MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's governing Socialists on Monday prepared a public works program to reinvigorate the sagging economy as they sought allies to enable them to govern after Sunday's election victory.
Spain's PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero promises a new era in politics after his Socialist Party is re-elected. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:39 pm
Serbia's cabinet asks for early elections to be held, after a split over EU membership and Kosovan independence. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:37 pm
Astronomers have measured the distribution of mass inside a dark filament in a molecular cloud with an amazing level of detail and to great depth. The measurement is based on a new method that looks at the scattered near-infrared light or 'cloudshine' and was made with ESO's New Technology Telescope. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:35 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A female suicide bomber killed a prominent Sunni Arab tribal chief who headed a neighborhood security unit and three others in the volatile Iraqi province of Diyala on Monday, police said.
AP - Barack Obama focused on Mississippi's primary for new momentum in his tight race with Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a consensus began to emerge about two states stripped of their delegates where do-over contests could weigh heavily in the fierce Democratic White House battle.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian women's magazine apologized on Monday for breaking a global media blackout on Prince Harry's deployment in Afghanistan, forcing the third in line to the British throne to be withdrawn from frontline duty.
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The coalition government of Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica was formally dissolved on Monday, opening the way for an early parliamentary election.
Reuters - Hollywood action star Chuck
Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image,
has become a cult figure among the U.S. military in Iraq and an
unlikely hero for some in Iraq's security forces.
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hollywood action star Chuck Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image, has become a cult figure among the U.S. military in Iraq and an unlikely hero for some in Iraq's security forces.
A Haverhill woman whose beloved miniature Schnauzer died on the operating table during a routine procedure almost a decade ago is fighting for more rights for Massachusetts...
Both the NFL and the attorney for former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh last night said the two sides are approaching an agreement that would allow Walsh to reveal what...
Boston firefighters are battling a three-alarm blaze in a Back Bay building under construction on Boylston Street.
The first report of the fire at 800 Boylston St. came...
Tibetan exiles start a march from India to Tibet to pressurise China over human rights ahead of the Olympics. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:23 pm
Tibetan protesters shout slogans at a foot march in Dharmsala, India, Monday, March 10, 2008. Hundreds of Tibetan exiles began a six-month march from India to Tibet on Monday to protest Beijing's hold... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) -
Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi was sworn in for a second term Monday,
defying calls to quit after presiding over the
ruling coalition's worst ever election performance. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
A stock broker reacts as he watches share prices at a brokerage in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 10, 2008. Indian shares fell sharply Monday morning, tracking declines in regional markets, amid concerns... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:17 pm
AFP - Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in for a second term Monday, defying calls to quit after presiding over the ruling coalition's worst ever election performance.
Reuters - The coalition government of Serbian
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica was formally dissolved on
Monday, opening the way for an early parliamentary election.
(Kyodo) _ Japan has proposed to U.N.-led negotiations on climate change calculating greenhouse gas emissions reduction potentials in eight sectors, including power generation and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:14 pm
A man suspected of the rape of a British girl found dead on a beach in India is due to appear in court. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:13 pm
AP - A black civil rights activist is fighting to close a store that sells KKK robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building.
MADRID (AFP) -
Spain's
ruling Socialists faced awkward alliance choices Monday
after winning re-election without the absolute majority they
had sought to tackle a deepening slowdown in the once-robust economy. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:10 pm
AFP - Spain's ruling Socialists faced awkward alliance choices Monday after winning re-election without the absolute majority they had sought to tackle a deepening slowdown in the once-robust economy.
(Kyodo) _ Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike joked Monday that a person with suicidal wishes in China could not die from taking pesticide but later died from eating "gyoza" dumplings. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:05 pm
Several recent bombings in Iraq have been blamed on al-Qaida in Iraq. However, the U.S. military in Baghdad says that the deadly bombings do not indicate an upsurge in violence in Iraq.
Big-screen movie firm signs its largest international contract to date with agreement to install 35 projectors in Central and South America and the Caribbean
AP - Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
BELGRADE (AFP) -
Serbia's
government was to meet Monday to formally propose the
parliament's dissolution and new elections following a rift
over breakaway Kosovo and EU integration. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, officials said Monday.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, officials said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
More than six years after al-Qaida was routed from its bases in Afghanistan, intelligence analysts debate whether Osama bin Laden's terror network has recovered from the setbacks it suffered. Some analysts say al-Qaida is a shell of what it once was, but U.S. intelligence officials are not so sure.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, officials said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:51 am
A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters northeast of Baghdad who had turned against al-Qaida insurgents, the leader's brother and a provincial... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A female suicide bomber on Monday killed the head of a local group of Sunni fighters northeast of Baghdad who had turned against al-Qaida insurgents, the leader's brother and a provincial police official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/381CD87C49EA643F862573EF00177933?OpenDocumentHazelwood — Federal court jurors awarded $17,500 on Wednesday to a fire captain arrested by a Hazelwood police officer in a dispute over where a firetruck was parked during a 2003 car crash rescue. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
A new study finds that moths can remember things they learned when they were caterpillars -- even though the process of metamorphosis essentially turns their brains and bodies to soup. The finding shows solitary insects may be more intelligent than scientists believed.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate this week take up the $3 trillion budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct.1. Brian Naylor talks to Renee Montagne about what lawmakers will be looking to cut from or add to the election-year budget.
Police are poised to break into a second underground chamber in the former children's home at the centre of the Jersey child abuse scandal. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:46 am
AP - Paramount Pictures will become the first major studio to make clips from thousands of its movies available for use on the Internet. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:46 am
She has been a sitcom character, a sometime talk show host and the centerpiece of her own reality show. Now Kathy Griffin has appeared in an unlikely new role — minister. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:43 am
Police on Friday found Waris Dirie, three days after the Somali-born model who launched a worldwide campaign against female genital mutilation had vanished. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:42 am
No criminal charges will be filed against "NYPD Blue" star Esai Morales over allegations that he raped his ex-girlfriend, a prosecutor's office spokeswoman said Friday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:40 am
Lisa Marie Presley wanted to keep her pregnancy private, but felt she had to say something when photos of her looking heavier were ridiculed in the news media. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected rebel bomb exploded in a mostly Tamil residential area of the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, killing one and wounding five, including children, military sources said.
Juanes kicked off the U.S. leg of his world tour at Madison Square Garden, bringing a message of peace and a giddy enthusiasm to be performing in "the temple of music." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:38 am
The Top Ten today is a compilation of local and national sports facts, stats and opinions
1. The Red Sox won the World Series despite:
* Being 13-14 in June
* 2-5...
The White House says President Bush is sending Vice President Dick Cheney to the Middle East to talk with leaders there about various issues. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:38 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have been holding off from violence that could jeopardize Egyptian efforts to mediate a ceasefire, sources from both sides said on Monday.
A black civil rights activist is fighting to close a store that sells KKK robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:37 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Beijing Olympic organizers voiced confidence Monday about security arrangements for the August Games, a day after a Communist Party official said authorities had foiled a plot by Islamic terrorists targeting the event.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
Beijing Olympic organizers voiced confidence Monday about security arrangements for the August Games, a day after a Communist Party official said authorities had foiled a plot by Islamic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
Beijing Olympic organizers voiced confidence Monday about security arrangements for the August Games, a day after a Communist Party official said authorities had foiled a plot by Islamic terrorists targeting the event. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:32 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will visit the Middle East next week and meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Turkey, his office said on Monday.
Iranian hardline students have offered rewards totalling a million dollars for the "execution" of three Israeli military leaders over the deadly strikes on Gaza, the student news agency... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
A woman walks past a poster featuring portraits of (L-R) Israeli military intelligence chief General Amos Yedlin, Mossad chief Meir Dagan and Defence Minister Ehud Barak during an anti-Israeli ceremony... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB did not violate the OMX exchange's listing regulations by making an announcement about sales forecasts at an analyst conference last year, OMX concluded Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Lawyers for Ugandan rebels were to meet International Criminal Court officials on Monday to push the court to drop charges against their leader, which are a sticking... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
(Kyodo) _ Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, said Monday the country's most powerful business lobby supports the government's three nominees for the new Bank of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
Malta's PM Lawrence Gonzi leads his Nationalist Party to the narrowest election victory in the country's history. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
For most of us, Spygate fell off the radar the moment the New England Patriots got beat in the Super Bowl.
It hardly mattered which side you were on going into the game....
DHARAMSALA, India (Reuters) - Tibetan refugees protested across the world on Monday to mark the 49th anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule and press their demand for independence ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in for a second term Monday, defying calls to quit after presiding over the ruling coalition's worst ever election performance. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
The US is not trying to re-open a military base in Uzbekistan, a senior diplomat tells the BBC. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO, FSA'S COMMENTS) Shinginko Tokyo, a bank backed by the Tokyo metropolitan government, said Monday it has incurred huge nonperforming loans as a result of ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:17 am
BOSTON - A Boston firefighter who was arrested after police found him with marijuana in his department vehicle faces arraignment on a drug possession charge.
Police said...
Sen. Hillary Clinton appears to be laying the groundwork for an earth-scorching assault on chief rival Sen. Barack Obama that could give presumptive Republican nominee John...
CHICAGO - Barack Obama would not be leading the Democratic presidential race without the high turnout of black voters.
They spearheaded his comeback win in South Carolina,...
Asian shares are hit by more worries about the US economy, with the Nikkei at its lowest level since 2005. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
WASHINGTON - Florida inched closer to resolving its delegate dispute with the Democratic National Party, as a consensus for a mail-in do-over began to emerge yesterday.
...
Indonesian special forces soldiers take part in an exercise aimed at securing Indonesia's maritime borders Monday March 10, 2008 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Indonesia's vast archipelago includes nearly 17,000... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
Corrupt police officers, politicians and a leading businessman are attempting
to discredit the investigation into child abuse at a Jersey care home, the
island’s police said today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
Saudi Arabia's crown prince heads to Qatar for the first official visit after a five-year hiatus. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
The flow of blood may be ebbing, but the flood of money into the Iraq war is steadily rising, new analyses show. In 2008, its sixth year, the war will cost approximately $12 billion a month, triple the "burn" rate of its earliest years, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and co-author Linda J. Bilmes report in a new book.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
A Greek Police officer tries to prevent pro-Tibet protesters, dressed in traditional Tibetan costume, from participating in a flame lighting ceremony at Ancient Olympia, outside of the archeological site,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
Hungarians vote to scrap healthcare and education fees, in a major blow for the Socialist-led government. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:46 am
Parts of the US Midwest are clearing up after record snowfalls as blizzards move across eastern Canada. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Airport rescue personnel look over an Adam Air plane which skidded off a runway Monday March 10, 2008 in Batam, Indonesia. An Adam Air jetliner skidded off a runway while trying to land in heavy rain... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:36 am
IBM's Building 25 - the focus of preservation lawsuits and a planned big-box retailer - was destroyed in a Saturday fire, leaving a charred husk of a structure preservationists had hailed as the precursor to modern high-tech campuses and where the forerunner to the hard drive was invented. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spain's governing Socialists won a second term in office but will again need the support of smaller parties to reboot a slowing economy and deal with Basque separatists after an election that left the country deeply divided politically.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:01 am
PARIS (AP) -- Candidates looked to cut deals with adversaries in a bid for victory in next week's second round of French municipal elections after a first vote that sent a warning to President Nicolas Sarkozy.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 10:00 am
A new movement to skirt a smoking ban has sprung up in Minnesota. To take advantage of a loophole in the law that allows smoking during theatrical productions, bars have begun staging "theater nights."
Spain's Socialist prime minister has won re-election. Voters dismissed worries about a slumping economy, immigration and resurgent Basque militants to hand Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero a second term.
Republican Sen. John McCain's choice of a running mate is shaping up to be a crucial issue for his campaign. On the Democrats' side, is a ticket including both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama likely?
Sen. Barack Obama won the Democratic caucuses in Wyoming on Saturday. Next, he hopes to add Mississippi's primary to his win column. Analysts predict Obama will win the contest, but Hillary Clinton can't be counted out.
Many police officers on college campuses carry guns and make arrests like city police, but as private forces, are not subject to the same public scrutiny. However, a state panel ruled that Yale University police are subject to the same open records laws as the city police.
President Pervez Musharraf is not about to quit, a senior ally said Monday, a day after opponents agreed to form a government and restore judges who had questioned the legality of the former army chief continuing in office. Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:58 am
A trailer for one of the most anticipated films of 2008 - or the decade, really - has finally been unveiled. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will finally share the screen together in Righteous Kill. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:50 am
A Nepalese police officer detains Tibetan protesters in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 10, 2008. Monday marks the anniversary of a failed uprising against Chinese rule in Tibet that forced the Dalai Lama,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:40 am
Investors speak at a private security company Monday, March 10, 2008 in Shanghai, China. Chinese stocks fell to a seven-month low Monday as investors sold on worries over a possible interest rate hike... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:31 am
US Ambassador to South Korea Alexander Vershbow speaks at a forum in Seoul in January 2007. North Korea must send a "clear signal" to fully declare its nuclear programmes in order to get itself removed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:19 am
We all know that scrimping and saving is a pain and too dull for words but the fact is that making a few tiny changes to the way we shop, save and invest could mean the difference between ending our days in a mansion or an old peoples home. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 9:10 am
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, seen here in January, on Monday attacked China's human rights record, accusing it of "unimaginable and gross violations" in his Himalayan homeland. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:58 am
DHARAMSHALA (AFP) -
Tibetan spiritual leader
the Dalai Lama on Monday attacked China's human rights
record, accusing it of "unimaginable and gross
violations" in his Himalayan homeland. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:54 am
35% of girls, compared with 20% of boys, have blogs; 32% of girls have their own websites, against 22% of boys. Girls have embraced social networking sites on a massive scale, with 70% of US girls aged 15-17 having built and regularly worked on a profile page on websites such as MySpace, Bebo & Facebook, as opposed to 57% of boys of the same age. Source: Digg | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:25 am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela said Sunday that it was restoring full diplomatic ties with Colombia that were broken off in a regional crisis sparked by a cross-border Colombian attack on a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:23 am
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- An Australian magazine apologized Monday to readers and troops serving abroad for publishing a story revealing that Prince Harry was fighting with British troops in Afghanistan.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
Britain experienced transport chaos this morning as winds of more than 80mph
ripped across the country felling trees, damaging buildings and flooding
roads. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- A Canadian arrested last year in a worldwide manhunt after Interpol unscrambled his swirled digital images from Internet photos went on trial Monday in Thailand, accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 7:40 am
Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has won reelection in a clear endorsement of a record of social change including the legalization of gay marriage and on-demand divorce - once unthinkable in overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Spain.
TOKYO (AFP) -
US
investment fund Steel Partners on Monday unveiled a revised
takeover offer for Sapporo Holdings that would limit its
stake to one-third, after the Japanese brewer rebutted its
original bid. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 7:15 am
TOKYO (AFP) -
The
dollar sank towards fresh lows against the euro and the yen
in Asian trade on Monday after a bleak US jobs report added
to concerns that the world's largest economy is in a
recession, dealers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 7:08 am
They share a common goal but don't always agree on how best to achieve it. Experts say mutual respect is key.
Sixth-grade teacher Deidre Sexton watched in disbelief as a student was struck by his mother during a parent-teacher conference. Steve Klein recalled a mother who threatened to pull her ninth-grade son out of school and have him sell fruit on the freeway. Other teachers recount the times parents have tried to bully and intimidate them.
Stemming domestic violence and human trafficking remains a challenge in the newly independent nation.
She purses her lips in a "tsk-tsk" when asked difficult questions. Questions about her life, about the husband who beats her, the father who denies her an inheritance and a place to live.
Cardenas, Chick blame each other for the City Hall impasse that critics say has hindered L.A.'s anti-gang efforts.
As a wave of high-profile gang shootings continues to rattle parts of Los Angeles, city leaders are locked in a turf battle of their own over who should control gang-prevention programs and the millions of dollars to pay for them.
Prime Minister Zapatero wins reelection, but his party fails to gain an outright majority. That could hamper his government.
Spaniards on Sunday reelected Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and the ruling Socialist Workers Party, turning out in large numbers after an acrimonious campaign that accented deep divisions in Spanish society.
The estimated 6.3-magnitude quake killed 115 and caused millions in damage. In its aftermath, a strict code for school construction was enacted. The city will mark the quake's 75th anniversary.
Seventy-five years ago today, at 5:54 p.m., the Long Beach earthquake struck -- and Southern California is still feeling the aftershocks.
Venezuela said Sunday that it was restoring full diplomatic ties with Colombia that were broken off in a regional crisis sparked by a cross-border Colombian attack on a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador.
'Nobody is going to be happy' with the long-delayed report's mixed verdict on whether the Bush administration misused intelligence to argue for war with Iraq, an official says.
After an acrimonious investigation that spanned four years, the Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to release a detailed critique of the Bush administration's claims in the buildup to war with Iraq, congressional officials said.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombian rebel commanders discussed contributing to the election campaign of Ecuador's president and wrote Libya's Moammar Gadhafi asking for $100 million to buy surface-to-air missiles, according to newly published documents.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 10 Mar 2008 | 5:29 am
A late-season winter storm slammed into the Ohio Valley on Saturday, forcing flight delays and cancellations at airports before heading out toward the eastern Great Lakes and the Northeast.
Canada also was being hit with a winter... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 4:03 am
In Jerusalem, more ultra-Orthodox Jews are leaving their cloistered neighborhoods for cheaper housing in the suburbs. In one suburb, that has led to rising tensions and sporadic violence with their modern Orthodox and secular neighbors.
LONDON (AFP) -
Climate
change will spark an era of conflict over scarce resources,
European heads of government have been warned in a report,
according to The Guardian on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:38 am
LONDON - A company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 metres away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry.
The T5000 camera, created... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:11 am
LONDON - Britons need a lot more than a million pounds to enjoy the lifestyle of the rich and famous, a report said on Monday.
You need at least 5.8 million pounds to consider yourself "comfortably rich" in Britain, according to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 3:03 am
MASAYA, Nicaragua - Hundreds of dogs, many dressed as babies or clowns, were taken to celebrate mass in this Nicaraguan town yesterday, an annual ritual where the owners pray for their pets to be cured or avoid falling ill.
A long... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 2:58 am
Continued escalation of the battle between Japanese whalers and conservationists could lead to someone dying, New Zealand's whaling commissioner Sir Geoffrey Palmer says.
His comments come after the captain of the militant anti-whaling... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 2:35 am
The gun that shot Lee Harvey Oswald, and Marilyn Monroe's purse, are among items at an upcoming auction.
A collection of pop culture memorabilia including Indiana Jones' bullwhip and a necklace owned by Elvis, is about to be auctioned.
If... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 10 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Indian detectives have arrested a man in connection with the murder of Scarlett Keeling, the 15-year-old Devon girl found dead last month on a beach in Goa. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Barack Obama yesterday rejected Hillary Clinton's suggestion that he stand as her vice-president on a Democratic "dream ticket". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Spain's ruling Socialist party claimed victory last night over the conservative opposition in the general election, winning enough votes to secure Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero a second term in office as prime minister. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Nicolas Sarkozy was under pressure to rethink his presidency last night as his ruling party faced a series of defeats in municipal elections. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The demise of the traditional family is breeding a generation of children who are increasingly relying on teachers to become surrogate parents, a prominent education leader warned yesterday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The mother of a 15-year-old girl found dead on a beach in Goa has expressed doubt over whether Indian detectives have arrested the right man. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Gordon Brown faces a humiliating climb down on his pledge to bring 1,500 troops in Iraq home early with military planners now expected to recommend troop numbers remain fixed, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, the Spanish Prime Minister, yesterday won a
second term after a bitter election campaign overshadowed by the brazen
killing of a politician in its final hours. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
First they said they didn’t understand it. Now they say we don’t have it any
more. The British sense of humour, supposedly one of our defining national
characteristics, is once again lost on the Americans.<br/>
<br/>
It is particularly lost in Slough, the town so derided by John Betjeman.
According to a book by an American observer, it has become the capital of
the emerging British disease - misery.<br/>
<br/>
Eric Weiner, a former <i>New York Times</i> journalist, spent a year
travelling the world in search of the planet’s happy places. But after
visiting Britain he felt only pity for a population unable to experience
happiness. In <i>The Geography of Bliss</i>, he writes: “I feel sorry for
the Brits; they don’t merely enjoy misery, they get off on it.”<br/>
<br/>
His keenest commiseration was reserved for the town that provided the setting
for one of the most acclaimed British comedy series of recent years, <i>The
Office.</i> “Slough is a treasure trove of unhappiness, buried beneath a
copious layer of gloom,” he wrote. “The colours range from deeper to lighter
shades of grey. The people seem grey too, and slightly dishevelled. The word
frumpy springs to mind.”<br/>
<br/>
Andrew Blake-Herbert, a spokesman for Slough council, sprang to the town’s
defence. “It’s all a big misconception that Slough is a grim place,
exacerbated by programmes like <i>The Office</i>. The truth is that this is
a lovely place where people are very happy.”<br/>
<br/>
For the English, Weiner claims, happiness is an American import based on
silly, infantile drivel. What the British like to be is grumpy, and they
derive a perverse pleasure from their grumpiness. British life is not about
happiness; it’s about getting by, he says.<br/>
<br/>
He dislikes our chronically polite behaviour, saying the only thing worse than
bland British cuisine is the bland British personality. Weiner did not find
much evidence of that British humour, which has given the world everything
from Benny Hill to <i>Blackadder.</i> It appears he may have been looking in
the wrong place.<br/>
<br/>
After studying 2,000 pairs of British twins and 500 pairs of Americans,
researchers at the University of Western Ontario in Canada – not a nation
famed for its home-grown jokes – concluded that humour lies in the genes.
Both nations, the researchers found, liked positive humour, but only the
British appreciated sarcasm, self-deprecation, teasing and ridicule, and the
less pleasing aspects of racist or sexist humour.<br/>
<br/>
Rod Martin, one of the researchers, said: “In North American families there
was a genetic basis to positive humour, but negative humour seems to be
entirely learnt.”<br/>
<br/>
Television humour in Britain was more biting, whereas in North America it
tended to be blander. “Self-defeating humour tends to be highly correlated
with neuroticism. People who tend to be more negative, depressed and anxious
tend to use that kind of humour,” Dr Martin said.<br/>
<br/>
He took the example of <i>The Office</i>, which in its original British
version with Ricky Gervais playing the loathsome David Brent, was biting,
insensitive and intolerant compared with the subsequent US version, which
was played in a much lower key.<br/>
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Genetic and environmental differences could account for the British having a
far greater tolerance for a wider range of humour, including such
aggressively sarcastic or denigrating series as <i>Fawlty Towers, One Foot
in the Grave</i>and<i>Blackadder.</i>Some British comedians have defended
American humour as having a high level of wit and sophistication.<br/>
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Charlie Higson, co-creator of <i>The Fast Show</i>, singled out <i>Friends.</i>
“Our sitcoms tend to be about silly people doing silly things, whereas in
America it’s clever people doing clever things.”<br/>
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And there is no more satirical show on either side of the Atlantic beneath its
comic-strip guise than <i>The Simpsons.</i><br/>
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British humour scored one significant victory yesterday with news that a
long-running comic series about the wartime occupation of France has been
sold to a nation with a reputation for being among the most humourless in
Europe. After years of hammering at a closed door, the BBC has finally sold <i>’Allo
’Allo</i> to the Germans. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
A British man has told The Times that he saw an Indian barman apparently
sexually assaulting Scarlett Keeling less than two hours before the
15-year-old British girl’s half-naked body was found on a beach in Goa. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 10 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Two titans of the kung fu world Jet Li and Jackie Chan square off in China's most expensive film ever made.
Jet Li, born Li Lianjie in Beijing, started practicing the martial arts, or Wushu, when he was eight. He won several national... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Mar 2008 | 11:54 pm
ROME - A footballing priest has been sent off in a church tournament for throwing his shirt at the referee, Italian media reported yesterday.
The incident, reminiscent of Antonio Cassano's red card for Sampdoria last weekend,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Mar 2008 | 10:31 pm
KOUROU - An unmanned Ariane rocket blasted-off from French Guiana early on Sunday in Europe's first mission to carry supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), space officials said.
The modified Ariane-5 launcher lifted-off... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Mar 2008 | 10:10 pm
BERLIN - German authorities investigating tax evasion by Germans using banks in Liechtenstein are planning a new wave of raids after Easter, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported yesterday.
After having searched around... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Mar 2008 | 9:47 pm
A tradition that goes back hundreds, maybe thousands of years, Russians celebrate the change of season with a week-long festival that includes fire, fistfights and pancakes. Lots and lots of pancakes.
Chinese police killed alleged terrorists plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics, while a flight crew prevented an attempt to crash a Chinese jetliner in a separate case, officials said Sunday.
Thousands of Afghan students chanted slogans and burned Danish and Dutch flags Sunday in the latest in a series of protests over perceived insults against Islam. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Mar 2008 | 4:46 pm
Dozens of U.S. troops in Iraq fell sick at bases using "unmonitored and potentially unsafe" water supplied by the military and a contractor once owned by Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the Pentagon said.
A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor.
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Sunday that Tehran is ready to negotiate with Europe over the Islamic republic's nuclear program if there were practical results. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Mar 2008 | 4:34 pm
Peace talks with the Palestinians will proceed this week despite a shooting attack at a Jerusalem religious seminary that killed eight Israelis, Israeli officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Mar 2008 | 4:33 pm
A passenger train slammed into a bus at a rural Argentine rail crossing before dawn Sunday, killing 19 people and leaving at least 47 others injured, authorities said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Mar 2008 | 2:59 pm
Chinese police captured and killed alleged Islamic terrorists plotting attacks targeting the Beijing Olympic Games, a senior Communist Party official said Sunday.
Pakistan's election winners sealed an agreement Sunday to form a coalition government and said parliament would restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf - further clouding the U.S.-allied leader's political future.
Venezuela says it is reopening its embassy in Colombia and allowing back Colombian diplomats who were expelled from Caracas. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Mar 2008 | 1:59 pm
BAA suppressed data on the noise and pollution resulting from a proposed third runway at Heathrow in order to win approval for the scheme, it was claimed today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Mar 2008 | 1:20 pm
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
A thrift store worker in Southern California says she didn’t think twice about returning $30,000 she found in donated clothing. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
In the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key architects of the war blasts former secretary of state Colin Powell, the CIA, retired Gen. Tommy R. Franks and former Iraq occupation chief L. Paul Bremer for mishandling the run-up to the invasion and the subsequent occupation of the country.
AP - Barack Obama focused on Mississippi's primary for new momentum in his tight race with Hillary Rodham Clinton, as a consensus began to emerge about two states stripped of their delegates where do-over contests could weigh heavily in the fierce Democratic White House battle.
Reuters - Hollywood action star Chuck
Norris, known for his martial arts prowess and tough-guy image,
has become a cult figure among the U.S. military in Iraq and an
unlikely hero for some in Iraq's security forces.
AFP - Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was sworn in for a second term Monday, defying calls to quit after presiding over the ruling coalition's worst ever election performance.
Reuters - The coalition government of Serbian
Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica was formally dissolved on
Monday, opening the way for an early parliamentary election.
AP - A black civil rights activist is fighting to close a store that sells KKK robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building.
AFP - Spain's ruling Socialists faced awkward alliance choices Monday after winning re-election without the absolute majority they had sought to tackle a deepening slowdown in the once-robust economy.
AP - Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed the army to halt airstrikes and raids into the Gaza Strip in response to a serious drop in rocket fire from the territory, officials said Monday.
AP - A survey says the national average price for gasoline rose 9 cents over the last two weeks.
Israel announced plans to build hundreds of homes in the West Bank and disputed east Jerusalem, drawing Palestinian condemnation.
Federal authorities are investigating Countrywide Financial Corp. for securities fraud, according to media reports.
Chinese police killed alleged terrorists plotting to attack the Beijing Olympics, while a flight crew prevented an attempt to crash a Chinese jetliner in a separate case, officials said Sunday.
A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor.
Highway and utility crews worked overtime Sunday to recover from the huge storm that buried Ohio and other parts of the Midwest in snow and tore down power lines elsewhere.
In the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key architects of the war blasts former secretary of state Colin Powell, the CIA, retired Gen. Tommy R. Franks and former Iraq occupation chief L. Paul Bremer for mishandling the run-up to the invasion and the subsequent occupation of the country.