Regulators will tell Europe's mobile phone operators to cut the cost of overseas texting and internet access. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
ZURICH (AFP) - Armed robbers have stolen paintings by Cezanne, Degas, Van Gogh and Monet worth more than 91 million dollars from a museum in Zurich, police said Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:06 pm
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani security forces critically wounded a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, among six militants captured after a firefight near the border Monday, the army said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader says he will not join forces with an ex-minister for next month's polls. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
A 600-year-old gate considered South Korea's greatest national treasure is partly destroyed by fire. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
TOKYO (AP) -- A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan was arrested Monday, police said, stirring memories of a rape of a Japanese girl by U.S. troops over a decade ago.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
AP - A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan was arrested Monday, police said, stirring memories of a rape of a Japanese girl by U.S. troops over a decade ago.
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces wounded and captured a prominent Taliban commander on Monday in a raid near the border with Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
A U.S. Marine based in Okinawa has been arrested and accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in his car, though he denies the allegation. Staff Sergeant Tyrone Luther Hadnott has not been officially charged with a crime.
AP - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts geared up for a spacewalk Monday that NASA said would remain unchanged despite a last-minute switch in crew for medical reasons.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Monday forgave Iraq's 12.9-billion-dollar debt, which dates back to the Soviet era, and expressed hope for a rise in investment in the war-torn country, ITAR-TASS news agency reported, quoting Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
Toy maker Hasbro Inc.'s profit rose 24 percent as it avoided the mountain of lead-paint related recalls that plagued many of its competitors. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
Shares in Reliance Power fall 17% on their first day of trading in India's biggest stock market flotation. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
British Olympic chiefs are to force athletes to sign a contract promising not to speak out about China's appalling human rights record – or face being banned from travelling to Beijing. The move immediately provoked a storm of protest. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
U.S. stocks headed for a largely flat open Monday following a steep slide last week and as Wall Street searched for any insights that could indicate how consumers are faring amid an economic slowdown. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
Venezuela president threatens to cut off oil supplies to the US if it continues an "economic war". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Firefighters hoped to turn from water to sand in their quest to extinguish smoldering fires that have stalled the search for two workers still missing after last week's deadly sugar refinery explosion. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Two of Myanmar's top dissident groups, one led by Buddhist monks, on Monday denounced the military government's plans for a constitutional referendum as an effort to perpetuate the junta's rule. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
The technology industry's outlook for 2008 looks worse than it did just two months ago, when fears of a U.S. recession already were leading analysts to predict a slowdown in purchases of computers, software and tech services. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
The French president "never sent" a text message urging his ex-wife to come back, his lawyer says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
South Korea's outgoing president has accepted the resignation of his spy chief, who offered to quit over the leak of a document detailing his secret trip to North Korea in December, a spokesman said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
Thousands of followers of Indian guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi attend his cremation in the northern India city of Allahabad. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
One of the strangest meal-times in the animal kingdom has been caught on film. A female worm-like amphibian, called a caecilian, allows her young to peel off and eat her skin. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
For dead writers, diary pages are the best evidence scholars have of the ways their minds worked—their first thoughts on a poem or story, their innermost ambitions and fears as human beings. No one wants to get that wrong. See why the handwriting of Robert Frost, Henry D. Thoreau and others gives editors trouble. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
HOUSTON - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts geared up for a spacewalk today that NASA said would remain unchanged despite a last-minute switch in crew for medical reasons.
"The...
Rebel soldiers have shot and wounded East Timor's president in a failed coup attempt. The prime minister narrowly avoided injury. A wanted rebel leader was killed in the violence.
One thing we're learning from this election: These really are different parties.
First, look at the Democrats. Listen to the discussion about their strategies. Hillary...
HINSDALE, N.H. - A Massachusetts man has died after crashing his snowmobile in southwestern New Hampshire.
Authorities say 69-year-old Anthony Donnan of Montague was riding...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Gaza's tunnel smugglers are getting back to business after a forced break during the massive Gaza-Egypt border breach, despite renewed promises from Israel and Egypt to shut down the illegal trade.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
Gaza's tunnel smugglers are getting back to business after a forced break during the massive Gaza-Egypt border breach, despite renewed promises from Israel and Egypt to shut down the illegal trade. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
Gaza's tunnel smugglers are getting back to business after a forced break during the massive Gaza-Egypt border breach, despite renewed promises from Israel and Egypt to shut down the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
AP - Roy Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable roles in "Jaws," has died.
French bank Societe Generale SA hopes to raise nearly $8 billion in a heavily discounted rights issue launched Monday, designed to fill a gap in funds blamed on a massive trading scandal. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
Reuters - Israel threatened to topple the Gaza
Strip's Hamas rulers on Monday following a surge of
cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor's president and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
AP - Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor's president and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.
Suppose I tell you that the government will design a product and make you buy it. If you say no thanks, that's too bad. The government will decide what you need and what...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel threatened to topple the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers on Monday following a surge of cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.
Rwanda urges foreign governments and Interpol to ignore Spanish arrest warrants for 40 Rwandan army officers. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Twin car bombs struck near the compound of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians Monday, killing at least six civilians and wounding 20, police and hospital officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
AP - Twin car bombs struck near the compound of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians Monday, killing at least six civilians and wounding 20, police and hospital officials said.
AP - Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats overlooked the snowy weather and turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Three people were found dead from stab wounds at a private residence in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday afternoon, while a 15-year-old boy found at the scene Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
AP - A resoundingly retro Grammy Awards left its biggest winners nearly speechless. On a night filled with nods to the show's 50-year history, the most trophies went to a 24-year-old singer known for her old-soul voice, and the most sought-after prize went to a veteran jazzman's Joni Mitchell tribute album.
PARIS (AFP) - Societe Generale on Monday launched a 5.5-billion-euro capital increase -- offering shares at a massive discount -- to cover losses it blames on rogue trader Jerome Kerviel who is to fight his detention in jail. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
In a job interview, Sandy Gould's avatar showed up in a Superman costume. As we talked about my strengths and weaknesses, crabs skittered along the sand at our feet. Mr. Gould and I were at computers on opposite sides of the same room and meeting in Second Life, the Web-based virtual world that is owned and operated by his employer, Linden Lab. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:12 am
Arctic air has settled over New England, accompanied by howling winds that are making it feel even colder.
At Boston's Logan International Airport, the temperature...
The Grammys celebrated hitting the half century mark by doing what they do best: getting it half right and doing it half-assed.
Amy Winehouse was kind of there. The troubled,...
The dollar was lower against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning. Gold rose. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani lawyers began a nationwide boycott of the courts Monday to pressure the president to reinstate senior judges he sacked under a state of emergency more than three months ago.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
Pakistani lawyers began a nationwide boycott of the courts Monday to pressure the president to reinstate senior judges he sacked under a state of emergency more than three months ago. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is in a "serious but stable" condition after being shot at by rebels. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 11 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
SEOUL (AFP) - South Koreans are mourning the loss of a 600-year-old building designated as the nation's top cultural landmark, which collapsed in ruins after catching fire on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
Reuters - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was
shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an
assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said
could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny
nation.
DILI (Reuters) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny nation.
BAGHDAD (AFP) - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said in Baghdad on Monday he was in favour of a short pause in troop drawdowns from Iraq after about 30,000 American troops have been sent home by July. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
A resoundingly retro Grammy Awards left its biggest winners nearly speechless. On a night filled with nods to the show's 50-year history, the most trophies went to a 24-year-old singer known for her old-soul voice, and the most sought-after prize went to a veteran jazzman's Joni Mitchell tribute album. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday.
DILI (AFP) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was shot and seriously wounded Monday by rebel soldiers in an attempt to assassinate the nation's leaders, and was airlifted to Australia for emergency treatment. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
A particle beam weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that directs a high energy beam of atoms or electrons at a target, and thus causes damage by disrupting the atomic and molecular structure. While the mass of these particles are very low, the ultra high velocity imparts massive momentum. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:48 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is set to complete authorization of a big supervisory mission in Kosovo this week, just before the territory is expected to declare independence from Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:47 am
LODZ, Poland (Reuters) - Once a byword for poverty and post-communist racketeering, Poland's second largest city of Lodz was a place people wanted to escape. Today some are moving back,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday he backed a brief pause in U.S. troop reductions from Iraq once an initial pullout of five combat brigades has been completed in July.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING, ADDING INFO) Three people were found dead from stab wounds at a private residence in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Monday afternoon, while a 15-year-old boy found... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:29 am
Twin car bombs struck near the compound of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians Monday, killing at least six civilians and wounding 20, police and hospital officials said. A... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:25 am
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad's rebels on Monday urged European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to the country's east, saying the force would not be neutral because it was dominated by France.
An intricate network of lighting plays across the 130 foot high Rotating Service Structure (RSS) in this dramatic night view of the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39A. Seen here after rolling back before Thursday's shuttle launch, the RSS provides pre-launch access to the orbiter and its payload. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Kim Sjostrom wanted a real-life version of the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," which played in the background as friends fixed her hair and makeup before her own marriage ceremony. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:08 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Negotiators for President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga re-started talks on Monday in a mood of national optimism that a political solution to Kenya's worst crisis since independence may be near.
Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor's president and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed for the first time the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer. His endorsement came after a weekend of attacks that killed more than 50 people across Iraq.
Pakistani security forces killed a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and captured four other militants Monday, a military official said. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:53 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Afghanistan could degenerate into a "failed state" if NATO were to pull out troops and abandon efforts to stabilize the country, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
In a nutshell, “begging the question” refers to a certain fallacy in syllogistic argument where the very thing you are trying to prove (your conclusion) is presupposed in the supporting argument (your premises). This is sometimes called “circular reasoning.” "Begs the question" is often incorrectly used to mean "raises the question.” Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The governor of an important and volatile southern province in Afghanistan escaped an apparent assassination attempt Monday after a bomb exploded by his vehicle convoy, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama is riding a burst of momentum into Tuesday's presidential nominating contests with a string of weekend wins, while Republican John McCain received praise from onetime rival President George W. Bush as he tries to woo conservatives.
ABC's Jack Tapper reports the financing scandals the new campaign manager has been involved with. Another validation of what experience means to the Clinton team. Source: Digg | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:40 am
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Troubled British soul singer Amy Winehouse has dominated the 50th Grammy Awards -- the Oscars of the music industry -- taking home five of the most prestigious awards. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
A US soldier patrols the Jisr Majid district on the outskirts of Baghdad on February 9. Two bombs rocked Baghdad as US Defence Secretary Robert Gates was winding up a two-day visit to the violent Iraqi... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:17 am
While much has been made of the fact that underdog Harvard has not won a Beanpot trophy since the 1993 tournament. The players on the potent favorite Boston College sextet...
Pro-Taliban supporters gather in 2007 for a religious gathering in Killi Nalai, a village near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Pakistani security forces captured and wounded top Afghan Taliban commander... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 9:11 am
FORT MYERS - They came the farthest yet arrived the earliest.
Yesterday, Japan's Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima took the field for the first time this year,...
Police outside the Bombay Stock Exchange. Police in northern India have held six alleged Islamic militants suspected of planning an attack on the BSE, a report said Monday Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:50 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed, for the first time, the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:46 am
It was only fitting that one of the Food Network's biggest stars, chef Mario Batali, was sitting in the front row along the baseline at TD Banknorth Garden yesterday...
TOKYO (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine was arrested on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old Japanese girl on the southern island of Okinawa, police said on Monday, triggering anger from an area where the U.S. military presence is widely resented.
A man weeps as he lies on the coffin of his son who was killed during post election violence in the western Kenyan town of Kisumu. Kenya's political rivals on Monday began a crucial week of negotiations... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:33 am
Kenya's opposition leader Riaila Odinga attends the funeral of Kenyan MP David Kimutai Too on February 9. Kenya's political rivals on Monday began a crucial week of negotiations led by Kofi Annan to clinch... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:33 am
United Nations Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, John Holmes (C), visits a camp for Kenyans who have been displaced by post election ethnic violence, February... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:33 am
Paul McCartney and former model Heather Mills lock horns in a British divorce court Monday in their battle over how big a slice she will take of the former Beatle’s fortune. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:31 am
A picture released by the US military on February 9, shows US soldiers watching as a building is destroyed by an air strike in Diyala province near Baquba, northeast of Baghdad on February 4. US Defence... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:25 am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians on Monday shouted "Death to America" and pledged their loyalty to the Islamic republic as they celebrated the 29th anniversary of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 8:17 am
Just as Senator John McCain appeared poised to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he was reminded over the weekend that many Republican voters still have not climbed aboard his bandwagon.
People hold a banner reading "No More FARC. No More Deaths. No More Lies. No More Kidnappings. I Am Colombia", during a worldwide demonstration against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 7:43 am
Nearly 30 years after Iran's Islamic Revolution, a new generation of politicians is sweeping aside the older clerics, many of whom had become proponents of better relations with the West and gradual steps toward greater democracy. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 7:15 am
Georgian opposition supporters put up posters protesting against President Mikhail Saakasvili in Tbilisi. Georgian opposition parties said Sunday they had suspended talks with the government over major... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Feb 2008 | 6:57 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British pop singer Amy Winehouse, whose rapid descent from promising newcomer to emaciated junkie played out in the full glare of the public eye last year, took home five Grammy Awards on Sunday.
An overnight fire left one of Seoul's great landmarks in ruins, destroying the centuries-old wooden structure atop the Namdaemun gate that was deemed South Korea's No. 1 national treasure. Officials said they suspected arson.
President Hugo Chavez threatened to cut off oil sales to the United States in an "economic war" if Exxon Mobil Corp. wins court judgments to seize billions of dollars in Venezuelan assets.
East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was shot in the stomach during an attack on his home Monday by renegade soldiers, an army spokesman said.
Exorcism -- the church rite of expelling evil spirits from tortured souls -- is making a comeback in Catholic regions of Europe. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 11 Feb 2008 | 4:59 am
Search crews recovered another body Sunday from a sugar refinery devastated by a massive explosion, raising the number of confirmed deaths to six, the state's top elected fire official said.
The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend the contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout.
Published reports this weekend say Yahoo has sent a letter to Microsoft rejecting a bid by the giant software maker to buy the search-engine company. But the letter could just be a negotiating ploy.
Telegraph.co.uk this week unveils its list of the people who have the most influence on the Prime Minister. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The number of convicted rapists who are spared jail has doubled, new figures have revealed, fuelling claims that the criminal justice system is soft on sex offenders. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The Archbishop of Canterbury is bracing himself for an angry confrontation with senior Church members as he refuses to apologise over the sharia law row. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The West remains at risk of large-scale al-Qa'eda attacks because the Pakistani military requires years of training before it will be able combat militancy, a Western military official has warned. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The number of foreign workers in the UK has risen above two million for the first time, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The most influential people in Gordon Brown's Government are disclosed today by Telegraph.co.uk Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Alistair Darling's tax crackdown on Britain's non-domiciled residents will end up costing the Treasury more than twice the sum the Chancellor expects it to raise, a new study has calculated. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses Sunday night, completing a weekend clean sweep of four states and plunging his rival Hillary Clinton's White House bid into deep trouble after her campaign manager stepped down. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hillary Clinton's campaign, in deep trouble following a weekend of heavy losses, lurched into a full crisis Sunday night after her campaign manager and long-time friend stepped down. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 11 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
KISUMU, Kenya (AP) -- Children clustered around the charred body, its features melted into an unrecognizable black mask. The man, accused of being a thief, was the fourth person to be burned alive this month in this western Kenyan city.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:48 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday ruled out a broad military operation in the Gaza Strip, deflecting rising anger after an 8-year-old boy lost a leg in a Palestinian rocket attack.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:27 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A military jury on Sunday convicted an Army sniper of murder and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for killing an Iraqi civilian who wandered into the hiding place where six soldiers were sleeping.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:28 a... | 10 Feb 2008 | 11:02 pm
Mexican president Felipe Calderon will tour the United States this week, but he's not likely to meet with President Bush or the presidential contenders. Instead, Calderon is heading to cities with large Mexican immigrant populations. Calderon has a message of support for those immigrants, who still play an important role in domestic Mexican politics.
The political instability in Kenya has far-reaching consequences. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Filipe Ribeiro of Doctors Without Borders about the mounting health crises in Kenya.
Movie and television writers may get back to work this week. Negotiators for producers and the writers reached a tentative agreement late last week and members of the 10,000-strong Writers Guild are expected to quickly accept a new contract.
University of Michigan professor Arthur Kuo's research team has created a new knee brace that stores the residual energy a person makes while walking. They report that walking for one minute can generate enough energy to power the average cell phone for 10 minutes. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Kuo.
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are battling it out, state by state, delegate by delegate, on the road to the Democratic presidential nomination. Next up: the so-called "Potomac primaries" in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia on Tuesday.
A car bomb exploded near an Iraqi checkpoint in a market north of Baghdad, killing at least 23 civilians and wounding 25, the U.S. military said. The violence was among a series of attacks in northern Iraq.
A U.S. Army sniper accused of killing an unarmed Iraqi civilian and planting evidence on his body was found guilty on all charges, including making a false official statement. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Severe droughts have combined with an unexpected culprit -- a tiny fish -- to put the squeeze on Southern California's water supply. Avocado and citrus farmers feeling the pinch are considering planting new crops that use less water.
A diary and another document seized during U.S. raids show some Al Qaeda 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: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 5:57 pm
Sen. Barack Obama all but wiped out Sen. Hillary Clinton's overall lead in the Democrat delegate count in Saturday's primaries. In the Republican race, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee won two states, keeping him in the picture despite the dominating delegate lead of the GOP frontrunner, Sen. John McCain.
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 | 10 Feb 2008 | 5:09 pm
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 | 4:28 pm
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 | 3:55 pm
Less than 24 hours after two pilots were stabbed in their cockpit over New Zealand , a newspaper reporter is being condemned for boarding an Air New Zealand flight at Auckland Airport with a knife and fake gun Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 1:58 pm
Republican presidential contender Sen. John McCain has all but cemented his party's nomination. But he faces opposition from the conservatives in his party. Richard Cizik of the National Association of Evangelicals speaks with NPR's Liane Hansen.
At the Virginia Democrats' annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner Saturday, Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama were featured speakers in an event that emphasized the battle to come in the state on Feb. 12.
East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was wounded in a pre-dawn attack on his home Monday morning, an army spokesman said. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Feb 2008 | 10:57 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
AP - A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan was arrested Monday, police said, stirring memories of a rape of a Japanese girl by U.S. troops over a decade ago.
AP - Space shuttle Atlantis' astronauts geared up for a spacewalk Monday that NASA said would remain unchanged despite a last-minute switch in crew for medical reasons.
AP - Roy Scheider, a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable roles in "Jaws," has died.
Reuters - Israel threatened to topple the Gaza
Strip's Hamas rulers on Monday following a surge of
cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.
AP - Rebel soldiers shot and critically wounded East Timor's president and opened fire on the prime minister Monday in a failed coup attempt in the recently independent nation. A top rebel leader was killed during one of the attacks.
AP - Twin car bombs struck near the compound of one of Iraq's most powerful Shiite politicians Monday, killing at least six civilians and wounding 20, police and hospital officials said.
AP - Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton in Maine presidential caucuses Sunday, grabbing a majority of delegates as the state's Democrats overlooked the snowy weather and turned out in heavy numbers for municipal gatherings.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed, for the first time, the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer.
AP - A resoundingly retro Grammy Awards left its biggest winners nearly speechless. On a night filled with nods to the show's 50-year history, the most trophies went to a 24-year-old singer known for her old-soul voice, and the most sought-after prize went to a veteran jazzman's Joni Mitchell tribute album.
Reuters - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was
shot and critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an
assassination attempt by rebel soldiers that analysts said
could spark renewed violence and political chaos in the tiny
nation.
Just as Senator John McCain appeared poised to become the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, he was reminded over the weekend that many Republican voters still have not climbed aboard his bandwagon.
East Timor President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta was shot in the stomach during an attack on his home Monday by renegade soldiers, an army spokesman said.
In a major shocker, Winehouse lost the final award of the night, album of the year, to Herbie Hancock’s “River: The Joni Letters.”
Search crews recovered another body Sunday from a sugar refinery devastated by a massive explosion, raising the number of confirmed deaths to six, the state's top elected fire official said.
Roy Scheider, the actor best known for his role as a police chief in the blockbuster movie “Jaws,” has died. He was 75.
The Writers Guild of America moved swiftly Sunday toward a resolution of its three-month-old strike, with guild leaders deciding to recommend the contract to members and ask them to vote on a quick end to the walkout.