A gunman opened fire inside a mosque in Thailand's restive south, killing a Muslim politician who was among dozens gathered for evening prayers, police said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 5:44 pm
Cypriots began voting for a new president Sunday in an election seen as pivotal to the decades-old search for a deal to reunify the ethnically divided island. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 5:22 pm
PRISTINA, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Kosovo on Sunday declared its independence from an angry and anxious Serbia in the final fallout from the conflict-strewn breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 3:01 pm
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Hashim Thaci called on the parliament of Kosovo on Sunday to adopt a declaration of independence from Serbia, ending a long chapter in the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:58 pm
AP - Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.
Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:54 pm
NANTUCKET - Four recent deaths at a Nantucket nursing home are being blamed on a respiratory virus typically found at day care centers.
The patients ranged in age from...
(Kyodo) _ Kosovo's parliament declared the province's independence Sunday from Serbia with the support of the United States and many European Union members. Serbia and its ally Russia... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:53 pm
Kosovo declared itself a nation Sunday, mounting a brash and historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - Pakistani security forces were on high alert Sunday, as violence surged and claims of rigging mounted on the eve of elections that could threaten President Pervez Musharraf's grip on power. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:51 pm
Kosovo's parliamentarians overwhelmingly vote to declare independence from Serbia in an historic session. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:50 pm
I know its an old story but ..... Ben S. Bernanke does not think the national housing boom is a bubble that is about to burst, he indicated to Congress last week, just a few days before President Bush nominated him to become the next chairman of the Federal Reserve. Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:50 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is concerned by U.S. plans to shoot down an ailing spy satellite and is considering what "preventative measures" to take, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
A decade after Serbia crushed a rebellion, Kosovo's ethnic Albanian leadership convened a special session of parliament Sunday to declare independence _ a historic bid for statehood in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:46 pm
NEW ORLEANS - Sorry Seattle, there is no saving your Sonics.
That's the feeling of NBA commissioner David Stern, who said Saturday he expects the SuperSonics to leave...
Reuters - Prime Minister Hashim Thaci called on
the parliament of Kosovo on Sunday to adopt a declaration of
independence from Serbia, ending a long chapter in the bloody
break-up of Yugoslavia.
GOP frontrunner John McCain is in the midst of an at-times awkward transition — from being one of the most disruptive figures in his party to someone playing it safer, not to mention trying to make nice with Republicans he clearly despises and who feel similarly about him. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:45 pm
Churches in several Illinois communities are remembering the victims of the shooting at Northern Illinois University. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:44 pm
A suicide bomb kills at least 80 people in the Afghan city of Kandahar in seemingly the deadliest attack since 2001. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:43 pm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Chris Douglas-Roberts and No. 1 Memphis made the shot that counted, then watched UAB hit the one that didn't.
The result was a down-to-the-wire...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse may be down. Don't count the Orange out just yet, though.
Paul Harris scored 22 points and freshman Donte Greene added 18 to lead Syracuse...
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks are trying balance out their backcourt and make a playoff push by bringing in Mike Bibby.
Hawks coach Mike Woodson said Bibby, acquired from...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Embattled coach Kelvin Sampson may always cherish Saturday night's victory over No. 10 Michigan State.
It meant even more to Indiana basketball.
Eric...
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, an Afghan governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Michael Beasley's achievements on the court do not surprise Kansas State coach Frank Martin.
Even the freshman forward's 40 points and 17 rebounds...
HAMBURG, Germany - Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears.
The 34-year-old model says she'd be willing to open her home to Spears while the troubled pop singer puts...
Kosovo's parliament has formally declared independence from Serbia, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:31 pm
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush discussed the bloody conflict in neighboring Kenya with Tanzania's leader on Sunday before showering him with praise and signing over a $700 million development grant.
NEW YORK - A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels.
Transit workers tracked down...
NEW YORK - He told investigators he set out to rob a psychiatrist he said had institutionalized him 17 years ago.
But his criminal mission spiraled into the vicious slaying...
Indian troops killed at least 20 Maoist guerrillas in clashes following the killing of 13 policemen by the insurgents in the eastern state of Orissa, officials said Sunday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:23 pm
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf escaped unharmed on Sunday when suspected Islamist insurgents hit his presidential compound in Mogadishu with mortar bombs for a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:20 pm
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb 17, 2008 (AFP) - A suicide blast tore through a crowd watching a dog fight in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing 80 people, officials said, in the deadliest attack since the 2001 fall of the Taliban. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:18 pm
AFP - A suicide blast tore through a crowd watching a dog fight in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing 80 people, officials said, in the deadliest attack since the 2001 fall of the Taliban.
AP - Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears. The 34-year-old model says she'd be willing to open her home to Spears while the troubled pop singer puts her life back together.
Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears. The 34-year-old model says she'd be willing to open her home to Spears while the troubled pop singer puts her life back together. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:06 pm
On his tour of Africa, President Bush insisted his administration is "plenty active" in the turmoil now roiling nearly every corner of the continent, but said his trip is focused more on its successes than its conflicts.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:58 pm
AP - A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Reuters - Pakistani opposition politicians
warned against vote rigging on Sunday, the eve of a general
election that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing
U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition politicians warned against vote rigging on Sunday, the eve of a general election that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A rocket Iran launched into orbit this month to prepare for putting a domestically made research satellite into space has successfully sent scientific data back to Earth, state media reported on Sunday.
There is heavy fighting between police and Maoist rebels hiding in a jungle in the Indian state of Orissa. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:42 pm
AP - The 10 astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station wrapped up their joint work on Sunday and got ready to say goodbye. With the hatches between the two spacecraft scheduled to be sealed around midday, the crew rushed to finish activating science racks inside the new Columbus module and packing the shuttle for the ride home to Earth.
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog-fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed more than 80 people at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday in the most deadly attack since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the government said.
US President George W. Bush with backing from Tanzania's leader Sunday defended US policies towards Africa, from efforts to end Kenya's bloody political crisis to the war on HIV/AIDS. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:25 pm
A homicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, a governor said. It appeared to be the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now closes the news cycle for Sunday, Feb. 17. The service will reopen at 7 a.m. Monday Tokyo time. We may reopen the service at any moment to cover breaking Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:09 pm
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday technical reasons were behind the delay in talks between Iranian and U.S. officials on Iraq and denied new U.S. charges that Tehran was stoking violence in its neighbor.
(AFP) - Iran on Sunday declined to rule out that the oil cartel OPEC would cut production at its next meeting in early March, a move vehemently opposed by oil-consuming countries. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:01 pm
NICOSIA (AFP) - Cypriots were voting on Sunday in a cliffhanger presidential election that could hold the key to the future of efforts to reunite the island after more than three decades of divison. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:01 pm
SIDNEY (AFP) - Managers are less likely to have cancer, while shop assistants have a greater chance of suffering back pain and nurses have a higher rate of heart disease, according to a new Australian study. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:01 pm
DAR ES SALAAM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on Sunday signed a five-year, 698-million-dollar US aid package for the east African country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:01 pm
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Benazir Bhutto's widower said his party must try to convince Pakistanis that the fight against Islamic militancy is their own war - not just America's.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 1:00 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Kosovo to declare independence on Sunday PRISTINA, Serbia - Kosovo summoned its parliament on Sunday to declare its independence from Serbia, supported by the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:55 pm
The Government is preparing to announce whether it will press ahead with plans to use "sharia bonds" to raise money for public spending programmes, it emerged last night. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:55 pm
Albanians walk under a billboard reading "Free Kosovo" in Tirana. Kosovo stands ready to become the world's newest state as it prepares to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday with US and European... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:51 pm
After a night of jubilant celebrations, Kosovo stands ready to become the world's newest state as it prepares to declare independence from Serbia on Sunday with US and European support. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:51 pm
A Kosovo man waves an Albanian flag in Pristina. Kosovo is poised to become the world's newest state, albeit under the guidance of the European Union and the United States, as it prepared to declare independence... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:51 pm
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci answers questions during a press conference in Pristina on February 17. Kosovo stands ready to become the world's newest state as it prepares to declare independence... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:51 pm
Hashim Thaci sits beside members of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) during a press conference in 1999. Kosovo stands ready to become the world's newest state as it prepares to declare independence from... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:51 pm
Opposition politicians have voiced concerns about vote rigging on the eve of the postponed Pakistan elections. Millions of Pakistanis will go to the polls with their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:45 pm
A 19-year-old college student missing since she was abducted nearly a month ago was strangled by a serial rapist who has attacked at least two other women and may strike again, Reno police said Saturday.
Afghan policemen and locals at the site of the bomb blast in Kandahar on February 17 2008. A suicide blast tore through a crowd of men watching dog fighting in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
For the past year, this turbulent nation of 165 million has lurched from one political crisis to another under the government of President Pervez Musharraf. The upcoming vote will help decide its fate. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:28 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A female suicide bomber struck Sunday in a predominantly Shiite area of central Baghdad, killing at least three people in an attack that occurred as Iraqi officials have been stressing the capital's increased security.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:19 pm
As Pakistan prepares for the election to restore civilian rule, the ghost of Benazir Bhutto looms large. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops backed by aircraft and tanks clashed with Palestinian militants firing mortars and machine guns near Gaza's former international airport Sunday, killing three gunmen and a civilian, health officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
A skittish kitten that scampered out of its carrier on a subway platform has been found after 25 days in the underground tunnels. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
Bats in New York and Vermont are mysteriously dying off by the thousands, often with a white ring of fungus around their noses, and scientists in hazmat suits are crawling into dank caves to find out why. Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least three people and wounding 10, police said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
Benazir Bhutto's widower said his party must try to convince Pakistanis that the fight against Islamic militancy is their own war — not just America's. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
In an age where Go.com was new, and the Netscape and Yahoo Portals ruled the Web, one start-up company "with the unlikely name of Google.com" is showing the way. Salon.com in December of 1998 produced one of the first ever reviews or for that fact, mentions of Google.com still around on the internet today. Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
After the deaths of eight people during a race yesterday morning on Indian Head Highway in Prince George's County, residents of the area said they have complained repeatedly to police about the threat to safety. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
US President George W Bush calls for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, as he continues his African tour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:16 am
Australia move well clear in the CB Series table after a 50-run win over India in a low-scoring match in Adelaide. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
"You know, I wish I could tell you that there was a panacea for this kind of thing, but you've noticed that there's been multiple shootings all over this country within the last six months," NIU Police Chief Don Grady told reporters. "...it's unlikely that anyone would ever have the ability to stop an incident like this from beginning." Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
Leading scientists are turning to the extraordinary power of games consoles to do their sums and simulate everything from colliding black holes to the effects of drugs. Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:14 am
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog-fighting competition has killed around 80
people and wounded dozens more, in probably the deadliest terror attack in
Afghanistan since the fall of the Taleban in 2001. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:14 am
ABU DHABI - No, it's not made of solid gold -- just ordinary materials. But it does come with the swagger of being labeled no. "1." And that's evidently worth a record $14.3 million. Source: Digg | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:12 am
A female suicide bomber struck Sunday in a predominantly Shiite area of central Baghdad, killing at least three people in an attack that occurred as Iraqi officials have been stressing the capital's increased security. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Israr Shah lost both legs in a bomb attack on Pakistan's leading opposition party that killed 20 people last year. But that did not stop him from contesting a seat in Monday's parliamentary election.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
Israr Shah lost both legs in a bomb attack on Pakistan's leading opposition party that killed 20 people last year. But that did not stop him from contesting a seat in Monday's parliamentary election. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:23 am
Heavy downpours, strong winds and even tornadoes were possible Sunday in parts of the Southeast as a low pressure front moves through the region. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:16 am
President Bush said Sunday that the U.S will work with its allies to try to prevent violent clashes after the anticipated declaration of independence by Kosovo. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:11 am
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks during a joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Abbas will meet on Tuesday for the next round of revived... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:48 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home prices have plunged by 10 percent or more in some parts of the United States and interest rates on mortgages are at enticing levels, but many potential buyers are waiting for prices to fall further.
A female suicide bomber blew herself up in a predominantly Shiite area in central Baghdad on Sunday morning, killing at least three people and wounding 10, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:25 am
The 10 astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station wrapped up their joint work and got ready to say goodbye. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:20 am
US President George W. Bush reviews a guard of honour on arrival at Julius Nyerer International Airport in Dar se Salaam, Tanzania February 16. Bush said Sunday that Zimbabwe should hold "free and fair... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:12 am
The attack injures more than 100. It came at the close of a rally for a candidate affiliated with the party of the late Benazir Bhutto.
A car bomb tore through a crowd gathered for a rally Saturday, the final day of campaigning for Pakistan's parliamentary elections, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 100, authorities said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A march organized by students focuses on tolerance in the wake of the fatal shooting of an openly gay boy.
The Goths in their black T-shirts were there. So were the punks with fluorescent hair and multiple piercings. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The agency spent millions setting up front companies overseas to snag terrorists. Officials now say the bogus firms were ill-conceived and not close enough to Muslim enclaves.
The CIA set up a network of front companies in Europe and elsewhere after the Sept. 11 attacks as part of a constellation of "black stations" for a new generation of spies, according to current and former agency officials. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Times investigation shows that good behavior isn't properly counted; errors could cost $44 million in this fiscal year.
The counselor at Salinas Valley State Prison paid a surprise visit to Nicholas Shearin's cell with good news: He would go home in two days, after a decade behind bars. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - When the world's greatest sporting and marketing event crosses paths with one of the best economic growth stories ever, the result could be the opportunity of a lifetime for corporate sponsors of the Beijing Olympics.
File photo shows North Korean fishermen near the North Korean port of Yanghwa. There are fears 22 North Koreans may have been executed after they were returned home having been picked up in boats in waters... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 Feb 2008 | 7:08 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a crowd following a rally for a candidate allied with the opposition, killing at least 40 people and heightening fears of Islamic militant violence during Monday's crucial parliamentary elections.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 17 Feb 2008 | 7:04 am
SYDNEY - A powerful tropical cyclone gathering strength off the coast of West Australia was likely to cross the country's remote Pilbara mining region early on Monday, forcing many resource companies to shut down operations.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 5:35 am
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton traded fresh attacks and touted their economic leadership on Saturday as they took their Democratic presidential duel to Wisconsin.
Greek Cypriots vote in a presidential election that is seen as pivotal for efforts to reunite Cyprus. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 5:13 am
The online gun dealer who sold a weapon to the Virginia Tech shooter said it was an unnerving coincidence that he also sold handgun accessories to the man who killed five students at Northern Illinois University. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 5:03 am
What people initially told police about the Northern Illinois shooter didn't add up. Now investigators are searching for answers to what triggered Thursday's bloody attack, in which five students were killed and several injured before Steven Phillip Kazmierczak committed suicide.
A 104-year-old Dutch cabaret singer who once performed for the Nazis gives a concert for the first time in decades. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 4:11 am
A suicide bomber rammed his car into an election office in northwestern Pakistan, killing 37 people and wounding more than 90 others, a government official in the tribal region said.
A father who said he was upset with his teenage daughter for text-messaging a boy has been arrested on charges of killing the girl, whose burned body was found in the boiler of his apartment building, police said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 3:28 am
People in Madagascar are braced for a tropical cyclone which is expected to make landfall in the north-east. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:46 am
The Lebanese army intervenes to break up clashes between rival political factions in Beirut. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 17 Feb 2008 | 2:07 am
Calls for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics are mounting, following Steven Spielberg's withdrawal as artistic adviser. But the critics are wrong, writes George Walden - it would be foolish and dangerous to turn our backs on China now. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
China has been accused of committing new human rights abuses ahead of this August's Beijing Olympics, while spending vast amounts on hi-tech surveillance and security systems. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
HUNDREDS of airport-style metal detectors are to be deployed by police on Britain’s streets under aggressive plans by the government to combat soaring knife crime. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
A SENIOR defence official has warned that the armed forces are heading for a
“train crash” because the government is starving them of funds for vital
equipment. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
MEMBERS of parliament who represent constituencies less than an hour’s
commuting distance from Westminster are claiming upward of £20,000 of
taxpayers’ money a year to fund “overnight” homes in central London. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
South Korea's national treasure, the Great South Gate in Seoul, was burned down by an arsonist this week. The wooden gate was built in 1389. Evans Revere, past deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, discusses whether the historic gate will be restored.
Mourners ventured to the center of Northern Illinois University's campus on Saturday to drop flowers in front of six crosses on a snow-packed hill. Some wrote essages on the long white "We Are NIU" signs. Others just hugged, cried a little and headed back to their cars.
President Bush began Saturday in the West African nation of Benin and ended on the other side of the continent, in Tanzania. He is visiting five of the most stable democracies on the continent to highlight his administration's good works toward health care, education and infrastructure.
A deadly car accident in suburban Washington, D.C., early Saturday left eight people dead and three injured. Police say a driver struck a group of people standing on the side of a highway watching an illegal high-speed drag race.
WASHINGTON - Seven people were killed early on Saturday when a car ploughed into roadside spectators watching a high-speed street race in a town near Washington, according to media reports.
The large sedan crashed into the crowd... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 9:44 pm
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Interrogators got intelligence from detainees that helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan attack Taliban fighters last summer - and they did it through casual questioning and not torture, the military's chief interrogator here said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 16 Feb 2008 | 8:51 pm
PREKAZE, Serbia (AP) -- On the eve of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its prime minister paid tribute Saturday to an ethnic Albanian family whose 1998 slaying became a rallying point for the province's struggle to break away from Serbia.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 16 Feb 2008 | 7:33 pm
An earthquake measuring 4.2 hit the Marlborough region early today.
The quake was 60km deep and was centred 30km west of Blenheim.
It occurred at 2am this morning.
- NZPA Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 7:17 pm
MOSCOW (AP) -- As Russia prepares for March 2 presidential elections, it enters an era of political uncertainty it hasn't seen since President Vladimir Putin succeeded Boris Yeltsin eight years ago.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EST | 16 Feb 2008 | 6:06 pm
The Italian suspect in the slaying of Meredith Kercher, a British student found stabbed in the neck, awarded computer sciences degree in jail in Italy. Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:44 pm
A man who killed five students and himself during a shooting spree at an Illinois college had stopped taking medication and become erratic in the last two weeks, buying two guns used in the bloodbath just six days ago, officials said... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
East Timor's military and international forces have launched an operation against rebels hiding in hills near the capital following an assassination attempt on the country's president.
Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, 58, is recovering... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Emergency services teams and volunteers have arrived in Mackay to help begin a massive clean-up after the state's biggest flood in almost 50 years.
Many other rescue workers are on standby to relieve exhausted colleagues. Others... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Something happened this week which made me think about the importance of voting in elections. At times, some of us feel that voting in parliamentary contests is like voting between tweedle dee and tweedle dum. In New Zealand, we are... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 16 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Al Qaeda's latest display of terror has made its way onto the Internet, showing horrifying images of what appear to be prisoners in Iraq being doused with an inflammatory liquid and then burned alive. Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Feb 2008 | 4:51 pm
Attorney General Michael Mukasey recently visited Baghdad to meet with Justice Department employees helping to reestablish an Iraqi court system. Ari Shapiro talked with department employees about what they're doing and why it's important to the stability of Iraq.
The Chancellor has criticised the culture of rewarding failure in the City by giving bonuses to executives who appear to have done little to deserve them. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 16 Feb 2008 | 4:21 pm
Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco just launched the first-ever program to provide blind people with Braille maps. For the maps' inventor, who was blinded at the age of 4, this is part of a crusade to change the way people think about blindness.
Tad Devine, longtime Democratic consultant who hasn't backed a candidate yet, discusses the power of super delegates. With such a tight race for nominee, Davine says he's not surprised that some superdelegates are rethinking their endorsements.
Taliban militants continue to grow in strength and influence in Pakistan, particularly in the country's northwest region. In the lead-up to parliamentary voting next week there have bombs and suicide attacks.
President Bush visits Africa for six days and will highlight one of the initiatives of which he's most proud -- his administration's global AIDS initiative. President Bush is traveling to Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia.
The Swiss have invented a car that runs on land and underwater. It's called the "sQuba," and conjures up memories of James Bond's amphibious Lotus Esprit from "The Spy Who Loved Me."
AP - Kosovo declared itself a nation on Sunday, mounting a historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.
Kosovo declared itself a nation Sunday, mounting a brash and historic bid to become an "independent and democratic state" backed by the U.S. and key European allies but bitterly contested by Serbia and Russia.
AP - Churches in several Illinois communities are remembering the victims of the shooting at Northern Illinois University.
Reuters - Prime Minister Hashim Thaci called on
the parliament of Kosovo on Sunday to adopt a declaration of
independence from Serbia, ending a long chapter in the bloody
break-up of Yugoslavia.
AFP - Kosovo's parliament Sunday opened an extraordinary session at which it will declare the province's independence from Serbia.
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded dozens more Sunday, an Afghan governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
AFP - A suicide blast tore through a crowd watching a dog fight in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Sunday, killing 80 people, officials said, in the deadliest attack since the 2001 fall of the Taliban.
AP - He told investigators he set out to rob a psychiatrist he said had institutionalized him 17 years ago.
AP - Heidi Klum wants to help Britney Spears. The 34-year-old model says she'd be willing to open her home to Spears while the troubled pop singer puts her life back together.
AP - A suicide bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed 80 people and wounded scores more Sunday, a governor said, in what appeared to be the deadliest terror attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.
Reuters - Pakistani opposition politicians
warned against vote rigging on Sunday, the eve of a general
election that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing
U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
AP - The 10 astronauts aboard the linked space shuttle and space station wrapped up their joint work on Sunday and got ready to say goodbye. With the hatches between the two spacecraft scheduled to be sealed around midday, the crew rushed to finish activating science racks inside the new Columbus module and packing the shuttle for the ride home to Earth.
A 19-year-old college student missing since she was abducted nearly a month ago was strangled by a serial rapist who has attacked at least two other women and may strike again, Reno police said Saturday.
What people initially told police about the Northern Illinois shooter didn't add up. Now investigators are searching for answers to what triggered Thursday's bloody attack, in which five students were killed and several injured before Steven Phillip Kazmierczak committed suicide.