Nepalese police broke up a protest by Tibetan exiles and monks Saturday in front of the Chinese Embassy visa office in Katmandu, arresting 80 demonstrators. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:25 pm
Voting is taking place in Zimbabwe, as President Robert Mugabe faces a strong challenge from the opposition. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:15 pm
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria promised Arab leaders at an annual summit on Saturday to cooperate in ending a political crisis in Lebanon, and regional power Saudi Arabia said it saw Damascus as part of the solution.
AP - For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year.
Reuters - Zimbabweans queued to vote on Saturday
in the most crucial election since independence in 1980, many
of them desperate to end the misery of economic collapse under
veteran President Robert Mugabe.
PetroSun has announced it will begin operation of its commercial algae-to-biofuels facility next month. The facility will produce an estimated 4.4 million gallons of algal oil and 110 million lbs. of biomass per year off a series of saltwater ponds spanning 1,100 acres. Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces sealed off parts of Lhasa on Saturday and Tibet's government-in-exile said it was investigating reports of fresh protests, weeks after the city was shaken by an anti-government riot.
Environmental activists who thwarted Japan's whale hunt have promised to employ similar tactics to disrupt Canada's annual seal hunt, which began yesterday.
Paul Watson, head of the American-based International Sea Shepherd Society,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd formally told United States President George W. Bush on the first full day of his working visit to the United States that Australia would withdraw its combat troops from Iraq.
Welcoming Rudd... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
In the past month, Naples' long-running rubbish crisis, in which the streets of Italy's third-biggest city were submerged under millions of tonnes of uncollected rubbish, has mutated smoothly into the great mozzarella disaster.
Last... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Gold Coast beauty student turned drug courier Schapelle Corby has lost the final appeal against her 20-year drug-trafficking sentence.
The former Gold Coast beauty student now has only one option - a plea for clemency to Indonesia's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
It's a curious thing how the Olympic Games nearly always manage to turn into a parody of themselves.
Like Beijing 2008. Don't get me wrong, I love the Olympics. The only-once-every-four-years, best-versus-the-best and gold medal... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- The Beijing Olympics torch relay reached the ancient Acropolis on Saturday amid heavy police security and brief demonstrations by small groups of protesters.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:59 pm
The Beijing Olympics torch relay reached the ancient Acropolis on Saturday amid heavy police security and brief demonstrations by small groups of protesters. Police briefly scuffled... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:59 pm
On Oct. 6, 1979, Pope John Paul II emerged from a car's sunroof, waving and smiling to thousands of cheering onlookers who lined Washington streets and even climbed trees for a glimpse of the Roman Catholic leader. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:58 pm
AP - Four days a week Todd Matthews earns $11.50 an hour working for an automotive parts supplier. He punches in at 4:15 a.m., punches out nearly 11 hours later, then drives half a mile to his little beige house on a hill where, in the distance, he can glimpse the Appalachian mountains.
Zimbabwe's president, Robert Mugabe, faces his most serious challenge yet as he tries to win a sixth term in office on Saturday. Beatrice Mtetwa, a human rights lawyer and president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, talks about what she is seeing at the polls.
Iraq's new army is "developing steadily," with "strong Iraqi leaders out front," the chief U.S. trainer assured the American people.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:51 pm
Iraq's new army is "developing steadily," with "strong Iraqi leaders out front," the chief U.S. trainer assured the American people. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:51 pm
Iraq's new army is "developing steadily," with "strong Iraqi leaders out front," the chief U.S. trainer assured the American people. That was three-plus years ago, the U.S. Army... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:51 pm
AP - Congressional leaders are racing to push through an array of election-year housing measures that already have stirred up much political wrangling and the White House is examining its own plan to further help homeowners caught in the mortgage meltdown.
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
raised the stakes in his five-day-old crackdown on Shi'ite
militants on Saturday, describing his foes as "worse than al
Qaeda."
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Would Hillary Rodham Clinton be a better president than her husband, Bill?
Posed that question Friday, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton laughed at...
Election monitors are already reporting irregularities at polling places as Zimbabwe's president faces the greatest threat yet to his nearly three-decade-long hold on power.
Congressional leaders are racing to push through an array of election-year housing measures that already have stirred up much political wrangling and the White House is examining its own plan to further help homeowners caught in the mortgage meltdown. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:35 pm
GREENSBURG, Pa. - Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more "traditional" foreign policy efforts of past presidents, such as George H.W....
SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - People switched off lights across the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants and bars to show concern at global warming.
(Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now closes the news cycle for Saturday, March 29. The service will reopen at 9 a.m. Sunday Tokyo time. We may reopen the service at any moment to cover... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:32 pm
Jay Peg has pulled a huge upset in the $5 million Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba racetrack. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
CHICAGO - Barack Obama's former pastor, who canceled several public events following an uproar over his incendiary comments, surprised a Chicago congregation by attending...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) A group of diplomats returned late Saturday from a trip to Tibet, which included a stop at the Jokhang Temple, where monks had called for freedom before... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:30 pm
NESS CITY, Kan. - A man whose girlfriend sat on a toilet for so long the seat adhered to her body has been arrested for exposing himself in an unrelated case.
Cops say...
WAUSAU, Wis. - Cars lining the street. A house full of young people. A keg and drinking games inside. Police thought they had an underage boozing party on their hands.
...
The radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr defies a call for his powerful Mehdi Army militia to disarm as fighting goes on. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:28 pm
FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State University is investigating complaints about a campus skit in which a white student in blackface portrayed Barack Obama receiving a lap dance.
The...
WASHINGTON - The Bush administration on Friday accused 62 trading partners including China and the European Union of erecting unfair trade barriers against American exports.
The...
WASHINGTON - Democrats urged President Bush on Friday to endorse their housing assistance proposal, which would let bankruptcy judges lower payments for homeowners staring...
Four days a week Todd Matthews earns $11.50 an hour working for an automotive parts supplier. He punches in at 4:15 a.m., punches out nearly 11 hours later, then drives half a mile to his little beige house on a hill where, in the distance, he can glimpse the Appalachian mountains. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:25 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- New protests broke out Saturday at two monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, activists and the region's government-in-exile said, as China tried to blunt criticism of its crackdown.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:24 pm
AP - New protests broke out Saturday at two monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, activists and the region's government-in-exile said, as China tried to blunt criticism of its crackdown.
New protests broke out Saturday at two monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, activists and the region's government-in-exile said, as China tried to blunt criticism of its... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:24 pm
Police briefly scuffled with a small group of demonstrators when the Beijing Olympics torch relay reached Athens on Saturday. The group of anti-globalization protesters, chanting "the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:24 pm
WASHINGTON - New Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and President Bush are showing signs of a burgeoning diplomatic friendship: Rudd calls the president "George,"...
LAS VEGAS - The race is on to define John McCain.
The likely Republican nominee launched his first television ad of the general election campaign Friday, casting himself...
Transatlantic travel may get a little easier after the "Open Skies" agreement goes into effect on Sunday. The agreement will allow airlines based in the U.S. and the European Union to fly direct routes between any two airports within each other's borders.
Famous landmarks including Sydney, Australia's Opera House and Harbour Bridge as well as the famed Wat Arun Buddhist temple in Bangkok, Thailand, among spots in 23 cities worldwide to go dark for one hour to raise awareness of climate change. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:19 pm
Arab leaders were gathered in Syria on Saturday for a summit, but more attention was being paid to those who didn't show up. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and Yemen sent low-level delegations. Lebanon boycotted the event altogether.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:13 pm
Deeply divided Arab summit opens in Syria with Saudi Arabia calling on Arab League to punish members that violate consensus decision. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:13 pm
AP - U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said.
At least 10 people die and many are hurt as Ethiopian forces shell a Mogadishu market, witnesses say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:10 pm
Democratic county and senate district conventions to divvy up delegates in the presidential contest are under way across Texas, and some are experiencing long lines. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:10 pm
"7:30pm PST Update - Vista Laptop was Won!: Congratulations to the team of Shane Macaulay and Derek Callaway (both from Security Objectives) and Alexander Sotirov! - they have just won the Fujitsu U810 laptop running Vista Ultimate SP1 after it was installed with the latest version of Adobe Flash" Only Ubuntu was left standing! Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:10 pm
Buddhist monks from the nearby Nalanda Buddhist Monastery located in Lavaur near Toulouse, center, and activists wave Tibetan flags while holding banners reading "Tibet : Stop the Genocide !", left, and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:03 pm
Palestinian workers stand at a construction site in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. Two empty hilltops on the edge of the Palestinian village of Nuaman tell... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:03 pm
Google mobile "LCB" was uncovered by picking apart a publicly available file containing a list of all pages that crawlers shouldn’t be able to see. Essentially, LCB is an interesting move away from Google’s typical offerings. Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:00 pm
Lt. Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, the chief of operations for the Afghan Defense Ministry, right, shake hand with an unidentified Pakistani military official during the opening ceremony of a joint military... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:59 pm
A Chinese man smokes in front the national flag in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 8, 2008. More than 150 Chinese cities already have limited smoking restrictions, but Beijing would be the first city to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:58 pm
Soldiers stand guard next to explosives seized in Cali, Colombia, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Military authorities said the explosives were allegedly going to be used by leftist rebels on land mines and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:57 pm
A Pakistani military official plants a sapling, during the opening ceremony of a joint military intelligence center in the Afghan-Pakistan border, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, March 29, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:52 pm
Reuters - Chinese security forces sealed off
parts of Lhasa on Saturday and Tibet's government-in-exile said
it was investigating reports of fresh protests, weeks after the
city was shaken by an anti-government riot.
(Kyodo) _ The European Union urged China on Saturday to promote dialogue with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on restive Tibet but stopped short of mentioning any... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:47 pm
According to a just-released Air Combat Command report, 30 of the F-22A Raptors delivered by Lockheed Martin use "inadequate adhesive" in their airframes. That means two things in plain language: bad glue and BIG trouble. Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:47 pm
This week, a fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea, killing four men and leaving another missing. One of those killed was the fishing boat's captain, who lost his life helping his crew get to safety.
Dozens of Angolan police detainees are rushed to hospital after a six-storey building collapses. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:43 pm
U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:43 pm
The battle against superbugs could be jeopardised after the government
admitted some hospitals will be unable to meet the deadline to deep clean
their wards. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:43 pm
The Bush administration has added fewer plants and animals to the endangered species list than the last two administrations. But this year, the government may start protecting a group of species that has been ignored previously -- those on the endangered species "candidate list."
A young demonstrator displays a paper reading "A March For The All-Volunteer Army", during a protest against military drafting in Moscow, Saturday, March 29, 2008. Dozens protested Saturday in Moscow,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:33 pm
The annual Arab summit opens in Damascus but key leaders are staying away amid signs of a regional rift. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:33 pm
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 11 people were killed in Mogadishu on Saturday when troops at the Villa Somalia presidential palace returned fire against Islamist insurgents who attacked it with mortar bombs, witnesses said.
Demonstrators perform during a protest against bull fighting in Seville, southern Spain, Saturday March 29 2008. (AP Photo/Miguel Angel Morenatti) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:29 pm
In what might be the first physical attack over the Internet, hackers bombard an epileptic patient forum with images intended to trigger seizures. Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:28 pm
In the race for the presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama maintain command, but their strategists are the ones plotting their campaigns. Tad Devine, an unaffiliated Democratic consultant, talks about strategy on the campaign trail.
When you think of Black Holes and Baby Universes, that is Hawking. An opportunity of a lifetime to be able to watch this lecture on NASA TV - Free! Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:27 pm
The deep-thinking Jack Handy takes time to notice how things in the world are evening out. Or are they? I think I need an evening out! Source: Digg | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:26 pm
Buddhist monks from Tibet gather for a candlelight vigil in downtown Taipie, Taiwan, Monday, March 17, 2008. Buddhism teaches kindness even towards one's bitterest enemy and has done so for more than 2,500... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:25 pm
Police say a pastor who was reported missing from his home in western New York has been found at an Ohio strip club. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:24 pm
Benny the Bull has won the $2 million Dubai Golden Shaheen with a tremendous finishing kick at Nad Al Sheba racetrack in Dubai. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:24 pm
Police in southern Brazil investigate a 16-year-old boy's claims that he has murdered 12 people. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:23 pm
A fishing boat carrying seal hunters capsized Saturday in ice-covered waters off Canada's east coast, a fisheries department official said, with Canadian media reporting three dead. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:22 pm
View of the small fishing village of Cap-aux-Meules in the Magdalen Islands of Quebec. A fishing boat carrying seal hunters has capsized in ice-covered waters off Canada's east coast, a fisheries department... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:22 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH JAPAN'S 2ND MATCH) Japan's women team kept alive their hopes of making their first Olympic handball appearance in 32 years with a 29-27 win over Poland on Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:22 pm
Sgt. 1st Class Shawn Suzch spent time in foster care and juvenile detention in Bucks County, Penn., before enlisting in the Army. The 14-year veteran chose to return to Iraq for a third tour of duty. He was killed by a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad earlier this month.
Pakistan's new prime minister tells MPs his government's top priority will be the fight against terrorism. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:17 pm
North Korea showed no signs of preparing to launch additional missiles Saturday, a day after the communist nation test-fired a barrage into the sea, South Korea's military said. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:14 pm
Germany's most famous set of lovebirds -- Petra the black swan and her boyfriend, a swan-shaped plastic paddleboat -- have gotten back together. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:11 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabweans lined up for hours Saturday to vote in elections that present President Robert Mugabe with his toughest political challenge in 28 years in power.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:04 pm
Turkey uses shelling and air raids to target rebel positions in Iraq, killing at least 15, the Turkish military says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:57 pm
IQUIQUE, Chile (AP) -- Five youths are accused of attacking nine German soldiers and taking them hostage in this Chilean port city, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:47 pm
Five youths are accused of attacking nine German soldiers and taking them hostage in this Chilean port city, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:47 pm
Honour Devil pulled away in the stretch for an easy 4 1/4-length victory in the $2 million UAE Derby at Nad Al Sheba racetrack. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:45 pm
The US secretary of state is due in the Middle East in a bid to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:39 pm
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe went to the polls Saturday in an election which could see President Robert Mugabe turfed out of power after 28 years, with voters desperate for an end to the country's economic meltdown. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 2:36 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Saturday he is looking to expand U.S. efforts to help struggling homeowners reduce their mortgage payments, as Democrats pressed for a more substantial federal role.
The southern Iraqi city of Basra came under fire from U.S. warplanes on Saturday as Iraqi security forces struggle in their battle against militiamen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. The airstrikes, which killed at least eight civilians, were the second in as many days in Basra.
NAJAF (AFP) - Radical Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday ordered his followers to reject Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's call to surrender their arms as clashes with troops raged for a fifth straight day. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:37 pm
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged the "world community" Saturday to help end the turmoil in his homeland, after renewed calls from global leaders for talks with Beijing. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:53 pm
Disruption at Heathrow Terminal 5 will continue throughout the weekend,
British Airways (BA) confirmed, as they axed 67 flights today and will axe
37 tomorrow. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:46 pm
A government official says 75 miners are missing and believed to have died in mines following heavy rains in northeastern Tanzania. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:40 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan will fight terrorism as its top priority but will also negotiate with militant groups willing to "join the path of peace," the new prime minister said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:35 pm
About 75 miners are feared dead after heavy rainfall triggers the collapse of gem mines in Tanzania. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:25 pm
DALLAS (Reuters) - When Americans cast ballots on November 4 to elect a president, some states also will ask voters hot-button questions like whether or not to ban gay marriage.
About 75 miners are missing and feared dead following heavy rains in northeastern Tanzania, a government official said on Saturday Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:10 pm
China offered on Saturday to pay compensation to the families of the civilians it says died in violence in the Tibetan capital this month. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:06 pm
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's largest city was shrouded in darkness on Saturday night as it launched a worldwide campaign stretching from Sydney to San Francisco to highlight global warming. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:51 am
If Hillary Rodham Clinton is feeling heat from pundits and party elders to quit the race and back Barack Obama, you’d never know it from her crowds, energy level and upbeat demeanor on the campaign trail.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush's administration will propose sweeping new oversight powers for the Federal Reserve in a bid to avoid calamities like the current subprime crisis, The New York Times reported Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:47 am
ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) -- A government official says 75 miners are missing and believed to have died in mines following heavy rains in northeastern Tanzania.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:45 am
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday night as the world's first major city turned off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:41 am
It may surprise some readers to learn that Hugh Laurie was “papped” –
photographed without permission – on his way to this interview. We still
tend to think of him as Bertie Wooster, or the less celebrated half of Fry
and Laurie, or an upper-class twit in <i>Blackadder</i>. That view is, to
say the least, out of date. What he is these days is the biggest British
star on American television, hence the market for a snap of Hugh Laurie
walking from a car to a photographic studio in North London. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:37 am
After gaining the national assembly's backing, Gillani vows to reverse harsh measures imposed by Musharraf last year.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In a new blow to President Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani today won a unanimous vote of confidence from the national assembly and pledged to begin rolling back authoritarian measures imposed late last year by the president during six weeks of de facto martial law.
Eager to vote, Zimbabweans began lining up before dawn Saturday for elections that present President Robert Mugabe with the toughest political challenge of his 28 years in power. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 11:16 am
Pakistan will fight terrorism as its top priority but will also negotiate with militant groups "willing to lay down their arms," its new prime minister said Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:58 am
Good news for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains: They no longer need federal protection. The bad news for the animals? Plans are already in the works to hunt them.
Pakistan will fight terrorism as its top priority but will also negotiate with militant groups "willing to lay down their arms," its new prime minister said Saturday.
Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday night as the world's first major city turned off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
Travel chaos at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5 continued for a third day as 54 flights were cancelled and British Airways confirmed that more are expected for tomorrow. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
BA faces fines of up to £5,000 per passenger after allegedly misleading travellers stranded by the chaos at Heathrow's new Terminal 5 about their compensation rights, a newspaper has reported. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 29 Mar 2008 | 8:01 am
A U.S. warplane has destroyed a house in in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and killed eight civilians, including two women and one child, Iraqi police said Saturday
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- President Rafael Correa's outrage over Colombia's cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador has improved his popularity, strengthening his chances of gaining approval for constitutional reforms later this year.... Source: AP Top International News At 1 p.m. EDT | 29 Mar 2008 | 7:54 am
The Manatees, Major League Baseball's first plus-size, all-male cheer team, get ready to thrill on opening day. Really.
Robert Ramos bumps when he should grind. If he's supposed to walk like an Egyptian, he gets down in a low swagger. With Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" blaring, Ramos isn't sure which way that is.
In O.C., Norby's use of campaign funds to pay unexplained charges raises scrutiny. He says he follows the law.
Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby, who earlier this month admitted using political contributions to pay for a hotel stay during a spat with his wife, spent nearly $8,000 from his campaign account in the last months of 2007 on unexplained charges, campaign finance records show.
A 10-second song clip was captured in 1860 as an etching on paper. The phonograph came along 17 years later.
Researchers said Friday that they have played back the oldest audio recording ever made, a 10-second snippet of singing made 17 years before Thomas Alva Edison patented the phonograph.
Duke Snider says that, despite record-setting crowds for Dodgers games at the venue in 1958-61, the field's layout took away legitimacy.
The crowds that welcomed the Dodgers to Los Angeles and continued to respond to their historic presence were enormous -- 78,652 for the first game in 1958, 93,103 for a 1959 exhibition with the New York Yankees saluting Roy Campanella, and more than 92,000 for each of three World Series games against the Chicago White Sox in 1959, when they became the first team to go from seventh place one season to a World Series title the next.
A plan to be unveiled Monday would give the Fed new power and fold oversight authority now shared by many agencies into three.
The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the nation's financial regulatory system, combining what is now an alphabet soup of government agencies into three streamlined regulators.
The jaunt starts in Mississippi, highlighting events that shaped the senator.
Eager to stay in the news in the long march to the Republican convention, presumed nominee John McCain sets out on a biographical tour next week intended to reintroduce himself to voters.
The Bush administration is finalizing details of a plan to rescue thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure, by helping them refinance into more affordable mortgages backed by public funds, government officials said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:39 am
NEW YORK (AFP) - Five years after New York became one of the first major world cities to ban smoking in public places, nearly a quarter of a million people have kicked the habit and tobacco-related deaths have dropped significantly. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 4:22 am
Iraq's decision to take on the militias in Basra is forcing the U.S. to rethink its own military strategy there. And there are worries tonight that the latest fighting could roll back an entire year of progress, reports David Martin.
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.
HAMMOND, Indiana (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Friday vowed to stay in the White House race, rejecting a fellow senator's suggestion that she pull out to improve their party's chances in November.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer saved himself from a grand jury probe over his role in a political smear campaign when he resigned amid a separate sex scandal, prosecutors said on Friday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund's executive board approved Friday measures that slightly boost the voting power of developing countries within the multilateral institution, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 Mar 2008 | 1:11 am
British bombers strafed Iraq’s second city yesterday as an embryonic Shia
civil war raised the prospect of British troops being drawn back on to the
front line of the Iraq conflict. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
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the Times Online exclusive</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 29 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
She is, for the moment, the first of First Ladies.
Page after page of Britain's besotted newspapers have been filled with photographs of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the former Italian supermodel and new wife of the French President, Nicolas... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
Citigroup executive Robert Rubin evaluates proposals made by the top three presidential candidates and others to fix the housing and credit crises. The former Treasury secretary is supportive of the idea of renegotiating loans, especially for people whose houses are worth less than their mortgages.
In Saddam Hussein's Iraq, drummed up charges against political rivals and intimidated judges were the norm. Five years after the U.S. invasion, not much has changed -- and the abuse of at least one law has actually worsened.
The Marine Corps is dropping all charges against a lance corporal who was accused of involuntary manslaughter in a squad's killing of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in 2005.
The drummer for 80s glam band Poison - the opening act at Easter's Rock2Wellington heavy metal concert - has been arrested on a rape charge at Los Angeles Airport after getting off a flight from New Zealand.
US police said Rikki... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 7:00 pm
Vessels pursuing seals maneuvered through heavy ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence on Friday at the start of the largest marine mammal hunt in the world. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:39 pm
President Raul Castro's government said it is allowing cell phones for ordinary Cubans, a luxury previously reserved for those who worked for foreign firms or held key posts with the communist-run state.
These days, most people imagine that when they succumb to the inevitable and utter what must be their "last words", they will have time for little more than a brief, faltering sentence. If they are lucky, it will be shared with a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Christina Rich, a financial adviser recruited from New Zealand nine years ago to become a million-dollar partner in the Australian arm of accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers, has settled a sexual harassment claim against the firm.
Ms... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Carla was perfect. Sarko was, despite his best efforts, Sarko.
That was the considered view of the French press on the presidential state visit to Britain.
They concluded that Bruni-Sarkozy, who has been in the business of politics... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 Mar 2008 | 5:00 pm
Thousands flocked to closing campaign rallies as the country's security chiefs were on full alert to deal with any violence, a day after the opposition urged people to defend their votes against an alleged rigging plot by President Robert Mugabe.
AP - For all their delight in soaring voter registration and strong poll numbers, some Democrats fear the contest between Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton might have a nightmarish end, which could wreck a promising election year.
Reuters - Zimbabweans queued to vote on Saturday
in the most crucial election since independence in 1980, many
of them desperate to end the misery of economic collapse under
veteran President Robert Mugabe.
AP - Four days a week Todd Matthews earns $11.50 an hour working for an automotive parts supplier. He punches in at 4:15 a.m., punches out nearly 11 hours later, then drives half a mile to his little beige house on a hill where, in the distance, he can glimpse the Appalachian mountains.
AP - Congressional leaders are racing to push through an array of election-year housing measures that already have stirred up much political wrangling and the White House is examining its own plan to further help homeowners caught in the mortgage meltdown.
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
raised the stakes in his five-day-old crackdown on Shi'ite
militants on Saturday, describing his foes as "worse than al
Qaeda."
AP - Is it safe to have your arteries unclogged at a hospital that lacks heart surgeons who can operate if something goes wrong?
Reuters - People switched off lights across
the world on Saturday, dimming buildings, hotels, restaurants
and bars to show concern at global warming.
AP - New protests broke out Saturday at two monasteries in the Tibetan capital Lhasa, activists and the region's government-in-exile said, as China tried to blunt criticism of its crackdown.
AP - U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said.
Reuters - Chinese security forces sealed off
parts of Lhasa on Saturday and Tibet's government-in-exile said
it was investigating reports of fresh protests, weeks after the
city was shaken by an anti-government riot.
If Hillary Rodham Clinton is feeling heat from pundits and party elders to quit the race and back Barack Obama, you’d never know it from her crowds, energy level and upbeat demeanor on the campaign trail.
Zimbabweans lined up before dawn Saturday for crucial elections in which President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge yet to his 28-year rule.
Good news for gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains: They no longer need federal protection. The bad news for the animals? Plans are already in the works to hunt them.
Pakistan will fight terrorism as its top priority but will also negotiate with militant groups "willing to lay down their arms," its new prime minister said Saturday.
Sydney's iconic Opera House and Harbour Bridge went dark Saturday night as the world's first major city turned off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change.
A U.S. warplane has destroyed a house in in the southern Iraqi city of Basra and killed eight civilians, including two women and one child, Iraqi police said Saturday
No. 10 Davidson upsets third-seeded Wisconsin 73-56 in the Midwest Region semifinals.