ROME (AFP) - Air France-KLM played its final card on Friday in a bid to take over Alitalia, telling unions it was holding firm on a plan to cut 2,100 jobs but would extend benefits to more employees. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:46 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. personal income rose more than expected in February as the economy teetered on the brink of a possible recession, while both personal spending and a key price measure increased only slightly, a government report showed on Friday
Master mixologist Bobby "G" Gleason breaks the world record for mixing cocktails. Using DeKuyper�, the best-selling line of cordials and liqueurs in the U.S., and Hornitos�, a member of the Sauza� family and first to coin the word tequila. Bobby G made 253 cocktails in 60 minutes and set the new Guinness World Record�. The former record o Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:39 pm
Iraq extends by 10 days a deadline for militias fighting troops in the southern city of Basra to hand over weapons. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:38 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces were drawn deeper into Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shi'ite militants on Friday, launching air strikes in Basra for the first time and battling militants in Baghdad.
British Airways has warned passengers that one in five flights from Heathrow's Terminal 5 is likely to be cancelled today, as the airline struggles to rectify problems with the baggage system which yesterday plunged the operation into chaos. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:35 pm
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Dozens staged an angry protest in Pakistan on Friday in response to a Dutch lawmaker's anti-Quran film, but Dutch Muslims appealed for calm and said it was less inflammatory than they had feared.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:34 pm
Japanese judges reject claims that author Kenzaburo Oe lied about the military's war time conduct. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:31 pm
U.S. aircraft have bombed sites in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, targeting Shiite militia members. It is the first time coalition forces have become directly involved in the new fight raging for control of the crucial oil-rich city.
It's often said that you have to pay the price to score goals and create offense in the NHL. Chuck Kobasew knows exactly what that means.
Standing at the top of...
Many a year, Bruins fans evidenced no understanding of what the Seventh Player Award is supposed to acknowledge: The player whose performance most exceeds expectations.
...
The Bruins have had little luck on the injury front this season, but they very well could have gotten a big break last night in their 4-2 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs...
India's Virender Sehwag hits the fastest triple-century in Test history - in terms of balls faced - against South Africa in Chennai. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:25 pm
The absence of former Suffolk District Attorney Ralph C. Martin II from the political landscape is a boon to Mayor Thomas M. Menino but does not remove the threat of a potential...
The order comes in the wake of the discovery last week that four nuclear warhead fuses were accidentally shipped to Taiwan in 2006. Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:22 pm
AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama Friday, a move that could carry special weight with critical Catholic voters in the Keystone State's upcoming primary and with superdelegates.
Whilst one site may have closed its doors thanks to the MPAA, after continuous legal pressure, another has prevailed today in court. Torrent.is has won in court over the Association of film rights-holder in Iceland (SMÁÍS) Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:20 pm
Two more Arab states say their leaders will not attend the Arab League summit in Damascus. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The Diet on Friday enacted an 83 trillion yen state budget for fiscal 2008 despite an earlier rejection by the opposition-controlled upper house. House of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:19 pm
LHASA, China (AP) -- Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:14 pm
AP - Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.
Dozens staged an angry protest in Pakistan on Friday in response to a Dutch lawmaker's anti-Quran film, but Dutch Muslims appealed for calm and said it was less inflammatory than they had... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:14 pm
Micheline Calmy-Rey, left, Federal Counselor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation meets Kosovo's President Fatmir Sejdiu in Pristina Friday, March 28, 2008. Calmy-Rey is in Kosovo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:12 pm
Congress returns to Washington, D.C., next week facing a big task: how to deal with an economic crisis that extends from Main Street to Wall Street. The Bush administration is resisting promising money to homeowners caught in the mortgage crisis. But Democrats in Congress, including both presidential candidates, disagree.
Read David Wedge's article today on Prop 2 1/2.
Can you believe the gall of Mayor David Cohen whining about the need for a property tax override in Newton? This...
AP - Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now he has a chance to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by telling kids not to make the same mistakes he did.
Greek and Turkish Cypriot workers sweep the U.N.-controlled buffer zone to allow crews to shore up crumbling buildings ahead of opening a crossing point at Ledra Street in the heart of the island's divided... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo Family Court has granted Japanese nationality to two sisters and their brother who were born to a Japanese emigrant and a Philippine woman before World War II and were Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:05 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A British military spokesman in Basra says U.S. warplanes have carried out at least two airstrikes overnight in Iraq's southern oil port.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:03 pm
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered Shiite militants a cash for weapons deal on Friday in an attempt to end violent clashes across Iraq that have killed more than 120 people. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:03 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will not punish a group of Tibetan monks for disrupting a government-organized foreign media tour of Lhasa and voicing support for the Dalai Lama, a senior official said in a bid to allay fears of repercussions.
(Kyodo) _ The founder and former chairman of Hong Kong's Democratic Party, 69-year-old Martin Lee, said Friday he is too old to run for a legislator seat in the September election but... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:00 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki defiantly vowed to keep up the fight against Shiite militias in Basra despite protests by tens of thousands of followers of a radical cleric and deadly clashes across Baghdad and the oil-rich south.
AP - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean says Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their supporters should beware of tearing each other down, demoralizing the base and damaging the party's chances of winning the White House in November.
Then first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, stands on the balcony with unidentified woman members of the new Northern Ireland Assembly at the Parliament Buildings in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in this... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:58 am
AP - An upstate New York man embroiled in a dispute over his water bill is not being allowed to pay off his debt with a check written on toilet paper. Ron Borgna tried to settle his $2,509.66 bill with a check written on floral print, two-ply toilet paper Wednesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:57 am
AP - The NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes tonight with Memphis, the top seed in the South, taking on Michigan State and Texas going against Stanford. In the Midwest, top-seed Kansas plays Villanova and Wisconsin takes on Davidson.
WASHINGTON - Penn Jillette lost on "Dancing With the Stars," so his comedy-and-magic partner Teller lost $5,000.
Teller had placed a bet on Jillette to conquer...
(Kyodo) _ A group of hepatitis B patients in Hokkaido jointly filed a lawsuit on Friday in a renewed effort to seek damages from the state, saying their infections stemmed from the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:54 am
London’s transport system will be crippled for 72 hours from Sunday April 6
after rail unions announced an Underground strike today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
Potential iPhone developers should go and grab the latest release of the SDK, beta 2, and revel in the new Interface Builder. Make your own fancy UIs for your iPhone game, or maybe just make an improved iFartz. We're cool with either. Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:53 am
Former "Nightline" reporter Dave Marash has quit Al-Jazeera English, saying Thursday his exit was due in part to an anti-American bias at a network that is little seen in this country. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:50 am
Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
Barack Obama will be endorsed by Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey, according to the Obama campaign. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:49 am
The Top Ten today is a compilation of local and national sports facts, stats and opinions
1. Celtics record against the top five teams in the league is 8-2
2. Brandon...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Iran and Indonesia on Friday condemned a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violence, while Dutch Muslim leaders urged restraint.
Penn Jillette lost on "Dancing With the Stars," so his comedy-and-magic partner Teller lost $5,000. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
Zimbabwe's security chiefs say forces are on full alert amid fears of violence after Saturday's election. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania endorsed on Friday Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic nomination for president in a boost for the Illinois senator.
BAGHDAD - Coalition jets dropped bombs overnight in Basra for the first time since clashes between Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces erupted in the southern oil port...
Coalition jets dropped bombs overnight in Basra for the first time since clashes between Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces erupted in the southern oil port this week, British... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:41 am
Reuters - Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania
endorsed on Friday Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic
nomination for president in a boost for the Illinois senator.
(Kyodo) _ A third body was recovered Friday from a Ukrainian tugboat that collided with a China-registered freighter off an outlying island of Hong Kong on Saturday, while 15 crew members Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:39 am
Air France-KLM stands by plans to cut Alitalia jobs as it tries to win the backing of Italian unions for its takeover. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:38 am
France tells shops to withdraw some Italian mozzarella cheese from sale amid a dioxins scare. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:37 am
A Russian news agency says prosecutors have identified the killer of investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was gunned down in October 2006. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:27 am
Two Pakistani secret agents involved in tracking al-Qaeda suspects are shot dead in Karachi, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:26 am
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to the full radio interview here</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:25 am
Iraq's prime minister on Friday extended a deadline for Shiite militants in southern Basra to hand over their weapons. Nouri al-Maliki also said the militants would receive a financial reward if they complied.
A pair of lawyers — one Republican, one Democrat — have concluded that John McCain’s 1936 birth outside the continental United States does not disqualify him to be president. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
(Kyodo) _ A group of foreign journalists ended a government-organized tour of Lhasa on Friday, which mainly covered areas and people who suffered in the deadly rioting which hit the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:22 am
The Kenyan government launches a share flotation of the country's largest mobile phone network Safaricom. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:20 am
As clashes contineu, Maliki postpones the Saturday deadline to April 8. An Interior Ministry official says no one has handed in his weapons.
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki today extended a deadline for militiamen battling government troops to disarm as fighters show no signs of ending their standoff with Iraqi forces.
Presidential elections will be held Saturday in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe faces his toughest opposition during his 28 years in power as Zimbabwe, once among the most prosperous countries in Africa, is in economic chaos. With inflation at 100,000 percent, a loaf of bread costs millions of Zimbabwean dollars.
China's main mobile phone company said Friday it will launch trial service of the homegrown Chinese next-generation standard next week, possibly moving the huge market closer to the long-anticipated rollout of new services. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:13 am
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese government on Friday instructed two firms to recall laser toys imported from China that could cause blindness and called on consumers not to use the toys. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:12 am
Republican John McCain launched his first television ad of the general election Friday, a spot that shows him imprisoned in Vietnam and calls him "the American president Americans have been waiting for." Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:11 am
A BT customer is to take the company to court over cash charges to customers who do not pay by direct debit. Solicitor Ros Fernihough, 62, claims the telephone company is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:11 am
Dozens of Islamists in Pakistan have staged a protest over an anti-Quran film made by a Dutch lawmaker. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:07 am
The normally austere tones of the 8 o'clock news on BBC Radio 4's <i>Today</i>
programme were replaced by fits of hilarity this morning when a newsreader
was unable to stop laughing after hearing a clip of an old sound recording. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Mar 2008 | 11:03 am
WEST SPRINGFIELD - Officials are investigating a blaze that injured two automotive workers and caused extensive damage to five businesses in West Springfield.
The men were...
U.S. stocks moved toward a higher open Friday as investors awaited a reading on February personal incomes and spending — figures that could reveal whether consumers are pulling back because of concerns about the economy. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
About 1,200 U.S. sales representatives at Wyeth have been told their positions are being eliminated as of Monday, the drug maker said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:55 am
Ringside Networks came out of stealth mode to launch the first open source "social application server." And what is that exactly? It's the software guts of a social network that you can use behind your own firewall, old school style, to build social networking "stuff" into your own site. Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:52 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli minister said on Friday that the Jewish state was trying to revive peace talks with Syria and that the price of a deal was the occupied Golan Heights.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets the Dalai Lama during a 2007 meeting in Berlin. German Foreign Minister Frank-walter Steinmeier said that neither he nor Merkel plan to attend the Bejing Olympics... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:49 am
Fabio Capello was supposed to save the reputation of England's football team and Terminal 5 was supposed to herald a new dawn for Heathrow Airport. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:46 am
Your $5.50 donation will buy a tree, lifelong care and feeding, scientific study of the forest that it becomes a part of, and the exact coordinates of where that tree is on our big beautiful Earth. Linking that data with Google Earth shows the precise location (on the island of Borneo) of the tree, as well as all of its hundreds of neighbors. Source: Digg | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:44 am
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Dalai Lama appealed to China's leaders Friday to enter into "meaningful dialogue" over the crisis in Tibet, according to a statement from the exiled spiritual leader. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:40 am
Yosemite National Park has been ordered to halt more than $100 million in planned construction projects because the developments threaten the park's fragile ecosystem.
The Dalai Lama talks to journalist gathered in New Delhi. The exiled spiritual leader has appealed to China's leaders to enter into "meaningful dialogue" over the crisis in Tibet. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:39 am
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea raised the stakes Friday in its nuclear disputes with South Korea and the United States, test-firing several missiles and warning it may slow down work to disable atomic plants. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:28 am
Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier talks with the media upon his arrival at the informal EU foreign ministers meeting in Brdo Pri Kranju, Slovenia, Friday March 28, 2008. EU foreign ministers... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:27 am
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will free hundreds of guerrilla fighters if rebel leaders release politician Ingrid Betancourt, who is in ill health after being held hostage for years in secret jungle camps, the government said.
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Sectarian violence between Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims intensified in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan on Friday, with at least 22 people reportedly killed in gunbattles, a senior official said.
CHICAGO (AFP) - Biologists have mapped how a deadly class of viruses including dengue, West Nile, yellow fever and encephalitis become infectious in a pair of studies published in the journal Science. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:10 am
The moon is seen over the St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, early Friday, March 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:50 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired a battery of short-range missiles on Friday in what analysts saw as a show of the reclusive state's anger at Washington and the new conservative government in Seoul.
Iraqis are seen through thr cracked windscreen of a bullet-riddled car in Basra. US-led coalition warplanes dropped bombs on Shiite militia positions in Basra, directly entering the fray for the first... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:29 am
An Iraqi walks past a burnt tank in the southern city of Basra. US-led coalition warplanes have dropped bombs on Shiite militia positions in Basra, directly entering the fray for the first time since the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 9:29 am
British Airways has warned passengers that one in five flights from Heathrow's Terminal 5 is likely to be cancelled today, as the airline struggles to rectify problems with the baggage system which yesterday plunged the operation into chaos. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:55 am
Chaos continued to reign at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 this morning as more flights
were cancelled and long queues built up <i>writes Fran Yeoman</i>. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
A South Korean elderly woman walks by a signboard showing distance to North Korea's capital Pyongyang at the Imjingang railway station in the Imjingak Pavilion, near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of Panmunjom,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:34 am
For Carla Bruni, the new wife of France's president Nicolas Sarkozy, the state visit to London has been a metamorphosis of leaving her past behind and emerging as the first lady of fashion. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 28 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
Colombia will free hundreds of guerrilla fighters if rebel leaders release politician Ingrid Betancourt, who is in ill health after being held hostage for years in secret jungle camps, the government said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:58 am
North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles Friday, the country's latest apparent angry response to the new South Korean government’s tougher stance on Pyongyang. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:45 am
House prices are rising at the slowest rate for 12 years in a blow that could
force the Bank of England to bring forward an interest rate cut to April,
Britain’s second-biggest mortgage lender said today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:41 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China on Friday let the first foreign diplomats visit Tibet following deadly riots there, amid debate in Europe over whether the Chinese crackdown should trigger a boycott of the Olympics opening. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:34 am
When he steps aboard a campaign bus in Pittsburgh on Friday, Senator Barack Obama begins a six-day journey across Pennsylvania and its complex political landscape, one that is largely favorable to his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Opening day at Heathrow Airport's grand new Terminal 5 turned sour as severe baggage handling delays led to numerous flight cancellations, stranding many irate passengers.
An analysis of 50 studies finds that the region's temperatures are increasing faster than in the rest of the country and the planet as a whole.
The American West is heating up faster than any other region of the United States, and more than the Earth as a whole, according to a new analysis of 50 scientific studies.
The Air Resources Board substantially reduces the number of clean-air cars that big automakers will be required to sell in the next few years.
California's Air Resources Board voted Thursday to slash by 70% the number of emission-free vehicles that carmakers must sell in the state in coming years, a significant blow for environmentalists and transportation activists.
Three rank-and-file workers and two administrators are subjects of an inquiry into the case, in which the former Symbionese Liberation Army member was freed early.
Five employees at the state prison where former Symbionese Liberation Army member Sara Jane Olson is incarcerated are under investigation in connection with her erroneous release last week, state officials said Thursday.
Clinton and Obama detail plans to spend billions addressing the crisis. McCain says any aid should be limited.
The deteriorating economy took center stage in the presidential election Thursday as Democrat Barack Obama called for tighter regulation of financial markets and rival Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed more retraining for displaced workers, creating a sharp contrast with Republican John McCain over how much the government should intervene.
FAA says it will release results from its audit of maintenance records.
A monthlong flurry of airline inspections and flight cancellations is expected to wind down today as the Federal Aviation Administration wraps up the first stage of a sweeping inquiry into the way U.S. carriers are maintaining their aircraft.
A business owner gives an account of Wednesday's explosion in Westchester that killed firefighter Brent Lovrien.
Los Angeles Fire Department officials investigating Wednesday's fatal explosion in Westchester are looking into several potential causes, including the presence of gas and the possibility that a firefighter's power saw ignited the blast that killed one firefighter and critically injured another, authorities said Thursday.
North Korea has test-fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its western coast, the latest maneuver by the communist regime which as been angered by the tough stance of South Korea's new government.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says that if elected president she would push for a universal health care plan that would limit what Americans pay for health insurance to no more than 10 percent of their income
SYDNEY (AFP) - Twenty-six major cities around the world are expected to turn off the lights on major landmarks, plunging millions of people into darkness to raise awareness about global warming, organisers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:59 am
Earl Clark scored 17 points and had 12 rebounds, and Rick Pitino’s mix of defenses made life miserable for Tennessee in a 79-60 win Thursday to put the third-seeded Cardinals in the East Regional final.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea blamed the United States for the deadlock in their nuclear negotiations, warning Friday that the Americans' attitude could "gravely" affect ongoing disablement of its atomic facilities.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 4:15 am
After a hiatus of nearly three decades, the U.S. is once again turning to nuclear energy. Seventeen U.S. power companies are making plans to build more than 30 nuclear plants. One factor: new federal and state laws that help utilities pay for the plants.
Three Mile Island has been synonymous with the 1979 accident that caused the partial meltdown of one of its reactors. The company that owns the working reactor has applied for a license extension that would keep the plant running until 2034.
A lockdown following anti-government protests in Tibet spreads to China's provinces, where monks say they are confined to monasteries and forced to denounce the Dalai Lama. The unrest has undermined Beijing's ideal of ethnic harmony.
LOS ANGELES - The US West is heating up at nearly twice the rate of the rest of the world and is likely to face more drought conditions in many of its fast-growing cities, an environmental group said yesterday.
By analysing federal... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 3:58 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Puerto Rico Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila indignantly denied wrongdoing Thursday and gave no sign he would abandon his re-election effort after being charged with campaign finance violations that carry a penalty of 20 years in prison.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 3:49 am
LOS ANGELES - The moon could become a final resting place for some of mankind as soon as next year, thanks to a commercial service that hopes to send human ashes to the lunar surface on robotic landers, the company said on Thursday.
Celestis,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 3:27 am
AMSTERDAM - The Netherlands government tried to defuse Muslim anger after the release of a film by a Dutch lawmaker that accuses the Koran of inciting violence and shows an image of the Prophet Mohammad primed to explode.
Islam... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 3:18 am
LONDON - British professionals could earn an average 40 percent more by relocating abroad, research shows.
The average professional expatriate earns 67,000 pounds, (167,000 NZD) compared to a UK average of 47,000 pounds (117, 000... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 3:07 am
LONDON - Self-help manual "If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs" won this year's oddest book title competition, The Bookseller trade magazine said today.
The book took an impressive one-third of the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 2:55 am
WASHINGTON - US audio historians have discovered and played back a French inventor's historic 1860 recording of a folk song - the oldest-known audio recording - made 17 years before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph.
"It's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 2:52 am
LOS ANGELES - A woman who claims she was ordered by federal airport screeners to remove her nipple rings with pliers demanded an apology from the US Transportation Security Administration yesterday.
Mandi Hamlin, 37, also called... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 2:42 am
LONDON - Archaeologists working at the construction site for London's 2012 Olympic Park have uncovered prehistoric skeletons on the site of the Aquatics Centre.
Four skeletons were found in graves around an area thought to be an... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 2:28 am
BERLIN - A Russian artist who provoked outrage with an exhibition in Moscow in 2003 that ridiculed the Orthodox Church has disappeared from her home in Berlin, police in the German capital said yesterday.
Anna Mikhalchuk, 52,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 2:02 am
LONDON - Passengers travelling on British airlines could soon be allowed to use their mobile phones while flying.
The UK's communications regulator Ofcom has given the go-ahead for systems to be installed on British-registered... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 1:44 am
BOGOTA (AP) -- The Defense Ministry said Thursday it was investigating whether 66 pounds of uranium found buried by a roadside in southern Bogota was material being sought by leftist rebels.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:38 am
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -- President Bush says he "strongly supports" Croatian membership in NATO, but has declined to say if the former Yugoslav country will be invited to join the alliance at a summit next week.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 28 Mar 2008 | 12:27 am
As Kentucky lawmakers consider what to do about a projected $900-million budget shortfall over the next two years, most residents don't like the solutions they're hearing. Among them: steep cuts to higher education, a big hike in cigarette taxes and casino gambling.
Illinois is facing a huge budget deficit this year, and with officials loath to raise taxes, options are severely limited. Compounding the problem, at budget hearings across the state, legislators are hearing requests for increased spending on education and human services programs.
California is facing a massive $16-billion budget deficit. To fix the problem, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed across-the-board budget cuts. But Democrats in the state Legislature are unlikely to go along with his plan.
The situation at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, where thirty-three flights have been cancelled amid baggage chaos, worsened shortly before 5 pm, when the entire baggage system crashed because it was unable to handle the amount of in and outbound luggage. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:59 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Warning sirens wail and within seconds rockets and mortars strike - sometimes one or two, other times 10 or more.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:14 a... | 27 Mar 2008 | 9:38 pm
Records are falling to competitors wearing Speedo's new LZR Racer. Critics say it constitutes an unfair advantage.
Never mind that backstroker Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe barely had time to wedge her body into the new, ultra-tightfitting swimsuit or to test the suit in warmups, let alone race conditions.
None of the three presidential candidates are calling for punishing investment firms for their roles in creating the financial crisis. All three have raised millions from the financial industry, with Obama leading the pack in fundraising.
A French man accused of hunting young virgins to rape and kill refused to speak or cooperate at the opening of his trial Thursday for seven serial murders.
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.
The risk of a gas explosion and further collapse was preventing a search for five people feared dead in a rock slide that wrecked an apartment building in western Norway, police said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:22 pm
Knut the polar bear has turned from a cuddly cub into a publicity-addicted psycho, one of his keepers has claimed. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:16 pm
A father who pushed his children from a hotel balcony in Crete, killing his six-year-old son, could face prosecution in Britain after a coroner recorded a verdict of unlawful killing. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 5:07 pm
A Ukrainian border guards' helicopter crashed into the Black Sea on Thursday, killing 12 people and critically injuring one other person, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 4:56 pm
French man accused of murdering seven women and girls refused to speak on the opening day of his trial unless the judge emptied the courtroom. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 4:15 pm
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, today lauded Gordon Brown for pushing the European Union's Lisbon treaty through parliament, and urged the Prime Minister to make Britain a "full member" of the union. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 4:08 pm
Puerto Rican Gov. Anibal Acevedo Vila was charged Thursday with 19 crimes, including conspiracy to violate U.S. federal campaign laws, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and giving false testimony to the FBI. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 3:07 pm
Outrage has intensified in Pakistan over the timing of a visit by two senior American envoys who landed even before foes of U.S.-backed President Pervez Musharraf could name a new Cabinet.
An Interior Ministry official says the well-known civilian spokesman for the Baghdad security operation has been kidnapped and three bodyguards killed in an ambush in the capital. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:56 pm
The doctor at the centre of the controversy over the MMR vaccine today denied committing serious professional misconduct, saying it had been his "duty as a physician and a human being" to investigate potential links between the jab and autism in children. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:56 pm
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. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:54 pm
Thirty-three flights flights have been cancelled and luggage problems have caused chaos as Heathrow's new fifth terminal got off to a bumpy start. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 2:13 pm
A tightly-controlled trip to Lhasa organised for the Western media by the Chinese government backfired when it was disrupted by weeping monks calling for Tibet to be freed. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Mar 2008 | 1:39 pm
A New Zealand man has been sentenced to community work after telling police he was raped by a wombat and the experience had made him speak "Australian". Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 12:42 pm
With Iranian backing, Hezbollah guerrillas have dramatically increased their rocket range and can now threaten most of Israel, senior Israeli defense officials said Thursday. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Mar 2008 | 11:13 am
AP - Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama Friday, a move that could carry special weight with critical Catholic voters in the Keystone State's upcoming primary and with superdelegates.
AP - Police closed off Lhasa's Muslim quarter on Friday, two weeks after Tibetan rioters burned down the city's mosque during the largest anti-Chinese protests in nearly two decades.
AP - Rapper T.I. has admitted having unregistered machine guns and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Now he has a chance to avoid a lengthy prison sentence by telling kids not to make the same mistakes he did.
AP - A British military spokesman in Basra says U.S. warplanes have carried out at least two airstrikes overnight in Iraq's southern oil port.
AP - Democratic Party chief Howard Dean says Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton and their supporters should beware of tearing each other down, demoralizing the base and damaging the party's chances of winning the White House in November.
AP - North Korea underscored its anger over South Korea's tough new stance toward the communist country with the test-firing of short-range missiles.
AP - The NCAA men's basketball tournament resumes tonight with Memphis, the top seed in the South, taking on Michigan State and Texas going against Stanford. In the Midwest, top-seed Kansas plays Villanova and Wisconsin takes on Davidson.
Reuters - Be strong or show
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Reuters - Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania
endorsed on Friday Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic
nomination for president in a boost for the Illinois senator.
U.S. forces were drawn deeper into Iraq's four day-old crackdown on Shiite militants on Friday.
Yosemite National Park has been ordered to halt more than $100 million in planned construction projects because the developments threaten the park's fragile ecosystem.
When he steps aboard a campaign bus in Pittsburgh on Friday, Senator Barack Obama begins a six-day journey across Pennsylvania and its complex political landscape, one that is largely favorable to his rival, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton says that if elected president she would push for a universal health care plan that would limit what Americans pay for health insurance to no more than 10 percent of their income
"Celebrity Apprentice" winner Piers Morgan is crafty, intelligent and capable, but the Brit is not a genuine celebrity.
Earl Clark scored 17 points and had 12 rebounds, and Rick Pitino’s mix of defenses made life miserable for Tennessee in a 79-60 win Thursday to put the third-seeded Cardinals in the East Regional final.