AP - One day after Emil Brown made a costly baserunning mistake, he hit a decisive three-run homer to lead Oakland over the Boston Red Sox 5-1 Wednesday night and give the Athletics a split of their opening two-game series.
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces fought militants loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday in the second day of a campaign the government hopes will end militia control without the help of foreign troops.
Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have used a monkey's brain activity to control a robot on the other side of the globe. In what researchers tout as a first-of-its-kind experiment, monkeys' thoughts controlled the walking patterns of a robot in Japan. "They can walk in complete synchronization," said Dr. Miguel Nicolelis, who also is Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:21 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - AMR Corp, parent of American Airlines, said it voluntarily canceled nearly 10 percent of its flights on Wednesday to check plane wiring as part of a national air worthiness directive by the Federal Aviation Administration.
The FBI issued a warning today about "a totally new kind of crime: house stealing." It combines the twin dangers of identity theft and mortgage fraud. Incredibly, some people are being victimized while still occupying their homes. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:20 pm
Fortunately, this disorder is pretty rare; can you imagine going through "life" convinced that your body was putrefying? Other symptoms can include the belief that vital organs are missing or that (conversely) they're immortal. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:20 pm
The pastor at the church that Clinton did once attend has recently expressed public support for Wright. He's even proclaimed it a "grave injustice" to make a judgment on Wright based off of "two or three sound bites," and criticized those who would "use a few of [Wright's] quotes to polarize." Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:20 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - A U.S. and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
Ford sells UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover to Indian firm Tata in a £1.15bn deal after months of talks. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:19 pm
Reuters - A U.S. and British library plan to
reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays
printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
GRETNA, La. - Getting hit with a bullet couldn't stop celebrity chef Paul Prudhomme from cooking at a golf course near New Orleans yesterday morning.
Prudhomme was...
Comoros appoints a governor for Anjouan island as troops continue to search for its renegade leader. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:16 pm
TOKYO, March 26 (Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on Wednesday backpedaled on his remarks the previous day that the government intends to compile a bill during the ongoing Diet... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:16 pm
BROCKTON - A 15-year-old boy is the latest victim of a wave of violence in the city of Brockton.
Police said the teen was shot in the head late Tuesday afternoon while...
South Korea and North Korea tied 0-0 Wednesday in a politically charged World Cup qualifier that was moved to a neutral venue. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ Tsuyoshi Nishioka and Jose Ortiz homered and drove in two runs apiece as the Lotte Marines handed the Softbank Hawks their first loss of the new Pacific League season with a 5-4 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:09 pm
DETROIT - Ford Motor Co. is selling its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Ltd. in a $2.3 billion deal - less than half the price that the struggling...
A car bomb has exploded in a farmers' market in southern Afghanistan, killing eight civilians, as the Taliban warned it would use new techniques and draw on years of fighting experience to increase attacks this spring.
AP - Ford Motor Co. is selling its storied Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Ltd. in a deal that will net the struggling U.S. automaker about $1.7 billion roughly a third of the price it paid for the two luxury brands. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:07 pm
There is truth. And then there is justice.
For the past 15 years, Tina Chery has roamed the gaping valley between the two, on what she calls "my life's journey"...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying.
(Kyodo) _ Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Wednesday welcomed the Chinese government's decision to allow a group of journalists to visit the Tibetan capital Lhasa to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
TOKYO - It was just minutes before the Red Sox' second game of the season, and a few hours before David Ortiz was scheduled to board a plane back to North America when...
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar briefly dropped to the 98 yen level early Wednesday in New York on expectations that interest rate differentials between the United States and Europe will remain Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:58 pm
Seaport Square developer John Hynes is offering companies a sweet package deal: rent office space in his development and get housing for your employees and even seats in a...
(Kyodo) _ Hotels and other lodgings across Japan accommodated a total of 304.45 million people in 2007, of whom 7.2 percent or 21.91 million people were travelers from overseas, a Land,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:57 pm
AP - John McCain, outlining his foreign policy positions on the heels of an overseas trip, is renewing his call for the United States to work more collegially with democratic nations and live up to its duties as a world leader.
Zimbabwean presidential contender Simba Makoni has been unable to place adverts in state media, his team says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:51 pm
President Sarkozy arrives for a two day state visit, with a call for Britain and France to work "hand-in-glove". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:51 pm
A nude photo of France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is to be auctioned off at a sale next month in New York City, an auction house said. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:50 pm
(Kyodo) _ Allianz Life Insurance Japan Ltd., a Japanese unit of Germany's Allianz SE, said Wednesday it will start marketing Saturday a single-premium variable annuity as the first... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:50 pm
Purple carrots, candy cane beets, blue potatoes and other naturally neon produce are topping foodies' grocery lists. But their appeal may be more about aesthetics than flavour
(Kyodo) _ The Riken institute and Kyoto University began jointly supplying induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells, to researchers worldwide on Wednesday, the independent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:48 pm
AP - Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time.
(Kyodo) _ Malaysia's central bank on Wednesday cut its growth projection for the domestic economy this year to between 5.0 and 6.0 percent amid concerns over a slowdown in the global... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:46 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Senior U.S. envoys visited Pakistan's northwest frontier Wednesday to promote lavishly funded plans to boost security and development in a region that could be harboring Osama bin Laden.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:45 pm
Senior U.S. envoys visited Pakistan's northwest frontier Wednesday to promote lavishly funded plans to boost security and development in a region that could be harboring Osama bin... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:45 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING, ADDING DETAILS) The Tibetan capital of Lhasa was quiet on Wednesday, but signs of tension were still observed as armed police stood at street corners in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:44 pm
Residents of states that don't comply with a new federal ID law by next week could face extra scrutiny when they try to board an airplane. Three states have yet to comply or seek an extension in the deadline for meeting secure driver's license standards. But it looks like the standoff could be resolved soon -- at least temporarily.
BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Wednesday to contain ongoing protests in its ethnic Tibetan regions, as it stepped up detentions in Tibet's capital Lhasa and vowed tighter control over monasteries.
The idea for TrueTownWear.com percolated among three Walpole fathers watching from the sidelines as their young kids played soccer last year at Walpole's Mylod Field.
...
Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Wednesday ruled out talks with
Hamas unless the Islamist group first cedes control of Gaza,
casting doubt on a Yemen-sponsored reconciliation push.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Wednesday ruled out talks with Hamas unless the Islamist group first cedes control of Gaza, casting doubt on a Yemen-sponsored reconciliation push.
NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Tata Motors said Wednesday it had bought British luxury icons Jaguar and Land Rover from struggling US carmaker Ford for 2.3 billion dollars as it expands its global reach. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday to open a new chapter in ties with Britain as he arrived for a state visit which he hopes will also help repair his image as a statesman.
LONDON (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday to open a new chapter in ties with Britain as he arrived for a state visit which he hopes will also help repair his image as a statesman. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
AP - China on Wednesday announced the surrender of hundreds of people over anti-government riots among Tibetans and allowed the first group of foreign journalists to visit the regional capital since the violence.
LHASA, China (AP) -- China on Wednesday announced the surrender of hundreds of people over anti-government riots among Tibetans and allowed the first group of foreign journalists to visit the regional capital since the violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:29 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate its loss-making handset division from its other businesses, sending its shares up more than 10 percent.
The French president is in Britain to meet the Queen and discuss important global issues with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. But, almost equal attention is being paid to a nude picture of President Sarkozy's wife than international diplomacy.
A car bomb attack kills at least eight people in a farmers' market in the south of Afghanistan, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
Reuters - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday
it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate
its loss-making handset division from its other businesses,
sending its shares up more than 10 percent.
AP - Hoping to solve at least part of a 36-year-old mystery, the FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found in southwest Washington to determine if it belonged to famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With eight months to go before the U.S. presidential election, the candidates have raised almost $1 billion to fund their campaigns -- more than the size of the economies of several African countries.
A small army of state workers assigned to public relations is costing taxpayers in cash-strapped Massachusetts at least $3 million as officials struggle with ways to cut costs,...
TOKYO - Coco Crisp began spring training knowing there was a good chance he might not be with the Red Sox when it ended.
On Wednesday night, he started in center field...
TOKYO - The not-so-secret formula to success for the Red Sox during the past four seasons was a blend of strong starting pitching and a deep, thunderous lineup.
With...
U.S. researchers have identified all 1,116 unique proteins found in human saliva glands, a discovery they said on Tuesday could usher in a wave of convenient, spit-based diagnostic tests that could be done without the need for a single drop of blood. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
The Guinness World Records named the Modu phone as the lightest cell phone in the world. At just 1.5 ounces and 2.8 by 1.4 by 0.3 inches, the Modu is a full ounce lighter than the already miniature Pantech C300. Without a doubt, it's the tiniest cell phone I've seen outside of Zoolander. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:04 pm
The former chief of the International Cricket Council, Jagmohan Dalmiya, appears in court to face charges of misappropriation. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Fighting erupts for a second day in Basra and elsewhere, as Iraqi soldiers confront Shia militants. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Officials say 55 people have been killed as U.S. and Iraqi troops battle Shiite militiamen in Baghdad and Basra. Three Americans have been seriously injured in Baghdad's Green Zone by rocket or mortar fire.
Michel Fourniret arrives at Court in Dinant, Belgium, in this 2004 file photo. Michel Fourniret, self-confessed serial killer who is suspected of murdering 19 people, goes on trial Thursday March 27, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
Motorola Inc. announced plans to separate its struggling handset business from other operations Wednesday, forming two separate publicly traded companies after months of agitation from frustrated investors. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:56 am
A Cambodian vendor cleans her rice as she prepares it to sell at a roadside store in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Cambodia's prime minister ordered a ban on rice export Wednesday to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
Thailand's Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, left, chats with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono before a meeting at the palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Samak began a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:48 am
Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
NAIROBI (AFP) - Top international aid agencies warned Wednesday that war-scarred Somalia has become too dangerous for its workers to help more than one million civilians living rough, as fresh fighting erupted. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
Indonesian militant Abu Dujana arrives at court to hear the prosecutor's sentence demand Wednesday March 26, 2008, in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prosecutors are demanding life imprisonment for Abu Dujana, alleged... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
China strongly protested the U.S. military's mistaken delivery to Taiwan of intercontinental ballistic missile electrical fuses, demanding an investigation and steps to "eliminate the negative effects and disastrous consequences."
Ford Motor Co. is selling its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses to India's Tata Motors Ltd. in a $2.3 billion deal — less than half the price that the struggling Ford paid for the two luxury brands. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:43 am
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, reacts as Bulgaria's President Georgi Parvanov, left, gestures during a meeting at Abbas' office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 26, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
"Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive told its shareholders Wednesday to reject a $2 billion buyout bid from rival video game company Electronic Arts, saying it's not enough. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:38 am
Iraq may be facing the gravest challenge to its fragile security in more than a year. Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are fighting Iraqi government forces for control of Basra, and the violence has spread to Baghdad. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the militamen have 72 hours to lay down arms.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications jumped by nearly 50 percent last week as home loan rates fell after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates and took steps to restore bond market confidence, an industry trade group said on Wednesday.
Having resisted for so long being typecast as the black candidate, Obama could no longer hold off plunging into the debate that still divides so much of America. The consensus was that Obama might have stanched the bleeding among Democratic primary voters, but that the race-issue will continue to dog him. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:35 am
Heirs of the late actor Steve McQueen have gone to court to stop an apparel manufacturer from using the King of Cool's name and likeness to promote its products without their consent. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:31 am
Crews have been pumping chlorine through the water system of Alamosa, Colo., in attempts to rid it of salmonella bacteria that sickened nearly 250 people. Officials said residents won't be able to drink the water until the last of the disinfecting chemical washes out of the water system.
The International Dance Party looks like an unassuming flight box. But as soon as its radar detects people dancing, its motorized face drops to reveal lights, fog, ground effects, a disco ball, and two speakers running 600 watts of the world's best unfiltered Eurohouse and other assorted Electro Boogie. Source: Digg | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:19 am
President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain's "cordial" relations with France to be improved into a full friendship, encompassing closer co-operation over illegal immigration and defence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:18 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming, satellite images by the University of Colorado's National Snow and Ice Data Center showed. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
Tata, India's top carmaker, recently unveiled the world's cheapest car, called the Nano. Now, Tata is aiming for the other end of the market. The company announced Wednesday that it's buying British luxury automakers Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford for $2.3 billion.
Malaysia's top lender Maybank said Wednesday it plans to acquire Indonesia's sixth-largest bank, Bank Internasional Indonesia, for a total $2.7 billion as part of aggressive regional expansion. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:12 am
Deutsche Bank said Wednesday that turmoil in global markets may endanger its annual profit forecast for $13.1 billion. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
BEIJING (AP) -- China on Wednesday strongly protested the U.S. military's mistaken delivery to Taiwan of intercontinental ballistic missile electrical fuses, demanding an investigation and steps to "eliminate the negative effects and disastrous consequences."... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:09 am
German business confidence unexpectedly rose this month, posting its third straight increase despite the near-record strength of the euro and concern over the future outlook, a closely watched survey showed Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:08 am
The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday on a case that mixed presidential power, international relations and the death penalty. The justices said President Bush overstepped his authority when he tried to order Texas to reopen the case of a Mexican on death row for rape and murder.
Coco Crisp began spring training knowing there was a good chance he might not be with the Red Sox when it ended. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister on Wednesday gave gunmen in the southern oil port of Basra a three-day deadline to surrender their weapons and renounce violence as clashes between Shiite militia fighters and Iraqi security forces erupted for a second day.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Workers cover the roadway under a statue of Queen Victoria near Windsor Castle. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain and France to open a new chapter in relations as he headed for a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
An elderly man walks underneath British and French flags on display near Windsor Castle. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain and France to open a new chapter in relations as he headed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) bids farewell to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown outside No. 10 Downing Street in January 2008. Sarkozy has called for Britain and France to open a new chapter... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
French and British flags outside Windsor Castle. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain and France to open a new chapter in relations as he headed for a state visit. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:54 am
Japan suspends imports of Italian buffalo mozzarella, after reports that high levels of dioxins have been found. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:49 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A massive explosion at a fireworks factory left two people dead and two injured Wednesday, while subsequent fires rapidly spread, sending thick clouds of black smoke into the sky, officials and witnesses said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:43 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki gave Shiite militiamen a 72 hour deadline to lay down their arms as they battled Iraqi and US troops for a second day Wednesday in Baghdad and the second city of Basra. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:31 am
Police in Italy rescue Bulgarian sisters from a circus where they were forced to endure piranhas and snakes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea will vote in favor of a U.N. resolution expressing concerns about human rights in North Korea, a senior official said Wednesday, a move that could anger the communist country amid a deadlock in international nuclear talks.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
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visit live: follow it here</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:24 am
Mervyn King, the Governor of the Bank of England, has ruled out following the
US Federal Reserve in making "aggressive" cuts to interest rates to
stabilise the fragile economy. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:23 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Prematurely born babies run a higher risk of infant death and lower fertility rates when they become adults than babies that are born at full term. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:17 am
Huaneng Power International Inc.. chairman Li Xiaopeng speaks during the company's 2007 annual results news conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Huaneng Power International Inc., which operates... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:13 am
China has announced the alleged surrender of hundreds of anti-government protests and allowed into the Tibetan regional capital a group of foreign journalists for the first time since violence broke out more than a week ago.
Police have closed down a circus in southern Italy after a terrified
19-year-old girl was forced to swim in a tank full of piranha fish while her
younger sister endured the company of snakes and tarantulas. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Mar 2008 | 10:04 am
A new report from the World Health Organization finds that progress toward controlling tuberculosis has slowed. There's a resurgence of the disease in some nations, while other countries have seen tuberculosis take on a new and more deadly form when it is linked to HIV.
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher met with Pakistan's new leaders Wednesday in Islamabad. Officials in the new government have indicated to the top senior U.S. envoys that the U.S. relationship with Pakistan will have to change.
CAIRO (AP) -- The United States acknowledged Wednesday that an Egyptian citizen was killed when a U.S. Navy-contracted ship fired warning shots at approaching motor boats in the Suez Canal.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 9:52 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - Highly aggressive breast cancers might in future be "put to sleep" rather than attacked with chemotherapy, research from an Australian scientist published Wednesday suggests. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Mar 2008 | 9:38 am
LONDON (Reuters) - In a school in south London, women in headscarves are learning English, childcare skills and citizenship, to smooth their integration into British life.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Several Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders reacted warmly to a proposal for dialogue among the religions by King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, welcoming the overture from the leader of the strict Muslim country as a major development in interfaith relations.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
Two people were killed and two were injured in a massive explosion at a fireworks factory that has sparked a raging conflagration in an industrial zone, Dubai civil defense official said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Mar 2008 | 8:44 am
An Iraqi military spokesman says 40 people have been killed and 200 wounded in two days of fighting between Shiite militias and government forces in the southern city of Basra.
Russia has failed to shoot down the Bush administration's missile defense ambitions. But the high-priced project still faces hostile political forces at home and abroad.
President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain's "cordial" relations with France to be improved into a full friendship, encompassing closer co-operation over illegal immigration and defence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 7:53 am
President Nicolas Sarkozy has called for Britain's "cordial" relations with France to be improved into a full friendship, encompassing closer co-operation over illegal immigration and defence. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 7:53 am
Miami police could soon be the first in the United States to use cutting-edge, spy-in-the-sky technology to beef up their fight against crime. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Mar 2008 | 7:50 am
Across Africa, the long arm of international justice is trying to end a tradition of impunity and to advance reconciliation. In poverty-stricken Sierra Leone, not everyone is convinced the money has been well spent.
The L.A.-Orange County and San Diego regions experienced declines of nearly 17%.
Home prices across the nation continued to fall at a record pace in January, with Southern California showing some of the steepest declines, according to a major indicator released Tuesday.
The actor says he was surprised at his removal from the state parks board in the wake of his opposition to a toll road. But he says he holds no hard feelings toward Schwarzenegger.
After Clint Eastwood learned last week that his friend Arnold Schwarzenegger no longer wanted him on the state parks commission, he spoke with Bobby Shriver, the governor's brother-in-law, who had also been dropped. Somewhat incredulous, they joked about it, each saying the other should be more offended.
A new government report predicts when each will go into the red, but the candidates appear reluctant to touch the subject matter.
With the presidential campaign going full tilt, a new government report on a big national problem is usually followed by volleys of rhetoric from the candidates. But on Tuesday, when the annual report on the precarious state of Medicare and Social Security came out, the reaction was not exactly deafening.
Police officers in Los Angeles are more likely to take their own life than be killed by a criminal, according to a report presented today to the Police Commission.
The Republican presidential candidate tells Latino business leaders that he won't 'play election-year politics' with mortgage foreclosures. He picks up Nancy Reagan's endorsement.
John McCain said Tuesday that he understood Americans' anger about the mortgage foreclosure crisis and was open to ideas for addressing the problem, but he rejected the sort of activist approaches proposed by his Democratic rivals for the presidency.
Builders and retailers address concerns that expanded malls will increase traffic and density.
With the affluent Westside of Los Angeles escaping much of the economic angst gripping Southern California, shopping center owners near the coast are spending lavishly to burnish their malls and beckon new shoppers.
The 'non-skeptic heretic club' says it would be easier and cheaper to adapt than fight climate change. Critics say the flaw in the theory is that the effects will be unpredictable.
The disastrous hurricanes of recent years have become the poster children of global warming.
Surf shop owner Jefferson 'Zuma Jay' Wagner hopes to stop area's transformation into a gaudy version of Palm Beach by running for City Council. Critics say he's in over his head.
Jefferson "Zuma Jay" Wagner sails up Latigo Canyon Road in his Dodge minivan.
Helicopter batteries were ordered, but Minuteman fuses arrived. Officials reassure China that the delivery was in error.
The U.S. military mistakenly shipped parts from a Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missile to Taiwan, Pentagon officials announced Tuesday in the second incident to come to light in recent months in which nuclear weapons were mishandled.
Rapid melting on Wilkins Shelf is attributed to global warming.
A chunk of Antarctic ice about seven times the size of Manhattan has collapsed, scientists said Tuesday, putting an even greater portion of glacial ice at risk.
Authorities revealed Tuesday that a man carrying a loaded shotgun was arrested in January near the U.S. Capitol, and explosives left in his truck nearby went undetected for three weeks. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Mar 2008 | 5:32 am
In an era in which newspapers are slashing costs and paring staff, and with no end in sight to the Democratic primary, many reporters are being pulled back from the campaign trail.
LONDON - Germany's celebrity polar bear Knut has become so addicted to the limelight that he throws tantrums when he's denied an audience, one of his keepers says.
Berlin Zoo's Markus Roebke has told British newspapers that Knut... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 4:32 am
The FBI says it's analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried in Southwest Washington to determine if it might have been used by legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
Sixteen months after voters in Michigan voted to kill affirmative action in the public sphere, opponents of preferences based on race and gender are pushing five more states to ban the practice.
A cheap but highly addictive form of heroin known as "cheese" has swept through Dallas in recent years, and local health officials are seeing Hispanic children as young as 9 suffering from the crushing effects of drug withdrawal.
The Defense Department announced on Tuesday that it mistakenly shipped non-nuclear components for an intercontinental ballistic missile to Taiwan but has recovered them and launched an investigation.
TORONTO (AP) -- A teenager charged with plotting terror attacks in Ontario pleaded not guilty to belonging to a terrorist group Tuesday, as some details of an alleged plan to storm Canada's Parliament emerged publicly for the first time.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 3:23 am
AREQUIPA, Peru - Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru yesterday.
The fossil, weighing 8.5kg, was found in the cargo hold of the bus,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 3:02 am
Hillary Clinton has been struggling to downplay suggestions that she deliberately tried to exaggerate the role she played in world events in her years as first lady after admitting she "misspoke" in a recent description of a 1996... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 3:00 am
LONDON - In a school in south London, women in headscarves are learning English, childcare skills and citizenship, to smooth their integration into British life.
The courses are encouraged under a new government policy to "empower"... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 2:56 am
DUBAI - A group celebrating a birthday at a Dubai diner were cheered by a 25 per cent discount but not necessarily the reason: "Bug on food."
The restaurant cut the bill for seven customers at a birthday dinner after they found... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 2:20 am
LONDON - Four hundred people were trapped on the London Eye for more than an hour while engineers fixed a mechanical fault, a spokeswoman for the riverside tourist attraction said yesterday.
Sightseers were suspended up to 450... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 2:01 am
The US aviation watchdog will investigate Qantas after one of the Australian airline's Boeing 747s aborted a takeoff as it was speeding down the runway at Los Angeles international airport.
Qantas is also investigating the incident,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 2:00 am
NEW YORK - International visitors flying into New York now face being identified by all ten fingerprints, part of a heightened security system aimed at identifying potential terror suspects and visa fraud, officials said yesterday.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:42 am
Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, has launched a High Court legal challenge to stop details of Gordon Brown's personal expenses claims being made public. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Gordon Brown is to urge America to re-engage with the world in the way it did after the Second World War, saying the world is at a point in history when it needs American "values and leadership", The Daily Telegraph can disclose. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Nicolas Sarkozy, the President of France, has led a chorus of European criticism over China's actions in Tibet, refusing to rule out a boycott of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Heathrow's brand new Terminal 5 will become operational tonight as British Airways complete a massive move, transferring most of their services to the new building. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Pregnant women are warned they should drink no alcohol at all despite no evidence the occasional glass is harmful. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Some of the world's leading chefs have criticised the French gastronomy bible, the Michelin Guide, saying it is out of touch and "inconsistent". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Surely Sir Alan Sugar's Mr Angry turn on The Apprentice is an act. In reality,
as with many celebrities, he will be different from his primetime persona,
searing Apprentice contestants over a high heat, then eliminating one after
a firestorm of baleful invective with a finger jab and “You're fired”. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
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here to read Times Online's environment blog</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Police say at least nine people have been killed and seven wounded in a shootout in eastern Guatemala that is likely tied to drug traffickers.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:06 a... | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:55 pm
A man has honoured his dead father's wishes by hiring a stripper for his funeral.
Taiwan's United Daily News reports Cai Jinlai - who had a fondness for strip clubs - was promised an exotic dancer for his funeral if he lived... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:53 pm
LONDON - Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will build on a new spirit of Anglo-French cooperation this week by calling for action to halt financial turmoil and by urging UN reform.
They will also... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Mar 2008 | 11:43 pm
The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a major opinion on Tuesday that limits the force of many U.S. treaties and rejects President Bush's assertion that he can unilaterally order state governments to comply with treaties.
Consumer confidence numbers released Tuesday were down sharply. The Conference Board reports that Americans expectations for the future fell to a 35-year low. People in three cities across the country explain how personal the economic downturn is for them.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he cannot rule out the possibility he might boycott the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics if China continues its crackdown in Tibet.
With more than 71 percent of women and 66 percent of men considered overweight, Mexico has become the second fattest nation in the world, according to a McClatchy Newspapers report. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 5:06 pm
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.
The head of Germany's top far-right party was charged with incitement and defamation for allegedly publishing a pamphlet before the 2006 soccer World Cup that prosecutors said called into question whether nonwhite players should be on the national team. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 4:21 pm
A Czech far-right party has offered to help a Dutch lawmaker distribute an anti-Koran film on the Internet if it is banned from being released in the Netherlands. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 3:59 pm
A man hired a stripper for his father to honor the man's wish to have a stripper at his funeral if he lived to be older than 100. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 3:51 pm
A tourist from Finland faces a prison term and a fine after allegedly breaking a piece of volcanic rock from one of the massive Moai statues on Easter Island. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 3:28 pm
Fifty to 100 vehicles slammed into each other Tuesday in heavy snowfall on a highway in northwestern Austria, killing one person and injuring at least 30 others, police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 3:24 pm
U.S official await identification of three bodies found in Iraq believed to be additional kidnapped contractors. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Mar 2008 | 2:54 pm
AP - One day after Emil Brown made a costly baserunning mistake, he hit a decisive three-run homer to lead Oakland over the Boston Red Sox 5-1 Wednesday night and give the Athletics a split of their opening two-game series.
Reuters - A U.S. and British library plan to
reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays
printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
AP - John McCain, outlining his foreign policy positions on the heels of an overseas trip, is renewing his call for the United States to work more collegially with democratic nations and live up to its duties as a world leader.
AP - Call them Pavlov's fish: Scientists are testing a plan to train fish to catch themselves by swimming into a net when they hear a tone that signals feeding time.
Reuters - Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction on Wednesday ruled out talks with
Hamas unless the Islamist group first cedes control of Gaza,
casting doubt on a Yemen-sponsored reconciliation push.
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday to open a new chapter in ties with Britain as he arrived for a state visit which he hopes will also help repair his image as a statesman.
AP - China on Wednesday announced the surrender of hundreds of people over anti-government riots among Tibetans and allowed the first group of foreign journalists to visit the regional capital since the violence.
Reuters - Motorola Inc said on Wednesday
it would split into two publicly traded entities to separate
its loss-making handset division from its other businesses,
sending its shares up more than 10 percent.
AP - Hoping to solve at least part of a 36-year-old mystery, the FBI is analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found in southwest Washington to determine if it belonged to famed plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
An Iraqi military spokesman says 40 people have been killed and 200 wounded in two days of fighting between Shiite militias and government forces in the southern city of Basra.
Across Africa, the long arm of international justice is trying to end a tradition of impunity and to advance reconciliation. In poverty-stricken Sierra Leone, not everyone is convinced the money has been well spent.
In an era in which newspapers are slashing costs and paring staff, and with no end in sight to the Democratic primary, many reporters are being pulled back from the campaign trail.
The FBI says it's analyzing a torn, tangled parachute found buried in Southwest Washington to determine if it might have been used by legendary plane hijacker D.B. Cooper.
Sixteen months after voters in Michigan voted to kill affirmative action in the public sphere, opponents of preferences based on race and gender are pushing five more states to ban the practice.
Choosing ‘God Bless the USA’ may prove to be her savviest move yet. Meanwhile, Chikezie and Ramiele Malubay could be in trouble come Wednesday.
Officials found the fossil of a giant dinosaur jawbone while investigating a suspicious package on a bus in the mountains of Peru on Tuesday.