EU ministers consider Kosovo's declaration of independence, with members split on how to respond. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:41 pm
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband says he has published an early draft of the infamous Iraq weapons dossier. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:40 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the country's relationship with the United States.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:39 pm
Gallery includes: 1st view of earth from moon (1996); 1st full view of earth ("blue marble" shot, 1972); 1st view of Martian surface; 1st photo of sun (1845); 1st color photo of surface of Venus... Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:37 pm
TUCSON, Ariz. - Josh Fields played 100 games as a rookie last season and showed he was ready for the big leagues. Filling in for the injured Joe Crede, he showed some pop,...
AFP - Millions of Pakistanis defied bombings and shootings on Monday to vote in critical parliamentary elections that will decide the political fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Kosovo said Western recognition of its independence was coming any minute on Monday, but the first EU decision went against the new republic as Spain said "no".
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a foreign military convoy in Afghanistan killed 35 people in an attack near the Pakistan border on Monday, a provincial governor said.
A leading Nigerian oil militant group asks President George Bush to help solve their dispute with the government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:30 pm
A bomb in Afghanistan reportedly kills 35 civilians and injures many people, three of them Nato troops. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:29 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistanis fearful of militant attacks voted Monday for a new parliament in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf, whose political survival hangs in the balance.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:27 pm
AP - Pakistanis fearful of militant attacks voted Monday for a new parliament in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf, whose political survival hangs in the balance.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Polling stations across Pakistan closed their doors at 5 p.m. (7 a.m. EST) on Monday, as voting ended in an election for a new National Assembly and provincial assemblies.
Reuters - Polling stations across Pakistan
closed their doors at 5 p.m. (7 a.m. EST) on Monday, as voting
ended in an election for a new National Assembly and provincial
assemblies.
NEW YORK - Spending time behind bars in New York City might turn out to be good for your health.
The overhauled menu at the city's jails includes no sweets, no butter...
Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the UK's stricken Northern Rock bank. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
LOS ANGELES - An undercover video showing crippled and sick animals being shoved with forklifts has led to the largest beef recall in the United States and a scramble to find...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed 35 civilians at a busy market in southern Afghanistan, a police official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH NEW ATTACK) At least 35 people were killed and more than 20 others injured Monday in a second deadly suicide bombing in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province in Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:10 pm
An adviser for slain rebel Reinado is arrested in E Timor as police hunt for those behind the attack on the PM. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
PRATTVILLE, Ala. - Rescue crews searched door-to-door for people trapped in wreckage after a tornado crashed through town, part of a wild weekend of weather that also included...
A man has been cleared of involvement in a plot to kidnap and kill a Muslim soldier serving in the British Army. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
Reuters - A suicide bomber
targeting a foreign military convoy in Afghanistan killed 35
people in an attack near the Pakistan border on Monday, a
provincial governor said.
The mystery surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy has taken a dramatic new twist following the discovery of new documents in an old safe at the Dallas County district attorney's office. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
Reuters - Kosovo said Western
recognition of its independence was coming any minute on
Monday, but the first EU decision went against the new republic
as Spain said "no."
People in Pakistan take part in a crucial parliamentary election overshadowed by violence and fears of fraud. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France - More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris early Monday, detaining over 30 people in a bid to find rioters who led an outburst...
(Kyodo) _ Pakistan's chief election commissioner said the low turnout in national and provincial elections Monday will have no effect on the validity of the vote. Retired Justice Qazi... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
US defence firm Lockheed Martin wins a $1bn order from India for six C-130J military transport planes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Sharaf Ullah wore the bright red of his favored secular party to vote Monday at a polling station just yards away from a mosque struck by a suicide bombing that killed 52 people two months ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
VILLIERS-LE-BEL, France (AP) -- More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris early Monday, detaining over 30 people in a bid to find rioters who led an outburst of violence last year, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
(Kyodo) _ South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung Bak on Monday announced his Cabinet lineup, naming Ambassador to Japan Yu Myung Hwan as foreign affairs and trade minister. Former... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
February's stock market so far has displayed more stability than January's, but Wall Street wants to see a stronger economy on the horizon before it trades confidently again. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Haha - At approximately 4:20 p.m. EST, the sun began to lower from its position in the sky in a westward trajectory, eventually disappearing below the horizon. Reports of this global emergency continued to file in from across the continent until 5:46 p.m. PST, when the entire North American mainland was officially declared dark. Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Luxury storeowner Mohamed al Fayed accused the British royal family on Monday of wanting to 'get rid' of Princess Diana, who died in a 1997 Paris car crash along with his son.
A 20-year-old member of the military was arrested after trying to get through airport security with two training grenades in a carry-on bag, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - President Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge yesterday to Congress to "stop the...
ARUSHA, Tanzania - President Bush handed out hugs and bed nets in Tanzania's rural north on Monday, saying the U.S. is part of a new international effort to provide enough...
(Kyodo) _ The Asian Development Bank provided $82.7 million in a grant and loan package to Cambodia on Monday to improve education, pro-poor support, financial system reform and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
NAIROBI, Kenya - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the...
Officials said it was the largest beef recall in the United States, Hidden-camera video shows workers shocking, kicking, jabbing weakened cows, Such cows are more easily contaminated, may carry diseases harmful to consumers, Packer sells beef to company that supplies National School Lunch Program Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
A woman shut out of playing with her father in a men's golf tournament is suing Dennis and the Cape Cod community's two public courses for sex discrimination, arguing...
The year of the rat is here! Revelers took to the streets yesterday afternoon to help usher in the Chinese New Year at Phillips Square in Chinatown.
The event, which...
Japan protested a new string of alleged crimes by U.S. troops and criticized American military discipline Monday, as indignation mounted over the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice holds talks in Kenya in an attempt to end the political crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
An unusual, well-preserved burial chamber that may contain the mummy of an ancient warrior has been discovered in a necropolis in Luxor. Near the coffin they also found five arrows made of reeds, three of them still feathered. Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
Security was tight across Pakistan as millions of voters began casting ballots in a parliamentary election that could signal the end of President Pervez Musharraf's leadership and determine the course of the country at the heart of the war on terror.
Another massive suicide attack has rocked the southern Afghanistan province of Kandahar, killing at least 35 people the day after the deadliest attack in the country since the 2001 U.S. invasion. The death toll from a Sunday blast now stands at 100.
LONDON (AP) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC will remain nationalized until adverse market conditions change.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC will remain nationalized until adverse market conditions change. Brown says that Northern Rock will... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis sailed away from the International Space Station on Monday, leaving behind a new crew member and Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries Monday seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the province as its citizens awaited key backing from the U.S. and key European powers.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
AP - Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries Monday seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the province as its citizens awaited key backing from the U.S. and key European powers.
There is no quick cure for the epidemic of arrogant anti-rationalism and anti-intellectualism that has infected America. Her people are in serious intellectual trouble--in danger of losing our hard-won cultural capital to the virulent mixture of these two social laggards along with low expectations which are a result of our idolatry infotainment Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
Uganda says peace talks will continue with LRA rebels despite reports of recent attacks in South Sudan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
"There was a lot of marijuana in the hamburgers." Hopefully the pot kept the cops from tasering or beating the shit out of anyone that night. Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The Japanese government expressed anger Monday over the arrests of two U.S. Marines in Okinawa Prefecture at a time when Japan is seeking stricter... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
(Kyodo) _ The death toll in Sunday's suicide attack in Kandahar rose to 100 and as hundreds of people gathered Monday to mourn Afghanistan's single deadliest attack, the provincial... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING TAIWAN'S SUPPORT AND CHINA'S CRITICISM OF TAPEI'S STANCE) China on Monday expressed "grave concern" over Kosovo's decision to unilaterally... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
Mohamad Fayed launched into a tirade against the royal family today as he said that Diana, Princess of Wales had revealed to him she was pregnant and suspected a plot against her life. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
Mohamad Fayed has told an inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales that she personally expressed fears of an assassination plot to him. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:08 am
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the country's relationship with the United States.
TOKYO, Feb. 18 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) The government is likely to present opposition parties by the end of this week with its plan to nominate Deputy Bank of Japan Governor ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will
face complaints about U.S. military discipline when she arrives
in Tokyo next week, top Japanese officials said on Monday,
after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will face complaints about U.S. military discipline when she arrives in Tokyo next week, top Japanese officials said on Monday, after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa.
A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy has killed 35 civilians at a busy market in southern Afghanistan. At least 28 people were wounded in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
Hip-pop/R&B star Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes, right, and A Bathing Ape producer Nigo pose for photographers at a press conference to launch "Star Bape Search" audition to look for new Japanese... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
Mohamed Al Fayed speaks to media as he arrives at the High Court in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Mohamed Al Fayed, the man who claims Queen Elizabeth II's husband ordered spies to kill his son and Princess... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday announced a plan to distribute bed nets to protect 5.2 million Tanzanian children from the deadly disease.
Police officers stand guard at the entrance of a building in Villiers le Bel, north of Paris, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. More than 1,000 police raided housing projects outside Paris in an early morning sweep... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:51 am
"Kill and hang them until there's no Albanians left!" cried some of the protesters.The crowd damaged the Slovenian embassy, a McDonald’s restaurant and about a dozen shop windows."Protesters were smashing everything they came across before police stepped in." Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
Chinese men fish through holes in the ice near sculptures on a canal in Beijing Monday Feb. 18, 2008. Ice fishing is a popular hobby in the Chinese capital, with fishermen cutting a series of holes in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:49 am
Heather Mills arrives at the High Court in London, Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. The former wife of British musician Paul McCartney is attending a divorce settlement hearing. (AP Photo/Sang Tan) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries Monday seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the province as its citizens awaited key backing from the U.S. and key European powers. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:42 am
A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed 35 civilians at a busy market in southern Afghanistan, a police official said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
When the Do Not Call Registry launched in 2003, it had but one major flaw. Thanks to some rare Washington harmony, our DNCR registrations are safe for life (or until you move). Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
Nearly 10 years after Julie Jensen was found dead in her bed, leaving behind a letter accusing her husband if anything happened to her, his trial is close to ending. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday threw Washington's weight behind efforts to end a deadly post-election crisis in Kenya and push for power-sharing between the feuding parties.
Police in Venice are hoping that a post-mortem examination today on the body
of Richard Raynor, the Briton found dead in Venice yesterday, will throw
light on whether he committed suicide, was pushed or simply lost his balance
while walking late at night along the bridge over the lagoon. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:35 am
MANILA (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested against U.S. soldiers involved in humanitarian missions in Muslim areas of the southern Philippines on Monday, saying the troops' presence could be provocative.
The Prime Minister faced a barrage of criticism this morning over the first
nationalisation in modern times of a high-street bank, leading to shares in
the firm being suspended on the London Stock Exchange. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:29 am
"If there was a British Thai boxing championship for dogs then Ringo would win paws-down every time," he said. "There are a few humans he could beat as well." Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device that can split water and produce recoverable hydrogen. Source: Digg | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
Former first lady Nancy Reagan was in a hospital early Monday after taking a tumble in her Bel-Air home. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:19 am
A man walks past an electronic board shows the Hang Seng index in downtown Hong Kong Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. The city's benchmark index dropped 389.18 points, or 1.61 percent, to close at 23,759.25 Monday.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:09 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -
Millions of Pakistanis
defied bombings and shootings on Monday to vote in critical
parliamentary elections that could threaten key US ally
President Pervez Musharraf's iron grip on power. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:09 am
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Monday, February 18, 2008: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 10:07 am
Who were they kidding? Teemu Selanne and Scott Niedermayer were never suited for retirement. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:58 am
HONOLULU (AP) -- On Aug. 8, when the Beijing Olympics begin in promised splendor, a few may reflect on how far or how fast China has come to host this high mark of international prestige.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:39 am
South Korean shaman Han Soon-ye, right, performs with a huge photo of Namdaemun Gate in the background during a mourning ceremony for the loss of South Korea's No. 1 national treasure in front of the gate... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:35 am
Diana, Princess of Wales' former butler, Paul Burrell, has allegedly admitted lying to the inquest into the late royal's death.. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 9:05 am
A handout picture from the Cyprus Press Information Office show Cypriot President Tassos Papdopoulos casting his vote in the first round of presidential elections in Nicosia on February 17. The horse-trading... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:35 am
Cypriots empty a box to count ballots for the first round of presidential elections at a polling station in Nicosia. The horse-trading was set to begin in earnest on Monday as MEP Ioannis Kasoulides and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:35 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (R) and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten (L) watch a press conference by US President George W. Bush and Tanzania President Jakaya Kikwete February 17 at the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Russia has tried to block Kosovo's declaration of independence from neighboring Serbia at an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council. The birth of the new, U.S.-backed nation has caused consternation in many world capitals.
Shares in Toshiba jumped 6 per cent in Tokyo on speculation that the Japanese
electronics giant it is about to abandon its HD-DVD standard of
next-generation DVDs. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:24 am
SINGAPORE (AFP) -
Global
aviation faces a tough future despite making profits last
year as it grapples with debt, rising fuel bills and a
looming US recession, but Asia could be a bright spot,
officials said Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:07 am
Diana, Princess of Wales' former butler, Paul Burrell, has allegedly admitted lying to the inquest into the late royal's death.. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:01 am
Sons of Iraq fighters stay away from posts in protest after three incidents in recent weeks of U.S. forces mistakenly killing their colleagues.
The target was in the house. U.S. forces made their move. But as they neared the building in a lush farming area south of Baghdad, gunmen emerged from the dark. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
About 143 million pounds are targeted, but the amount may be much greater due to processing methods.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the largest beef recall in its history Sunday, calling for the destruction of 143 million pounds of raw and frozen beef produced by a Chino slaughterhouse that has been accused of inhumane practices. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The nation is expected to be recognized by the U.S., but the secession is opposed by Russia and Serbia. Observers predict a hard road ahead for the struggling former province.
In a move that inflamed tensions in this volatile region, the ethnic Albanian government of Kosovo on Sunday proclaimed the province independent from Serbia, forming a new and troubled country in Europe. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 143 million lbs, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Sunday.
Pakistanis fearful of militant attacks voted Monday for a new parliament in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf, whose political survival hangs in the balance. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:43 am
VILLIERS-LE-BEL (AFP) -
French
police arrested at least 33 people in a major pre-dawn
operation Monday north of Paris, targeting the suspected
ringleaders of riots last year. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 7:23 am
PRISTINA (AFP) -
Kosovo
began its first full day of self-declared independence from
Serbia Monday, despite riots in the streets of Belgrade and
a last-ditch Russian bid to block the move at the United Nations. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:18 am
LONDON (AFP) -
The
British government faced questions Monday over its economic
competence after nationalising Northern Rock, the
beleaguered mortgage lender that fell victim to the global
credit crunch six months ago. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:16 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia tried to block Kosovo's independence during a closed-door emergency session of the U.N. Security Council on Sunday, saying it is deeply concerned about the safety of Serbs living in the territory.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 18 Feb 2008 | 6:02 am
BOSTON (AFP) -
Planets
resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars
in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding
extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study
released Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 4:28 am
TOKYO (AFP) -
Investors
on Monday welcomed Toshiba's signals that it may abandon the
HD DVD format, surrendering to rival Sony's Blu-ray in the
battle to set the next standard of high-definition DVDs. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Feb 2008 | 3:28 am
Opposition leaders warned Sunday against massive fraud as Pakistanis prepared to choose a new parliament in an election seen as a major step toward democracy, but that comes after one of the bloodiest campaigns ever.
Kosovo declared itself independent of Serbia, 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.
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.
The body of a Briton was found in a canal in Venice last night after he had a row with his girlfriend on a Valentine's Day trip. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
People who use a mobile phone for hours a day are 50 per cent more likely to develop mouth cancer than those who do not talk on them at all, new research has shown. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Kosovo has declared its long- awaited independence from Serbia, prompting celebrations in its capital Pristina but outrage in Belgrade and Moscow. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Paul Burrell, the former butler for Diana, Princess of Wales, has allegedly
admitted that he did not tell the “whole truth” at her inquest. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
The mayor of a town near Montgomery, Ala., says a tornado has destroyed numerous homes and may have trapped victims in the wreckage. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:47 pm
SYDNEY - Australia failed to send a helicopter to help East Timor prime minister Xanana Gusmao when he was attacked last week, says one of his closest advisers.
Joaquim Fonseca says Mr Gusmao and his driver, who ran into the jungle... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:37 pm
A batch of old documents linked to the slaying of President John F Kennedy has reportedly been unearthed, including a highly suspect transcript of a conversation between assassin Lee Harvey Oswald and Oswald's killer Jack Ruby, the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 11:20 pm
A curious transcript purportedly about President John F. Kennedy's assassination has been discovered among boxes of memorabilia that were long forgotten in an old safe at the Dallas County district attorney's office. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:53 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:43 pm
More than halfway through the NBA season, the Boston Celtics lead the league by a wide margin, with 41 wins and 9 losses. But they were close to being the worst team in the NBA last season. And statistically speaking, they have no true standout stars.
The major remaining presidential candidates are courting voters in Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's primary vote, despite bad winter weather. With Hawaii likely to go to Democrat Barack Obama and the majority of Washington's delegates already awarded, Wisconsin is considered to be the main prize.
The Taliban has denied responsibility for what is being called the worst bombing in Afghanistan's history, in which at least 80 people were killed and dozens more wounded by a suicide bomber's blast at a dog-fighting event. Funerals have already begun in Kandahar, where the governor expressed outrage at the attack.
The parliament of Kosovo, the autonomous region of Serbia, has declared its independence, spurred by the region's majority ethnic Albanians. The move comes nine years after the United States and NATO began airstrikes against Serbian military targets in the former Yugoslavia.
Kosovo Albanians declared independence on Sunday, drawing instant condemnation from Serbia and triggering angry scenes outside the US embassy in Belgrade.
Serbia's backer Russia called for an emergency session of the UN Security... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The Hawaii caucuses are on Tuesday, and native son and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is expected to do well in the contest. Many Hawaii residents appreciate his campaign theme of unifying the party, but they are also excited to vote for a homegrown resident.
President Bush visited a hospital today in Tanzania, where U.S. funds are helping to combat Africa's twin scourges of AIDS and malaria. Among the various U.S. projects in Africa are malaria vaccine studies conducted by the National Institutes of Health among the Malinke people of Mali. A recent visit to a NIH-funded facility in the village of Bancoumana showed that the research program has been a boon to the desperately poor village.
U.S. President George W. Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it.
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.
Flights to Athens international airport were grounded on Sunday and more than 25 Greek villages were cut off after heavy snowfalls, which disrupted traffic as far south as the island of Crete.
The snowstorm, the result of two cold... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:05 pm
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia denounced Kosovo's independence declaration Sunday, warning that the move threatened to ignite a new conflict in the Balkans and calling on NATO and U.N. officials in the territory to nix the decision.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 17 Feb 2008 | 9:05 pm
Research suggests that rocky planets like Earth could be found around most sunlike stars in our galaxy, further raising hopes that scientists will find E.T. or at least primitive life beyond our solar system.
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, better known as Baba Amte, was a follower of Ghandi, who dedicated his life to restoring dignity to lepers, the disabled and the marginalized. He died Feb. 9 at 93. Andrea Seabrook talks with a volunteer at Anandwan, Amte's ashram in central India.
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- American flags flutter almost everywhere in Kosovo, a symbol of how - through successive Democratic and Republican administrations - the U.S. has long been a friend of this nation in the making.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:19 a... | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:51 pm
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton found their campaigns slowed Sunday by a snow and ice storm that blanketed Wisconsin just days ahead of Tuesday's primary, but the former first lady was already looking ahead to bigger races in March to help her rebound in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Australia is relaxing its migration programme to allow more skilled workers into the country.
The Government said it would expand the skilled migration programme by 6000 in 2007-08, bringing the total number of visas to 108,500.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 8:15 pm
Pakistanis vote in a parliamentary election Monday, ending a campaign that has been overshadowed by violence -- including the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. The vote could empower a new civilian government. But many say they believe the country's army will not go away quietly.
Neither war, armed troops nor befuddled border guards could stop South Korean dog sled teams from going to North Korea and mushing yesterday where none of them have mushed before.
About 80 dogs from the South made what is almost... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 7:15 pm
A powerful tropical cyclone was likely to have crossed Western Australia's remote Pilbara mining region early today, forcing many resource companies to shut down. Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 6:15 pm
After an emotional goodbye ceremony, astronauts closed the hatches between space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station on Sunday in preparation for the shuttle's Monday departure.
The 10 astronauts hugged and shook... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
New Zealand police are to return skeletal remains of two people to the Solomon Islands, satisfied they are not of New Zealand servicemen killed in a plane crash during World War 2.
New Zealand police serving with the Regional Assistance... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Venezuela could sue Exxon Mobil for not paying taxes on some of the oil it produced, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday, amid an escalating legal battle with Exxon over compensation for nationalized assets.
Exxon recently won... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
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
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dogfighting 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.
The Catholic Church in Australia is training hundred of priests as exorcists to meet a growing demand for the religious ritual. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 4:43 pm
The likely scenarios for Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, and the other upcoming primaries and caucuses. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 17 Feb 2008 | 4:30 pm
Kosovo declares itself a nation, 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. Source: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 4:12 pm
A female homicide 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: FOXNews.com | 17 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
AFP - Millions of Pakistanis defied bombings and shootings on Monday to vote in critical parliamentary elections that will decide the political fate of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
AP - Pakistanis fearful of militant attacks voted Monday for a new parliament in a key step toward democracy after eight years of military rule under President Pervez Musharraf, whose political survival hangs in the balance.
Reuters - Polling stations across Pakistan
closed their doors at 5 p.m. (7 a.m. EST) on Monday, as voting
ended in an election for a new National Assembly and provincial
assemblies.
AP - A suicide car bomber targeting a Canadian military convoy killed 35 civilians at a busy market in southern Afghanistan, a police official said.
Reuters - A suicide bomber
targeting a foreign military convoy in Afghanistan killed 35
people in an attack near the Pakistan border on Monday, a
provincial governor said.
Reuters - Kosovo said Western
recognition of its independence was coming any minute on
Monday, but the first EU decision went against the new republic
as Spain said "no."
AP - Kosovo's leaders sent letters 192 countries Monday seeking formal recognition of independence, and suspense gripped the province as its citizens awaited key backing from the U.S. and key European powers.
AP - If it truly is a pleasure just to be nominated for an Oscar, Alan Menken must be Hollywood's happiest man.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's rival politicians Monday that a power-sharing solution to a bloody political crisis would enhance the country's relationship with the United States.
Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will
face complaints about U.S. military discipline when she arrives
in Tokyo next week, top Japanese officials said on Monday,
after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa.
Ryan Newman overtook Tony Stewart on the final lap to win the 50th running of the Daytona 500 on Sunday.
Republican John McCain says there will be no new taxes during his administration if he is elected president.
U.S. President George W. Bush rejected proposed Democratic changes to his prized AIDS relief program, issuing a challenge Sunday to Congress to "stop the squabbling" and renew it.
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.
Research suggests that rocky planets like Earth could be found around most sunlike stars in our galaxy, further raising hopes that scientists will find E.T. or at least primitive life beyond our solar system.
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton found their campaigns slowed Sunday by a snow and ice storm that blanketed Wisconsin just days ahead of Tuesday's primary, but the former first lady was already looking ahead to bigger races in March to help her rebound in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A suicide bombing at an outdoor dogfighting 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.