AP - The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands.
AP - Tyler Hansbrough always found a way for North Carolina, whether it was carrying the Tar Heels when they lost their point guard or making a shot despite every defender knowing the ball would end up in his hands. Now, with his relentless drive and unyielding will, Hansbrough has the Tar Heels back in the Final Four.
(Kyodo) _ Norichika Aoki went 4-for-5 and Masakazu Fukukawa hit a grand slam as the Yakult Swallows routed the Yomiuri Giants 10-2 to sweep the three-game season-opening series on Sunday. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:53 am
AP - Lehman Brothers is accusing a Japanese trading company of perpetrating a massive fraud and plans to sue it for hundreds of millions of dollars, officials at the U.S. investment bank said Sunday.
AP - Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the TV actors union voted Saturday to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds.
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Police in Nepal's capital Kathmandu on Sunday baton-charged protesters -- most of them Tibetans -- outside a Chinese embassy office, detaining more than 100 people, police and witnesses said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:49 am
AP - Imagine that your home was reduced to mold and wood framing by Hurricane Katrina. Desperate for money to rebuild, you engage in a frustrating bureaucratic process, and after months of living in a government-provided trailer tainted with formaldehyde you finally win a federal grant.
CHICAGO (AP) -- From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:46 am
AP - From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:44 am
AP - Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities on Saturday extended a curfew in Baghdad indefinitely in an attempt to contain clashes between Shi'ite militants and Iraqi security forces that have threatened to spiral out of control.
AP - Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scrambled to secure more Texas delegates Saturday as the state pushed to settle the outcome of the March 4 caucus.
AP - Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ahead of this week's NATO summit, President Bush has told alliance members he wants to expand the organization to include three Balkan countries and put Ukraine and Georgia on track for membership.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
AP - Ahead of this week's NATO summit, President Bush has told alliance members he wants to expand the organization to include three Balkan countries and put Ukraine and Georgia on track for membership.
Ahead of this week's NATO summit, President Bush has told alliance members he wants to expand the organization to include three Balkan countries and put Ukraine and Georgia on track for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:39 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China braced against further protests on Sunday as it prepared for the arrival of the Olympic torch amid reports of fresh disturbances in the riot-torn Tibetan capital Lhasa. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:38 am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition said on Sunday it had won the most crucial election since independence but President Robert Mugabe's government warned its opponents that premature victory claims would amount to an attempted coup.
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Defying mounting pressure from some party leaders to bow out, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told The Washington Post she will stick it out through the remaining primaries and until the contested Florida and Michigan results are resolved.
(Kyodo) _ Urawa Reds overcame the early loss of Keita Suzuki to finally stop the rot with a comfortable 3-0 defeat of Albirex Niigata in the J-League first division on Sunday. Takahito Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:17 am
Ahead of this week's NATO summit, President Bush has told alliance members he wants to expand the organization to include three Balkan countries and put Ukraine and Georgia on track for membership. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:08 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition claimed victory on Sunday in the country's general elections even before the first results had been announced, saying it would not accept any other outcome. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:02 am
Vote counting is under way in Zimbabwe, with the opposition claiming it is going to oust President Robert Mugabe. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 9:00 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq's main cities of Baghdad and Basra were locked down on Sunday amid a deadly standoff between security forces and Shiite gunmen whose leader, cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, is defying calls for fighters to lay down their arms. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:59 am
(Kyodo) _ A senior lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan on Sunday criticized remarks made by Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura that the government and the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:56 am
A curfew is extended until further notice in Baghdad, as security forces clash with militias in Basra for a fifth day. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:52 am
British Airways refused to rule out further snap flight cancellations at Heathrow's Terminal 5, as it begins the task of reuniting 15,000 lost bags with their owners. As the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:51 am
American troops and Iraqis unearthed 14 significantly decomposed bodies in a mass grave northeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
Change the mood of any user on Facebook who has the Moods application installed... all you need is their user id and a few tools.No, it shouldn't be this easy. That's why I uploaded this. Hopefully it won't work for long. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:50 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Cui Dalin, China's deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives. Then he stepped out into a nonsmoking hallway - and lit a cigarette.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:47 am
Hillary Clinton dismisses calls from a senior Democrat to end her bid for the party's US presidential nomination. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:47 am
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 general was David H. Petraeus, and some of those Iraqi officials at the time were busy embezzling more than $1 billion allotted for the new army's weapons, according to investigators.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:45 am
LONDON (Reuters) - After almost six months and more than 250 witnesses, the judge presiding over the inquest into Princess Diana's death wraps up the case on Monday with his summary to the jury.
Police say 200 Tibetan exiles and monks have tried to storm the Chinese Embassy visa office in Nepal's capital. Police stopped them by beating them with bamboo batons. At least 130... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:42 am
Cui Dalin, China's deputy sports minister, told legislators that the Beijing Olympics would inspire Chinese to live healthier lives. Then he stepped out into a nonsmoking hallway _ and lit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:37 am
Flight cancellations at London Heathrow's new Terminal 5 are to continue into next week, admits British Airways. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:34 am
Not even 24 hours after the release of the latest update for the iPhone firmware 1.2.0 (or 2.0, as The Steve calls it,) the iPhone Dev Team sent us this picture showing that they have again pwned it, confirming what they already said: it's going to be extremely difficult for Apple to relock the iPhone. Check the new separate Contact application. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:30 am
(Kyodo) _ Weather forecast for Monday, March 31: Tokyorain>fair Osakacloudy/rain Nagoyarain>fair Sapporocloudy Sendairain or snow Niigatasnow or rain Hiroshimafair/cloudy Takamatsucloudy Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
(Kyodo) _ Fourth pick Fine Grain made a strong homestretch run to win the Takamatsunomiya Kinen on Sunday for his first Grade One victory. Fine Grain positioned himself in the middle of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:22 am
LOS ANGELES - It was the best of both worlds at yesterday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked...
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday she expected Israel to take what she called meaningful steps to improve the lives of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
DUBLIN, Ireland - From Rome's Colosseum to the Sydney Opera House, floodlit icons of civilization went dark tonight for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight...
North Korea's military said Saturday it will ban South Korean officials after a top Southern military leader said Seoul could consider attacking the North if the communist nation tries to use nuclear weapons against the South. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:12 am
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, right, waves beside military chief Hermogenes Esperon during departure honors at Manila's International Airport, Philippines, on Sunday, March 30, 2008. Arroyo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:12 am
More than 1,000 high school students particpated in Boston's FIRST Robotics Competition yesterday amd Friday at B.U.'s Agganis Arena.
According to the competition's...
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asks Israel to take "meaningful" steps to ease Palestinian lives. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 8:09 am
Lights along Sydney Harbour Bridge and skyline are turned off at 8:00pm as the city marks "Earth Hour" . Tens of millions of people switched off lightbulbs this weekend as part of a global campaign to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
The Sears Tower rises above the Skyline moments after turning off lights to participate in Earth Hour March 29 in Chicago, Illinois. Tens of millions of people switched off lightbulbs this weekend as part... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
An Emirati boy stands outside Dubai's Al-Jumeirah hotel carrying a lantern and sporting a number 60 on his t-shirt to mark the climate change initiative Earth Hour on March 29. Tens of millions of people... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
NASA image of planet Earth in July 2007. Several Asian Pacific cities were Saturday preparing to plunge into darkness as they kick off the first leg of the Australia-led 'Earth Hour' campaign to raise... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:59 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - Tens of millions of people switched off lightbulbs this weekend as part of a global campaign to throw the spotlight on climate change, organisers of the Australian-led 'Earth Hour' initiative said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:58 am
LOS ANGELES - The field looked as it if was airlifted in, dropped into a neighborhood of rowhouses and store fronts. A garage might have backed left field. Bushes might have...
There's a reason the Red Sox surrendered four potential major leaguers, including a can't-miss shortstop, for a pitcher with a right shoulder deemed unstable enough...
"How important is it to have really good pitchers at the top of your rotation?"
The question seems almost too simplistic to be asked in the world of baseball.
...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Further unrest in Tibet's capital appeared to have been sparked by attempts by police to carry out security checks, indicating the tension and volatility remaining in Lhasa weeks after a deadly anti-government riot.
LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands.
Kevin...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday she expects Israel and the Palestinians to take "meaningful" steps to ease Palestinian economic woes and improve Israeli security during her latest Mideast mission aimed at reviving faltering peace talks.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:41 am
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - Barack Obama refused yesterday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic...
Lysergic acid diethylamide, LSD or acid, is a psychedelic drug used mainly as a recreational drug, an entheogen, and a tool to supplement various practices for transcendence, including in meditation, psychonautics, art projects, and illicit psychedelic psychotherapy, whether self-administered or not. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:20 am
If the indoor state championship meet is used as a barometer for the spring season, then the outdoor state meet June 7 at Durfee High should be a step removed...
Rihanna and Chris Brown both walked the orange carpet at the Kids' Choice Awards. Separately. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:08 am
British number one Andy Murray wastes two match points in a second-round defeat to Mario Ancic at the Sony Ericsson Open. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 7:04 am
The backing for Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani suggests that the government may be able to get the support needed to impeach Musharraf, analysts say.
Prime Minister Yusaf Raza Gillani on Saturday won a unanimous vote of confidence from the National Assembly and pledged to begin rolling back some of the authoritarian measures imposed late last year by President Pervez Musharraf during six weeks of de facto martial law.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says France could take Farc rebels if they agree to free their hostages. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:57 am
Lehman Brothers is accusing a Japanese trading company of perpetrating a massive fraud and plans to sue it for hundreds of millions of dollars, officials at the U.S. investment bank said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:54 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea threatened to suspend dialogue with the South over comments made by a South Korean military official and said it was ready to attack its wealthy neighbor, the North's state media said at the weekend.
The back story: Since the release of Windows Vista, Creative has promised their Sound Cards as being "Vista Ready". Unfortunately, as many unlucky customers did discover, this is not true. What the users actually found were buggy, feature crippled drivers. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:50 am
A poster representing French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt held by FARC guerrillas, is shown during a demonstration to support her and all the women hostages in Colombia, on March 8 in Paris. France... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:34 am
In a handout picture released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (L) listens to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before sitting down to a working dinner at... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:16 am
What is it about taking fifteen tequila shots and dancing on the bar to “Pour Some Sugar on Me” that automatically makes you turn to your trusty cell phone? Is it really a good idea to call the ex you haven’t spoken to for five years or your current love interest for some sloppy late night lovin’? Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:10 am
While Adobe has already stated that it is rewriting the terms in question, it has still joined the growing list of major software shops who aren't paying attention to their own EULAs. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:10 am
Trinidad's main opposition leader has been suspended from parliament after he failed to ask permission to use his laptop computer during a debate and ignored a request to put it away. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:08 am
Photo shows the damage done to the Chinese register cargo ship, the Yao Hai, following a collision with an Ukranian tugboat on March 22, near the site where the tugboat sunk in Hong Kong. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:05 am
A search and rescue diver is seen plunging in the water off Hong Kong, on March 26. The captain of the sunken Ukrainian tugboat has paid tribute to the 18 members of his crew who died trying to save the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:05 am
This report includes back-room deals prior to and during the event, the stacking the convention committee chairs ahead of time with Clinton operatives, the taking of Obama delegates off the voter rolls, holding a meeting before its scheduled time to lock out Obama delegates, and suspending the senate district caucus for the rest of the day... Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 6:00 am
Chinese workers install a billboard in preparation for the welcoming ceremony of the Olympic Flame at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, on March 30. Beijing tightened security on historic Tiananmen Square,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:58 am
TORONTO (AP) -- A disabled fishing trawler getting a tow from a Canadian coast guard vessel slammed into a piece of ice and capsized Saturday in the icy waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, killing three seal hunters and leaving one missing.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:42 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Buddhist monks hurling rocks at Chinese in Tibet, or peacefully massing against Myanmar's military, can strike jarring notes.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:38 am
For once, it wasn't easy for Candice Wiggins and Stanford. Then again, against rugged Pittsburgh it never is. Jayne Appel scored 22 points to bail out roughed-up teammate Wiggins and lead second-seeded Stanford to a 72-53 victory over a tough Panthers squad Saturday night to advance to the finals of the Spokane regional. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:31 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabweans voted Saturday on whether to keep the ruler blamed by opponents for their country's economic collapse, though President Robert Mugabe's challengers claimed the election was rigged even before the polls opened.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:25 am
Former The A-Team star Mr. T once stunned a sick child's family by bringing him out of a coma - after doctors begged the actor for help. Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:20 am
Two people are killed after a mosque is bombed in Nepal's second biggest city of Biratnagar. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 5:12 am
Private media firms from across the Americas accuse Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of stifling press freedom. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:42 am
From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
30% of white Dems consider her a phony. "The New York senator, who this week admitted to misrepresenting the danger she confronted in Bosnia, also has come under fire for allegedly distorting her role in opposing free trade and the war in Iraq, and overstating her involvement in bringing peace to Northern Ireland and health insurance to children." Source: Digg | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:30 am
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, demanding international laws to prevent insults to religions.... Source: AP Top International News At 5:46 a... | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:23 am
It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show.
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Passengers flying between Europe and the United States should get more choice and cheaper tickets if all goes as officials plan under a new EU-US aviation pact taking effect on Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:19 am
MONDRAGONE (AFP) - For Italian mozzarella producers, the European Commission's decision to back off from a threatened import ban on the cheese prevented the crisis in the industry from becoming a real disaster. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Mar 2008 | 4:18 am
LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Sydney Opera House to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge went dark as people switched off lights in their homes and skylines dimmed around the world on Saturday to show concern with global warming.
This is it, Memphis. Your big chance. To prove you're not an upset waiting to happen. To make up for losses in the regional final the last two years. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:43 am
Chester police are confirming the discovery of four bodies in an apartment in this city just south of Philadelphia. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:25 am
Defying mounting pressure from some party leaders to bow out, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told The Washington Post she will stick it out through the remaining primaries
The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was attacked by two cheetahs and hospitalized with about 40 puncture wounds to her extremities and back, authorities said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:04 am
The "open skies" deal between the US and Europe comes into effec, aiming to open up air travel. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Mar 2008 | 3:03 am
Former Sen. John Edwards, in his first public speech since dropping his White House bid two months ago, praised Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on Saturday, but declined to endorse either candidate.
The heavy fighting that broke out last week as Iraqi security forces tried to oust Shiite militias from Basra is reverberating on the presidential campaign trail and posing new challenges and opportunities to the candidates, particularly Senator John McCain. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 30 Mar 2008 | 1:45 am
The U.S. military says 16 enemy fighters have been killed in airstrikes supporting Iraqi troops during clashes with Shiite militiamen in Basra. British artillery was also unleashed in support of Iragi forces.
Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
A private contractor under investigation for the compensation it received to run the Road Home grant program for Katrina victims says that in the rush to deliver aid to homeowners in need some people got too much.
Hospitals are throwing away as much as half of their food, NHS figures show, writes Laura Donnelly. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
A free choice of any hospital in this country may seem a far cry from the days when your GP referred you to whomever he or she knew at the local hospital and you then had to wait for as long as it took. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
If Alan Johnson has a default setting, it seems to be for nostalgia. It arrives in waves, at the least convenient times, settling in the most unhelpful places. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
From Tuesday, most patients referred for hospital care will be able to choose from more than 500 units across the country, including 160 privately run centres. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
Thousands of NHS patients will be given money to pay for their own health care in a controversial "voucher" scheme under plans revealed by Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, in an interview with the Sunday Telegraph. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
British forces became embroiled in the fight to wrest control of Basra from Iranian-backed militias yesterday, as a senior US military adviser accused Gordon Brown of failing "as an ally" in his desire for a hasty withdrawal of troops. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:01 am
The Chinese ambassador to Britain has been invited to run through London with
the Olympic torch, sparking outrage from critics who regard the move as
politicising a sporting event. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
<a href="http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/carehomes.pdf">Click here to read the
Home Office care home memo</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
Few would guess how hard-won Melvyn Bragg’s successful stability is. His CV
suggests a master of the balancing act: highly regarded author and respected
broadcaster, veteran radio presenter for the BBC and controller of arts for
LWT, equally at home in the House of Lords and working-class Cumbria, where
he was born in 1939 and still has a frequently visited cottage. Yet, as he
talks to me over coffee in the conservatory kitchen of his Hampstead house,
he soon reveals that, behind this assured-seeming public equilibrium, there
has been nightmarish private turmoil. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
President Robert Mugabe faced the greatest challenge of his 28 years in power as hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans queued before dawn to vote in yesterday’s elections, apparently determined to oust him. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
<a href="http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/heathrow.pdf">View the full internal
documents</a> Source: Top stories from Times Online | 30 Mar 2008 | 12:00 am
BEIJING - 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.
The reports... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
HARARE - Zimbabweans, many desperate for an end to their economic misery, voted on Saturday in the most crucial election since independence in 1980, but the opposition accused President Robert Mugabe's government of rigging.
African... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:00 pm
LONDON - British Airways cancelled more than 100 flights over the weekend following the chaotic opening of its new US$8.6 billion ($10.84 billion) terminal at London's Heathrow airport.
The launch of the terminal has proved a public... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 10:00 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.
People all over the world have been switching off lights for an hour to show concern at global warming.
Up to 30 million people were expected to switch off their lights for 60 minutes by the time "Earth Hour" - which started at... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Mar 2008 | 7:45 pm
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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
U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Mar 2008 | 3:03 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.
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
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
AP - The Dodgers used a five-man infield against the Boston Red Sox. Too bad they weren't allowed to put a player or two in the Los Angeles Coliseum stands.
AP - Tyler Hansbrough always found a way for North Carolina, whether it was carrying the Tar Heels when they lost their point guard or making a shot despite every defender knowing the ball would end up in his hands. Now, with his relentless drive and unyielding will, Hansbrough has the Tar Heels back in the Final Four.
AP - Lehman Brothers is accusing a Japanese trading company of perpetrating a massive fraud and plans to sue it for hundreds of millions of dollars, officials at the U.S. investment bank said Sunday.
AP - Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the TV actors union voted Saturday to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds.
AP - Imagine that your home was reduced to mold and wood framing by Hurricane Katrina. Desperate for money to rebuild, you engage in a frustrating bureaucratic process, and after months of living in a government-provided trailer tainted with formaldehyde you finally win a federal grant.
AP - From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
AP - Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite extremists near Basra to bolster a faltering Iraqi offensive against gunmen in the city.
AP - Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scrambled to secure more Texas delegates Saturday as the state pushed to settle the outcome of the March 4 caucus.
AP - Barack Obama refused Saturday to go along with other Democrats who are calling for Hillary Rodham Clinton to step away from the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.
AP - Ahead of this week's NATO summit, President Bush has told alliance members he wants to expand the organization to include three Balkan countries and put Ukraine and Georgia on track for membership.
From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change.
It was the best of both worlds at Saturday's Kids Choice Awards for Miley Cyrus, who took home trophies for favorite female singer and TV actress and rocked the show.
Zimbabweans lined up before dawn Saturday for crucial elections in which President Robert Mugabe faces the toughest challenge yet to his 28-year rule.
Former Sen. John Edwards, in his first public speech since dropping his White House bid two months ago, praised Democratic rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama on Saturday, but declined to endorse either candidate.
Buddhist monks hurling rocks at Chinese in Tibet, or peacefully massing against Myanmar's military, can strike jarring notes.
Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons .
Fresh protests broke out in the Tibetan capital Lhasa on Saturday as foreign diplomats wrapped up a tightly controlled visit organized by Beijing, a radio broadcaster and Tibetan activists reported.
A private contractor under investigation for the compensation it received to run the Road Home grant program for Katrina victims says that in the rush to deliver aid to homeowners in need some people got too much.