A commercial airliner with 46 people aboard disappeared in southwestern Venezuela on Thursday, and authorities said they believed it crashed after residents reported hearing a thunderous crash in the mountains. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:20 pm
AP - Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies.
A judge in eastern England sentenced the killer of five prostitutes to life in prison on Friday, with no hope of release. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
Stock futures were little changed Friday as investors, in the absence of news to guide trading, were expected to make few moves ahead of the weekend. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
Procter & Gamble yesterday unveiled its first five-bladed women's razor, the Gillette Venus Embrace, saying it will be the brand's biggest launch since the original...
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Sylvester Stallone's Rambo character looks like a fat lunatic in his new movie, a Myanmar magazine said this week, bucking local public opinion that has glorified him for his exploits fighting the ruling junta's unpopular soldiers.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
KUFA (AFP) -
Radical
Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to
prolong their Mahdi Army militia's ceasefire for another six
months Friday, after seeing a dramatic reduction in violence
in Iraq. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to prolong their Mahdi Army militia's ceasefire for another six months Friday, after seeing a dramatic reduction in violence in Iraq.
Turkish ground forces roll into northern Iraq to target Kurdish rebels said to be sheltering there. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
Reuters - Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed
into northern Iraq and thousands more are at the border ready
to join them in their hunt for Kurdish PKK guerrillas, a senior
military source said on Friday.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed into northern Iraq and thousands more are at the border ready to join them in their hunt for Kurdish PKK guerrillas, a senior military source said on Friday.
XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reports third-quarter earnings on Thursday and its rival and proposed acquirer, Sirius Satellite Radio Inc., reports on Tuesday Feb. 26. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
As pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies increase their presence in Asia, Boston-area drug tester Charles River Laboratories is building a new state-of-the-art lab in...
Powerful Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr orders the renewal of the ceasefire his militia has been observing. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran warned the West against hitting it with more sanctions over its nuclear plans, speaking before a U.N. watchdog report likely to say Tehran is being more transparent but not enough to show its aims are solely peaceful.
Hub real estate developer Jerry Rappaport Jr. is looking to snap up hundreds of millions of dollars worth of distressed office buildings and other properties with his latest...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr extended his Mehdi Army militia ceasefire by around six months on Friday, a decision U.S. officials said would help foster reconciliation among Iraq's divided communities.
Three-time FIFA player of the year Ronaldo says he has not yet decided whether he will continue his career after rupturing a tendon in his left knee. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Sylvester Stallone's Rambo character looks like a fat lunatic in his new movie, a Myanmar magazine said this week, bucking local public opinion that has glorified him for his exploits fighting the ruling junta's unpopular soldiers. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Senator John McCain said on Thursday that an article in The Times about his ties to a lobbyist was untrue. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
(Kyodo) _ East Timor's parliament on Friday approved a request by the government to extend a state of emergency imposed after an assassination attempt on the country's top leaders for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
(Kyodo) _ The number of synthetic narcotic tablets confiscated at customs in Japan in 2007 soared to an all-time high of 1,326,000 tablets, up from 142,000 in the previous year, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
It began with a simple act of kindness to save an abused, injured dog from becoming one more victim in the Iraq war. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:32 am
AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers gave LeBron James the help he wants maybe enough to compete for the ring he craves. The Cavaliers took part in the biggest trade of deadline day, landing center Ben Wallace and swingman Wally Szczerbiak on Thursday in a three-team deal with Chicago and Seattle.
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Police on Friday guarded U.S and other Western embassies in Belgrade, a day after rioters stormed and set fire to the American mission during massive rioting that left one person dead and 150 injured.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
Police on Friday guarded U.S and other Western embassies in Belgrade, a day after rioters stormed and set fire to the American mission during massive rioting that left one person dead and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
Turkish troops escalated their conflict with Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq
today when thousands launched the country's first cross-border ground
invasion since the 2003 American-led campaign. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
(Kyodo) _ American Graham Watanabe won the men's snowboard cross title in convincing fashion at a World Cup event on Friday. Watanabe, a third-generation Japanese American, placed first Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:28 am
Reuters - Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
extended his Mehdi Army militia ceasefire by around six months
on Friday, a decision U.S. officials said would help foster
reconciliation among Iraq's divided communities.
A 28-mile “virtual fence” that will use radars and surveillance cameras to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
AP - William Miller dreamed of traveling to Italy with his wife and fixing up their modest house with the money he saved while working for 36 years for Chevron Corp.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Africa's top diplomat pushed Kenya's feuding parties on Friday to reach a speedy deal after the government agreed in principle to create a prime minister's post to help end a deadly post-election crisis.
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday - a move that dramatically escalates Turkey's conflict with the militants.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
AP - Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday a move that dramatically escalates Turkey's conflict with the militants.
Australia book their place in the CB Series finals after beating Sri Lanka by 24 runs in a low-scoring encounter. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
The 49-year-old Methuen woman who serial sex fiend David C. Flavell beat and tried to rape says she can't believe he's still on the streets after the fright-filled...
AP - A 28-mile "virtual fence" that will use radars and surveillance cameras to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval.
Reuters - Trekking through cold and rugged
terrain, search teams scoured the Venezuelan Andes on Friday
for a passenger plane thought to have crashed with 46
passengers on board in the mountain region.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he hopes to be able to continue to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq over the next 10 months, even as he and his military commanders lean toward a pause in troop cuts in July.
CARACAS (Reuters) - Trekking through cold and rugged terrain, search teams scoured the Venezuelan Andes on Friday for a passenger plane thought to have crashed with 46 passengers on board in the mountain region.
The European Union calls on Serbia to do all it can to protect foreign missions after a day of violence in Belgrade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Rescue crews were sent Friday to find a commercial airliner carrying 46 people that disappeared in southwestern Venezuela. Officials feared the worst after residents reported hearing a crash in the mountains.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Military prosecutors say unaired footage of a CBS interview given by a Marine squad leader contains admissions of crimes in an attack that killed 24 Iraqi civilians. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Gov. Deval Patrick's public safety czar says a bill on hold in the Legislature would have mandated tighter supervision of serial sex offender David Flavell and possibly...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:16 am
CONCORD, N.H. - A federal judge on Thursday acquitted a former Republican Party official accused of taking part in a plot to jam state Democratic Party phone lines on Election...
BELGRADE (AFP) -
Serb
rioters enraged by Western support for Kosovo's independence
set ablaze the US embassy in Belgrade, prompting angry US
and UN protests, although Russia argued the violence was understandable. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
NEW YORK - Carly Smithson progressed on "American Idol" Thursday amid controversy over her professional past.
Smithson, 24, has made headlines for having a pre-"Idol"...
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton tried to raise doubts about surging rival Barack Obama on Thursday but said in an emotional debate finale that "whatever happens, we're going to be fine."
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Ahead of a crucial report on Iran's nuclear activities Friday, Washington has given the U.N. nuclear watchdog more information on what it says were Tehran's attempts to make atomic weapons - but much of it is of doubtful value, diplomats said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
Ahead of a crucial report on Iran's nuclear activities Friday, Washington has given the U.N. nuclear watchdog more information on what it says were Tehran's attempts to make atomic weapons — but much of it is of doubtful value, diplomats said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
Ahead of a crucial report on Iran's nuclear activities Friday, Washington has given the U.N. nuclear watchdog more information on what it says were Tehran's attempts to make atomic weapons... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Top-seed Andy Roddick easily defeated Japanese teen star Kei Nishikori 6-2, 6-4 to advance to to the quaterfinals in SAP Open on Thursday.
Roddick needed...
Ground operation begins after warplanes and artillery bomb suspected rebel targets, raising concerns that it could trigger a wider conflict with the U.S.-backed Iraqi Kurds
The Democratic presidential campaigns are keeping a close eye on the all-important delegate count — and in a tight race like this one, they know that every last delegate matters. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:00 am
E Timor extends a state of emergency imposed after the attacks on the nation's two senior leaders. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:55 am
The serial killer Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail after
being given a "whole life term" today for the murder of five
Ipswich prostitutes in 2006. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
The former head of Volkswagen's employee council is sentenced to two years nine months in prison. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
Steve Wright will spend the rest of his life in jail for the murder of five prostitutes as police investigate whether he was responsible for a string of other unsolved cases. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
A look at Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia. ___ MUQTADA AL-SADR: The radical Shiite cleric commands influence as both a political force and leader of the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
Radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he will extend a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile recovery from brutal sectarian violence. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:41 am
The party of Pakistan's late former PM, Benazir Bhutto, meets to pick the next PM after its win in Monday's polls. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
Two police forces have been criticised for “strategic failures” and “errors of
judgment” in their efforts to safeguard an elderly couple who were murdered
by a criminal gang. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:39 am
Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced Friday that he has extended a cease-fire order to his Shiite Mahdi Army by another six months, giving Iraq a chance to continue its fragile... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:37 am
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- East Timor's Parliament on Friday extended by 30 days a state of emergency imposed after attacks by suspected rebels on the country's two top leaders.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:35 am
East Timor's Parliament on Friday extended by 30 days a state of emergency imposed after attacks by suspected rebels on the country's two top leaders. The state of emergency, which... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:34 am
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo's secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council.
In this post we present 50 new CSS-techniques, ideas and ready-to-use solutions for effective coding. You definitely know some of them, but definitely not all of them. Some technique is missing? L Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MINISTER OTA'S COMMENT, INFO IN 2ND, 6TH, 7TH, 14TH GRAFS) The government said Friday the Japanese economy has been expanding but its pace of growth is becoming... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:29 am
Controversial European rules which some specialists claimed were a threat to vital MRI scans have been put on hold. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:28 am
(Kyodo) _ Former Chief Cabinet Secretary Kaoru Yosano said Friday he believes that it would not be suitable for a scholar to succeed Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui, whose... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:26 am
LONDON (AFP) -
Lloyds TSB,
the fourth-biggest bank in Britain, reported on Friday a
17-percent rise in net profit last year and revealed it had
emerged with only slight damage from the turmoil on credit markets. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
A group of lawyers say they have evidence that will prove Iraqi prisoners were executed by British troops. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:49 am
Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council.
Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:45 am
Rescue crews were sent Friday to find a commercial airliner carrying 46 people that disappeared in southwestern Venezuela. Officials feared the worst after residents reported hearing a crash in the mountains.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -
Pakistan's
two biggest opposition parties sought to thrash out their
choice for premier Friday after agreeing to form a coalition
government that could drive President Pervez Musharraf from power. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
Two police forces have been condemned for failing to protect an innocent couple gunned down in a revenge "execution" for a crime their son had committed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:28 am
A gang of "happy slappers" filmed a smirking teenager breaking a police officer's nose - then posted the clip on YouTube. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:28 am
Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire police forces failed to ensure the safety of John and Joan Stirland who were murdered on the orders of a gangland boss, an Independent Police Complaints Commission report said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:28 am
PARIS (AFP) -
Recruitment
agencies in rich countries which actively recruit health
workers in Africa are guilty of "international
crime," a hard-hitting viewpoint in The Lancet says. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:26 am
European governments today cut off talks with Serbia over a potentially
lucrative economic deal after rampaging mobs attacked western embassies in a
night of riotous violence in Belgrade. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:12 am
On Sunday morning, Feb 17, 2008, the skies above Shiveluch Volcano in Russia’s Far East were clear and calm. When the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite passed overhead, it caught this view of a column of ash from a recent eruption seemingly frozen in the air over the mountain. Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:10 am
If you don’t have a super-fast, super-small computer in a few years, blame the moral majority. It turns out that most Americans find nanotechnology, the scientific field most likely to produce such a breakthrough, morally unacceptable. Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:05 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits South Korea, China and Japan next week to seek ways to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programs before the window closes on the Bush administration.
Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies.
The Mozilla community is celebrating 500 million Firefox downloads by earning 500 million grains of donated rice, enough to feed 25,000 people. Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:21 am
Josh isn't the first person to work in a lab to find a cure or treatment for his own disease. A cystic fibrosis victim named Jeff Pinard has done work on the genetics of his affliction. A Tulane medical student named Andy Martin studied a cancer called sinonasal undifferentiated carcinoma, which is even rarer than chordoma. Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:15 am
The mysterious G spot - supposedly a route to female sexual satisfaction - can be located with ultrasound, claim Italian scientists. Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:14 am
"Barack Obama and his favorite font, Gotham. Unless you’ve been avoiding television, newspapers, and all other forms of mass media for the past few months, you’ve probably seen Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s “Change We Can Believe In” and “Stand for Change” banners..." Source: Digg | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:10 am
Saudi Arabia is home to Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest places, and the hip-hop group's tenuous leap into the realm of MTV is in many ways the story of the kingdom's own struggle with the effects of intrusive Western-style modernity.
A body, believed to be that of a protester, is found; at least 96 are injured. Analysts say most in Serbia are resigned to the loss of Kosovo.
Angry Serbs protesting Kosovo's independence stormed the U.S. Embassy on Thursday night and set it on fire, as the fringes of a large and generally peaceful demonstration sponsored by the Serbian government turned violent. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
No details yet, but the two main opposition groups have decided to form a joint government after defeating Musharraf's allies. It is unclear whether they will try to impeach the president.
The two main opposition parties announced Thursday that they would work to form a coalition government, after dealing the party of President Pervez Musharraf a bruising defeat in this week's elections. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Researchers say it's too early to tell if exposure to Navy exercises caused its death.
A deep-diving dolphin died on the beach of the Navy's San Nicolas Island late last month during the final days of naval exercises using a type of sonar that has been linked to fatal injuries of whales and dolphins. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
They remain civil when policies are discussed, but the question of experience brings a testier tone to their Texas debate.
Setting aside their admittedly similar policy prescriptions, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton differed sharply in a televised debate Thursday over which of their divergent leadership styles offered the best chance of success. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Thousands stranded, schools locked down as notorious group battles the LAPD after a drive-by killing.
A drive-by attack followed by a wild shootout between gang members and police shut down dozens of blocks of Northeast Los Angeles for nearly six hours Thursday afternoon, stranding thousands of residents, keeping students locked in their classrooms and leaving two people dead. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) -
RWE, the
second biggest German power group, said Friday it planned to
invest 30 billion euros (44 billion dollars) by 2012, after
presenting 2007 results that came in below expectations. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:56 am
Pakistan's two main opposition parties announced they would form a new government together after their victory in elections this week, but skirted the issue of whether they would push for the ouster of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:28 am
AUSTIN (AFP) -
Barack Obama
Thursday skipped largely unscathed through a vital debate
with Democratic foe Hillary Clinton, on a day of drama which
saw likely Republican nominee John McCain deny having an affair. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:12 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Britain and France formally introduced a Security Council resolution Thursday calling for a third round of sanctions against Iran over its failure to suspend uranium enrichment.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:44 am
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s latest campaign finance report, published Wednesday night, appeared even to her most stalwart supporters and donors to be a road map of her political and management failings.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE PACIFIC (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday he hopes to pull more troops out of Iraq after a brief pause in withdrawals in July or August meant to assess the impact of lower troop levels on security in the war zone.
SOMEWHERE OVER THE PACIFIC (Reuters) - The United States expects continuity from Australia's new government and a renewed commitment to their security alliance despite Canberra's plans for a partial withdrawal from Iraq, U.S. officials said.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- In a stunning turnaround, the former chief military prosecutor at Guantanamo Bay said Thursday he would be a defense witness for the driver of Osama bin Laden.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:37 am
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister unveiled a proposal on Thursday to withdraw his country's forces from volatile southern Afghanistan in 2011, a move that largely accedes to opposition demands amid threats of an early election.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:45 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:26 am
Hillary Clinton's increasingly desperate campaign team have held a phone-in for supporters to offer their advice on how to defeat Barack Obama. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The Harry Potter series has been comprehensively beaten in a poll of the best children's books of all time by a host of traditional classics. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Jack Straw has appealed to magistrates to send fewer criminals to jail as prisons in England and Wales approach full capacity. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A British military base was used for American "torture" flights, the Government has admitted, despite categorical denials from Tony Blair and Jack Straw. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Only one of the two terrorist suspects who were transported in 2002 on the "extraordinary rendition" flights remains in custody. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Hillary Clinton was booed last night when she accused her Democratic rival Barack Obama of plagiarism, saying that he represented not 'change you can believe in' but 'change you can Xerox'. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The relentless rise of house prices has robbed many workers of the hope of
home ownership - and even easing house prices will do little to restore
affordability. But throughout the UK, local councils, developers and housing
associations or co-operatives are busy pouring government money into
building or buying “affordable homes” to be sold or rented to such worthy
cases. What many people may not realise is that they, too, may have the
right to be in one of these homes. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
In the 16 days since Super Tuesday, Hillary Clinton hasn't won a single primary or caucus. With contests in the crucial states of Texas and Ohio less than two weeks away, the Clinton camp has to get back into the race. One opportunity comes Thursday night in a debate with Barack Obama at the University of Texas in Austin.
They're suing for "emotional distress and other injuries" caused by the 2006 rape allegations. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 21 Feb 2008 | 10:47 pm
In hopes of giving students a financial break and using the school's facilities more efficiently, Keene State College in New Hampshire is considering paying students to take early morning and Friday classes. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 21 Feb 2008 | 10:44 pm
The University of Washington gives us a glimpse of bathroom stall poetry "unlike any graffiti I've ever seen in a restroom," describes one student. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 21 Feb 2008 | 10:41 pm
With the successful shootdown Wednesday night of a failing spy satellite that was headed for landfall, Pentagon officials say they believe they destroyed the potentially hazardous fuel tank. China is protesting the move, fearing a space-based arms race and debris.
Any innuendo of marital infidelity against a presidential candidate is likely to produce an uproar, but in this case, much of the uproar is about the newspaper that broke the story: The New York Times.
The New York Times reported Thursday that Republican presidential front-runner's John McCain's relations with a lobbyist eight years ago prompted concern with his circle of advisers during the 2000 presidential campaign. McCain denounced the story in a news conference Thursday morning.
President Bush spent a few hours in Liberia on Thursday, the last stop in a five-nation, six-day Africa tour. While in the city of Monrovia, the president promised to support development in Liberia, which was eviscerated during a brutal 14-year civil war.
Chief Judge Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry is one of dozens of independent-minded Pakistani judges sacked late last year by President Pervez Musharraf. On Thursday, several hundred lawyers showed up at his house in Islamabad, demanding that the new government immediately reinstate him and the other judges.
A new study shows an increase in the risk of stroke for women between the ages of 35 and 54. Using data from two earlier National Health and Nutrition Studies, Dr. Amy Towfighi and her colleagues concluded that the risk of stroke has tripled for this age group. The culprit, they believe, is weight gain.
Federal health officials are changing all three components of the flu vaccine for fall 2008, based on a prediction that U.S. residents will be exposed to flu strains that currently are active in Southern Hemisphere countries. Changing all three of the components almost never happens.
Protesters in Serbia's capital, Belgrade, broke into the U.S. Embassy on Thursday and set some rooms on fire. The rioters were part of larger protests among Serbian nationalists opposed to the independence of Kosovo. A charred body was later found inside.
Spanish police clashe with Atletico de Madrid supporters during their teams UEFA Cup round of 32 soccer match against English soccer team Bolton at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, Madrid, Thursday, Feb.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:23 pm
Obama stronger in favorable media markets; Clinton's troubles with superdelegates; mum on McCain and the Times. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:18 pm
TOLEDO, Ohio - Republican presidential front-runner John McCain on Thursday dismissed as "untrue" a New York Times report suggesting he had a close and possibly romantic relationship with a female lobbyist nine years ago in conflict... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:12 pm
NEW YORK - A New York man who discovered that millions of dollars had mysteriously appeared in his bank account, and withdrew more than $2 million, has been arrested on charges of grand larceny, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Benjamin... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:11 pm
LONDON - Forklift truck driver Steve Wright was found guilty on Thursday of murdering five prostitutes during one of the most intensive killing sprees in British criminal history.
Wright, 49, had asphyxiated the five drug-addicted... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:10 pm
OSLO - A Norwegian museum director says he has discovered cartoons which he believes were drawn by Adolf Hitler during World War Two.
There was no independent confirmation that the drawings were the work of the Nazi leader, who... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:10 pm
BELGRADE - Smoke billowed from the American embassy in Belgrade after protesters broke into the building yesterday, cheered on by crowds outside, in a protest at U.S. support for Kosovo's independence.
The embassy was closed at... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:09 pm
LAREDO, Texas - Democrat Hillary Clinton on Thursday questioned rival Barack Obama's readiness to serve as commander in chief and his ability to win the White House as the two presidential contenders prepared for a crucial debate.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 9:08 pm
Atletico de Madrid player Maximiliano Ruben Rodriguez 'Maxi' from Argentina reacts during his UEFA soccer match against Bolton Wanderers at the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008.(AP... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:50 pm
A 3-month-old Howler Monkey calls out as it is held by a worker at the Endangered Wildlife Rescue Center near Alajuela, Costa Rica, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. The baby Howler Monkey was brought to the center... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:49 pm
Frontman Billy Corgan of U.S. rock band Smashing Pumpkins performs during their appearance in Munich, southern Germany Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. (AP Photo/Uwe Lein) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:44 pm
John B. Bellinger, legal advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, talks to news media at a briefing in the U.S. Embassy in London Thursday Feb. 21, 2008. Bellinger flew to London from Washington to deal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:33 pm
Grammy-award winning vocalist Erykah Badu speaks at a news conference at a Tel Aviv hotel in this Jan. 31, 2008, file photo. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, file) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:29 pm
In this image from television British Foreign Secretary David Milliband speaks to MPs at the House of Common Thursday Feb 21, 2008. British territory was used in the secret transfer of terrorism suspects... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:28 pm
After an attack on East Timor's president, many are wondering what's next for the tiny, impoverished country, which has been dogged by political instability since it became independent in 2002. Thousands of people in the country are still displaced from an outbreak of violence in 2006.
In this photo released by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during a meeting with his ministers at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008. Chavez... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:24 pm
An image of recently assassinated Hezbollah top commander Imad Mughnieh, adorns the walls of a highway underpass close to the Kuwaiti Embassy (above) in Beirut. The Kuwaiti embassy in Beirut was evacuated... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Feb 2008 | 8:18 pm
Leaders of Pakistan"s two largest political parties announced they will form a ruling coalition government, in a significant setback to Pervez Musharraf, the pro-U.S. ruler and Washington's main ally in the war on terror.
Serb rioters have broken into the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade and set fire to an office there. The episode follows a massive protest in the streets of Belgrade against Kosovo's independence. An estimated 150,000 people took part.
His campaign dismisses the allegations as 'gutter politics.' His rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Mike Huckabee, says he knows McCain to be 'a man of integrity.'
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) today denied allegations that he had a romantic or improper relationship with a female lobbyist, telling reporters at an early morning news conference that a New York Times story alleging both was "not true." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 21 Feb 2008 | 7:21 pm
Pakistan's two main opposition parties announced they would form a new government together after their victory in elections this week over the allies of President Pervez Musharraf.
A small Welsh community is struggling to understand why 17 teenagers have killed themselves in the last 13 months. Police say there is no evidence of a suicide pact, and along with one victim's mother, say the media is partly to blame.
A U.S. Army serviceman is taken into custody for the alleged sexual assault of a Philippine woman in an Okinawa hotel; the probe follows recent rape allegations against Marine that led to curfew. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 5:33 pm
Authorities in Britain have charged a 48-year-old man with the murder of five prostitutes whose bodies were recovered near a southern English town earlier this month.
Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, abandoned the service's customary vow of silence yesterday to deny outright that the intelligence service assassinated Diana, Princess of Wales.
The former spymaster made a highly unusual... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Jane Austen's timeless romantic comedy Pride and Prejudice has topped the list of the 101 best books ever written, in the opinion of Australian readers.
The survey of more than 15,000 members of bookseller Dymocks' booklover... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
The Bush administration imposed economic sanctions against a prominent Syrian businessman as part of an effort to punish officials in Syria for alleged efforts to undermine the governments of Iraq and Lebanon.
MADRID - Spain's government on February 12 demanded Britain prevent fuel spills from the wrecked ship off its colony Gibraltar that have polluted Spanish beaches.
The scrap carrier sank after colliding with a tanker in waters... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
South Korean President-elect Lee Myung-bak was cleared of financial fraud allegations, paving the way for him to take office next week. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 4:51 pm
Beverly Hills police this morning arrested a suspect in connection with a Wednesday night shooting that critically injured a man, authorities said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 21 Feb 2008 | 4:42 pm
Britain's foreign secretary said he had just learned that the U.S. landed rendition flights of terror suspects on U.K. soil, despite previous assurances by the Bush administration that such flights had not taken place.
Forest guards tranquilized and then rescued a pregnant tiger from a date palm tree after it strayed into a village near the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in eastern India, an official said Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 4:17 pm
President Bush visited Liberia, his last stop on his tour of Africa. He has promised money for education, security, construction and disease prevention to the country that has been ravaged by 14 years of civil war.
A ferryboat carrying more than 100 passengers collided with a barge carrying fuel tanks and sank to the bottom of the Amazon River on Thursday. Twenty feared dead. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 3:05 pm
Morocco's government said it has dismantled a terrorist network that had plotted to assassinate Cabinet ministers and members of the North African kingdom's Jewish community. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 1:14 pm
Afghan and NATO-led troops have killed two regional Taliban commanders in southern Afghanistan, and an explosion in the same province has claimed the life of a British soldier, officials say.
Officials say a political deal to end Kenya's deadly postelection crisis is expected by Friday, with the two sides having "largely agreed" on a new government structure.
Air Force Col. Morris Davis, once a passionate defender of the military commissions, plans to testify that the trials are hampered by political interference in defendse of former Bin Laden driver. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
The families of five slain Ipswich prostitutes angrily demanded the return of the death penalty today after a former pub landlord was convicted of their murders. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 11:13 am
The death toll from the powerful cyclone which ripped through the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has reached 26. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Feb 2008 | 10:33 am
AP - Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies.
AFP - Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to prolong their Mahdi Army militia's ceasefire for another six months Friday, after seeing a dramatic reduction in violence in Iraq.
Reuters - Thousands of Turkish troops have crossed
into northern Iraq and thousands more are at the border ready
to join them in their hunt for Kurdish PKK guerrillas, a senior
military source said on Friday.
AP - The Cleveland Cavaliers gave LeBron James the help he wants maybe enough to compete for the ring he craves. The Cavaliers took part in the biggest trade of deadline day, landing center Ben Wallace and swingman Wally Szczerbiak on Thursday in a three-team deal with Chicago and Seattle.
Reuters - Powerful Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr
extended his Mehdi Army militia ceasefire by around six months
on Friday, a decision U.S. officials said would help foster
reconciliation among Iraq's divided communities.
AP - William Miller dreamed of traveling to Italy with his wife and fixing up their modest house with the money he saved while working for 36 years for Chevron Corp.
AP - Turkish troops have launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday a move that dramatically escalates Turkey's conflict with the militants.
AP - A 28-mile "virtual fence" that will use radars and surveillance cameras to try to catch people entering the country illegally has gotten final government approval.
Reuters - Trekking through cold and rugged
terrain, search teams scoured the Venezuelan Andes on Friday
for a passenger plane thought to have crashed with 46
passengers on board in the mountain region.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he hopes to be able to continue to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq over the next 10 months, even as he and his military commanders lean toward a pause in troop cuts in July.
Comment by David Wright Sr. Scientist, Global Security Program, UCS
Serb rioters enraged by Kosovo’s secession stormed the U.S. embassy in Belgrade and set it on fire, leaving one person dead and drawing swift condemnation from Washington and the U.N. Security Council.
Rescue crews were sent Friday to find a commercial airliner carrying 46 people that disappeared in southwestern Venezuela. Officials feared the worst after residents reported hearing a crash in the mountains.
Jennifer Lopez gave birth to twins early Friday, making the singer and husband Marc Anthony the parents of a boy and a girl after one of pop music's most closely watched pregnancies.
Saudi Arabia is home to Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest places, and the hip-hop group's tenuous leap into the realm of MTV is in many ways the story of the kingdom's own struggle with the effects of intrusive Western-style modernity.
With the housing market's downturn continuing, a foreclosure auction is no longer a hot property.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s latest campaign finance report, published Wednesday night, appeared even to her most stalwart supporters and donors to be a road map of her political and management failings.