(Kyodo) _ Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese businessman who has been acquitted in Japan of the fatal shooting of his wife in Los Angeles in 1981, has been arrested in Saipan on suspicion of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 1:22 pm
AFP - Turkish troops pressed a major ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in neighbouring Iraq for a third day Saturday as Ankara said dozens of rebels and at least five soldiers had been killed.
ANKARA (AFP) -
Turkish
troops pressed a major ground offensive against Kurdish
rebels in neighbouring Iraq for a third day Saturday as
Ankara said dozens of rebels and at least five soldiers had
been killed. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 1:05 pm
The Times of London has a piece today on local sports guy blog/newspaper, Barstoolsports.com. The Barstool published a series of pictures of "guidos" with absurd...
(Kyodo) _ Seven Afghan security guards were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said. The guards were providing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 1:00 pm
Following the New York Times expose on McCain's connection with lobbyist friends Newsweek catches McCain in a web of lies. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 1:00 pm
A Russian cargo ship is detained and boarded by North Korean coastguard agents, Russian officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:58 pm
AP - He overhauled federal forest policy to cut more trees and became a lightning rod for environmentalists who say he is intent on logging every tree in his reach.
Any escalation of Turkey's incursion against Kurdish rebels in Iraq could destabilise the region, Baghdad warns. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:53 pm
(Kyodo) _ It was close, but there was no cigar for Takeshi Okada as Japan missed out on the East Asian Championship title after a 1-1 draw with archrivals South Korea on Saturday. A... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:53 pm
AP - As Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan pondered a resolution to the Kelvin Sampson mess, he kept thinking about the implications for senior forward D.J. White.
Zimbabwe's president is expected to launch his re-election campaign at his 84th birthday celebrations. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:46 pm
(Kyodo) _ Hundreds of hepatitis B patients who contracted the virus in their childhood through mandatory vaccinations against diseases will file a series of damages suits against the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:43 pm
Former Slovenian president and long-time prime minister Janez Drnovsek, seen here in 2007, who had been suffering from cancer, died overnight at his home on the outskirts of Ljubljana. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:38 pm
CANBERRA (AFP) -
The US
military was investigating on Saturday after a B-2 stealth
bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam,
the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:25 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
AP - Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.
The BBC's Kevin Connolly meets the Cuban exiles of Miami as they bicker about the future of their country after Fidel Castro's retirement. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
Kamuran Yuruk has good reason to worry about the Turkish army offensive in northern Iraq -- one of his brothers is a Kurdish guerrilla and another is doing his Turkish military service in the region. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An opinion poll on Saturday showed an alliance between the two biggest groups opposed to President Pervez Musharraf was the preferred choice of Pakistan's voters. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
The BBC's Tim Whewell hears that the Kremlin is still perceived to be meddling in the affairs of former Soviet bloc countries. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:02 pm
Claudia Hammond discovers how the four million people living on the banks and islands of the Brahmaputra river get their healthcare. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
· Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war· Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years· Threat to the world is greater than terrorism Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
A strong Pacific storm was forecast to slam into California on Saturday, drenching lower elevations with rain and higher elevations with snow. Winter weather advisories were issued for the mountains, while high wind warnings were in effect for most of the state. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:54 am
CIZRE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish troops pressed their offensive against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq on Saturday, two days after crossing the mountainous border in a campaign Turkey's allies hope will be short and limited.
A San Diego stock adviser who is accused of bribing an F.B.I. agent to give him confidential government information may have had prior knowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks, a federal prosecutor said yesterday. But a judge disregarded that contention and the advisers lawyer called the allegation ludicrous. Is It? Kucinich will investigate... Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:50 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -
Pakistan's
new government will likely name its prime minister in early
March, party officials said Saturday, as supporters of key
US ally President Pervez Musharraf vowed not to obstruct the coalition. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:47 am
AFP - Pakistan's new government will likely name its prime minister in early March, party officials said Saturday, as supporters of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf vowed not to obstruct the coalition.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Japanese and Chinese vice foreign ministers failed in talks that ended Saturday to find common ground on a long-standing dispute over oil and gas exploration... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
An US Air Force B-2 bomber. The US military was investigating after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
Navy cadets march marking the Defenders of the Fatherland Day with a giant advertising poster depicting President Vladimir Putin and his likely successor Dmitry Medvedev for upcoming presidential elections,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:40 am
Seven Afghan security guards died Saturday when their car hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, while a gunman killed a district police chief in the region, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:37 am
AP - Seven Afghan security guards died Saturday when their car hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, while a gunman killed a district police chief in the region, police said.
AP - His nomination assured, John McCain got an early jump on the general election this week with a swing through Midwestern states likely to be pivotal in the fall and a fresh line of criticism against Barack Obama.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their sweeping win in recent elections.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
AP - The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their sweeping win in recent elections.
The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their sweeping win in recent elections. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
A defense attorney in New York City says her client believed he was rightfully entitled to the $2 million he's accused of stealing from a bank account managed by someone with the same name. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
Turkish forces have pressed ahead with ground operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq after the military reported that five troops and several dozen rebels had been killed in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's must-win states of Ohio and Texas are no cakewalk for her, largely because independents and crossover Republicans are welcome to vote in their Democratic primaries.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) -- Former President Janez Drnovsek, who helped lead Slovenia to independence from Yugoslavia and later enthralled many of his countrymen by adopting a New Age lifestyle, died Saturday, his office said. He was 57.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
Former President Janez Drnovsek, who helped lead Slovenia to independence from Yugoslavia and later enthralled many of his countrymen by adopting a New Age lifestyle, died Saturday, his... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
Slovenia's ex-President Janez Drnovsek, who helped lead his nation to independence in 1991, dies aged 57. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
Reuters - Turkish troops pressed their
offensive against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq on
Saturday, two days after crossing the mountainous border in a
campaign Turkey's allies hope will be short and limited.
A wealthy casino operator is defending an eye-catching $1 million contribution to a political group that worked to elect a pro-gambling governor in Kentucky. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:56 am
COLOMBO (AFP) -
A parcel
bomb planted by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels exploded on a
bus in a Colombo suburb on Saturday, wounding at least 18
people in the latest in a string of violent attacks, the
defence ministry said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
Turkey launched its biggest military incursion into the Kurdish-controlled north of Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein yesterday, straining its relations with America, which is anxious to avoid a precedent for cross-border raids. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:52 am
Robert Mugabe, seen here in 2007. Thousands of supporters of Zimbabwe's veteran leader Mugabe have gathered for a three trillion Zim-dollar birthday bash in the southern border town of Beitbridge. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:46 am
The first nine delegates to a national Republican convention from the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas say they'll all be supporting Sen. John McCain, although they won't be able to vote for him in November. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:41 am
The picture of the smiling little girl on the flier was more than Laura Bolan could take. The 8-year-old on the pamphlet needed a kidney transplant, and Bolan knew she could help. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
KAPOLEI, Hawaii - With several cars lined up behind her, Michelle Wie sunk her shoes into the pavement and addressed the ball, nestled between the rough and the concrete curb.
"I...
Thanks largely to one of the game's best post players, the Phoenix Suns roughed up the Boston Celtics. Even Shaquille O'Neal was impressed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
As Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan pondered a resolution to the Kelvin Sampson mess, he kept thinking about the implications for senior forward D.J. White. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:27 am
PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico - Nick Price came to the Riviera Maya feeling good about his retooled swing. Having given up on trying to launch the ball higher, he'd already...
Prosecutors in Saudi Arabia investigate 57 young men arrested for flirting with girls at shopping centres. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:21 am
MARANA, Ariz. - Tiger Woods was at his best. It almost wasn't enough.
He was firing at every flag he could, making birdie on every other hole, and still feeling enormous...
TAMPA - The Bruins got a day off yesterday for some "team-building," but they have already built quite a road trip.
If the Bruins can wrap up their five-game...
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The United States accused Serbia on Friday of failing to protect embassies from attack over Western support for Kosovo's independence, and the EU said such violence could damage Belgrade's prospects of closer ties.
Makhdoom Amin Fahim, vice president of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) attends a press conference in Islamabad. Pakistan's new government will likely name its choice... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Asif Ali Zardari (R), widower of slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto shakes hands with former PM Nawaz Sharif in Islamabad on February 2. Pakistan's new government will likely name its choice... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard during a rally in Karachi. Pakistan's new government will likely name its choice for prime minister in early March, party officials said, as uncertainty surrounded... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Activists of The Pakistan Muslim-League-Nawaz gather to celebrate their party's decision to form a coalition government in Lahore. Pakistan's new government will likely name its choice for prime minister... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:00 am
Sure, it could have been anyone donating that liver, but this time it was a gamer. If the other media outlets want to focus on gaming in negative stories, I see no reason why we can't do it on the positive ones. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:50 am
As many as 10,000 people began gathering in a town in southern Zimbabwe for President Robert Mugabe's 84th birthday celebrations, state radio reported Friday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:45 am
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday it confronted Iran for the first time with Western intelligence reports showing work linked to making atomic bombs and that Tehran had failed to provide satisfactory answers.
For many black Americans, it is a conversation they find hard to avoid, revisiting old fears in the light of bright new hopes. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:31 am
The Home Office has no plans to create a compulsory DNA database, despite the high-profile convictions of Mark Dixie and Steve Wright. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:19 am
Sri Lankan security officials examine the scene of a bomb blast on the outskirts of Colombo. A parcel bomb planted by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels exploded on a bus in a Colombo suburb, wounding at least... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:15 am
Harvard goalie Kyle Richter stopped 37 shots and became the first goalie in Crimson history to get credit for scoring a goal during a 6-1 ECAC men's hockey victory over...
Republican Rep. Rick Renzi has been indicted for extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other charges related to a land deal in Arizona Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
New Zealand win a rain-hit game against England by four wickets to take the one-day series 3-1. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:56 am
A former Black Panther Party member has been sentenced to 30 days in jail and two years' probation for the 1969 shooting of a Chicago police officer. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:55 am
Two early first-period goals were all Latin Academy needed as the Dragons defeated East Boston, 4-1, to capture the championship yesterday at Northeastern's Matthews...
This is an unofficial torrent of the artists that will be featured at the 2008 South by Southwest music festival in Austin, TX. There is one song from every artist, all in one convenient free download! Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Red Hat has voiced skepticism of Microsoft's latest interoperability initiative and says that if the company really wants to demonstrate support for interoperability it should adopt ODF and offer patent grants for its protocols under terms that are conducive to open source distribution models. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Senator Russ Feingold, a progressive icon who was the only Senator to vote against the Patriot Act in 2001, proposed the first timeline for bringing the troops home from Iraq and sought to censure Bush over warrantless wiretapping, said he voted in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary for Barack Obama. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
Top Gear's tame racing driver was photographed yesterday in such a way that the flash of the camera revealed part of the man's face. Still can't tell who it is. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
A US B-2 bomber - one of the world's most expensive military aircraft - crashes on the island of Guam. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:36 am
Artist prepared this art for the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game featuring Stephen Colbert. It was ultimately rejected. Source: Digg | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
Brown 67, Columbia 52 - Guard Mark McAndrew had 18 points with five rebounds and four assists for the Bears (15-8, 7-2 Ivy League) during this win over the host Lions (12-12,...
This image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a B-2 stealth bomber flying over the Pacific Ocean, before arriving at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in 2006. A B-2 stealth bomber crashed Saturday Feb.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:06 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - China has proposed to the United States and Japan that the three nations hold regular high-level talks on matters such as North Korea, energy strategies and the environment, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday.
The IAEA says Tehran has answered most questions about its nuclear program but hasn't clarified whether it could assemble a bomb.
The United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency says it has "serious concern" about Iran's potential to assemble a nuclear bomb because the country has not addressed questions about weapons designs, but it credited Iran for clarifying all other issues about its nuclear program history, a report released Friday says. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The punitive damage award is the first of its kind and has prompted the giant medical insurer to scrap practices that have recently come under fire.
One of California's largest for-profit insurers stopped a controversial practice of canceling sick policyholders Friday after a judge ordered Health Net Inc. to pay more than $9 million to a breast cancer patient it dropped in the middle of chemotherapy. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Relatives of Kathleen Savio, Drew Peterson's third wife, always suspected him of killing her. Then his fourth wife disappeared.
Surrounded by shade trees at the Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery, Kathleen Savio's grave is marked by a modest marble tombstone inscribed "Always In Our Hearts." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Entrenched for years in Northeast L.A., the Avenues continues to defy the forces of law and gentrification.
The young men who rule Drew Street have survived countless convictions, injunctions, evictions and deportations. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Irvine and FAA officials will look into complaints by a former pilot that regulations were disregarded at the Great Park ride.
Irvine is investigating allegations by a former pilot that the Orange County Great Park balloon ride has flouted safety regulations by flying in clouds, low visibility and high wind conditions and deliberately soaring higher than its permit allows. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The 35 counts against the U.S. representative from Arizona include extortion, money laundering and fraud.
Rep. Rick Renzi, a three-term Republican from Arizona, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed Friday with multiple counts of wrongdoing, including using his official position to promote a land deal that secretly brought millions to him and a business partner. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Activists like Brian Bates, who trails prostitute-seeking men, are pointing the cameras on bad behavior in public and posting the exploits online for all the world to shame.
It was a bright-blue winter morning in this Bible Belt capital, and Brian Bates was happy. The balmy weather conditions, he explained, were conducive to his peculiar line of work: public humiliation. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Heavy rains and high surf are headed into the Southland from the central Pacific and could drop more than an inch of rain in L.A. County on Saturday night.
Although rains slowed throughout the Southland on Friday, a new storm is expected to arrive tonight, kicking up wind and surf and dropping more than an inch of rain in places. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia and the United States reaffirmed their strong alliance on Saturday, saying their security and defense partnership would not change with the election of Canberra's new government and plans for a partial withdrawal from Iraq.
The offensive, which started late Thursday after aircraft and artillery blasted suspected rebel targets, marked a dramatic escalation in Turkey's fight with the PKK rebels
HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - A U.S. B-2 stealth bomber crashed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam just after taking off but the two pilots on board ejected safely, the U.S. Air Force said.
God knows, the people of that sprawling place east of Saskatoon have had such a battering that just writing about them is exhausting (Globe Insider subscribers only)
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A bomb exploded Saturday inside a passenger bus near Sri Lanka's capital, wounding at least eight people, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 6:34 am
The shutdown of the Chalk River reactor sparked a battle that saw the head of its regulator get fired. Now insiders wonder: Is Canada losing its status as world nuclear heavyweight?
SINGAPORE (AFP) -
The Singapore
Airshow saw more than 13.4 billion US dollars in sales of
aircraft and related equipment this week, thanks to a
booming aviation market, organisers have said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 6:13 am
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran is defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and accusing the U.S. and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
A series of rockets or mortars were fired toward the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia fighters to cease attacks for another six months. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 5:57 am
CIZRE, Turkey (AP) -- Supported by air power, Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Friday in their first major ground incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in nearly a decade. But Turkey sought to avoid confrontation with U.S.-backed Iraq, saying the guerrillas were its only target.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 5:48 am
Serbs protested against Kosovo's independence for a fifth straight day Friday, attacking U.N. police guarding a key bridge in the province's north with stones, glass bottles and firecrackers.
Kosovo's new government must also satisfy an ethnic Albanian majority that is mired in poverty but flush with expectations that independence will rapidly translate into prosperity.
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's oldest person has died at a hospital in southwestern Japan, her nursing home said Saturday. She was 113.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 5:17 am
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) -
Presidents
Cristina Kirchner, of Argentina, and Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva, of Brazil, on Friday agreed to set up a joint uranium
enrichment company to build a power-generating nuclear
reactor to serve both countries. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 5:15 am
Long famous for its beauty, culture and cuisine, the Italian icon has become infamous for its crime, violence and filth, write Eric Reguly and Lorenzo Tondo
DALLAS (Reuters) - Sen. Hillary Clinton fended off questions about the future of her presidential bid on Friday, insisting her remarks at a debate were not a farewell but declining to promise she would stay in the race after must-win votes in Ohio and Texas on March 4.
Barack Obama says he will lure all of the uninsured with low premiums; Hillary Rodham Clinton believes it is necessary to require that everyone have insurance. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Feb 2008 | 4:52 am
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) -- Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:37 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
US President
George W. Bush's top diplomat touted the leader's dance
moves on Friday, after he made an impression with some
hip-grinding during a trip to Africa. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:41 am
Hundreds of angry farmers are holding 29 policemen hostage in a remote Guatemala village, demanding the release of a Mayan leader arrested for invading land, officials said on Friday.
Human rights workers are trying to negotiate... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:57 am
Having long played down the idea that she might someday run for president, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday said she had no plans to serve as a vice president either.
There has been speculation that Republican presidential... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:55 am
MERIDA, Venezuela (AP) -- A Venezuelan passenger plane slammed into a steep mountainside in the Andes, killing all 46 people on board, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:53 am
A senior police officer called for a new nationwide DNA database after details emerged about how close killer Mark Dixie came to escaping justice for the murder of Sally Anne Bowman. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales took another twist after the coroner recalled the former royal butler Paul Burrell to explain "discrepancies" in his evidence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
America needs to restore its "moral authority" in the world following the war in Iraq, says William Hague. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
There is an Obama art exhibition, an Obama tattoo artist and a blog asking "Is Obama is the Messiah?" Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Labour's laws on 24-hour drinking have been condemned by police as new figures showed that officers were having to deal with thousands of extra alcohol-related crimes a month since restrictions were relaxed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
As many as 20 Iraqi civilians were murdered by British troops, lawyers have claimed in a string of controversial allegations to be included in a BBC documentary. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Turkey launched its biggest military incursion into the Kurdish-controlled north of Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein yesterday, straining its relations with America, which is anxious to avoid a precedent for cross-border raids. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
John McCain has counter-attacked The New York Times over a story suggesting that he acted improperly with a female lobbyist. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
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European judges could strip the profiles of more than half a million people
from the national DNA database on privacy grounds — undermining its growing
value to police as an investigative tool. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Louise Mason is finally a mother again, leading a family life for the first
time in more than five years. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
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Republican U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi was indicted Friday in Arizona on 35 counts of extortion, conspiracy, money laundering and related charges. The indictment says the congressman conspired in land-swap and insurance-fraud schemes.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. spy agencies have missed intelligence in the days since terrorism surveillance legislation expired, the Bush administration said on Friday, but Democrats accused it of fear mongering and blamed it for any gaps.
Turkish officials say ground troops have launched a cross-border incursion into Iraq to chase down Kurdish rebels. The incursion came after warplanes bombed suspected rebel targets.
U.S. diplomats around the Balkans are on alert, girding for more anti-American violence after Serb rioters stormed and torched the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade.
NEW YORK - John McCain appeared to have turned the poison of a newspaper article inferring improper and possibly even romantic ties with a female lobbyist in Washington into political wine last night as conservatives who had previously... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:30 pm
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Friday that Iran is defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and accusing the U.S. and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:20 pm
In the run-up to the state's March 4 primary, Obama reaches out to Latinos. Clinton cancels a rally after an officer in her motorcade is killed and makes plans to visit his family.
Sen. Barack Obama campaigned today among Latinos, a key voting bloc for his opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who canceled a rally after a police officer assigned to her motorcade was killed in a crash. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Feb 2008 | 11:07 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has rhythm, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured reporters on Friday after watching her boss join African dancers during his five-nation tour of the continent this week.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Three days after stepping down as Cuban leader, Fidel Castro was back in the fray on Friday rebutting U.S. presidential hopefuls who called for political change in Cuba.
John McCain met with supporters and had a fundraiser in Indianapolis on Friday, a day after the New York Times and the chairman of the FEC hit him with a one-two punch, raising questions about his relationships with lobbyists and his financial viability. The news was bad, but the reaction to it was largely positive for McCain.
At Shiite mosques across Iraq on Friday, aides to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced that he has decided to extend the cease-fire for his Mahdi Army militia. The announcement prompted sighs of relief among U.S. military commanders and in the streets of Baghdad.
Turkish troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, moved into northern Iraq on Friday to hunt down Kurdish separatist guerrillas of the PKK, who have been launching raids into Turkey from Iraqi territory. Turkey says the guerrillas are their only target. It's unclear how many troops are involved.
A day after UCLA officials filed suit against a group of animal activists, a judge issued a restraining order prohibiting the groups and individuals who have been accused of targeting faculty involved in animal research from coming near those researchers. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:19 pm
Last week, 143 million pounds of ground beef were recalled, the largest such recall ever. Melissa Block talks with Ami Gadhia, food safety expert at Consumers Union, about how the dangerous beef is traced and how it got into the food supply in the first place.
Catholic voters have supported New York Sen. Hillary Clinton by a margin of 2 to 1 this primary season. But exit polls from Wisconsin on Feb. 19 show that margin may be evaporating. Clinton will need the Catholic vote to carry the crucial state of Ohio on March 4.
Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is widely expected to extend a ceasefire by his Mehdi Army militia today, a decision Washington says is important to maintain security gains.
United States officials say the ceasefire,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:15 pm
HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro said Friday he made the right call when he called it quits, and is exhausted and overdue for a vacation. But the old man can't put away his pen just yet, not when U.S. presidential candidates are one-upping each other to show who's toughest on Cuba.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:14 pm
The Justice Department is investigating what role department officials played in authorizing the CIA to conduct waterboarding, according to a letter released today by members of Congress. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:09 pm
To his fellow golfers at Seckford Golf Club near Ipswich, he was "the most boring bloke in the world" - but Steve Wright had for years hidden a secret life of domestic violence, cross-dressing, petty theft, failed suicide attempts... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:00 pm
The parents of Madeleine McCann have called on French police to let them view video footage of a reported sighting of their daughter.
A Dutch tourist said she spotted the missing 4-year-old in the southern French city of Montpellier... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:15 pm
Searchers spotted the shattered wreckage of a plane carrying 46 people in the foggy mountains of western Venezuela. Rescue crews confirmed that all aboard were killed.
LONDON - Australian women who believe they were victims of a convicted British sex attacker are being urged by police to come forward.
Mark Dixie was today sentenced to a minimum of 34 years behind bars after being found guilty... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
LONDON - The judge at the inquest into Princess Diana's death on Friday asked her former butler to return to court to explain discrepancies between his testimony and comments attributed to him in a tabloid newspaper.
Paul Burrell... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
Small town sheriffs, sadistic Russian torturers and genocidal child-raping
Burmese warlords: John Rambo has taken them all on, grunted a bit and then
crushed them single-handed. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:57 pm
Illegal immigrants do not pose a greater threat to public safety than other immigrants, according to a new RAND Corp. study. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:50 pm
It's his ties to lobbyists in general, not an alleged romantic link, that should concern voters. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:35 pm
VIENNA - The UN nuclear watchdog said on Friday it confronted Iran for the first time with Western intelligence reports showing work linked to making atomic bombs and that Tehran had failed to provide satisfactory answers.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm
An Italian judge has been sentenced to a year in prison for refusing to sit in a courtroom with a crucifix on the wall.
Judge Luigi Tosti is opposed to a 1926 Justice Ministry directive of the fascist regime of Benito Mussolini... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:15 pm
Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan faces life in prison if an upcoming military tribunal convicts him of conspiracy and supporting terrorism. Now the former chief military prosecutor at Gitmo says he will testify on Hamdan's behalf if permitted to do so.
Serbia's pro-Western president on Friday demanded an end to nationalist rioting over Kosovo's independence after attacks on U.S. and other embassies. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:39 pm
The March 4 primaries in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont are considered crucial contests for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who is trying to halt the momentum of Sen. Barack Obama's campaign. Texas and Ohio both have hundreds at delegates at stake.
Fidel Castro said he's relieved to be stepping down as Cuba's president, complaining that the process of selecting Cuba's next government "had left me exhausted."
Lawyers released evidence Friday that they say shows British soldiers may have tortured and executed up to 20 Iraqis after a battle in 2004 -- the most serious allegations of abuse made against British forces in Iraq. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:29 pm
Fidel Castro said Friday that he's relieved to be stepping down as Cuba's president, complaining that the process of selecting Cuba's next government "had left me exhausted." Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:47 pm
Thirty people have been fired by the president of Turkmenistan after a cockroach scurried across the studio table of the nation's nightly news program, the Guardian reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:45 pm
With hundreds of thousands of Serbians in the streets protesting the West's support for an independent Kosovo, the U.S. ambassador in Serbia expected the government would provide the U.S. Embassy better protection Thursday.
A former mayor in Australia has turned himself in at court to begin serving a jail sentence for stealing a refrigerator, women's underwear and a Darth Vader voice distorter. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:29 pm
Serbian journalist Dejan Anastasijevic tells Steve Inskeep the crowd at the government-sponsored rally in Belgrade on Thursday was mostly peaceful, but small groups of holligans broke off and attacked the U.S. Embassy. He says police apparently were given orders not to confront them.
Hezbollah accused Israel Friday of trying to start a war with the militant Islamic group by assassinating a top commander, and warned that the Jewish state's "disappearance" is an inevitable fact. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 1:21 pm
A 49-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a killing spree that left five young women, all of whom were working as prostitutes, dead in southeast England.
A top African Union official said he was satisfied with talks between Kenya's rival politicians to end the country's deadly postelection crisis, even as the opposition leader left the country and his party accused the government of stonewalling.
As a child growing up in the 1940s, Charles Blockson was once told by a white teacher that black people had made no contributions to history.
AFP - Turkish troops pressed a major ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in neighbouring Iraq for a third day Saturday as Ankara said dozens of rebels and at least five soldiers had been killed.
AP - He overhauled federal forest policy to cut more trees and became a lightning rod for environmentalists who say he is intent on logging every tree in his reach.
AP - As Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan pondered a resolution to the Kelvin Sampson mess, he kept thinking about the implications for senior forward D.J. White.
AP - Rockets or mortars hit the U.S.-protected Green Zone early Saturday, just a day after powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his Mahdi Army militia to extend its cease-fire by another six months.
AFP - Pakistan's new government will likely name its prime minister in early March, party officials said Saturday, as supporters of key US ally President Pervez Musharraf vowed not to obstruct the coalition.
AP - Seven Afghan security guards died Saturday when their car hit a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, while a gunman killed a district police chief in the region, police said.
AP - His nomination assured, John McCain got an early jump on the general election this week with a swing through Midwestern states likely to be pivotal in the fall and a fresh line of criticism against Barack Obama.
AP - The leaders of Pakistan's main opposition party vowed Saturday to curtail some of President Pervez Musharraf's broad powers, including his right to dismiss parliament, following their sweeping win in recent elections.
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's must-win states of Ohio and Texas are no cakewalk for her, largely because independents and crossover Republicans are welcome to vote in their Democratic primaries.
Reuters - Turkish troops pressed their
offensive against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in northern Iraq on
Saturday, two days after crossing the mountainous border in a
campaign Turkey's allies hope will be short and limited.
The Air Force says a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on Guam, but the two pilots ejected safely.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is being aggressively courted by the remaining Democratic candidates and their supporters.
Kosovo's new government must also satisfy an ethnic Albanian majority that is mired in poverty but flush with expectations that independence will rapidly translate into prosperity.