ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of Pakistan's assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto began stitching together a coalition on Wednesday that could topple President Pervez Musharraf, after winning most seats in a general election.
AFP - Barack Obama pummeled Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii, results showed early Wednesday, making it 10 wins in a row against his bitter rival in the Democratic White House race.
MADISON (AFP) -
Barack
Obama pummeled Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii,
results showed early Wednesday, making it 10 wins in a row
against his bitter rival in the Democratic White House race. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Barack Obama has surged past Hillary Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
AP - Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) -- An influential international observer mission said Armenia's presidential election was "mostly in line with the country's international commitments, although further improvements are necessary."... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:13 pm
An influential international observer mission said Armenia's presidential election was "mostly in line with the country's international commitments, although further improvements are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:13 pm
AP - From Jason Kidd's return to Dallas to Kevin Garnett's return to the lineup, it was an eventful day in the NBA. And it was only a warm-up for Wednesday. Shaquille O'Neal is expected to make his Phoenix debut, against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers no less. The teams are separated by only a game atop the Pacific Division and don't like each other, and who doesn't get fired up when there's a new chapter in the Kobe-Shaq tale?
AP - Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab.
The former head of MI6 denied Wednesday that the British intelligence agency was responsible for the car accident that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed, in 1997. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
LONDON (AP) -- The former head of MI6 denied Wednesday that the British intelligence agency was responsible for the car accident that killed Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi al Fayed, in 1997.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential...
(Kyodo) _ Former Japanese soccer icon Hidetoshi Nakata is organizing an exhibition match in Japan to raise awareness on environmental problems, it was learned Wednesday. Nakata, who... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:07 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Indonesian Health Ministry said at least three people were killed and 25 others injured in a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck off the northwest coast of Sumatra Island... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
PRISTINA (AFP) -
The commander
of the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo on Wednesday
blamed minority Serb leaders for attacks on two border
posts, after NATO closed part of the frontier with Serbia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
Reuters - Barack Obama has surged past Hillary
Clinton to open a big national lead in the Democratic
presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released
on Wednesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
Light may not seem very interesting in our everyday lives. But to scientists, light’s properties are a constant source of intrigue. The nature of light as both wave and particle, light as the universal speed limit, and the way light interacts with magnetic fields in the atmosphere to form auroras are a just a few examples of light’s fascinating Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda will attend the inauguration of South Korean President-elect Lee Myung Bak in Seoul on Monday and hold his first summit with... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
MARLBOROUGH - State Rep. Stephen LeDuc has resigned to take a job as assistant clerk magistrate at Marlborough District Court.
The Marlborough Democrat said in a statement...
Diplomats and analysts tell CBS News that the dramatic election victory by Pakistani opposition parties could lead to a fight for power within the government - a struggle that may hinder the fight against extremism in the crucial country.
China goes on the offensive against its critics on Darfur, dubbing Steven Spielberg's Olympics resignation "naive". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
AP - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected.
Stock futures fell Wednesday as investors, nervous about inflation given oil prices' return to record levels, awaited a government reading on consumer prices in January. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
AP - A Navy heat-seeking missile is getting its first real-world use in an attempt to demolish a crippled U.S. spy satellite before the orbiting craft falls back to Earth.
A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia's Aceh province kills at least three people, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
HAVANA (AP) -- After a 19-month tryout by acting president Raul Castro, Cubans seem ready to focus on what his government will bring once Fidel Castro formally steps down as Cuba's all-powerful leader on Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghanaian President John Kufuor greeted President George W. Bush on Wednesday in a former slave fort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, which millions of Africans crossed in chains on their way to the Americas.
The International Cycling Union is considering court action against Tour de France organizers if Alberto Contador is not allowed to defend his title in July. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
AP - President Bush said Wednesday that the United States is not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent.
Some 100 Islamic groups in Malaysia called Wednesday for wider powers for Shariah courts and stricter enforcement of religious and moral doctrines ahead of general elections next month. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
Oil prices retreated Wednesday after closing above $100 a barrel for the first time as investors seized on a refinery explosion and the possibility that OPEC may cut its output. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
Rwanda, Uganda and DR Congo are launching a project to improve security for the great apes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Nato troops seal Kosovo's northern borders after Serb protesters torch police posts at crossing points. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
The former head of MI6 has denied that the British intelligence agency assassinated Princess Diana in 1997. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
The former head of MI6 has denied that the British intelligence agency assassinated Princess Diana in 1997. Sir Richard Dearlove has also said that he believes that any operation by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
(Kyodo) _ A senior Beijing Olympics official said Wednesday none of its sponsors has shown indication of withdrawing support for the event after the film director Steven Spielberg quit as Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
British Airways passengers flying from Heathrow's Terminal 4 are being told
not to bring hold luggage. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents - some of whom want to drive him from power.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
AP - President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents some of whom want to drive him from power.
AP - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages.
It's at its lowest price since last June. I still personally feel that Google's stock trades way too high, but with the price coming down below $500 a share -- others...
RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 20 - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ruled out on Wednesday any unilateral declaration of statehood in the near future, responding to an aide's call to take the step if peace talks with Israel continued to falter.
Pakistan's President Musharraf says he has no plans to resign, as the opposition seeks an alliance against him. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
A powerful earthquake has struck western Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring many more. "Many" buildings were also damaged, according to officials.
A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
Four Honda models made the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy's annual list of the most environmentally-friendly cars. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:34 am
At least 14 people are killed in a string of bombings and attacks in Baghdad and northern Iraq. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
President Bush said Wednesday that Pakistani elections have been judged as "fair" and that the opposition parties' win is a "victory in the war on terror." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
An Iraqi woman walks past a US soldier on patrol in Baquba in late 2007. Ten people were killed when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in a market near the restive city of Baquba north of Baghdad,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:18 am
Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, top left, accompanied by Japan's most renowned ballet dancer Yoko Morishita, bottom center, president of Matsuyama Ballet Company, and Matsuyama Ballet founder Mikiko... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Anti-Semitic death threats and a suspicious powder have been sent to the
Chelsea manager Avram Grant at the club's training ground leading to an
emergency evacuation. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
A man belonging to the Kikuyu people bleeds from his nose and mouth upon his arrival to the town of Molo after being attacked by a member of the Kalenjis in central Kenya, January 2008. At least five people... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Beginning Tuesday, the first product from his company, DoubleTwist Ventures, will enter open beta. Called DoubleTwist, it's a free desktop client that essentially allows any kind of music, photo, or video file to be shared between a long list of portable media players, and through Web-based social networks. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
Complete results show that PM Serge Sarkisian wins Armenia's presidential poll, but his main rival cries foul. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
President Bush said Wednesday that the United States is not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 11:01 am
<b><a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/brit_awards/">Click
here to visit our dedicated Brit Awards page</a> </b> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
BROCKTON, Mass. - A teenager has been fatally shot in Brockton.
A spokeswoman for the Plymouth District Attorney said Tuesday night the 15-year-old boy was one of two males...
A top official says Palestinians could unilaterally declare statehood, as Kosovo did, if talks with Israel fail. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:57 am
BOSTON - A Natick man has been convicted of stabbing a nightclub bouncer who died of his injuries two weeks later.
Oscar Rosa was convicted on Tuesday of second-degree...
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seen here February 2, launched a new strongly-worded attack against Israel, describing the Jewish state as a "dirty microbe" and a "savage animal". Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:54 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will decide within days whether to extend or scrap his Mehdi Army militia ceasefire, a move that will have big repercussions for security in Iraq.
AMSTERDAM (AFP) -
Dutch brewer
Heineken reported on Wednesday that net profit last year
slumped by 33.4 percent owing to extra costs in contrast to
exceptional gains in 2006, and said costs were pushing up
its beer prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:51 am
KAPOLEI, Hawaii - Michelle Wie is healthier, stronger and determined to succeed but concedes her injured wrists will never be the same.
"I just accepted the fact...
Under 15,000 people have been moved to make way for China's Olympic venues, organisers say, fewer than rights groups claim. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:42 am
Sophomore center Hasheem Thabeet had 16 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocked shots and 13th-ranked UConn won its 10th straight, rallying from a 13-point deficit in the second...
SAN JOSE, Calif. - James Blake insists he'll pace his tennis career much better this year - as soon as he finishes traveling from Melbourne to Vienna to Florida to San...
BURLINGTON, Vt. - Increasingly, trees are the new must-have for American cities.
Some prodded by environmental awareness, some by regulatory edict, they're stepping...
MARANA, Ariz. - Steve Stricker was at the Presidents Cup last fall when he learned he had risen to No. 3 in the world ranking. Then came a message from his wife, which would...
Onerous regulations and excessive bureaucracy are crippling independent activist groups in Russia, a leading U.S. rights group said in a report released Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) -
The US
space shuttle Atlantis prepared to descend back to Earth
Wednesday, leaving the way clear just in time for US Navy
ships to aim missiles at a rogue satellite. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:29 am
U.S. scientists have developed a microfiber fabric that generates its own electricity, making enough current to recharge a cell phone or ensure that a small MP3 music player never runs out of power. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:21 am
LONDON (AFP) -
Oil prices
dropped on profit-taking Wednesday after spiking to a record
high above 100 dollars a barrel overnight, traders said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:20 am
Witness at Diana Inquest Says Princess Feared Being Targeted in Plot by Britain's Royal Family Source: ABC News: International | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
A former Army paratrooper who served two tours of duty in Iraq has been ordered tried on charges of raping and critically injuring a 3-month-old girl. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -
Pakistani
President Pervez Musharraf rejected calls to resign as
opposition parties on Wednesday mulled a coalition
government that could force the key US ally from power. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 10:04 am
TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. military moved sharply Wednesday to quell Japanese anger over rape allegations against a Marine - restricting 45,000 troops, civilian employees and their families to bases, workplaces or off-base homes.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 9:55 am
Powerful, anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may unleash his militia on Iraq again this weekend, ending a six-month cease-fire. Al-Sadr is under pressure from his commanders who say continued U.S. and Iraqi raids are hurting their numbers.
The Conservatives today called on ministers to come before MPs and explain how
a disc containing the DNA of 2,000 wanted criminals from the Netherlands was
mislaid for more than a year, leading to at least 11 crimes being committed
in the UK. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Feb 2008 | 9:47 am
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - With big wins in hand, Democrat Barack Obama pointed on Wednesday toward critical showdowns with rival Hillary Clinton next month that could prove decisive in their heavyweight presidential battle.
Anywhere else perhaps, a shiny cellphone fallen on the backseat of a taxi, a nondescript umbrella left leaning against a subway door, a wad of cash dropped on a sidewalk, would be lost forever .But here in Tokyo these items and thousands more would probably find their way to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Lost and Found Center. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 9:38 am
PARIS (AFP) -
The adage
that laughter is the best medicine has been backed by an
unusual investigation which says that people who seethe with
anger take longer to recover from injury. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Feb 2008 | 9:29 am
Two fishermen wait after casting their net in the sea near Lumpung on Sumatra island in 2007. A strong 7.5-magnitude quake has struck Indonesia's Sumatra island, sparking a local tsunami alert and triggering... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
TAYR DEBBA, Lebanon (AP) -- Decades of eluding U.S. and Israeli intelligence won Imad Mughniyeh a mythic stature in his home village, where even his family knew little of what the secretive Hezbollah commander was doing.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:49 am
An Israeli border policeman gives directions during a snowstorm near the West Bank town of Beit Jallah. The United States is floating an idea to temporarily deploy NATO troops in the West Bank after Israeli... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:38 am
After Angela Garbarino was arrested in Shreveport, Louisiana last November on suspicion of drunk driving, she wound up lying on the police station floor in a pool of her own blood with two black eyes, a broken nose, two broken teeth, and other cuts and bruises. Garbarino says that Officer Wiley Willis beat her up after turning off the police video. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
HAVANA (AP) -- Bespectacled and businesslike, Raul Castro has long lived in the shadow of his charismatic older brother, Fidel.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:25 am
Some in the opposition call for the president to step down, but the possibility arises of a coalition that would allow him to stay in office.
Calls mounted Tuesday for President Pervez Musharraf to step down after his ruling party suffered a resounding defeat in elections that independent monitors described as having been generally free and fair. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
His brother Raul may not take the helm as expected. The U.S. has no immediate plans to alter policy.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro's decision to step down as head of state after nearly half a century could signal the passing of power to a new generation and fresh hope for the island nation through economic reforms. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Ships and aircraft are warned to avoid a region of the Pacific, but officials say no decision has been made on when to take the first shot.
The Pentagon's missile defense program has long been as contentious as it is pricey. But a small part of that system, ship-mounted missiles designed to track and destroy enemy warheads, has proved more affordable and successful. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The candidates look ahead to the March 4 contests, making stops in Ohio or Texas.
Barack Obama swept to a double-digit victory in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday, turning aside a fierce effort by Hillary Rodham Clinton and further propelling his campaign as the Democrats head toward epic contests in Ohio and Texas. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Obama's victory -- yet another one -- in an important state primary suggests her coalition is beginning to come unglued.
With his victory in Wisconsin 's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, Barack Obama withstood an aggressive assault by rival Hillary Rodham Clinton and gained new momentum for their high-stakes battle ahead in Texas and Ohio . Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A group of people cry while praying in a church in Kibera slum, in Nairobi, in Nairobi. At least five people have died in clashes in recent days in western Kenya, police said Wednesday, as former UN chief... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 7:59 am
On February 20th, 2008 eBay will roll out unprecedented changes to their auction format. eBay will be ending seller's abilities to leave negative feedback for buyers, opening the possibility for blackmail. Other changes to fees have also ruffled feathers, with sellers saying they will end up paying more. Sellers are boycotting Feb. 18th - Feb. 25th Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 7:55 am
Fort Hood soldiers are openly speaking out to end the misguided war in Iraq, saying that if Americans knew what was going on there they would be speaking out too. Information from Iraq is "filtered" by politicians. There is no end in sight. Source: Digg | 20 Feb 2008 | 7:20 am
East Timorese policemen patrol in Dili on February 15. East Timor's military has pulled out of a hunt for rebels accused of assassination attempts against the nation's two top leaders, its chief Brigadier... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Feb 2008 | 6:56 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. death rate from cancer has continued a steady decline that began in the early 1990s but it will still kill a projected 565,650 Americans this year, the American Cancer Society said on Wednesday.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro stepped down on Tuesday after almost half a century at Cuba's helm, setting the stage for an orderly transfer of power to his brother Raul.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has again denied running a clandestine program to enrich uranium for weapons, long suspected by the United States, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday.
U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Feb 2008 | 4:52 am
Sen. John McCain of Arizona was projected to have won the Republican presidential primary by a substantial margin Tuesday in Wisconsin, according to NBC News.
MILWAUKEE - Senator Barack Obama won the Wisconsin vote to pick a US Democratic presidential candidate on Tuesday, handing rival Hillary Clinton a ninth straight defeat and leaving her White House ambitions hanging on the upcoming... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Feb 2008 | 4:17 am
SYDNEY - The mother of two young children found dead in a Sydney home was discovered lying beside their bodies, tucked up in a bed, a neighbour says.
The 29-year-old mother was today in hospital under police guard, with injuries... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Feb 2008 | 3:56 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. military in Okinawa ordered its members and their families on Wednesday to restrict their movements after the arrest last week of a Marine on suspicion of raping a 14-year-old girl.
Barack Obama extends his winning streak to Wisconsin, defeating Hillary Clinton and making inroads with her base of working-class and women voters. On the GOP side, John McCain adds to his impressive delegate lead over Mike Huckabee.
What does Hillary do now? It is tempting to write her off. She has lost ten straight contests in a row. If this was a boxing match, she would be on the floor and struggling to beat the count. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 3:20 am
Barack Obama has claimed his tenth straight triumph over a fading Hillary Clinton in their epic struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination, claiming the Hawaii caucus after taking the Wisconsin Primary last night. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 3:20 am
Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary last night, his ninth straight triumph over a fading Hillary Clinton in their epic struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 3:20 am
Barack Obama won the Wisconsin primary last night, his ninth straight triumph over a fading Hillary Clinton in their epic struggle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 3:20 am
Eric Gordon scored 22 points and No. 15 Indiana beat No. 14 Purdue 77-68 on Tuesday night in the Hoosiers’ last game before the completion of the school’s investigation into accusations that coach Kelvin Sampson committed major rules violations.
Nawaz Sharif, a former prime minister and leader of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N, called on President Pervez Musharraf to step aside after his ruling party conceded defeat in parliamentary elections.
Despite Fidel Castro's resignation, the White House is ruling out any changes in its Cuba policy, including the 5-decade-long trade embargo. Castro's brother and heir apparent, Raul, was dismissed as a "Fidel lite" and "dictator lite."
The U.S. military imposed tight restrictions on all personnel in Okinawa amid a furor over the arrest of a Marine on suspicion of rape. The alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl has sparked outrage in Japan, which hosts some 50,000 U.S. troops.
Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers’ carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.
The 100-day Hollywood writers strike took a $2.5 billion toll on the Los Angeles County economy — less than previously estimated. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:57 am
An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.
Linda Berkeley, who married a penniless East European refugee told the Court of Appeal yesterday that her "equal shares" divorce settlement was unfair. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Alistair Darling has been accused of trying to cover up Government plans for Northern Rock after introducing legislation to exclude the bank from Freedom of Information laws Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Foreigners coming to Britain are to face a new "immigrant tax" under Government plans to try to make them help pay for the schools and hospitals they use, ministers will announce today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
British Airways lost more than a million bags last year - a higher total than any other airline in Europe - figures have shown. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Ministers have wasted almost £1 billion on a failed programme to stop mainly working-class students dropping out of university, a report by MPs discloses today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Thousands of Heathrow passengers have had their journeys thrown into disarray following a baggage failure at Terminal 4. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pervez Musharraf has survived combat as a career soldier and assassination attempts as president. Now the will of his own people has pushed him to the precipice.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:48 pm
Former First Lady Nancy Reagan was back home in Bel-Air today after a two-day hospital stay following a fall, a family spokeswoman said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:30 pm
In the past month, two female students have reported that they were sexually harassed by a public masturbator in a Tufts library. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 19 Feb 2008 | 11:19 pm
At least 15 Iraqi policemen were killed after some recently-discovered rockets exploded before they could be defused. Meanwhile, it was learned two U.S. soldiers died in an ambush on Sunday.
Yacht buyers will continue to benefit from a loophole that allows them to avoid sales tax on their boats, after Republicans in the Assembly blocked an effort to close it Tuesday. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Feb 2008 | 10:49 pm
Wildlife biologists are scrambling to understand a mysterious epidemic that has killed tens of thousands of bats in upstate New York. Scientists are trying to prevent the sickness from spreading.
Toshiba on Tuesday admitted defeat in the high-definition DVD format wars, announcing it would stop making its HD DVD players. The move leaves Sony's Blu-ray as the reigning hi-def format. But Blu-ray still has to win over consumers.
Q&A with Ethan Rarick, author of "Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey West" Source: U.S. News & World Report | 19 Feb 2008 | 10:18 pm
The uninsured and Medicaid recipients are more likely to forgo tests and get late cancer diagnoses. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 19 Feb 2008 | 10:03 pm
The largest beef recall in U.S. history has sent school districts scrambling to clean out their freezers and shake up their menus. Melissa block talks with Marsha Metzger, nutrition director for the Fort Wayne Community School District.
Two Cuban dissidents in Havana talk about Fidel Castro's resignation and what it might mean for the future of Cuba. Both say Castro's resignation was expected by the public, and that it provides an opening for some changes. But, they say, economic changes are more important to the Cuban government than political changes.
The Southland is expected to stay soggy through the weekend, with intermittent rains lasting into Sunday, forecasters said today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Feb 2008 | 9:34 pm
Although Fidel Castro has announced he's giving up his role as Cuba's president, the leader has demonstrated that he doesn't necessarily need a title to exert control over the island nation's government.
SACRAMENTO -- In a crackdown under a new state law, inspectors have issued citations to five Southern California salons, putting them on probation for clipping toenails and soaking feet in unsanitary conditions, officials announced today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 Feb 2008 | 9:10 pm
Australian scientists believe they have discovered new species of marine life in the Antarctic Ocean.
The Australian Antarctic Division monitored the impact of environmental change on marine organisms in the Antarctic Ocean. Three... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 8:47 pm
Cuban leader Fidel Castro says he will not seek re-election and has resigned as Cuba's president, after 49 years in power. Castro announced in Cuba's state-run newspaper that he is stepping down. At 81, he has been ailing and has not appeared in public in the past year and a half.
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents won a big election victory after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the US ally who has ruled since 1999.
Counting was continuing with... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 7:40 pm
Miami's large and occasionally boisterous Cuban-American community greeted the news of Fidel Castro's resignation with uncharacteristic restraint. But the newer arrivals expressed hope that it will trigger a shift in U.S. policy toward Havana.
A property on one of the top 20 most expensive streets in England and Wales
will set you back an eye-watering £4.7m to £6.8m pounds. Recent housing
market statistics may show that property prices are stagnating or even
falling in some areas. But according to analysis of Land Registry data by
the property information website <a href="http://www.mouseprice.net">mouseprice.</a><a href="http://www.mouseprice.com">net</a>,
the credit crunch has not caused values at the very top end of the market to
crash. Last year's most expensive street, Kensington Square in London's W8,
cost £5,534,480; but a new high has been set by Courtenay Avenue, N6 where
the average home costs £6,809,900. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Speaking on soil once stained with the blood of Rwanda's genocide, President Bush called on all nations to step up efforts to end "once and for all" the ethnic slaughter still continuing in Sudan's western Darfur region.
Among the Yi people of Southwest China, children as young as 13 are fleeing poverty in remote villages and heading to big cities in search of work. Unable to handle the challenges of urban life, many return home, and bring heroin addictions and AIDS back with them.
The world witnessed the end of an era last night as Fidel Castro, Cuban icon and scourge of a series of American Presidents, stepped down.
The long-ailing leader announced that he will not return to lead the country as President... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Almost three months after ending John Howard's 11-year administration, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is still riding a surge of support that has reached record highs and underwritten a sweeping reform agenda.
The Opposition has been... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Fresh evidence that the Iraq weapons dossier was "sexed up" emerged as the Government finally published the secret first draft of the document. As expected, the earliest version of the document did not include the now notorious claim... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
MILWAUKEE - Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii make their choices on Tuesday in a heated presidential battle, with Hillary Clinton hoping to snap Barack Obama's winning streak ahead of big contests in March.
Public opinion polls... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
A craze of fault lines appeared across the political map of Europe yesterday as the continent grappled with Kosovo's proclamation of independence.
European Union foreign ministers struggled to agree on a statement that would paper... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
One of Italy's most-wanted Mafia bosses has been arrested after 18 years on the run - living in his home town.
Pasquale Condello was captured in a house in his home town of Reggio Calabria, in southern Italy. Investigators believe... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Independent commission finds police failed to enter an aircraft to arrest an Israeli general accused of war crimes in 2005 out of fear it would lead to an armed faceoff Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:24 pm
The coroner at the Princess Diana inquest yesterday ordered a top-level inquiry after The Sun revealed her former butler, Paul Burrell, had lied in court. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:22 pm
Some 24 cities agree to participate in 'Earth Hour' event by turning their lights off for one hour later this year in worldwide campaign to raise awareness about global warming. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 4:00 pm
Two paintings stolen in one of Europe's largest art thefts have been recovered, Swiss police said. Paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet have been found but the works by Edward Degas and Paul Cezanne remain missing.
A 12-year-old British boy on a school trip has died and his friend was hurt after they plunged down a ravine on a darkened Alpine mountain. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 3:00 pm
New aerial bombings by Sudanese forces displaces 10,000 people this month, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees said Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 2:59 pm
People in heart of Cuban exile community ponder whether President Fidel Castro's stepping down will bring change to Cuba or the United States. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Feb 2008 | 2:41 pm
AFP - Barack Obama pummeled Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii, results showed early Wednesday, making it 10 wins in a row against his bitter rival in the Democratic White House race.
AP - Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.
AP - From Jason Kidd's return to Dallas to Kevin Garnett's return to the lineup, it was an eventful day in the NBA. And it was only a warm-up for Wednesday. Shaquille O'Neal is expected to make his Phoenix debut, against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers no less. The teams are separated by only a game atop the Pacific Division and don't like each other, and who doesn't get fired up when there's a new chapter in the Kobe-Shaq tale?
AP - Atlantis' astronauts aimed for a morning touchdown Wednesday to conclude a two-week mission that expanded the international space station with the addition of a new European lab.
AP - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing at least three people, injuring 25 others, and damaging several buildings, officials said. No tsunami was detected.
AP - A Navy heat-seeking missile is getting its first real-world use in an attempt to demolish a crippled U.S. spy satellite before the orbiting craft falls back to Earth.
AP - President Bush said Wednesday that the United States is not trying to expand its military influence in Africa by building new military bases on the continent.
AP - President Pervez Musharraf will not step down as head of state and intends to serve out his five-year-term, his spokesman says, despite a sweeping election victory by his opponents some of whom want to drive him from power.
AP - Barack Obama cruised past a fading Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Wisconsin primary and Hawaii caucuses Tuesday night, gaining the upper hand in a Democratic presidential race for the ages.
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Sen. John McCain of Arizona was projected to have won the Republican presidential primary by a substantial margin Tuesday in Wisconsin, according to NBC News.
Four students were killed in a school bus crash on Tuesday in southwestern Minnesota, authorities said.
Eric Gordon scored 22 points and No. 15 Indiana beat No. 14 Purdue 77-68 on Tuesday night in the Hoosiers’ last game before the completion of the school’s investigation into accusations that coach Kelvin Sampson committed major rules violations.
Amtrak will start randomly screening passengers’ carry-on bags this week in a new security push that includes officers with automatic weapons and bomb-sniffing dogs patrolling platforms and trains.
An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba’s president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term when parliament meets Sunday.
President Bush on Tuesday called the 1994 genocide in Rwanda a reminder “That there is evil in the world and evil must be confronted.”
Report: Microsoft will authorize a proxy battle to convince shareholders to agree on a takeover deal. 
Trent Charlton knew the risks when he borrowed $10,000 from his 401(k) and cut his retirement savings in half.