WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The US
Defense Department said Thursday it is forbidding Google
from filming and depicting in detail its military bases,
after officials found precise imagery of a Texas base on the
Google Maps website. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:21 pm
GENEVA (AFP) -
More than
100 African children will be reunited with their families
some five months after a French charity sought to take them
out of Chad, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
said Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, who confirmed on Friday she would leave her post at the end of June, urged her successor to speak out against abuses worldwide despite political pressures.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said on Friday he would support an incoming coalition government that could potentially seek his resignation, so long as peace was maintained.
AP - The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in Thailand, where authorities are investigating if he used the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, officials said Friday.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in Thailand, where authorities are investigating if he used the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, officials said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
Nigeria's anti-corruption agency says it will appeal against the immunity granted to a former state governor. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
LONDON (AFP) -
The dollar
plunged Friday to a fresh record low against the euro,
struggling under concerns about the troubled American
economy ahead of a critical US employment report. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:07 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Israelis gathered outside a bullet-scarred Jerusalem rabbinical seminary on Friday to begin funeral processions for eight students killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:05 pm
AP - Thousands of Israelis gathered outside a bullet-scarred Jerusalem rabbinical seminary on Friday to begin funeral processions for eight students killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman.
European and Asian shares slump, after data signals that the US housing market is deteriorating further. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi police said on Friday 68 people were killed in coordinated bombings blamed on al Qaeda in a packed shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday, making it the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital for nine months.
The US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, says he plans to retire from his post early next year. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
U.S. stocks headed toward a lower open Friday as investors awaited the much-anticipated February employment report for insight into how well the economy might be able to hold up. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:59 am
The 103 children in Chad caught up in an abduction case are to return to their families, Unicef says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
The following are thumbnail sketches of the two major candidates for prime minister in Sunday's general election in Spain: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:55 am
The student body president at the University of North Carolina was last seen alive just hours before she was found shot to death on a street in what police said they believe was a random act. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:52 am
AP - The student body president at the University of North Carolina was last seen alive just hours before she was found shot to death on a street in what police said they believe was a random act.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel imposed a security clampdown on Jerusalem and the West Bank on Friday to prevent violence after a Palestinian gunman killed eight students at one of the holy city's most prominent Jewish religious schools.
Thousands gather at the scene of a seminary shooting in Jerusalem as the Palestinian gunman is named. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
Federal regulators said Thursday they will seek a civil penalty of $10.2 million — the largest ever — against Southwest Airlines Co. for failing to inspect older planes for cracks and then flying them before inspections were done. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:41 am
DeeDee Jonrowe was flabbergasted — and a few thousand dollars richer — when she beat Paul Gebhardt to Cripple in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
An Ipswich driving instructor who pleaded not guilty yesterday to driving under the influence while teaching teens reeked of alcohol while sipping from a cough syrup bottle...
LONDON (AFP) -
A global
equities sell-off gathered speed on Friday as nervous
investors were hit by growing US recession fears, a plunging
dollar and record oil prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
BARNSTABLE - A Cape Cod planning agency has approved the construction of a house on the former property of painter Edward Hopper.
They say the house won't compromise...
Thousands of Israelis gathered outside a bullet-scarred Jerusalem rabbinical seminary on Friday to mourn eight students killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman, while an Israeli official... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
A Kurdish demonstrator wounded in clashes with police in eastern Turkey has died of his injuries, local officials said Friday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
Ten people are dead following a collision between a bus and a truck loaded with coal in China's northern Hebei province. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) -
A twin
attack in central Baghdad's commercial district on Thursday
killed at least 68 people, a security source said, making it
the second deadliest assault in Iraq this year. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
Oil prices were slightly lower Friday, after jumping to a trading record near $106 a barrel in the previous session as the dollar's slide to new lows prompted investors to pump more money into commodities. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
Sixty-eight people are now known to have died in Thursday's double bombing in a Baghdad market, Iraqi officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:31 am
Israeli hardliners are calling for harsh revenge and an immediate end to already-stalled peace talks after a Palestinian gunmen killed eight students at a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem. Hamas militants have praised the massacre.
RUBIO, Venezuela (AP) -- Dora Gomez pays for her son's college by selling candies, such as Guava-flavored treats wrapped in dried banana leaves. But there's a problem: She's running out of sweets, and she's worried she won't be able to get any more.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
AP - Voters in former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's district will choose a new congressman in a special election Saturday, but there's one thing they won't replace: his clout.
Eleven independent Pakistani MPs join the main parties that could form a coalition government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
MOSCOW (AFP) -
The arrest
of international arms dealer Viktor Bout was strongly
criticised on Friday by his brother, who insisted the arrest
was made on trumped up charges. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
Gordon Brown today led a chorus of political leaders urging British soldiers,
sailors and airmen to wear their uniforms in public and condemned any abuse
of them by opponents of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
AFP - The arrest of international arms dealer Viktor Bout was strongly criticised on Friday by his brother, who insisted the arrest was made on trumped up charges.
AP - Al-Qaida terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said.
AP - Confidence in the economy dropped to a new low as worries about a possible recession, persistent problems in the housing and credit markets and lofty energy prices put people in a more gloomy mind-set.
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Friday that he believes the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan will accept the government's nomination of Bank of Japan Deputy Governor... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:18 am
It was a tough night for four ranked teams. Of course, one of them had to lose when Stanford visited UCLA. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
AP - A trail of possible clues stretched from New York to Washington after a bicycle-riding bomber struck the landmark Times Square military station, injuring no one but scarring one of the world's most recognizable locations.
(Kyodo) _ A most-wanted international arms dealer from Russia who was arrested Thursday at a Bangkok hotel is expected to be prosecuted in Thailand before any extradition is considered,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:13 am
BOSTON - A Quincy woman has been accused of hitting an 87-year-old Boston woman with a tea kettle before robbing her at knifepoint.
Michele Brooks pleaded not guilty on...
Lee Janzen is coming up on the 10-year anniversary of one of his biggest victories, a steady performance in the final round at The Olympic Club in San Francisco that brought him his second U.S. Open title. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:08 am
JERUSALEM (AFP) -
Israel went
on alert on Friday as crowds mourned eight teens killed by a
Palestinian at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem in an
attack that threatened efforts to mend faltering peace talks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:08 am
Google is banned from filming inside US military bases because of the "threat" posed by its online maps. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
A key Massachusetts Turnpike tunnel in Boston is facing months of periodic lane closures after damage was detected in the concrete ceiling underneath the Hynes convention...
AFP - Israel went on alert on Friday as crowds mourned eight teens killed by a Palestinian at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem in an attack that threatened efforts to mend faltering peace talks.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said it had designated a Bangladeshi Islamist group, Harkat-ul-Jihad al Islami, as a "terrorist" organization, subjecting it to U.S. financial sanctions.
Jumping over the baselines when taking the field in baseball? Pretty standard. Wearing the same cup from high school on through your pro career like Mark McGwire reportedly did? Now we’re getting a little more peculiar. Here are ten of our favorite truly absurd superstitions. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:57 am
Reuters - Iraqi police said on Friday 68 people
were killed in coordinated bombings blamed on al Qaeda in a
packed shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday, making it
the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital for nine months.
(Kyodo) _ The family of a lawyer who wrote an open letter criticizing China's human rights record in the run-up to the Olympics said Friday they fear he has been "kidnapped." A rights... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
Louise Arbour says she will stand down as UN Human Rights commissioner when her term expires in June. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:55 am
FORT MYERS - Jonathan Papelbon should be happier now.
The Red Sox reliever set a salary record for closers with just two-plus years of service time yesterday when he...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has urged Sudan to do more to stop fighting in Darfur and speed the arrival of more peacekeepers, Beijing's envoy on the crisis said, defending his country as a diplomatic bridge to help end the bloodshed.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING INFO) A South Korean civic group leader who arrived Wednesday at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, to participate in a Tokyo meeting of Asian nongovernmental... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
DALLAS - Federal regulators said Thursday they will seek a civil penalty of $10.2 million - the largest ever - against Southwest Airlines Co. for failing to inspect older...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Family members Friday mourned victims of a twin bombing in a packed Baghdad shopping district that killed at least 68 people and wounded 120, a grim reminder that Iraq's violence has slackened but not abated.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
The fraud trial of Barack Obama's friend and fund-raiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko opens in Chicago. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
Family members Friday mourned victims of a twin bombing in a packed Baghdad shopping district that killed at least 68 people and wounded 120, a grim reminder that Iraq's violence has... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
A showdown looms for the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as a summit of Latin American leaders aimed at calming a crisis triggered by a deadly Colombian cross-border raid is set to get underway in the Dominican Republic.
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) - Andean leaders locked in a dispute over a Colombian military raid to kill rebels hiding in Ecuador will confront each other on Friday at a summit dominated by the crisis threatening regional stability.
(Kyodo) _ Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said Friday the government's nomination of inflation target advocate Takatoshi Ito as Bank of Japan deputy governor does not mean... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:37 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING FRESH DEVELOPMENT RELATED TO MIURA'S DEFENSE COUNSEL) Gov. Benigno Fitial of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands said Friday he will sign as early... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:31 am
The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in Thailand, where authorities are investigating if he... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
A sequence, from top left to bottom right, of six stills from LiveLeak footage made available on Monday March 3, 2008 showing a plane attempting to make an emergency landing at Hamburg Airport on Saturday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:27 am
LONDON, March 7 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) The dollar briefly fell to the 101 yen range Friday in London for the first time since mid-January 2005 on growing concerns about the U.S. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. - A group of newspapers in the eastern San Francisco Bay Area said Thursday it will cut its staff by 10 percent but will avoid layoffs because enough...
In 2005, ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft discovered a patch of water ice sitting on the floor of an unnamed crater near the Martian north pole. The crater is 35 km wide and has a maximum depth of approximately 2 km beneath the crater rim. The circular patch of bright material located at the centre of the crater is residual water ice. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
LOS ANGELES - Former baseball player Matt Williams testified Thursday that he refused an offer from private investigator Anthony Pellicano to wiretap the phone of his second...
SEATTLE - In no way did developer Matt Griffin ever consider owning a professional sports franchise.
With the Seattle SuperSonics seemingly destined for Oklahoma City,...
We count six recording devices in the hands of the woman on the right. Why? Is she covering for five colleagues on a smoke break? Is she presenting them as an offering to Press Corps God Barack Obama? Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
LOS ANGELES - The top 12 "American Idol" finalists include an actress, a "Star Search" champion, an Australian, a male stripper and someone who already...
Family members on Friday mourned victims of a twin bombing in a packed Baghdad shopping district that killed at least 68 people and wounded 120, a grim reminder that Iraq's violence has slackened but not abated. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Mar 2008 | 9:44 am
An Iraqi woman mourns the death of her son during his funeral in Baghdad's Karada neighbourhood. A twin attack in central Baghdad's commercial district has killed at least 68 people, a security source... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 9:36 am
The site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Karada neighbourhood on March 7. A twin attack there killed at least 68 people, a security source said, making it the second deadliest assault in Iraq this year. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 9:36 am
Reckitt Benckiser, the drug company, is facing accusations of ripping off the
NHS with a secret plan to maintain a monopoly in the supply of Gaviscon, the
lucrative heartburn medicine. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:57 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- For the second time in two months, Libya on Thursday blocked the U.N. Security Council from condemning violence and unrest in the Middle East.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:56 am
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N.'s top human rights official is quitting after only one term.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:44 am
Iraqi municipality workers clean the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood. The death toll from Thursday's twin bomb attack surged to 68, a security source in the interior ministry told... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:44 am
Tim Martin, the chairman of JD Wetherspoon, has accused drunken celebrities of
encouraging disorderly behaviour in pubs. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:38 am
Hamas militants cheered over the deadly shooting at a Jewish religious academy in Jerusalem as thousands of Palestinians took to the streets of Gaza to celebrate Thursday amid recent armed conflicts in the Hamas-controlled strip. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:34 am
Balinese local security patrol as they walk through an empty road during Nyepi, the annual day of silence during which Balinese Hindus welcome in the New Year, in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Friday, March,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:34 am
If you've ever wanted to get back at someone, or just get your friend completely plastered for their 21st birthday ... take a look at this list of awful tasting shots that are sure to lay anyone out. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
Hundreds of police officers were deployed across Jerusalem this morning as the
funeral processions began for eight students from a rabannical seminary who
were shot dead by their Palestinian driver. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:23 am
Toshiro Muto, a deputy governor at the Bank of Japan, arrives at the central bank in Tokyo, on Friday March 7, 2008. The government picked a former finance bureaucrat as Japan's next central bank chief... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:15 am
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- A showdown loomed Friday for the presidents of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela in this seaside capital as a summit of Latin American leaders aimed to calm a crisis triggered by a deadly Colombian cross-border raid.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:07 am
Asian stock markets plummeted today after investors took fright at plunging US
shares spooked by a record number of foreclosures on American houses. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:04 am
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The last time Spaniards voted in national elections, the trauma from the train bombings that left nearly 200 people dead was raw, the perpetrators at large and anger white-hot over suspicions the government was hiding evidence for political gain.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 8:03 am
If the Foothill South toll road is not built, a substitute must be made in a regional transit plan to hold on to state and federal funding, according to a planning agency.
The apparent demise of a toll road through San Onofre State Beach could have a domino effect on funding for other Southern California transportation projects, a regional planning authority said this week.
More than 2% of all mortgages in the U.S. were in the process at the end of the fourth quarter. Home equity levels decline.
Home foreclosures hit new highs and the amount of equity in homes reached new lows as the housing crisis escalated across the country in 2007, new figures showed Thursday.
The February amount is $20 million more than Clinton. Overall, Democratic campaign committees are out-raising their GOP rivals.
Barack Obama raised $55 million in February, $20 million more than Hillary Rodham Clinton and a record sum for a single month in any presidential campaign, aides to the Democratic candidate said Thursday.
Former Clear Channel lobbyist's role in event angers billboard foes, who question the city attorney's objectivity.
The billboard company known as Clear Channel Outdoor has long been a warrior at Los Angeles City Hall, playing legal hardball as it worked to protect a local advertising industry valued at more than $1 billion from new regulations.
A Beijing-born former fashion executive is on a quest to bring the South China tiger back from the brink of extinction through her reserve in South Africa and silence her detractors.
He is a magnificent animal, his coat a glossy amber, his fangs long and sharp. He flicks his long tail and paces restlessly up and down beside the bars of the cage. But this tiger, known only as 327, is on the outside and longs to get in.
Schwarzenegger has eschewed living in Sacramento, preferring his Brentwood mansion and traveling back and forth in his private jet. Some question his concern for the environment.
Like many of the Californians he represents, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger now spends more than three hours commuting because he lives so far from the office.
To break an impasse over disqualified results in the states, new balloting or some other compromise is possible.
Eager to break an impasse over contested votes, prominent Democrats are floating possible solutions that include new presidential nominating contests in Florida and Michigan, and a compromise forged by a special committee of party elders.
Countrywide rejected two consultants, hiring a third whose aim was to aid the chairman, a House report says.
Two consultants hired by Countrywide Financial Corp. raised concerns about Chairman Angelo R. Mozilo's lucrative pay package, but key recommendations were ignored and the company eventually hired a third advisor whose aim was to achieve "maximum opportunity" for Mozilo, documents show.
Fishermen slaughtering a 10m-long bottlenose whale. The captain of a protest ship harassing Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean said he was shot in a clash Friday and his crew members pelted with flash... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
Some say that dancing is a language of its own. Well, if that is true these dance crazes are all screaming out one thing: "Shoot Me!" Here is our list of the eight most ridiculous dance crazes. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:40 am
We’re trained as children to fear strangers (which is good for safety reasons) but most people carry this fear into adulthood where it does more harm than good. It becomes a constraint on the number of people you can meet and interact with. You get stuck in a box, only open to creating new relationships through people you already know. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:30 am
Jason Statham, the action star of The Transporter, Snatch, and many more gives an interview about his new movie, the true heist story, The Bank Job. He drops some info about his character, his star status in the U.K., working with Guy Ritchie and Vinnie Jones again, and even the status of sequels to The Italian Job and Crank. Source: Digg | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
Rescue ships and a floating oil barrier near the site of a capsized oil tanker off southern Vietnam, where workers struggled Friday to locate 14 missing sailors Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:17 am
Sri Lankan soldiers patrol a railway track in Colombo. At least 42 Tiger rebels and five government troops were killed in fresh fighting across Sri Lanka's embattled north, where a lawmaker was also killed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:08 am
Relatives of Iraqi Christian Fadi Ameer, who was killed in Thursday evening's bombings in the central district of Karrada in Baghdad, Iraq, cry during his funeral Friday, March 7, 2008. Two bombs went... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Mar 2008 | 7:07 am
Canberra - A cull of hundreds of wild kangaroos from an Australian military base will go ahead following almost a year of debate after authorities on Friday ruled out a costly plan to move them.
The cull of up to 500 animals using... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 5:54 am
A suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death" was arrested in Bangkok on allegations that he supplied Colombian rebels with arms and explosives, Thai police said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A small explosion damaged a U.S. military recruiting station but caused no injuries in New York's Times Square before dawn on Thursday, triggering a Pentagon alert for other stations across the country.
SYDNEY - It took seven years before an obstetrics ban was imposed on the so-called "Butcher of Bega", the gynaecologist who has allegedly mutilated hundreds of NSW women.
It took 14 years to strike him off.
And in between these... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 4:44 am
The artist was overwhelmed by the images of troops flag-draped coffins. Then he got busy. The result is at Rosamund Felsen Gallery.
During the Vietnam War, Los Angeles artist Steve Hurd was a little boy with a buzz cut who stood inside the military base at the Presidio in San Francisco and watched thousands of antiwar protesters -- hippies, veterans in wheelchairs, even active-duty soldiers -- shout and wave signs.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker plans to leave Baghdad as early as January, shortly after U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus is expected to rotate out of Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
Police in Colombia gave reporters documents downloaded from a laptop seized from a rebel camp in Ecuador. The documents, if authentic, indicate Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has been in contact with the leftist Colombian insurgents for a decade. The laptops also contain documents suggesting the insurgents had been in contact with European and U.S. officials.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Barack Obama raised a record $55 million in February, beating rival Hillary Clinton's total and ensuring a big-spending battle for the Democratic presidential nomination in the months ahead.
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are putting forth arguments to superdelegates that they should be the party's nominee.
The quality of wins argument may win Hillary Clinton the nomination, but there's a fear that it could... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 2:30 am
A sentencing judge today warned Charlotte Lindstrom that she would spend her life "looking over her shoulder" after assisting police.
The 23-year-old Swedish socialite and model will be behind bars until May next year for soliciting... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 2:06 am
London - Smokers are more likely to kick the habit if they are told how "old" their lungs are, a British study found today.
The concept of lung age - measured by comparing a smoker's lungs to the age of a healthy person whose... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 2:03 am
CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) -- While millions of Haitians go hungry, containers full of food are stacking up in the nation's ports because of government red tape - leaving tons of beans, rice and other staples to rot under a sweltering sun or be devoured by vermin.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 1:54 am
Floodwaters rushed through the Grand Canyon today - millions of gallons released on purpose, U.S. officials say, to flush out the great gorge, forcing healthy Colorado River sediment through the ecosystem.
Environmentalists argue... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 1:06 am
LONDON - To deliver the longest British budget speech of all time, William Gladstone imbibed a throat-soothing mixture of sherry and beaten egg to help him through a marathon that lasted four hours and 45 minutes.
Benjamin Disraeli... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:59 am
NPR's chief executive officer, Ken Stern, is leaving by "mutual agreement." Stern, who has served at NPR for 10 years, will be replaced on an interim basis by the chairman of the board of directors.
LONDON - Earplugs may not be the most glamorous fashion item around, but a charity for the deaf has asked designers to pitch suggestions to make them hip enough for young clubbers at risk of long-term hearing damage.
The Royal... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:43 am
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia - A runaway Bosnian bank teller has been arrested after a tip-off by her husband and faces charges of stealing 1.1 million euros (2,116,576.74 NZD) from bank depositors, police said yesterday.
Sanja Meseledzija-Gvozdjar,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:32 am
TORONTO (AP) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff said someone in Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign gave Canada back-channel assurances that her harsh words about the North American Free Trade Agreement were for political show, according to a report by the Canadian Press.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 7 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 Mar 2008 | 11:53 pm
If only Roger Bergendorff could say why vials of deadly ricin, guns and a copy of the "The Anarchist Cookbook" were found in his Las Vegas motel room. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 Mar 2008 | 11:51 pm
Responding to record recalls of products that sickened children, the U.S. Senate passed legislation Thursday that would toughen inspections of toys and other playthings. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 Mar 2008 | 11:23 pm
LOS ANGELES - A student at University of California Davis was arrested for possessing explosives that authorities believe were the makings of a bomb, the campus fire department said on Thursday.
The Sacramento Bee newspaper reported... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:51 pm
Two bombs went off within minutes of each other in a crowded shopping district in Baghdad Thursday, killing up to 55 and wounding 133. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:43 pm
LAST night's terrorist attack is likely to be remembered as the moment the Middle East peace process died. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:41 pm
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 | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:40 pm
The FDA is working to identify a contaminant in batches of the popular blood-thinner, Heparin, which may be associated with 19 deaths. Heparin is used in dialysis and heart procedures to stave off blood clots. Anna Wilde Mathews, who covers the FDA for The Wall Street Journal, talks with Melissa Block.
Eight Jewish religious students has been shot dead in the worst terrorist incident in Jerusalem for three years. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:17 pm
Thousands have gathered in Jerusalem for a memorial to eight young religious students killed last night by a Palestinian gunmen, in the city's most deadly attack since the height of the last Palestinian uprising in 2003. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:17 pm
Eight Jewish religious students has been shot dead in the worst terrorist incident in Jerusalem for three years. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 10:17 pm
Jurors hear opening statements in the trial of indicted political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko, who is accused of a slew of corruption charges. He's received national attention because of his relationship with Senator Barack Obama.
The Army released its annual mental health survey Thursday and found that one in five soldiers deployed to Iraq suffer from some mental health problem. For those on second and third deployments, about a third suffer from mental health problems. The Army medical command is now recommending well times to match time deployed -- an initiative that's opposed by the Bush administration.
A gunman infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night in an attack that left at least eight dead and more wounded, officials said.
At least eight students are killed and more than 20 wounded in an attack on a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday. Police said a gunman entered the school and opened fire. It's the first attack in Jerusalem in several years.
China is now the largest emitter of greenhouse gases. Michele Norris, who is in Beijing, talks to Melissa Block about what the country is doing to combat climate change. Deborah Seligsohn of the World Resources Institute discusses the measures China is taking to clean up the air before the Summer Olympics.
Police in Bangkok, Thailand, arrest Viktor Bout, an international arms dealer, on Thursday. Doug Farah, an investigative journalist, talks to Melissa Block about the man accused of trading arms all over the world -- often to both sides of the same conflict simultaneously.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean says Florida's and Michigan's primaries will not count and suggests party officials in the states repeat their presidential nominating contests. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist talks to Robert Siegel about holding a new primary.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer heads a group investors wanting to buy the Seattle SuperSonics and renovate KeyArena to keep the team in the city, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.
Jordan's monarch is in Washington this week, pressing the cause of Middle East talks this year. He is fearful a delay will embolden extremists in the region, and he also warns that a quick withdrawal from Iraq could be dangerous.
Researchers may have found a way to create a vaccine against Group A streptococcal infections that affect more than 600 million people each year and kill 400,000 worldwide. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 6 Mar 2008 | 8:31 pm
At least eight people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a rabbinical seminary near Jerusalem. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 7:43 pm
At least eight people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a rabbinical seminary near Jerusalem. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 7:43 pm
Venezuela is starting to block billions of dollars in Colombian imports and investment under orders from President Hugo Chavez, threatening economic havoc in both nations in response to a Colombian military attack on rebels hiding in Ecuador.
A coalition of eight British-based human rights organizations released a scathing report claiming that the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is at its worst point since Israel captured the territory in 1967.
All British citizens will have their fingerprints and photographs registered on a national ID database within 10 years under plans outlined by the Government. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 5:55 pm
U.S. and South Korean fighter jets scrambled to turn back a Russian bomber that approached a U.S. aircraft carrier during training exercises, South Korean and U.S. officials said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 4:42 pm
Al Qaeda prizes geek jihadis as much as would-be homicide bombers and gunmen to aid in producing sophisticated Web documentaries and multimedia products aimed at Muslim audiences in the United States. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 4:29 pm
The Tories vowed to take the battle for a referendum on the new EU Treaty to the House of Lords yesterday after MPs rejected a national vote. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 4:00 pm
Italian coroner's report on the slaying of British student Meredith Kercher, in which American roommate Amanda Knox is among three suspects, says it cannot be determined if the victim was raped. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
Protests continue in South Africa after video shows four white university students humiliating a group of black workers. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 2:59 pm
Princess Diana's butler refuses to return to the inquest investigating the princess' death after The Sun reported it had video of Paul Burrell boasting he had withheld information from the judge. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 2:00 pm
A day after Secretary Rice left the region with Israeli and Palestinian leaders vowing to re-start peace talks, attacks by Palestinian militants have left one Israeli soldier dead and another family scared in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
GPs have launched a stinging attack on the government's handling of the NHS as they reluctantly agreed to extend surgery opening hours. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 6 Mar 2008 | 1:45 pm
Palestinian militants ambushed an Israeli army jeep patrolling the Gaza border, then attacked a rescue crew that rushed to the scene, killing one soldier and wounding three in a brazen cross-border attack, according to military and witness accounts. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 12:42 pm
U.S. troop morale improved in Iraq last year, but soldiers fighting in Afghanistan suffered more depression as violence there worsened, an Army mental health report says.
A Russian arms dealer accused of breaking U.N. arms embargoes by supplying weapons to African war zones was arrested Thursday in Bangkok, Thai police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
AP - The U.S. is seeking the extradition of a suspected Russian arms dealer dubbed the "Merchant of Death," but for now he will remain in Thailand, where authorities are investigating if he used the country as a base to negotiate a weapons deal with terrorists, officials said Friday.
AP - Thousands of Israelis gathered outside a bullet-scarred Jerusalem rabbinical seminary on Friday to begin funeral processions for eight students killed by a suspected Palestinian gunman.
AP - The student body president at the University of North Carolina was last seen alive just hours before she was found shot to death on a street in what police said they believe was a random act.
AP - Voters in former House Speaker Dennis Hastert's district will choose a new congressman in a special election Saturday, but there's one thing they won't replace: his clout.
AFP - The arrest of international arms dealer Viktor Bout was strongly criticised on Friday by his brother, who insisted the arrest was made on trumped up charges.
AP - Al-Qaida terrorists may be plotting more urgently to attack the United States to maintain their credibility and ability to recruit followers, the U.S. military commander in charge of domestic defense said.
AP - Confidence in the economy dropped to a new low as worries about a possible recession, persistent problems in the housing and credit markets and lofty energy prices put people in a more gloomy mind-set.
AP - A trail of possible clues stretched from New York to Washington after a bicycle-riding bomber struck the landmark Times Square military station, injuring no one but scarring one of the world's most recognizable locations.
AFP - Israel went on alert on Friday as crowds mourned eight teens killed by a Palestinian at a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem in an attack that threatened efforts to mend faltering peace talks.
Reuters - Iraqi police said on Friday 68 people
were killed in coordinated bombings blamed on al Qaeda in a
packed shopping area in central Baghdad on Thursday, making it
the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital for nine months.
Authorities are investigating letters sent to Capitol Hill offices showing pictures of a Times Square military recruiting station that was bombed.
A gunman infiltrated a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem and opened fire in a library Thursday night in an attack that left at least eight dead and more wounded, officials said.
A court has ordered the troubled pop star’s estate to pay James Spears’ $2,500 in weekly compensation and authorized him to lease a car.
The Democratic senator rode a victory fundraising wave following primary successes in Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer heads a group investors wanting to buy the Seattle SuperSonics and renovate KeyArena to keep the team in the city, the Seattle Times reported Thursday.