MOSCOW (AP) -- Just hours after Russia elected a new president, the Kremlin sent two strong signals that it doesn't plan to back down from its pull-no-punches foreign policy - a coalition of pro-government youth groups marched on the U.S. Embassy and the state-controlled gas monopoly reduced gas supplies to Western-looking Ukraine.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:44 pm
JEBALYA, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:43 pm
MOSCOW (AFP) -
Western
observers questioned Russia's presidential election Monday
after Dmitry Medvedev won a landslide victory and vowed to
work with outgoing leader Vladimir Putin. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:40 pm
An Islamist-held town in Somalia is hit by missiles in a US operation against "suspected terrorists". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:38 pm
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's next president, Dmitry Medvedev, vowed on Monday to uphold his mentor Vladimir Putin's policies after an easy win in an election criticized by Western observers as not fully democratic.
Like ourselves, our pet dogs suffer from a wide range of spontaneous cancers.For thousands of years humans and dogs have shared a unique bond.This relationship is now strengthened to one with a solid biomedical basis; the genome of the dog may hold the keys to unlocking some of nature's most intriguing puzzles about cancer. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:38 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton and rival Barack Obama are running neck-and-neck in Ohio and Texas one day before their crucial Democratic presidential showdowns, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Houston Chronicle poll released on Monday.
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said on Monday he would pursue an investigation into intelligence reports that say Iran secretly studied how to make atom bombs, calling it a grave concern despite Tehran's denials.
At least 12 people are killed in land clashes in western Kenya, say police, as post-election talks resume. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
Germany calls for an EU debate on tax havens as Liechtenstein becomes embroiled in a tax evasion scandal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military targeted suspected "terrorists" in a strike launched early on Monday in Dobley, Somalia, a senior U.S. military official said.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:32 pm
AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.
Nursing moms would be liberated to unabashedly breast-feed their babes in stores, restaurants, movie theaters and parks by a proposed bill to be chewed over tomorrow on Beacon...
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela and Ecuador have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, raising concerns of a broader conflict after Colombia killed a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
AP - Venezuela and Ecuador have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, raising concerns of a broader conflict after Colombia killed a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.
AP - Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev appeared to send a strong signal Monday that he would continue his predecessor's tough stance toward neighboring states seeking closer ties with the West when the company he chairs reduced gas supplies to Ukraine.
Reuters - Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza
Strip on Monday after a U.S. appeal to end days of fighting
that killed more than 100 Palestinians, and rescue peace talks.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza Strip on Monday after a U.S. appeal to end days of fighting that killed more than 100 Palestinians, and rescue peace talks.
Israel's PM warns the withdrawal of troops from Gaza is not final, while Palestinians rally in defiance. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Planes fired three missiles at a Somali town held by Islamic extremists early Monday, destroying a home and seriously injuring eight people, including four children, residents and police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Police say dozens of people armed with assault rifles and machetes have stormed a village in western Kenya, killing at least 13 people.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:18 pm
Serbia says it now controls a railway section in northern Kosovo amid tensions over independence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
WORCESTER - The president of the state Senate is set to unveil a much-anticipated plan for controlling health care costs.
Plymouth Democrat Therese Murray and other Senate...
Two men are wanted by Chelsea cops for impersonating police and robbing a residence at 837 Broadway St. about 8 p.m. yesterday.
According to broadcast news reports,...
This is a picture I came across last week of actress Lisa Rinna. Many will recognize her as a past participant of "Dancing With the Stars." To be honest I've...
Reuters - Two bomb blasts killed at least 16
people in Baghdad on Monday, police said, despite increased
security across the capital for a visit by Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two bomb blasts killed at least 16 people in Baghdad on Monday, police said, despite increased security across the capital for a visit by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
used a visit to Baghdad on Monday to tell the United States to
get out of Iraq and the region, saying its presence there had
brought only destruction and division.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a visit to Baghdad on Monday to tell the United States to get out of Iraq and the region, saying its presence there had brought only destruction and division.
Reuters - Kenya's political rivals vowed on
Monday to hasten talks to resolve longstanding disputes over
land and wealth behind a post-election crisis that shattered
the country's image as one of Africa's most stable democracies.
U.S. stock futures pointed to further declines Monday as investors awaited figures on manufacturing and construction spending to gain a better sense of how the economy is faring. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's political rivals vowed on Monday to hasten talks to resolve longstanding disputes over land and wealth behind a post-election crisis that shattered the country's image as one of Africa's most stable democracies.
Australian miner Oxiana Ltd. will buy rival Zinifex Ltd. in a share swap worth $5.8 billion, the two companies said Monday, creating the world's second-largest producer of zinc. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:55 am
Russia's presidential poll - won by Dmitry Medvedev - was not democratic enough, Western observers say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:51 am
The first conference addressing the global shortage of health workers opens in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Banking group HSBC Holdings PLC said Monday that profit rose 21 percent in 2007 in the face of hefty impairments on subprime and other loans in North America. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:48 am
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Activist-actor Martin Sheen will be honored by the University of Notre Dame with its Laetare Medal for his humanitarian work, the school announced Sunday.
Sheen,...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Monday excessive movements in exchange rates are "undesirable" for Japan's economy, but... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday lashed out at the United States during an unprecedented trip to Iraq and demanded that major powers leave the region. The hardline... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:42 am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday lashed out at the United States during an unprecedented trip to Iraq and demanded that major powers leave the region. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:42 am
AP - Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser said Sunday that Canadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his private discussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Hundreds of pro-Kremlin youths marched toward the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Monday to protest American foreign policy.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
Hundreds of pro-Kremlin youths marched toward the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Monday to protest American foreign policy. One day after Russia elected Dmitry Medvedev to succeed Vladimir... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
SHANGHAI, China - David Beckham will have to celebrate his oldest son's birthday by telephone from China.
The English midfielder, in the middle of an Asian tour with...
AP - Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks.
Two car bombs in different parts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad kill at least 19 people, Iraqi police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
TOKYO, March 3 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO) The Japanese destroyer Hamayuki had a minor collision with a Cambodian-registered freighter at a port in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
Iranian
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on a landmark visit to Iraq,
called on Monday for US-led foreign forces to leave the
war-ravaged country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
Four police officers are wounded after masked youths fire lead shot at them in a southern suburb of Paris. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet lands on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 during joint military drills in South Korea's East Sea Monday, March 3, 2008. About 27,000 American troops, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:21 am
Representatives of the Damascus-based radical Palestinian groups participate in a march in Damascus on Monday, March 3, 2008. Some thousands of Syrian protesters filled the central square of the capital... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Downside risks to Japan's economy rising: vice finance minister TOKYO - Vice Finance Minister Hiroki Tsuda said Monday that downside risks to the Japanese economy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
Tens of thousands of Syrian protesters on Monday, March 3, 2008, filled the central square of capital Damascus, chanting anti-Israel and anti-US slogans and expressing anger with the ongoing Israeli... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:11 am
Hundreds of pro-Kremlin youths marched toward the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on Monday to protest American foreign policy. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
These guys make a big ring out of mousse and light it on fire. I figured it would burn but that rotating ring of fire was pretty friggin cool. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
East Timor leader Jose Ramos-Horta holds talks with his colleagues, three weeks after he was shot. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev appeared to send a strong signal Monday that he would continue his predecessor's tough stance toward neighboring states seeking closer ties with... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:09 am
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Steve Darcis sank to his knees, pumped his left fist and let out a yell. What better way for the Belgian to express his disbelief and joy at winning his second...
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- The chief U.N. nuclear inspector urged Iran on Monday to stop stonewalling his experts and cooperate over indications it may have tried to make atomic arms under the cover of a civilian nuclear program.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
The chief U.N. nuclear inspector urged Iran on Monday to stop stonewalling his experts and cooperate over indications it may have tried to make atomic arms under the cover of a civilian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
(Kyodo) _ Former abductee Kaoru Hasuike will graduate from Chuo University in Tokyo this month, where he studied law before he was abducted by North Korean agents in 1978, the university... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
An abnormally dry and mild winter has hampered the growth of some crops in North Korea, state media reported Monday in a development that could exacerbate the impoverished country's chronic food shortages. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am
Clashes and raids in southern Afghanistan killed or wounded more than 20 Taliban fighters, while a Canadian soldier died in a roadside blast, military officials said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:05 am
Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev appeared to send a strong signal Monday that he would continue his predecessor's tough stance toward neighboring states seeking closer ties with the West when the company he chairs reduced gas supplies to Ukraine. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- At least 23 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday when two car bombs, including one driven by a suicide attacker, blew up in Baghdad, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
At least 23 people were killed and dozens were wounded Monday when two car bombs, including one driven by a suicide attacker, blew up in Baghdad, police said. Neither of the attacks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
Neilsen Ratings are the measurement of selected "families" who actually sit down to watch television programs. This tells me that networks tend to rely on the black and white data, and not consider what the "unnoticed" audience watches. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. consul general in Okinawa said Monday the United States is ready to discuss with Japan which country has the authority to arrest U.S. military-related people when... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
LOS ANGELES - Russia's Tatiana Aryasova made a smashing marathon debut Sunday, taking advantage of a head start on the male runners to win a $100,000 bonus in the Los...
Without their biggest star, the Rockets keep on winning. The Lakers are doing it too, thanks to their own superstar. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
Investors study the share prices at a private stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March. 3, 2008. Share prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange dropped 26.79 points to close at 1,330... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
Heavy rain and strong thunderstorms were expected Monday in the lower Mississippi Valley and the Southeast. Tornadoes were possible in the region. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
Here are 30 of the Best Fonts / Type Faces that every designer must own sorted by alphabetical order. There are 15 serif fonts and 15 sans-serif fonts. These fonts will last you your whole career! Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
Protesters demanding a referendum on the EU Reform Treaty have scaled a crane in Parliament Square, after a mock ballot suggested that almost 90 per cent of Britons want a vote on the controversial agreement. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:51 am
Vida Blue was ahead of his time, or else hopelessly behind, depending on your view of the naming-rights debate currently swirling around Wrigley Field.
The promising young...
Suspected al-Qaida member, Mohamed Mahmout, right, and his wife Mona, veiled at left, are accompanied by a judicial officer, center, as they wait for the start of the Austrian al-Qaida trial at court in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:43 am
Indonesian environmental activists set up signs around another activist selling fired bananas Monday, March 3, 2008 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The activists were protesting alleged large scale sales of forest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:43 am
Scientists have found that bacteria play an important role in snow formation. Next time you have to shovel your ride out of a snowdrift, blame Pseudomonas syringae. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
A bronze lion statue is seen outside the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, March 3, 2008. HSBC Holdings PLC said Monday that net profit rose 21 percent, as sharp growth in its Asian operations helped... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:38 am
A screen broadcasting Stephen Green, group chairman of HSBC Holdings PLC, speaks from London during a teleconference at the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong Monday, March 3, 2008. HSBC Holdings PLC said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:32 am
French chef Gerald Passedat, owner of the restaurant Le Petit Nice, works in his restaurant's kitchen, in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008. The Michelin Guide, the bible of gastronomy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:28 am
Rodolfo "Jun" Lozada Jr., a star witness in the Senate corruption probe that implicated President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's husband, is greeted by students prior to addressing them Monday, March 3, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:23 am
Some top Democrats are putting pressure on Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to bow out unless she scores clear victories in the crucial big-state primary contests. “I just think that D-Day is Tuesday,” said Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico, a former Democratic presidential candidate who has yet to throw his support behind either candidate. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:20 am
Iran's president visited a Shiite Muslim shrine early Monday, the final day of an unprecedented visit to Iraq during which he has tried to build ties with a once-hated neighbor while accusing the United States of spreading terrorism. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Mar 2008 | 10:14 am
Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks.
Israeli tanks and infantry moved out of Gaza before dawn today after a five
day operation to kill militants that left more than 110 Palestinians dead,
including 22 children. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Mar 2008 | 9:59 am
Venezuela and Ecuador have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, raising concerns of a broader conflict after Colombia killed a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.
MOSCOW (AFP) -
Russia on
Monday cut gas supplies to Ukraine by 25 percent after talks
in a pricing dispute failed, but supplies to Europe will not
be affected, Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
A car bomb
killed at least 15 people and wounded 45 in central Baghdad
on Monday, an Iraqi security official said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 9:26 am
Russians on Monday looked to Dmitry Medvedev, the man they overwhelmingly chose as their next president, to continue Vladimir Putin’s policies of asserting this resurgent country’s power abroad and keeping a tight grip on society at home.
President Hugo Chavez ordered tanks and thousands of troops on Sunday to the border with Colombia, accusing it of pushing South America to the brink of war by killing a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Mar 2008 | 9:03 am
GAZA CITY (AFP) -
Israeli
forces pulled out of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Monday
after days of clashes that killed more than 110 Palestinians
and dealt a major blow to nascent Middle East peace talks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:46 am
Free parking is to be offered in almost all NHS hospitals in Wales by 2011, the Welsh administration will announce later today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:46 am
BOGOTA (AFP) -
Venezuela
and Ecuador moved their troops to their border with Colombia
and engaged in a war of words as they found themselves
Monday in tense standoff over Colombia's anti-guerrilla raid
into Ecuador. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:40 am
Fiery explosions, beautiful reactions, and hilarious music videos are great reasons to be excited about chemistry. Here are some of our favorites. Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:20 am
Under the weight of scientific evidence, media reports and lobbying by groups, the district that runs San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is seriously considering a variety of possible barriers, including a net, to prevent suicide attempts from the structure.
In the latest salvo in the let's-claim-credit-for-a-commonly-used-term-that-we-didn't-even-create War(TM), Finnish software company Futuremark Games Studio filed papers on February 26, 2008 to protect the trademark "Pwnage." Source: Digg | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:10 am
The blast is the third in three days in the volatile northwest region.
A suicide bomber killed at least 42 people Sunday at a meeting called by tribal elders to deal with rising Taliban militancy in Pakistan's volatile northwest, authorities said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The Los Angeles mayor recently has spent a total of almost three weeks stumping for presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton.
For more than 2 1/2 years, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been the public face of Los Angeles, appearing in one neighborhood after the next and often leading the nightly news. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The Democratic presidential candidates campaign across Ohio in advance of Tuesday's primary.
With less than two days to go before Tuesday's crucial primary elections, Democratic presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama barnstormed across Ohio on Sunday, with Clinton seeking to shore up support in a state where she holds a slim lead in the polls and Obama deriding his Senate colleague for her "experience" in foreign policy. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
For years, JetBlue Airways Corp. turned up its nose at flying out of Los Angeles International Airport, saying that LAX was too big, too crowded and, well, that it just preferred to operate out of smaller hubs. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Russian woman wins $100,000 bonus for the first finisher.
Along Vine Street near the four-mile marker at Sunset Boulevard, spectators at Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon banged cowbells, held out cups of water and rustled pompoms as the runners raced past. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Just a few months ago, few imagined she'd be struggling to catch up to Obama. But her team has been riddled with feuding and second-guessing at the top.
As they mapped out a campaign schedule for Bill Clinton, top aides to Hillary Rodham Clinton kept his time short in South Carolina. They were probably going to lose the state, they figured, and they wanted their most powerful surrogate to move on to Georgia, Alabama and other Southern states. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Rancho del Rio -- for sale at $22.5 million -- was a center for drug smuggling in the 1980s. The Girl Scouts then cleaned up the O.C. property's image.
Some wonder how long President-elect Medvedev would be willing to share power with his mentor Putin.
Russians elected 42-year-old lawyer Dmitry Medvedev as their new president in a landslide victory, heralding unpredictable times for this huge, oil- and gas-rich land. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Russians looked Monday to Dmitry Medvedev, the man they overwhelmingly chose as their next president, to continue Vladimir Putin's policies of asserting this resurgent country's power abroad and keeping a tight grip on society at home. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 Mar 2008 | 7:36 am
Dmitry Medvedev has vowed to continue the policies of Vladimir Putin, after being swept to power in the most one-sided presidential election in Russia's post-Soviet history. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 7:16 am
The only Western observers to monitor the Russian election in which President Vladimir Putin's chosen sucessor swept to power have denounced the vote as neither free nor fair. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 7:16 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Monday said U.S. and South Korean war games that started at the weekend could halt an international deal designed to end the secretive state's nuclear arms programme.
Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser said Sunday that Canadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his private discussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
For all the endless rallies and the 1,400 television advertisements a day the candidates have run in the last weeks, it is the street-by-street ground war that will determine the outcome of the Democratic primary on Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) -
The city of
Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people
may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus
through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Mar 2008 | 4:59 am
Anti-whaling activists hurled containers of rotten butter at a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters Monday, lightly injuring several crewmembers, Japan's government said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Mar 2008 | 4:01 am
About 10,000 Bhutanese refugees were without shelter after a fire razed their camp in southeastern Nepal, an official said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Mar 2008 | 2:39 am
Eight people were shot dead at a billiards hall in northern Honduras on Sunday by gunmen disguised as policemen, Honduran police said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Mar 2008 | 2:33 am
LONDON - British nurses have come under fire after a survey revealed that thousands believed that having an affair with a patient was alright.
Almost one in 10 confided that starting a relationship with one of their patients was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Mar 2008 | 2:23 am
Germany's most famous polar bear - star of the Berlin zoo - gets his own movie.
"Knut and his Friends" premiered to rave reviews at the Berlin zoo. The documentary from director Michael Johnson is a behind-the-scenes look at baby... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:53 am
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - U.S. presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged a tight campaign fight across Ohio today as a top Democrat voiced concern about a prolonged party battle after Tuesday's voting.
Four states... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:42 am
LONDON - Bats stay aloft by employing an aerodynamic trick previously thought unique to insects, researchers said on Thursday.
Using a wind tunnel to study the wake bats leave as they fly, they found that a tiny cyclone of air... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:16 am
KATHMANDU - A controversial young Nepali girl worshipped by many Buddhists and Hindus as a Kumari, or 'living goddess', has given up her divine position following a request from her family, an official said on Sunday.
The 11-year-old... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:09 am
Russia’s voters dutifully endorsed Dmitri Medvedev as Vladimir Putin’s
successor today in a presidential election boycotted by Western observers as
undemocratic. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks have been suspended as Israel's bloody assault on the Gaza strip sees militant and moderate Palestinians to unite in protest. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Prince Harry is to resume his role training young soldiers in the techniques he learned in battle during his 10-week tour of duty in Afghanistan, The Daily Telegraph has learned. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
MPs were under huge pressure to support a referendum on the new EU treaty after the biggest test of public opinion on the issue so far showed almost 90 per cent of voters want a ballot. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez last night ordered troops and tanks to mass on the border with Colombia as he threatened war with his US-backed neighbour. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Dimitry Medvedev, Vladimir Putin's hand-picked successor, swept to a landslide victory yesterday in the most one-sided presidential election in Russia's post-Soviet history. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Britain’s financial regulator and its central bank must develop a better plan
for warning banks and investors of high risks, after overseeing the loss of
billions of pounds in the global credit crisis, a damning report by MPs will
recommend today.<br/>
<br/>
In its second report on last year’s liquidity crunch, the Commons Treasury
Select Committee criticises the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and the
Bank of England for failing to ensure that financial companies were prepared
for the worldwide closure of credit markets. The Government must respond to
the charges within two months.<br/>
<br/>
Although the FSA and the Bank gave warning many times that banks were lending
too much too easily, they failed to follow up their words with action, the
cross-party committee says. John McFall, the chairman, says: “It is clear
that many market participants failed to heed warnings about a serious
underpricing of risk and the potential for impaired liquidity in financial
markets in the mistaken belief that the good times would go on and on.”<br/>
<br/>
The committee will recommend that in future the regulator and the bank should
write a letter to financial companies highlighting two or three key risks.
The MPs believe that the two institutions should then seek confirmation that
the companies have considered the risks and publish a commentary on the
responses.<br/>
<br/>
Banks and investors, such as pension and hedge funds, wrote down billions of
dollars last year after the value of their investments in asset-backed
securities plunged because of a wave of defaults on the underlying American
sub-prime mortgages. The banks, investors and credit-ratings agencies that
rated the securities also face heavy criticism by the MPs.<br/>
<br/>
Mr McFall says that the “best and brightest at our top investment banks have
expended great energy designing ludicrously complex financial instruments,
which you need a Nobel Prize in physics to understand”.<br/>
<br/>
The committee has found that top bank bosses did not understand the products
sold by their fixed-income teams and that the innovation of cutting
securities into risk tranches had made the products even more complicated.
If banks do not attempt to make their products less opaque, they should be
regulated more heavily, the report says.<br/>
<br/>
The MPs claim that the banks’ development of an “originate and distribute”
model - in which they sold packages of mortgages on to investors, who liked
them because of the high returns they offered – meant that the banks paid
less attention to the credit-worthiness of their home-loan customers.
Meanwhile, investors relied too heavily on the ratings agencies to assess
the risks of their investments.<br/>
<br/>
Mr McFall accuses investors of engaging in a “bout of collective madness”.
“Unfortunately, you cannot regulate against stupidity,” he says.<br/>
<br/>
The ratings agencies did not emerge smelling of roses, either, the chairman
says. The report states that the agencies had to prove that the lucrative
advisory business that they received from the banks did not affect the
credit ratings that they gave to the banks’ products. “We need to have a
serious debate about a root-and-branch reform of their business model to
tackle perceived ‘conflicts of interest’,” Mr McFall says. “If the agencies
procrastinate on reform, then we will have to seriously consider whether new
regulation is necessary.” The FSA said that it was considering the report.
Banking sources accused the committee of “taking a very populist bent”.
“This stuff has all been widely commented on, there’s nothing new here and
banks have been working on these improvements for quite a while,” a source
said. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
A tax cut for owners of second homes will worsen the housing crisis in the
countryside, the Prime Minister’s adviser on rural affairs says today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Labour has resumed a secret courtship of influential donors before new funding
rules are introduced to cover the party from future sleaze allegations, The
Times has learnt. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 3 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
ROME - Italians are used to buying bogus Gucci bags or Rolex watches to look stylish but police found a new height of craftsmanship and cunning when they broke up a ring selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price.
Police... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:25 pm
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia has found nearly 9,000 people aged more than 100 on its electoral rolls as it heads for general elections next month, raising suspicions that the books are "contaminated" with dead voters.
The Election Commission... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:24 pm
NEW YORK - It is billed as the best pop culture collection ever assembled -- ranging from the gun used to kill the assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy to the Wicked Witch of the West's hat from "The Wizard of Oz."
Collected... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:24 pm
TOKYO - A 44-year-old mother of two has become Japan's oldest professional boxer after passing the Japanese board's license test.
Kazumi Izaki, who has daughters aged 21 and 14 and herself turns 45 next week, laced up her first... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:23 pm
LONDON - Karen Janody was so annoyed by the mounds of free newspapers blowing around the streets of London she decided to build a house with them to illustrate the degree of waste.
Janody and her Creative City colleagues Gillian... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Mar 2008 | 11:20 pm
Cities around the nation are grappling with an increase in home foreclosures. Local governments often foot the bill for basic upkeep of the empty homes. In Boston and other cities, officials are trying to get mortgage companies and banks to carry more of the burden.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has won the last 11 nominating contests over rival Hillary Clinton. His momentum will be tested on Tuesday when voters in Ohio and three other states head to the polls.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton campaigned in Ohio on Sunday ahead of Tuesday's primary. Many analysts say the state is a must-win for Clinton if she wants to stay in the hunt for the nomination.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad made history when he stopped in Baghdad on Sunday. He's the first Iranian president to visit Iraq. Part of the reason for his trip was to show that the war the two countries fought just 20 years ago is behind them.
Dmitri Medvedev appears headed for a resounding victory in Sunday's presidential election, according to the first official results. But as Russia prepares to enter the post-Putin era, opposition leaders say Sunday's event was not an election, but a coronation.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomber blew himself up Sunday among thousands of tribal members discussing resistance to al-Qaida and the Taliban, killing 40 people in the third suicide attack in as many days in northwestern Pakistan.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:32 a... | 2 Mar 2008 | 7:57 pm
Lagging in Texas polls and tied with her rival Barack Obama in Ohio, Hillary Clinton was engaged in a frantic dash across the two must-win states with just 48 hours to rescue her White House dream. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 2 Mar 2008 | 7:05 pm
The man who allegedly shot and critically wounded East Timor's president last month was in custody Sunday after surrendering to police, military officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 5:51 pm
Government troops raided three independent radio stations in the capital Sunday, seizing equipment, forcing the stations off the air and arresting one journalist. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 5:26 pm
Prince Harry, home from his abandoned military mission to Afghanistan, said he hopes to return to combat zones as soon as possible. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 5:17 pm
A U.S. military helicopter fired a guided missile to kill a wanted Al Qaeda in Iraq leader from Saudi Arabia who was responsible for the bombing deaths of five American soldiers. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 4:58 pm
A homicide bomber blew himself up at a peacemaking meeting of tribal elders in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Mar 2008 | 3:58 pm
As Russians vote in their Presidential election Sunday, current President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is the all-but-certain winner. But opposition leaders condemn the vote as a Soviet-style ritual that could leave Putin holding on to power from behind the scenes.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad begins a controversial visit to Baghdad. He will meet with the Shiite leaders of Iraq's government and visit holy cities south of the capital. Iraqi Sunni leaders complain that the visit is further proof of the growing Iranian influence in Baghdad.
Nearly 6,000 workers die on the job in the United States every year. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Latino workers had a fatality rate that was 21 percent higher than all workers in 2006.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected international criticism (including a U.N. Security Council resolution) of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, and vowed to continue to respond to rocket attacks from militants.
Russia's voters are expected to endorse Vladimir Putin's choice of a successor, Dmitry Medvedev, in Sunday's presidential election, allowing the outgoing president to retain a measure of power in his nation.
In a statement Saturday night, the United Nation's Security Council urged the Israelis and Palestinians to "immediately cease all acts of violence." The statement follows an Israeli offensive against Palestinian militants Saturday in Gaza that killed at least 54 people.
A suicide bomber blew himself up Sunday at a large meeting called by tribal elders pushing for peace in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 40 people and injuring more than 100, witnesses and officials said.
Unable to stop the tide of violence from illegal guns, New Jersey's cities are getting new-found help from the state police to track where the weapons are coming from. It's the first state in the nation to devise a comprehensive program to trace the guns and provide the information to cities doing battle against street violence.
Ahmadinejad and his Iraqi counterpart condemn an Iranian opposition group under U.S. guard northeast of Baghdad.
BAGHDAD — The presidents of Iran and Iraq today harshly condemned an Iranian opposition group here which has ties to U.S. neoconservatives and remains under the shelter of American forces. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 2 Mar 2008 | 12:26 pm
AP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed U.S. accusations that his country is training extremists and demanded that the Americans withdraw from Iraq.
AP - Venezuela and Ecuador have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, raising concerns of a broader conflict after Colombia killed a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.
AP - Russia's President-elect Dmitry Medvedev appeared to send a strong signal Monday that he would continue his predecessor's tough stance toward neighboring states seeking closer ties with the West when the company he chairs reduced gas supplies to Ukraine.
Reuters - Israeli troops pulled out of the Gaza
Strip on Monday after a U.S. appeal to end days of fighting
that killed more than 100 Palestinians, and rescue peace talks.
Reuters - Two bomb blasts killed at least 16
people in Baghdad on Monday, police said, despite increased
security across the capital for a visit by Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
used a visit to Baghdad on Monday to tell the United States to
get out of Iraq and the region, saying its presence there had
brought only destruction and division.
Reuters - Kenya's political rivals vowed on
Monday to hasten talks to resolve longstanding disputes over
land and wealth behind a post-election crisis that shattered
the country's image as one of Africa's most stable democracies.
AP - Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser said Sunday that Canadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his private discussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
AP - Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks.
Israeli ground troops pulled out of northern Gaza before daybreak Monday, following the first extended sweep in an offensive against Palestinian rocket squads that has left more than 100 dead and led the Palestinian president to call off peace talks.
Venezuela and Ecuador have ordered troops to their borders with Colombia, raising concerns of a broader conflict after Colombia killed a top rebel leader on Ecuadorean soil.
Russians on Monday looked to Dmitry Medvedev, the man they overwhelmingly chose as their next president, to continue Vladimir Putin’s policies of asserting this resurgent country’s power abroad and keeping a tight grip on society at home.
The Clinton campaign has relied on deep connections in Texas, while the Obama campaign seems remarkably self-generating.
Under the weight of scientific evidence, media reports and lobbying by groups, the district that runs San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge is seriously considering a variety of possible barriers, including a net, to prevent suicide attempts from the structure.
Barack Obama's senior economic policy adviser said Sunday that Canadian government officials wrote an inaccurate portrayal of his private discussion on the campaign's trade policy in a memo obtained by The Associated Press.
For all the endless rallies and the 1,400 television advertisements a day the candidates have run in the last weeks, it is the street-by-street ground war that will determine the outcome of the Democratic primary on Tuesday.