Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says he will not attend the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:48 pm
BASRA (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on Thursday to enforce a crackdown on Shiite gunmen despite protests and mounting casualties, as Iraqi troops battled militias in the cities of Basra and Kut. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:48 pm
Reuters - Tens of thousands of supporters of
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad on Thursday
as a crackdown on his followers raged in southern Iraqi towns
and rockets and mortars exploded across the capital.
Pakistan's new government must take urgent action to prevent the country's economy from tipping into crisis, the World Bank warned Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:42 pm
Gordon Brown announces plans to strengthen Britain's ties with France at a summit with Nicolas Sarkozy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:39 pm
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- A senior U.S. envoy visiting Pakistan says negotiations are not possible with some militants "who want to destroy our way of life."... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:38 pm
Gordon Brown has hailed the creation of a significantly closer relationship with France following a summit in London with president Nicolas Sarkozy. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:38 pm
A 58-year-old drunk man who fed pigeons wearing only a skimpy thong which was back to front has been fined £150. "Asked why he did it, he replied 'I don't know. I was just feeding the birds and if I was wanting to do that I would just go down town and get a whore'." Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:30 pm
President Bush has invited Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House in an effort to give a kick to Mideast peace talks, the White House said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:30 pm
Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets in Baghdad on Thursday to protest against a crackdown on militias and express their fury towards the Iraqi government.
Italy faces pressure from the EU to provide information on the contamination of mozzarella. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:28 pm
Having acknowledged it hampers file-sharing to manage network traffic, Comcast Corp. said Thursday it is now in talks with the file-sharing service BitTorrent Inc. to come up with better ways to transport large files over the Internet. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:28 pm
The new Asus Eee PC 900's manual reveals it's got a MacBook Air/Pro style multi-touch trackpad, with two-finger pinch zooming, and two-finger scrolling. Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:24 pm
AP - Rapper T.I. was expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal weapons charges and will face prison time, according to two people familiar with his case. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:24 pm
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's leaders want next week's summit in Romania to resolve internal tensions over its mission in Afghanistan and commit more troops, signaling its willingness to stay the course there and defeat the Taliban.
State Department workers viewed passport applications containing personal information about high-profile Americans, including the late Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith, at least 20 times since January 2007, The Associated Press has learned. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:22 pm
LHASA, China (AP) -- A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday, an embarrassment for China as it tried to show Lhasa was calm following deadly anti-government riots.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:21 pm
AP - A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday, an embarrassment for China as it tried to show Lhasa was calm following deadly anti-government riots.
A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday, an embarrassment for China as it tried... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:21 pm
Reuters - NATO's leaders want next week's summit
in Romania to resolve internal tensions over its mission in
Afghanistan and commit more troops, signaling its willingness
to stay the course there and defeat the Taliban.
Zimbabwe's president has warned opposition supporters not to protest if they lose elections this Saturday. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:19 pm
(Kyodo) _ A 19-year-old ethnic Uygur woman has confessed to attempting to blow up a Chinese passenger plane, which made an emergency landing, China's state-run media reported Thursday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:19 pm
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- U.S. authorities have announced an indictment charging Puerto Rico's governor with 18 counts in a long-running campaign finance probe.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:18 pm
AP - The economy nearly sputtered out at the end of the year and is probably faring even worse now amid continuing housing, credit and financial crises.
Oil-rich Gulf nations, already facing labor protests, are getting new pressure from India, which wants them to pay minimum wages for unskilled workers. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:14 pm
(Kyodo) _ Britain has reiterated its wish to see universal suffrage introduced for Hong Kong's chief executive election in 2017 as promised by Beijing, according to its latest biannual... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:12 pm
A morbidly obese woman who authorities originally thought might have crushed her 2-year-old nephew to death was arraigned in her bedroom Wednesday on a capital murder charge, accused of striking him in the head. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:11 pm
WALTHAM - The parent company of KeySpan has asked state regulators to approve a rate hike averaging 27 percent for its 820,000 natural gas customers in Massachusetts.
National...
(Kyodo) _ Japan's special envoy for the Middle East peace process, Tatsuo Arima, will visit Israel, the Palestinian autonomous region and the United States next week to exchange views... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:10 pm
A California aerospace company plans to enter the space tourism industry with a two-seat rocket ship capable of suborbital flights to altitudes more than 37 miles above the Earth. Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:09 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad on Thursday to protest against a three-day-old crackdown against his followers and call for the downfall of the U.S.-backed government.
Reuters - A new round of talks between
Egypt and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic
Jihad ended on Thursday without agreement on striking a truce
with Israel.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy grew at a tepid 0.6 percent annual pace in the fourth quarter of last year, the government said Thursday in a final unrevised reading. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:08 pm
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - A new round of talks between Egypt and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad ended on Thursday without agreement on striking a truce with Israel.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing Chinese authorities of lying about recent unrest and saying the Dalai Lama had nothing to do with the violence, foreign reporters said.
(Kyodo) _ Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Tochigi Prefecture on Thursday for vacation and were understanding about Crown Prince Naruhito's family not staying with them, but Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:07 pm
Australian police fired shots at a huge saltwater crocodile to prevent a drunken “idiot” from being eaten alive during an impromptu swim in the sea. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:05 pm
Clashes between security forces and Shiite militia fighters are spreading throughout southern Iraq. In Basra, Iraq's prime minister is overseeing the offensive against the militia loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
(Kyodo) _ Japan's Under-23s continued their preparations for this summer's Beijing Olympics with a 1-1 draw at home to Angola's senior national team on Thursday. Yohei Toyoda gave... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:00 pm
A government-managed visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital backfired when Buddhist monks disrupted the tour, screaming that there was no religious freedom and that the Dalai Lama was not to blame for Lhasa's recent violence.
A bomb blast has destroyed an oil pipeline in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and rockets keep falling on the U.S.-controlled Green Zone in Baghdad, as suspected Shiite militiamen continued defying the prime minister's order to surrender.
A group of monks shouting slogans including "Tibet is not free!" disrupted the Chinese government's carefully orchestrated visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday.
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. economy grew an annualized real 0.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2007, the same as an earlier estimated number for the worst reading in nearly a year, the Commerce... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:58 pm
Having a big belly in your 40s can boost your risk of getting Alzheimer's disease or other dementia decades later, a new study suggests. Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:56 pm
BOSTON - The Boston Ballet is stepping out of its longtime home.
After performing for three decades at the 3,600-seat Wang Theatre, the ballet has announced that it has...
Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila is among several people named in a sealed indictment, officials said Thursday, as U.S. authorities made the first arrests in a long-running probe into his party's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:53 pm
Sen. John McCain on Wednesday outlined his foreign policy goals in a speech in Los Angeles. The presumptive GOP presidential nominee called for the United States to work more collegially with allies and to live up to its duties as a world leader. He also raised questions about Bush policies -- while remaining firmly in support of the Iraq war.
In an age when text messages and e-mail records can instantly expose untruths and land a fibber in the hot seat, why do people continue to fudge the facts?
DALLAS - American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled dozens of flights Thursday as they continue their inspections of wiring bundles on some of their planes.
American,...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Shiites took to Baghdad's streets to protest the government crackdown on militias in Basra as heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and gunmen erupted for a third day in the southern oil port and the capital.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:48 pm
Tens of thousands of Shiites took to Baghdad's streets to protest the government crackdown on militias in Basra as heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and gunmen erupted for a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:48 pm
AP - Tens of thousands of Shiites took to Baghdad's streets to protest the government crackdown on militias in Basra as heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and gunmen erupted for a third day in the southern oil port and the capital.
Azureus actually operates a legit video delivery business using torrent, so they've been among the most vocal opponents to ISPs throttling torrents. To help build their case and create a detailed log of every ISP that scrambles torrents, along with their particular poison—short-circuiting uploads or general bandwidth caps, for instance—they've rele Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:47 pm
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A 20-mile stretch of Interstate 64 was closed overnight because at least four cars were struck by bullets, injuring two people. The highway reopened...
WASHINGTON - The government says fewer people signed up for unemployment benefits last week, although that didn't change the broader picture of a slower jobs market.
The...
(Kyodo) _ Pinch-hitter Shinji Takahashi broke a scoreless deadlock with a bases-loaded hit in the 10th inning as the Nippon Ham Fighters edged the Seibu Lions 1-0 in a game highlighted by Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:44 pm
WASHINGTON - The economy nearly sputtered out in the final quarter of last year and is probably faring even worse now amid the continuing housing, credit and financial crises.
The...
In a radio interview with Rusty Humphries, the pilot who flew Hillary into Tuzla remembers it differently than she does. "No evasive maneuver. I tell ya, I will give to to the commander of Air Base Eagle... Not only were there no bullets flying around, there was no bumblebee flying around," Retired Colonel William "Goose" Changose said. Source: Digg | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:43 pm
LONDON - Heathrow Airport's gleaming Terminal 5 opened Thursday, launching operations with an early morning arrival of a flight from Hong Kong.
The $8.6 billion terminal,...
AP - Four Texas metropolitan areas were among the biggest population gainers as Americans continued their trend of moving to the Sun Belt in 2006 and 2007, according to Census Bureau estimates to be released Thursday.
Puerto Rico's governor has been charged in a long-running public corruption probe in the U.S. island territory, a law enforcement official told the Associated Press on Thursday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:39 pm
WASHINGTON - Authorities identified the remains of two more U.S. contractors kidnapped in Iraq and are awaiting forensic testing on remains of a third body, the FBI said Thursday.
FBI...
Whitney Cerak, whose parents believed she was dead while she lay in a hospital being cared for by the parents of a friend who died in the same crash, says she has reached the conclusion that God has a plan for her.
EDITOR'S NOTE -- Charles Hutzler, Beijing bureau chief for The Associated Press, was among a group of foreign journalists who were taken on a government-arranged trip to the Tibetan city of Lhasa.
Heathrow's new fifth terminal has got off to a chaotic start with three flights leaving without baggage and incoming passengers having to wait up to two hours for their luggage to come through. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:30 pm
The southern Iraqi city of Basra sees a third day of heavy fighting between Iraqi forces and Shia militias. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:24 pm
American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled dozens of flights Thursday as they continue their inspections of wiring bundles on some of their planes. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
NATICK - Despite a 2-1 vote by Natick residents seeking to keep the town's "Redmen" nickname, officials are in no apparent rush to take up the issue.
School...
AP - American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled dozens of flights Thursday as they continue their inspections of wiring bundles on some of their planes.
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Thursday expelled South Korean officials from a joint industrial estate just north of the border, its first response to Seoul's new tougher line towards the communist state. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:09 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- With Iranian backing, Hezbollah guerrillas have dramatically increased their rocket range and can now threaten most of Israel, senior Israeli defense officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:07 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday asking her to retract her comments on superdelegates and stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, pose for the media on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, in London, Thursday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, center, are greeted on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, in London, Thursday, March... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
SALEM, N.H. - Two former employees of an Apple Computer store in Salem, N.H., have been charged with stealing more than 300 trendy iPhones.
Police say the two stole 332...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is the ultimate survivor. Not only did he live through 5-1/2 years as a Vietnam prisoner of war, he also has stared down the deadly cancer melanoma.
LONDON (AP) -- Heathrow Airport's gleaming Terminal 5 opened Thursday, launching operations with an early morning arrival of a flight from Hong Kong.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
DETROIT (Reuters) - As he waited for take-out to be served up from behind the bullet-proof glass at Motor City Soul Food, Jimmy Ponius said he was saddened by the latest blast of bad news for Detroit, a city used to its share.
Ultimate fighting was once the sole domain of burly men who beat each other bloody in anything-goes brawls on pay-per-view TV. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:43 am
U.S. actor and director Steve Buscemi poses at a photo call to present his latest movie "Interview", in Rome, Thursday, March 27, 2008. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:42 am
The Los Angeles Times apologized for using documents that were apparently fabricated in a story implicating associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on rapper Tupac Shakur.
A photo provided by the Berlin police on Thursday, March 27, 2008 shows Russian artist Anna Mikhalchuk, who has been missing from her home in western Berlin since Friday. Mikhalchuk, 52, left her apartment... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:34 am
A strike by Argentine farmers over rising export taxes heads into a third week, with little sign of resolution. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:31 am
Oil prices rise above $107 after one of Iraq's main export pipelines is blown up, sparking supply fears. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:29 am
The mother of a six-year-old boy who fell to his death from a hotel balcony
today urged the British authorities to prosecute his father for pushing him. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:21 am
Passengers flying into Heathrow's new £4.3 billion terminal faced hours of
chaos today as they tried to collect their luggage, after a sophisticated
new baggage handling system broke down. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:20 am
Police fire tear gas at Comoros demostrators angry at France's role in the escape of Anjouan's ousted leader. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:15 am
A Tibetan refugee child plays during a lunch break in the baby room of the Tibetan Children's Village School in Dharmsala, India, March 27, 2008. The village was set up as an orphanage in 1960 and provides... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:11 am
Indonesian judges order a foundation set up by late ruler Suharto to pay $110m after a corruption trial. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
Lennar Corp., one of the nation's largest homebuilders, said Thursday it swung to a loss in the first quarter as it absorbed charges to write down asset values and costs, while new home sales and prices sank amid the stumbling real estate market. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
Anna Mikhalchuk, 52, is sees in Moscow in this Oct. 5, 2004 file picture. Police say the Russian artist has been missing from her home in western Berlin since Friday, March 21, 2008. Mikhalchuk was one... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:10 am
A Chinese movie download Web site has sued a Hollywood industry group for libel over a statement that it says implies that the company admitted to piracy as part of a legal settlement. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:09 am
Monique Olivier, the wife of self-confessed French serial killer Michel Fourniret, is seen at the start of her trial in Charleville-Mezieres, northern France, Thursday, March 27, 2008. Fourniret, 66, is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:05 am
Chang Xiaobing, Chairman &CEO of China Unicom speaks during the company annual result announcement in Hong Kong Thursday, March 27, 2008. China Unicom Ltd. (CHU), the smaller rival of China's largest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
Chang Xiaobing, Chairman &CEO of China Unicom speaks during the company annual result announcement in Hong Kong Thursday, March 27, 2008. China Unicom Ltd. (CHU), the smaller rival of China's largest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
A man passes the model of the magnet levitation train Transrapid on display at the Franz-Josef-Strauss airport in Munich, southern Germany, in this Sept. 25, 2007 file photo. An official says the German... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:04 am
<a href="http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/natural_resources/article3631769.ece">Analysis:
Zubair 1 is crucial pipeline</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
Tibetan monks disrupt a tour by the first foreign journalists to visit Lhasa since protests erupted, witnesses say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:49 am
A one-time director of the Theodore Roosevelt Association stole and tried to auction off one of its prized artifacts — a 1918 letter the former president wrote about his son Quentin's death in World War I, prosecutors said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:46 am
Technical problems with the baggage handling system have overshadowed the opening of the showcase Terminal 5 at Heathrow. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:30 am
CHARLEVILLE-MEZIERES (AFP) - Self-confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret went on trial in France on Thursday, accused of the rape and murder of seven young women. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:25 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Wealth held by rich investors with assets over $1 million is set to grow 50 percent in the next five years to $75 trillion, according to a report published on Thursday.
LONDON (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy got down to business on the second day of his state visit to Britain Thursday, with talks at Downing Street followed by a summit at a football stadium. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
PARIS (AP) -- France says it is considering granting political asylum to a deposed former rebel leader sought by Comoros who managed to reach the French island of Mayotte.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 10:08 am
Firecrackers that had been trucked to the desert to be destroyed exploded as they were dumped into a ditch, killing 25 people and leaving five others missing, state media reported Thursday.
State courts complain that the poor economy is threatening their ability to provide constitutionally mandated services. Legislatures across the country are requiring courts to get along with less money, just like other parts of the government. But court administrators say they can't decide to hear fewer cases, and the case load goes up -- not down -- when economic times are hard.
The Los Angeles Times is investigating the veracity of documents that were the basis for an investigative story in the newspaper last week. In that article, the Times reported that the assault on rapper Tupac Shakur in 1994 was perpetrated by associates of rapper and entrepreneur Sean Combs, also known as P Diddy or Puff Daddy.
Two years ago, New Century Financial was the country's second largest subprime mortgage lender. Now, it's in bankruptcy, and a new report mandated by the bankruptcy court shines light on the company's shady practices.
The open season for Medicare participants closes at the end of the month. Millions of people have until March 31 to switch Medicare health plans. Joanne Silberner reports on who might want to switch, and how they can do it.
Earlier this week, presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain made remarks on the mortgage crisis. McCain pointed out that "zero down" loans were big contributors to the subprime mortgage crisis. Is that true?
Two former Black Panthers imprisoned in Louisiana are out of solitary confinement for the first time since the 1970s. State corrections officials say Herman Wallace and Albert Woodfox were moved into a "maximum security dormitory" earlier this week. Louisiana prison officials once said the men, known as the Angola 2, would never be moved.
Insurgents attacked a NATO patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and wounding another, the alliance said Thursday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:55 am
A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.
Britain and France are expected to seal agreement on co-operation in the development of a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:29 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Insurgents attacked a NATO patrol in southern Afghanistan, killing one soldier and wounding another, the alliance said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:21 am
BEIJING (AFP) - Monks from one of Tibetan Buddhism's most sacred temples defied China's crackdown to protest in front of visiting foreign reporters in Lhasa on Thursday, voicing their support for the Dalai Lama. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 7:17 am
Edison plans a massive installation of photovoltaic cells on rooftops, and FPL Energy proposes a 250-megawatt plant.
Solar energy is getting a big boost in Southern California with the unveiling of two projects that will be capable of generating a total of 500 megawatts of electricity, enough to serve more than 300,000 homes.
Maintenance issues ground American, Delta planes, leading to flight cancellations.
The nation's aging airline fleets, already struggling with high fuel costs and growing passenger demand, delivered another blow to travelers Wednesday as American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled hundreds of flights while planes were reinspected for compliance with federal maintenance rules. More disruptions are expected today.
A Los Angeles Times story about a brutal 1994 attack on rap superstar Tupac Shakur was partially based on documents that appear to have been fabricated, the reporter and editor responsible for the story said Wednesday.
The presumptive Republican nominee avoids the strong talk he has used in the primary and taps themes meant to appeal to independents and moderates.
Sen. John McCain, carefully distancing himself from President Bush and seeking to sound a moderate tone, called Wednesday for stronger ties with allies and cautioned that American power "does not mean we can do whatever we want, whenever we want."
For $100,000 a ride, passengers will get to be weightless for 90 seconds.
Xcor Aerospace Inc. announced Wednesday that it would enter the space tourism market with a rocket plane that would carry passengers for about $100,000 a ride.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New Orleans, abandoned by thousands of residents after destructive floods and hurricanes in 2005, was one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the United States last year, according to a report released by the U.S. Census Bureau Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Asian governments must devote more funds to preventing AIDS or face the risk the disease could kill nearly 500,000 people each year across the continent by 2020, a United Nations report says. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:06 am
BOGOTA - Colombia said it seized at least 30kg of uranium from the country's biggest left-wing rebel group on Wednesday, the first time radioactive material has been linked to the four-decade-old guerrilla war.
The uranium was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 4:34 am
China has announced the alleged surrender of hundreds of anti-government protesters 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.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his supermodel wife swept into Britain on Wednesday, mixing elaborate pomp with his impassioned warning that the West must beat the Taliban in Afghanistan no matter the cost.
LONDON - Heathrow Airport's giant new terminal five opens to passengers tomorrow, with security forces on high alert after threats of eco-protests.
Green militants opposed to expanding the world's busiest international air gateway... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 3:22 am
LONDON - The government has scrapped plans for two private jets to be used exclusively by senior ministers and the royal family, arguing that an American-style "Air Force One" fleet would be too costly.
Former Prime Minister Tony... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:53 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's positive rating has dropped to a new low of 37 percent in an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll released on Wednesday.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The US space shuttle Endeavour returned to Florida yesterday, capping a milestone flight that brought Japan fully into the International Space Station partnership with the delivery of the first part of its... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:35 am
BEIJING - Chinese authorities have launched mass arrests of Tibetans in Lhasa for interrogation about the fiercest anti-Chinese uprising for decades, a Beijing-based source told Reuters yesterday.
US President George W. Bush... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:23 am
BERLIN - A man in Germany fled his home half naked for cold, snow-swept streets to escape a mouse in his living room, authorities said today.
"He said there was nothing he was more afraid of," police in Goettingen said in a statement.
After... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:09 am
LONDON - A US and British library plan to reproduce online all 75 editions of William Shakespeare's plays printed in the quarto format before the year 1641.
The Bodleian Library in Oxford and Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:52 am
President Bush and his top military advisors met to plan the next stage of the Iraq war. The troop surge is supposed to end this summer, but now there are signs that some Americans who were sent to Iraq for the surge could end up in Afghanistan.
'Bruno', the brown bear who was shot after wandering in the Bavarian Alps, reappears in stuffed form at the German Natural History Museum.
Bruno walked from Italy into Austria and then over the border into Germany, and was the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:30 am
Taliban attacks on telecom towers have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones.
A Los Angeles firefighter was killed and another critically injured Wednesday afternoon after they were apparently hit by exploding manhole covers while responding to a call in Westchester, a department spokesman said.
LONDON - A lottery winner lost a 6.9 million pound ($NZ17.3 million) jackpot yesterday, the National Lottery said, after the mystery punter failed to claim the prize.
The winning EuroMillions ticket - with the numbers 22, 30, 34,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:07 am
A parrot can solve chain puzzles faster than visitors at a Tokyo botanical garden.
The New World parrot remains undefeated, leaving her human competitors baffled by her speed.
The parrot, named 'Ten', uses her beak and foot... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:03 am
Gordon Brown is to consider abolishing the Act that prevents Roman Catholics marrying into the Royal Family or becoming king or queen, in a move that could lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The man known as the "Ogre of the Ardennes", who is suspected of killing the British student Joanna Parrish, goes on trial today for the kidnap, rape and murder of seven young women. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Video games must be given cinema-style age classifications to stop children accessing graphic images of sex and violence, a Government adviser will announce today. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Chelsea Clinton has been forced for the first time to respond publicly to a question about her father's affair with Monica Lewinsky. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
<img src="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00136/rating_stars_4_136526a.gif"/> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Gordon Brown has all but written off Ken Livingstone’s chances of winning the London mayoral election, according to close allies. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Shiite militiamen are everywhere. Police and Iraqi army checkpoints are nowhere in sight. U.S. soldiers are keeping their distance.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 11:53 pm
U.S. troops in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad are seeing sporadic and unusual attacks by a Sadr-backed militia against Iraqi forces. The attacks represent a turnaround for the militia, which was once working with the national police.
Disavowing unilateralism, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) clarified his foreign policy views on Wednesday, promising, if elected, to consult and work more closely with allies overseas than the Bush administration has.
President Bush said he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Russia to try to break a logjam between the two nations over a proposed U.S. missile defense system.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Taliban attacks on telecom towers have prompted cell phone companies to shut down service across southern Afghanistan at night, angering a quarter million customers who have no other telephones.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:21 a... | 26 Mar 2008 | 9:34 pm
An Egyptian tabloid news editor has been sentenced to six months in prison for reporting on the president's health problems, causing panic among foreign investors and threatening Egypt's economy.
Chickens used to roam every dusty street in every village across Egypt, and many of its city alleys too. But bird flu is changing that. Chickens have nearly all vanished from sight, slaughtered, abandoned or locked away.
Police were searching Wednesday for a man who posted videos on the Internet showing himself goading two schoolboys into violently attacking each other. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 5:45 pm
Shiite militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have been given three days to surrender their weapons and sign a pledge renouncing violence. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 5:25 pm
A passenger bus plunged off a highway and rolled 500 yards down a hillside in western Honduras on Tuesday, killing 26 people and injuring at least 19, authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 5:14 pm
Prominent rabbi on Wednesday urged the government to take action against the family of the gunman who went on a massacre at a seminary, killing eight students. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
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: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 3:10 pm
Fifteen people were taken to hospitals as rescuers searched for survivors; five people were feared to have been killed and efforts were hampered as two rock slides hit the crumpled building northwest of Oslo. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 2:36 pm
Isnian officials say they hope to sing bilateral agreements with Gulf nations that would set minimum wages for imported workers. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 1:14 pm
China has strongly protested the U.S. military's mistaken delivery to Taiwan of intercontinental ballistic missile electrical fuses. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Mar 2008 | 12:20 pm
AP - The maker of the popular photo-editing software Photoshop on Thursday launched a basic version available for free online.
Reuters - Tens of thousands of supporters of
Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in Baghdad on Thursday
as a crackdown on his followers raged in southern Iraqi towns
and rockets and mortars exploded across the capital.
Tens of thousands of Shiites took to the streets in Baghdad on Thursday to protest against a crackdown on militias and express their fury towards the Iraqi government.
AP - A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday, an embarrassment for China as it tried to show Lhasa was calm following deadly anti-government riots.
Reuters - NATO's leaders want next week's summit
in Romania to resolve internal tensions over its mission in
Afghanistan and commit more troops, signaling its willingness
to stay the course there and defeat the Taliban.
AP - The economy nearly sputtered out at the end of the year and is probably faring even worse now amid continuing housing, credit and financial crises.
Reuters - A new round of talks between
Egypt and the Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic
Jihad ended on Thursday without agreement on striking a truce
with Israel.
A group of monks shouting slogans including "Tibet is not free!" disrupted the Chinese government's carefully orchestrated visit by foreign reporters to Tibet's capital Thursday.
AP - Tens of thousands of Shiites took to Baghdad's streets to protest the government crackdown on militias in Basra as heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and gunmen erupted for a third day in the southern oil port and the capital.
AP - Four Texas metropolitan areas were among the biggest population gainers as Americans continued their trend of moving to the Sun Belt in 2006 and 2007, according to Census Bureau estimates to be released Thursday.
Whitney Cerak, whose parents believed she was dead while she lay in a hospital being cared for by the parents of a friend who died in the same crash, says she has reached the conclusion that God has a plan for her.
AP - American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled dozens of flights Thursday as they continue their inspections of wiring bundles on some of their planes.
The Los Angeles Times apologized for using documents that were apparently fabricated in a story implicating associates of Sean "Diddy" Combs in a 1994 assault on rapper Tupac Shakur.
A group of prominent Hillary Clinton donors sent a letter to House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to stay out of the Democratic fight over their role in the presidential race.