French president filed legal complaint against Nouvel Observatuer news magazine for alleging that he promised to call off his engagement to current wife Carla Bruni if his ex-wife came back to him. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 5:10 pm
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The secrecy shrouding government files on terror suspects is bogging down the Pentagon's effort to hold trials at Guantanamo Bay, with defense attorneys accusing the government of withholding potential exculpatory evidence.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:25 pm
MUNICH (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Saturday to continue to hit Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in Iraq and criticized EU countries for not cracking down fully on PKK affiliates within the bloc.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck Saturday at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 20, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:06 pm
AP - A suicide bomber struck Saturday at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 20, officials said.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suspected suicide blast ripped through an election rally held by an opposition party in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 14 people and wounding 24, the interior minister said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:01 pm
A bomb exploded Saturday at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20. Meanwhile, in Islamabad, police used tear gas and water cannons in a clash with hundreds of protesting lawyers.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Snow fell across a wide area of the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago on Saturday, blanketing Nagoya, Osaka and Nara in central and western Japan, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:52 pm
TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) The Financial Stability Forum, an advisory organ for the Group of Seven leading economies, called Saturday for more "realistic" pricing by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:50 pm
Reuters - Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to
lift a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at
university, a landmark decision that some Turks say will
undermine the foundations of the secular state.
At least 14 people die in a blast at an opposition election rally in Pakistan's North West Frontier, reports say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:49 pm
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to lift a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at university, a landmark decision that some Turks say will undermine the foundations of the secular state.
AP - Atlantis maneuvered toward a rendezvous with the international space station on Saturday, bringing a new $2 billion lab that European scientists can't wait to see installed.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING NAME OF TRAVEL AGENCY IN 4TH GRAF) Forty-two Japanese people sustained injuries and seven of them and a local tour guide were hospitalized after the bus they were Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:44 pm
Reuters - Sen. John McCain, his victory
as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually
assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on
Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their
Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
NORFOLK, Virginia (Reuters) - Sen. John McCain, his victory as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
Reuters - The United States has warned India it
was now or never for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal
which was unlikely to be offered again after President George
W. Bush leaves office. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:38 pm
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States has warned India it was now or never for a controversial nuclear cooperation deal which was unlikely to be offered again after President George W. Bush leaves office.
The New York Times leads with word that military prosecutors are finally getting ready to bring charges against conspirators in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Charges will be filed in the military commission system at Guantanamo Bay against six detainees held there. The Washington Post leads with analysis of the linked fates of John McCain and George W. Bush, who have "forged a powerful bond" as the two leading proponents of the Iraq war. The Los Angeles Times leads locally with a corruption case against an Orange County sheriff; the LAT's top national story wonders if the Democratic nomination will be decided by "super delegates" instead of voters. The Wall Street Journal also fronts confusion over the Democratic primary, focusing on the prospect of Florida and Michigan putting on new elections after holding early primaries in violation of party rules. The WSJ tops its world-wide newsbox with the Democratic primaries in four states this weekend.
The U.S. primaries have captured the imagination of many in Britain. As Larry Miller reports, the prospects of a president who is not George W. Bush is making many "feel good about America."
The UN emergency relief head John Holmes urges a peace deal after visiting Kenya violence flashpoints. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:25 pm
A bomb exploded at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least one person and wounding more than 20, police said. Police official Mohammed Nabi said a bomb... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:22 pm
AFP - Turkish lawmakers voted Saturday for a second and final time in favour of a constitutional amendment package to lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, parliament speaker Koksal Toptan said.
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkish lawmakers voted Saturday for a second and final time in favour of a constitutional amendment package to lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, parliament speaker Koksal Toptan said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:21 pm
TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING 9TH, 12TH GRAFS) European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Saturday declined to say if a cut or raise in the ECB's key policy rate is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:12 pm
Wales take on Scotland while France host Ireland on the second weekend of this year's Six Nations. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:08 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five American soldiers were killed in roadside bombings in Iraq on Friday as some parts of Baghdad witness an increase in attacks, the U.S. military said on Saturday.
(Kyodo) _ Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said Saturday in Tokyo the country's recently launched state-controlled fund plans to invest in stocks of Japanese companies in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
TOKYO (AFP) - Top world finance ministers warned Saturday that the global economy faces growing threats from a US housing slump and credit crunch and said they were ready to take remedial action if needed. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Finance leaders of the world's top industrialized nations put on a show of solidarity on Saturday in the face of an economic slowdown and conceded that things could get even worse because of the crumbling U.S. housing market.
(Kyodo) _ The following is the gist of the analysis and proposals publicized Saturday by the Financial Stability Forum, an advisory organ of the Group of Seven leading economies,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:58 pm
AP - In the ever-stranger saga of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, the latest element to emerge might be the oddest yet. McNamee added a new name to the list of people he says he injected with drugs: Debbie Clemens.
AP - The now 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter Saturday when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract.
AP - A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.
AP - The trucks that rolled into Staten Island left more than dirt at the site of a new NASCAR racetrack. They also brought cash for the Gambino crime family, prosecutors say.
The speaker of the Lebanese parliament postpones the election of a new president for the 14th time. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:45 pm
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan scrambled two dozen military aircraft and lodged a protest, accusing a Russian strategic bomber of entering its airspace over the Pacific Ocean south of Tokyo Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
TOKYO, Feb. 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet on Saturday declined to say if a cut or raise in the ECB's key policy rate is in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:27 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH STATEMENT, CHAIRS' PRESS CONFERENCE) Group of Seven financial chiefs on Saturday recognized greater uncertainty over the global economy stemming from the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:23 pm
A man has died on a railway line after he was hit by a train. The man, who was in his teens or early 20s, was struck on the track at Pyle station, near Bridgend, South... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
The BBC's Emma Jane Kirby has a crisis of faith when visiting the Catholic pilgrimage site of Lourdes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
Lyse Doucet reports that the international community's efforts to rebuild Afghanistan need to be better co-ordinated. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:06 pm
China's leaders say they feel their peoples' pain as they make rare apologies in the country's big freeze. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
Residents look for their belongings following a flash flood triggered by heavy rains in Situbondo, Indonesia. Six people were killed, dozens injured and hundreds forced to flee their homes after floods... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
Russian jet violates Japanese airspace by breifly flying over an uninhabitated island, leading to warning from 22 fighter jets. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
Turkey's parliament votes to ease the ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in universities. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
HOUSTON, United States (AFP) - The US space shuttle Atlantis and its seven member crew, including astronauts from France and Germany, are on a course to dock with the orbiting International Space Station Saturday after 48 hours in space. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:37 am
Turkish lawmakers have voted for a second time in favour of a key constitutional amendment opening the way to lifting a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, parliament speaker Koksal Toptan said.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police arrested 31 Shiite activists Saturday in early morning raids south of Baghdad, and five American soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
MUNICH (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer gave overt encouragement on Saturday to the aspirations of Croatia, Albania and Macedonia to join the bloc, saying he hoped for new entry invitations at an April summit.
TOKYO (AP) -- The world's leading economies pledged on Saturday to work together to secure stability in volatile markets but brushed off the idea of a single uniform remedy for the Group of Seven industrialized nations.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:16 am
PERTH, Australia (AP) -- Heath Ledger's family, Hollywood celebrities and hundreds of other mourners bid farewell to the actor Saturday at a memorial service in his Australian hometown.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's parliament on Saturday approved the first of two constitutional amendments that would lift a decades-old ban on Islamic head scarves in universities despite the fierce opposition of the secular establishment.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 11:12 am
Film stars, fans and friends join the family of Heath Ledger for a memorial service ahead of a private funeral. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks at a town hall meeting in Spokane, Washington on February 8. Democrats Clinton and Barack Obama campaigned in the north-western state of Washington... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama responds to cheers from a crowd during a rally in Seattle, Washington on February 8. Democrats Hillary Clinton and Obama campaigned in the north-western... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
Ministers from the Group of Seven wealthy nations pledge action over global economic turmoil, but warn it could get worse. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
A Japanese F-15 jet fighter takes off at Nyutabal air base in Miyazaki Prefecture in 2004. A Russian strategic bomber briefly entered Japanese airspace over the Pacific south of Tokyo, prompting 24 Japanese... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
A Soviet-era Tu-95 bomber is seen here in Moscow in a picture dated 1998. A Russian strategic bomber briefly entered Japanese airspace over the Pacific south of Tokyo, prompting 24 Japanese military aircraft... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
John Olenkiti (R) and another unidentified member of the Masai tribe craft arrows at the Orongai village in Masai Mara in Kenya, February 8. Olenkiti, the only arrow maker in his village, has been busy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
Bert Koenders (L), the Dutch Development and Cooperation Minister, shakes hands with Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, February 8. Kenya's feuding factions are preparing for crucial negotiations... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
Orange Democaratic Movement chairman Raila Odinga (R), Kofi Annan (L), chairman of mediation talks and former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa, part of the mediation team, stand outside the meeting room... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party lawmakers vote to change the Constitution to allow female students to wear Islamic head scarves at universities, in Ankara, Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008. (AP Photo/Burhan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Feb 2008 | 10:33 am
A moderate earthquake rocked Baja California in Mexico, shutting down factories near the U.S. border and leaving about 400,000 people without power, authorities said Saturday. No major damage or injuries were immediately reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 9:58 am
PERTH, Australia (AFP) - More than 500 mourners gathered on Saturday to bid farewell to Hollywood star Heath Ledger at a ceremony in Perth in western Australia, before a sunset wake was held at his favourite beach. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 9:48 am
CHEPKIOYO, Kenya (AP) -- Thousands of Kenyans turned out Saturday to mourn a slain opposition lawmaker whose death last week set off a wave of ethnic clashes and killings.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 9:46 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- In an unusual move, the United Nations is being forced to prepare an imminent pullout from Eritrea and plans to relocate all its peacekeeping troops there across the border in Ethiopia, senior U.N. officials and diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 7:54 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan rejected on Saturday a U.S. official's assertion that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader Mullah Omar are operating from Pakistani territory.
The former commander of a U.S. Army sniper team testified that he ordered one of his soldiers to kill an Iraqi who had stumbled on their hiding place, saying that was the only way to ensure the safety of his men in hostile territory.
The archbishop of Canterbury said Friday he never proposed the creation of a parallel Islamic legal system in Britain, as anger continued to simmer over statements he made seen as backing Islamic law.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Five American soldiers were killed in two roadside bombings, the U.S. military reported Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 3:23 am
The bombings would have been horrific and chillingly similar to the last one that Islamic terrorists inflicted on Spain: multiple backpack explosives detonated by suicide attackers on Barcelona's tourist-choked subway.
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. military said five soldiers were killed Friday in two separate incidents in Iraq.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:25 a... | 9 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
Nearly two centuries after a flawed survey placed Georgia's northern line just short of the Tennessee River, some legislators are suddenly thirsting to set the record straight.
Maybe you've seen them on TV: the fashion people taking notes. As the lights dim and the music rises, men in suits and women dressed to the hilt grab their Smythson notebooks and start scribbling. What, exactly, are they writing down?
Vice President Dick Cheney took the unusual step Friday of joining with lawmakers in signing a Supreme Court brief that goes further in support of gun rights than the one submitted by the Bush administration. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:38 am
NEW YORK (AFP) - US stock markets tumbled heavily in the week to Friday, giving Wall Street a fresh battering, despite Congress granting a green light to a giant economic stimulus package sought by the White House. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Feb 2008 | 2:03 am
"I voted for Barack Abooma!" bragged Davita Randall the other day. One should perhaps forgive the mispronunciation — she's only in kindergarten. This race has caught on with the young.
A fire that engulfed a home for the elderly in western Austria on Friday left 11 people dead and six others injured, a local government spokesman said.
Long battlefield tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with persistent terrorist activity and other threats abroad, have prevented the U.S. military from improving its ability to respond to other crises, The Associated Press has learned. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:08 am
Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that leveled a sugar refinery, and crews pulled four bodies from tunnels beneath the mangled mass of metal and beams left by the blast.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is facing calls for his resignation as bishops joined politicians in criticising his remarks supporting the adoption of sharia law. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Unlike Dr Rowan Williams, Christopher Howse believes that Islamic law would curtail rights for many. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hundreds of conversations at Woodhill Prison were systematically recorded by a top-secret police team over the past six years, it has emerged. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Alarm grows at spread of Islamic justice as it emerges that unofficial hearings have dealt with divorces, financial disputes and even a stabbing. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Sandy Mitchell has terrifying first-hand experience of being on the wrong side of sharia law. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
John McCain's new status as near-certain Republican presidential candidate has been seized on by Barack Obama in his battle with Hillary Clinton to become the maverick senator's Democratic opponent. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The right of a criminal suspect to hold confidential discussions with their lawyer is at the core of the British legal system. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The full scale of a nationwide policy to bug British jails can be disclosed after a whistleblower revealed that hundreds of lawyers and prison visitors had been secretly recorded. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
After police discovered the frail, battered body of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown in her home in 2006, authorities say her stepfather was quick to admit he had bound her to a chair with duct tape and beat her on a daily basis.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said on Friday.
Army Spc. Kevin Shields was murdered near Fort Carson, Colo., in December after being sent home with a traumatic brain injury. The three soldiers charged with the crime all served with Shields in Iraq.
According to a former Bill Clinton adviser, there are few people who can tell Bill when he messes up. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:25 pm
GOP strategists hope the President's trip to Africa will improve African-Americans' view of Republicans Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:16 pm
The heck with Congress’ big stimulus bill. The way to get the country out of recession — and most people think we’re in one — is to get the country out of Iraq, according to an AP poll. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:03 pm
President Bush pushes defense to the top of the budget, even if it means a greater budget deficit. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 11:03 pm
A Web presence can be risky, especially when your boss's legal interpretations wind up in court. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:50 pm
Three of the five state Supreme Court justices have been asked to recuse themselves from rehearing a case in March involving one of the biggest businessmen in the state, Don Blankenship of Massey Coal. Two of the justices have ties to him, and the third has publicly criticized him.
While police continue to hunt for the gunman who killed five people at a Lane Bryant store in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park last weekend, they clarify what they say happened at the store. A sixth victim who survived the shooting is aiding police in the investigation.
FEMA, Gov. Phil Bredesen, relief workers, and students have begun to file into the storm-ravaged Union University campus in Jackson, Tenn. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:34 pm
Charles Thornton, the man who opened fire at a council meeting in Kirkwood, Mo., apparently left a suicide note before he began the deadly rampage in which five people were killed. Thornton was then killed by police. Friends and relatives say the gunman had a longstanding feud with city officials.
Although Sen. Hillary Clinton collected slightly more delegates than Sen. Barack Obama in the Democrats' Super Tuesday contests, her presidential campaign spent the rest of the week repositioning her as an underdog. It all has to do with who her contributors are.
A federal appeals court has struck down the Bush Administration's "cap and trade" rule for power plants. The policy, which was set to go into effect in 2010, would have allowed power plants that fail to meet mercury emission targets to buy credits from plants that do, and thus avoid having to install their own emission controls.
Violence in the Gaza Strip threatens to damage the shaky peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Meantime, pressure is growing within the Palestinian Authority leadership -- now confined to the West Bank -- to open a dialogue with its bitter rival, Hamas. But those talks could jeopardize the already fragile talks with Israel.
A new argument in the bid to overturn the District's gun ban: Without pistols, how can people train to be in the military? Source: U.S. News & World Report | 8 Feb 2008 | 10:20 pm
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (Reuters) - A nursing student shot two women to death and killed herself in front of horrified classmates at a college in the southern U.S. state of Louisiana on Friday, police said.
General Motors said Friday that 3,900 auto dealers who sell GM’s Certified Used Cars will list their entire inventories on eBay Motors, according to Automotive News. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 Feb 2008 | 9:52 pm
Police again questioned a Dutch college student in the Natalee Holloway disappearance. Joran Van der Sloot claimed he was under the influence of marijuana when he said in a secretly taped video that he was with Holloway when she died.
A new GAO report says the more than 8,800 buildings currently under federal protection are woefully vulnerable to everything -- from petty theft to a terrorist attack. Mark Goldstein, director of Physical Infrastructure Issues at the Government Accountability Office, talks with Michele Norris about the troubled Federal Protective Service.
Louisiana Democrats vote on Saturday, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina looms over the race. Both Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have been discussing reconstruction plans at rallies.
President Bush urges a group of conservative activists in Washington to back a like-minded candidate to succeed him. Despite not mentioning any candidates by name, the president said, "The stakes in November are high." Bush also defended his record in the speech.
Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, who is mediating talks between Kenya's political rivals, said they were making progress on a deal to end weeks of post-election bloodshed but no power-sharing agreement had been reached yet.
Eight suspected illegal immigrants were taken to the hospital with breathing difficulty in London after being found in a tanker truck carrying chemicals from Germany. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:13 pm
A coroner's court on Friday was to open an inquest into how a corpse went unnoticed for about eight years after authorities found it on the couch of an occupied apartment in England when neighbors complained of a foul odor. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 5:05 pm
An 18-month-old who had just learned to walk was run over and killed by his father in a freak accident in England. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 3:58 pm
Forklift truck driver told a jury investigating the murders of five English prostitutes that he could have picked up the women on the nights they are thought to have disappeared. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 3:34 pm
In efforts to end weeks of bloody violence that has killed scores, Kenya's ruling party and opposition have decided to form a joint government. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 2:25 pm
A Pentagon report to be delivered this month to Capitol Hill concludes the military hasn't improved its readiness, according to the Associated Press Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 2:13 pm
Wounded pilots land plane safely after a knife-wielding woman stabbed both pilots and threatened to blow up the twin-propeller plane. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Feb 2008 | 1:40 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.
Scotland Yard upheld Pakistani government findings that opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed by the force of a suicide bombing, dismissing her party's claim that the former prime minister died from gunshots moments earlier.
AP - A suicide bomber struck Saturday at an election rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 20, officials said.
Reuters - Turkey's parliament voted on Saturday to
lift a ban on female students wearing the Muslim headscarf at
university, a landmark decision that some Turks say will
undermine the foundations of the secular state.
AP - Atlantis maneuvered toward a rendezvous with the international space station on Saturday, bringing a new $2 billion lab that European scientists can't wait to see installed.
Reuters - Sen. John McCain, his victory
as Republican nominee for the U.S. presidency virtually
assured, turned his sights on his Democratic challengers on
Friday, saying they were weak on national security and their
Iraq stance would hand al Qaeda a victory.
AFP - Turkish lawmakers voted Saturday for a second and final time in favour of a constitutional amendment package to lift a ban on Islamic headscarves in universities, parliament speaker Koksal Toptan said.
AP - In the ever-stranger saga of Roger Clemens and Brian McNamee, the latest element to emerge might be the oddest yet. McNamee added a new name to the list of people he says he injected with drugs: Debbie Clemens.
AP - The now 3-month-old Hollywood writers strike could enter its final chapter Saturday when guild members gather in Los Angeles and New York to consider a proposed contract.
AP - A year ago, Carey Dean Moore wrote a short letter to the Nebraska Supreme Court from his cell on death row. "Appellant wishes to be executed," it said.
AP - The trucks that rolled into Staten Island left more than dirt at the site of a new NASCAR racetrack. They also brought cash for the Gambino crime family, prosecutors say.
The archbishop of Canterbury said Friday he never proposed the creation of a parallel Islamic legal system in Britain, as anger continued to simmer over statements he made seen as backing Islamic law.
The bombings would have been horrific and chillingly similar to the last one that Islamic terrorists inflicted on Spain: multiple backpack explosives detonated by suicide attackers on Barcelona's tourist-choked subway.
Nearly two centuries after a flawed survey placed Georgia's northern line just short of the Tennessee River, some legislators are suddenly thirsting to set the record straight.
"I voted for Barack Abooma!" bragged Davita Randall the other day. One should perhaps forgive the mispronunciation — she's only in kindergarten. This race has caught on with the young.
Volatile dust was blamed Friday in an explosion that leveled a sugar refinery, and crews pulled four bodies from tunnels beneath the mangled mass of metal and beams left by the blast.
After police discovered the frail, battered body of 7-year-old Nixzmary Brown in her home in 2006, authorities say her stepfather was quick to admit he had bound her to a chair with duct tape and beat her on a daily basis.