PARIS (AFP) -
Anthropologists have fired
another salvo in a feud about diminutive "hobbit"
people whose fossilised remains were found in a cave on a
remote Indonesian island four years ago. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:09 pm
MOSCOW (AFP) -
Russia and
Ukraine were locked in a gas dispute Wednesday after Moscow
cut 50 percent of supplies to the neighbouring state,
leading Kiev to warn of possible disruption for the European Union. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
The BBC learns of allegations of state-sanctioned violence as Kenya tries to rebuild itself after post-election clashes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Dennis Kucinich may not be a presidential contender, but he is still a winner among his Cleveland constituents. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
China's sports authority is lowering medal expectations and offering counseling for athletes as pressure mounts on the hosts to succeed at Olympic Games in August. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:48 am
Reuters - An Iranian delegation arrived in Baghdad
on Wednesday for a new round of talks with U.S. officials on
security in Iraq, an Iranian news agency said, but an Iraqi
official said no date for the meeting had been set.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian delegation arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday for a new round of talks with U.S. officials on security in Iraq, an Iranian news agency said, but an Iraqi official said no date for the meeting had been set.
Iraq's cabinet has given the green light to the Oil Ministry to sign agreements with international oil companies to help increase the nation's crude output, a ministry official said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton swept critical showdowns with Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas on Tuesday to keep her Democratic presidential bid alive, and John McCain clinched the Republican nomination and looked ahead to the November election.
VIENNA (AFP) -
Letting
celebrities get away with drug crimes is sending out the
wrong message to 'impressionable' young people, a UN report
warned Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:42 am
AP - The world must respond to climate change and other environmental challenges now while the cost is low or else pay a stiffer price later for its indecision, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Wednesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:36 am
Israeli forces briefly re-enter Gaza and do battle with militants, with a baby and a senior militant being killed. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - The FBI is investigating 26 unsolved civil rights era cases out of nearly 100 referred to the bureau over the last year, Director Robert Mueller says in calling the protection of civil liberties one of his top priorities. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- Russia to neighbor and friend Iran: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering - including improved relations with the United States - and suspend uranium enrichment as the U.N. Security Council is demanding.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - Russia to neighbor and friend Iran: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering including improved relations with the United States and suspend uranium enrichment as the U.N. Security Council is demanding.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian peace negotiators on Wednesday, hoping to persuade them to resume talks despite a spike of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian peace negotiators on Wednesday, hoping to persuade them to resume talks despite a spike of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza.
French bank Credit Agricole SA reported it swung to a hefty loss Wednesday for the fourth quarter, another European bank forced to write-down billions from the U.S. mortgage crisis. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) -- Venezuela and Ecuador took their growing conflict with Colombia to the diplomatic front, seeking international condemnation of Colombia's deadly assault on a rebel base in Ecuador.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
AP - Venezuela and Ecuador took their growing conflict with Colombia to the diplomatic front, seeking international condemnation of Colombia's deadly assault on a rebel base in Ecuador.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton scored three victories in a night of revival that denied Barack Obama a ripe opportunity to drive her from the Democratic presidential race. Clarity came only to the Republican side, where John McCain made the nomination his own.
More than 1,400 people have displayed typhoid symptoms in less than a month in a city near the Philippine capital, prompting authorities to declare a state of calamity, health officials said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
At least seven South Sudanese are freed from Arab abductors as an operation to rescue them resumes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
LONDON (AFP) -
ITV, the
biggest British commercial television network, said
Wednesday that net profits dived by more than a third last
year amid a scandal over its premium rate TV phone-in services. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
North Korea ended its official silence on the U.S. election Wednesday, denying claims it was delaying its nuclear disarmament to hold out for a change in the White House. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:21 am
SAN FRANCISCO - In a dramatic about-face, Ask.com is abandoning its effort to outshine Internet search leader Google Inc. and will instead focus on a narrower market consisting...
(Kyodo) _ The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency welcomed Tuesday the fact that the IAEA inspectors have verified the shutdown status of five facilities at North Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:18 am
More wintry weather is in store for the East Coast on Wednesday as a large storm system moves northeastward across the region. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
BERLIN - Reebok's chief marketing officer, Uli Becker, has been chosen to become the sportswear maker's new president and chief executive.
Adidas AG, the German...
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said on Wednesday new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear
program lacked legal credibility and Tehran would only talk
with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about its atomic work.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear program lacked legal credibility and Tehran would only talk with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about its atomic work.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has resisted pressure from America's top diplomat to restart peace talks with Israel, saying negotiations can only resume when Israel reaches a truce with Hamas leaders who control the Gaza Strip.
Hillary Clinton revives her US presidential campaign with projected primary wins in the key states of Texas and Ohio. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am
Ukraine's prime minister promises to maintain gas supplies to Europe, despite its row with Russia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
Humorist Garrison Keillor put his historic St. Paul home up for sale, a few weeks after a dispute with his neighbor over her building plans ended up in court. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:02 am
(Kyodo) _ China on Wednesday unveiled to the media a portion of the Olympic Village, the residence for athletes and officials during the Beijing Games, describing it as an environmentally Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:01 am
Three men including two teenagers were arrested after a "family man"
was fatally stabbed after intervening in a park fight. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 5 Mar 2008 | 11:01 am
(Kyodo) _ Prosecutors on Wednesday dropped the case on a man who killed himself after allegedly shooting dead another man and a woman and injuring six other people in a shotgun rampage at Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Israelis and Palestinians on Wednesday to get back to peace negotiations interrupted by violence in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Now that he is the Republican presidential nominee, John McCain has a big decision ahead of him -- who to choose as his vice presidential running mate.
BEAVERTON, Ore. - Nike and Apple are making the iPod compatible with gym equipment.
The companies said Tuesday that they are working with several gym equipment manufacturers...
Turkmenistan's president hopes to start a baby boom in the gas-rich former Soviet nation with a plan to reward women who give birth to eight or more children — a one-time bonus and lifetime perks, state media reported Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Scientists claim 18,000-year- old "Hobbit" remains are not a new human species, but true modern humans with a growth disorder. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:48 am
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese government on Wednesday rejected a report by the Financial Times that said Japan has introduced further barriers to foreign investment, with a Foreign Ministry... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:48 am
The US missile strike in Somalia on Monday was aimed at a Kenyan al-Qaeda suspect, US officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
Eight disabled children died from smoke inhalation at a welfare home in southern China after their quilts caught fire from a burning mosquito coil, officials said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:44 am
The man behind boy bands *N Sync and the Backstreet Boys is set to plead guilty in a $300m (£152m) fraud scheme. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:44 am
HONG KONG - Hong Kong Disneyland hopes to reverse the fortunes of Disney's first theme park in China with a marketing campaign geared toward young, well-to-do Chinese...
Flights from German airports are severely disrupted after members of the Verdi union go on strike. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Even if you haven’t yet been able to travel as your wildest dreams may desire, put these locations on your list of places to see in life. Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
(Kyodo) _ The administration of new South Korean President Lee Myung Bak aims to offer sizable aid to North Korea once the Communist nation is denuclearized, and will boost cooperation... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:37 am
Cesc Fabregas claims Arsenal are good enough to win the Champions League and Premier League this season after the win over AC Milan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:35 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING BY ADDING INFO, CHANGING DATELINE) The local court in Saipan on Wednesday turned down a request for Kazuyoshi Miura, who is being detained for the 1981... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:33 am
LOWELL - Former Patriots offensive lineman John Hannah says he has warned former teammate Andre Tippett to brace himself for a sad sight when he's inducted into the Pro...
VIENNA (AFP) -
OPEC is
Wednesday set to leave oil output unchanged despite fresh
calls by US President George W. Bush for an increase in
supply to help bring down soaring energy prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:27 am
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday time was tight to seal a controversial nuclear deal with India, but it was still possible to wrap it up if it reached the U.S. Congress by July, ahead of November's presidential poll.
FALL RIVER - Voters in the 7th Bristol District have chosen Democrat Kevin Aguiar to fill a vacant state House seat in one of four special legislative elections.
Aguiar...
Tributes were paid today to a British teenager who plunged to her death while
rock-climbing at a beauty spot in Guyana. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Complaints about slow play on the PGA Tour have been around forever, which is about how long it has been since anyone was given a one-stroke penalty for...
LAS VEGAS -Third-seeded Marcos Baghdatis overcame a slow start Tuesday night to win his Tennis Channel Open first-round match against Vincent Spadea.
Despite dropping...
In this photo release by the Presidential Close-In Photographers Office, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo releases a dove during the inauguration of a housing project and kick-off ceremony... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:17 am
Reuters - Now that he is the Republican
presidential nominee, John McCain has a big decision ahead of
him -- who to choose as his vice presidential running mate.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- After a lull during Pakistan's elections, militants have reasserted themselves with a string of suicide blasts that have killed more than 90 people, including an army general and tribal leaders fed up with the violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:15 am
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina manager Alfio Basile is considering a two-game U.S. exhibition tour that would include matches against the United States and Mexico.
Argentina...
Defending champion AC Milan was eliminated from the European Champions League, losing 2-0 at home Tuesday night to Arsenal.
Cesc Fabregas beat goalkeeper Zeljko Kalac with...
South Korean former comfort women, bottom, who allegedly served as sexual slaves for the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II and members of women civic groups shout slogans during a rally ahead... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:12 am
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is likely to survive a revolt in parliament from some ruling Labour Party members on Wednesday and avoid a referendum on the new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:12 am
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Wednesday he is "confident" that Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's determination to secure food safety will lead to a resolution of bilateral... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:07 am
A Spanish Red Cross worker attends a migrant next to the covered body of another person who died trying to reach Spain from Northwest Africa in a wooden boat at the Port of Los Cristianos, on the Spanish... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:05 am
An unidentified man weighs the equivalent of 100 United States dollars on a scale in Harare, Wednesday, March, 5, 2008. The Zimbabwean currency tumbled to a record 25 million dollars for a single US dollar... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Palestinian peace negotiators to resume talks with Israel Wednesday despite a spike in violence in Gaza.
(Kyodo) _ Japan will raise the issue of recent attacks by activists against its whaling fleets on the high seas at the International Whaling Commission's three-day meeting in London from... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A patron of Russian fashion, socialite and supporter of the arts, Svetlana Medvedeva is shaking off her air of mystery as she prepares to become Russia's first lady. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
We have it on good authority (meaning this is a rumor, and “good authority” could mean anything) that Apple is ready to drop its final update to yesterday’s OS, aka “Tiger”. That’s right. 10.4.12 is allegedly ready to roll, and will spring forth in less than 2 weeks or so Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao warned on Wednesday that overheating remains his nation's top economic foe even as global growth softens, vowing a tough fight against price rises and feverish investment.
AP - When they get older, Logan, Eli and Collin Penn may blanch at the notion they wore nail polish to their first news conference. But it's the only way their parents know how to tell the boys apart right now.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters in two Vermont towns on Tuesday approved a measure that would instruct police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for "crimes against our Constitution," local media reported.
The world's smallest and lightest digital SLR camera, Olympus' new E-420 is unveiled during a ceremony in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, March 5, 2008. The E-420 weights 375 grams (13 oz) and is 12.95... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:27 am
Former World Bank President James Wolfensohn delivers his message during a dialogue dubbed Bridges-Dialogues Towards a Culture of Peace Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at the Asian Institute of Management in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:26 am
Travelers wait during a strike of public service workers union ver.di at Duesseldorf airport, western Germany, Wednesday March 5, 2008. Public service employees walked off their jobs in an effort to negotiate... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:25 am
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- A single laptop can reveal much, and so it is with the digital treasure chest that Colombian commandos found in the jungle quarters of slain rebel leader Raul Reyes.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 9:23 am
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. Chairman Christopher Pratt, smiles at a press conference announcing the company's annual results in Hong Kong Wednesday March 5, 2008. Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said Wednesday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:59 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- "Poor Lebanon" is a much-loved preface to a litany of the country's troubles. Parliament has been deadlocked for a year. A quarter of Cabinet ministers boycott meetings. There's been no president since November because quarreling lawmakers keep postponing a session to elect a replacement.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:55 am
Residents in Obama, Fukui Prefecture (state) gather Wednesday, March 5, 2008 to watch TV broadcasting from the United States on the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The fishing town of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:48 am
Like flies to honey, smug pricks are attracted by the alluring pull of the Hollywood sign. Whether under the guise of actor, musician, political pundit, or plain ol' Z-list celebrity, there are enough self-righteous assholes in the spotlight to start their own country (may we suggest Pricktenstein?). Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:40 am
A monk prepares decorative pieces for upcoming festivities in Thimpu, Bhutan, Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Bhutan goes to the polls on March 24 in its endeavor to move towards democracy from monarchy. (AP... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:38 am
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez should face charges of genocide for supporting FARC rebels. Source: FOXNews.com | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:17 am
The New York senator learned how to make 'experience' compete with Obama's 'change.'
In winning New Hampshire a few weeks ago, Hillary Rodham Clinton declared, "I found my own voice." But it was a much different voice in the closing days before Tuesday's voting that carried her to victory in Ohio and Texas -- and which now lets her make a strong case for extending the Democratic presidential race into the spring and possibly beyond. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Hillary Rodham Clinton elbowed her way to victories Tuesday in Ohio and Texas, snapping Barack Obama's winning streak and resuscitating her flagging bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Two mass killers used Eric Thompson's online store, but he considers guns a deterrent.
Online gun dealer Eric Thompson can't recall exactly what he was doing when he learned that one of his customers had just killed five students in a college geology class. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The victim's family was driving through the neighborhood, known for racial tensions between Latino gangs and black residents. He is in critical condition.
A 6-year-old black boy was critically wounded Tuesday when he was shot in the head by suspected Latino gang members as the victim's family drove through the Harbor Gateway neighborhood on their way to an auto auction, Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Researchers chronicle the threat of estrogen and progestin three years after women in a study stopped the treatment.
Three years after they stopped hormone replacement therapy, women who took the drugs still had a 27% higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who took a placebo, researchers reported today. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
L.A. city attorney asks Blue Cross to substantiate claims that it has revised its rescission practices.
The Los Angeles city attorney's office has expanded its probe of patient cancellations to the state's largest for-profit insurer, Blue Cross of California. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The justices pose varying questions during arguments over the constitutionality of the state's ban on same-sex marriage. They have 90 days to reach a decision.
Four years after thousands of same-sex couples streamed into this liberal bastion to apply for marriage licenses, the California Supreme Court on Tuesday took up the question of whether gay people have a constitutional right to wed. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
Legislative leaders, saying school cuts under the governor's proposed budget are unacceptable, are prepared to dig in for a long fight to get about $5 billion in tax increases.
Democratic legislative leaders declared Tuesday that they are prepared to delay the state budget this year if that's what it takes to get tax increases, which they called the only reasonable solution to California's multibillion-dollar shortfall. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
The administrator at Markham Middle School in Watts allegedly attacked a 13-year-old girl. He is being held on $1-million bail.
A Watts middle school administrator, who had been removed from a previous school for allegedly brandishing a pistol at a parent, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old, police said. Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
John McCain has won Tuesday's four GOP primaries, giving him enough delegates to clinch his party's nomination. On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton triumphed in Rhode Island, Texas and Ohio, giving her much-needed victories. Illinois Sen. Barack Obama took Vermont.
Here's some good news: Gaming site Ripten.com received an email from the 2K Games community manager responsible for Bioshock, asking how to reach the artist behind the amazing Bioshock 2 fan art they posted yesterday. Looks like someone might be getting a job soon! Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:30 am
China announced Tuesday that it will again sharply increase its military spending this year, budgeting a 17.6 percent rise that is roughly equal to last year's increase. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:29 am
COLUMBUS (AFP) -
Democrat
Hillary Clinton resurrected her White House campaign with
stunning primary victories over Barack Obama in Ohio and
Texas, but the longest and costliest nominating race in
history is far from run. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:24 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran vowed to push ahead with uranium enrichment Tuesday, a day after the U.N. Security Council passed a third round of sanctions that Tehran called "worthless" and politically biased.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
The Cheney-Bush "administration" has concealed the horrendous costs of the war ($2-3 Trillion or more). It has bypassed the normal budgetary process, financing the war almost entirely through “emergency” appropriations that get far less scrutiny. Bush lied to us about the reasons to go to war, and was a coward for evading service in Vietnam. Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) -- About 25 Israeli armored vehicles rumbled into southern Gaza and clashed with militants after nightfall Tuesday. A 1-month-old baby was killed in the crossfire, a medical official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:07 am
CARACAS (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa visited Latin American powerhouse Brazil on Wednesday on his regional tour to push Colombia to apologize for a military operation in Ecuador as an Andean crisis escalated.
Hillary Clinton staged a remarkable comeback today to win the Texas and Ohio Democratic primaries.
Clinton's triumphs this evening in the big two states voting today followed a win in Rhode Island earlier, breaking rival Barack... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Mar 2008 | 7:00 am
Russia has given its neighbor and good friend Iran some advice: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering and suspend uranium enrichment as U.N. member countries demand. But Tehran calls a new round of sanctions "worthless".
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is coming to the aid of an Arizona couple accused of copyright infringement by the record labels. During a hearing scheduled for Wednesday, the group will argue that making a song available on a P2P network does not constitute copyright infringement as the RIAA claims. Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 6:50 am
"Everyone wants to hate on soldiers calling us baby killers and how all the citizens despise us. Hmmm this day it didn't seem like it. (These are real videos from our unit 3rd ID, 6/8 CAV - Operation Iraqi Freedom III)" Incredibly heartwarming video! Source: Digg | 5 Mar 2008 | 6:40 am
BEIJING (AFP) -
Premier Wen
Jiabao pledged Wednesday to tackle a vast menu of problems
from pollution to the widening gap between rich and poor,
but stressed economic development was still China's top priority. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Mar 2008 | 6:18 am
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama must contend with something very baffling and unprecedented in recent primary seasons – a seven-week hiatus which they must fill with new arguments against each other.
Hillary Rodham Clinton threw up a roadblock to Barack Obama’s path to the Democratic presidential nomination by winning the giant Ohio and Texas primaries, NBC News projected Wednesday morning.
After 11 straight losses, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory in Ohio on Tuesday night shook off the vapors of impending defeat, showing that in spite of his delegate lead, she could still beat Senator Barack Obama in the big states.
Ian Paisley, the fiery Protestant preacher who reversed a lifetime of stubbornness to embrace an unlikely peace, announced his retirement Tuesday as leader of Northern Ireland's power-sharing government with Roman Catholics.
At every turn it has been expected that either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama will emerge as the overwhelming favourite to secure the nomination, but the word "decisive" should now be banned from coverage of the Democratic primary race. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:18 am
Hillary Clinton seized the major prize of Ohio this morning, halting her run of losses, slowing her rival Barack Obama's momentum and vowing to continue fighting for the Democratic nomination into the spring and beyond. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:18 am
John McCain finally secured the Republican nomination last night and now waits for either Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton to emerge from their battle to oppose him. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:18 am
Hillary Clinton has revived her campaign for the White House nomination, winning primary elections in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island and seizing back the momentum from Barack Obama. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:18 am
Hillary Clinton has revived her campaign for the White House nomination, winning three primary election votes and seizing back the momentum from Barack Obama. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:18 am
Department of Homeland Security tests of new radiation detection machines last year did not show whether the costly devices performed well enough to be used as planned at ports and borders. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Mar 2008 | 5:00 am
Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. "We kept the faith," he told supporters Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona claimed the GOP nomination Tuesday after rolling up one-sided victories in primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Three times in less than a year, a right foot in a running shoe has been found off three separate islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.
John McCain is poised this morning to secure the Republican nomination for the White House after winning big victories over his fading rival Mike Huckabee in Texas and Vermont. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 4:22 am
Venezuela moved troops toward Colombia and forced cargo trucks to back up at border crossings on Tuesday as tensions increased in a war of nerves over Colombia's cross-border strike on a leftist guerrilla base in Ecuador.
John McCain is poised this morning to secure the Republican nomination for the White House after winning big victories over his fading rival Mike Huckabee in Texas and Vermont. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 3:03 am
GENEVA (AP) -- Colombia's vice president on Tuesday defended his country's attack on a rebel base on Ecuadorean soil, telling a U.N. disarmament panel that the leftist guerrillas were trying to acquire radioactive material that could be used to make "dirty bombs."... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 5 Mar 2008 | 2:19 am
John McCain is poised this morning to secure the Republican nomination for the White House after winning big victories over his fading rival Mike Huckabee in Texas and Vermont. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 2:14 am
Voters in two Vermont towns approved measures Tuesday calling for the indictment of President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for what they consider violations of the Constitution. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Mar 2008 | 1:17 am
Two teenage boys face jail sentences after admitting that they killed a man in a row over a discarded chocolate bar.
Evren Anil, 23, died from serious head injuries after being punched to the ground after confronting the pair,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Mar 2008 | 1:00 am
<a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/03/return-of-super.html">How
it happened</a> | <a href="http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/03/march-4-live--1.html">Behind
the scenes</a> | <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3486115.ece">McCain
wins Republican race</a> | <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/gerard_baker/article3487373.ece">Analysis:
Clinton's prodigal coalition</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:34 am
Voters in four US states today decide if Barack Obama will represent the Democratic Party in November's presidential election or if Hillary Clinton will live to fight another day in their epic struggle for the nomination. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:29 am
About 25 Israeli armored vehicles rumbled into southern Gaza and clashed with militants after nightfall Tuesday. A 1-month-old baby was killed in the crossfire, a medical official said.
Two baby polar bears have stepped out of their cave for the first time.
The cubs were born at Schoenbrunn Zoo in the Austrian capital Vienna.
Their first steps into the daylight were watched closely by doting mother Olinka.
While... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:12 am
An Italian man was jailed for more than two years for putting pornographic pictures of his ex-girlfriend on the internet and sending them out in more than 15,000 emails.
The 32-year-old man had created a website that appeared to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:10 am
Brett Favre is retiring after 17 years in the NFL. As quarterback of the Green Bay Packers, Favre shattered many passing records but was even better known for his durability, his fearless spirit and the risks he took on the field.
Gordon Brown was braced for the biggest backbench revolt over Europe since Labour came to power last night as MPs prepared for their last chance to force a referendum on the EU Treaty Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Chancellor is expected next week to close a loophole in Sharia finance
rules that have allowed commercial property investors to avoid paying stamp
duty on more than £1 billion of deals, <i>The Times</i> has learnt. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
The price of cocaine has fallen to a record low as a United Nations report
says that celebrity users have made the drug socially acceptable. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 5 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Margaret Jones' memoir, Love and Consequences, recounts her early days selling drugs in South Central Los Angeles as well as her eventual escape to college and publishing. If it sounds too good to be true, that's because it is. The story is just the latest in a string of frauds that have rocked the publishing industry.
Many in Congress are furious about the Air Force awarding a $35 billion air tanker contract to a consortium of European and American companies, and some are now threatening to fight its funding. But senators from Alabama, where the consortium would bring thousands of jobs, are celebrating.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a roomful of bankers Tuesday that they need to do more to help troubled borrowers. Banks have been giving borrowers who are about to default more time to make payments and are renegotiating interest rates in some cases, but few banks have considered reducing the principal owed.
Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into practices at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where health officials say staff members reused syringes and vials in administering anesthesia. An epidemiologist for the Southern Nevada Health District is trying to contain an outbreak of hepatitis C at the Las Vegas clinic.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The California Supreme Court appeared divided on Tuesday over whether to allow gay marriage during nearly four hours of oral arguments on the contentious issue that could impact gay rights nationwide.
Women who once had hormone replacement therapy may face an increased risk of cancer -- especially breast cancer -- several years after they stop the treatment. That finding comes from a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
On Saturday, Colombian troops crossed into Ecuador and killed 17 Colombian rebels -- known as the FARC -- including Raul Reyes, the second-ranking commander of the Marxist group. In response to the incursion, both Ecuador and Venezuela have severed diplomatic ties with Colombia and are sending troops to their borders.
The Federal Communications Commission has issued an order requiring broadcasters to air information on the digital TV transition and file quarterly reports on these efforts with the commission. The orders also require cable and satellite providers and television manufacturers to inform consumers about how they will be affected.
Two women were assaulted by the city "cuddler" near the University of Maryland campus this weekend. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 4 Mar 2008 | 10:40 pm
E. Gary Gygax, the co-creator of the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons has died. He was 69. Dungeons and Dragons is considered the granddaddy of such board games, and still lives online today.
A marine biologist has discovered a new interdependence between corals and the algae that inhabit them. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 4 Mar 2008 | 9:36 pm
Home-field advantage couldn't save Boeing from an inferior bid for the Air Force's huge tanker program. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 4 Mar 2008 | 9:23 pm
If Democrats have shown the American people anything this election cycle, it's this: They like to do things the hard way. Source: U.S. News & World Report | 4 Mar 2008 | 9:21 pm
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the former No. 2 commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, this morning told Pentagon reporters that while Iraq must have a relationship with Iran, "the issue I have" is making sure that that relationship is "helpful." To that end, he said, "we have to keep the pressure on." Source: U.S. News & World Report | 4 Mar 2008 | 9:14 pm
LONDON - Nurse Colin Norris was jailed for life on Tuesday after being found guilty of murdering four elderly patients with lethal doses of the diabetes drug insulin.
Norris, 32, from Glasgow, was told he will serve a minimum 30... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 8:39 pm
DUBLIN - Ian Paisley will step down as Northern Ireland's first minister in May, just a year after he set aside decades of hatred and helped secure political stability by agreeing to share power with Catholic foes.
"He has decided... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 8:23 pm
LONDON - Alcohol-fuelled crime has increased in some areas since the start of 24-hour drinking, a government review concluded yesterday, but had fallen overall since the new licensing laws were introduced in 2005.
Critics however... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 8:14 pm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will work toward resumption of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as soon as possible, and she blames Hamas for trying to wreck chances for the peace process.
Changing Britain's drinking laws by letting pubs stay open later has failed to curb binge drinking, government officials acknowledged. A review shows the 2005 changes instead led to some increases in alcohol-fueled violence.
WASHINGTON - John McCain clinched the Republican presidential nomination today and Democrat Hillary Clinton won crucial showdowns with rival Barack Obama in Ohio and Texas to breathe new life into her struggling campaign and prolong... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 5:54 pm
TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) -- Six years ago, Shifa al-Qudsi was plotting to strap on explosives under a maternity dress and blow herself up among Israelis. Now she says she wants to meet them.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 Mar 2008 | 5:46 pm
More than 200 lawmakers shouted "Death to the enemies of Islam" during an angry demonstration outside the Afghan parliament protesting the reprinting of a cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in Denmark and an upcoming Dutch film criticizing the Quran. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 5:21 pm
The talk has been of massacres and destruction, of broken roads and poverty, of fear and polluted water.
Dr Habiba Sarabi has remained a calm and charming figure, steadily responding to an array of questions similar to those asked... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Russia has warned the United States and NATO not to use their presence in Afghanistan for any regional political or economic purposes other than fighting terrorism.
More than 50,000 foreign troops under the command of NATO and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East said that officials will probably need some time this summer to reassess the situation in Iraq before drawing down more troops.
The former No. 2 U.S. commander in Iraq says Iran is still training, funding and providing weapons to insurgents there. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 4:05 pm
Benny Shanon, a psychology professor at Jerusalem's Hebrew University, writes in British journal that ancient prophet and his followers may have hallucinated miracles recorded in Bible after ingesting hallucinogenic plants in Sinai desert. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 3:58 pm
A Japanese pin-up model has had a legal verdict overturned after successfully arguing her breasts were too big to allow her to squeeze through a hole a man alleged she used to gain entry into his room. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 3:52 pm
The Thai government said Tuesday it was investigating claims that supposedly celibate Buddhist monks have been using a popular social networking Web site to flirt with women. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 3:34 pm
Diplomats say China and Russia have scuttled a Western attempt to introduce a resolution on Iran's nuclear defiance at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency, but a U.S. official says a new sanctions regime passed Tuesday is good enough.
Man accused of drinking and then telling Delta Air Lines employee he is a terrorist and was affiliated with Usama bin Laden. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 3:24 pm
A Saudi court has sentenced a Canadian and a Jordanian to death for the alleged murder of a Syrian man during a school yard fight last year, a defense lawyer said Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Mar 2008 | 2:52 pm
Reuters - An Iranian delegation arrived in Baghdad
on Wednesday for a new round of talks with U.S. officials on
security in Iraq, an Iranian news agency said, but an Iraqi
official said no date for the meeting had been set.
AP - Russia to neighbor and friend Iran: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering including improved relations with the United States and suspend uranium enrichment as the U.N. Security Council is demanding.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Palestinian peace negotiators on Wednesday, hoping to persuade them to resume talks despite a spike of violence between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants in Gaza.
AP - Venezuela and Ecuador took their growing conflict with Colombia to the diplomatic front, seeking international condemnation of Colombia's deadly assault on a rebel base in Ecuador.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton scored three victories in a night of revival that denied Barack Obama a ripe opportunity to drive her from the Democratic presidential race. Clarity came only to the Republican side, where John McCain made the nomination his own.
Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
said on Wednesday new U.N. sanctions over Iran's nuclear
program lacked legal credibility and Tehran would only talk
with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about its atomic work.
The FBI is investigating 26 unsolved civil-rights era cases out of nearly 100 referred to the bureau over the last year.
Reuters - Now that he is the Republican
presidential nominee, John McCain has a big decision ahead of
him -- who to choose as his vice presidential running mate.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Palestinian peace negotiators to resume talks with Israel Wednesday despite a spike in violence in Gaza.
AP - When they get older, Logan, Eli and Collin Penn may blanch at the notion they wore nail polish to their first news conference. But it's the only way their parents know how to tell the boys apart right now.
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama must contend with something very baffling and unprecedented in recent primary seasons – a seven-week hiatus which they must fill with new arguments against each other.
Hillary Rodham Clinton threw up a roadblock to Barack Obama’s path to the Democratic presidential nomination by winning the giant Ohio and Texas primaries, NBC News projected Wednesday morning.
After 11 straight losses, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s victory in Ohio on Tuesday night shook off the vapors of impending defeat, showing that in spite of his delegate lead, she could still beat Senator Barack Obama in the big states.
Mike Huckabee bowed to reality Tuesday and out of the Republican presidential race. "We kept the faith," he told supporters Tuesday after John McCain clinched the nomination.
Sen. John McCain of Arizona claimed the GOP nomination Tuesday after rolling up one-sided victories in primaries in Ohio, Texas, Rhode Island and Vermont.