Japan and the United States on Saturday vowed to crack down on crimes involving American troops based in the country after a surprise decision by prosecutors not to pursue rape charges... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
Britain's Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, returned home Saturday from Afghanistan after news leaked out on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting the Taliban on the frontline for 10 weeks.
Pakistani police on Saturday formally accused the top Taliban leader in the country and four others of planning the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Police filed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill, who traveled to Beijing on Saturday for possible talks with his North Korean counterpart, said a bilateral... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
Russians will vote Sunday in a presidential election seen by critics as rigged to ensure victory for Vladimir Putin's Kremlin successor Dmitry Medvedev, while enabling Putin to retain major Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
LONDON (AFP) - Prince Harry is due back in Britain on Saturday after a
10-week tour fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, with his
father Prince Charles and elder brother Prince William
heading the welcoming party. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:48 am
TOKYO, March 1 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Saturday he went to his Defense Ministry office an hour and a half after being informed about the ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:45 am
Hundreds of thousands of spectators turn out for Sydney's largest-ever Mardi Gras gays and lesbian parade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
FORT MYERS - Both pitchers knew it was coming. So did their team.
Daisuke Matsuzaka and Hideki Okajima had heard the horror stories of Hideo Nomo's fall from stardom,...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting left 24 Palestinians dead Friday and early Saturday, including a 13-month-old baby and two teenagers, and clouded peace efforts as Israel threatened a new invasion of Gaza.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:39 am
AP - Escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting left 24 Palestinians dead Friday and early Saturday, including a 13-month-old baby and two teenagers, and clouded peace efforts as Israel threatened a new invasion of Gaza.
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry is flying into Britain after 10 weeks secretly working in Afghanistan as an ordinary soldier, sharing risk and hardship with his men.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
SHIZUOKA, Japan, March 1 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING INFO) About 1,500 people held a peace march and other events Saturday in Shizuoka Prefecture, calling for the abolition of nuclear... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:34 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 38 people at a funeral of a policeman in the Swat district of Pakistan, days after the Pakistan army said it had begun to bring the mountainous region under control.
Escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting left 24 Palestinians dead Friday and early Saturday, including a 13-month-old baby and two teenagers, and clouded peace efforts as Israel threatened... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
YEREVAN (AFP) -
About 2,000
protestors returned to the streets of the Armenian capital
Yerevan on Saturday just hours after riot police dispersed a
major rally and placed opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrosian
under house arrest. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:31 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Prince Harry was due to arrive back in Britain on Saturday after news leaked that he had been secretly fighting on the frontline in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, defense sources said.
Let's get this out of the way: Wii Fit does work. Why wouldn't it? It's based on time-trued exercises. Stuff like doing sit-ups, push-ups and jogging. Well, jogging in place. But, to what extend does it work? For the past month, I've used Wii Fit on nearly a daily basis. Wii Fit isn't something you can review in 8 or time hours of play. You need we Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
AP - The Air Force on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. and a European partner a $35 billion contract to build airborne refueling planes, delivering a major blow to Boeing Co.
AP - As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital.
Two grade-school friends from New York City who are now connected by more than shared memories are recovering after one gave the other a kidney. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
Turkey's withdrawal from northern Iraq was based solely on military needs, the head of the army said in remarks published Saturday, dismissing "unfair" criticism that Ankara had bowed to US Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Police searched for clues Saturday after a suicide attack at a police officer's funeral killed more than 40 people in northwestern Pakistan, where troops are fighting pro-Taliban militants.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:11 am
A high school student was in custody Saturday after a daylong school lockdown caused by witness accounts of a gun in his hand, authorities said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
AP - The release of Barry Bonds' grand jury transcripts made one thing clear: whatever his personal trainer Greg Anderson gave him, he said he didn't pay for it.
(Kyodo) _ The United States and China are trying to break the logjam over North Korea's denuclearization process with a plan to address contentious issues in a separate document when... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:06 am
Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 38
people at a funeral of a policeman in the Swat district of
Pakistan, days after the Pakistan army said it had begun to
bring the mountainous region under control.
Two California companies are recalling alfalfa sprouts sold across the West because tests detected salmonella, which can be fatal. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's top general said on Saturday that the Turkish armed forces withdrew its troops from northern Iraq on schedule. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
Reuters - Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in
the Hamas-led Gaza Strip on Saturday in the most intense
fighting in weeks and Israel threatened a broader offensive to
stop rocket fire.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in the Hamas-led Gaza Strip on Saturday in the most intense fighting in weeks and Israel threatened a broader offensive to stop rocket fire.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Violent civilian deaths in Iraq rose by 36 percent in February from the previous month after a series of large-scale bombings blamed on al Qaeda, Iraqi government figures showed on Saturday.
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
The number
of Iraqis killed in February rose by 33 percent over
January, reversing a six-month trend of reduced violence, in
a setback to the US military plan to curb the bloodshed
ravaging the country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:57 am
WILMINGTON - The headlines from the streaking Bruins' sparsely attended practice yesterday at Ristuccia Arena: Lucic fights, Fernandez skates, Chistov appears, Bergeron...
Trucker Robert Griffith is on the road three weeks out of four, pulling oversize loads like crane booms, railroad ties and air conditioning ducts. One of his biggest worries: How he'll find the money to buy his daughter a prom dress. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:53 am
At Colonial Auto Center in Charlottesville, Va., President Kip Rowe says sales in February were about even with the same month last year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
Loosening the regulatory reins around Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gives them the freedom to play a bigger role in trying to stabilize a worsening housing market. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:49 am
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - Dudley Hart spent some of yesterday afternoon poised to turn The into a runaway. Later in the day, it was Brian Davis' turn to take what seemed...
SINGAPORE - Lorena Ochoa had five birdies for a 3-under 69 today to extend her lead in the HSBC Women's Champions to eight strokes going into the final round.
The...
GURGAON, India - India's Shiv Kapur fired a 7-under 65 yesterday to take a share of the lead with Unho Park of Australia after two rounds of the Johnnie Walker Classic.
Kapur...
The number of violent deaths in Iraq jumps by at least 30% in February, mostly due to three suicide bombings. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:42 am
AP - For New Jersey drivers, the message is clear: Keep your thumbs on the wheel and off the keypad. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:41 am
AFP - Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday, killing at least 26 Palestinians, including four children, medical officials said.
GAZA CITY (AFP) -
Israel
pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with
a series of strikes on Saturday, killing at least 26
Palestinians, including four children, medical officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
Israeli forces carry out further attacks on Gaza which kill at least 26 Palestinians, amid talk of a full-scale invasion. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:37 am
SYDNEY (AFP) -
Up to 300,000
people are expected to line Sydney's streets to watch the
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Saturday as the largest gay pride
march in the Asia Pacific region marks its 30th anniversary. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:36 am
For New Jersey drivers, the message is clear: Keep your thumbs on the wheel and off the keypad. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:34 am
Heading into the semifinals of the New England wrestling championship this afternoon, 21 Bay State wrestlers are chasing the ultimate dream of copping a NE title. Here is...
At Enterprise High School, time is measured by the tornado that slammed into the school a year ago Saturday, killing eight students when a hallway collapsed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
HAVANA (AP) -- Once known as the "fist" of Cuba's revolution, 76-year-old Raul Castro may be showing a brush of the velvet glove since taking power.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:30 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
US lawmakers
reacted angrily to the award of a 35-billion-dollar Defense
Department contract to a Northrop Grumman/EADS team, a major
coup for Europe's Airbus at the expense of US giant Boeing. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:29 am
AP - Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments.
Once known as the "fist" of Cuba's revolution, 76-year-old Raul Castro may be showing a brush of the velvet glove since taking power. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:20 am
An Afghan man stands near the body of an Afghan civilian in a hospital after he was killed in an explosion in Khost province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 1, 2008. A roadside bomb struck... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 9:15 am
Tomas Plekanec had three power-play goals for his first hat trick, and rookie Carey Price won his second straight start since taking over as Montreal's top goalie in...
Uganda's government and LRA rebels sign the last in a series of documents ahead of a final peace agreement. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:59 am
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- A Pakistani court on Saturday acquitted the brother of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a murder case after the families of the dead suddenly withdrew their accusations, lawyers said.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
LeBron James had 30 points and 13 assists to lead the Cavaliers to a 92-84 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves last night in Cleveland.
James was a gametime decision...
Fourteen Palestinians, including at least five civilians, died late Friday and early Saturday in escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting that renewed threats of an Israeli invasion of Gaza and clouded peace efforts. A baby and two teenagers were among the dead. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:47 am
MOSCOW (AP) -- On one side of central Moscow's Kievskaya Street, the gleaming European Center mall stands tall - seven stories of boutiques, cafes and an ice rink.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:32 am
A female African lion (Panthera leo) Nala carries her month-old cub Olga, at Bali Safari Park in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia, Saturday, March, 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Firdia Lisnawati) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
A woman who just can't stop dialling hoax calls...nothing could stop her...not even therapy...extreme addiction...and certainly weird addiction Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
Bud Light - Superbowl 2008 'Who Cut The Cheese'. This special ad was originally made for Superbowl 2008, but was deemed to controversial for TV... so now it's released only for internet viewing! Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:21 am
Prince Harry flies back from Afghanistan to the UK after his tour of duty was cut short because of a media leak. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:15 am
A homicide attacker blew himself up at a funeral Friday for a slain policeman in Pakistan's volatile Swat Valley, killing at least 40 people including the officer's 16-year-old son. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:11 am
Oscar Espinosa Chepe, dissident and former political prisoner, talks with the Associated Press in Havana, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque signed two key international... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:09 am
The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations, the amount of food provided to them, or both, officials said.
The Air Force decision is a blow to Boeing's prestige. The deal ultimately could be worth $100 billion.
In a stunning upset that could reshape the nation's aerospace industry, Northrop Grumman Corp. and European partner Airbus were tapped Friday for a $40-billion Pentagon contract to build 179 aerial refueling tankers for the Air Force. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The lingerie retailer charts a new course after saying its wares have gotten too racy for their own good.
Maybe it was the lusty mannequins in its stores, the massage oil on its shelves or the overabundance of cleavage on the glittery runway of its annual TV fashion show. But this week, Victoria's Secret Chief Executive Sharen J. Turney acknowledged that the chain had gotten "too sexy." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 1 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The price of gas will continue to rise in the summer months, although Bush seems surprised by the $4-a-gallon prediction of experts. Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:50 am
A Palestinian man carries a wounded Palestinian girl at a hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:39 am
Palestinians carry the body of a boy killed by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahia. Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:39 am
A Mozilla developer has discovered undocumented Mac OS X framework APIs that are being used in Safari. This discovery has led some to question if Apple is giving itself an unfair advantage, with some pointing out that if Microsoft was caught doing this it might find itself in front of a judge. Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:32 am
South Africa's Graeme Smith and Neil McKenzie set a world record opening stand of 415 in the second Test against Bangladesh. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:30 am
Firearms and an “anarchist type textbook” were found in the same motel room where several vials of the deadly toxin ricin was found, police said Friday.
Capcom has finally released new screens and a new trailer for Street Fighter IV. The video shows all of the characters that have been confirmed up until now in some serious fighting action. Please try to keep the drooling to a minimum. Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
Police in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian police say they have smashed an international drug trafficking syndicate using college students as couriers with the arrest of four African men and a local woman, a report... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 7:14 am
If the music industry really wants to save itself, it could start by doing away with all the bullshit. What bullshit, you ask? Here are six underhanded tricks that we could live without, and that our kids probably will. Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:41 am
United States Under Secretary Christopher Hill, chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear disarmament arrived in Beijing Saturday, a US official said, as he tried to find a breakthrough in the deadlocked... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:36 am
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are deadlocked in Texas and Ohio heading into potentially decisive presidential showdowns, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Saturday.
SYDNEY (AFP) -
Australia
said Saturday it hoped to close a loophole in International
Whaling Commission (IWC) rules that allows Japan to conduct
whaling as long as it is carried out for scientific research. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:16 am
ndian hero Shiv Kapur and Australia's Unho Park shared the Johnnie Walker Classic lead as top European stars crashed out of contention. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:15 am
Fijian golfer Vijay Singh during the second round on February 29, 2008. Indian hero Shiv Kapur and Australia's Unho Park shared the Johnnie Walker Classic lead as top European stars crashed out of contention... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:15 am
At least 45 people were killed late Friday when a passenger bus, like this one, heading from Guatemala to El Salvador overturned in nighttime conditions, officials and media reports said Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:15 am
A team of researchers at the University of Alberta has discovered a gene that is able to block HIV, and in turn prevent the onset of AIDS. Source: Digg | 1 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
On the heels of a parliamentary debate, the weight of war sets in. Graeme Smith and Paul Koring take an in-depth look at Canada's flagging nation-building effort.
At least 45 people die when a bus travelling from Guatemala to El Salvador crashes into a ravine. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 5:11 am
A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
A federal judge has ordered the Navy to take additional precautions when conducting sonar exercises off Hawaii that environmentalists say can seriously injure or kill marine mammals. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
Armenian police move in to the centre of the capital, Yerevan, to clear protesters angry at election results. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:58 am
Boeing's loss of a $40bn US military contract to a group including Europe's Airbus draws angry protests. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:45 am
An environmental activist who was serving time in a Canadian prison has been extradited to the United States to stand trial on ecoterrorism charges despite his arguments that he faced political persecution here. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:40 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah denounced the deployment of U.S. warships off Lebanon's coast and said Friday it won't be intimidated, while the U.S.-backed Lebanese government distanced itself from the military move.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:30 am
If you’re looking for a sure sign the economy is headed in the wrong direction, all you need to do is look at the skyrocketing price of “recession-proof” foods: pizza, hot dogs, bagels and beer.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenya's opposition leader said Friday he expects a new power-sharing agreement to succeed, two months after a disputed presidential election set off violence that tarnished the country's reputation for stability.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 1 Mar 2008 | 4:11 am
Iraq's presidency has endorsed the execution of Saddam Hussein's cousin known as "Chemical Ali," who was sentenced to death for his role in the 1980s scorched-earth campaign against Kurds.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey refused on Friday to pursue contempt citations issued by the House of Representatives against a current and a former White House aide for not cooperating in a probe of the firing of U.S. attorneys.
It's been a big week in baseball: Congress doesn't appear to be buying Roger Clemens' story; Barry Bonds has found himself without a team; and spring training has brought a return to the time-honored, exhibition ritual of major league clubs trampling college baseball teams.
No weapon was found at Blair International Baccalaureate School, but the suspect was detained based on witness statements, police said.
A Pasadena school student was arrested Friday on suspicion of bringing a gun to campus, police said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 1 Mar 2008 | 3:17 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Air Force decision awarding a $35 billion aircraft contract to a team including the European parent of Airbus landed like a bomb in Congress on Friday, drawing howls of protest from lawmakers aligned with the loser, America's Boeing Co.
At least 38 people are killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan at a funeral for a policeman killed earlier in the day. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 1 Mar 2008 | 1:15 am
LONDON - For Britain's Prince Harry it was the perfect image makeover.
One minute, the third in line to the throne was pilloried as a playboy prince who clashed with paparazzi outside nightclubs and wore a Nazi uniform at a costume... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:39 am
CARACAS - A Venezuelan man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.
Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:34 am
<img src="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00136/rating_stars_3_136525a.gif"/> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
A Conservative peer who branded nurses “grubby, drunken and promiscuous”
during a debate in the House of Lords faced a rebuke from David Cameron and
fury from nursing leaders and ministers yesterday. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Lord Coe is trying to persuade Sir Alex Ferguson to manage a Great Britain
football team at the London Olympic Games in 2012. The Times has learnt that
the men have held discussions about the prestigious post. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Prince Harry returns to England today, a hero to the Army, a changed man in
the eyes of the public and a target for jihadists. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Victims of the Jersey child abuse scandal claim that they are being
intimidated by their former care workers to prevent them giving evidence. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 1 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
The Air Force has awarded a huge defense contract to build midflight refueling tankers to the team of Northrop Grumman and Airbus parent EADS, in a deal that could be worth up to $40 billion over the next 10 years. The initial contract is to build nearly 200 aircraft as the Air Force moves to phase out its aging fleet.
In the latest sign that Barack Obama is considered the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, both his rival, Hillary Clinton, and Republican front-runner John McCain attacked him this week. Obama is in Texas, which holds a crucial primary Tuesday.
By her own husband's estimation, Hillary Clinton needs to win Ohio and Texas on Tuesday if she is going to have a shot at the Democratic presidential nomination. With just days to go, the Clinton campaign is trying to shore up support with Hispanics in Texas and blue-collar workers in Ohio.
In the wake of last week's parliamentary election in which his party was soundly defeated, Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf faces growing pressure to resign. That pressure is also touching Washington, which has hoped to keep Musharraf in place as a key ally in the war on terrorism.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq will likely take four to six weeks after a reduction in U.S. troop levels ends in mid-July before deciding if more can go home, a senior administration official said on Friday.
A 38-year-old U.S. Marine based in Okinawa, who was arrested for the alleged rape of a teenage girl in southern Japan, has been released after the girl's family dropped her criminal complaint against him.
Recently, a judge ordered some leaked documents concerning the Swiss bank Julius Baer to be removed from a Web site. But, instead of hiding the documents from public view, the judge's action drew more attention to them. The episode is the latest example of a phenomenon known as the "Streisand Effect."
The dust-up caused by the photo that popped up this week featuring Sen. Barack Obama in traditional Somali clothing during a trip to Kenya in 2006 hasn't cleared yet. It's rumored that the photo was sent to an online tabloid by a Hillary Clinton staffer. Now, Kenyan elders have demanded an apology from the Clinton campaign.
Sen. Pat Leahy (D-VT) is sponsoring the Artist-Museum Partnership Act, which would allow artists to file tax deductions for the market value of works they donate to nonprofit organizations. As Leahy tells Robert Siegel, artists are currently able to deduct only the value of the materials used. The measure has passed the Senate in recent years, but it still hasn't become law.
At least two federal employees are sidelined by the USDA in the wake of the largest-ever beef recall.
At least two federal inspectors who worked at the now-shuttered Chino plant at the center of the largest-ever beef recall have been put on paid leave, union officials said today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:44 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO - Eleven people, including a bodyguard to the Rio de Janeiro state security chief, were killed in three shootings in the crime-ridden Brazilian city, police said.
The 44-year-old police sergeant was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:39 pm
The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday justified blocking California and other states from cracking down on auto emissions by saying the problems of global warming aren't unique to one state. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:37 pm
Oil futures retreated from a new overnight record above $103 as the dollar gained strength and Turkish forces withdrew from northern Iraq. But many analysts believe the declines may be temporary.
If you know—or even suspect—that your medical identity has been stolen, take these steps now. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:10 pm
The secret is out: Prince Harry has been serving on the front line with his British army unit in one of Afghanistan's most lawless and barren provinces. Now, defense chiefs have decided it's time to bring him home.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey pulled its troops out of northern Iraq on Friday, ending a major offensive against Kurdish PKK rebels that Washington had feared might destabilize the wider region.
JERUSALEM - A senior Israeli defence official said that Palestinians firing rockets from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip would bring upon themselves what he termed a "shoah", the Hebrew word for holocaust or disaster.
The word... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:32 pm
With his secret duty in Afghanistan exposed, Prince Harry is recalled by Defense ministry. Editors, meanwhile, defend the joint agreement to keep a lid on the story.
In a news town that lives and dies by the scoop, this was one of the juiciest stories around: Prince Harry, Queen Elizabeth's fun-loving, red-headed grandson, was going to war on the front lines of Afghanistan. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:26 pm
Ohio's vote in Tuesday's primary will be crucial, but there could be a delay in getting results. The state is making major changes in the way its residents cast ballots, especially in its most populous county, Cuyahoga. The county is instituting an optical scan paper ballot system, rather than using electronic voting machines.
Iraq's hard-won security gains are under threat, according to Sunni tribal leaders who led the so-called "awakening movement" against insurgents. Sheiks from the volatile Anbar province say they see no reason to keep fighting al-Qaida in Iraq if their people are going to be denied political rewards and economic development.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's image is being used to promote holidays under the military dictatorship in Fiji - as UK travellers to the country are being told to be prepared for riots, and not to talk politics.
"How exactly... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:19 pm
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) -- Truckloads of weary and unshaven Turkish troops returned Friday from Iraq as Turkey ended an eight-day cross-border offensive against Kurdish rebels, meeting U.S. demands for a quick campaign.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:07 pm
FLORIDA - Nasa managers have cleared the US space shuttle Endeavour for liftoff on March 11 on the first of three flights to deliver a huge Japanese research complex to the International Space Station.
Blastoff from the Kennedy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 9:00 pm
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - An unidentified man is in critical condition with suspected ricin poisoning after staying in a Las Vegas hotel room where the potentially deadly substance was found, police said on Friday.
LONDON - Prince Harry flew out of Afghanistan last night after news leaked that he had been fighting on the frontline for 10 weeks, defence sources said.
The 23-year-old grandson of the Queen and third in line to the throne left... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:05 pm
HAVANA - Fidel Castro may have retired as Cuban president last week after 49 years in power, but he is still calling some shots.
Castro said in an article published on Friday that it was his idea to promote two three-star generals... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:01 pm
MOSUL - Gunmen have kidnapped the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul in the northern Iraqi city and killed his driver and two guards, police said.
"He was kidnapped in the al-Nour district in eastern Mosul when he... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 8:00 pm
Senior Democratic strategists, many of whom had previously panned talk of a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton ticket, are now talking up the idea of a ticket headed by Barack Obama with Hillary Clinton as his running mate. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:49 pm
A suicide bombing at a funeral for a police officer killed at least 35 people and injured 62 others in northwestern Pakistan, where Taliban militants are active, a police official said.
Three motel employees and three police officers were also hospitalized, mostly as a precaution, police said.
A man was comatose in a hospital after a substance that initial tests indicate is the deadly toxin ricin was found in his room at a motel, police said today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:20 pm
ISLAMABAD - A suicide bomber blew himself up among mourners at a police funeral, killing at least 38 people in northwest Pakistan, intelligence officials said.
The attack in Swat district came days after the military said it had... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:15 pm
Chuck Quackenbush, who resigned the California post amid corruption allegations and is now a Florida sheriff's deputy, critically injures a man resisting arrest.
Former California Department of Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush -- now working as a sheriff's deputy in Lee County, Fla. -- earlier this week shot and critically injured a man who allegedly resisted arrest, authorities said today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 7:11 pm
MOSCOW (AP) -- When Vladimir Putin was elected president in 2000, Russian television was a rough-and-tumble place, broadcasting fierce debates and biting satire. One by one, those programs were taken off the air.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:40 a... | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:59 pm
A defiant Prince Harry is flying back to Britain tonight determined to return as soon as possible to frontline duties in Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 6:33 pm
New TV commercial aims to portray her as more experienced in handling crises. Obama criticizes ad as an attempt to 'scare up votes'; McCain says he's more experienced than either Democrat.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton 's campaign unleashed a new television ad today designed to show that unlike her opponent, Barack Obama , she has the experience to "lead in a dangerous world." Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:54 pm
The Queen has spoken of her deep pride about her grandson Prince Harry's role on the frontline of the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:42 pm
French President Nicolas Sarkozy wrapped up a two-day official visit to South Africa Friday with multimillion dollar investment deals and an emotional trip to Robben island and its most famous former inmate, Nelson Mandela. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:32 pm
Record illegal drug production in Afghanistan supplies the Taliban insurgency with money and arms and the U.S.-backed government must take direct, prompt action against poppy growers, a State Department report said.
Chinese petitioners have written a letter to lawmakers questioning whether the communist government is "civilized and modern" enough to stage the Beijing Olympics, a watchdog group said.
Gunmen on Friday abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop in Mosul and killed three people who were with him following Mass at a nearby church, police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:27 pm
A New Zealand teenager allegedly at the center of an international cyber crime network appeared Friday in court where he was charged with computer hacking crimes. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 5:18 pm
Gunnery Sgt. William "Spanky" Gibson, a decorated Marine, didn't stop serving his country, even after his leg was amputated above the knee. He's now back on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps in Iraq. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:54 pm
A 25-year-old driver who was answering a text message when she struck and killed a teenager on a bicycle will spend four years in the slammer, The Daily Mail reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:18 pm
A woman's best-selling account of how she lost her parents to the Holocaust and survived by living with wolves in the forests of Europe has been exposed as a fabrication. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 4:12 pm
The Turkish military has begun withdrawing from northern Iraq, Iraq's foreign minister said, a day after the U.S. pressured Turkey to end the offensive against separatist Kurdish rebels.
A British millionaire with a pathological fear of becoming a father tried to kill his unborn baby by secretly feeding his wife abortion pills he bought online, The Daily Mail reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 3:12 pm
A shrimp fisherman who swam 12 hours to shore to get help after his trawler sank, leaving him and his two crewmates clinging to flotsam, was hailed as a hero Friday. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:57 pm
Hezbollah on Friday rejected the deployment of U.S. warships off the coast of Lebanon, calling it a threat to Lebanese sovereignty and independence that will not affect the militant group. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:28 pm
A senior Israeli politician provoked controversy today when he warned that Palestinians firing rockets from Gaza would be punished with a "bigger holocaust" from Israeli armed forces. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 2:25 pm
Israeli leaders warned Friday that the army may unleash a holocaust on the Gaza Strip if Islamists there do not end their daily barrages of rockets, the Times of London reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Feb 2008 | 1:41 pm
The U.S. Navy is sending three ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea in a show of strength during a period of tensions with Syria and political uncertainty in Lebanon.
A Conservative peer has delivered a devastating attack on nurses who looked after him during a stay in hospital describing them as "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
A Conservative peer has delivered a devastating attack on nurses who looked after him during a stay in hospital describing them as "grubby, drunken and promiscuous". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Feb 2008 | 10:36 am
Britain's Prince Harry, third in line to the throne, returned home Saturday from Afghanistan after news leaked out on the Internet that he had been secretly fighting the Taliban on the frontline for 10 weeks.
AP - Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony have reportedly named their newborn twins Max and Emme.
AP - Escalating Israeli-Palestinian fighting left 24 Palestinians dead Friday and early Saturday, including a 13-month-old baby and two teenagers, and clouded peace efforts as Israel threatened a new invasion of Gaza.
AP - The Air Force on Friday awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. and a European partner a $35 billion contract to build airborne refueling planes, delivering a major blow to Boeing Co.
AP - As police tried to piece together how a rare, deadly poison ended up in a motel for transients, the 57-year-old man who could hold the key lay unconscious in a hospital.
Senator Barack Obama faces challenges as he tries to strengthen his support among Jewish voters, who are a cornerstone of the Democratic base.
AP - The release of Barry Bonds' grand jury transcripts made one thing clear: whatever his personal trainer Greg Anderson gave him, he said he didn't pay for it.
Reuters - A suicide bomber killed at least 38
people at a funeral of a policeman in the Swat district of
Pakistan, days after the Pakistan army said it had begun to
bring the mountainous region under control.
Reuters - Israeli forces killed 22 Palestinians in
the Hamas-led Gaza Strip on Saturday in the most intense
fighting in weeks and Israel threatened a broader offensive to
stop rocket fire.
AFP - Israel pressed its assault against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip with a series of strikes on Saturday, killing at least 26 Palestinians, including four children, medical officials said.
AP - Dogs may have a hard time wrapping their paws around this one: Robotic competition is nipping at their heels in the man's-best-friend department. A study by Saint Louis University found that a lovable pooch named Sparky and a robotic dog, AIBO, were about equally effective at relieving the loneliness of nursing home residents and fostering attachments.
The U.S. government's humanitarian relief agency will significantly scale back emergency food aid to some of the world's poorest countries this year because of soaring global food prices, and the U.S. Agency for International Development is drafting plans to reduce the number of recipient nations, the amount of food provided to them, or both, officials said.
Firearms and an “anarchist type textbook” were found in the same motel room where several vials of the deadly toxin ricin was found, police said Friday.
A 17-year-old boy was arrested Friday and charged with fatally shooting his mother, who was a sheriff's deputy, and his two small sisters, authorities said.
If you’re looking for a sure sign the economy is headed in the wrong direction, all you need to do is look at the skyrocketing price of “recession-proof” foods: pizza, hot dogs, bagels and beer.
John Wooden’s daughter says the former UCLA basketball coach broke his left wrist and collarbone in a fall.