GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The Israeli air force struck targets in the Gaza Strip Thursday, killing six Palestinian militants - including the son of a hardline Hamas leader - in a fresh upsurge in fighting between the sides.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:44 am
AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has squashed the notion of running for president this year, declaring that he will not seek the White House but might put his support behind another candidate who embraces bipartisan governing.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel stepped up air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing five Palestinian gunmen after the first death in Israel in nine months from a rocket attack launched from the Hamas-controlled territory.
LONDON (AFP) -
Britain's
Royal Bank of Scotland said on Thursday that net profits
leapt 21 percent last year to 7.545 billion pounds (9.9
billion euros, 14.9 billion dollars), excluding the takeover
of ABN Amro. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:33 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A militant ambush of an opium poppy eradication force sparked clashes that left 25 Taliban fighters and a policeman dead, a provincial police chief said Thursday. Four other militants died when a bomb went off.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:31 am
AP - A militant ambush of an opium poppy eradication force sparked clashes that left 25 Taliban fighters and a policeman dead, a provincial police chief said Thursday. Four other militants died when a bomb went off.
Reuters - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday,
preaching reconciliation and forgiveness in a country still
polarized by his five years in elected office. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:30 am
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made an emotional return from exile on Thursday, preaching reconciliation and forgiveness in a country still polarized by his five years in elected office.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian voters will hand Dmitry Medvedev victory in a one-sided presidential election on Sunday, a choice that should ensure his mentor President Vladimir Putin stays on as the power behind the throne.
AP - Roger Clemens' vehement public denials about using steroids drew congressional scrutiny. Now his denials under oath have the Justice Department's attention.
A small airplane crashed in a southern California residential neighborhood, killing three people in a fiery impact that destroyed a car and engulfed palm trees in flames. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
(Kyodo) _ Struggling Japanese golfer Ai Miyazato got off to a strong start at the HSBC Women's Champions tournament Thursday, shooting a 5- under 67 to tie for second after the first... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:26 am
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- A pre-dawn explosion demolished a house in Pakistan's turbulent border zone Thursday, killing up to 12 people, intelligence officials and a local militant said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:25 am
AP - A pre-dawn explosion demolished a house in Pakistan's turbulent border zone Thursday, killing up to 12 people, intelligence officials and a local militant said.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Supporters danced, beat drums and sang as deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned Thursday from 17 months in exile to face corruption charges, vowing to restore his reputation following his ouster in a coup.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
AP - Supporters danced, beat drums and sang as deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned Thursday from 17 months in exile to face corruption charges, vowing to restore his reputation following his ouster in a coup.
(Kyodo) _ Twenty-five Taliban fighters allied with opium farmers, including their local commander, were killed in a clash with poppy eradication police in southern Afghanistan, officials... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:24 am
AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is offering a plan to improve childhood nutrition and setting a goal to reduce by half the 12 million youngsters living in poverty over the next dozen years.
Amnesty International criticised what it calls a backlash against women's rights campaigners in Iran. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:22 am
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible, but that the U.S. is making no threats against its NATO ally if it fails to comply.
TOKYO (AFP) -
Scientists
at a Japanese university said Thursday they believed another
planet up to two-thirds the size of the Earth was orbiting
in the far reaches of the solar system. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:19 am
Reuters - Israel stepped up air strikes in the Gaza
Strip on Thursday, killing five Palestinian gunmen after the
first death in Israel in nine months from a rocket attack
launched from the Hamas-controlled territory.
(Kyodo) _ Nafie Ali Nafie, Sudan's presidential adviser in charge of the Darfur issue, will visit Japan on March 3-9 for talks with Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and other Japanese... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:15 am
Mediator Kofi Annan launched a new bid on Thursday for a political compromise to end Kenya's post-election crisis, bringing the country's feuding leaders to the same table for the first time in a month. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:14 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Help wanted: possibly life-threatening risks, little freedom outside work, long hours but competitive pay. Must be willing to relocate to Iraq.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:10 am
The US troops in Iraq kill a civilian wearing a bulky jacket who approached their patrol north of Baghdad. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:09 am
(Kyodo) _ China's foreign minister rejected Thursday suggestions there is widespread support for a boycott of the Beijing Olympics because of his government's record on human rights. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:06 am
AP - The Federal Reserve is ready to lower interest rates again to brace the wobbly economy even as zooming oil prices spread inflation, Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled to Congress on Wednesday.
Tommy Suharto, son of the former Indonesia leader, has civil corruption charges against him dropped. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 11:04 am
Somewhere in a state bank account, there's $10,000 waiting for Red Sox slugger Manny Ramirez, whether he needs it or not.
There's another $337 for Harvard legal...
A Mass Pike labor leader is calling for the firing of Turnpike boss Alan LeBovidge after he stripped pistol-packing toll takers and couriers of their guns, the latest dispute...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has told his Turkish counterpart that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible but said the U.S. is making no threats against its NATO ally if it fails to comply.
(Kyodo) _ The Osaka Family Court on Thursday cleared allegations against a 20-year-old man who was ordered in a previous juvenile trial two years ago to be sent to a reformatory for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:59 am
WASHINGTON - Football legend Red Grange loved to tell the story about the time he visited Calvin Coolidge at the White House.
As the tale goes, when an aide made the...
Though they won't have that special date on the calendar every year, a handful of couples are choosing to take a leap of faith and get hitched tomorrow - Leap Day.
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Police in Sweden and Norway make six arrests in a joint operation targeting terror suspects. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:55 am
Jersey police are to examine a third underground room at a former children's home in an abuse inquiry. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
BANGKOK, Feb. 28 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH THAKSIN'S REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE) Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned home on Thursday after 17 months in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:53 am
At least 12 people, including suspected militants, die in a missile attack in Pakistan, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:50 am
PESHAWAR (AFP) -
A
suspected US missile strike destroyed an Al-Qaeda and
Taliban hideout in a Pakistani region, killing 13 alleged
militants including several Arabs, security officials said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:45 am
ANKARA (Reuters) - The United States called on Thursday for NATO ally Turkey to end its major ground offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible, but Ankara said it would stay until the job was done.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING PRESS CONFERENCE IN 6TH GRAF, CHANGING DATELINE) Bank of Japan Policy Board member Atsushi Mizuno suggested Thursday that the central bank is unlikely to cut... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:40 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a landmark trip to Iraq on Sunday seeking to show that Iran is an influential player in Iraqi politics which the United States can ill afford to isolate or ignore.
A militant ambush of an opium poppy eradication force sparked clashes that left 25 Taliban fighters and a policeman dead, a provincial police chief said Thursday. Four other militants died when a bomb went off. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:31 am
I have a question for anyone who can answer it: What the hell is so wrong about There Will Be Blood? Because I find the reaction from the critics perfectly maddening. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:30 am
A house in Pakistan's lawless border region has been demolished in an early morning explosion that locals and intelligence officials say was likely caused by a U.S. missile strike. As many as 12 people were killed in the blast.
US soldiers march through a field of poppies in 2007 as they search for Taliban insurgents in Kandahar province. Twenty-nine Taliban were killed trying to protect opium crops from eradication in southern... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:23 am
LONDON (Reuters) - The Group of Seven industrialized nations is closely monitoring the global financial market turmoil and stands ready to take action to enhance stability in the market, Japan's top financial diplomat said on Thursday.
The "Boogie Fever Gino" video was put up on the Jumbotron with 2:49 left.
Times must be good again. The dancing fool - what passes this season for a human victory...
The Taleban have retaken about 10% of Afghanistan, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:19 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan should consider improving productivity in the services industry in order to accelerate the country's economic growth, the government's key economic policy panel said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:17 am
Haleigh Poutre has made a miraculous return from death's door and begun working with prosecutors to build a case against the stepfather charged with beating her into...
TOKYO, Feb. 28 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Motor vehicle exports from Japan rose 16.7 percent year on year in January to 572,236 units, the highest volume for the month of January in Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:15 am
Despite losing three starters to foul trouble and sending Norwood to the line 32 times, O'Bryant used aggressive defense and exceptional guard play to ward off a second-half...
BANGKOK (AFP) -
Former Thai
premier Thaksin Shinawatra vowed Thursday to clear his name
on corruption charges and called for national unity as he
flew home to a jubilant welcome from thousands of supporters. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:11 am
Uganda rejects a rebel demand that it try to get war crimes indictments lifted - threatening a peace deal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
Forget Obama, Ron Paul is the ONLY man that will stop these atrocities. America, WAKE UP! We can't have business as usual, we need a Thomas Jefferson to bring our nation back to life! Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
Deaths related to the superbug Clostridium difficile have risen by almost three quarters, according to official figures. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
The conception rate for women aged 40 and over has reached a "record high", prompting fears that the growing number of older mothers is placing increased pressure on maternity units. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:10 am
Four hostages are set free by Colombian Farc rebels, in a deal brokered by the Venezuelan president. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:09 am
American League strikeout leader Scott Kazmir will be sidelined for at least two weeks of spring training because of an elbow strain, although the Tampa Bay left-hander remains...
A Kikuyu family displaced during post-election violence have their breakfast at a shelter in Nairobi on February 28. African Union chief and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete pushed ahead with talks to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:08 am
Former UN Chief Kofi Annan (R) speaks during a press conference with Kenya's oppostion leader Raila Odinga in Nairobi. African Union chief and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete pushed ahead with talks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:08 am
A handout phot released by the presidential press service shows Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki (R) meeting with former UN chief Kofi Annan (2L) and former Tanzanian president Benjamin Mkapa in Nairobi. African... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:08 am
Turkey's incursion into northern Iraq to fight Kurdish rebels should be as short as possible, the US says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:05 am
(Kyodo) _ Construction of a Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao bridge to link the three cities in southern China is ready for bidding after the three jurisdictions agreed on financing, a Hong Kong... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 10:02 am
Between August 2005 and August 2007, people at the Uk's Department of Health had made almost 1,500 edits, page creations and/or entries on Wikipedia. This resulted in Wikipedia banning the DoH's address from the site. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:44 am
Council tax bills in England will rise by an average of less than 4 per cent - the lowest rise for 14 years - according to public accountancy institute, Cipfa. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:35 am
TAILANDIA (AFP) -
Brazilian
police have launched a new operation against illegal
loggers stripping the Amazon forest, making it known that
their crackdown was just the first phase of a wider campaign. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:34 am
TYLER, Texas (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama faced off on Wednesday in a possible prelude to a U.S. presidential election battle, tangling over whether Iraq would be prey for al Qaeda if U.S. troops are withdrawn.
Senior intelligence officials say Hamid Karzai's U.S.-backed government controls just 30 percent of Afghanistan. Six years after the U.S. invasion to oust the Taliban, the Islamic militants still rule 10 percent of the country. The rest is tribal.
Network Rail has been hit with a record breaking £14 million fine for the chaos it inflicted more than quarter of a million passengers over the New Year. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:09 am
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible, but that the U.S. is making no threats against its NATO ally if it fails to comply. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 9:02 am
WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as being a safe haven for al Qaeda early on Thursday, killing 10 suspected militants including foreigners, intelligence officials and residents said.
GAZA CITY (AFP) -
Israel
pounded militants in Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Thursday,
killing five, as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed to make
the Islamists pay a heavy price for rocket attacks amid
spiralling violence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:53 am
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed that Capcom could be planning on developing an updated version of Resident Evil Zero for the Wii. Its been called Biohazard 0 in Japan and will be released during the Summer, but no information was given for a release in Europe. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:40 am
The Bush administration has scaled back plans to quickly build a "virtual fence" along the U.S.-Mexico border, delaying completion of the first phase of the project by at least three years and shifting away from a network of tower-mounted sensors and surveillance gear, federal officials said yesterday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:34 am
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga listens during a joint press conference with former UN chief Kofi Annan in Nairobi February 27. African Union chief and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete pushed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:26 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan police have killed 25 Taliban fighters including an insurgent commander in a clash in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
TOKYO (AFP) -
A senior
Microsoft Corp. executive expressed optimism Thursday about
the software giant's takeover bid for Internet firm Yahoo,
saying the two companies' top managers were in close discussions. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:13 am
Twelve-month long drop in world temperatures wipes out a century of warming.Over the past year, anecdotal evidence for a cooling planet has exploded. China has its coldest winter in 100 years. Baghdad sees its first snow in all recorded history. North America has the most snowcover in 50 years Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:10 am
A pre-dawn explosion demolished a house in Pakistan's turbulent border zone Thursday, killing up to 12 people, intelligence officials and a local militant said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:09 am
U.S.-backed Sunni volunteer forces, which have played a vital role in reducing violence in Iraq , are increasingly frustrated with the American military and the Iraqi government over what they see as a lack of recognition of their growing political clout and insufficient U.S. support.
Network Rail has been fined a record £14 million following serious engineering work overruns that plagued passengers at the New Year. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:01 am
Authorities find a cache of stolen jewelry potentially worth hundreds of thousands. A man convicted in another robbery drew a map that led investigators to the valuables.
A freeway overpass in the San Fernando Valley may seem an unlikely place to discover buried treasure, but that's exactly where authorities struck pay dirt this week when police received a handwritten map that led them to a cache of stolen valuables by the 118 Freeway. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Yearly vaccines are recommended for everyone from 6 months to 18 years old. The CDC is expected to adopt the proposal.
A federal panel recommended Wednesday that all children over the age of 6 months should be vaccinated for influenza every year. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
They offer a preview of a possible matchup in the general election, while Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton focuses on trade and foreclosures.
Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama sparred long distance Wednesday over Iraq and terrorism, previewing a likely foreign policy debate should the two men face each other in the fall. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
In a letter to the Justice Department, a House committee says there are 'significant questions' over the star pitcher's steroids testimony to warrant an inquiry.
Roger Clemens was referred to the Justice Department for a perjury investigation Wednesday in a bipartisan letter that cites repeated contradictions in Clemens' sworn testimony and alleges he "may have intentionally misled" Congress by denying he ever used steroids or human growth hormone. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
A man shoots repeatedly into a crowd at Central and Vernon avenues, police say. Two people are critically wounded but are expected to survive.
Five children and three adults were shot Wednesday afternoon by a gunman who opened fire at a busy South Los Angeles bus stop minutes after classes were dismissed at a nearby school. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Most say they'll either pay down debt or put money in savings, minimizing the economic stimulus the government was aiming for.
Most Americans are planning to use their stimulus rebate checks to pay down existing debt or add to their savings, not to fuel the kind of consumer spending that would bolster the economy, a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll has found. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 8:00 am
Japanese stocks retreated from seven-week highs Thursday as investors took profits in high tech blue chips after a weakening dollar and worse-than-expected industrial output numbers soured market sentiment. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:57 am
Thaksin Shinawatra, the deposed former Thai Prime Minister, was greeted with a
hero's welcome in the capital Bangkok today as he returned home to face
corruption allegations. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:54 am
China and South Korea are investigating complaints that hundreds of Korean-invested factories have closed down, leaving workers without pay. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:53 am
Japan's industrial output fell more than expected in January on weaker overseas demand for electronic devices and cars, the government said Thursday, adding to fears the nation's economy may be facing a recession. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:52 am
Virgin Rail passengers face fresh rail misery this Easter as Network Rail
closes the West Coast Main Line south of Birmingham for four days over the
Bank Holiday weekend. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:47 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives with his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy at N'Djamena airport, Chad, February 27 on his way to South Africa for an official visit. Sarkozy arrived in the South African... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:38 am
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband backed China in its skirmish with groups seeking to link this summer's Beijing Olympics to progress on human rights, saying Thursday that "engagement, not isolation" was the correct approach. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
Chinese authorities said Thursday that their investigation shows there is little chance that pesticide-tainted dumplings blamed for sickening at least 10 people in Japan were contaminated in China. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:35 am
A man who held police at bay during a 12-hour siege because no one phoned on his birthday was sentenced Thursday by an Australian court to six months in prison. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:32 am
She went into cardiac arrest while engaging in "out of the ordinary" sexual practices using "very particular" accessories, said Longueuil police agent Martin Simard. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:23 am
Pakistani soldiers patrol at Sholam Post, a military checkpost in South Waziristan. A missile strike early Thursday killed at least 12 people, most of them Arabs, in a Pakistani tribal area known as a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:18 am
File photo shows Indian policemen reflected in a train in India. A high-speed train ran over and killed at least 16 people in the western Indian state of Gujarat, reports and officials said Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:14 am
It took an unusual approach to solve the problem that almost scuttled the open-wheel unification talks. While the Champ Car World Series is no more, there will be one more Champ Car race. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:13 am
Map locating South Waziristan in Pakistan's tribal district where at least 12 people were killed in a suspected missile strike early Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
McAfee has unearthed a Windows Mobile PocketPC Trojan that disables security, installs via a memory card, can’t be uninstalled and makes itself your home page. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:12 am
Conductor Lorin Maazel directs the 106-member New York Philarmonic orchestra during their inaugural performance in Pyongyang on February 26, 2008. North Korea's decision to host the historic concert is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:10 am
A small airplane crashed in a residential neighborhood, killing three people in a fiery impact that destroyed a car and engulfed palm trees in flames. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:02 am
A Tory government would outspend Labour on health, cutting spending on other services to divert billions more to the NHS. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 7:01 am
NASA is gearing up to crash two probes into the moon's South Pole on purpose to look for hidden water. I bet they can pull off this one. Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 6:56 am
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singaporean security forces searched Thursday for an escaped terror suspect who allegedly plotted to crash a plane into Singapore's airport, authorities said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 6:49 am
A woman accused of groping Santa Claus at a Connecticut mall won't have to serve any jail time if she stays out of trouble. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Feb 2008 | 6:48 am
Israeli aircraft blasted Hamas government offices and metal shops late Wednesday, killing a baby and wounding more than 30 people in a retaliatory strike after a militant rocket killed an Israeli college student.
The future of watching TV... "Quincy Smith, who runs CBS' new media division, says the size of the audiences on Veoh are getting close to what some shows are receiving on broadcast television. While he declined to cite specifics, he said the post-apocalyptic drama Jericho has a bigger online audience than it does on traditional TV." Source: Digg | 28 Feb 2008 | 6:22 am
Police detained ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra as he arrived home Thursday to face corruption charges, after 17 months of exile, officials said.
A train ran over and killed 16 people, including two children, in western India, a local railway official said Thursday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:47 am
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia (Reuters) - Marxist rebels freed four Colombian hostages from their "living death" in the jungle on Wednesday in a victory for Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez, who brokered the deal.
A missile struck a house in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al-Qaida militants early on Thursday, killing at least eight people, residents and intelligence officials said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Feb 2008 | 5:10 am
Sen. Barack Obama's challenge to his rivals to rein in spending has boomeranged into a test of Obama’s own ability to balance principle and politics in a very different context.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council will approve new sanctions against Iran for refusing to suspend uranium enrichment - but the timing is uncertain and the resolution may not get unanimous support.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 3:39 am
Less than six months before the Olympics begin, host country China is facing a crescendo of criticism that it is not honoring its pledge to improve human rights ahead of the Games. Analysts say any major political reforms or amnesty for political prisoners is unlikely.
Iran's former chief nuclear negotiator rebuked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a sharp attack, saying the hardline president's "bombastic slogans" are hampering Iran's development and harming national interests.
Writer Geoff Boucher gains unprecedented access to the spread, home to Indiana Jones hat, a phenomenal soundstage and 21 Japanese Wagyu cattle. Join him on his quest, for a rare look inside.....
The uninvited have been coming to Skywalker Ranch for decades, all drawn by the Force, however they choose to define it. Some don camouflage parkas and hike over the leafy Marin County ridgelines, while others drive right up to the front gate and try to con their way in, as if you could enter Valhalla on the grift. Once in a while a wild-eyed intruder will show up, but mostly it's just fans who want to hand their résumé to the great and powerful wizard or simply touch the hem of his Jedi robes. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:59 am
MILAN, Italy (AP) -- Masked thieves drilled a tunnel and broke into a jewelry showroom as employees were preparing for a VIP showing, making off with gold, diamonds and rubies in a brazen daylight heist, the jeweler said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:44 am
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- On top of tropical ailments, the three U.S. military contractors held by Colombian rebels still suffer injuries from the plane crash five years ago that landed them in guerrilla hands, said a fellow hostage released Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:43 am
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 has shaken parts of Britain but officials said there were no reports of anyone being killed or serious damage.
The quake struck about an hour after midnight and many people in London and other... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:37 am
SAN JOSE DEL GUAVIARE, Colombia - Marxist rebels have freed four Colombian hostages from their "living death" in a victory for Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez, who brokered the deal.
Venezuelan helicopters painted with... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:35 am
Al Qaeda's number two leader Ayman al-Zawahiri issued a new video message Wednesday praising one of the terrorist organization's slain commanders in Afghanistan.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- The military is speeding ahead with plans to try six men at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks but none of the defendants, who face possible execution if found guilty, has seen a defense lawyer yet.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:32 a... | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:11 am
There is outrage in much of South Africa following the release of a disturbing video filmed by white South African university students.
The video shows one student urinating into a container of soup placed on a toilet seat at... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Feb 2008 | 1:00 am
David Cameron and his shadow cabinet should stop the "worship" of Tony Blair, said Lord Tebbit. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Doctors who run their own practices have awarded themselves 60 per cent pay rises for doing less work. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
A trade deal signed by her husband has returned to haunt Hillary Clinton as she tries to win working-class support in Ohio. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
Ministers have been accused of "rank hypocrisy" after it emerged that a third of Gordon Brown's Cabinet are campaigning against Government plans to axe post offices in their own constituencies. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:01 am
The controversial contract to improve GPs pay and efficiency cost £1.76
billion more than the Goverment expected and NHS productivity has actually
fallen, a damning report by auditors concludes. The findings, by the
National Audit Office, show that GPs who run their own practices received
huge pay rises while giving up responsibility for the 24-hour care of their
patients. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Inflation-busting council tax rises will push average household bills above
£3,000 for the first time, The Times can reveal. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Feb 2008 | 12:00 am
Since the resignation of men's basketball coach Kelvin Sampson, Indiana University has increased security at school President Michael McRobbie's office and Assembly Hall. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:28 pm
The Supreme Court heard arguments from Exxon today that the amount the corporation has been ordered to pay as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska is unreasonable. Critics say Exxon has not shown that it takes responsibility for the spill, since it has fired only one person over the incident: the captain of the Exxon Valdez.
The investigation into child abuse allegations on Jersey took a further grim turn yesterday after a police sniffer dog picked up traces of either human remains or blood in the cellar of the Haut de la Garenne. Police have been working... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:20 pm
John McCain denounced remarks that Bill Cunningham made at a rally for the Republican senator, in which the radio host repeatedly referred to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama by using his middle name, Hussein. Cunningham has since renounced his support for Senator McCain.
Just days from its official fifth birthday on March 1, the Department of Homeland Security is crowing about its successes in establishing tighter security to thwart terrorism. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm
Defense Secretary Robert Gates is calling on Turkey to end its incursion into Northern Iraq. Thousands of Turkish troops entered Iraq last Thursday to target Kurdish separatist guerrillas who operate along Iraq's mountainous border with Turkey.
An elderly German who hid a stolen suit under his clothes was caught because he forgot to take it off the hanger, police said on Wednesday.
A sales assistant at a men's outfitter in the western city of Aachen noticed the hanger... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:53 pm
Robert Siegel talks with Robert Samuelson, a contributing editor to Newsweek magazine, about the term "stagflation," which is being tossed around a lot by economic commentators these days. Samuelson says it's being misused. The term stagflation has historically meant not only a mixture of high inflation and high unemployment, but "the persistence of this poisonous combination over long periods of time."
Visiting Congress to provide an update on the struggling U.S. economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said he expects very slow growth in 2008, but no recession. Bernanke is trying to avoid a recession while keeping a lid on inflation. But so far, he's not getting much help. Inflation is up sharply, and housing prices keep falling.
Former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra has been in exile, mostly in Britain, for the past 17 months after being deposed by the Thai military. He is set to receive two very different welcomes -- one from adoring supporters, the other from Thai justice officials who say they will detain him.
TEXAS - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama faced off overnight, in a possible prelude to a US presidential election battle, tangling over whether Iraq would be prey for al Qaeda if US troops are withdrawn.
Democrat... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:27 pm
The fossil of a 15m long "sea monster" found in Arctic Norway was the biggest of its kind known to science with dagger-like teeth in a mouth large enough to bite a small car, researchers said on Wednesday.
The 150-million year... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:08 pm
The Department of Homeland Security, currently building real and virtual fences on the nation's southern border, won't give in to local lawsuits or complaints from landowners because protecting the nation is a larger responsibility than protecting a landowner's property, according to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 27 Feb 2008 | 9:06 pm
European regulators fined Microsoft a record $1.3 billion for a 1998 antitrust complaint that the company was refusing to supply information that servers need to work with its market-dominating Windows operating system.
In their last scheduled debate, Sens. Clinton and Obama talked of their support for Israel and argued over whether to renounce or reject Louis Farrakhan. It's not an issue that has come up much in the Senate since Obama's arrival three years ago, but it's getting attention now on the campaign trail.
Since the 2000 elections, the number of young Americans going to the polls has increased steadily. But another trend is also emerging: the widening voting gap between youth enrolled in college and their non-student peers.
Congress is asking the Justice Department to investigate whether baseball star Roger Clemens lied to a House committee about using performance enhancing drugs.
Poor farmers are losing out, as China siphons water from surrounding areas to ensure enough drinking water in Beijing for the 2008 Olympics this summer.
Long-distance trains don't stop in Liechtenstein's capital, Vaduz, because the place has no mainline railway station to speak of.
When Crown Prince Alois, the principality's head of state, wants to travel by plane, he has to take... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 8:00 pm
A rocket launched from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip killed a man in Israel on Wednesday, the first such fatality in nine months, after Israeli forces killed six Palestinian militants and four civilians in the territory.
The rocket... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
Russia warned Iran on Wednesday that it would back further United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme unless Tehran halted uranium enrichment in the next few days.
The United States, Britain and France are pushing to impose... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2008 | 6:00 pm
William F. Buckley Jr., the columnist, novelist, talk show host and tireless intellectual who founded the modern conservative movement and was its articulate voice for nearly six decades, died today. He was 82. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 27 Feb 2008 | 5:07 pm
A Cathay Pacific Airways pilot was fired after he swooped down and buzzed a Seattle-area airfield without permission while taking delivery of a Boeing 777-300ER passenger jet, the airline said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 4:38 pm
A security review has been launched after protesters chained themselves to the roof of the Houses of Parliament in London. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 4:32 pm
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir called Wednesday for a worldwide Muslim boycott of Denmark over a reprinted cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad, telling tens of thousands of people at a government-backed rally that he was barring Danes from his country. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 4:12 pm
The parents of Bradley Roland Will, a 36-year-old journalist-activist from New York slain in southern Mexico, said they were unsatisfied with investigation. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 2:48 pm
A video made by white students shows black cleaners taking part in a supposedly joke-filled mock 'initiation ceremony' on their knees eating food secretly urinated on. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 2:24 pm
U.S. military designates Afghan journalist for Canadian TV network as an unlawful enemy combatant after detaining him for four months based on 'credible information' of ties with Taliban leaders. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 2:06 pm
Two Venezuelan helicopters transported four recently released Colombian hostages to meet families in Caracas; freed hostages say politician Ingrid Betancourt is in failing health. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 1:40 pm
A 16-foot python stalked a family dog for days before swallowing the pet whole in front of horrified children in the Australian tropics, animal experts said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 1:02 pm
Travel will revert to its glamour days with the opening of Terminal 5, we’re
told, by British Airways chairman Martin Broughton in our video above. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Feb 2008 | 11:21 am
To keep water taps flowing for the Olympics, the city is draining surrounding regions, depriving poor farmers of water. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Feb 2008 | 10:44 am
AP - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has squashed the notion of running for president this year, declaring that he will not seek the White House but might put his support behind another candidate who embraces bipartisan governing.
AP - A militant ambush of an opium poppy eradication force sparked clashes that left 25 Taliban fighters and a policeman dead, a provincial police chief said Thursday. Four other militants died when a bomb went off.
AP - Roger Clemens' vehement public denials about using steroids drew congressional scrutiny. Now his denials under oath have the Justice Department's attention.
AP - A pre-dawn explosion demolished a house in Pakistan's turbulent border zone Thursday, killing up to 12 people, intelligence officials and a local militant said.
AP - Supporters danced, beat drums and sang as deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned Thursday from 17 months in exile to face corruption charges, vowing to restore his reputation following his ouster in a coup.
AP - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton is offering a plan to improve childhood nutrition and setting a goal to reduce by half the 12 million youngsters living in poverty over the next dozen years.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he told his Turkish counterpart on Thursday that Turkey should end its offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq as soon as possible, but that the U.S. is making no threats against its NATO ally if it fails to comply.
Reuters - Israel stepped up air strikes in the Gaza
Strip on Thursday, killing five Palestinian gunmen after the
first death in Israel in nine months from a rocket attack
launched from the Hamas-controlled territory.
AP - The Federal Reserve is ready to lower interest rates again to brace the wobbly economy even as zooming oil prices spread inflation, Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled to Congress on Wednesday.
U.S.-backed Sunni volunteer forces, which have played a vital role in reducing violence in Iraq , are increasingly frustrated with the American military and the Iraqi government over what they see as a lack of recognition of their growing political clout and insufficient U.S. support.
Harold M. Ickes may be Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s last hope for winning the Democratic presidential nomination.
Sen. Barack Obama's challenge to his rivals to rein in spending has boomeranged into a test of Obama’s own ability to balance principle and politics in a very different context.