The biggest earthquake in the UK for nearly 25 years is felt across large parts of England and Wales. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:18 pm
LONDON (AFP) -
The dollar
plunged Wednesday to another record euro low thanks to a
stream of negative US data, while the tumbling greenback
helped crude oil and gold prices hit historic highs,
analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:17 pm
Venezuelan helicopters take off hoping to collect four Colombian hostages set to be freed by rebels. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:16 pm
Condoleezza Rice voices deep regret over a US marine's alleged rape of a Japanese girl in Okinawa. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seeking Japanese help in pressing North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, said Wednesday she hopes the alleged rape of a Japanese teenager by a Marine on Okinawa island will not harm U.S.-Japan ties.
Lesbians call on African governments to stop treating homosexuals like criminals, at a pan-African conference. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:15 pm
TOKYO, Feb. 27 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING THROUGHOUT WITH RICE REMARKS AT NEWS CONFERENCE) U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed Washington's "deepest regrets" to Japan on Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:14 pm
Reuters - Pakistani opposition parties which
inflicted a crushing defeat on President Pervez Musharraf's
allies in last week's election vowed on Wednesday to banish the
military from politics. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:12 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said Wednesday it will start recruiting on April 1 up to three astronauts to work at the Japanese unit on the International Space Station... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:11 pm
Spammers have figured out a way to crack Gmail's CAPTCHA system so that they can set bots to automatically sign up for gmail.com e-mail addresses. It apparently took a little more work than cracking the Windows Live Mail CAPTCHA, but it was still doable. Source: Digg | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:10 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb killed two Polish soldiers patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, while NATO announced the seizure of $400 million in opium in the south.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:09 pm
AP - A roadside bomb killed two Polish soldiers patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, while NATO announced the seizure of $400 million in opium in the south.
AP - Capt. Andy Hale has just worked out and is still in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts as he stands in the battle command center. He is watching a flat screen display that shows what's happening outside on the bow and the aft.
(Kyodo) _ Japan cannot ignore the important role played by sovereign wealth funds in the global credit market and corporate finance, Financial Services Minister Yoshimi Watanabe said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:05 pm
BRUSSELS (AFP) -
EU
competition regulators dealt a new blow to Microsoft on
Wednesday, fining the US software giant a record 899 million
euros for defying a landmark 2004 antitrust ruling. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:04 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Five people went on trial on Wednesday charged with helping an al Qaeda-inspired gang to carry out attempted suicide attacks in London in July 2005. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:03 pm
The European Commission has fined US computer giant Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. Source: Digg | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:00 pm
Wall Street was set to open lower Wednesday, as investors paused from a three-day winning streak and waited for comments on the economy from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
AP - The Supreme Court will consider whether to prevent victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster from collecting a $2.5 billion judgment, nearly 19 years after the tanker dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska waters.
Consumer products maker Newell Rubbermaid Inc. said Wednesday it has agreed to buy an Illinois maker of touch-free washroom dispensers and other devices for $445 million, its second acquisition announced this week. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:58 am
A senior Communist Party official in China calls for compensation for water diverted to Beijing for the Olympics. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:55 am
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates headed for Ankara late Wednesday with a message for Turkish leaders: Get your troops out of northern Iraq in the next few days.
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's interior minister survived a rocket and small arms ambush by suspected Taliban insurgents to the east of the capital Kabul on Wednesday, a ministry official... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:53 am
Omri Sharon, son of the ex-Israeli premier, starts a jail term fraud over a 1999 Likud leadership contest. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:51 am
A detained former Khmer Rouge official faced past atrocities Wednesday during a return to the prison he directed where thousands were tortured before being sent for execution in the 1970s. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke by telephone Wednesday with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki following the release of video showing a British hostage seized in Iraq last May. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
France's leader is to urge Chad to investigate the fate of two missing politicians on a visit to N'Djamena. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:48 am
(Kyodo) _ A former Khmer Rouge prison chief was taken Wednesday to the prison and torture center he once directed as part of efforts to secure evidence and clarify information and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
CLEVELAND (AFP) -
Democrat
Hillary Clinton threw some sharp jabs at White House rival
Barack Obama in their final debate before crucial primaries,
but Obama parried the blows to score some hits of his own. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:45 am
CUKURCA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkish troops have killed 77 Kurdish rebels in night-long clashes in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday. Five soldiers were also killed.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:43 am
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama clashed over trade, health care and the war in Iraq Tuesday night in a crackling debate at close quarters one week before a pivotal group of primaries.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates says he will tell Turkey to end its military operations in northern Iraq quickly. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
Microsoft was this morning struggling to find out why tens of millions of
Hotmail users were left without access to their e-mail accounts yesterday. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:39 am
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(Kyodo) _ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday that during her talks in Japan she had expressed her "deepest" regret over the alleged rape of a Japanese girl by a U.S.... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
TOKYO, Feb. 27 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING, ADDING MORE INFO) Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba admitted Wednesday that his ministry had not gained approval from the Japan Coast Guard when Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
Reuters - Protesters breached tight security at
Britain's parliament on Wednesday, getting on to the roof and
unfurling banners protesting against government plans to expand
London's Heathrow airport.
LONDON (Reuters) - Protesters breached tight security at Britain's parliament on Wednesday, getting on to the roof and unfurling banners protesting against government plans to expand London's Heathrow airport.
Gordon Brown has held telephone talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki about video footage of one of five British hostages being held by militants in Iraq. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
Five Hamas militants were killed in an Israeli air strike on a minibus in the Islamist-ruled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as the United Nations called on all sides to find ways to end the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MEN'S RESULT) Japan's women defeated France 3-1 on Wednesday to wrap up the first round of the world team table tennis championships with a flawless 5-0 ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:29 am
DETROIT (Reuters) - As the U.S. housing crisis deepens, major lenders say they will help borrowers avoid foreclosure, but nonprofit groups and others say their actions are not living up to their promises.
The winners of Pakistan's election put on a show of strength against President Pervez Musharraf Wednesday, assembling 171 lawmakers and pressing the U.S.-allied leader to convene what promises to be a hostile new Parliament. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
A federal judge has closed portions of Miami's historic downtown courthouse after a report identified widespread mold infestation and ongoing water leaks, with one part of the basement termed "disgusting" by inspectors. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:23 am
The chief executive officer of the Tribune Company says he won't hesitate to sell the naming rights to Wrigley Field — even if baseball purists don't like the idea. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:20 am
After No. 10 East Boston gave up a four-goal flurry to seventh-seeded Minuteman in the last four minutes of the second period, the Jets had two choices: hang their heads about...
The European Union fines Microsoft for defying sanctions imposed on it for anti-competitive behaviour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's future couldn't be less clear. Opposition leaders are meeting to discuss a power-sharing deal as they prepare to form a new coalition government, which may, or may not force the U.S.-allied leader out of office.
A jury must return for a second day to decide on a possible death sentence for a former police officer convicted of killing his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn daughter. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
Water supplies have been cut to a town in China's Hubei province after pollution turned a river red. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:12 am
CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply in a high-stakes one-on-one debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of falsely portraying their stances on health care, trade and other issues.
LONDON (Reuters) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 shook parts of Britain on Wednesday but officials said there were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage.
The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion on Wednesday for charging rivals too much for software information. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:58 am
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Major powers are discussing possible new moves to draw Iran into negotiations over its nuclear program while still pushing for more U.N. sanctions, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana confirmed on Wednesday.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- The strongest earthquake to hit Britain in more than two decades was felt across large parts of the country early Wednesday, officials said. Some homes had minor damage and one man was injured by a collapsing chimney.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:42 am
There is little doubt left in the minds of professional biologists that Earth is currently faced with a mounting loss of species that threatens to rival the five great mass extinctions of the geological past. Some biologists have begun to feel that this biodiversity crisis, this "Sixth Extinction" is even more severe, and more imminent... Source: Digg | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:32 am
Unlocking the gecko's ability to walk on walls is leading researchers to find a way to replace surgical stitches with sticky tape. As this ScienCentral News video explains, the challenge is to make a surgical tape that works in the wet conditions inside your body. Source: Digg | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
Planning a European summer vacation? Better save a little extra cash. The euro has climbed to a new record-high exchange rate against the dollar - more than $1.50 for the first time in history.
Feb. 26, 2008 | Amy Sullivan is a senior editor at Time, a liberal Democrat, and an evangelical Christian. One of those things is not supposed to be like the others, but she argues in her new book that her fellow Democrats need to reach out to her fellow evangelicals if they hope to build an electoral majority. In "The Party Faithful: How and Why D Source: Digg | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:20 am
NAIROBI (AFP) -
Former UN
chief Kofi Annan will push Kenyan leaders Wednesday to end
the country's deadly political crisis after suspending talks
between their representatives when they failed to reach a deal. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:18 am
Chief mediator and former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan addresses the media in Nairobi. Annan will push Kenyan leaders to end the country's deadly political crisis after suspending talks between their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- North Korean and American musicians shared the stage Wednesday as the New York Philharmonic concluded a historic visit to Pyongyang that could herald warmer ties between the two nations.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:11 am
Homeowners are covered for the cost of damage caused by the earthquake, insurers said today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:11 am
Property owners were out this morning assessing the damage to their homes and
businesses after Britain suffered its biggest earthquake in over two
decades. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
Britain and Iraq condemned the “parading” of a British hostage today and
promised to work for an early release after talks between Gordon Brown and
his Iraqi counterpart. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:58 am
ANKARA (AFP) -
Turkey came
under renewed US pressure Wednesday to wrap up its offensive
against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, with Washington
insisting the operation should not last more than "a
week or two". Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:53 am
BANGKOK (AFP) -
Former Thai
prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to
Thailand on Thursday for the first time since the military
toppled his government in a bloodless coup 17 months ago,
officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:49 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday she had useful talks with Chinese officials on how to end North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and left a senior aide in Beijing to continue the discussions.
The largest earthquake to hit Britain for almost quarter of a century was felt across large parts of England in the early hours of this morning. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:11 am
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyz rights activists will offer a prize of up to $1,000 in a contest for the 'best song' to protest against the presence of U.S. troops in the Central Asian republic, the event's organizer said.
Omri Sharon, pictured at his trial in 2006, the son of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, began a seven-month prison sentence on Wednesday for corruption and fraud in connection with his father's Likud... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:53 am
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The unprecedented concert of the New York Philharmonic made the world's front pages on Wednesday, but in North Korea merited only brief mention in the main communist daily.
CLEVELAND (AFP) -
Democrat
Hillary Clinton hurled a volley of jabs at White House rival
Barack Obama at their final debate before crucial primaries,
but Obama parried the blows and scored some hits of his own. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:43 am
In a turnabout, Senate Republicans have agreed with Democrats to advance an anti-war bill that could cut combat funding because they say the debate will give them an opportunity to praise the U.S. military's progress in Iraq.
Hillary Clinton last night punched, kicked, scratched and mauled at Barack
Obama - but failed to inflict enough damage to change the dynamic of a
presidential contest before elections next week she must win to get her
faltering White House run back on course. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:30 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States and India will study the possibility of a joint missile defense system, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday, stressing talks were only in their early stages.
The largest earthquake to hit Britain for almost quarter of a century was felt across large parts of England in the early hours of this morning. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:01 am
In one fishing village, residents say they've never recovered from the 1989 disaster. Now the Supreme Court is hearing arguments on whether the company should pay $2.5 billion in punitive damages.
By way of telling his story, and the story of this fishing village, Mike Maxwell -- born, raised and hoping to die here -- wants to talk about what happened to the herring. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The GOP candidate is rated 'strongest leader.' The survey also shows Obama has a six-point lead over Clinton.
As he emerges from a sometimes- bitter primary campaign, presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain poses a stiff challenge to either of his potential Democratic opponents in the general election, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The price of single-family homes fell 8.9% in the last three months from the same quarter in 2006, according to a leading index. The Los Angeles area showed one of the sharpest declines.
Home prices are falling sharply across the nation, but the decline is especially steep in Los Angeles and Orange counties. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
The 28-year-old suspect had an apparent history of erratic mental behavior, authorities say.
A Baldwin Park man suspected in the shooting deaths of his mother, a neighbor and her 4-year-old daughter was twice detained and hospitalized by police before Monday's rampage, authorities said Tuesday. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Documents show agency officials thought the pending decision was wrong. One memo warned of damage to its credibility.
Some officials at the Environmental Protection Agency were so worried their boss would deny California permission to implement its own global-warming law that they worked with a former EPA chief to try to persuade the current administrator to grant the state's request. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Turkish commandos stand guard in central Cukurca February 25 during a funeral for pro-governmental village guards killed in an operation against the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). US Defense Secretary... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 7:47 am
A reporter in central England says an earthquake that struck Britain felt like a huge freight train outside his door. The quake was felt across large parts of the country. Police reported some minor damage to homes but no injuries.
A passer-by walks past a bank displaying the movements of the Hang Seng Index on an electronic board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008. The blue chip Hang Seng index... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 7:03 am
Barack Obama strengthened his case to be president with a strong performance in what could prove the final debate with Hillary Clinton in their epic battle for the Democratic nomination. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:45 am
Tourists visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh in 2007. The man who ran Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng torture machine returned there Wednesday for the first time in nearly 30 years where... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:11 am
Graphic profile on Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, where some 16,000 men, women and children disappeared during the Khmer Rouge's rule over Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:11 am
A camera man videos the convoy carrying detained Khmer Rouge jailer Duch to Choeung Ek killing fields memorial on February 26. The man who ran Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng torture machine returned there... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:11 am
Former Khmer Rouge chief prison S-21 Kaing Guek Eav (Duch), stands at the Extraodinary Chambers of the courts of Cambodia in Phnom Penh, in December 2007. The man who ran Cambodia's notorious Tuol Sleng... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:11 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Chad's foreign minister said Tuesday the government is holding secret discussions with rebel groups who support peace and national reconciliation following a coup attempt earlier this month.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:43 am
Venezuelan Interior and Justice Minister Ramon Rodriguez Chacin (L) and Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro give a press conference in CaracasFebruary 25. Colombia said Tuesday an operation led... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:29 am
Jaime Felipe Lozada, the son of Colombian Congresswoman Gloria Polanco, talks to the press in Caracas, February 26. Colombia said Tuesday an operation led by the Venezuelan government and Red Cross to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:29 am
Half the world's population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70 percent will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and towns in Asia and Africa registering the biggest growth, a U.N. forecast said.
CLEVELAND - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton clashed sharply over health care in a presidential debate on Tuesday, accusing each other of misrepresenting their plans to offer coverage for 47 million uninsured Americans.
Clinton,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 4:30 am
Sen. Barack Obama came under a full-out assault Tuesday night from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in their last debate before crucial primaries in Ohio and Texas that could make or break Clinton's campaign next week.
A Swedish court of appeal sentenced a 27-year-old man to 18 months in prison for trying to make his girlfriend miscarry by mixing abortion pills in her food.
PARIS (AP) -- As rain clouds gathered over Paris on Tuesday, fashion designers drew inspiration from nature for outfits intended to brave the elements next fall.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 27 Feb 2008 | 2:25 am
A spokesman for Sen. Robert Byrd says the 90-year-old lawmaker is in the hospital after taking a fall at his home. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 1:43 am
Police fired tear gas at Bosnian Serb rioters to prevent them from storming the building of the U.S. consulate after protests against Kosovo's independence.
Former residents at a Jersey care home where police are searching for the remains of up to six children described yesterday how they were repeatedly drugged, raped and abused while supposedly under the protection of the institution's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:36 am
Police arrested the alleged leader of a gang that stole $70 million from a Brazilian bank in what was then the world's biggest heist, authorities said Tuesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:23 am
A relatively minor glitch in Florida’s electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut down and cut power to up to 3 million people.
Every one of the more than 7,000 Starbucks shops in America will close for about three hours Tuesday evening for remedial espresso training for employees. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:19 am
Drug addicts who refuse treatment will lose welfare benefits for up to six months under new Government proposals. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A married university professor has been sentenced to 180 lashes and eight months in prison for having coffee with a female student. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced his first step towards returning to power on Tuesday by declaring he will stand for parliament in a by-election. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Valley Ranch in California will be foreclosed and sold on March 19 unless the pop star pays a balance of nearly $25 million.
President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted publicly yesterday that he was wrong to trade insults with a bystander at an agricultural show at the weekend. Or rather, he did not. The President's words of near-apology appeared in the transcript... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 11:30 pm
Democratic hopeful Barack Obama won the endorsement of former rival Chris Dodd on Tuesday as Hillary Clinton looked to an evening debate to shake up a US presidential race tilting against her.
On the Republican side, presumptive... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 11:30 pm
The number of homes facing foreclosure jumped 57 percent in January compared to a year ago, with lenders increasingly forced to take possession of homes they couldn’t unload. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Feb 2008 | 11:00 pm
Many homes and businesses are back to normal after transmission equipment malfunctioned and left much of the state without electricity. Two nuclear plants are forced to shut down.
As many as 3 million people were without electricity in Florida after transmission equipment malfunctioned this afternoon, snarling traffic and forcing two nuclear power plants to shut down, officials said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:41 pm
Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Lupesoliai Malielegaoi yesterday said the possible drop of a toxic-fuel tank in the Pacific Ocean, will make a "nice souvenir" for Samoa.
The comment came after Admiral Timothy J.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:31 pm
The nation's grid operator was optimistic, but demand and weather added uncertainties in a state with little room for error. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:31 pm
The first sign to greet visitors to Gorey, on the east coast of Jersey, is a bright red plaque with white lettering that says, "Caution: Ducks crossing". Tripping over a duck is about the most dangerous thing you would expect to happen... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:30 pm
A bipartisan group of governors is asking Congress to stop the Bush administration from making them pay a larger portion of Medicaid's costs. The governors say new rules could shift as much as $15 billion over the next five years from the federal government to the states.
The New York Philharmonic's music director, Lorin Maazel, says he believes the concert his orchestra performed Tuesday in Pyongyang, North Korea, could help bring the peoples of the United States and North Korea a "tiny step closer." In an unusual move, North Korea's state-run television and radio broadcast the concert live. It began with the playing of both countries' national anthems. The stage included both the North Korean and American flags.
HAVANA (AP) -- Fidel Castro is not fading away. Despite talking about a vacation and retirement, he has retained a role as commentator in chief - and possibly as commander in chief. He still heads the Communist Party, and will sign off on all major policy decisions, giving him a powerful role if he chooses to exercise it.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:15 pm
NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) -- Thousands of Serbs gathered Tuesday to bury a 20-year-old engineering student killed when a mob set fire to the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade during protests last week over Kosovo's independence.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:09 pm
The Museum of Industry in Opatowek has chronicled the evolution of women's underwear from the knee-length knickers and tight corsets of the early 20th century to the skimpy thongs of today.
Baghdad - Iraq on Tuesday condemned Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish guerrillas in the strongest terms so far and demanded an immediate end to what it called a violation of its sovereignty.
Thousands of Turkish... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
The massive power outage that struck Florida today started when a nuclear power station shut down. Melissa Block talks to NPR's David Kestenbaum, who looks at the mechanics behind the nuclear power stations and the power grid in Florida.
The Senate took a test vote Tuesday afternoon on whether to bring up a bill to end funding for the war in Iraq within four months. It was expected to fail, but most Republicans decided to vote for it and proceed to a debate on the bill. The idea was to try to force Democrats into an uncomfortable corner.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Sitting on a thin mattress in an underground bomb shelter that reeked of urine, Tasfa Mara said he's happy where he is. The 24-year-old Eritrean escaped forced conscription, beatings and a treacherous trek across three countries before reaching his promised land.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 26 Feb 2008 | 9:31 pm
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Longyearbyen, Norway, is designed to safeguard more than 2 billion seeds in case of natural or manmade disaster. Norway owns the facility, and the Global Crop Diversity Trust is funding the seed collection.
The top lawyer at the Pentagon is leaving his job. William J. Haynes was also nominated by President Bush to be a federal appeals judge, but his appointment was never confirmed by the Senate. Opponents, including a group of retired military officers, said his policies led to the abuse of detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
In this week's New Yorker, staff writer Calvin Trillin writes about the trial of John White, a black man from Long Island convicted of manslaughter for killing a white teenager who came to his home and threatened his son in the summer of 2006.
Federal Communications Commission members are encouraging more diverse content on the airwaves, minority ownership of commercial broadcast outlets and requirements for locally oriented programming. But with the Internet and niche communications, are the first and the last of those three ideas outmoded concepts?
Amy Silverstein's critics have told her she is ungrateful and never should have written "Sick Girl," her account of her many years with a transplanted heart. Others applaud her honesty. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 26 Feb 2008 | 9:17 pm
A widespread power outage hit South Florida this afternoon, affecting up to three million people at one point. The outages struck the wider Miami area, extending from Boca Raton south to Key West. Disabled traffic lights created problems throughout Miami, and several hospitals switched over to emergency power.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have traded barbs over who has been more forceful in opposing NAFTA. A talk with experts reveals that the fight might be irrelevant, since NAFTA has had a miniscule impact on the U.S. economy compared with other factors.
Kosovo told Serbia on Tuesday it would not yield one inch of its territory, and a violent protest by ethnic Serbs in Bosnia against Kosovo's secession highlighted continued volatility in the Balkan region.
Kosovo's ethnic Albanian... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 9:00 pm
Canada confirmed a new case of mad cow disease on Tuesday, the 12th since 2003, and said the animal in question was a six-year-old dairy cow from Alberta.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said no part of the animal's carcass... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 9:00 pm
Dramatic video has been released of an Israeli boy running to safety after being hit by a rocket.
Ten-year-old Yossi Haimov was dragged by his sister into a nearby grocery store after he was hit in the arm during an attack by Palestinian... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2008 | 8:46 pm
The father of a man killed by police gunfire on his wedding day testified Tuesday that he saw one of the three undercover officers on trial for the shooting in the bar where his son's bachelor party was held.
In newly filed court documents, Zacarias Moussaoui argues that court-imposed secrecy undermined his ability to present an adequate defense. He wants his guilty plea thrown out. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Feb 2008 | 8:28 pm
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- The last time the world heard from Imad Mughniyeh, he was masterminding terror spectaculars in the 1980s and 1990s - bomb attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets, kidnappings and hijackings.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 26 Feb 2008 | 8:27 pm
Police have released 37 seconds of a 911 call made from a suburban Chicago store, hoping someone will recognize the voice of the man who shot to death five women during a botched robbery. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Feb 2008 | 7:28 pm
As tensions between his campaign and Clinton's continue to mount, the Illinois senator strikes a conciliatory note: 'We're on the same team.' Meanwhile, he gets an endorsement by Sen. Dodd.
Democrat Barack Obama, preparing for tonight's last debate with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton before the crucial March 4 primaries in Ohio and Texas, sought today to turn down the heat in their increasingly bitter contest. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 26 Feb 2008 | 6:31 pm
The fault line that spawned the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami has ruptured nearly 20 times this month, causing three strong earthquakes. The activity shows the stress the seam is under and could be a harbinger of worse to come, scientists warn. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 3:59 pm
Qari Saifullah Akhtar arrested on Monday in connection with the bombing that hit former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's homecoming parade when she returned from exile. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 3:21 pm
President Hugo Chavez's government urges state phone company workers to avoid English-language business and tech terms, telling them to 'say it in Spanish. Say it with pride.' Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 2:35 pm
A Japanese businessman who was arrested on charges of murdering his wife in Los Angeles in the early 1980s orchestrated the crime and gave a final hand signal for the shooting to go ahead, according to the prosecutor. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 2:27 pm
All IEDs are dangerous no matter how much body armor you're wearing if you're standing anywhere nearby when they explode. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 2:24 pm
A Northwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing at Tokyo's main airport Tuesday after a burning smell was detected inside the cabin, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 1:31 pm
Pakistan's telecoms regulator said Tuesday it has lifted restrictions on the YouTube Web site after the removal of a 'blasphemous' video clip. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
An FBI analysis of fabric recovered in January by Aruban divers did not match clothing worn by missing American Natalee Holloway. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 11:49 am
An Arab satellite news network broadcast on Tuesday a portion of a video showing a British hostage who had been captured in Iraq nearly a year ago. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2008 | 10:38 am
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seeking Japanese help in pressing North Korea to abandon nuclear weapons, said Wednesday she hopes the alleged rape of a Japanese teenager by a Marine on Okinawa island will not harm U.S.-Japan ties.
AP - A roadside bomb killed two Polish soldiers patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, while NATO announced the seizure of $400 million in opium in the south.
AP - Capt. Andy Hale has just worked out and is still in a sweaty T-shirt and shorts as he stands in the battle command center. He is watching a flat screen display that shows what's happening outside on the bow and the aft.
AP - The Supreme Court will consider whether to prevent victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster from collecting a $2.5 billion judgment, nearly 19 years after the tanker dumped 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska waters.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates headed for Ankara late Wednesday with a message for Turkish leaders: Get your troops out of northern Iraq in the next few days.
AP - The European Union fined Microsoft Corp. a record $1.3 billion Wednesday for the amount it charges rivals for software information.
AP - Turkish troops have killed 77 Kurdish rebels in night-long clashes in northern Iraq, the military said Wednesday. Five soldiers were also killed.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama clashed over trade, health care and the war in Iraq Tuesday night in a crackling debate at close quarters one week before a pivotal group of primaries.
Reuters - Protesters breached tight security at
Britain's parliament on Wednesday, getting on to the roof and
unfurling banners protesting against government plans to expand
London's Heathrow airport.
Comment by Victor Cha Director of Asian Studies, Georgetown University
Sen. Barack Obama came under a full-out assault Tuesday night from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in their last debate before crucial primaries in Ohio and Texas that could make or break Clinton's campaign next week.
A relatively minor glitch in Florida’s electrical grid somehow triggered a chain reaction Tuesday that caused a nuclear plant to shut down and cut power to up to 3 million people.
Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Valley Ranch in California will be foreclosed and sold on March 19 unless the pop star pays a balance of nearly $25 million.
The father of a man killed by police gunfire on his wedding day testified Tuesday that he saw one of the three undercover officers on trial for the shooting in the bar where his son's bachelor party was held.