Over the past week, the Federal Reserve has made a serious of unprecedented moves to shore up confidence in the shaken investment community. Former Fed Vice Chairman Alan Blinder explains what the moves mean for taxpayers and the rest of the economy.
Over the past week of uprisings in Tibet, the Chinese government has cut access to Western media websites to keep the Chinese people from finding out how serious the crisis has been. James Fallows of Atlantic Monthly explains how China's "Great Firewall" works.
BEIJING (AP) -- The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party called Saturday for efforts to "resolutely crush" anti-government demonstrations by Tibetans, while Beijing urged people to turn in those on a "Most Wanted" list of 21 protesters.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:10 pm
AP - The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party called Saturday for efforts to "resolutely crush" anti-government demonstrations by Tibetans, while Beijing urged people to turn in those on a "Most Wanted" list of 21 protesters.
Reuters - A roadside bomb killed three U.S.
soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll
closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the
war for U.S. troops.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the war for U.S. troops.
(Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now closes the news cycle for Saturday, March 22. The service will reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday Tokyo time. We may reopen the service at any moment to cover... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:04 pm
The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party calls for efforts to 'resolutely crush' anti-government demonstrations; McCain, Pelosi join criticism against crackdown. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:03 pm
Reuters - China said 19 people died in
riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media
warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of
Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
KANGDING, China (Reuters) - China said 19 people died in riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
Police in western Georgia have determined that a father whose body was found in a wooded field next to those of his three children shot them and himself. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:57 pm
People should throw away cantaloupes from a Honduran manufacturer believed to be linked to a salmonella outbreak, the government said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:57 pm
A recently declassified US Army report on the biological effects of non-lethal weapons reveals outlandish plans for "ray gun" devices, which would cause artificial fevers or beam voices into people's heads. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:56 pm
The Homeland Security Department is appealing a judge's ruling against its proposal to force employers to fire workers whose names don't match their Social Security numbers, and promises to try to make the policy a law. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:44 pm
Mark Halperin of TIME lists the 14 reasons why Hillary Clinton should quit.It is impossible for Hillary to beat Obama in the number of delegates or the popular vote, and her "kitchen sink" strategy is angering top Democrats and superdelegates like Nancy Pelosi. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:40 pm
The Democratic Republic of Congo bans a separatist religious sect after attacking its western strongholds. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:36 pm
It was hold your hats and grab a railing yesterday as gusts of up to 55 mph swept pedestrians off their feet in blustery Boston.
"I probably shouldn't have...
TOKYO-TO-OSAKA-TO-TOKYO -- Took a ride with Herald photographer Matt West on the bullet train today, back and forth from Tokyo to Osaka. Lots of fun, no nausea. The ride's...
Bobby Crosby and Jack Hannahan hit back-to-back homers and Rob Bowen drove in the winning run in the ninth as the Oakland Athletics beat the Yomiuri Giants 4-3 in Japan. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:35 pm
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Around 100 anti-war protesters were arrested trying to force their way into NATO's headquarters in Belgium on Saturday, police said.
Few other fans are more excited about next week's Red Sox season openers in Japan than the students at Showa Boston.
Nestled on Moss Hill overlooking Jamaica Pond,...
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's opposition candidate cruised to victory in the presidential election Saturday, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:33 pm
AP - Taiwan's opposition candidate cruised to victory in the presidential election Saturday, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.
AP - The Federal Reserve has taken its boldest action since the Great Depression, invoking rarely used powers in an effort to contain a panic threatening to undermine the economy. The central bank acted with speed the White House and Congress only could envy.
A hard-hitting advertising campaign will aim to shake middle-aged women out of
their complacency towards alcohol consumption after research revealed just
one large glass of wine a night could increase their risk of breast cancer
by 50 per cent. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:29 pm
The funeral of Sir Arthur C Clarke, the British science-fiction writer who died aged 90, takes place in Sri Lanka. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:28 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Allies of President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday they would field another candidate for Pakistan's prime minister after withdrawing their original nominee a day earlier.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:26 pm
AP - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday they would field another candidate for Pakistan's prime minister after withdrawing their original nominee a day earlier.
FILE ** French President elect Nicolas Sarkozy gestures to supporters at the Gaveau concert hall in Paris, in this Sunday, May 6, 2007 file photo. Just 10 months after his election, French President Nicolas... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ Bhutan is all set for Sunday's first-ever general election to the 47 constituencies of its National Assembly, officials and observers said Saturday. Across the landlocked... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:23 pm
On the 5th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, FRONTLINE presents the definitive documentary analysis of "Bush's War" airing Monday, March 24, from 9 to 11:30 P.M. and Tuesday, March 25, 2008, from 9 to 11 P.M. ET on PBS Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:21 pm
French President elect Nicolas Sarkozy gestures to supporters at the Gaveau concert hall in Paris, in this Sunday, May 6, 2007 file photo. Just 10 months after his election, French President Nicolas Sarkozy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:21 pm
Sudan's army rejects charges in a UN report it was implicated in the rape of Darfur women last month. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:21 pm
Clashes erupt in Turkey between police and protesters marking the Kurdish spring festival. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:21 pm
Former NESN Red Sox reporter Tina Cervasio has taken a job in New York City at the Madison Square Garden Network (MSG). Here's my interview with Cervasio in Saturday's...
Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in the Senate before she had even surrendered the title of first lady. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:19 pm
TOKYO - One thing's for sure: If you give it enough time, you'll quickly discover that Japanese TV is just as bad, weird and hypnotizing as it is in the United States.
...
When the New York Yankees returned from their season-opening trip to Japan in 2004, some players groused that traveling to the other side of the globe screwed them up.
...
TOKYO - It wouldn't be fair to say Japan has moved on from Red Sox pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, but its baseball fans have begun to anoint his replacement.
"Without...
TOKYO - Clay Buchholz ran into a slight, second-inning hiccup before a singing and chanting sellout crowd at last night's exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers in...
The Federal Reserve has taken its boldest action since the Great Depression, invoking rarely used powers in an effort to contain a panic threatening to undermine the economy. The central bank acted with speed the White House and Congress only could envy. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:17 pm
Safari is an excellent browser for many reasons; its speed, clean aesthetics and ease of use are attractive from the outset. But there are a few extremely attractive and lesser known features that people should be taking advantage of as well. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:10 pm
Taiwan's opposition Nationalist Party claimed victory Saturday in the country's presidential elections. President-elect Ma Ying-jeou has pledged closer economic ties with mainland China.
Finals week was not even over before thousands of UCLA students stripped down to their undies for the tri-annual Undie Run. Hey, it's Spring Break, why not make it big!?! Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 2:02 pm
Reuters - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist
Party won the presidential election by a landslide on Saturday,
heralding improved ties with giant neighbor China which claims
the self-ruled island as its own.
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party won the presidential election by a landslide on Saturday, heralding improved ties with giant neighbor China which claims the self-ruled island as its own.
TOKYO, March 22 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING OAKLAND-YOMIURI GAME) J.D. Drew hit a three-run homer and Kevin Youkilis had a pair of RBI singles as the 2007 World Series Champion Boston Red... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:54 pm
Quantum mechanics got you down? Let Mario guide you through one of physics' most tantalizing theories: parallel universes. In this video, you'll find a fairly succinct explanation of the many-worlds hypothesis, as illustrated by a modified version of that classic Nintendo game. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:53 pm
Dozens injured as protesters clash with riot police at spring festival near Iran border; footage shows police firing tear gas, beating demonstrators, who were chanting support for separatist guerrillas. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:50 pm
(Kyodo) _ Thirty Chinese academics and artists issued a statement Saturday criticizing reports by China's state-run media on the rioting in Tibet, saying it would only create race hatred... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:50 pm
If anything, Thursday's news that Verizon Wireless had won the government-run auction for a pivotal swath of spectrum may even have been the ideal outcome for Google. That's because investors no longer have to fret about Google straying from its main business of Internet search to spend more than $10 billion buying and building a wireless network. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:47 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH REJECTION OF BOTH REFERENDA AND COMMENT FROM SINGAPORE) Voters in Taiwan's fourth direct presidential election Saturday appeared mixed on whether to cast... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:46 pm
AP - Two companies that provide workers for the State Department say they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the passport records of the three major presidential candidates. The security breaches touched off demands for a congressional investigation.
Allies of President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday they would field another candidate for Pakistan's prime minister after withdrawing their original nominee a day earlier. The reversal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:36 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. airstrike struck two checkpoints manned by U.S.-allied Sunni fighters north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing six and injuring two, Iraqi police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:36 pm
A U.S. airstrike struck two checkpoints manned by U.S.-allied Sunni fighters north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing six and injuring two, Iraqi police said. The U.S. military denied the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:36 pm
THE new head of Britain's biggest teaching union has called for the
nationalisation of all private education. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:33 pm
Taiwan's opposition candidate cruised to victory in the presidential election, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Rival sides on divided Cyprus were preparing to dismantle a poignant symbol of half a century of division in a move diplomats hope will improve the climate for new peace Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:26 pm
When his Alberta franchisees, and a long-time employee, decided to become his competitors, Yuk Yuk's owner Mark Breslin launched a pair of lawsuits. Now, it's Breslin who's being sued. Dawn Walton reports on the king of comedy's royal rebellion
A Tanzanian African Union (AU) soldier waits to be transferred to a military camp after disembarking at Fomboni on the island of Moheli, part of the Comoros Archipelago. More than 500 African Union troops... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:23 pm
More than 500 African Union troops arrived on the Comoros island of Moheli on Saturday to join local forces massed for a military offensive to retake the rebel island of Anjouan. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:23 pm
It seems almost everybody wants a piece of Britney Spears, and at least six pieces are officially for sale. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:22 pm
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo has banned a shadowy separatist sect following a three-week police offensive against its western strongholds which United Nations... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:09 pm
Official results give opposition leader Ma Ying-jeou a large victory in Taiwan's presidential poll. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:02 pm
Three more U.S. soldiers die din Iraq, raising the death toll to 3,996. Meanwhile, in a tragic friendly fire incident, an American air strike hit checkpoints manned by U.S.-allied Sunni fighters, killing six guards and wounding two.
Barack Obama knew he had a preacher problem in February 2007. At that time, he abruptly withdrew an invitation to Reverend Wright to deliver the invocation at his Presidential candidacy announcement speech. Source: Digg | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:59 pm
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwan's opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou surged to a landslide victory Saturday in a presidential election dominated by concern over the economy and hopes for better ties with China. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:51 pm
AFP - Taiwan's opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou surged to a landslide victory Saturday in a presidential election dominated by concern over the economy and hopes for better ties with China.
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's party was due Saturday to announce the name of its candidate for prime minister, as a nominee of President Pervez Musharraf's allies quit the race. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:42 pm
A rumoured Anglo-French nuclear reactor initiative is the wrong plan for Britain, anti-nuclear group warns. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:38 pm
A US soldier patrols an area south of Baghdad on March 18. The US military announced the deaths of four soldiers, including three who were killed in a roadside bombing in Baghdad that also left two Iraqis... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
SUNAMGANJ, Bangladesh (AP) -- An emergency official says a tropical storm has killed at least five people in Bangladesh.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
People stand for five minutes of silence in front the City Hall of Calahorra, northern Spain Saturday March 22, 2008 in protest against the Basque armed group ETA after a car bomb exploded outside a police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:33 pm
Children watch chicks hatching from their eggs in the Natural Museum in Lucerne, Switzerland, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Easter Sunday is March 23. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sigi Tischler) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:31 pm
Felipe Massa secures pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix ahead of team-mate Kimi Raikkonen, with Lewis Hamilton fourth. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:21 pm
Family members and mourners pay last respect to the remains of Arthur C. Clarke during his funeral in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, March 22, 2008. Visionary science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
RIYADH (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney will visit Israel on Saturday to try to push forward Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, his spokeswoman said.
Mark Dummett discovers the suffering caused by food shortages and an infestation of rats in Bangladesh. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
Before the next round of primaries begins in the US, BBC Washington correspondent Kevin Connolly reflects on the winners and losers of the campaign. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:05 pm
Altoona, Pa. -- a state where the next Democratic presidential contest will take place -- is solidly Republican. GOP voters there say the Iraq war has faded as an issue for them, but their party ties have not.
Kenya is getting back to business after two months of ethnic bloodletting kicked off by a contested presidential election. While the political combatants have figured out a way to work together, Kenyans are struggling to put the internecine clashes behind them.
Most of Iraq's once-flourishing art galleries have closed their doors. But the U.S. government is paying Iraqi artists to exhibit their talent in another way -- by beautifying Baghdad's ubiquitous concrete blast walls.
The party that will lead Pakistan's new government will announce its nominee for prime minister later on Saturday. Whoever is named will be confirmed by a vote in the National Assembly scheduled for Monday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Swollen rivers flooded parts of the central United States on Friday and threatened to engulf a major interstate highway in Missouri, after violent rainstorms caused at least 16 deaths, according to reports on Friday.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The party of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, which is set to lead a coalition government, will announce its candidate for prime minister on Saturday, party officials said.
A Sri Lankan navy boat patrols in Trincomalee bay, 2005. Tamil Tiger rebels struck back against a mounting Sri Lankan military offensive on Saturday by sinking a naval fast attack craft, leaving 10 sailors... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
Four more US soldiers are killed in Iraq, bringing the total since the invasion in 2003 close to 4,000. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- An Al-Qaida terror cell was behind a mortar strike against the U.S. embassy in Yemen that missed its target but killed a security guard and wounded 13 students at a nearby school, an Interior Ministry official said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
The official Central Election Commission says Taiwan's two referendums on joining the United Nations have failed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:17 am
A worker looks out from a bus window next to the Chinese National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, as it undergoes construction ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in Beijing, Saturday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
Gloomy supporters of Taiwan's presidential candidate Frank Hsieh from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party gather in Taipei. Taiwan's opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou surged to victory over his ruling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
An Al-Qaida terror cell was behind a mortar strike against the U.S. embassy in Yemen that missed its target but killed a security guard and wounded 13 students at a nearby school, an Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:55 am
Australian Emily Seebohm broke the world record in the non-Olympic 50-meter backstroke at the Australian swimming trials on Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:23 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll in recent unrest had risen to 19. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 10:03 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian state leaders said they were considering bans on political donations Saturday in the wake of a sex and bribes scandal that has rocked politics in New South Wales. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 8:31 am
LIMA, Peru (AP) -- Hugo Chavez has been accused of using Venezuela's oil riches to meddle in Colombia, Argentina, Bolivia and Nicaragua. Now, Peru's president says the Venezuelan leader may be doing it here by funding militants and anti-poverty centers that preach populist revolution.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 8:25 am
COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka prepared to bury famed sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke on Saturday with the government calling for a minute's silence across the island, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 7:03 am
The Stations of the Cross march in L.A. serves a dual purpose for Catholics: reflecting on their faith as well as their politics.
The first Station of the Cross was observed in front of a small church on the corner of Gless and 3rd streets in Boyle Heights. Under a hot noon sun, hundreds of worshipers listened as a lector told the biblical story of Pontius Pilate ordering the crucifixion.
The wildflower season is in full bloom, drawing droves of tourists, painters and nature lovers to Anza-Borrego, Joshua Tree and Mojave.
Jeff Sewell's paintbrush chased the slanting light across a field of desert sunflowers. Gold. Ocher. Flecks of palest yellow. Then the sun sank behind the San Ysidro Mountains, and the only field left glowing was the one on Sewell's canvas.
The device makes it easy to search for data on the run. That can quickly turn a casual conversation into the Pursuit of Truth.
When she whipped out her iPhone, Erica Sadum could feel her husband's eyes roll. But she had a point to prove. And in less than a minute, she was able to report to the skeptics around the dinner table that Menno Simons, whose followers are known as Mennonites, was in fact born in 1496.
Proposals gain traction in Congress as the housing crisis roils the economy.
From Wall Street to Capitol Hill, calls are growing for the government to get into the mortgage business as the only way out of the housing crisis roiling the economy and the financial markets.
Once known for its Quaker past and links to Richard Nixon, Whittier is coming to symbolize a new set of aspirations.
Rebecca Zapanta opens the door to the Mediterranean mansion high on a hill in Whittier. To the left, just past a staircase, a terra cotta font glistens with blessed water from the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.
Ten fake beaches have been created in the landlocked capital so those who can't afford Cancun don't miss out.
It's spring break in Mexico, but the newest beach attraction here doesn't have wet T-shirt contests or inflatable-banana rides. Oh, and there's no sea either.
Protesters in Lhasa randomly beat and killed ethnic Chinese, and troops fired live ammunition into mostly defenseless crowds.
On a cloudless day near the top of the world, Swiss tourist Claude Balsiger had just finished a late-morning cup of tea and stepped out onto the streets of Tibet's capital. Buddhist monks had been marching against Chinese rule all week, but today seemed calmer.
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama won a coveted endorsement from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Friday while the State Department apologized that employees snooped into the Illinois Democrat's passport files and those of his two main White House rivals.
Inspection for any possible damage from orbital debris, using a laser-tipped boom, comes as another problem surfaced with the space station's new Canadian-built robot
Walters: Now this is more like it. Overtime. Buzzer beaters. Upsets. Individuals Stephen up and taking control. If only the power conference schools provided as much entertainment as the mid-majors.
BEIJING (AP) -- China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 22 Mar 2008 | 5:08 am
But for young and able women, marriage shouldn't be akin to winning the lottery. And yet, I think, it is still seen that way by an unnerving number of women (Globe Insider subscribers only)
A U.S. sailor sought in the killing of a Japanese taxi driver near an American navy base was taken in for questioning, local media reports said. The 61-year-old victim, Masaaki Takahashi, was found fatally stabbed in his cab.
No other police department in the United States has responded to the threats of terrorism in quite the same way as the NYPD -- or clashed as sharply with the nation's primary counterterrorism counterterrorist agency, the FBI. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:50 am
The list of patients waiting for organ transplants, which is widely used to promote organ donations, includes thousands who are ineligible for the operations, according to statistics kept by the national network that manages the allocation of organs. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:31 am
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Expeditions to Mount Everest are being cancelled because of Chinese restrictions on access to Tibet as it prepares to put the Olympic torch on the summit and clamps down on unrest in the Himalayan region, an organiser said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Mar 2008 | 3:08 am
Iran is now earning $250 million a day from oil and gas exports, which has been a windfall for the Ahmadinejad government. At the same time it has been extremely aggressive in diversifying its customers and attracting foreign investment, despite U.S. opposition.
WASHINGTON - The US State Department apologised on Friday that its workers had snooped into the passport files of presidential candidates senators Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain.
The revelation came just hours after... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:50 am
SYDNEY - There is "fat" in the non-uniform ranks of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon says in support of his A$10 billion ($11.53b) savings demand.
Mr Fitzgibbon today said while he... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:48 am
John McCain and Hillary Clinton breaches were not discovered until after officials were made aware of the violation regarding Barack Obama's records and a separate search was conducted.
KANGDING - Tibetans in China's tense southwestern province of Sichuan said they believed police had killed several people in anti-Chinese riots there this week, disputing official claims none died.
China's official Xinhua news... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Mar 2008 | 1:43 am
A British commando has secretly received one of the highest decorations for bravery for tackling 70 Taliban fighters after two colleagues were killed during an ambush. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
British Special Forces are conducting covert operations against drug smugglers in southern Afghanistan for the first time. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Nicolas Sarkozy has announced that France is to cut its nuclear arsenal, but insisted that nuclear deterrence remained a "life-insurance" in the face of new threats. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
President Nicolas Sarkozy is hoping a glamour-filled state visit to Britain will boost his standing at home and abroad, reports Henry Samuel. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
<a href="http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2008/03/cardinal-stop-t.html">Read
the full sermon on Ruth Gledhill's Articles of Faith blog </a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
PHILIP PULLMAN has a new target in his sights. After taking on the Catholic
Church - and scoring a not inconsiderable victory, if sales figures for his
bestselling trilogy <i>His Dark Materials</i> are anything to go by - he is
now pitting himself against a new enemy: multinational corporations. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Five years after the U.S. "shock and awe" campaign, the world should not fail the Iraqi people by forgetting about the war, writes Lara Logan. And Americans cannot fail those fighting in their name.
President Sarkozy of France will tell Gordon Brown next week that France plans
to send an extra 1,000 soldiers to Afghanistan to bolster the battle against
the Taleban. Senior ministers have told The Times that Mr Sarkozy wants to
underline his commitment to the alliance during his state visit to Britain. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Following last week's unrest, China is sending thousands of security forces into Tibet and surrounding provinces. As Chinese troops conduct intrusive house-to-house searches, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, calls the crisis a challenge to the conscience of the world.
China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
China issued a "Most Wanted" list of 21 rioters - shown in grainy photos during last week's violence over Chinese rule in Tibet. Meanwhile, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave support to the Tibetan cause.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson endorses Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy, disappointing Sen. Hillary Clinton. The former energy secretary for the Clinton administration, who is thought to have vice-presidential aspirations, called Obama a "once-in-a-lifetime leader."
Ty Rogers hit a 3-pointer with three defenders in his face and no time on the clock, and 12th-seeded Western Kentucky stunned Drake 101-99 in overtime Friday in the first round of the NCAA tournament’s West Regional.
Owners frequently violate labor and immigration laws with little risk of penalty, officials say. Many workers are loath to complain, but some have formally accused their bosses of underpaying them.
A team of state inspectors strode into the Blue Wave Car Wash in West Los Angeles, past latte-sipping customers in electric massage chairs and into the gritty carwash tunnel.
PARIS (AP) -- President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he will cut France's nuclear arsenal to fewer than 300 warheads, seeking to balance the defense of the nation - he mentioned the threat from Iran - against budgetary and strategic considerations.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:19 ... | 21 Mar 2008 | 8:20 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Friday he was open to compromise with Congress on renewing an anti-terrorism spy bill that has been deadlocked over whether telephone companies should be shielded from lawsuits.
PARIS (AFP) - French bank Societe Generale vowed Friday to mount a "vigorous" challenge to a New York lawsuit accusing it of misleading investors and failing to clamp down on a rogue trader who ran up massive losses. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Mar 2008 | 7:49 pm
Iraqi security forces clashed with Shiite militia fighters southeast of Baghdad, the second day of fighting that killed at least two police officers and two gunmen, police said.
President Nicolas Sarkozy says France will cut its nuclear arsenal to fewer than 300 warheads. Sarkozy says France will reduce by one-third its airborne force of nuclear weapons.
Hillary Clinton's campaign has seized on the fallout from the furore over Barack Obama's pastor to argue that her Democratic rival would be dangerously vulnerable in a general election against John McCain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Mar 2008 | 5:18 pm
The good life in the Mediterranean is not so hot for Big Tony now. This week a Greek court ordered the extradition to Australia of Kuwaiti-born Antonios Sajih Mokbel, Melbourne drug czar, alleged murderer and, until his arrest at... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Airlines that run empty "ghost flights", needlessly pumping hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, should face heavy fines, environmentalists have demanded.
The British Government is being urged to clamp down... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
In honour of the crouching, naked blonde painted on its nose, its pilot had named his bomber the "Hot as Hell".
But it was a freezing, stormy day as the American B-24 Liberator made its way across the Himalayas on January 25, 1944,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
A major earthquake struck western China, but there were no reports of casualties. The 7.2-magnitude quake hit at 6:33 a.m. local time, about 140 miles southeast of the city of Hotan in southwest Xinjiang province.
Thousands of Christians from all over the world crowded the stone alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City to mark Good Friday, retracing the route Jesus took to his crucifixion.
The ex-wife of Nicolas Sarkozy is to remarry in New York this weekend, a wedding which her friends said was brought forward in “revenge” for the French president’s recent marriage to Carla Bruni. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Mar 2008 | 3:11 pm
Terminally-ill cancer patients are being used as human guinea pigs to test experimental drugs which may give them one last chance of beating the disease. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Mar 2008 | 3:01 pm
Terminally-ill cancer patients are being used as human guinea pigs to test experimental drugs which may give them one last chance of beating the disease. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Mar 2008 | 3:01 pm
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's president-elect, has preached freedom and the rule of law, and raised hopes for an end to government pressure on opposition leaders, rights advocates and businesses whose assets the Kremlin wants to control. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 2:20 pm
The Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders agreed Friday to restart peace talks on reunifying their ethnically split island, and to open a crossing in the heart of the divided capital. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Mar 2008 | 1:29 pm
AP - The flagship newspaper of China's ruling Communist Party called Saturday for efforts to "resolutely crush" anti-government demonstrations by Tibetans, while Beijing urged people to turn in those on a "Most Wanted" list of 21 protesters.
Reuters - A roadside bomb killed three U.S.
soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll
closer to the 4,000 mark at the start of the sixth year of the
war for U.S. troops.
Reuters - China said 19 people died in
riots in the Tibetan capital last week and official media
warned against the unrest spreading to the northwest region of
Xinjiang, where Uighur Muslims bridle under Chinese control.
Reuters - Around 100 anti-war protesters were
arrested trying to force their way into NATO's headquarters in
Belgium on Saturday, police said.
AP - Taiwan's opposition candidate cruised to victory in the presidential election Saturday, promising to expand economic ties with China while protecting the island from being swallowed up politically by its giant communist neighbor.
AP - The Federal Reserve has taken its boldest action since the Great Depression, invoking rarely used powers in an effort to contain a panic threatening to undermine the economy. The central bank acted with speed the White House and Congress only could envy.
AP - Allies of President Pervez Musharraf said Saturday they would field another candidate for Pakistan's prime minister after withdrawing their original nominee a day earlier.
Reuters - Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist
Party won the presidential election by a landslide on Saturday,
heralding improved ties with giant neighbor China which claims
the self-ruled island as its own.
AP - Two companies that provide workers for the State Department say they fired or otherwise punished those who improperly accessed the passport records of the three major presidential candidates. The security breaches touched off demands for a congressional investigation.
AFP - Taiwan's opposition candidate Ma Ying-jeou surged to a landslide victory Saturday in a presidential election dominated by concern over the economy and hopes for better ties with China.
Walters: Now this is more like it. Overtime. Buzzer beaters. Upsets. Individuals Stephen up and taking control. If only the power conference schools provided as much entertainment as the mid-majors.
John McCain and Hillary Clinton breaches were not discovered until after officials were made aware of the violation regarding Barack Obama's records and a separate search was conducted.
China might bar live television broadcasts from Tiananmen Square during the Beijing Olympics, apparently unnerved by the recent outburst of unrest among Tibetans and fearful of protests in the heart of the Chinese capital.
Pope Benedict XVI recalled the martyrdom of early Christians thrown to lions in the Colosseum as he presided over the traditional Good Friday service.
Under her dad’s supervision, she doesn’t offer as many crazy photo ops
The family of a 6-year-old girl whose intestines were partially sucked out by a Minnesota swimming pool drain last year says the child has died.