KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. forces searching for bomb makers raided Afghan homes near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday, exchanging gunfire with militants. Six people were killed, including two children and a woman, Afghan officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks stumbled as a sell-off in British bank shares wiped out early gains inspired by the U.S. Fed's 3/4 point interest rate cut, with liquidity concerns still hanging heavy over markets.
LONDON (Reuters) - Two British tabloid newspapers made unprecedented front page apologies on Wednesday to the parents of missing girl Madeleine McCann for suggesting they might have killed their daughter and covered up her death.
(Kyodo) _ Pakistan's National Assembly on Wednesday elected Fahmida Mirza of the Pakistan People's Party as its first woman speaker. Fahmida, 51, is a practicing doctor and chief... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:22 am
For some odd reason, Stephen Colbert & Professional Pool Player Karen Corr have a strikingly similar resemblance! The could seriously pass for twins. Watch the video and see for yourself.. Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:17 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Ignoring calls for dialogue, China called the Daila Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and said it was locked in a "life-and-death battle" with his supporters after protests marking the biggest challenge to Chinese rule in Tibet in almost two decades.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
Ignoring calls for dialogue, China called the Daila Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" and said it was locked in a "life-and-death battle" with his supporters after protests marking the biggest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:16 am
Reuters - European stocks stumbled as a sell-off
in British bank shares wiped out early gains inspired by the
U.S. Fed's 3/4 point interest rate cut, with liquidity concerns
still hanging heavy over markets.
(Kyodo) _ Japan's famous cartoon robotic cat Doraemon became the nation's first "anime ambassador" on Wednesday, receiving his official assignment certificate -- along with dozens of his... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
China says more than 100 Tibetan protesters have given themselves in, as protests again hit a nearby province. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:11 am
A Moroccan journalist is due in court in Casablanca, accused of breaking a law forbidding criticism of the king. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:09 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shrugging off violent protests that have shaken Tibet, China said on Wednesday that the Olympic torch would go through the Himalayan region as planned on its way to August's Beijing Games.
(Kyodo) _ Beijing Olympics officials said Wednesday that the Olympic torch relay around China will as planned pass through Tibet and three neighboring provinces hit by violent protests. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:07 am
Chairman of Bank of Communications Jiang Chaoliang attends an announcement of the company's results in Hong Kong Wednesday, March 19, 2008. China's Bank of Communications Co. which is 19% owned by HSBC... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:06 am
Indonesian activists put up banners during a protest against Beijing's crackdown on anti-government protests in Tibet outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 19, 2008. (AP Photo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:02 am
Photo-editing software gets more sophisticated all the time, allowing users to alter pictures in ways both fun and fraudulent. Researchers are working on a variety of digital forensics tools, including those that analyze the lighting in an image, in hopes of making it easier to catch such manipulations. Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 10:01 am
MUQIBEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition troops killed three men, two children and a woman, in a raid in southeastern Afghanistan, the district chief and village residents said on Wednesday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia complained on Wednesday that the United States had not kept a promise to deliver written proposals on its missile defense plan after ministerial talks ended without agreement.
DORAL, Fla. - All anyone is talking about is the putt.
But when Tiger Woods called his swing coach the morning after Bay Hill, all he wanted to talk about was the shot...
The Cypriot president says the failure of new peace talks will be "devastating" for the divided island. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:57 am
The UN chief will recommend sending peacekeepers to Somalia if certain conditions are met, he says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:56 am
Jiang Jiemin, president of PetroChina Ltd, speaks during an announcement of the company's results in Hong Kong Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Chinese oil company PetroChina says its 2007 profits rose to US$20... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said on Wednesday they have arrested a Korean-American suspected of murder and wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after he fled the United States 10 years ago and went to South Korea.
WASHINGTON - Devon McTavish and Luciano Emilio each scored two goals, and D.C. United defeated Jamaica's Harbour View in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinals 5-0...
LONDON - There's only one reason why David Beckham should return to the England team to face France in next week's exhibition - and it's not good enough.
The...
Reuters - Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call
girl at the center of the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal, watched
the potential earnings from her new-found fame drop by $1
million on Tuesday as old nude videos of her emerged.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call girl at the center of the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal, watched the potential earnings from her new-found fame drop by $1 million on Tuesday as old nude videos of her emerged.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The South African government will spend more than $3.7 billion on the 2010 World Cup, in part because of escalating stadium construction costs.
The...
South Korean police said Wednesday they had arrested a Korean-American wanted for more than a decade by the FBI for the murder of an American policeman. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:45 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas he was committed to a peace settlement after President George W. Bush leaves office, a Palestinian official said on Wednesday.
The International Cricket Council will act to prevent reinstated umpire Darrell Hair from standing in matches involving Pakistan. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
South Korea will hold off on expanding a joint industrial complex in North Korea until the standoff over the communist nation's nuclear program is settled, an official said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
BOSTON - Investors in some of the largest mutual funds managed by Fidelity Investments are considering a proposal to block investments that may contribute to genocide in places...
Producing protein drugs in the eggs or milk of farm animals is potentially cheaper, faster and more efficient, but researchers have, until now, had only limited success . With a few genetic alterations, hens could soon be 'pharmed' to produce cancer-fighting drugs. Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:35 am
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, author of over 100 books, dies in Sri Lanka at the age of 90. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:35 am
Europe's major stock markets are mixed after strong gains in Asia and Wall Street overnight. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:32 am
Ahead of the 5th anniversary of the U.S. invasion, Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, told CBS News correspondent Cami McCormick what he sees as the biggest challenges still facing his troops.
AP - Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for "Girls Gone Wild" as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's founder said Tuesday.
Reuters - Shrugging off violent protests that
have shaken Tibet, China said on Wednesday that the Olympic
torch would go through the Himalayan region as planned on its
way to August's Beijing Games.
Gurkha veterans protest at the parliament in London, demanding the right to remain in the UK. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:25 am
AP - Five years after launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush is making some of his most expansive claims of success in the fighting there. Bush said last year's troop buildup has turned Iraq around and produced "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama bin Laden."
Reuters - A scientist who developed a way to
calculate how much water is used in the production of anything
from a cup of coffee to a hamburger was awarded the 2008
Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday.
Persian New Year, which annually falls on the spring equinox, is celebrated like most American holidays, said Babak Bina, the owner of Beacon Hill's Lala Rokh - with...
AP - President Mikhail Saakashvili of the Republic of Georgia is looking for a boost to his country's aspirations for NATO membership when he meets with President Bush.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A scientist who developed a way to calculate how much water is used in the production of anything from a cup of coffee to a hamburger was awarded the 2008 Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday.
AP - U.S. forces searching for bomb makers raided Afghan homes near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday, exchanging gunfire with militants. Six people were killed, including two children and a woman, Afghan officials said.
Before the turn of the century - the 20th, that is - most Americans probably had never heard of gruner veltliner. Now, any restaurant with claims to a good wine list must...
The Boston Herald continues its series on how to cook like a professional chef with instructors from the New England Culinary Institute in Montpelier and Essex, Vt. In these...
In rural areas, where accessing health care is often a challenge, the doctors and patients of the future will increasingly be linked by virtual interstates. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:23 am
DHAKA (Reuters) - Donor nations should increase financial assistance to developing countries such as Bangladesh to cope with rising food and oil prices, the head of the United Nations... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:23 am
The owners of the Express group of newspapers will today apologise in the High
Court over inaccurate stories published in its national titles accusing Kate
and Gerry McCann of being involved in their daughter Madeleine's abduction. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:22 am
While Apple's tactics may seem like Industrial Revolution relics, they've helped the company position itself ahead of its competitors and at the forefront of the tech industry. Sometimes, evil works.... Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
(Kyodo) _ The government downgraded its March assessment of the Japanese economy for the second straight month on Wednesday, indicating the nation's longest postwar boom has hit a lull... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will acknowledge on Wednesday the Iraq war has been fought at a high cost but will insist a U.S. troop buildup has opened the door to a "major strategic victory" against Islamic militants.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi police say a woman suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded 12 in an attack near a bus terminal northeast of Baghdad.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:18 am
(Kyodo) _ Unbeaten Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu tossed aside ozeki Chiyotaikai on Wednesday, retaining the sole lead at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament. Asashoryu completely... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:18 am
Iraqi police say a woman suicide bomber has killed three people and wounded 12 in an attack near a bus terminal northeast of Baghdad. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:12 am
The Olympic torch relay route through Tibet and to the top of Mount Everest will not change despite recent violent protests in Lhasa, a Chinese Olympic official said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:11 am
Cosmetics executive Leonard A. Lauder says he will give $131 million to the Whitney Museum of American Art, the largest donation in the New York institution's history. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:08 am
Barack Obama confronted the nation's racial divide head-on, tackling both black grievance and white resentment in a bold effort to quiet a campaign uproar over race and his former pastor's incendiary statements. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:04 am
Octogenarian Jim Barron has hearing aids and a pacemaker. The prostate cancer survivor received a cortisone shot this month to ease the pain from an old shoulder injury. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:03 am
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar briefly rose above the 100 yen level Wednesday in Tokyo on a surge in U.S. stocks overnight following a U.S. interest rate cut, but failed to sustain its upward... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
(Kyodo) _ Results of makuuchi division bouts for Wednesday, the 11th day of the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium: Won Technique Lost Ryuo Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:59 am
You can accuse the disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of many things in his decision to flout the law by soliciting the services of a pricey prostitute: hypocrisy, egomania, sophomoric impulsiveness and self-indulgence, delusional ineptitude and boneheadedness. But one trait decidedly not on display in Mr. Spitzer’s splashy act of whole-life cat Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:58 am
The hardline leader of Tibet has branded the Dalai Lama a “monster” as it
emerged that Tibetan students in Beijing have been ordered to effectively
renounce any allegiance to their god-king. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:58 am
The number of people in work has reached a record high of almost 30 million and unemployment has continued to fall. The jobless total was cut by 32,000 in the three months to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:56 am
Olympic champion Carolina Kluft will not defend her heptathlon title at the Beijing Games this year. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:55 am
Human beings spend on average one third of their lives asleep. We know we need to sleep but most of us have never really given a whole lot of thought to why. Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:54 am
Fehmida Mirza, arrives at Parliament in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. Pakistan's new parliament was set to elect Mirza, the country's first female speaker following her nomination by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
PARIS (AFP) -
French
banking giant BNP Paribas said on Wednesday it had dropped
any idea of a bid for Societe Generale, another leading
French bank rocked earlier this year by the biggest-ever
rogue trading scandal. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
Take a look at how drastically warfare has changed in the last decade and you'll understand why the U.S. military is increasingly turning to robots to do its dirtiest work. Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:43 am
As Canada's space agency celebrates the installation of Dextre the robot on the International Space Station, the country's space program is in serious trouble
President Bush says he has no doubts about waging the unpopular war in Iraq despite the "high cost in lives and treasure.'' However, Americans continue to think the results of the war have not been worth it, according to a new CBS News/> poll.
LOS BANOS (AFP) -
As the price
of rice hovers near record levels, many poor countries face
the spectre of riots by hungry people, according to one of
the world's leading rice experts. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:29 am
During the many hours spent perfecting his sweet jump shot in Carolina's gyms, guard Jeremy Goode dreamed of one day swishing one of them for his beloved Tar Heels. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:27 am
"Seagate CEO Bill Watkins is explaining why he’s not too worried about a these trendy new laptops that have everything but a hard drive." Source: Digg | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:26 am
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout waits at a detention center in Bangkok on March 8. A Thai court has remanded Bout to a maximum-security prison outside Bangkok as investigators decide whether to prosecute... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:25 am
A US soldier in a patrol vehicle, seen in 2007, in the province of Khost. An operation by US-led forces in the region has left several civilians dead as well as several rebels Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:21 am
A US engineer works on a US Apache helicopter in the Afghan provice of Khost in 2007. An operation by US-led forces in the region has left several civilians dead as well as several rebels Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:21 am
TOKYO (AFP) -
Asian stocks
soared Wednesday after a big bounce on Wall Street as the US
Federal Reserve slashed interest rates in a bid to contain a
spiralling financial crisis and risk of recession. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:19 am
Zimbabwe is failing to meet its democratic obligations ahead of elections next week, says a human rights group. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:13 am
BEIJING (AFP) -
China said
Wednesday it was engaged in a "life or death
struggle" over Tibet as dramatic footage emerged of
Tibetan protesters rampaging on horseback and hoisting their
national flag. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:13 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
The polar ice
cap over the Arctic Ocean was slightly bigger last month
than in February of last year due to a harsher winter, but
the ice sheet is still shrinking overall, NASA said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:08 am
US Senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain adjusts his Kippa during a visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem March 18. McCain on Wednesday warned that the armed groups... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:04 am
Along the main drag of this Columbia River town, the signs of despair read "closed" and "for sale." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) -
Democratic
front-runner Barack Obama battled to defuse the most serious
threat yet to his presidential hopes after incendiary,
racially tinged sermons by his former pastor triggered an uproar. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 8:00 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov leave a press conference in Moscow March 18. The United States has failed to give Russia written proposals intended to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:56 am
East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta (C) poses with Royal Darwin hospital staff on March 19, in northern Australia after being discharged. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:36 am
From hoaxes to errors of judgment, the front-page apologies in the Daily Star and the Daily Express today are the latest in a long history of expressions of regret by newspapers. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:34 am
Two tabloid newspapers have published front-page apologies and paid "very substantial" damages over reports about the role of Kate and Gerry McCann in disappearance of their daughter Madeleine. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:34 am
The power has returned to four Las Vegas Strip casino resorts. A blown transformer near an intersection caused outages and left dozens of people stuck in elevators for more than an hour. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:14 am
U.S. forces raided a village near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday and killed six people, including two children and a woman, villagers and a government official said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 7:04 am
Arthur C. Clarke, who peered into the heavens with a homemade telescope as a boy and grew up to become a visionary titan of science-fiction writing and collaborated with director Stanley Kubrick on the landmark film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has died. He was 90.
A majority signals that it thinks the 2nd Amendment is not limited to arms for 'a well-regulated militia.'
The 2nd Amendment right to "keep and bear arms" finally had its day in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, and the long-held view that it protected the rights of gun owners appeared poised to win a historic victory.
Andrew Luk, a sophomore at Diamond Bar High who joined the junior varsity swim team last month, has a growing list of admirers, including opponents.
A loud beep tells the six swimmers standing on starting blocks to dive into the pool. Andrew Luk of Diamond Bar, wearing goggles, pushes off from the wall as his competitors splash and dart ahead in the 500-yard freestyle race.
No single factor can explain the increase, officials say.
Los Angeles Police Department officials, alarmed by the continued rise in the homicide rate this year, sought Tuesday to debunk the notion that racial animosity has been at the heart of many of the killings.
From Silk Road to Bunny's basket, sweet historical tidbits.
AH, the colors of spring -- bright red, blazing yellow and vivid green; deep purple, brilliant blue, pink dashed with scarlet -- all scattered around in little semi-orbs, like the eggs of impossibly brilliant birds. This is the season of the jelly bean.
Investors also are heartened by better-than-expected profit reports from Lehman Bros. and Goldman Sachs.
The up-and-down stock market had a huge up day Tuesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average leaping more than 400 points even though the Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate less than many had expected.
The Fed's intent is to coax money from low-yielding accounts back into stocks.
With its latest steep interest rate cut, the nation's central bank is trying again to prod skittish investors and lenders out of their protective crouch.
The Democrat denounces his longtime pastor's incendiary comments but says he cannot disown the man -- or his own mixed background. He urges Americans to move forward.
From the earliest days of his career, Barack Obama has sought to assure black voters that a political leader of mixed race, coming from the outpost of Hawaii, could understand the resentments of an African American community shaped by slavery and segregation.
The revolt by ethnic Tibetans revealed a police apparatus that, despite its size and liberty to act, was caught unawares.
A question the Chinese Communist Party will no doubt be asking itself for years to come is how its vast security apparatus could stumble so badly to allow the situation in ethnically Tibetan regions of China to get so out of control.
BERLIN (AP) -- Lynndie England, the public face of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, told a German news magazine that she was sorry for appearing in photographs of detainees in the notorious Iraqi prison, and believes the scenes of torture and humiliation served as a powerful rallying point for anti-American insurgents.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 6:50 am
The organization that accredits the nation's zoos is chiding San Francisco Zoo workers for not believing two brothers who said a tiger was on the loose and had mauled their friend. But its report, released Tuesday by the zoo, praises the institution's overall response to the fatal December attacks. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 6:35 am
NEW YORK (AFP) -
Credit card
giant Visa raised more than 17 billion dollars Tuesday in
the largest share offering in US history, despite a growing
financial crisis in the country. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Mar 2008 | 5:54 am
Four men were shot to death in a junk yard Tuesday near California's central coast in what police called "a case of workplace violence." A suspect was taken into custody. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 5:26 am
Most Americans continue to think the results of the Iraq war have not been worth it, according to a new CBS News poll. Meanwhile, in Iraq, Dick Cheney got pledges from Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds to back a new blueprint for U.S.-Iraq relations.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 4:56 am
In a sign of how badly she thinks she needs the Michigan delegates to catch Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton will fly to Detroit on Wednesday to plead with Michigan lawmakers to approve a new primary. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 4:55 am
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- The United Nations accused Serbian officials Tuesday of complicity in the violence in northern Kosovo that left a U.N. policeman from Ukraine dead and dozens of people hurt.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 19 Mar 2008 | 4:53 am
It took the NBA’s best team to end the Houston Rockets’ 22-game winning streak. Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics stopped the Rockets’ remarkable run in emphatic fashion Tuesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 94-74 victory.
Senator John McCain’s trip overseas was supposed to highlight his foreign policy acumen, but all did not go according to plan as McCain, fresh from a visit to Iraq, misidentified some of the main players in the war. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 3:37 am
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao accused supporters of the Dalai Lama of organizing violent clashes in Tibet in hopes of sabotaging the Beijing Olympics and bolstering their campaign for independence in the Himalayan territory.
Conservatives have won a majority of seats in the recent Iranian elections -- but which conservatives are they? Incomplete and contradictory information from Iran's Interior Ministry makes the results -- and the potential impact on President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- unclear.
Jeremy Goode scored 21 points and Mount St. Mary’s got its first NCAA tournament victory, beating Coppin State 69-60 in an opening round game matching two teams that know a lot about losing.
CANBERRA - Australians would prefer to work in Brisbane, on the Gold Coast or in Melbourne rather than in Sydney if they had the choice, a new survey shows.
Sydney, despite the glamour of the harbour, its bridge and the Opera House,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2008 | 1:44 am
A Marine was charged Tuesday with murder and dereliction of duty for his alleged role three years ago in the death of a detainee in Fallujah, Iraq. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Mar 2008 | 1:36 am
European Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering on Monday urged politicians to consider boycotting the Beijing Olympic Games to protest against China's crackdown on demonstrations in Tibet in which dozens may have died.
As the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
LONDON - One of the first editions of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Hobbit was sold for a record 60,000 pounds (NZ$148,856) at auction in London.
Auctioneers Bonhams said the book, signed by Tolkien and dedicated to his close... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2008 | 1:20 am
Customers at a Portuguese shopping centre are surprised by a sexy welcome in the mall's toilets.
Finding a model in lingerie as you walk into the toilet is not what you expect in a shopping centre, but visitors at the Eight Avenida... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
The Science fiction writer Arthur C Clarke, author of more than 100 books, has died at the age of 90. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The middle classes drink too much. They're in debt. They worry about their
health. They agonise over their children's education and are prepared to
tell porkies to get their kids into a good school. And they're all of us. Or
rather, that's the line that seems to have solidified into fact in the 11
years since John Prescott swept the working-class chip from his shoulder and
declared that “We're all middle-class now”. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy crashed into a high school for girls next door, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen girls, officials said.
Intelligence chiefs will have to give evidence on key issues in public under Gordon Brown’s proposals for a new national security strategy to be published today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Fears of widespread fraud in the local elections in May were raised yesterday
after a judge said that the rules for postal ballots were fatally flawed. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
It was the moment that dignity would be returned to state government. Eliot Spitzer, felled by his sex-for-cash improprieties, was no longer Governor of New York and David Paterson was taking the reins.
A pity then that by yesterday... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 11:49 pm
Trailblazing science fiction novelist Arthur C. Clarke has died Tuesday in Sri Lanka. He was 90 years old. Having written some 100 books, Clarke is perhaps best known for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Russell Galen, Clarke's longtime agent, talks with Melissa Block.
The Dalai Lama has said he is willing to step down as head of the Tibetan government in exile if that was needed to stop the riots in his homeland, but China repeated its charge that he had masterminded the violence.
The government-in-exile,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 11:40 pm
PHILADELPHIA - US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama today criticised his preacher's racially charged sermons but said he could not disown him in a speech urging Americans to move past their "racial stalemate."
Obama... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 11:30 pm
PARIS (AP) -- Moves to punish China over its handling of violence in Tibet gained momentum Tuesday, with a novel suggestion for a mini-boycott of the Beijing Olympics by VIPs at the opening ceremony.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 18 Mar 2008 | 11:16 pm
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The smuggling of stolen antiquities from Iraq's rich cultural heritage is helping finance Iraqi extremist groups, says the U.S. investigator who led the initial probe into the looting of Baghdad's National Museum.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 18 Mar 2008 | 10:57 pm
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy crashed into a high school for girls next door Tuesday, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen girls, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 18 Mar 2008 | 10:51 pm
It has been a war of lies from the start. All governments lie in wartime but American and British propaganda in Iraq over the past five years has been more untruthful than in any conflict since the First World War.
The outcome... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 10:47 pm
Famed Japanese jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita expresses his burning passion for music by setting his piano on fire.
At a sunset performance on a beach in Ishikawa Prefecture, western Japan, the 66-year-old Yamashita, wearing a firefighter's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 10:30 pm
The Illinois Democrat reiterates his denunciation of remarks by his former pastor but says of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright: "I can no more disown him than I can disown the black community."
Animal rights activists will stage a demonstration outside the Australian Embassy in Sweden to protest against mulesing in the wool industry.
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Animal Rights Sweden... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday cut the federal funds rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, less than what many in the financial markets wanted. It was still aggressive by historic standards and underscores the Fed's economic concerns.
The Dalai Lama announces that he would quit as head of the Tibetan government in exile if violence by Tibetans spreads out of control. The comments follow protests by monks in Tibet that turned into violent riots put down by Chinese authorities.
Massachusetts state Rep. Byron Rushing is mounting an effort to repeal out-of-date laws. He points to a 1913 law that was dusted off by former Gov. Mitt Romney to keep out-of-state gay couples from getting married in Massachusetts.
With 22 straight wins, the Houston Rockets are riding the second-longest streak in NBA history. But now they face the Boston Celtics, who own the best overall record in the league.
A meeting of rival Iraqi political factions was held in the Green Zone on Tuesday in a bid to spur reconciliation. But the gathering was marred by shouting matches -- and some key players walked out.
The stock market rebounds after news that Lehman Brothers posted better-than-expected earnings, dispelling rumors of huge subprime losses. But longer term concerns about the credit crunch and a weak economy remain.
Part of a Chinese crackdown on coverage of protests in Tibet involves blocking access to the Web. Analysts say China has the most sophisticated Internet censoring system of any nation.
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- Tibetan exiles saw a chance to put China on the spot ahead of the Beijing Olympics, but never expected their protests to spread to Tibet and turn violent. Now the Dalai Lama is threatening to quit if his people don't return to peaceful resistance.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:16 a... | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:53 pm
Barack Obama has taken the biggest gamble of his White House campaign by confronting the issue of race in America and refusing to disown his controversial black pastor for his "profoundly distorted" sermons. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:45 pm
Mr Justice Bennett's judgment will make hard reading for Miss Mills. She was described as a "less than impressive witness" while her account of her contributions to the marriage was, on one occasion, depicted as "devoid of reality". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:13 pm
The water thrown at Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer at the end of his acrimonious divorce settlement sounded like a "waterfall", Heather Mills' legal aide has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:13 pm
The water thrown at Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer at the end of his acrimonious divorce settlement sounded like a "waterfall", Heather Mills' legal aide has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:13 pm
The water thrown at Sir Paul McCartney's lawyer at the end of his acrimonious divorce settlement sounded like a "waterfall", Heather Mills' legal aide has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 7:13 pm
Kenyan lawmakers unanimously approved a constitutional amendment needed to implement a power-sharing deal to end the country's deadly political crisis.
Shannon Matthews was kept unaware of the massive search for her as she was held captive in a dingy flat for 24 days, it has been disclosed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Mar 2008 | 5:51 pm
Iraq's main Sunni bloc boycott a conference aimed at reconciling the nation's sectarian groups, a sign of the deep schisms still facing this country. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 4:16 pm
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia and the U.S. still disagree over a missile shield for central Europe, while Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the system "would not constitute a threat" to Moscow.
A painful breakup with his wife has prompted a man to put his entire life his house, his car, his job, even his friends up for sale online in an effort to start over. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 2:55 pm
Five people have been arrested for keeping 15 poor people in captivity and selling their blood to private clinics in northern India to make money, police said Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 1:46 pm
Moves to punish China over its handling of violence in Tibet gained momentum Tuesday, with a novel suggestion for a mini-boycott of the Beijing Olympics by VIPs at the opening ceremony. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 1:38 pm
French NATO troops fired warning shots and a shock grenade Tuesday to stave off stone-hurling Serbs in a northern Kosovo town where clashes between Serb demonstrators and international forces a day before killed a Ukrainian policeman. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 1:14 pm
Princess Diana's butler, Paul Burrell, told of taking a bloodstained ring from her body after the Paris car crash that killed her in 1997, the butler's former bodyguard said Monday. Burrell denied the claim. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:57 pm
Three mortar rounds targeting the U.S. Embassy crashed into a high school for girls next door Tuesday, killing a Yemeni security guard and wounding more than a dozen girls Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
Concerned at over-development of their Tweed Coast village, a group of angry seaside residents have given their local council a dressing down in a nude protest on video sharing Web site You Tube. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Mar 2008 | 9:36 am
China's Premier Wen Jiabao denounced supporters of the Dalai Lama Tuesday as separatists and instigators of anti-Chinese riots in Tibet's capital, after a deadline for the rioters to turn themselves in passed without any apparent surrenders.
Reuters - European stocks stumbled as a sell-off
in British bank shares wiped out early gains inspired by the
U.S. Fed's 3/4 point interest rate cut, with liquidity concerns
still hanging heavy over markets.
Reuters - Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the call
girl at the center of the Elliot Spitzer sex scandal, watched
the potential earnings from her new-found fame drop by $1
million on Tuesday as old nude videos of her emerged.
AP - Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as investors welcomed a hefty U.S. interest rate cut and a rally on Wall Street overnight.
AP - Stop that $1 million check: It turns out the call girl linked to Eliot Spitzer had already shed her clothes for "Girls Gone Wild" as an 18-year-old while partying in Miami, the video company's founder said Tuesday.
AP - Dextre the robot got a prime parking spot at the international space station and should be able to keep it for at least a few months.
Reuters - Shrugging off violent protests that
have shaken Tibet, China said on Wednesday that the Olympic
torch would go through the Himalayan region as planned on its
way to August's Beijing Games.
AP - Five years after launching the U.S. invasion of Iraq, President Bush is making some of his most expansive claims of success in the fighting there. Bush said last year's troop buildup has turned Iraq around and produced "the first large-scale Arab uprising against Osama bin Laden."
Reuters - A scientist who developed a way to
calculate how much water is used in the production of anything
from a cup of coffee to a hamburger was awarded the 2008
Stockholm Water Prize on Wednesday.
AP - President Mikhail Saakashvili of the Republic of Georgia is looking for a boost to his country's aspirations for NATO membership when he meets with President Bush.
AP - U.S. forces searching for bomb makers raided Afghan homes near the border with Pakistan early Wednesday, exchanging gunfire with militants. Six people were killed, including two children and a woman, Afghan officials said.
Comment by Jamie Metzl Executive Vice President, Asia Society
It took the NBA’s best team to end the Houston Rockets’ 22-game winning streak. Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics stopped the Rockets’ remarkable run in emphatic fashion Tuesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 94-74 victory.
Kristy Lee Cook, Amanda Overmyer, Ramiele Malubay and Michael Johns are in danger of going home on Wednesday.
Jeremy Goode scored 21 points and Mount St. Mary’s got its first NCAA tournament victory, beating Coppin State 69-60 in an opening round game matching two teams that know a lot about losing.