An operation is under way to evacuate an oil platform off Aberdeen in the North Sea, following a security alert. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates made a direct appeal to Europeans on Sunday to support the war in Afghanistan, warning that violence and terrorism could surge worldwide if NATO was defeated there.
LONDON (Reuters) - British defense officials said they had sent about 14 helicopters to evacuate a North Sea oil rig on Sunday following a security alert.
LONDON (AP) -- An oil rig in the North Sea issued a security alert Sunday and authorities sent helicopters to evacuate more than 500 workers, the Ministry of Defense said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:57 pm
AP - A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report.
MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- The United States and Russia should set aside Cold War arms control treaties and replace them with new, multilateral agreements to combat nuclear proliferation, a senior Russian official said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:48 pm
CHEPKIOYO, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's opposition leader demanded Saturday that the president resign and new elections be held, dropping a conciliatory stance that had brought hope for a political settlement to end weeks of postelection violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:48 pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Hundreds of mourners wept Sunday as villagers buried the victims of a suicide bombing at a Pakistani political gathering, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of this month's crucial parliamentary elections.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:47 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's surprise announcement that it will hold a vote on a new constitution this May and a general election in 2010 drew little enthusiasm Sunday among the military regime's critics and the public at large.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:47 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resisted pressure Sunday to launch a broad military operation against Gaza rocket squads, a day after an 8-year-old boy lost his leg in a rocket attack on a much-targeted Israeli town.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:47 pm
AP - A sunflower seed company says it has shipped nearly 6,000 bags of its salty snacks to USA Network to try to save a science fiction show. And the actor whose seed-spitting character inspired the campaign is loving every minute of it.
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.
MUNICH, Germany (AP) -- Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:44 pm
AP - Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
AP - John McCain's emergence as the probable Republican presidential nominee is reshaping the Democratic contest, prompting Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to cast themselves as best-suited to defeat him, and focusing their debate on issues they figure will play specifically to his strengths and weaknesses.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:44 pm
AP - Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
AP - The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and space station geared up to inspect a damaged thermal blanket on Atlantis on Sunday after their main job installing the Columbus lab was delayed a day because of a crew medical problem.
Two North Sea oil rigs have been evacuated after a woman claimed she had planted a bomb on one of the platforms, according to reports. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:32 pm
Back in November, a story was posted here about about old Macs being used as web servers. It ultimately made the front page, thereby inadvertently putting these old boxes to the ultimate test! Nearly all temporarily faltered under the digg effect, but one did not: an old Mac IIci running BSD. Source: Digg | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
AP - Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
LONDON (AP) -- Firefighters dug through the wreckage of London's famed Camden market Sunday trying to determine what sparked a massive blaze that caused extensive damage to the market and area buildings.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:26 pm
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - The West need not fear Russia's growing economic and political clout, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said on Sunday in a conciliatory speech that called for a new global arms control regime.
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel threatened on Sunday to target leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip after a child hit by shrapnel in a rocket attack on southern Israel had a leg amputated. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:23 pm
SEATTLE, United States (AFP) - Senator Barack Obama swept the board Saturday, pummeling Hillary Clinton in three Democratic nominating contests, as Republican Mike Huckabee gave John McCain a run for his money. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some al-Qaida in Iraq leaders fear the terror group is crumbling, with many fighters defecting to American-backed neighborhood groups, the U.S. military said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EST | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some al- Qaida in Iraq leaders fear the terror group is crumbling, with many fighters defecting to American-backed neighborhood... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
Europe needs convincing that Nato's Afghan mission is part of a wider war on terror, says the US defence secretary. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's rival parties geared up on Sunday to thrash out a power-sharing agreement to end a deadly crisis over President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election.
(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura told at a multinational security conference held in Munich that Japan is eager to play a greater role in the U.N. peacekeeping... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:59 am
A man who served as a driver for Sinn Fein leader and former IRA commander Gerry Adams secretly worked as a British spy, a party official said Saturday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
China declared partial victory Sunday over a month of vicious winter weather, saying it had reconnected power and transportation to most storm-hit areas even as parts of the country were still struggling. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Israel's PM says anger is understandable amid Palestinian rocket attacks, but it is not a plan of action. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
The United States and Russia should set aside Cold War arms control treaties and replace them with new, multilateral agreements to combat nuclear proliferation, a senior Russian official... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
The United States and Russia should set aside Cold War arms control treaties and replace them with new, multilateral agreements to combat nuclear proliferation, a senior Russian official said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police said on Sunday they suspected Islamist militants based in the tribal areas on the Afghan border were behind a suicide attack that killed up to 20 people at an election rally in the northwest a day earlier.
Sudanese security forces arrested two suspects in the murder of a U.S. diplomat Saturday, the official state news agency announced. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
(Kyodo) _ Singapore's Foreign Ministry on Sunday hailed the move by Myanmar's military government to set a timeframe for a referendum on a new constitution and elections as a "positive"... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
Sympathy for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in Pakistan amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
IWAKUNI, Japan, Feb. 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING HEADLINE) Two candidates were in a too-close-to-call contest in the Iwakuni mayoral election Sunday in Yamaguchi Prefecture as it could... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
Hundreds of mourners wept Sunday as villagers buried victims of a horrific suicide bombing at a Pakistan election rally, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of next week's crucial parliamentary election. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:27 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Paul McCartney and former model Heather Mills lock horns in a British divorce court on Monday in their battle over how big a slice she will take of the former Beatle's fortune.
Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
IWAKUNI, Japan, Feb. 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH END OF VOTING, EXIT POLL) Two candidates were in a too-close-to-call contest in the Iwakuni mayoral election Sunday in Yamaguchi... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
A sunflower seed company says it has shipped nearly 6,000 bags of its salty snacks to USA Network to try to save a science fiction show. And the actor whose seed-spitting character inspired the campaign is loving every minute of it. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
Snow and chilly temperatures were forecast from the northern Plains through the Great Lakes and into the Northeast on Sunday, while more rain and snow headed to the Northwest. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The commander of all of Canada's overseas troops says a decrease in the number of direct attacks against coalition troops is proof of success in Afghanistan. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday, boosting his slim delegate lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Pace bowlers Ishant Sharma and Sree Santh lead India to a five-wicket win over Australia in Melbourne. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:02 am
TOKYO, Feb. 10 (Kyodo) _ The approval rating of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet fell 5.8 percentage points from January to 35.6 percent, while the disapproval rating rose 1.7 point Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:01 am
At least 4,000 refugees flee from Sudan to Chad after attacks on Darfur villages, according to the UN. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:54 am
Russia's burgeoning economic power does not represent a threat to other countries, but the West has to get used to Moscow's growing influence in world affairs, a senior Russian official said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
A crew member's medical problem delays the first spacewalk of the shuttle mission to the ISS. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:43 am
TOKYO, Feb. 10 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE DETAILS) A notably high 75.9 percent of consumers in Japan said they "will not use Chinese food from now on" due to the recent food poisoning Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
Sympathy for al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden and the Taliban has dropped sharply in Pakistan amid a wave of deadly violence, according to the results of a recent opinion poll. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:33 am
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resisted pressure Sunday to launch a broad military operation against Gaza rocket squads, a day after an 8-year-old boy lost his leg in a rocket attack... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
Buddhist novices walk to collect alms and offerings in Yangon. Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear if detained opposition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
Myanmar soldiers ride on a truck in down town Yangon. Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear if detained opposition leader Aung... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
Hawkers arrange newspaper at a roadside in Yangon. Myanmar's military junta unveiled a timetable for the country's first elections in two decades, but it was unclear if detained opposition leader Aung... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama easily swept Democratic presidential contests in three states on Saturday, striking the latest blows in a bruising back-and-forth battle with Hillary Clinton for the party's nomination.
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Sunday warned that failing to stamp out Afghanistan's resurgent Taliban would boost Islamic extremism worldwide and urged Europeans to wake up to the risks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:12 am
French soldiers with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) walk through a heavy snowfall on The Shamali Plains, north of Kabul. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned that failing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:06 am
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (L) and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier shake hands during the international security conference in Munich. Gates warned that failing to stamp out Afghanistan's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:06 am
U.S. troops have uncovered the journal of an al-Qaida In Iraq leader, which details the group's decline there. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
Firefighters continue to dampen down a fire which damaged Camden's famous market in north London. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
In case you don't know, the Greener Gadgets Conference is a gathering in New York focused on cleaner, renewable, recyclable, or generally forward-thinking technology and design. They awarded first place to a DIY project which allows you to easily view how much energy an appliance is using. Source: Digg | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:51 am
Remember CanGoogleHearMe.com, from about a year ago? Guy flies to Mountain View, CA to sit in Google's lobby, determined to tell them an idea or be thrown out. Now, it turns out that Yahoo reached out to him too, and he's flying back to Silicon Valley tomorrow (Feb. 10th). He'll be releasing the idea on March 10th, 2008. Source: Digg | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
Yahoo's board is reported to be planning to reject Microsoft's unsolicited offer as being too low. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:48 am
Survival of the NATO alliance is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:43 am
Myanmar's surprise announcement that it will hold a vote on a new constitution this May and a general election in 2010 drew little enthusiasm Sunday among the military regime's critics and the public at large. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
Hundreds of mourners wept Sunday as villagers buried the victims of a suicide bombing at a Pakistani political gathering, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of this month’s crucial parliamentary elections.
A stampede at an Indonesian punk rock concert left 10 people dead and dozens injured, most of them teenagers, police said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 9:06 am
Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:42 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Striking television and film writers on two coasts gave a warm reception to a tentative contract deal reached on Saturday with major studios, signaling that Hollywood's bruising three-month-old labor clash is near a conclusion.
Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:27 am
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are lavishing attention on a group that might hold the balance of power: elected officials and party leaders who could decide the outcome at the convention in August.
A stampede at an Indonesian punk rock concert killed 10 people and injured dozens of others, most of them teenagers, police said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:08 am
Barack Obama scored landslide wins in three states last night, increasing his lead among elected delegates on the most emphatic night so far of his close battle with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:01 am
A Palestinian in the West Bank village of Bilin, near Ramallah. Israel considered intensifying its military operations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Sunday after an Israeli child was seriously wounded... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A Palestinian tends to his wounded son following Israeli shelling in Gaza City. Israel considered intensifying its military operations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Sunday after an Israeli child was seriously... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Bethlehem. Israel considered intensifying its military operations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Sunday after an Israeli child was seriously wounded by rocket... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Bloggers may be the most important music critics of all, as a new study shows that buzz from everyday people (i.e., not marketers) correlates to strong sales in the music business. Source: Digg | 10 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan has arrested two suspects in connection with the killings of a U.S. aid official and his driver in the capital Khartoum six weeks ago, state media reported on Sunday.
Barack Obama closes the gap on Hillary Clinton in the race to become the Democrats' presidential candidate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:27 am
Chinese workers making Chinese dumplings at the Tianyang Food's factory in Shijiazhuang. A nationwide health scare in Japan over contaminated Chinese dumplings should not harm warming Sino-Japanese ties,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:25 am
Microsoft Corp. is offering $44.6 billion in cash and stock for search engine operator Yahoo Inc. in a move to boost its competitive edge in the online services market.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak threatened tough retaliation Sunday after two young brothers were badly wounded in a Palestinian rocket attack on a traumatized Israeli town. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:23 am
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resisted pressure Sunday to launch a broad military operation against Gaza rocket squads, a day after an 8-year-old boy lost his leg in a rocket attack on a much-targeted Israeli town. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:19 am
The Australian parliament's apology to Aborigines to be delivered this week will remove a "blight on the nation's soul", Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, seen here, said Sunday Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Feb 2008 | 7:17 am
Arizona Sen. John McCain flunked his first ballot tests since becoming the Republican nominee-in-waiting. He lost Kansas caucuses to Mike Huckabee, gaining less than 24 percent of the vote. Huckabee also won the Louisiana primary.
MIAMI (Reuters) - An anti-communist militant who fired a bazooka at a Polish freighter walked free with impunity in this sultry subtropical U.S. city, and Cuban Americans favoring closer ties with their homeland could once expect to be firebombed here.
There has been a big drop in violence in Baghdad since the U.S. troop surge was launched a year ago. But sectarian divisions have been enshrined in concrete and enforced by security groups that mistrust each other.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - As the grim notion of recession appears to be taking hold in the United States, debate among economists is shifting from whether a downturn will occur to how long and how severe the slump will be. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 4:30 am
PARIS (AFP) - A new court battle will be held Monday over the detention of French rogue trader Jerome Kerviel while Societe Generale is to soon launch an eight billion dollar capital increase to cover the losses they blame on him. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 3:50 am
If dealers have to focus on state regulations, they won't be able to focus as much on alternative fuel vehicles to reduce oil consumption and pollution, CEO says
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The final chapter of the Hollywood writers' strike was in sight on Saturday after union leaders announced a deal had been reached to end the bitter three-month dispute. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 1:37 am
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) - A sick German astronaut has delayed by 24 hours a spacewalk that had been set for Sunday to attach the European-made Columbus laboratory to the orbiting International Space Station, a NASA spokesman said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Feb 2008 | 1:35 am
A major fire tore through London's famous Camden market, ripping through market stalls and partially consuming an iconic pub, fire officials and witnesses said. There were no reported casualties.
Mourners paying their respects at the Gaza home of Luay Laghwani this weekend are greeted by posters that celebrate his death as fervently as his life. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The man expected to be America's Republican presidential candidate and the Foreign Secretary make the case for a greater global commitment to one of the world's most intractable conflicts. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, says Britain cannot afford to abandon efforts to establish security and democracyin Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Republicans in Kansas refuse to endorse the idea that John McCain has it all sewn up. They give their caucus support to Mike Huckabee, the last of the leading candidates still challenging the senator. Both parties are also holding contests Saturday in Louisiana and Washington, and Democrats are holding caucuses in Nebraska.
The Turkish parliament passes constitutional amendments to allow women to wear headscarves on college campuses. A researcher at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy explains the Turkish idea of secularism, and two Turkish women discuss whether the ban should have been lifted.
As the death toll climbs to 56 from tornadoes in the South this week, survivors in five states are just beginning to figure out what they'll do to start over. They're realizing they have a long road back to normalcy, even with the help of others.
At around $100 per pound, Jamon Iberico, or Iberian ham, is one of the world's priciest meats. The ham, which comes from acorn-fed, free roaming pigs in Spain, is finally headed to U.S. tables as Spanish slaughterhouses now meet U.S. hygiene standards.
Benazir Bhutto's husband urged Pakistanis to help "save" the country in a charged speech to about 100,000 supporters. Elsewhere, a bomb exploded at a rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing 25, and police clashed with protesting lawyers.
Kansas Republicans participate in their state caucuses Saturday, when Arizona Sen. John McCain and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee compete for the state's GOP delegates.
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
US military prosecutors are putting the finishing touches to the first major case against Guantanamo Bay inmates suspected to have helped plot the September 11 attacks. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Feb 2008 | 3:30 pm
Kenya's opposition leader has demanded that the president resign and new elections be held, dropping a conciliatory stance that had brought hope for a political settlement to end weeks of postelection violence. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 1:45 pm
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."
Frederick Boyle on Saturday was convicted of murder after hiding the body of his wife for 23 years at his home on the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:42 pm
A major fire tore through London's famous Camden market late Saturday, ripping through market stalls and partially consuming an iconic pub, fire officials and witnesses said. There were no reported casualties. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
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
AP - A lawyer for Roger Clemens said Saturday the pitcher can prove he didn't attend a June 1998 party at Jose Canseco's home described by Brian McNamee in the Mitchell Report.
AP - A sunflower seed company says it has shipped nearly 6,000 bags of its salty snacks to USA Network to try to save a science fiction show. And the actor whose seed-spitting character inspired the campaign is loving every minute of it.
AP - There's a fortune-cookie-style proverb that sounds like a blessing but, legend says, is really a curse: "May you live in interesting times."
AP - Yahoo Inc.'s board will reject Microsoft Corp.'s $44.6 billion takeover bid after concluding the unsolicited offer undervalues the slumping Internet pioneer, a person familiar with the situation said Saturday.
AP - Survival of the NATO alliance, a cornerstone of American security policy for six decades, is at stake in the debate over how the United States and Europe should share the burden of fighting Islamic extremism in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.
AP - John McCain's emergence as the probable Republican presidential nominee is reshaping the Democratic contest, prompting Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to cast themselves as best-suited to defeat him, and focusing their debate on issues they figure will play specifically to his strengths and weaknesses.
AP - A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges Sunday.
AP - Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday night, slicing into Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's slender delegate lead in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
AP - The astronauts aboard the linked shuttle and space station geared up to inspect a damaged thermal blanket on Atlantis on Sunday after their main job installing the Columbus lab was delayed a day because of a crew medical problem.
AP - Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
Hollywood writers were optimistic they could end a three-month strike that has crippled the entertainment industry after reviewing a proposed deal from studios that increases their payments for online use of TV shows and movies.
Sen. Barack Obama swept the Louisiana primary and caucuses in Nebraska and Washington state Saturday, boosting his slim delegate lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in their historic race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Hundreds of mourners wept Sunday as villagers buried the victims of a suicide bombing at a Pakistani political gathering, an attack that killed 27 people and stoked fears about security ahead of this month’s crucial parliamentary elections.
Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are lavishing attention on a group that might hold the balance of power: elected officials and party leaders who could decide the outcome at the convention in August.