(Kyodo) _ The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan will not automatically reject Hiroshi Watanabe, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat nominated by the government to be a Bank of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:25 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) Prosecutors arrested on suspicion of fraud Monday a former prosecutor known to have had links with underworld figures including gangsters, stock... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:21 pm
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The deadline for media voting on NBA awards is April 17, and those banking on a second MVP honor for the Celtics' Kevin Garnett will likely be disappointed.
...
NEW YORK - Internet icon Yahoo, under pressure of a three-week deadline from Microsoft to accept its $41 billion buyout bid, said Monday it doesn't oppose a deal with...
PEABODY - A 28-year-old man faces arraignment on a murder charge after a woman's body was discovered in her Peabody apartment.
Ashley Fernandes is accused of killing...
NEW YORK - Punk is dead - how about a $1,600 leather jacket instead?
The walls are still black and some aging graffiti remains, but the once dank Bowery home of defunct...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert resumed face-to-face peace negotiations Monday after nearly two months marred by heavy Gaza Strip violence and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:56 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan's top nuclear negotiator Akitaka Saiki will visit China for meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday with his U.S. and Chinese counterparts to push forward the stalled six-party... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
PARIS - Security officials have extinguished the Olympic torch for a second time amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris.
Police have escorted the flame onto...
(Kyodo) _ North Korea has appointed Sin Son Ho as its new ambassador to the United Nations, replacing Pak Kil Yon, North Korea's official media reported Monday. "Sin Son Ho was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:52 am
(Kyodo) _ Market players welcomed the government's nomination of acting Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa as the central bank chief Monday as the move could end the leadership... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:50 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FRESH INFO) Four people were detained by the police Monday for allegedly trying to block the Olympic torch relay in Paris over the issue of Tibet, and ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
Security officials have extinguished the Olympic torch for a second time amid heavy protests during the torch relay in Paris. Police have escorted the flame onto a bus, apparently to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:45 am
The torch relay ahead of the Beijing Olympics is hit by further anti-China demonstrations, in Paris. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:45 am
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will accuse his Democratic rivals of making promises they cannot keep with regard to Iraq on Monday in a speech that kicks off a week in which the war returns to center stage of the presidential campaign.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Internet company Yahoo on Monday rejected software giant Microsoft's three-week ultimatum to accept a takeover offer, but left the door open to a higher bid. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:41 am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the release of presidential election results, but delayed the case until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the release of presidential election results, but delayed the case until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has been trying since Saturday to accelerate release of the results, saying its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai won the election and should be declared president, ending the 28-year rule of Robert Mugabe. MDC lawyer Alec Muchadehama told reporters the court would rule on Tuesday on whether the case should be heard urgently. "I think ZEC (Zimbabwe Electoral Commission) just wants to delay this whole thing," he said. The court had adjourned the case on Sunday to decide on a ZEC argument that it did not have jurisdiction. The ZEC is resisting the MDC's attempt to force release of the result and Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party wants an announcement of the outcome to be delayed pending a recount. The... Source: ABC News: International | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:38 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS, FRESH INFO) Beijing Olympics organizers on Monday dismissed protests that dogged the Olympic torch relay in London over the weekend, saying any attempts Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The top U.S nuclear negotiator said on Monday there was a real need to make progress in North Korea nuclear talks and urged a return to six party negotiations. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:34 am
A Zimbabwean High Court judge rules he can hear an opposition petition demanding the release of election results. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:34 am
Reuters - Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it
has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the
release of presidential election results, but delayed the case
until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said.
In lieu of mapping software, I once wrote a Perl program which, given a USB GPS receiver and a destination, printed 'LEFT' 'RIGHT' OR 'STRAIGHT' based on my heading. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:27 am
Washington Mutual is close to landing a $5 billion cash infusion from private-equity firm TPG and other investors, according to a report Monday in the Wall Street Journal. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:27 am
DALLAS - A bit of Britain has arrived in Texas, thanks to English pop star George Michael and his Texan partner Kenny Goss.
The couple has begun displaying their collection...
Reuters - Iraq's prime minister raised the stakes
in his showdown with followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would
be barred from elections unless their militia disbands.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An opposition lawyer says Zimbabwe's High Court has postponed a decision on whether to force the release of presidential election results.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:22 am
PARIS (AP) -- Security officials have extinguished the Olympic torch amid heavy protests during the relay in Paris.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:21 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's prime minister raised the stakes in his showdown with followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would be barred from elections unless their militia disbands.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is turning to her communications chief and pollster to plan her presidential election strategy after giving the boot to a polarizing top aide because of his work on behalf of a trade agreement Clinton opposes.
Several people are hurt after youths armed with bats and a machete attack a Sydney high school. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:18 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued his strongest warning yet to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or face political isolation. The Sadrists fired back Monday, saying a move to ban them from elections would be unconstitutional.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued his strongest warning yet to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or face political isolation. The Sadrists fired back Monday, saying a move to ban them from elections would be unconstitutional.
Reuters - Sri Lanka air force jets bombed rebel
positions in the far north on Monday while troops killed 49
Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting, the military said.
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka air force jets bombed rebel positions in the far north on Monday while troops killed 49 Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting, the military said.
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Without an itinerary, it's easy to become overwhelmed by the vastness of Gettysburg's battlefield - a 6,000-acre expanse dotted with nearly 1,400...
AFP - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called on China Monday to peacefully end unrest in Tibet, piling further pressure on the nation's communist rulers ahead of the Beijing Games.
BEIJING (AFP) - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called on China Monday to peacefully end unrest in Tibet, piling further pressure on the nation's communist rulers ahead of the Beijing Games. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - For many Americans, those tax rebate checks meant to stimulate the economy will be coming just in time - for a vacation.
The centerpiece of President...
French policemen stand behind a fence during a pro-Tibet protest near the Eiffel Tower. French police have pushed back pro-Tibet activists trying to reach the foot of the Eiffel Tower, as the Olympic flame... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
A Shanghai tycoon has been sentenced to 19 years in prison in a pension funds scandal that toppled the city's communist party chief, the official Xinhua News Agency said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A New Zealand man has been accused of assault with prickly weapon - a hedgehog.
Police allege that William Singalargh picked up the hedgehog and...
It's April, it's Spring and the days are getting longer, the weather should be getting milder ... but it looks like being another miserable wintry weekend.However, here's a chance to cheer yourself up - a new internet fad involves thousands of people from around the world posting pictures of themselves "holding" the sun. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
Afghan officials say they have arrested a senior Taleban commander in the southern city of Kandahar. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
Reuters - Russia's biggest party will invite
Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party's chief said on
Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin's influence
after he steps down from the presidency next month.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's biggest party will invite Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party's chief said on Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin's influence after he steps down from the presidency next month.
There is a sentiment out there among Bruins fandom that the team making the playoffs this spring really isn't that impressive.
"Big deal," the idea goes....
When the iPhone was first announced at Macworld San Francisco 2007, Steve Jobs specifically said that he did not want the iPhone's existence first revealed by the FCC. This comment has generated a bit of a following, with some commenters continuing to insist that the 3G iPhone will be revealed by t... Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
The third protest, on this occasion someone actually grabbed the torch from former BBC Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq. Some spectators are booing the Olympic buses. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 11:00 am
Stocks were poised to open higher Monday after several reports of potential corporate deals, including speculation Washington Mutual Inc. will get a $5 billion investment from private equity firms. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
Millions of people could face poverty, disease and hunger as a result of rising temperatures and changing rainfall expected to hit poor countries the hardest, the World Health Organization warned Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:56 am
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill arrives at the Changi International Airport on Monday, April 7, 2008 in Singapore. Hill is meeting North Korean chief nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:56 am
Doctors say 29 people have been hospitalized following an explosion and a fire at a pesticide warehouse in a Belgrade suburb. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
AP - Paris became the stage Monday for the latest round of global protests against China, with thousands of police deployed to protect the Olympic torch relay after chaos in London the day before.
AP - Republican John McCain insists last year's U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of "something approaching normal" there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting and an American death toll that has surpassed 4,000.
A top aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will resign after being caught at a border crossing with 3,000 contraband cell phones in his trunk. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:45 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The presidential campaign of Democrat Hillary Clinton was in crisis mode Monday after her top strategist was forced to quit amid a political firestorm sparked by disclosure of his lobbying ties to Colombia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:43 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, seen here at a mosque in Baghdad last month, has warned that radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will be sidelined from politics unless he disbands his militia as fresh... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:40 am
Smoke rises from Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City after the Jamila market caught fire following clashes at the weekend. Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will be sidelined from politics unless he disbands... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:40 am
Iraqi men weep at the scene of a blast that destroyed a house and killed eight people in the southern city of Basra. Radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will be sidelined from politics unless he disbands his... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:40 am
An Afghan governor says 16 people have been killed during strikes by U.S. and Afghan forces in northeastern Afghanistan. The strikes came as the troops were hunting for a fugitive militant leader. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:39 am
China's Margaret Chan, Director General of the World Health Organization, WHO, answers journalist's question about World Day Climate Change and Public Health, during a press conference at the European... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:38 am
The use of mobiles on planes in European airspace is given formal approval by the European Commission. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:27 am
When his family landed in Vermont three years ago, Rwandan refugee Jean-Luc Dushime didn't speak English. Now, he's in college on a full scholarship, and hopes to attend graduate school. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
An officer guards a police van in Sydney. Police said five teenage boys armed with baseball bats and a machete invaded a Sydney high school, smashing classrooms and injuring several students and a teacher... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:24 am
At least five U.S. troops were killed in Iraq on Sunday, as violence around Baghdad's Shiite enclaves intensifies and the southern city of Basra remains restless with just days to go before two top American officials brief Congress on war progress.
An Australian man and his adult daughter went public about their incestuous
relationship after having a baby together, as it emerged on Monday that a
previous child of the couple died a few days after birth. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
Tanzanian Foreign Minister Bernard Membe, second left, Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, center, African Union Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare, second right, and others hold hands at the start of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
Michael Gallagher spokesperson for the Omagh families, speak's to the media at the High Court in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Monday, April, 7, 2008. A civil legal action against those accused of plotting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
Switzerland's Novartis AG said Monday it will spend about $38 billion in a two-step bid for a majority stake in U.S. eye-care company Alcon. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
HSBC is facing a possible investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) after admitting that it has lost a disc containing details of 370,000 customers. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:17 am
A Tibetan protester gets her head shaved at a protest against the alleged Chinese crackdown in China, in New Delhi, India, Monday, April 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
The Los Angeles Times on Monday retracted a story that linked hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, admitting that the report relied on fake FBI documents.
IT'S THE WORST NIGHTMARE OF THE REMOTE-CONTROL AGE - GERMAN SCIENTISTS claim to have cracked the code of the electronic blipper that locks and unlocks cars and garage doors. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:05 am
A former slave sues Niger's government, saying it has failed to implement any slavery laws. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:05 am
Online video sites such as Youtube present a modern battlefield for this year's political candidates during this election year. It's clear that some candidates are making better use of this new technology than others, like Barack Obama. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:04 am
More than 3,000 police have been deployed across central Paris to protect the
Olympic flame from possible attempts by human rights demonstrators to
extinguish it as it passes through the city this afternoon. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, John McCain again repeated the false claim that Muqtada al-Sadr declared the ceasefire in Basra last week and said he thought the Iraqi army was performing well. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 10:00 am
''There isn't any strategy, any clear strategy to deal with this social issue -- not for women, not for children,'' Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:58 am
Japan's government finds a candidate to be the Bank of Japan governor after weeks of political stalemate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
It's up, up and away for air travelers: Fares are up, late flights are up and more passengers are being bumped away from boarding gates. All these problems are making travelers grumpy, an annual survey of airline quality says. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:51 am
Scientists presented evidence today that desert heat, a little water, and meteorite impacts may have been enough to cook up one of the first prerequisites for life: The dominance of “left-handed” amino acids, the building blocks of life on this planet. Source: Digg | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:47 am
A leading High Street bank admitted today that it had lost a disc containing
the personal details of 370,000 of its customers. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:41 am
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood urges a boycott of municipal polls after being allowed to field just 20 candidates. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:41 am
A man in New Zealand is charged with throwing a hedgehog at a teenager, a newspaper reports. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:35 am
Sotheby's cancels the auction of body armour that Sikhs say once belonged to Guru Gobind Singh. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday condemned demonstrations that disrupted the Olympic torch relay in London, and IOC chief Jacques Rogge expressed concern at the protests but said there was no momentum for a Games boycott.
'All of the aboriginal regions across this country are talking about the necessity for an ongoing campaign akin to the civil-rights movement in the U.S. back in the sixties and seventies,' chief says
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's government Monday nominated Bank of Japan deputy Masaaki Shirakawa as the next central bank chief, seeking to end a political deadlock over the key post, public broadcaster NHK and other media reported. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 9:08 am
About 3,000 French police — on motorcycles, in jogging gear and on skates — prepared to protect the Olympic torch relay Monday when it departs from the Eiffel Tower and crisscrosses Paris amid threat of protests.
LEESBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Million-dollar fixer-upper for sale: five bedrooms, four baths, three-car garage, cavernous living room. Big holes above fireplace where flat-screen TV used to hang.
SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni security official said al Qaeda had claimed responsibility in a statement on Monday for an apparent mortar attack on a complex housing Americans and other Westerners in the Yemeni capital on Sunday.
Mark Penn, a lightning rod for controversy throughout Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, retained considerable influence in the operation almost solely because of the candidate’s loyalty to him.
The mother of Shannon Matthews has been arrested in connection with the
alleged kidnap of her daughter, sources have confirmed. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 7 Apr 2008 | 8:49 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe anxiously awaited Monday the outcome of an opposition legal bid to force the publication of poll results as Robert Mugabe stoked racial tensions ahead of a possible run-off. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 8:42 am
Republican John McCain insists last year’s U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of “something approaching normal” there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting and an American death toll that has surpassed 4,000.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The State of Alabama will not under any circumstances bail out the state's Jefferson County, but believes the county can work out its debt crisis on its own, Alabama governor Bob Riley said on Monday.
Five teenagers brandishing baseball bats and a machete rampaged through a school in Sydney on Monday, smashing every window they passed and slightly injuring 19 people, police said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 8:25 am
One in ten flights due to leave Heathrow's Terminal 5 today have been cancelled because of yesterday's bad weather, British Airways has said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 8:03 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's chief political strategist, Mark Penn, stepped aside on Sunday after news that he lobbied for a free trade treaty with Colombia that Clinton opposes.
An article and related materials published on the Los Angeles Times website on March 17 have been removed from the site because they relied heavily on information that The Times no longer believes to be credible.
He had drawn the wrath of unions and campaign insiders.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton shook up her campaign for the second time in as many months Sunday, demoting her chief strategist and renewing questions about the stability of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
A hospital worker checked files of 61 patients, including Maria Shriver and other celebrities.
A UCLA Medical Center worker who sneaked into the confidential medical records of '70s TV icon Farrah Fawcett last year also improperly viewed the electronic files of 32 other celebrities, politicians and high-profile patients, including California first lady Maria Shriver, according to interviews with hospital and state officials Sunday.
Any federal package may also help some who don't deserve it.
Faced with the home mortgage debacle that underlies one of the most dangerous economic crises since the Great Depression, Congress and the administration have been all but paralyzed by two questions: Who deserves to be helped? And how far should the government go to set matters aright?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has increased its surveillance of Louisiana's Mississippi River levees as the swollen river continues to rise. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 Apr 2008 | 6:45 am
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Power companies in just five EU nations could reap windfall profits of up to 71 billion euros over five years thanks to Europe's emissions trading scheme, the green group WWF claimed Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 5:51 am
SYDNEY (AFP) - Climate change will increase the risk of people losing their sight through cataracts because of higher levels of ultraviolet rays, an expert said Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 Apr 2008 | 5:47 am
Alexis Hornbuckle’s putback with seven-tenths of a second left lifted the Lady Vols to a 47-46 victory over LSU in Sunday night’s national semifinal. It was the lowest scoring game in Final Four history.
Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, Vladimir Radmanovic matched his season high with 21 and the Los Angeles Lakers stayed on track for the Pacific Division title with a 114-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
ADELAIDE - A father and daughter, who have a baby girl together, had another child who died a few days after birth from a congenital heart disease, court documents show.
John Earnest Deaves and his daughter Jennifer Anne Deaves... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 3:10 am
SOCHI, Russia - Seven years after he said he had peered into the Russian leader's soul, US President George W. Bush made clear he still had a strong bond with Vladimir Putin as they met for the last time as heads of state.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 2:54 am
Canberra - The death of a 20-year-old Canberra man from the illegal designer drug PMA has raised concerns among doctors of a possible shift in drug use towards the 'more lethal' substance.
The man, who was recently admitted to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 2:36 am
LONDON - School children in Britain could soon be signing up for controversial lessons in military drills and weapons training.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown is reportedly backing the plan, which aims to improve links between the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 2:23 am
PARIS - Elegant, nice and intelligent, but not yet a great first lady.
That was the verdict of a CSA opinion poll on Carla Bruni-Sarkozy published yesterday by le Parisien newspaper.
Two months after her wedding to President Nicolas... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 1:06 am
Exlusive: The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews was arrested last night in connection with the alleged kidnap of her nine year old daughter. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 1:01 am
The mother of schoolgirl Shannon Matthews has been arrested in connection with the alleged kidnap of her nine year old daughter. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 1:01 am
In an exclusive interview with Lesley Stahl, the head of China"s new sovereign-wealth fund pledges more transparency to allay fears that China will try to use its vast investment ability to exert economic or political control in the U.S.
MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt (AP) -- Thousands of demonstrators angry about rising prices and stagnant salaries torched buildings, looted shops and hurled bricks at police who responded with tear gas Sunday in a northern industrial town as Egyptians staged a nationwide strike.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:52 am
A 70 year old man has gone back to primary school to fulfil a life-long desire to learn how to read.
Alferd Williams worked in the fields to support his family, leaving him no time for school. But he promised his mother he would... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:52 am
AGARTALA - India - A fresh outbreak of bird flu has been reported in poultry in one of India's remote northeastern states, a top veterinary official said yesterday.
Veterinary workers were preparing to slaughter thousands of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:52 am
LONDON - Prince Philip, the 86-year-old husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, left hospital yesterday after undergoing treatment for a chest infection.
Television channels showed the Duke of Edinburgh, who had been in the King... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:39 am
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A housing complex used by foreigners in Yemen's capital came under attack late Sunday, with explosions shattering windows and prompting residents to evacuate with suitcases and boxes.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:16 am
SYDNEY - Parents of drunk children may be subject to counselling and fines as part of a NSW government programme to crack down on underage drinking.
Nearly 1700 children were treated in hospital for alcohol in the past year - some... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:12 am
LONDON - One of Britain's most traditional foods has won exclusive protected status from the European Union, campaigners announced on Friday.
After a 10-year battle, the Melton Mowbray pork pie has been registered for protected... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:07 am
The Olympic flame was snuffed out in Paris today after the torch relay was engulfed by pro-Tibet and anti-China protests. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
The Olympic torch relay through London was almost abandoned as hundreds of demonstrators clashed with police amid ugly and chaotic scenes. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
suspected Shiite militants lobbed rockets and mortar shells into the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad on Sunday, killing three American troops and wounding 31, officials said. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Charlton Heston, the Oscar-winning screen icon whose conservative views and ardent defence of gun rights later overshadowed his acting, died at his home in Beverly Hills at the weekend. He was 84. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
China has condemned the "vile" Pro-Tibet protests which threatened to force the abandonment of the Olympic torch relay through London yesterday. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 7 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Scientists are digging up the ground around Stonehenge in the first major excavation in more than 40 years. Lead archaeologist Timothy Darvill talks about what he thinks the ancient structure was intended for -- and what he hopes to find in the ground around it.
The U.S. military says rocket or mortar attacks against the U.S.-protected Green Zone and a military base elsewhere in Baghdad have killed three American service members and wounded 31.
Protesters challenging China's policies in Tibet and Darfur tried to extinguish the Olympic torch as it completed its winding and sometimes-chaotic journey through London.
Charlton Heston, a Hollywood leading man for six decades, died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills. At 84, he had been suffering from Alzheimer's disease. In films ranging from biblical epics to science-fiction dystopias, he stood tall as a heroic figure.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's major Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish parties have closed ranks to force anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or leave politics, lawmakers and officials involved in the effort said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 6 Apr 2008 | 8:01 pm
China has been working hard to modernize nearly every aspect of its military capability -- from cruise missiles to submarines, satellites to cluster bombs. Some see modernization and expansion as a threat to the United States and its interests in Asia.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- The United States is no closer to achieving its goals in Iraq than it was a year ago but a quick military withdrawal could lead to massive chaos and even genocide, according to a report released Sunday by a U.S. think tank.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 6 Apr 2008 | 6:55 pm
More than 25,000 people rally in largest protest in Pakistan so far against an anti-Koran film made by a Dutch lawmaker, urging their government to expel the Netherlands ambassador. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Apr 2008 | 5:29 pm
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Zahra Saremi took a different sort of vacation this year to celebrate Iranian New Year - touring the bloody battlefields of Iran's long war with Iraq at a week-long camp dedicated to martyrdom and patriotism.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 6 Apr 2008 | 5:24 pm
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) -- A high-rise Chinatown that is to go up by Laos' laid-back capital has ignited fears that this nation's giant northern neighbor is moving to engulf this nation.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 6 Apr 2008 | 4:39 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The car exploded near a popular ice cream parlor, sending flames and shrapnel through the busy square and killing 17 people.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:12 a... | 6 Apr 2008 | 4:33 pm
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party demanded a vote recount -- and a further delay in the release of results from Zimbabwe's presidential election, the state Sunday Mail newspaper reported, prompting outrage from the opposition party. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Apr 2008 | 3:54 pm
Iraqi troops backed by U.S. forces battled Shiite fighters in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood in clashes that killed 20 people and wounded more than 50 despite a cease-fire between the government and the militia, officials said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Apr 2008 | 3:29 pm
Police scuffled with protesters as Olympians and celebrities carried the Olympic torch through snowy London during a chaotic relay Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 Apr 2008 | 3:18 pm
Former Sen. George Mitchell, who helped administer the Good Friday accord ending sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, talks to Lynn Neary about the legacy of the 1998 agreement.
North Carolina and UCLA have combined to win 15 national championships in college basketball. But they are going home after Saturday night's NCAA tournament semifinals in San Antonio. Advancing to Monday's championship game are Kansas and Memphis.
With employers slashing jobs for the third straight month, there is a consensus building that the economy is in a recession. But the question remains as to just how bad a recession it may turn out to be.
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been working their way across the West this weekend, and Saturday they converged in Butte, Mont. Separately, former Rep. Bob Barr said he may run for president as a Libertarian.
Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, and U.S. Ambassador to Baghdad Ryan Crocker are set to testify before two Senate panels on Tuesday on the military and political situation in Iraq. Petraeus is expected to announce plans to reduce U.S. forces in Iraq this summer, but delay further reductions until fall.
As fighting raged across Iraq last week, a key government spokesman was kidnapped in Baghdad by members of the Shiite militia loyal to cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Tahsin al-Sheikhly's family and government officials thought he would surely be killed. But instead he was released Monday.
American and Russian leaders failed to resolve their differences over a U.S. missile defense system at a farewell meeting, with Mr. Bush saying the system is not aimed at Russia but at regimes that "could try to hold us hostage."
Reuters - Zimbabwe's High Court said on Monday it
has jurisdiction to decide on an opposition bid to force the
release of presidential election results, but delayed the case
until Tuesday, an opposition lawyer said.
Reuters - Iraq's prime minister raised the stakes
in his showdown with followers of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would
be barred from elections unless their militia disbands.
AP - An opposition lawyer says Zimbabwe's High Court has postponed a decision on whether to force the release of presidential election results.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton is turning to her communications chief and pollster to plan her presidential election strategy after giving the boot to a polarizing top aide because of his work on behalf of a trade agreement Clinton opposes.
AP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued his strongest warning yet to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to disband his Mahdi Army militia or face political isolation. The Sadrists fired back Monday, saying a move to ban them from elections would be unconstitutional.
Reuters - Sri Lanka air force jets bombed rebel
positions in the far north on Monday while troops killed 49
Tamil Tiger rebels in fresh fighting, the military said.
AFP - International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge called on China Monday to peacefully end unrest in Tibet, piling further pressure on the nation's communist rulers ahead of the Beijing Games.
Reuters - Russia's biggest party will invite
Vladimir Putin to become its leader, the party's chief said on
Monday, a role that would further bolster Putin's influence
after he steps down from the presidency next month.
AP - Paris became the stage Monday for the latest round of global protests against China, with thousands of police deployed to protect the Olympic torch relay after chaos in London the day before.
AP - Republican John McCain insists last year's U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of "something approaching normal" there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting and an American death toll that has surpassed 4,000.
The Los Angeles Times on Monday retracted a story that linked hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs to the 1994 shooting of rapper Tupac Shakur, admitting that the report relied on fake FBI documents.
About 3,000 French police — on motorcycles, in jogging gear and on skates — prepared to protect the Olympic torch relay Monday when it departs from the Eiffel Tower and crisscrosses Paris amid threat of protests.
Mark Penn, a lightning rod for controversy throughout Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign, retained considerable influence in the operation almost solely because of the candidate’s loyalty to him.
Republican John McCain insists last year’s U.S. troop buildup in Iraq brought a glimmer of “something approaching normal” there, despite a recent outbreak of heavy fighting and an American death toll that has surpassed 4,000.
Alexis Hornbuckle’s putback with seven-tenths of a second left lifted the Lady Vols to a 47-46 victory over LSU in Sunday night’s national semifinal. It was the lowest scoring game in Final Four history.
Kobe Bryant scored 29 points, Vladimir Radmanovic matched his season high with 21 and the Los Angeles Lakers stayed on track for the Pacific Division title with a 114-92 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night.
Stanford has advanced to the NCAA women’s basketball championship game, beating top-ranked Connecticut 82-73.