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BEIT HANUN (AFP) -
Palestinians were forming a human chain the length of the
Gaza Strip on Monday in protest at a crushing Israeli
blockade, with Israeli forces on alert for any rush on the border. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:40 pm
The man tipped as Russia's next leader visits Serbia as the two states oppose Kosovan independence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:35 pm
Greenpeace activists climb on top of a plane in a climate change protest at Heathrow Airport. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:35 pm
Gordon Brown led moves today to shield Michael Martin, the Commons Speaker,
from mounting pressure to step down after being drawn deeper into the
controversy over MPs’ expenses. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:35 pm
After Stephen Spielberg resigns, a UK director says he is 'uncomfortable' with his own role in the Beijing Olympics. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:34 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber hit a car carrying the army's surgeon general along a busy road in Rawalpindi on Monday, killing him along with at least seven other people, the army said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:34 pm
AP - A suicide bomber hit a car carrying the army's surgeon general along a busy road in Rawalpindi on Monday, killing him along with at least seven other people, the army said.
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. - The only familiar signs at the McDonald's in this large Asian community are the golden arches, the drive-through and the menu.
Gone are...
WALTHAM - State health officials say about 200 Bentley College students have been given preventative antibiotics after the second case of bacterial meningitis at the school...
A city councilor wants to make Beacon Hill's Cambridge Street more historically quaint like nearby Charles Street - while neighborhood activists are trying to keep Charles...
The Pakistan army's top surgeon is killed by a suicide attack in the city of Rawalpindi, the army says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:27 pm
MOSCOW (Reuters) - People who know Dmitry Medvedev describe him as an intelligent and straightforward man who dislikes risk -- but does he have the political instincts to survive as Russia's next president?
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani military vehicle in the city of Rawalpindi on Monday, killing the army's top medical officer and two of his staff and five passers-by, officials said.
Reuters - A suicide bomber attacked a Pakistani
military vehicle in the city of Rawalpindi on Monday, killing
the army's top medical officer and two of his staff and five
passers-by, officials said.
NEW YORK - Credit-card processor Visa says it expects to raise $18.76 billion from an initial public offering of up to 446.6 million Class A shares at up to $42 per share.
San...
After a number of false starts, it appears that Apple is finally going to deliver the anticipated MacBook Pro updates... and all signs are pointing to this Tuesday. We were hesitant to pinpoint a specific date, as a number of previous rumor predictions have come and gone, but sources reveal tha... Source: Digg | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:16 pm
Reuters - Thousands of
Palestinians formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip on Monday
in a peaceful protest against an Israeli blockade that has
deepened hardship in the Hamas-controlled territory.
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a peaceful protest against an Israeli blockade that has deepened hardship in the Hamas-controlled territory.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH EVENING EVENT, DETAILS) The New York Philharmonic arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for an unprecedented visit, the centerpiece of which will be a concert ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - The death toll from Sunday's suicide bomb attack on Iraqi pilgrims heading to a Shi'ite festival south of Baghdad has risen to 63, a health official said on Monday.
ZURICH (AFP) -
A tax
scandal involving Liechtenstein and Germany widened on
Monday as investigators from Britain to Scandinavia
reportedly tried to feed off details pointing to widespread
tax evasion. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:08 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The death toll in a suicide bomb attack in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi on Monday that killed the Pakistani army's top medical officer has risen to eight... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:06 pm
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office Monday with a promise to boost prosperity not only in his own country but in North Korea as well - provided the communist state abandons its nuclear weapons.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
New South Korean President Lee Myung-bak took office Monday with a promise to boost prosperity not only in his own country but in North Korea as well _ provided the communist state... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and visiting Azerbaijan Deputy Prime Minister Abid Sharifov shared the view in talks on Monday that the two nations should expand... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
Richard Raynor, the British tourist found dead in the Venice lagoon after
going missing on a Valentine's Day trip with his girlfriend, was "completely
drunk" when he died, according to the police pathologist who conducted
the post mortem. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
Thousands of Palestinians form a human chain inside the Gaza Strip to protest against Israel's blockade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ Myanmar's opposition party National League for Democracy denounced Monday a junta minister's remark last week about detained NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, saying it was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa said it will allow elephants to be killed to control their population, reversing a 1994 ban and immediately drawing criticism from animal rights activists.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
South Africa said it will allow elephants to be killed to control their population, reversing a 1994 ban and immediately drawing criticism from animal rights activists. In a government... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:01 pm
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed Monday to help Indonesia reform its military, saying the U.S. was ready to help provide airlift and other maritime capabilities the country needs.
HAVANA (AP) -- Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
AP - Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters.
Some residents of Colorado and Utah could wake up to more than a foot of snow early Monday, while residents of the Great Lakes saw rain and those in the Northeast had warmer temperatures. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING, ADDING MORE INFO) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed Monday to rebuild future-oriented ties by resuming... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:57 am
China's biggest economic risk this year is inflation and the central bank will stick to a tight monetary policy despite the impact of January snowstorms and the U.S. credit crisis, said a central banker quoted Monday by news reports. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:56 am
YouTube had a bit of an outage --nothing new there -- but why it happened it strange. The government of Pakistan via the state run telecom company launched a cyber-attack...
The trial of nine men accused in Australia's largest alleged terrorist conspiracy started Monday, but was dominated by discussion of the undersized courtroom rather than the facts of the case. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
Stocks headed for a higher opening Monday, with sentiment bolstered by news of a renewed $2 billion offer from videogame maker Electronic Arts for rival Take-Two. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
Thousands of Filipinos took to the streets and flocked to churches Monday in a fresh wave of nationwide protests on the anniversary of a 1986 grass-roots revolt, calling for President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to resign. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:52 am
(Kyodo) _ A joint drill involving Japanese and U.S. fighter jets commenced Monday at the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's Chitose base in Hokkaido, the last of six ASDF bases to hold... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
FORT MYERS - John Lester still remembers the phone call from Red Sox manager Terry Francona just before the start of spring training last year.
"He told me he was...
Reinsurer Munich Re AG said Monday that its fourth-quarter profit slipped because of higher taxes, lower investments and a dip in premium income — but said it aimed to post more sales this year than last. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David
Miliband urged China on Monday to honor its promise to allow
direct elections in Hong Kong by 2017, while reiterating
London's disappointment that universal suffrage could not come
sooner. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
FRANKFURT (AFP) -
Subprime-hit
public German bank WestLB could be sold to
private interests, a representative of the savings bank's
shareholders was quoted as saying on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
HOLLYWOOD (AFP) -
Violent
thriller "No Country for Old Men" won the best
picture Oscar at the 80th Academy Awards late Sunday as
European stars scored a clean sweep in the acting honors in
an historic Hollywood night. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:46 am
HONG KONG (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged China on Monday to honor its promise to allow direct elections in Hong Kong by 2017, while reiterating London's disappointment that universal suffrage could not come sooner.
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Japan's debt balance hits record 838 tril. yen at end of 2007 TOKYO - The balance of Japan's debt climbed to a record 838,005.0 billion yen as of the end of 2007,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
(Kyodo) _ Singapore's inflation rate rose to 6.6 percent in January from a year earlier -- the highest in 25 years -- as living costs in Southeast Asia's wealthiest economy continued to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
Officials from the National Weather Service issued a severe weather alert for all basements in Tennessee Tuesday after a deadly new weather phenomenon ravaged a wide swath of residential downstairs areas, while leaving every other part of the houses untouched. The recently discovered targeted cyclones—known as basement tornadoes—tore through ce Source: Digg | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
The U.S. dollar was higher against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning. Gold rose. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:42 am
Caught on Camera: A BBC crew has managed to film a rattlesnake hunting in the wild for the first time. Filmed in New York State, footage courtesy of BBC "One's Life in Cold Blood". Source: Digg | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
President Hamid Karzai took his ministers to eastern Afghanistan on Monday for the first of a series of mobile Cabinet meetings to be held in a different province each month. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:41 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Andy Roddick arrived at the SAP Open this week not knowing where his game was because he had played so sparingly this season.
He left San Jose with...
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- The New York Philharmonic became the most prominent U.S. cultural institution to visit isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday, and orchestra members said they hoped their musical diplomacy could bring the two nations closer together.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
AP - The New York Philharmonic became the most prominent U.S. cultural institution to visit isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday, and orchestra members said they hoped their musical diplomacy could bring the two nations closer together.
Three pilgrims are killed in an attack in Baghdad, as a bomber in a wheelchair attacks police in Samarra. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
The New York Philharmonic became the most prominent U.S. cultural institution to visit isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday, and orchestra members said they hoped their musical diplomacy could bring the two nations closer together. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:38 am
Pingpong and politics meet once again. In what is believed to be the first international appearance for a sporting team from Kosovo since it declared independence, the former Serbian province's paddlers took the floor Monday at the 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships in southern China. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:36 am
GREENVILLE, S.C. - Alton Jones won his first Bassmaster Classic title Sunday, beating Cliff Pace by 5 pounds, 2 ounces at Lake Hartwell.
Jones, from Waco, Texas, had a...
The UN warns that up to 58,000 people in Darfur are suffering after bombing in the Sudanese region. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:35 am
HONOLULU - Brazilian forward Bare scored four goals to lead Gamba Osaka to a 6-1 win over the Houston Dynamo for the Pan-Pacific Championship on Saturday night.
Bare, a...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on Monday for new U.N. sanctions to be imposed on Iran, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tehran had failed to provide satisfactory answers to reports showing work linked to atomic bombs.
Pakistani state television reports at least three people have been killed by an explosion in the military garrison city of Rawalpindi, including a top general. Also, President Musharraf has dismissed calls from three U.S. senators to step down.
SAN FRANCISCO - EBay Inc.'s customers don't need to open a Web browser to search the site or auction an item anymore.
After a quick download, the online auctioneer's...
AP - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.
Cuba's National Assembly unanimously votes to confirm Raul Castro as president to replace his brother Fidel. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
In our tribute to the greatest video game reviewer of our time, we have picked our favorite quotes from his last 10 reviews. This list was incredibly hard to make since every word out of the reviewer's mouth is gold, so we did the best we could. Source: Digg | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
An influential group of Muslim theologians in India say terrorism is against the teachings of Islam. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) -
A Pakistani
general from the army medical corps was among at least four
people killed in a suicide car bomb on Monday, security
officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:17 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed three Shiite pilgrims Monday in the outskirts of Baghdad, while the death toll from a suicide bombing targeting pilgrims resting in a tent the day before rose to 56, authorities said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomb exploded on a busy road near Pakistan's capital on Monday, killing an army general and two other people, state television reported.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
Pakistani policemen guard a polling station in Lahore on February 18. A Pakistani general from the army medical corps was among at least four people killed in a suicide car bomb in Rawal Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:07 am
"We learned last night after sending [the original] letter that . . . new surveillances under existing directives issued pursuant to the Protect America Act will resume, at least for now [despite it's legal expiration]...we appreciate the willingness of our private partners to cooperate despite the uncertainty" ...Wow. just Wow. Source: Digg | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's biggest stars took a backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical acclaim but only modest box-office success.
LONDON (AP) -- A British airline said Monday that one of its flights was forced to divert to Turkey after the co-pilot died in mid-flight. He died of natural causes, the airline said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 11:01 am
Heathrow Airport was today investigating what appeared to be a serious
security breach after four Greenpeace scaled an aircraft which had just
landed after a domestic flight. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
A group of Greenpeace activists have climbed on top of a commercial aeroplane at Heathrow in a massive breach of the airport's security. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:55 am
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharpened their attacks on each other on Sunday, trading barbs over health care, trade and experience as they head for key showdowns in Texas and Ohio on March 4.
A Pakistani police commando looks through binoculars as he stands beneath the election posters in Rawalpindi on February 16. At least two people were killed in a bomb blast in the Pakistani garrison city... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:35 am
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's prime minister wants the United States to renounce its recognition of Kosovo's independence.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:16 am
Violence targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq has now left more than 60 people dead and scores injured. In the latest attack, a roadside bomb struck pilgrims on a road outside Baghdad, killing at least three people.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A powerful earthquake struck off the western coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island Monday. Agencies briefly issued a tsunami warning, but no large waves were generated, and no injuries were immediately reported.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:34 a... | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:09 am
A roadside bomb killed three Shiite pilgrims Monday in the outskirts of Baghdad, while the death toll from a homicide bombing targeting pilgrims resting in a tent the day before rose to 56, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:03 am
AMADIYAH (AFP) -
Turkish
fighter jets have pounded Kurdish rebel positions in the
mountainous Hakurk region of northern Iraq, security sources
told AFP. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 10:01 am
Indonesia has been hit by the third large earthquake in just five days. No injuries were immediately reported after the preliminary magnitude 7.3 quake, and a precautionary tsunami warning was cancelled shortly after being issued.
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's new president, Raul Castro, faces a delicate balancing act as he tries to improve living standards and food supplies while staying faithful to his brother Fidel Castro's communist revolution.
Indonesian meteorological officials check a seismograph after a powerful earthquake in 2005. A 7.2-magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Sumatra island, sparking a tsunami alert. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:20 am
Japanese businessman Kazuyoshi Miura, in orange suite, is mobbed by press photographers as he emerges from a court house after a hearing on the Pacific island of Saipan on Monday February 25, 2008. Miura... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 9:14 am
The New York Philharmonic has arrived for a first-ever concert in North Korea. Their concert on Tuesday will offer a rare opportunity for residents of the closed communist country to see and hear culture from the Western world.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy will likely avoid a recession but growth will slow to a crawl during the first half of this year, a panel of business economists forecast on Monday.
The New York Philharmonic arrived in North Korea on Monday on a historic trip as the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the nuclear-armed country, run by a regime that keeps its impoverished people among the world's most isolated. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:05 am
Trying to reclaim the edge, she has accused him of plagiarism, dodging debates and falsehoods in mailings.
With her White House prospects in jeopardy, Hillary Rodham Clinton has shifted from one tactic to another in trying to overtake rival Barack Obama. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
As the economy takes a toll on plans, observers focus their concern on two mega-projects: Grand Avenue and Park Fifth.
The downtown Los Angeles skyline is still dotted with construction cranes, but not as many as developers once promised. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
GOP renegades seeking a candidate capable of ending the Washington partisanship are surfacing in the senator's campaign in surprising numbers. 'Obamacans,' he calls them.
Chatter bounces off the bare walls and checkered linoleum floor as Josh Pedaline and other Barack Obama supporters burn through their call sheets. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The attack is the deadliest of at least three incidents that leave about 150 wounded and an annual ritual tarnished. The violence is likely to strain a truce renewed last week by Shiite cleric Muqtada
A suicide bomber blew himself up among Shiite Muslim pilgrims at a crowded rest stop Sunday, part of an eruption of sectarian violence that killed at least 43 people, injured 148 and tarnished rites marking one of Shiite Islam's holiest holidays. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Fidel Castro's brother Raul is named president, and a party elder fills the No. 2 post. Sweeping changes now appear unlikely.
Cuba's parliament signaled Sunday that the status quo of a stunted state-run economy and strained relations with the United States will persist for now as it named Raul Castro to replace his ailing brother, Fidel, as president and chose another aging revolutionary as the nation's No. 2 leader. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
There is a hushed worry on the minds of many supporters of Senator Barack Obama , echoing in conversations from state to state, rally to rally: Will he be safe? Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 7:39 am
The man expected to win Russia's upcoming presidential election is traveling to Serbia for a visit that will underscore Moscow's close ties with Belgrade and Serbia's support for its rejection of Kosovo's independence. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 7:05 am
SYDNEY (AFP) -
World
governments focus too much on fighting terrorism while
obesity and other "lifestyle diseases" are killing
millions more people, an international conference heard Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 Feb 2008 | 6:56 am
On a night when the acting awards had a distinctly international flavor, a quintessentially American story of violence -- No Country for Old Men -- made the deepest impression on Oscar voters at the 80th annual Academy Awards, getting the nod for Best Picture.
The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood’s mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga “No Country for Old Men” winning four Academy Awards.
A resident of the Mathare slum in Nairobi points his panga at police. Kenyan leaders were due Monday to resume power-sharing talks to end the political crisis in the east African state that has sparked... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 5:46 am
Job growth is faltering, consumer confidence plunging. The fallout from the worst housing slump in a quarter-century grows. The signs are unmistakable, the economy is in trouble. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 5:31 am
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (C), accompanied by his wife Aliza (L), hugs a wellwisher on arrival at Tokyo International Airport. Olmert called Monday for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 5:31 am
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reviews an honor guard on arrival at Tokyo International Airport. Olmert called Monday for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear drive as he started a rare visit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 5:31 am
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili holds a press conference in Tehran February 22. Even as Iran warned of reprisals over any new UN sanctions, Tehran complained it had not been given sufficient... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 4:40 am
A Russian technician works at the Bushehr nuclear power plant at the Iranian port town of Bushehr April 2007. Even as Iran warned of reprisals over any new UN sanctions, Tehran complained it had not been... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 4:40 am
The outpouring of sympathy Northern Illinois University received after a deadly shooting should remind those struggling that they are bridges to each other, the school's president said at a memorial service. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 4:13 am
Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.
An American Airlines passenger died after a flight attendant told her he couldn't give her any oxygen and then tried to help her with faulty equipment, including an empty oxygen tank, a relative said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 3:23 am
South Korean president-elect Lee Myung-Bak, seen here February 21. South Korea begins a new political era Monday under its first businessman president, who pledges pragmatic policies to reinvigorate the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Feb 2008 | 2:08 am
The 40-year-old QE2 ocean liner and its much younger sister, the Queen Victoria have made a historic passing of each other in Sydney Harbour.
As one departed for Queensland the other docked in Sydney Harbour for the last time.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Feb 2008 | 1:48 am
Three U.S. senators who met with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf after opposition parties won a governing majority last week have urged a "graceful exit" from power for the close U.S. terror-fighting ally. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Feb 2008 | 1:25 am
Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.
The bodies of at least seven children may be buried at a former care home in what police fear is one of the worst instances of child abuse in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The grisly secrets of an island long haunted by suspicions of child cruelty
were being dug up yesterday by police officers who have found one child’s
skull and are now searching for other remains in the cellars of a former
children’s home. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
With a record-breaking victory Sunday in the Accenture Match Play Championship, Tiger Woods won his fifth straight tournament and captured his 15th World Golf Championship, holding all three world titles for the first time.
The New York Philharmonic Orchestra will travel to North Korea on Monday after performing on Sunday in Beijing. Observers are watching and hoping -- cautiously -- that this is a sign that North Korea is more willing to open up to the outside world.
Turkish troops pursued their new offensive against Kurdish rebel bases across the border in northern Iraq on Sunday. Heavy fighting left dozens dead, and the rebels -- from the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK -- shot down a Turkish helicopter.
Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana talks about the effect of the recent New York Times story suggesting Arizona Sen. John McCain had an improper relationship with a lobbyist and discusses the prospects of a race between McCain and Barack Obama.
Cuba's National Assembly has chosen Raul Castro to take over as president from his brother Fidel. Brian Latell, who has written a biography of Raul Castro, talks about what to expect from the transition.
Cuba's National Assembly chose Fidel Castro's brother Raul to take his place on Sunday, days after Fidel Castro announced he would retire following almost 50 years in power. Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia in Havana discusses the developments.
HOUSTON - Hillary Clinton likes to remind Texans that she first came here to ask for their votes in 1972 as a young Democratic campaign worker.
"She's got history in Texas," said Doug Hattaway, a Clinton adviser who worked on Al... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:11 pm
Washington - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, blamed by many Democrats for their loss of the White House in the 2000 election, said on Sunday he is launching another independent campaign for the White House.
Nader, who will turn... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:10 pm
HAVANA - Cuba's new leader Raul Castro vowed it would remain a bastion of revolution as he took over on Sunday from his brother Fidel Castro, who resisted half a century of US attempts to oust him.
Raul Castro, 76, a former... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:10 pm
HILLA, Iraq - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with metal ball bearings in a refreshment tent full of Iraqi pilgrims heading to a Shi'ite festival on Sunday, killing 40 people and wounding 60, police said.
The U.S. military... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:09 pm
RABAT - A Moroccan court has sentenced a computer engineer to three years in prison for setting up a Facebook account in the name of King Mohammed's brother.
Despite an appeal to Prince Moulay Rachid for clemency, the court found... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 8:09 pm
A suicide bomber struck Shiite pilgrims as they were taking a break during the days-long walk to a Shiite shrine south of Baghdad for a major religious gathering. Another attack on pilgrims in Baghdad brought the toll to 28, with dozens wounded.
Police are hunting for more bodies at a former care home in Jersey where a teenager’s skull was discovered yesterday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 6:29 pm
Clashes between government forces and Tamil separatists killed at least 40 combatants across northern Sri Lanka, the military said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:58 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 | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:34 pm
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 rattled Indonesia's Sumatra island Sunday night, the U.S. Geological Survey said, sending frightened residents running from their homes. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
A Turkish helicopter went down in Iraq and eight soldiers were killed during a cross-border ground operation that has drawn criticism from the Iraqi government, Turkey's military said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:21 pm
Osama bin Laden’s half-brother is planning to build the world’s second longest bridge to connect Africa and Arabia with a six-lane motorway and a railway. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:12 pm
Pakistan has banned access to YouTube on the grounds that "anti-Islamic" movies have been posted on the site. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:01 pm
Back in 1995 it would have seemed like meeting just another group of left-wing academics in liberal Chicago.
Barack Obama, then about to be an Illinois state senator, was taken to an activists' gathering at the house of William... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
French vineyard owners are returning to a slower pace of life by starting to export their wine by sailing boat - a method last used in the 1800s - to reduce their carbon footprint.
This month 60,000 bottles from Languedoc will... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
The scandal over Republican frontrunner Senator John McCain's relationship with a female lobbyist took a new twist yesterday with revelations that he had met one of her clients.
McCain's campaign had earlier strongly denied that... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
Britain's rural businesses have reported a remarkable increase in trade, some by up to 40 per cent, since the introduction of the hunting ban three years ago.
Far from sounding the death knell for the countryside economy, the Hunting... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm
More than a quarter of a century after an infamous downtown shooting that left a tourist dead and sparked an international furor, a Japanese businessman has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 4:01 pm
Kosovo marked its first full week of independence with prayers and protests Sunday as outraged Serbs staged demonstrations in the new nation's tense north and across Europe. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 3:47 pm
Pakistan's government has banned access to the video-sharing Web site YouTube because of anti-Islamic movies that users have posted on the site, an official said Sunday.
Independent candidate Ralph Nader has announced that he is entering the US presidential race, a move which many Democrats fear could deprive their party of vital votes. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 2:29 pm
Independent candidate Ralph Nader has announced that he is entering the US presidential race, a move which many Democrats fear could deprive their party of vital votes. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Feb 2008 | 2:29 pm
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton lashed out at her rival, Barack Obama, during a press conference Saturday, claiming that his campaign flyers about her positions on health care and trade are spreading lies.
U.S. and Iraqi officials hail improvements in Iraq's security, but they say economic improvements -- especially job creation -- are urgently needed. Government and military spending are picking up, but the private sector still has much catching up to do.
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: FOXNews.com | 24 Feb 2008 | 11:40 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
AP - A suicide bomber hit a car carrying the army's surgeon general along a busy road in Rawalpindi on Monday, killing him along with at least seven other people, the army said.
Reuters - Thousands of
Palestinians formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip on Monday
in a peaceful protest against an Israeli blockade that has
deepened hardship in the Hamas-controlled territory.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates vowed Monday to help Indonesia reform its military, saying the U.S. was ready to help provide airlift and other maritime capabilities the country needs.
AP - Raul Castro, Cuba's first new president in nearly half a century, crushed hopes that a new generation would shape the country's future by promising to defer to his ailing brother Fidel and the Communist Party's old guard on major matters.
AP - On the morning of her wedding day, Nicole Paultre Bell learned her groom-to-be was dead.
AP - The New York Philharmonic became the most prominent U.S. cultural institution to visit isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday, and orchestra members said they hoped their musical diplomacy could bring the two nations closer together.
AP - They ground up Steve Buscemi in a wood-chipper. They made baby-snatchers out of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter. They turned mythic Greek wanderer Odysseus into a Depression-era roots-music minstrel with George Clooney's face.
AP - It's not violence that Northern Illinois University senior Kristen Bortolotti fears when classes resume it's the memories.
The Coen brothers completed their journey from the fringes to Hollywood’s mainstream on Sunday, their crime saga “No Country for Old Men” winning four Academy Awards.
Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.
With a record-breaking victory Sunday in the Accenture Match Play Championship, Tiger Woods won his fifth straight tournament and captured his 15th World Golf Championship, holding all three world titles for the first time.