Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swears in Yusuf Raza Gillani as PM, heading a coalition opposed to him. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:49 pm
AP - When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed the idea of putting the dog to sleep. Then he spotted an ad in a pet food store: "Eddie's Wheels For Pets. Help for Handicapped Pets." Now the dog named Bear, which has been Mikus' constant companion for a decade, has a lot of living left to do much of it in his new pet wheelchair.
News stories on the BBC website are now accessible to people in China, after years of tight government control. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:43 pm
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said she "misspoke" last week when saying she had landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia as first lady in March 1996. She later characterized the episode as a "misstatement" and a "minor blip."
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel will let Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas deploy hundreds of his security forces in the West Bank city of Jenin after they complete U.S.-funded training in Jordan, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
Troops from the Comoros in the Indian Ocean say they have retaken Anjouan island, ending a year-old rebellion. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:36 pm
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces fought fierce gunbattles with powerful Shi'ite militias in Basra on Tuesday in a major operation aimed at bringing the southern oil city under government control.
If you are downloading stuff you wouldn’t have bought in the first place, according to economist Karen Croxson, you are probably doing the company that owns the product a big favor. You, Mr ‘Good’ Pirate, are telling your friends, adding to the media ‘buzz’ and driving up sales. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
Pakistan's new prime minister ordered the release of judges arrested last November under orders from President Pervez Musharraf within minutes of winning a sweeping majority in a vote by members of the parliament to elect the new prime minister.
(TOKYO -- Will update as game unfolds)
6:30 p.m. (Far East time): We already have a lineup change. J.D. Drew has been scratched with lower back tightness, giving way to...
Reuters - Israel will let Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas deploy hundreds of his security forces in the
West Bank city of Jenin after they complete U.S.-funded
training in Jordan, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militiamen Tuesday in the southern oil port of Basra and gunmen patrolled several Baghdad neighborhoods as followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to demand an end to the crackdown on their movement.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:26 pm
AP - Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militiamen Tuesday in the southern oil port of Basra and gunmen patrolled several Baghdad neighborhoods as followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to demand an end to the crackdown on their movement.
AP - Six years after being sworn into office with hopes of revitalizing his troubled city, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign now that he's been booked on charges of lying about steamy text messages with his former chief of staff.
Direct flights are resuming between Russia and Georgia, 18 months after Moscow suspended them. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
Jason Burgess G looks out over Killian Court, where hackers placed a 20-sided die last Tuesday, Mar. 18 in memory of Gary Gygax, the inventor of the Dungeons and Dragons. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
By 7 a.m. this morning there wasn't an open seat to be found at Game On! as Red Sox fans crammed into the Fenway Park watering hole to watch the home team take on the...
Global shares rise strongly, boosted by JP Morgan Chase raising its takeover bid for fellow US bank Bear Stearns. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:16 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf swore in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday as two senior U.S. officials arrived for talks including Pakistan's role in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
The chief executive of Network Rail was at London's Liverpool Street station
this morning apologising directly to angry passengers delayed by a track
failure. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:15 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CBS News video from Hillary Clinton's 1996 visit to Bosnia as first lady contradicts a more dramatic description the Democratic presidential candidate gave in a recent campaign speech.
Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
swore in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday as two
senior U.S. officials arrived for talks including Pakistan's
role in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
BEIJING, March 25 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE COMMENTS) China said Tuesday demonstrators who tried to disrupt Monday's Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece were "shameful," and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
Kenya's former rivals have still to agree on the division of cabinet posts as part of a post-violence grand coalition. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:11 pm
AP - The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq has emerged as a more stable country than Afghanistan, thanks to lower violence, the presence of a large U.S.-led international force and high oil prices, according to a report published on Tuesday.
Jeanne and Steve Deibert found out during pregnancy that their son didn't have long to live. Due to advances in prenatal screening, more families face similar wrenching choices. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:07 pm
Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militiamen Tuesday in the southern oil port of Basra and gunmen patrolled several Baghdad neighborhoods as followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
It's costing us more and more money to fill up the gas tank. And while that's unlikely to change anytime soon, there are some tricks to getting the most value per gas dollar. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
NORTHBORO - An early-morning fire gutted a strip mall in Northboro and forced police to close a stretch of heavily-traveled Rt. 20 to rush-hour traffic.
It took firefighters...
TOKYO, March 25 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MSDF UNITS REORGANIZATION) New Maritime Self-Defense Force chief Adm. Keiji Akahoshi indicated Tuesday that tightening control of confidential... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:01 pm
Iraqi forces are clashing with Shiite militias in the southern oil port of Basra as a massive security plan to clamp down on violence between rival militia factions in the region gets underway.
Heavy fighting rages in Basra as thousands of Iraqi troops take on rival Shia militias in the southern city. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
AFP - African Union and Comoran troops are still fighting for control of the rebel island of Anjouan, where they are searching for renegade leader Mohamed Bacar, the defence minister said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One may wind up as the first woman to lead the U.S. Senate. Another is relatively young and could run again for president. The third may simply resume his role as a congressional maverick and retire in two years.
AP - The trustees of Social Security and Medicare are certain to kick off a fierce round of debate when they release their annual assessment of the fiscal health of the government's two biggest benefit programs. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
China condemns as shameful a protest over Tibet at the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:54 am
Wal-Mart is suing the family of a severely brain damaged former employee for money back on medical fees paid by her insurance. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
TOKYO - The Red Sox took it easy at the Tokyo Dome on Monday, the day before their first game of the 2008 season.
David Ortiz didn't hit, his head still spinning...
TOKYO, March 25 (Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday he would like to see a bill compiled during the current Diet session for a permanent law that would enable Japan to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
Police in Austria say between 50 and 100 vehicles are caught up in a motorway pile-up in the west of the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
ANJOUAN, Comoros (AP) -- The Comoros government captured the capital of the rebel-held island of Anjouan on Tuesday, just hours after an African Union-backed military operation got under way to oust a renegade colonel who took power in May, a defense official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
AP - Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing its 7.5 million subscribers. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:44 am
The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:43 am
(Kyodo) _ China will allow over 10 foreign reporters to visit Lhasa from Wednesday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Tuesday, after facing international pressure to give the media access Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:43 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) A member of the crew of the Aegis-equipped destroyer Atago who was on duty when it collided with a trawler in the Pacific last month attempted suicide... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (AP) -- The prospect of demonstrations throughout the 85,000-mile Olympic torch relay route leading to the Beijing games loomed Tuesday, a day after protesters of China's human rights policies disrupted the solemn flame-lighting ceremony.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
The prospect of demonstrations throughout the 85,000-mile Olympic torch relay route leading to the Beijing games loomed Tuesday, a day after protesters of China's human rights policies... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed the idea of putting the dog to sleep. Then he spotted an ad in a pet food store: "Eddie's Wheels For Pets. Help for Handicapped Pets." Now the dog named Bear, which has been Mikus' constant companion for a decade, has a lot of living left to do — much of it in his new pet wheelchair. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:33 am
A lot of eyebrows were raised on Wall Street in January when two giant investment firms, Fidelity and T. Rowe Price, paid $50 million for a 9.1% stake in Slide, a San Francisco- based company best known as the purveyor of entertainments like SuperPoke, which lets Facebook users "ninja kick" or "bodyslam" or "throw a pillow at" their friends. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:31 am
A teenager who confessed to killing his father last month told police he hated his dad for taking away his Internet access, according to a police report released Wednesday. He told police that his father had taken away his Internet access after seeing suicide threats the teen had posted on social networking Web site MySpace.com. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:30 am
At least one person is reportedly dead after an American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal. The smaller vessel is said to have ignored warning shots.
(Kyodo) _ Two popular cartoon heroes in Japan and the United States will be featured in a high school English-language textbook to highlight cultural differences between the two... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:28 am
Hulk Hogan is being sued by the man who was critically injured in a car crash involving the wrestler's son. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - At least two people have died in fresh protests in a Tibetan part of western China, reports said on Tuesday, as authorities made arrests in Tibet's capital Lhasa in an effort to reassert control over the restive region.
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has called for a dialogue among monotheistic religions — including Judaism. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:25 am
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday in a statement. Egyptian authorities said at least one man was killed, but the U.S. said it had no reports of casualties.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:21 am
Now that you have lost the battle over casinos, what's next Governor Patrick?
Is any one else embarrassed for the Governor? His plan for three casinos was soundly...
India's top court orders a new investigation into the anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat state in 2002. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:17 am
An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday in a statement. Egyptian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
ATLANTA - A former wrestler was found dead in his home after suffering an apparent accidental drug overdose, his father said.
Chase Tatum, 34, was found dead Sunday in...
(Kyodo) _ The percentage of women members of local assemblies stood at a record high of 10.4 percent as of Dec. 31, exceeding the 10-percent mark for the first time since such statistics... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:05 am
Chinese lender Bank of China has reported its net profit rose 31 percent in 2007 despite nearly $5 billion in exposure to the U.S. mortgage lending crisis. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:05 am
The dollar was mostly lower in early trading Tuesday ahead of a report on U.S. housing that is expected to show further declines. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:00 am
The improvement in Iraq amounts to casualty rates that have decreased to the unacceptable levels of 2005, no exit plan for years and a bill accumulating at almost $5,000 per second. Source: Digg | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:57 am
A former wrestler was found dead in his home after suffering an apparent accidental drug overdose, his father said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
TOKYO -- J.D. Drew was a very late scratch from last night's game, a victim of tightness in his lower back. Brandon Moss replaced him in right field, as well as in the...
PARIS - Ashley Cole turned his back on a referee who was about to show him a yellow card. Javier Mascherano had to be pulled away from an official who had just given him a...
MINSK (Reuters) - The intelligence agency in Belarus, an ex-Soviet state locked in a diplomatic row with Washington, confirmed on Tuesday that a espionage ring working for the United States had been uncovered in the country.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Police say between 50 and 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup on an autobahn in western Austria Tuesday and that a "larger number" of people were believed injured.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Police say between 50 and 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup on an autobahn in western Austria Tuesday and that a "larger number" of people were believed injured. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:39 am
BERLIN - Adidas AG and Vulcabras SA have agreed to form a joint venture to sell shoes, shirts and other sports apparel from Reebok in South America.
The two companies said...
RICHMOND, Va. - Families of those killed in the Virginia Tech shootings have until March 31 to say whether they'll accept a settlement that would include $100,000 each...
Thousands of Iraqi troops have carried out their first military strike against
Shia insurgents in Basra since British troops withdrew from the city centre,
in a critical test for the newly-trained army. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:25 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- President Pervez Musharraf swore in a loyalist of slain ex-leader Benazir Bhutto as prime minister Tuesday, while two top U.S. envoys held talks with Pakistan's old and new leaders in what some viewed as an ill-timed visit.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 10:21 am
Heavy fighting broke out Tuesday in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. Government security forces launched a major offensive against Shiite militiamen loyal to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Spokesmen for Sadr say their militiamen are being targeted by a rival Shiite group, and they are threatening to retaliate.
Stephanie Rice set the women's 200-meter individual medley world record at Australia's Olympic swimming trials, clocking 2 minutes 8.92 seconds on Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:54 am
According to the state-run media, anti-Chinese government protests that marred the Olympic torch-lighting ceremony simply didn't happen. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:48 am
A general view the Oriental Hotel is seen in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday March 25, 2008. Bangkok's famed Oriental Hotel is embroiled in a defamation suit filed by a competitor that spotlights the back-stabbing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:26 am
Chinese-American director Wayne Wang looks on during an interview in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Wang doesn't like being pigeonholed. The 58-year-old director says that desire explains his eclectic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
Iraqi police takes a defensive position in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militias in the southern oil port... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 9:01 am
The Comoros government has captured the capital of the rebel-held island of Anjouan just hours after an African Union-backed military operation got under way to oust a renegade colonel who took power in May, officials say.
In 2002, when Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) was a state senator, he spoke at a rally protesting the impending Iraq war. Though it drew little fanfare then, his speech has become a campaign cornerstone.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- When former parliament speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani was first tipped as a contender to be prime minister, he quipped that taking high office in Pakistan's cutthroat politics could fast-track him back to prison.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:40 am
Forces loyal to Anjouan's leader Mohamed Bacar rally as they wait an assault by African Union troops. A coalition of Comoran and African Union troops invaded the rebel Comoran island of Anjouan battling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:32 am
A humpback whale jumps at a whale watching point, off Okinawa, southwestern Japan, Tuesday, March 25, 2008.(AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:20 am
Banking shares led a near 200-point surge by the FTSE 100 in the opening
minutes this morning as Barclays and HBOS recovered from their lowest
ratings for about five years. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Mar 2008 | 8:13 am
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Moscow on March 24. Mubarak will seek to secure Russian nuclear technology during his visit to Russia, newspapers said Tuesday Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:43 am
An employee at a Russian nuclear research centre in October 2006. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will seek to secure Russian nuclear technology during his visit to Russia, newspapers said Tuesday Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:43 am
In this picture released by Pakistan Muslim League-N party, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, right, talks with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, center, as Assistant Secretary... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 7:33 am
CARACAS (Reuters) - Colombian comments defending its bombing raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador this month have revived tensions in the Andean region, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Monday.
More than 200 firefighters battle the blaze that tears through a condominium construction site early Monday. No injuries are reported.
A fire that raged through a five-story condominium complex under construction at Warner Center in Woodland Hills on Monday was accidentally sparked when a piece of molten metal fell from a welder's torch and ignited tar paper, authorities said.
The legendary group's original road manager, Aspinall went on to run the Beatles' Apple Corps empire for 40 years.
Neil Aspinall, a lifelong pal of the Beatles from their scuffling days in Liverpool who became their road manager and then spent nearly 40 years as the chief protector of the group's recorded legacy as head of Apple Corps, has died. He was 66.
Federal prosecutors name 19 suspects in a nationwide scam that left strapped homeowners without title to their houses or without the equity they had built up.
Federal prosecutors Monday charged 19 individuals, mainly from Southern California, with defrauding homeowners in trouble partly by using "foreclosure rescue pitches" and an equity-draining technique called equity stripping.
In a speech in Pennsylvania, Clinton urges the creation of an emergency group to study solutions for the nation's housing financing woes. She and Obama also take note of the 4,000th casualty in Iraq.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton took her campaign to Pennsylvania today, focusing on economic issues that are most likely to appeal to blue-collar workers who are expected to be the key voting bloc in next month's presidential primary.
Tibetan monks are beaten up by policemen as Tibetans protest against Chinese rule in Tibet, outside the Chinese embassy visa office in Katmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, March 25, 2008. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:49 am
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Endeavour astronauts were set to spend Tuesday on the routine tasks of getting their ship ready for a Wednesday landing as they neared the end of what NASA hailed as a landmark mission.
A man walks across a screen showing the Hang Seng Index at a bank in Hong Kong Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Hong Kong's stock market surged Tuesday morning, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street. The benchmark... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 25 Mar 2008 | 6:42 am
Pro-Tibet protesters have disrupted the flame-lighting ceremony for the Olympic torch months before the games actually reach China. Tibet's government in exile says almost 140 people have died in a crackdown by the Chinese government on protesters.
Explosions and gunfire resounded in the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros Tuesday as the government announced it was invading Anjouan to oust a renegade colonel who seized the key island last May. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 5:12 am
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- The Tibetan government in exile says the death toll from the demonstrations in Tibet is about 140.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 4:20 am
"Personalized genomics" tests promise to help clients discern from their DNA what diseases they are likely to get, whether they are shy or adventurous, even their propensity to become addicted to drugs. A growing number bypass doctors and deal directly with consumers.
With just 11 missions left for the space shuttle, people along Florida's "Space Coast" worry what the program's end will mean for workers and the region's economy. NASA's new Constellation program is expected to employ thousands fewer workers.
At the core of Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is a promise that he can transcend the starkly red-and-blue politics, but his voting record was, by one ranking, the most liberal in the Senate last year. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 3:19 am
MELBOURNE - Police will use sonar equipment to search the Glenelg River in Victoria's far south-west for a South Australian fisherman missing since Sunday.
The man, 31, of Mount Gambier, was last seen in his aluminium tinny around... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 2:59 am
LONDON - The global credit crunch is hitting Britain's housing market, pushing house-buyer numbers to a record low, figures showed today.
The number of house-buyers on estate agents' books dropped 12 per cent last month - to 243... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 2:50 am
A relative of a Virginia Tech shooting victim says the state has offered families of the 32 killed $100,000 each in an attempt to avoid lawsuits. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 2:25 am
Gov. David Paterson said Monday he used cocaine in his 20s and smoked marijuana when he was younger. In reference to cocaine, Paterson, 53, said in a TV interview that he "tried it a couple of times." Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 1:54 am
Jaguars are the largest of the big cats in the Western Hemisphere. The spotted cats, which roam up from Argentina to the US southwest, play a key role in the mythology of several ancient American cultures including the Aztecs and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Online DVD rental leader Netflix Inc. is suffering a technology breakdown that's knocked out its Web site, inconveniencing its 7.5 million subscribers. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 1:27 am
A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 1:02 am
A gun belonging to the pilot of a US Airways plane went off as the aircraft was on approach to land in North Carolina over the weekend, the first time a weapon issued under a federal program to arm pilots was fired, authorities said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:53 am
NEW YORK - Neil Aspinall, a close friend and former road manager of The Beatles who was sometimes referred to as the fifth member of the band, died in New York of lung cancer, former band members said yesterday. He was 66.
Aspinall... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:16 am
Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by electing a staunch royalist as its first prime minister.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been charged on eight counts, including perjury, after explicit text messages contradicted his sworn denials of an affair with a top aide. Kilpatrick refuses to step down and says he expects to be exonerated. Detroit Public Radio's Noah Ovshinsky reports.
JPMorgan Chase increases its bid from $2 to $10 per share, appeasing angry Bear Stearns stockholders who had threatened to block the sale. The move cheers U.S. markets, which posted substantial gains on Monday. The Federal Reserve approves the renegotiated deal.
Hopping onto the White House balcony, the Easter Bunny shares a hug with US President George W. Bush....a ceremonial start to the annual egg roll on the South Lawn.
First Lady Laura Bush got the eggs rolling, saying: "President... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
Pakistain's new prime minister has defied Pervez Musharraf by ordering the release of judges opposed to the president's rule. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
China has imposed a lockdown across an ethnic-Tibet area a day after
anti-Chinese protesters killed a policeman and the paramilitary responded
with gunfire. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 25 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
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Yousef Raza Gilani orders the release of deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry from house arrest Monday, prompting speculation that the Pakistan's supreme court may be reinstated. The move deals a blow to President Pervez Musharraf.
CALGARY, Alberta - A war on gophers waged by two Canadian men went awry this weekend when a device used to blast the rodents in their holes sparked a massive grass fire in a rural area near Calgary, Alberta, causing more than C$200,000... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:51 pm
The war's sixth year begins in Baghdad with rockets falling into the U.S.-protected Green Zone over the weekend, while the overall U.S. military death toll tops 4,000 after a roadside bombing claims more American lives. Army Maj. Gen. Bob Scales (Ret.) joins Robert Siegel.
President Bush pledged Monday to ensure “an outcome that will merit the sacrifice” of those who have died in Iraq, offering sympathy and resolve as the U.S. death toll hit 4,000.
NEW YORK - In people who are at risk of developing diabetes, treatment with metformin leads to modest improvements in weight, lipid (fat) profiles and fasting blood sugar.
In addition, substantial reductions in insulin resistance,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:23 pm
A U.S. warship fired on a motor boat in the Gulf of Suez today, killing one Egyptian and wounding two others, Egyptian security sources and witnesses said.
RINCON COLORADO, Mexico - Scientists have discovered a new species of plant-eating dinosaur in Mexico whose large neck frill and three giant horns helped it attract mates and fight predators on a jungly beach 72 million years ago.
Mexico's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:12 pm
BEIRUT - Lebanon yesterday postponed its presidential election from March 25 to April 22 in the 17th delay of a vote that has been derailed by the country's months-long political crisis.
The delay, announced by Parliament Speaker... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:56 pm
The FBI announced Monday that the remains of two U.S. security contractors in Iraq have been recovered. Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, and John Roy Young of Kansas City, Mo., were among six Western contractors kidnapped in separate incidents.
IOWA - A woman and four children were found dead in an Iowa house yesterday and her husband, who faces bank embezzlement charges, may have died later in a fiery highway crash, police and media reports said.
Police said they were... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:43 pm
THIMPHU, Bhutan (AP) -- Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by electing a staunch royalist as its first prime minister.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 24 Mar 2008 | 10:32 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Rocket attacks on the U.S.-protected Green Zone may carry a message with implications across Iraq: rising anger within the Mahdi Army militia.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:07 a... | 24 Mar 2008 | 9:33 pm
Barack Obama has bounced back in the opinion polls after he responded to controversial remarks by his pastor with a well-received speech on the issue of race. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 8:33 pm
At 8 Foot, 5 inches, Leonid Stadnik's phenomenal height has forced him to quit a job he loved, to stoop as he moves around his house and to spend most of his time in his tiny home village because he cannot fit in a car or bus.
But the makers of "Corpus," a new attraction in the Netherlands, are hoping that a combination amusement park and health education museum will encourage kids to take better care of their own bodies.
The sales of existing homes experience an increase in February, but prices suffer a record drop from levels one year ago, according to a realtors association. The National Association of Realtors said sales of existing homes rose in February for the first time since July.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged stepped-up international action on World TB Day to stop the global tuberculosis epidemic that is killing 4,000 people every day.
Rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone on Sunday and a homicide car bomber struck an Iraqi army post in the northern city of Mosul in an upsurge of attacks that left nearly 50 people dead nationwide. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Mar 2008 | 5:12 pm
Japan will push for an easier target for reducing greenhouse gases in the next international pact on global warming than in the previous one, a top bureaucrat said Monday.
While you may not have heard of the small city of Karmah, American soldiers and Marines who served in Anbar Province know it as a terrifying place of oppression, death, and destruction. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Mar 2008 | 2:40 pm
A total of eight pro-Tibetan demonstrators protesting Chinese suppression have been arrested in Greece on charges of attempting to disrupt the official flame-lighting ceremony at Ancient Olympia, which marked the start of the torch relay that leads up to the Beijing Olympics, Greek security police said today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 2:16 pm
Eight pro-Tibetan demonstrators have been arrested in Greece on charges of attempting to disrupt the official flame-lighting ceremony which marks the start of the torch relay that leads up to the Beijing Olympics. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 1:38 pm
The mother of the murdered teenager Scarlett Keeling said she has been given Indian police protection following fears for her safety. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 1:10 pm
A 10-year-old boy has disappeared as he walked the short distance from his friend's house to his own home in Birmingham, sparking an urgent police investigation. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
After going missing at 7pm on Sunday night, missing Ben Smythe has been found and returned to his parents Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
A Muslim author and critic of Islamic fundamentalism who was baptized a Catholic by Pope Benedict said on Sunday Islam is "physiologically violent" and he is now in great danger because of his conversion, Reuters reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:09 am
Three pro-Tibet activists have briefly disrupted the ceremony in which the Olympic torch for the Beijing Games was lit in Greece. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 24 Mar 2008 | 11:01 am
AP - When Gary Mikus learned that an incurable nerve disease was starting to paralyze the hind legs of his German shepherd, he immediately dismissed the idea of putting the dog to sleep. Then he spotted an ad in a pet food store: "Eddie's Wheels For Pets. Help for Handicapped Pets." Now the dog named Bear, which has been Mikus' constant companion for a decade, has a lot of living left to do much of it in his new pet wheelchair.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign said she "misspoke" last week when saying she had landed under sniper fire during a trip to Bosnia as first lady in March 1996. She later characterized the episode as a "misstatement" and a "minor blip."
Reuters - Israel will let Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas deploy hundreds of his security forces in the
West Bank city of Jenin after they complete U.S.-funded
training in Jordan, Israeli officials said on Tuesday.
AP - Iraqi forces clashed with Shiite militiamen Tuesday in the southern oil port of Basra and gunmen patrolled several Baghdad neighborhoods as followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to demand an end to the crackdown on their movement.
AP - Six years after being sworn into office with hopes of revitalizing his troubled city, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is under increasing pressure to resign now that he's been booked on charges of lying about steamy text messages with his former chief of staff.
Reuters - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
swore in Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday as two
senior U.S. officials arrived for talks including Pakistan's
role in the U.S.-led campaign against terrorism.
AP - The opening game of the 2008 Major League baseball schedule is taking place this morning, U.S. time, as Boston faces Oakland at the Tokyo Dome. It's the earliest start ever for a major league season.
AFP - African Union and Comoran troops are still fighting for control of the rebel island of Anjouan, where they are searching for renegade leader Mohamed Bacar, the defence minister said Tuesday.
"Personalized genomics" tests promise to help clients discern from their DNA what diseases they are likely to get, whether they are shy or adventurous, even their propensity to become addicted to drugs. A growing number bypass doctors and deal directly with consumers.
Long known as a quirky holdout from modernity, the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan ended a century of absolute monarchy Monday by electing a staunch royalist as its first prime minister.
President Bush pledged Monday to ensure “an outcome that will merit the sacrifice” of those who have died in Iraq, offering sympathy and resolve as the U.S. death toll hit 4,000.