First candidate for Soyuz mission grounded over book dispute; women to become Seoul's first person in space. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:42 pm
AP - The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early Wednesday, with the astronauts spending their first full day in orbit carefully examining the ship for any launch damage.
(Kyodo) _ New Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi on Wednesday criticized U.N. Security Council sanctions against his country as being "counterproductive" and "not fair," and Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:26 pm
AP - With a six-week breather before the next primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to Pennsylvania and beyond to counter the latest in a string of victories by Barack Obama in Southern states with large black voting blocs.
Reuters - An odd contraption in retired
firefighter Alex Black's cluttered garage looks a bit like the
hand winch at the top of a well. In fact, it is a machinegun.
DOUGLAS, Arizona (Reuters) - An odd contraption in retired firefighter Alex Black's cluttered garage looks a bit like the hand winch at the top of a well. In fact, it is a machinegun.
The RIAA wants us all to know that the group isn't hypocritical when it comes to music licensing, though the full story's a bit more complicated. Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:20 pm
AFP - China's foreign minister on Wednesday hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish the Olympic Games.
AP - The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination.
Reuters - Five years after the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, the unpopular war reverberates through the 2008
presidential campaign with Democrats pledging an early troop
pullout and Republicans promising to stay the course.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the unpopular war reverberates through the 2008 presidential campaign with Democrats pledging an early troop pullout and Republicans promising to stay the course.
BEIJING (AFP) -
China's
foreign minister on Wednesday hit out at critics of the
country's human rights record, accusing them of double
standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish
the Olympic Games. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:16 pm
Last night's drug bust in South Boston unearthed a stash of crack, pot, pills and weapons -- including an AK-47 assault rifle and a stun gun, Boston Police report. Take...
AP - Wall Street appeared headed to a mixed opening Wednesday, a day after a move by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to pump more liquidity into distressed financial markets sparked a global rally.
Is John Hinckley still locked up? Just in from the U.S. attorney ...
A Holliston man was arrested today for allegedly mailing a bomb threat from Massachusetts to the Van...
BILOXI (AFP) -
Barack
Obama trounced Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic
primary, riding huge support from African Americans, as a
nasty new race row rocked their White House battle. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:13 pm
AFP - Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary, riding huge support from African Americans, as a nasty new race row rocked their White House battle.
AP - As doctors struggle to eradicate polio worldwide, one of their biggest problems is persuading parents to vaccinate their children. In Belgium, authorities are resorting to an extreme measure: prison sentences. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:08 pm
Alistair Darling set a downbeat tone for his first Budget today as he told the
Cabinet of the “difficult financial situation” facing the economy. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:07 pm
(Kyodo) _ A prominent civil rights activist who has publicly criticized the government's record on human rights in the run-up to the Olympic Games has been told he will go on trial on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:05 pm
Stocks had their biggest one-day gain in five years Tuesday after the Federal Reserve announced that it would step up its lending to ease strain on the dysfunctional money market...“For today, yes, it’s better,” said Max Bublitz, chief strategist at SCM Advisors, an investment firm in San Francisco. But “I don’t think you are going to... Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
Miss America Kirsten Haglund was at Harvard last night to discuss her battle with anorexia at the Harris Center for Education and Advocacy in Eating Disorders forum 'Redefining...
Barack Obama beat his rival Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary election in racially polarised Mississipi, winning almost 61 per cent of the vote against Mrs Clinton's 37 per cent. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars said on Tuesday he would quit after a magazine reported he was pushing President George W. Bush to avoid war with Iran.
TOKYO, March 12 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The Japanese parliament resumed deliberations Wednesday after being stalled for more than a week, with a House of Representatives committee... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
What really went down behind closed doors between Randy Moss and the Sunshine State sweetheart who said he hurt and degraded her may always be gossiped about, but it won't...
NOME, Alaska - Defending champion Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
The 37-year-old throat cancer survivor from Fairbanks and 11 dogs crossed the finish...
An Argentine woman born during military rule seeks her adoptive parents' jailing for kidnap and concealment. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:54 am
AP - Bloggers, commentators and comedians have already weighed in on the prostitution scandal that has imperiled Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Now New Yorkers are getting a shot and their view is clear: He should resign or be removed from office.
(Kyodo) _ East Timor's hospitalized President Jose Ramos-Horta, who survived an assassination attempt last month, sent out a recorded message of thanks Wednesday to everybody involved in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:52 am
BEIJING, March 12 (Kyodo) _ Authorities in Beijing confirmed Wednesday that millions of cars will be banned from the city's roads during the Olympic Games in an attempt to ease air... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
Goan police are looking for a Briton who could have crucial evidence about the death of 15-year-old Scarlett Keeling. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
(Kyodo) _ Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa said Wednesday he believes there is a possibility that the House of Representatives could be dissolved for a general election... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
A Nantucket contractor and former high school sailing coach yesterday admitted in federal court he filmed himself sexually assaulting children as young as 5 - sometimes three...
The discovery of a live shotgun shell in a bathroom resulted in a Roxbury school being locked down yesterday as police did a top-to-bottom check of the building.
Officials...
BOSTON - A bill that targets soaring health care costs will be heard by a legislative panel on Beacon Hill.
The measure unveiled earlier this month by Senate President...
VIENNA (Reuters) - A fingerprint and DNA sample of an Austrian hostage in Iraq have been received by U.S. authorities, an Austrian official said on Wednesday after a magazine reported that fingers of five westerners had been obtained.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: WILL UPDATE AFTER LATE GAME) Brazilian striker Marquinhos grabbed a hat-trick as Kashima Antlers signaled their continental ambitions with an emphatic 9-1 win away to ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
SOFIA (Reuters) - A gunman shot dead a 15-year-old girl and wounded two other children at a Bulgarian orphanage on Wednesday before killing himself, police said.
(Kyodo) _ Japanese business leaders called for an early end to an impasse between the ruling and opposition camps over the new Bank of Japan governor Wednesday as the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:41 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING 1ST GRAF. ADDING FUKUDA'S COMMENTS IN 3RD, 4TH GRAFS) The opposition-controlled House of Councillors on Wednesday voted down the government's nomination of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
Cottagers, space buffs and specifically amateur meteor hunters might have a terrestrial treasure to hunt, after a shooting star was spotted last week. They've narrowed its impact location down to a 12 square km area. Finders keepers! Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
Israeli troops have killed an Islamic Jihad militant in a pre-dawn gun battle in the West Bank, the latest incident to threaten a brief, fragile calm between Palestinian militias and Israel. Islamic Jihad has vowed revenge.
Former President Mohammad Khatami has sharply criticized Iran's hard-liners for barring many reformists from running in parliament elections, saying they were misusing Islam. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:28 am
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordanian authorities on Wednesday released Jordanian Sheikh Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi, a leading al-Qaeda mentor, after several years imprisonment without trial, security sources said.
The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Wednesday, March 12, 2008: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:23 am
Barack Obama beats Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's primary, in the fight for the Democrats' presidential nomination. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese and Chinese governments have begun final arrangements to set a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Japan around May 8 for talks with Prime Minister Yasuo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:18 am
An EU-sponsored centre to help migrants return home is opening in Libya's capital, Tripoli. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:14 am
A clergyman caught between the crowd of demonstrators and police officers, as the demonstrators try to reach the Denmark Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Some hundreds of people staged... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:11 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Thousands of Chinese security personnel fired tear gas to try to disperse more than 600 monks taking part in a second day of rare street protests in Tibet, a source and Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday.
Muslim demonstrators of different nationalities shouts anti Danish slogans in front of the Denmark Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, March 12, 2008. Hundreds of angry students staged a protest in front... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
W.R. Grace & Co. has agreed to reimburse the federal government $250 million for the investigation and cleanup of asbestos contamination blamed for sickening hundreds of people, some fatally, in the northwestern Montana town of Libby. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:06 am
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi accuses "anti-China forces" of trying to politicise the Beijing Olympics. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
In this file photo taken in San Luca, southern Italy, Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 women in the church of San Luca wait for the caskets of Francesco Giorgi, Sebastiano Strangio and Marco Marmo prior to their... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 11:02 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Violence appeared to be on the rise in Iraq after a day that saw at least 42 people die - numbers that cast doubt on the easing of sectarian violence following a surge of U.S. forces to the country last year.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
Violence appeared to be on the rise in Iraq after a day that saw at least 42 people die — numbers that cast doubt on the easing of sectarian violence following a surge of U.S. forces to the country last year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
Iraqi girls celebrate after they won a local youth soccer tournament in the Shiite enclave of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
The chief executive of General Electric Co. is telling investors that the industrial and financial conglomerate will not sell NBC Universal, despite recurring speculation that GE would shed its media and entertainment division. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:59 am
Foreign investment in China rose 38.3 percent in February from a year ago to $6.9 billion, the Commerce Ministry reported Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:55 am
The United States signed agreements Wednesday with EU members Latvia and Estonia that will enable the tiny Baltic nations to join the U.S. visa waiver program this year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:53 am
Investigators began probing whether al-Qaida was behind twin suicide attacks that killed 24 people in Pakistan's cultural capital as a new government prepared to take office, police said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas publicly set its terms on Wednesday for a ceasefire with Israel, calling for an end to Israeli raids in Palestinian territory and a reopening of Gaza border crossings.
Democrat Andre Carson won't have much time to bask in his special election victory. In just eight weeks, he faces another vote for the same congressional seat. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:47 am
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the law lords' full judgment</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:45 am
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, front left, stand during an official welcoming ceremony for Merkel at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, in this Sunday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:42 am
Flights, trains and ferries are once again facing disruption today because of
high winds across Britain. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:37 am
Franco Frattini, Vice President of the European Commission arrives to the Ministerial Conference on the Challenges of the EU External Border Management, in Brdo, Slovenia, Wednesday, March 12, 2008. (AP... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:26 am
Funerals are held in Pakistan for the victims of two bomb attacks in the eastern city of Lahore. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi has hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish the Olympic Games. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
Falun Gong members go through their exercises during a 2000 protest rally in Hong Kong. China's foreign minister has hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
Chinese workers install a billboard ahead of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. China's foreign minister has hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
A plastic surgeon wanted in Australia in connection with the deaths of three patients has been arrested in the US. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:12 am
The new Cypriot president and the Turkish Cypriot leader agree to talks on the future of the divided island. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:08 am
European and Asian stock markets rise as the world's biggest central banks move to tackle the global credit crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Mar 2008 | 10:04 am
'I am not an enthusiast of a young person sitting in front of a computer, watching video clips and pornography while sipping a bottle of beer and voting when he feels like it'
The secret which drove one of Britain's most senior policeman apparently to
throw himself off a cliff in Snowdonia lay in his tangled private life,
unnamed sources allege. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:45 am
I logged online to check my Wamu account tonight and I was surprised by the profanity in the "confirmation number" field.Highly amusing, don't you think? Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:40 am
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- Former Army Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Martin says an Afghan who allegedly wounded him, another soldier and an interpreter in a grenade attack in Kabul should never be let out of U.S. military custody.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:37 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The
commander of US forces in the Middle East, Admiral William
Fallon, is stepping down because reports that he
differed with President George W. Bush over Iran had
become "a distraction." Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:24 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Endeavour
astronauts inspected the space shuttle's heat shield
Wednesday, while NASA puzzled over a mysterious piece of
debris that may have struck the shuttle's nose just after launch. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
Borrowing the powerful theme of a possible attack on the U.S. from the hotly contested Democratic nomination race, Vice President Dick Cheney is urging future leaders to follow through on President Bush's plans for a national missile defense program.
Wikipedia isn't the most accurate source of information and editorial content is monopolized by a group of insular editors who do not often accept the views of others outside of the circle. This extreme example shows how Wikipedia can be destroyed further, if advertising is allowed. Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
CHICAGO (AFP) -
One in
four teenage girls in the United Sates has been infected
with at least one sexually transmitted disease, according to
a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:45 am
Large parts of the country woke up to a battering as the second major storm front of the week hit swathes of Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:31 am
These are the Spice Girls as they have never been seen before. Behind the pouts and the posturing, the five members of the pop act that has sold 55 million records from the mid-1990s are shown backstage as mere girls who wanna have fun. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:31 am
A tiny chemical "brain" which could one day act as a remote control for swarms of nano-machines has been invented. Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
You're 19 years old, pitching in spring training for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the legendary Vin Scully has already annointed your curveball "Public Enemy No. 1.: Welcome to the life of Clayton Kershaw. Source: Digg | 12 Mar 2008 | 8:10 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Mississippi on Tuesday, giving him new momentum in their heated presidential fight as they head to the next showdown in Pennsylvania in six weeks.
Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
Small victories such as the restoration of power in sections of Monrovia, the capital of this African nation, have allowed Liberians to begin restoring the frayed fabric of their society. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 7:34 am
A roadside bomb hit a bus traveling in southern Iraq on Tuesday killing at least 16 civilians on board, police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Mar 2008 | 7:33 am
Advocacy groups and lawmakers are fighting to win a 19-year-old Iranian man asylum status in the Netherlands or in Britain - where he's already been denied once - because of fears he will be executed if forced to return home to the Islamic Republic.
Pedro Espinoza, 19, was charged with capital murder in the Mid-City shooting of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw Jr., whose funeral was today.
A young convict and alleged gang member had been released from jail a little more than a day before he shot and killed Los Angeles High School football star Jamiel Shaw Jr., LAPD Chief William J. Bratton said Tuesday.
The victory was expected -- but Clinton outdid him among those who said they made their choice within the last week.
Barack Obama rolled up a commanding victory Tuesday in the Mississippi primary, padding his delegate lead and gaining a psychological boost ahead of next month's big Democratic showdown in Pennsylvania.
Villaraigosa says the city's looming budget deficit will not divert him from his goal.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa insisted Tuesday that he would stick to his plan to add hundreds of officers to the Los Angeles Police Department "no matter what the cost," at a time when the city faces deep cuts in other services and potential layoffs of municipal workers.
The Federal Reserve says it will lend up to $200 billion to financial institutions and will accept troubled debt, including mortgage-backed securities, as collateral.
Tuesday's big rally on Wall Street has investors hoping the end is near -- in a good way, that is.
Neither the New York governor nor the call-girl ring he has been linked to was specifically targeted.
The investigation that allegedly caught New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer paying a call girl for sex was triggered by an elaborate financial surveillance system that was expanded after the Sept. 11 attacks to snare terrorists, drug traffickers, international organized-crime figures and white-collar criminals, federal law enforcement officials said Tuesday.
The temporary exchanges, which aim to ease the credit crunch, would take place in the form of auctions. The Dow surges more than 250 points in morning trading at the news.
Attempting to break the credit logjam that is threatening the already weakened economy, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced a new program to pump massive sums into the financial system.
Navy Adm. William J. Fallon, head of Central Command, oversaw the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He is seen as a critic of Bush's policies.
The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the abrupt resignation of the commander overseeing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who was seen as an internal critic of the Bush administration's troop decisions in Iraq.
The effects of the increase, which takes effect Jan. 1, on Southern California household bills will vary broadly.
The Metropolitan Water District board on Tuesday approved a 14.3% increase in the 2009 rates it will charge for imported water, a hike that will vary widely in the dollars it adds to Southern California household water bills.
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta thanked medical staff and his supporters Wednesday in his first public comments since a failed assassination attempt a month ago.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 6:24 am
A man who filmed himself sexually assaulting young Asian girls pleaded guilty Tuesday to child pornography charges. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 6:16 am
Three people have been killed and 277 injured in the United Arab Emirates when dozens of cars and buses collided in thick fog in what could be the country's biggest traffic accident, police said.
Up to 20 cars burned in the pile-up... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:51 am
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The U.S. military said Tuesday that it will allow detainees to make regular phone calls to their families from Guantanamo Bay prison, where many have been confined in extreme isolation for as long as six years.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:40 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded not guilty Wednesday before the Supreme Court in one of two criminal corruption cases against him.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:38 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer faced growing pressure to resign on Wednesday after becoming entangled in a sex scandal linking him to a high-priced prostitute.
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Boeing on
Tuesday officially challenged a US Air Force decision to
award a huge aerial refueling tanker contract to Northrop
Grumman and Europe's EADS, a move that temporarily freezes
the deal. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 5:02 am
First there were DINKs (dual income, no kids) and SINKs (single income, no kids) - now Australia is experiencing the rise of the SPUD (single person urban dwelling), not to mention the "freemale".
In a wide-ranging new geo-demographic... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 4:56 am
SINGAPORE (AFP) -
Oil prices
were close to 109 dollars in Asian trade on Wednesday,
underpinned by the US dollar's dive to a new low against the
euro and supply concerns, dealers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Mar 2008 | 4:49 am
As the war in Iraq nears the 5-year mark, President Bush said that he made the right decision to invade Iraq.
The war in Iraq has become a central issue in the US presidential elections, with Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 3:45 am
WASHINGTON - Democrat Barack Obama easily beat rival Hillary Clinton in Mississippi today, giving him new momentum in their heated presidential fight as they head into a critical showdown in Pennsylvania in six weeks.
Obama, who... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 3:40 am
Ousted Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra pleaded innocent Wednesday in the Supreme Court in one of two corruption cases against him. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 3:29 am
With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent perhaps $80,000 with the high-priced prostitution service.
House Democrats, trying to restore integrity to the chamber's tarnished image, pushed through a measure Tuesday to create an outside panel to review possible ethical lapses by its members. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 3:10 am
His remains were found by an author researching the accident, which killed three other men. One was identified in 2006.
The remains of an airman killed in a 1942 military training crash have been identified nearly a year after they were found in the Sierra Nevada by an author researching the accident.
ADELAIDE - At least 50 people have succumbed to Adelaide's record heatwave, seeking hospital treatment for a range of heat-related conditions, the South Australian government says.
State Health Minister John Hill said today that... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 2:56 am
BEIJING - China's northern region of Inner Mongolia is on high alert against a severe flood threat caused by ice blocking the Yellow River during the spring thaw, state media said.
More than 70,000 people in the region were on... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 2:51 am
Massive suicide bombs have ripped through a seven-story police headquarters and a house in Lahore, killing at least 24 people and wounding more than 200, deepening Pakistan's security crisis as a wave of Islamic militancy sweeps the country.
A prominent politician, especially one known for a certain righteousness, is alleged to be a customer of high-priced call girls. For comics, that’s a hanging curveball over the plate.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A 30-year-old woman on Tuesday urged a federal court to convict and sentence her adoptive parents to 25 years in prison, the maximum allowed on charges they hid her true identity as a child of dissidents who disappeared under Argentina's dictatorship.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 1:42 am
BOSTON - A man who sent Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster threatening letters for several years was arrested today on charges of mailing a bomb threat to a Los Angeles airport.
Michael Smegal, 42, of Holliston, Massachusetts,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
The annual flour war in Galaxidi, 200 kilometres west of Athens, marks the end of the carnival season as it turns into Orthodox Lent and draws participants from across the country.
It's called Clean Monday but in reality it's exactly... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
The U.S. military said Tuesday that it will allow detainees to make regular phone calls to their families from Guantanamo Bay prison, where many have been confined in extreme isolation for as long as six years. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 12 Mar 2008 | 1:29 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council expressed "profound concern" Tuesday at the upsurge in violence and worsening humanitarian situation in Darfur and Russia called on members to consider sanctions against rebel groups challenging peace efforts.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 1:04 am
GENEVA (AP) -- The U.N. torture investigator said Tuesday that American officials are refusing him access to U.S.-run detention facilities in Iraq even though he has received credible reports that conditions there have improved.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:36 am
MELBOURNE - The Victorian government could recruit up to 2,500 foreign doctors to redress an expected shortfall in the number of locally-trained medicos.
The recruitment campaign, detailed in a secret report obtained by News Limited... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:20 am
PARIS - Prince Albert of Monaco will marry his girlfriend, former South African Olympic swimmer Charlene Wittstock, in September, a French magazine said yesterday.
A photo of the prince, who will be 50 on Friday, and 30-year-old... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:13 am
Criminologists cite a number of factors for the trend, including the rise in private police forces and burglar alarms, better locks and the wide availability of cheap new electronics. As one former burglar puts it, "everybody has everything now."
The United Nations says aid workers can't get to a tenth of Afghanistan because it's too dangerous. A report released today says attacks by Taliban insurgents are blocking the delivery of humanitarian help in the hot spots.
America's supreme commander in the Middle East is to take early retirement after apparently challenging President George W Bush's policy on Iran. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Barack Obama reacted angrily Tuesday after Geraldine Ferraro, a close ally of Hillary Clinton and the first female vice-presidential candidate, stated that the reason he is winning the battle for the Democratic nomination is that he is black. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Oscar-nominated actress Samantha Morton told a court on Monday how she was "absolutely petrified" when a childhood acquaintance began sending her sinister love notes. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 12 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East has resigned. Adm. William Fallon reportedly has differed with the Bush administration on Iran policy. Fallon, in a statement, suggested that there were not differences but that the "perception" of differences made it hard for him to do his job as head of Central Command.
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan's crisis deepened after two suicide bombings killed 24 people and wounded more than 200 in this normally peaceful city Tuesday, and pressure grew for more dialogue with militants as a new government prepares to take office.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:09 a... | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:11 pm
A routine financial inquiry led to the discovery of New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's involvement in a high-priced prostitution ring. How do banks scrutinize the transactions of their customers, particularly "PEPs" -- politically exposed people?
Scientists on Tuesday issued a warning of almost Biblical proportions to the nation's transportation planners. They warn that much of the transportation system will be increasingly vulnerable to flooding and sea-level rise.
Violence killed at least 42 people Tuesday, including 16 bus passengers caught in a roadside bombing in southern Iraq, after the deadliest day for U.S. troops in precisely six months.
The Federal Reserve announced Tuesday that it will make an additional $200 billion available to the banking system in order to address an ongoing credit crunch. The Fed also is easing lending rules, and for the first time will accept mortgage-backed securities as collateral.
Record high crude oil prices mean gasoline is probably headed higher as well, and prices at the pump already are at record highs. The Energy Department reports that gasoline is selling for an average of more than $3.22 nationwide. That's up more than 25 cents in the past month.
New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer stayed out of the public eye Tuesday, a day after allegations surfaced that he spent thousands of dollars for a night with a call girl. A top state Republican is threatening to push for impeachment.
As grain prices rise and ethanol makes up an increasing portion of the nation's fuel supply, a major drought in the Plains states could pose a significant threat to the U.S. economy. Agricultural economists are warning that El Nino could cause grain shortages that could reverberate in an unprecedented way through the economy.
Malvin Wald, a screenwriter who was nominated for an Academy Award for the 1948 movie The Naked City, died Thursday at the age of 90. He wrote dozens of scripts for motion pictures and TV shows, including Peter Gunn, Daktari and Perry Mason.
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama easily won Mississippi's Democratic primary on Tuesday, in a contest that split along racial lines as stark as any in the nominating contests to date. Exit polls showed that Obama captured 90 percent of the African-American vote.
Drug pushers, the obscenely rich, environmental polluters and manipulative genetic scientists beware you may be in danger of losing your mortal soul unless you repent. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 5:12 pm
A town in South America is living in fear after several sightings of a 'creepy' little person dressed as a gnome that locals claim stalks the streets at night Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 4:01 pm
British students should take an oath of allegiance to the queen and participate in citizenship ceremonies as a way to boost national pride, a government-commissioned review said Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 3:24 pm
The chief U.S. and North Korean nuclear negotiators will meet this week in Geneva to seek a breakthrough in stalled disarmament talks, a senior State Department official said.
Palestinian militants in Gaza launched a rocket Tuesday that fell near the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Israeli police said, causing no injuries but threatening to upset a recent period of calm. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 2:15 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested severing hands of bribe-taking bureaucrats during meeting with Kremlin lawmakers. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
A White House visit by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk seemed to ease tension with the United States stemming from Poland's demand for military aid in exchange for allowing U.S. missile defense interceptors on its soil.
The Netherlands' highest court on Tuesday rejected a gay Iranian's last-ditch appeal to avoid deportation to Britain, where he fears authorities will send him back to Tehran and possible execution. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
The rise of China as an economic power has sparked interest in English-language fiction about the country, bringing success to several bilingual authors. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Mar 2008 | 10:56 am
AP - The seven-man crew of the shuttle Endeavour maneuvered toward the international space station early Wednesday, with the astronauts spending their first full day in orbit carefully examining the ship for any launch damage.
AP - With a six-week breather before the next primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned her attention to Pennsylvania and beyond to counter the latest in a string of victories by Barack Obama in Southern states with large black voting blocs.
Reuters - An odd contraption in retired
firefighter Alex Black's cluttered garage looks a bit like the
hand winch at the top of a well. In fact, it is a machinegun.
AFP - China's foreign minister on Wednesday hit out at critics of the country's human rights record, accusing them of double standards while vowing their complaints would not tarnish the Olympic Games.
AP - The head of the Southern California slaughterhouse at the center of the largest beef recall in U.S. history said Wednesday no unsafe beef was processed at his plant but that his company is ruined despite no evidence of contamination.
Reuters - Five years after the U.S. invasion
of Iraq, the unpopular war reverberates through the 2008
presidential campaign with Democrats pledging an early troop
pullout and Republicans promising to stay the course.
AP - Wall Street appeared headed to a mixed opening Wednesday, a day after a move by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to pump more liquidity into distressed financial markets sparked a global rally.
AFP - Barack Obama trounced Hillary Clinton in Mississippi's Democratic primary, riding huge support from African Americans, as a nasty new race row rocked their White House battle.
AP - Bloggers, commentators and comedians have already weighed in on the prostitution scandal that has imperiled Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Now New Yorkers are getting a shot and their view is clear: He should resign or be removed from office.
NBC News declared Barack Obama as the projected winner over Hillary Clinton in the Mississippi Democratic primary on Tuesday.
As the “Idol” final sprint to the finish officially began on Tuesday, the show offered a new stage and a new songbook to choose from.
With pressure mounting on Gov. Eliot Spitzer to resign over a call-girl scandal, investigators said Tuesday he was clearly a repeat customer who spent perhaps $80,000 with the high-priced prostitution service.
A prominent politician, especially one known for a certain righteousness, is alleged to be a customer of high-priced call girls. For comics, that’s a hanging curveball over the plate.