LONDON - The world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel has taken off from Heathrow Airport.
The goal of Sunday's Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet test flight...
(Kyodo) _ Nepal's ethnic parties representing the restive southern plains known as Madhes did not file candidacies for 335 proportional seats in a key Constituent Assembly to be elected... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 1:10 pm
WASHINGTON - Sen. Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led...
HAVANA - Cuban lawmakers meet to name a new head of state for the first time in nearly a half-century on Sunday, five days after an ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro relinquished...
CUKURCA, Turkey - Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn...
The Bay State could take a major step toward becoming Hollywood East under a detailed proposal to build a $200 million movie production complex on the South Shore barely 10...
With the potential for a giant, multimillion-dollar Hollywood studio on the South Shore, the Bay State stands to further bolster its reputation as a tax-friendly location...
Bay State tax incentives enacted in 2006 and revised effective January 2007 have given a big boost to Massachusetts movie-making. The state previously had few incentives for...
FOMBONI, Comoros (Reuters) - The sleepy Comoros' island of Moheli has become a military garrison where squads of soldiers are waiting for a cue to invade. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:48 pm
CUKURCA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:43 pm
AP - Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government.
Order the pizza, hit the remote and grab a pen - it's time to track tonight's Oscar winners. Will breakout star Ellen Page score a Best Actress coup for "Juno"?...
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Sunday again ruled out any need for Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba to resign over Tuesday's collision between a Maritime Self-Defense Force... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:41 pm
P. Diddy. Puff Daddy. Puffy. Diddy.
People are about to know Sean Combs by a different name - actor.
The entertainment mogul stars as Walter Lee Jr. in ABC's...
AFP - Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, amid US calls for Turkey to wrap up its military incursion in the region as swiftly as possible.
ZAKHU, Iraq (Reuters) - Kurdish PKK rebels said on Sunday they had shot down a Turkish attack helicopter in north Iraq, where they are battling Turkish troops in a conflict Baghdad and Washington fear could further destabilize Iraq.
"The Guardian has a two page spread on the background of some of the Wikileaks people, the Wikileaks scheme for "an open-source democratic intelligence agency" and the possible location of its secret servers — an abandoned US nuclear weapons base at Greenham Common and a radar station in. . . Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:36 pm
Saving lives is set to become a hands-free activity due to a new gadget that automatically performs CPR on patients. The portable machine, named AutoPulse by manufacturer Zoll, consists of a band that wraps around the chest of a patient and can be programmed to squeeze as frequently as an emergency worker would pump with their hands. Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:36 pm
CIZRE (AFP) -
Fighting
intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels
in northern Iraq, amid US calls for Turkey to wrap up its
military incursion in the region as swiftly as possible. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:35 pm
AP - Sen. Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on Internet and in the media to question his patriotism.
AP - Will Meryl Streep's outfit match her talent? Will Diablo Cody actually refuse to wear those million-dollar, diamond-encrusted shoes? Will Katherine Heigl need to squint? The city was abuzz with all things Oscar as celebrities flocked from around the world for Sunday's Academy Awards ...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: MINOR UPDATES IN 2ND, 3RD, 7TH GRAFS) Kazuyoshi Miura, a Japanese businessman who has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in Los Angeles 27 years ago,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:19 pm
VIENNA, Austria (AP (AP) -- A senior Iranian official blamed the U.S. Sunday for Tehran's refusal to respond to accusations it tried to make nuclear weapons, claiming information provided by Washington was not only fake but came too late for a proper review.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
VIENNA, Austria (AP _ A senior Iranian official blamed the U.S. Sunday for Tehran's refusal to respond to accusations it tried to make nuclear weapons, claiming information provided by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
AP - VIENNA, Austria (AP A senior Iranian official blamed the U.S. Sunday for Tehran's refusal to respond to accusations it tried to make nuclear weapons, claiming information provided by Washington was not only fake but came too late for a proper review.
Pakistani policemen carry an injured colleague into hospital on the outskirts of Peshawar. Dozens of Islamic militants attacked a security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan, leaving three security personnel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Indian batsman Gautam Gambhir leaves after scoring a century on February 24, 2008. A sparkling century from Gautam Gambhir could not save India from an 18-run defeat at the hands of Australia in their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee (right) is congratulated by teammate Adam Gilchrist (centre) after the dismissal of Indian batsman Harbhajan Singh on February 24, 2008. A sparkling century from Gautam... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Dozens of Islamic militants attacked a security checkpost in northwestern Pakistan early Sunday, leaving three security personnel and at least one militant dead, police said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Police say more bodies are likely to be found at a former care home in Jersey
after the remains of a child were discovered under the floor. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
(Kyodo) _ Pakistan's former No. 2 intelligence officer claims the 2002 general election was rigged on the orders of President Pervez Musharraf to bring into power the coalition of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
Australia captain Ricky Ponting inspires his side to their latest Commonwealth Bank one-day series victory over India. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:06 pm
At least three security personnel are killed in clashes at a checkpoint in north-west Pakistan, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
LONDON (AP) -- The world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel has taken off from Heathrow Airport.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
The world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel has taken off from Heathrow Airport. The goal of Sunday's Virgin Atlantic jumbo jet test flight from London to the Netherlands is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - The world's first commercial flight powered by biofuel has taken off from Heathrow Airport. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan militants linked to al-Qaeda warned any incoming civilian government on Sunday that they would strike even more viciously if President Pervez Musharraf's war on terror was continued in tribal areas.
Will Meryl Streep's outfit match her talent? Will Diablo Cody actually refuse to wear those million-dollar, diamond-encrusted shoes? Will Katherine Heigl need to squint? The city was abuzz with all things Oscar as celebrities flocked from around the world for Sunday's Academy Awards ... Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese men's team got off to a winning start in its campaign at the world team table tennis championships with a 3-0 win over Slovakia on Sunday. National champion Jun... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
A powerful Pacific storm was forecast to slam into California on Sunday, bringing strong winds to the state and several feet of snow to the highest elevations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
SEOUL (AFP) -
Nearly six
million North Koreans are in chronic need of foreign food
aid this year with children, nursing and expectant mothers
and the poor most at risk, the World Food Programme said Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (C) and his wife Jeanne Abdullah (foreground, 2nd R) walk past National Front supporters (background) as he heads to submit his election nomination in Kepala... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
Malaysian premier Abdullah Ahmad Badawi kicked off his election campaign Sunday, vowing to seize a two-thirds majority in polls dominated by ethnic tensions and anger over rising prices. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
A supporter kisses the hand of Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (L) as a traditional sign of respect after Abdullah submitted his election nomination in Kepala Batas, northern Penang state.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was to travel to London on Sunday for a round of medical tests just two months after he spent a week there for another round of checks. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
A Japanese businessman is arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife in Los Angeles 27 years ago. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
Police in Orange County, Calif., say five people are dead, three of them children, in what appears to be a murder-suicide. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
AFP - Cuba will choose Fidel Castro's successor Sunday ending his near half century in power, as his brother Raul appears likely to take over and steer the country down a new but still communist path.
HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban lawmakers meet to name a new head of state for the first time in nearly a half-century on Sunday, five days after an ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro relinquished power.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
Cuban lawmakers meet to name a new head of state for the first time in nearly a half-century on Sunday, five days after an ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro relinquished power. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
AP - Cuban lawmakers meet to name a new head of state for the first time in nearly a half-century on Sunday, five days after an ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro relinquished power.
HAVANA (AFP) -
Cuba will
choose Fidel Castro's successor Sunday ending his near half
century in power, as his brother Raul appears likely to take
over and steer the country down a new but still communist path. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The US
presidential race turned more aggressive Sunday after
Hillary Clinton launched a scathing attack on Democratic
rival Barack Obama in a bid to restore her front-runner status. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Gershwin and Dvorak are coming to North Korea. But it's the music created and inspired by the dynastic rulers of the communist state that truly tugs at the heartstrings of one of the world's most isolated peoples.
Flags of (L-R) Germany, Liechtenstein and Europe wave in the courtyard of the Chancellory in Berlin. Germans have begun voting in state elections in Hamburg seen as a crucial test of the ability of Chancellor... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora in Berlin on February 22. Germans have begun voting in state elections in Hamburg seen as a crucial test of the ability of Merkel's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
AP - A Japanese businessman has been arrested on suspicion of murder more than a quarter-century after an infamous downtown shooting that left his wife dead and caused an international furor, police said.
AP - Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state.
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton slammed rival Barack Obama on Saturday for campaign leaflets on her health-care plan that she called "blatantly false" and accused him of using Republican tactics in their contest for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination.
A Chinese envoy arrives in Sudan, for a five-day visit that will include a trip to the troubled Darfur region. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
The beleaguered Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, suffered a fresh blow yesterday as it emerged that his officials deceived the public over his wife's expenses. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:54 am
A senior Iranian official blames the U.S. for his country's refusal to respond to accusations it tried to make nuclear weapons. He says information provided by Washington on such attempts is fabricated and came three years too late. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- The Iranian government announced March 2 as the date for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq, confirming the landmark trip for the first time Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
The Iranian government announced March 2 as the date for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Iraq, confirming the landmark trip for the first time Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
A Turkish commando patrols on a road near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak. The United States has cautioned Turkey that military measures alone cannot resolve... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Turkish soldiers patrol a road near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak. The United States has cautioned Turkey that military measures alone cannot resolve the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Turkish commandos walk on a mountain near the Turkey-Iraq border in the mainly Kurdish southeastern province of Sirnak. The United States has cautioned Turkey that military measures alone cannot resolve... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
CAMP NOTHING HILL, Kosovo (AP) -- Spc. Scott Krampitz stands on a plateau overlooking a smattering of shabby houses against a backdrop of snowcapped peaks known as the Cursed Mountains.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:48 am
Spc. Scott Krampitz stands on a plateau overlooking a smattering of shabby houses against a backdrop of snowcapped peaks known as the Cursed Mountains. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:48 am
LONDON (Reuters) - British intelligence officers are facing unprecedented public scrutiny as they take the stand at the inquest into Princess Diana's death to deny claims that the security services killed her on the royal family's orders.
A man fighting with his girlfriend clung to a car roof and punched her through the window as she drove more than a mile on a busy road, hitting several other cars, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
The US urges Turkey to keep its military campaign against Kurdish militants in north Iraq as short as possible. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:25 am
SANTA MONICA, California (Reuters) - "Juno," a runaway hit comedy about a wisecracking pregnant teen, picked up the top prize at the Spirit Awards, the independent film community's version of the Oscars, on Saturday.
Kurdish rebels claimed they shot down a Turkish military helicopter during fighting in northern Iraq, a pro-Kurdish news agency reported, but there was no confirmation from the Turkish military. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:05 am
Parts of a child's body have been discovered at a former care home at the centre of a child abuse investigation, amid fears that further remains could be found. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:02 am
Texas Republicans have worked overtime to make it harder for key Democratic voting groups to vote and be represented fairly. The redistricting games they’ve played are infamous. And for the Prairie View A&M University precincts, they put the early-polling place more than seven miles from the school. So what did the students in this video do? Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 9:00 am
A leader of a Sunni tribal alliance fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq is killed in a double suicide bombing, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:54 am
The Clinton camp has been the slacker in this presidential race, and its candidate’s message, for all its purported high-mindedness, is self-immolating. Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:50 am
"We have been subject to constant attacks from the Clinton campaign -- except when we were down by 20 points." Obama's measured response to Clinton's histrionics. Sorry, no hand-waving or hissing in sight. Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
think an iPhone-only social network, if it had the right features, would be a huge hit with these users. Actually, I think any mobile social network would be a big hit, if it had presence awareness and was able to tell you both where your friends are and what they are up to. And also let you meet new people around you who were open to it.. Source: Digg | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:09 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has criticized a joint military drill between the United States and the South, saying the exercise will harm six-way talks for Pyongyang's denuclearization, the official media reported on Sunday.
A dozen patrol boats ply the Euphrates and Lake Qadisiya as part of the Navy's reactivated riverine program.
As their craft glides at high speed over the chilly waters behind the massive Haditha Dam, the U.S. sailors aboard Riverine Patrol Boat 13 spot a slow-moving rowboat that seems out of place. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Two leading governors tout the Democratic Party's rules. Seating barred delegates, they say, is a suspect proposal.
Two prominent Democratic governors, both supporters of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton 's presidential campaign, voiced doubts Saturday about her argument that her victories in Florida and Michigan should count toward her delegate total. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Lower-income tenants on Sedgwick Avenue are banking on the status of their high-rise as the 'birthplace of hip-hop' to help save it from gentrification.
In the beige linoleum hallway, a fluorescent light flickers on and off as a woman saunters over to visit her neighbor. The elevator creaks and whines, then frees a gaggle of giggling girls. Downstairs in the laundry room, a young mother sorts her children's clothes, enjoying the room's warmth on a blustery day. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
In a bid to rally her campaign, she says his mailers attack her record. But he maintains his even keel -- and edge.
In a move to salvage her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton adopted a newly bellicose tone toward rival Barack Obama on Saturday, saying he was making false and shameful attacks on her record. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The modern-day equivalent of old wives' tales, they can have far greater consequences than inappropriately colored nurseries.
Amid the tumult of the delivery room, Rohit and Geeta Jain were calm about one thing: Their new baby was sure to be a boy. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Is the 71-year-old too old to be president? By and large, his elders seem to think he could handle the job.
Frankie La Rosa likes everything about John McCain 's politics. He likes his moderation. He likes his integrity. He even read one of his books. But when the primary rolls around here April 22, he plans to vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton . Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Border residents accuse the foreigners of extortion and killings. Hugo Chavez denies giving the leftist guerrillas free rein.
Father Acacio Belandria says openly what others in this run-down town in southwestern Venezuela are afraid to: Colombian rebels are all over the place. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Law enforcement officials are trying to crack down on the urban problems that have begun to spread into the Central Valley.
Here in the birthplace of Cesar Chavez's nonviolent farm labor movement, a 14-year-old who aspired to become a policeman is cut down by gunfire on his front porch. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
SHILLONG (AFP) -
When
politician Adolf Lu Hitler-Marak stands for election in an
Indian hill state next month, even he may have a tough time
standing out in a field of the most unusually named candidates. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 7:19 am
TOKYO (AFP) -
Japanese
automobile sales in other Asian markets are forecast to
reach five million units in 2008, surpassing the domestic
market for the first time, a newspaper said Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:37 am
Wladimir Klitschko becomes the first unified heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis as he outpoints Sultan Ibragimov Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:23 am
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's rubber-stamp National Assembly will name Fidel Castro's successor on Sunday, ending the 49-year rule of the bearded revolutionary who turned Cuba into a communist state on America's doorstep.
Polls have opened in the second round of presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:40 am
Hillary Clinton makes her fiercest denunciation so far of fellow Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:13 am
Days after opposition parties triumphed in elections, lawyers chanting for President Pervez Musharraf's resignation were tugging at the barricades around the home of the judge whose ouster and house arrest helped trigger Pakistan's political crisis. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 4:18 am
A winning bid from Ireland of $3 million for a huge record collection offered on the online auction site eBay was apparently a fraud. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:56 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) -
A landmark
German assault on tax dodgers who allegedly stash cash in
Liechtenstein overlooks domestic failings and practices by
neighbors like Luxembourg and Switzerland, tax experts say. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:54 am
They are called "Raulistas" — top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. On Sunday, these men will likely ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but remains in firm control.
Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly defended her husband's record on civil rights Saturday while acknowledging "painful moments" in a presidential contest pitting a woman against an African American.
HAVANA (AP) -- They are called "Raulistas" - top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. On Sunday, these men will likely ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but remains in firm control.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:00 am
KOSOVSKA MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) -- Serbia's hard-line leaders on Saturday called the U.S. "the main culprit" in the violence that has broken out since Kosovo declared independence.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 24 Feb 2008 | 2:46 am
LONDON - A punter has won one million pounds from a 50 pence bet to defy odds of two million to one, a spokesman for bookmaker William Hill said on Saturday.
The punter, who placed his bet in Thirsk in Yorkshire on Friday, was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 2:45 am
It always happened at 1 a.m. In a secluded corner of this heavily guarded airfield, two snipers would creep across a rooftop and take their positions. Moments later, just below, a black minibus would arrive and wait.
Turkish forces pressed ahead with ground operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq on Saturday after the military reported that seven troops and several dozen rebels had been killed in the cross-border fighting.
To her longtime friends, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds unusually philosophical on the phone these days. She rarely uses phrases like “when I’m president” anymore.
The pregnancy comedy "Juno" was chosen as the year's best independent film and won two other honors Saturday at the Spirit Awards, including best actress for Ellen Page.
As one of the most prominent Church leaders in Britain, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali has become accustomed to being in the spotlight, but he never expected to find himself at the centre of one of the most turbulent public debates of recent times. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 1:01 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration said on Saturday U.S. telecommunications companies have agreed to cooperate "for the time being" with spy agencies' wiretaps, despite an ongoing battle between the White House and Congress over new terrorism surveillance legislation.
Record numbers of Army recruits are dropping out of basic infantry training, new Government figures show. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Victorious opposition parties will form a coalition government and sideline Pakistan's president Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Tens of thousands of householders could have been paying too much council tax for years in a "scandal" that ministers attempted to cover up, The Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The beleaguered Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, suffered a fresh blow yesterday as it emerged that his officials deceived the public over his wife's expenses. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
It started with a horse called Isn't That Lucky and ended with one called A Dream Come True - a run of eight winners that turned a 50p stake into Britain's first million pound betting-shop pay-out. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Several thousand Serbs chanting "Russia, Vladimir Putin!" and "Kosovo is Serbia!" protested peacefully Saturday in a sixth day of demonstrations against Kosovo's independence.
The British tax authorities have paid an informant for the bank details of
scores of wealthy Britons. The records were stolen from one of the world’s
most secretive tax havens. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Adell Rees, a 39-year-old PA from Durham, recently became an Australian
citizen and vowed never to return to Britain, except on holiday. The thing
Adell loves most about her adopted country is its “tolerance”: “I can even
wear flip-flops to work,” she says. The local attitude that lets her wear
them in the office appeals: so laid-back, free, uniquely Australian, she
believes. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Clinton's apparent admission of defeat is the best chance she has of saving her troubled presidential campaign. Maybe it was her finest campaign moment to date.
The candidate's guard dropped; the carefully honed policy statements... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Scotland Yard detectives investigating the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence
15 years ago believe they have uncovered enough new evidence to charge the
key suspects with his murder for a second time. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker, was fighting to save his political career
last night after his senior media adviser quit, claiming he had been misled
over taxpayer-funded shopping trips. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 24 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Pakistan's outgoing ruling party promised Saturday to support the victors in combating Islamic extremism, while the winners discussed ways to curb President Pervez Musharraf's powers - especially his right to dismiss parliament.
Nicholas Burns, the U.S. undersecretary of state for political affairs, says Serbian leadership is facing backward. He tells Jacki Lyden that Serb leaders have not given the U.S. a satisfactory explanation about why they did not deploy adequate police to protect the embassy Thursday.
Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and became a prominent civil rights activist over the past half century, has died. She was 97.
Convicted killer Steve Wright has been told by a judge that he will spend the rest of his life behind bars for his six-week "targeted campaign of murder" against five Ipswich prostitutes.
Wright, 49, killed the five drug-addicted... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
LONDON - British opposition leader David Cameron faced demands for an apology on Saturday after he called government funding for school visits to the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz a "gimmick".
Cameron accused Prime... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:59 pm
PRISTINA (Reuters) - The European Union's envoy in Kosovo appealed to Serbs for cooperation on the sixth day of protests against the declaration of independence by Serbia's former province.
NAKURU - Using branches to beat back flames, Kenyan rangers and residents struggled for a second day on Saturday to control bush fires that have engulfed a third of one of the nation's best-known wildlife parks.
At least 100 local... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 10:30 pm
Wikileaks.org allows users to anonymously post corporate and government documents they think expose wrongdoing. Last week a federal judge ordered the site shut down after a bank charged that it had illegally posted documents stolen by a former employee.
A new report finds more convicted sex offenders in California homeless because of a state law restricting where they can live. Tom Tobin, a psychologist specializing in sex offender treatment, talks with Jacki Lyden about the findings.
Serb demonstrators marched for a sixth day Saturday in northern Kosovo, protesting its secession from Serbia. In Belgrade on Thursday, the protests turned violent as rioters attacked and set fire to the U.S. Embassy. The U.S. State Department has ordered all nonessential employees and diplomats' families to leave.
SHANGHAI - Two people were killed and 11 were wounded after a minibus exploded at the centre of a Chinese city on Saturday, the Xinhua news agency reported.
It was not immediately clear what cause the blast, which occurred early... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:53 pm
MERIDA - Rescue workers found two flight recorders on Saturday in the wreckage of a passenger plane that veered off course and slammed into the sheer face of an Andean mountain, killing all 46 people on board.
The "black box" recorders... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the U.S. and its allies Saturday to "apologize" for accusing Iran of seeking nuclear weapons, a day after the U.N. nuclear watchdog released its latest report on Iran.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 9:42 pm
Bay of Plenty residents were jolted awake this morning when a 5.0 earthquake hit the area.
GNS Science said the tremor struck at 7.34am.
It was centred 50km north of Te Kaha, at a depth of 60km.
- NZPA Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 8:26 pm
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the U.S. and its allies Saturday to "apologize" to Iran for accusing it of seeking nuclear weapons, a day after the U.N. nuclear watchdog released its latest report on Iran's atomic program.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Days after opposition parties triumphed in elections, lawyers chanting for President Pervez Musharraf's resignation were tugging at the barricades around the home of the judge whose ouster and house arrest helped trigger Pakistan's political crisis.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:44 a... | 23 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm
Johnnie Rebecca Carr, one of the lesser-known leaders of the civil rights movement, died Friday in Montgomery, Ala., after suffering a stroke earlier this month. She was 97.
CANBERRA - In another reversal of the policies of the Howard era, the federal opposition says it is prepared to "wear" the Rudd government's decision to end the offshore detention of asylum seekers.
Labor has moved to end the controversial... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
MOROCCO - Hundreds of Moroccan heavy metal fans met on Saturday for their biggest festival in the north African country since a group of hard rock enthusiasts was jailed five years ago for "Satanism".
Braving the opprobrium of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
A visit to Australia by U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates tests the tone of U.S.-Aussie relations. New Prime Minister Kevin Rudd campaigned on a promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq. But he doesn't want to sour ties with America.
Kosovo declared independence this week, and Serbian nationalists reacted violently. Soren Jessen-Petersen, U.N. administrator for Kosovo, offers his thoughts on the tense political climate.
U.N. police in riot gear as some Serb protesters hurled firecrackers in a sixth day of demonstrations against Kosovo's independence Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:09 pm
Four dissidents freed this week after five years in inhumane conditions in a Cuban prison have revealed the dark side of Fidel Castro’s regime. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 3:01 pm
Tory front bencher William Hague has urged David Cameron not to apologise over his controversial comments about Auschwitz. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:42 pm
A Yemeni-American, one of the FBI's 26 "most wanted" for terrorism, appeared at a session of his trial in a Yemeni court Saturday with bodyguards and then walked free, apparently not subject to any form of incarceration, eyewitnesses said. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:39 pm
No injuries have been reported in a bombing Saturday in Spain, possibly linked to a Basque separatist group Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:31 pm
A 6-year-old from England wrote a letter to Buckingham Palace after being bitten by a swan in Britain because her mother told her the queen owns all the swans in Britain. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 2:24 pm
Reaction is divided to a New York Times article that explored alleged ethics violations by Sen. John McCain, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
Sen. Barack Obama is finding new support from labor activists. He recently picked up three major union endorsements, including the Teamsters. Union votes could help Obama against Sen. Hillary Clinton in the March 4 Ohio primary.
North Korea praised Fidel Castro on Saturday as a close ally who did not allow U.S. sanctions and a blockade to hinder his leadership of Cuba. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:46 pm
Turkish forces pressed ahead with ground operations against Kurdish rebels in Iraq on Saturday after the military reported that five troops and several dozen rebels had been killed in the cross-border fighting. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
AP - Turkish F-16 jets flew into northern Iraq on Sunday as elite commandos chased Kurdish guerrillas in a major ground operation across the border that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government.
AFP - Fighting intensified Sunday between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, amid US calls for Turkey to wrap up its military incursion in the region as swiftly as possible.
AP - Sen. Barack Obama's refusal to wear an American flag lapel pin along with a photo of him not putting his hand over his heart during the National Anthem led conservatives on Internet and in the media to question his patriotism.
AP - Will Meryl Streep's outfit match her talent? Will Diablo Cody actually refuse to wear those million-dollar, diamond-encrusted shoes? Will Katherine Heigl need to squint? The city was abuzz with all things Oscar as celebrities flocked from around the world for Sunday's Academy Awards ...
AP - VIENNA, Austria (AP A senior Iranian official blamed the U.S. Sunday for Tehran's refusal to respond to accusations it tried to make nuclear weapons, claiming information provided by Washington was not only fake but came too late for a proper review.
AFP - Cuba will choose Fidel Castro's successor Sunday ending his near half century in power, as his brother Raul appears likely to take over and steer the country down a new but still communist path.
AP - Cuban lawmakers meet to name a new head of state for the first time in nearly a half-century on Sunday, five days after an ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro relinquished power.
AP - A Japanese businessman has been arrested on suspicion of murder more than a quarter-century after an infamous downtown shooting that left his wife dead and caused an international furor, police said.
AP - Memphis wanted to prove it really was the best team in the country, maybe even make a run at perfection. Turns out, the Tigers aren't even best in their own state.
They are called "Raulistas" — top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. On Sunday, these men will likely ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but remains in firm control.
Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly defended her husband's record on civil rights Saturday while acknowledging "painful moments" in a presidential contest pitting a woman against an African American.
Britney Spears has been reunited briefly with her sons, nearly two months after the troubled pop star last saw them.
It always happened at 1 a.m. In a secluded corner of this heavily guarded airfield, two snipers would creep across a rooftop and take their positions. Moments later, just below, a black minibus would arrive and wait.
To her longtime friends, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton sounds unusually philosophical on the phone these days. She rarely uses phrases like “when I’m president” anymore.
The pregnancy comedy "Juno" was chosen as the year's best independent film and won two other honors Saturday at the Spirit Awards, including best actress for Ellen Page.
Johnnie Carr, who joined childhood friend Rosa Parks in the historic Montgomery bus boycott and became a prominent civil rights activist over the past half century, has died. She was 97.