Mohamed Al Fayed said that he would accept a coroner's jury ruling that his son and Princess Diana were killed by the reckless pursuit of vehicles chasing them. Source: FOXNews.com | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:00 pm
Police have launched a perjury investigation into Paul Burrell’s alleged lies at the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
This was the game that was supposed to make us all want to upgrade to Windows Vista, get the latest DX10 video cards, and have at it. Well, it hasn’t quite lived up to everyone’s expectations. Even with its severe performance penalty on current hardware, Crysis hasn’t quite sparked the need to upgrade to a DX10 capable computer system. Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:22 am
Remakes have to walk a fine line - source material that's good enough to warrant a second look but not great enough that any future attempts will pale next to the original. As a service to the producers who will be looking for the "next Prom Night" after this weekend, here are The Deadbolt’s ten suggestions for horror films that should be remade. Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
Reuters - Protesters angered over China's
crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the
Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief
Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global
relay.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Protesters angered over China's crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global relay.
Only in California....V20 Nightclub in Long Beach recently concluded a special spring break contest in which the lucky winner received a boob job. Wait till you read what the contest entailed... Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least a dozen people were killed in Baghdad's Shi'ite slum of Sadr City despite a partial curfew to stop Wednesday's fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad being marked in blood.
The Hong Kong budget airline Oasis stops flying and applies for liquidation, leaving passengers stranded. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
Daimler AG expects sales increases for its luxury cars in markets like China and Russia to offset expected slowdowns in major markets like the U.S. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:08 am
Thai police dropped charges Wednesday against a Russian man accused of being one of the world's most prolific black market arms dealers, saying they will proceed with hearings to extradite him to the United States. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
Police used a stun gun to subdue two people at a wedding reception after a ruckus erupted over the band. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
Cell phone maker Motorola Inc., which recently settled a proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn, said Wednesday it named former AT&T chief executive David Dorman as non-executive chairman. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:04 am
(Kyodo) _ The Financial Services Agency on Wednesday imposed an 18- month business suspension on a certified public accountant who has admitted to insider trading during his work for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. officials in Iraq will testify on the war for a second day to Congress on Wednesday as the Bush administration makes its case against a big troop pull-out.
The world’s largest tidal turbine, weighing 1000 tonnes, has been installed in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough. The tidal turbine is rated at 1.2 megawatts, which is enough to power a thousand local homes. It was built by Marine Current Turbines, and it will be the first commercial tidal turbine to produce energy... Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
East Timor's president denied reports that he was considering resigning after narrowly surviving an assassination attempt two months ago, saying his tiny, troubled nation still needs him. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:57 am
AP - The Olympic torch's round-the-world trip is the longest in Olympic history, and is meant to highlight China's rising economic and political power. But on the torch's sole North American stop, activists are also calling attention to the Olympic host's human rights record.
One of the most exotic and elusive flies known to science has been rediscovered, four decades after it was first found buzzing around a Caribbean crab, writes Roger Highfield. Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Seven people died in Baghdad's Sadr City as clashes between security forces and Shiite militiamen continued in the capital on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
AP - Seven people died in Baghdad's Sadr City as clashes between security forces and Shiite militiamen continued in the capital on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
Be sure to check out the official visitors guide. You could stay at the Sheraton Baghdad, the Palestine Hotel, or the Al-Rashid Hotel. You can visit the Saddam the Great Mosque, the crossed swords monument, the Republican Palace (irony much?), and the Iraqi government complex. And don't forget about the U.S. embassy, the world's largest by far! Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:52 am
TOKYO, April 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING LEAD WITH MORE INFO) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda vented his irritation Wednesday at Ichiro Ozawa, leader of the main opposition Democratic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:46 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States and North Korea have made progress but no breakthrough towards settling Pyongyang's long-delayed declaration of its nuclear activities, U.S. envoy Christopher Hill said on Wednesday.
Gossip maven Perez Hilton will soon be dishing it up on the airwaves as well as in the blogosphere. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:43 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: INCORPORATING STORY HEADLINED 'U.S., N. KOREA YET TO REACH FULL ACCORD ON NUKE PROGRAM DECLARATION') Negotiators to the six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:38 am
A lawyer for a man caught on video dragging sick cows and shocking them at a Southern California slaughterhouse has asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his client, arguing that he bears no liability for the apparent mistreatment. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:37 am
Kenyan leaders were Wednesday under pressure to resume talks on forming a coalition government in a bid to end a devastating political crisis, a day after hundreds demonstrated to demand a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:35 am
Australia will offer permanent homes to 600 Iraqi employees when it pulls out of Iraq later this year. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:34 am
Police seized hundreds of components for making bombs in a raid on a suspected terrorist hide-out in the northern Philippines, officials said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:33 am
Your jaw pops like a bowl of Rice Krispies, in meetings, at mealtime, even during candlelight moments. Is it a joint that needs fixing, or just an annoying sound you can live with? Most body noises, although embarrassing, are harmless. Occasionally, they’re a signal that something’s not quite right. Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:33 am
AP - Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting.
Hardline supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe have embarked on a campaign of violence and intimidation in the aftermath of the country's elections, the opposition said on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:28 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING ECONOMIST'S COMMENTS AT 12TH-14TH GRAFS) The Bank of Japan on Wednesday kept its key short-term interest rate steady at 0.5 percent at an unusual policy meeting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
China reaffirms its commitment to take the Olympic torch through Tibet despite international pressure. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:22 am
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Police in Nepal have shot dead seven Maoists, the party said Wednesday, in the worst outbreak of violence ahead of a high-stakes and tense vote on the Himalayan nation's political future. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:22 am
(Kyodo) _ Three-time defending Olympic champion Tadahiro Nomura, who has missed out on a berth at this summer's Beijing Olympics, said Wednesday he will make a final decision on whether... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
The Bush administration has proposed allowing oil and gas drilling in an area of the Bering Sea considered important for the recovery of the world's most endangered whale. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:20 am
The transportation agency for the nation's capital has pulled a promotional video from YouTube after the Archdiocese of Washington complained about the star: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead doll. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:19 am
TOKYO, April 9 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH SHIRAKAWA'S PROMOTION TO BOJ CHIEF) New Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa is known as a monetary policy theorist but his leadership... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
AP - Democrats plan to push legislation this spring that would force the Iraqi government to spend its own surplus in oil revenues to rebuild the country, sparing U.S. dollars.
Reuters - Jacob Zuma, leader of the ruling party
in Zimbabwe's powerful neighbor South Africa, has joined a
chorus of demands for the release of delayed results from a
presidential election 11 days ago.
HARARE (Reuters) - Jacob Zuma, leader of the ruling party in Zimbabwe's powerful neighbor South Africa, has joined a chorus of demands for the release of delayed results from a presidential election 11 days ago.
Reuters - The conservative party of South Korea's
new president won a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary
election, according to TV projections, giving him the political
muscle to push through reforms of Asia's fourth largest
economy.
SEOUL (Reuters) - The conservative party of South Korea's new president won a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary election, according to TV projections, giving him the political muscle to push through reforms of Asia's fourth largest economy.
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday found a 28-year-old Swiss woman not guilty of a charge that she smuggled amphetamines into Japan, rejecting an appeal by prosecutors against a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:15 am
Why American consumers are about to start paying more for clothes, electronics, toys, and just about everything else. Source: Digg | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Koreans appeared to hand conservatives control of parliament Wednesday, according to an exit poll, strongly endorsing their new president and giving him a free hand to fulfill pledges to revive the economy.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and a surge of deadly violence in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
AP - Add another risk to hormone therapy after menopause: Benign breast lumps. One type of hormone therapy estrogen plus progestin already is well-known to increase the risk of breast cancer. But a major study of women able to use estrogen alone didn't find that link. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
At least six people are killed in mortar attacks on the fifth anniversary of Baghdad's capture by US troops. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:13 am
AFP - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and a surge of deadly violence in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City.
US doctors have carried out what is believed to be the world's first simultaneous six-way kidney transplant. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH SHIRAKAWA'S ASSUMPTION OF BOJ CHIEF POST) The following is a chronology related to the government's selection of the successor to Toshihiko Fukui as BOJ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
South Africa's governing ANC head Jacob Zuma says Zimbabwe should have released its poll results by now. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:09 am
Sen. Jim Marzilli must not have attended the orientation classes for new members of the Senate.
The rule is, House members are the ones who are supposed to be accused...
LAS VEGAS - Toni Braxton canceled her Las Vegas show after being hospitalized overnight with chest pains, hotel officials said.
The 40-year-old Grammy winner spent Monday...
Polls close in S Korea's parliamentary elections, with the ruling party looking poised to secure an overall majority. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 10:04 am
LOS ANGELES - Mary-Louise Parker has broken off her engagement to fellow "Weeds" actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan.
Parker, who plays an upscale suburban marijuana dealer...
London's police force is considering whether to investigate former royal butler Paul Burrell for alleged perjury during the inquest into the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend.
LOS ANGELES - Last place became last dance for Adam Carolla on "Dancing With the Stars."
The 43-year-old comedian and his professional partner, two-time champ...
LOS ANGELES - Two teenage girls who were part of a botched robbery attempt died when the taxi they were riding in crashed after one teen slashed the cab driver's face...
Witnesses say a rocket or mortar has been fired into the Green Zone in the Iraqi capital, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday. There was no immediate word on casualties or damage. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:55 am
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. - Six-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will be sidelined indefinitely, though she did not say why she will be out of action.
"I've...
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Violence on the eve of a landmark election meant to cement a peace deal with Nepal's communist insurgents left at least seven people dead, officials said Wednesday, with police killing at least one protester and six former rebels in separate clashes.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Daytona 500 winner Ryan Newman became the latest driver penalized by NASCAR, losing 25 points Tuesday because his car failed inspection at Texas Motor Speedway.
Newman's...
NEW YORK - Matt Stover, the Baltimore Ravens' veteran kicker, has begun a campaign to replace Gene Upshaw as executive director of the NFL Players Association by next...
International calls for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to release long-delayed results from a presidential vote mounted Wednesday, as ruling party militants continued to overrun white-owned farms. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:35 am
The mothers of two young soldiers killed in Iraq have lost a House of Lords
bid to force the Government to hold a public inquiry into Britain's
involvement in the Iraq conflict. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:31 am
LONDON (AP) -- London's police force is considering whether to investigate former royal butler Paul Burrell for alleged perjury, officials confirmed Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:27 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- International calls for Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to release long-delayed results from a presidential vote mounted Wednesday as ruling party militants continued to overrun white-owned farms and the opposition accused the government of waging a campaign of violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:25 am
A Finnish tourist who chipped an earlobe off an ancient Moai on Easter Island is being allowed to go home after paying a US$17,000 fine and agreeing not to return for three years, police said Tuesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:21 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators will line the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday as the Beijing Olympics torch relay arrives in the city following violent anti-China protests at previous legs of the flame's global odyssey earlier this week. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:21 am
Two members of a doomsday sect holed up in a cave since October have died, a survivor tells Russian media. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:20 am
An Israeli soldier and a Hamas militant are killed during an Irsaeli raid on the southern Gaza Strip. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
LUQU, China (AP) -- More than a dozen Buddhist monks staged an emotional protest Wednesday in front of visiting journalists at a monastery in western China to call for the return of exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama, according to a reporter at the event.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 9:16 am
AUGUSTA, Ga. - Phil Mickelson not only supports the notion of having golf become an Olympic sport, he'd gladly be a participant.
At this stage, Mickelson believes...
AUGUSTA, Ga. - After Tiger Woods, there might not be a more compelling figure on the golf course this week than Ernie Els.
The Big Easy won a golf tournament last month,...
The Olympic Torch's round-the-world trip is the longest in Olympic history, and is meant to highlight China's rising economic and political power. But on its sole North American stop, activists are also calling attention to the Olympic host's human rights record.
The South African state power company says electricity prices need to double in the next two years. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:59 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, defying the West which fears Tehran is trying to build nuclear bombs.
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The self-described mastermind of the September 11 attacks on New York City and the Pentagon has been assigned a U.S. military lawyer to defend him in the Guantanamo war court, where he could face execution if convicted, The Miami Herald reported.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The gap between rich and poor in many states has broadened at a quickening pace since the last U.S. recession, which could make it difficult for low-income families to weather the current economic downturn, according to a report issued Wednesday.
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's most famous hostage, Ingrid Betancourt, faces more time chained in a jungle prison while suffering from illness after France abandoned a multinational mission in the face of a snub from leftist rebels.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 8:23 am
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan finally filled a vacancy at the head of its central bank Wednesday after weeks of wrangling as the opposition approved the government's third candidate just in time for a crucial meeting of world finance chiefs. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:50 am
Animals are increasingly being abandoned or turned in as families are forced from their homes due to foreclosures. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:43 am
US Army Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of American forces in Iraq, testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill. Petraeus called for US troop withdrawals to be frozen for 45... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:24 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama by 6 points among likely Pennsylvania Democratic primary voters but he is chipping away at her lead, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released on Tuesday.
A March 14 photo shows Tibetan Buddhist monks protesting before being blocked by riot police near the historic Labrang Monastery, which is second only to the Potala Palace in Lhasa in size, in Gansu Province... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:19 am
A March 14 photo shows Tibetan Buddhist monks protesting near the historic Labrang Monastery, which is second only to the Potala Palace in Lhasa in size, in Gansu Province. On Wednesday, a small group... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:19 am
An international debate has arisen over what place China's human rights record should have in the Beijing Summer Olympics. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:18 am
Iraqi soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint in the Kadhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad April 8. Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
US Army Gen. David Petraeus (left), Commander of American forces in Iraq, listens to US Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill April 8 in Washington,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
An Iraqi girl lies in a local hospital after she was wounded in fighting between Shiite fighters and Iraqi and US forces in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City April 8. Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
An Iraqi soldier searches a car at a checkpoint in central Baghdad April 8. Baghdad's streets were empty of cars and trucks on Wednesday as Iraq marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
Map locates Vavuniya and Mannar in Sri Lanka, where gunbattles killed at least 11; 1c x 2 1/4 inches; 46.5 mm x 57.2 mm Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 7:13 am
Candace Parker scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Tennessee capture its eighth championship. The Lady Vols also became the first repeat champs since Connecticut won three straight from 2002-04.
Praise for former Chairman Alan Greenspan has been muted by critics who blame him for current economic troubles.
Alan Greenspan retired in January 2006 as one of history's most lauded Federal Reserve Board chairmen, the subject of accolades that stopped just short of deification.
Democrats backing a troop pullout see the fall election as the only hope for changing U.S. policy in Iraq.
The antiwar rhetoric from congressional Democrats remained as sharp as ever Tuesday as Army Gen. David H. Petraeus came to Capitol Hill to testify about progress in Iraq.
City officials expect up to 6,500 protesters of China's human rights policies to line the route that the torch will take today.
It was supposed to be on a "Journey of Harmony," but the Olympic torch celebrating the Beijing Summer Games slinked into the city before dawn Tuesday, dogged by controversy both here and abroad.
The Himalayan nation will go to the polls Thursday to elect a constituent assembly whose agenda includes key Maoist concerns.
The police who once hunted him as a guerrilla leader now guard him as a political candidate. He urges his radical young followers to act more like Gandhi and less like the gun-toting rebels many of them were.
Sens. Clinton, McCain and Obama return to the Capitol to hear Gen. Petraeus testify about progress in the Iraq war.
The top commander of U.S. forces in Iraq traveled to Capitol Hill on Tuesday for a rare opportunity: He testified before the nation's next commander in chief.
Victor Conte, sued by boxer for slander last week, says Mosley was not deceived about what he was given before 2003 victory over Oscar De La Hoya.
BALCO founder Victor Conte on Tuesday said former world champion boxer Shane Mosley knew "exactly and precisely what he was doing" when he engaged in a doping program before his 2003 victory over Oscar De La Hoya.
Lawmakers challenge the general's call to maintain troop levels -- all but certain to remain U.S. policy.
Spurning appeals for continued U.S. troop withdrawals, the senior U.S. commander in Iraq ran headlong into a central dispute of the war during a daylong session before Congress on Tuesday: whether deeper cuts would force the Iraqi government to finally take charge or lead it to collapse.
Two teenage girls who attempted to rob a cab driver, slashing his face with a box cutter, were thrown from the taxi and killed in a wreck on Tuesday, police in Los Angeles said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:51 am
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra address a meeting of businessmen Wednesday, April 9, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. Thaksin is currently fighting a host of corruption charges and continues... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:50 am
Stephen Miller, right, CEO of Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong Wednesday, April 9, 2008. Budget carrier Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Ltd. said Wednesday it had shut... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:50 am
Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era New Mexico fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 9 Apr 2008 | 6:14 am
WELLINGTON - The Fire Service will provide around the clock monitoring service for civil defence emergencies, Civil Defence Minister Rick Barker says.
Mr Barker said the Fire Service had agreed to take on the role, which is currently... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:23 am
BEIJING - Chinese police have detained 953 people suspected of involvement in riots in Tibet last month, the head of the Himalayan region said on Wednesday but added that they were a minority who did not represent the Tibetan people.
Qiangba... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 5:17 am
WELLINGTON - New Zealand Warriors rugby league back Michael Crockett is to face a committal hearing on charges of raping a woman he met at a Sydney hotel.
Crockett, 25, an Australian, was not at Downing Centre Local Court yesterday... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 4:17 am
Asked repeatedly what "conditions" he is looking for to begin substantial U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq , Gen. David Petraeus said he will know them when he sees them. For frustrated lawmakers, it was not enough.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Patients with advanced liver cancer may live longer if they receive a combination of a certain kind of chemotherapy and radiothermal treatment, according to a new study. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:33 am
WELLINGTON - Prisoners with mild to moderate mental illness may not be getting the help they need because it is not clear which department has responsibility for them, a parliamentary committee heard today.
A report by the Office... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:31 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - A lack of magnesium accelerates aging in human cells, which may explain the link between any long-term deficiency and a higher risk of aging-related diseases, according to a new study. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:29 am
SYDNEY - A blind British marathon runner will hit Sydney's Centennial Park tomorrow, as part of a record-setting attempt to run seven marathons in seven continents over seven days.
Dave Heeley, or Blind Dave as he prefers to be... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 3:22 am
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- A human rights group said Tuesday that the CIA transferred at least 14 terror suspects to Jordan for interrogation after Sept. 11, attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:31 am
SYDNEY - Schoolmates of the teenager killed by a shark on the NSW north coast are undergoing counselling today as hundreds of people visit a lookout near the beach where Peter Edmonds was killed.
Ballina's popular Lighthouse Beach,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:31 am
ADELAIDE - Police are investigating allegations of payment by the Nine Network to a South Australian father and daughter convicted of incest after having two children together.
John Earnest Deaves, 61, and his oldest daughter Jennifer,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:29 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund said Tuesday the worldwide losses stemming from the US subprime mortgage crisis could hit 945 billion dollars as the impact spreads in the global economy. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 9 Apr 2008 | 2:29 am
Court document filed by Texas officials say young girls were prepared to accept sexual relations with older men as soon as they reached puberty. More than 400 children have been removed from the compound since it was raided by police.
HARARE - Zimbabwe's opposition accused President Robert Mugabe yesterday of unleashing a campaign of violence since the March 29 elections and called on African states to intervene to prevent widespread bloodshed.
The Movement... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 1:11 am
Her condition is called craniofacial duplication, where a single head has two faces, except for her ears. The child has two noses, two pairs of lips and two pairs of eyes.
A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said Tuesday.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Flooding from heavy rains that killed at least 34 people and left 190,000 homeless in Brazil's northeast now threatens to spread disease, authorities said yesterday.
The unusually strong rains in recent days washed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 1:01 am
CHICAGO - Most children are told to stay away from chewy candies to keep their teeth cavity-free, but children in Venezuela who ate a special cavity-fighting candy had 62 percent fewer cavities than those who brushed their teeth regularly,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:54 am
The top U.S. commander in Iraq told Congress Tuesday that hard-won gains in the war zone are too fragile to promise any troop pullouts beyond this summer. Democrats say he has got until the November elections.
A gas leakage killed at least two people at a heavy water plant in the central part of Pakistan's Punjab province, prompting fresh concerns over the safety of the country's nuclear program.
Mohamed Fayed has announced that he will abandon his quest to uncover a sinister conspiracy behind the deaths of his son Dodi and the Princess of Wales. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Apr 2008 | 12:02 am
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to lift a 7-month-old cease-fire imposed on his Mahdi Army militia if the Iraqi government fails to protect the public or set a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S.-led forces.
China’s blue-clad flame attendants, whose aggressive methods of safeguarding
the Olympic torch have provoked international outcry, are paramilitary
police from a force spun off from the country’s army. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
Just as Tommy Miller was milking his Friesian herd early yesterday morning,
the mob stormed into Dunluce Farm. Armed with sticks, stones and a shotgun,
they ordered him to stop. He refused. The cows had to be milked or they
would become ill. “This is the law,” replied their dreadlocked leader,
brandishing his baton. “You must throw the milk on the ground.” Source: Top stories from Times Online | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
These are not uplifting times for those who believe that, all things
considered, it would be nice if looks weren't absolutely everything. The
tidal wave of analysis about Madame Sarkozy's Dior (air hostessy or not air
hostessy?), Madame's cheekbones (natural or enhanced?), Madame's nude
portrait (arty or tarty?) was merely a sand-marker. This level of debate is
played out weekly in the celebitchy magazines, and hourly on countless
websites such as thesartorialist.com, an almost elegiacally earnest and
tastefully laid-out pictorial blog dedicated to what stylish members of the
public are wearing, or the slightly less tastefully laid-out forums with
names such as rate-my-rack.org. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The Bank of England is under intense pressure to cut interest rates again
tomorrow after house prices fell by the biggest margin since the early 1990s
crash and ministers tried to prevent a spate of repossessions. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 8 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
PARIS (AP) -- The French Foreign Ministry says a humanitarian mission dispatched to Colombia for hostage Ingrid Betancourt will soon leave Colombia, following the rebels' rejection of their efforts.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 8 Apr 2008 | 10:43 pm
Tribune Co. owner Sam Zell is like a bull in a china shop. Meeting with staffers at the company's Washington bureau, Zell refers to journalists as "overhead" and suggests the days of the newspaper as "a holy monopoly" are over.
PARIS (AP) -- Around the globe, athletes are plodding on lonely training runs, sweating in gyms and straining in pools, united by a common goal: to be faster, higher and stronger at the Beijing Olympics.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:06 a... | 8 Apr 2008 | 9:01 pm
Police investigating the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have charged her mother with perverting the course of justice and child neglect. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 8:35 pm
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced Tuesday that the country has started to install 6,000 new centrifuges to enrich uranium and for the first time has tested an improved centrifuge that works five times faster that the current version.
A baby with two faces was born in a northern Indian village, where she is doing well and is being worshipped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess, her father said.
Gen. David Petraeus, the top American commander in Baghdad tells a pair of Senate committees that a troop surge in Iraq has been successful, but that the success is fragile. Ambassador Ryan Crocker echoes Petraeus' concerns.
Fresh fighting in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City puts new strains on an already fragile cease-fire ordered by radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. U.S. casualties are mounting as fighting spreads.
Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador in Baghdad, faced tough questions on Iraq from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
A financial crisis has Alabama's Jefferson County on the verge of a $4.2 billion bankruptcy action. The county is home to Birmingham, the state's largest city.
Zimbabweans are increasingly tense and frustrated as they wait for results of the March 29 presidential vote. Opponents of President Robert Mugabe, who has held power for 28 years, suspect fraud.
Documentary filmmaker Lisa Jackson traveled to the Congo in 2006 to investigate the systematic rape of tens of thousands of women. She discusses her film, The Greatest Silence, which debuts Tuesday on HBO.
Boston police are asking parents for permission to search children's rooms for firearms. Some parents welcome the effort to keep guns out of the hands of youths. Others see it as a clear invasion of privacy.
Pope Benedict says he hopes his trip to the United States will be seen as a "fraternal gesture" toward all Christian denominations and a "sign of friendship" by other religions.
Two imposing Star Wars figures have made a bizarre guest appearances in the High Court at the opening of a £10m legal battle over the costumes used in the sci-fi films. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 7:08 pm
President Robert Mugabe's regime has stepped up its campaign of violence in the wake of Zimbabwe's elections, evicting more than 60 commercial farmers from their properties. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 6:59 pm
A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut and two cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, en route to the international space station.
Russian foreign minister says Moscow will do all it can to block NATO membership bids for Ukraine and Georgia even before he reaches the NATO summit. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 4:57 pm
The family of a children's TV presenter, who has gone missing a week after an inquest into the death of his fiancée, have said they are "deeply worried" for him. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 4:00 pm
Chinese health officials have confirmed that a father caught bird flu from his son last December, according to a report released Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 3:53 pm
The wreckage of the Mercedes S-280 in which Diana, Princess of Wales was fatally injured will finally be destroyed after the inquest verdicts marked the end of the legal process surrounding her death. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 3:45 pm
Lawmakers call for changes to law after opposition leader snaps bra of staffer but is not punished by due to Western Australia's Equal Opportunity Act's mandate that staffers must have work tie to person accused of sex harassment for it to apply. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 3:32 pm
An Australian man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in jail for shining a laser pointer at a police helicopter and temporarily blinding the pilot. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 2:41 pm
Detectives investigating the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have been granted more time to question her mother on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 2:29 pm
Africanized bees sting 70 police officers, leaving 10 in serious condition, after a policeman hit a bee's hive with a bullet. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 2:23 pm
White farmers fled their farms across Zimbabwe amid escalating invasions by ruling party militants, farmers said, as President Robert Mugabe again appeared to be turning to violence to solidify his rule.
Libyan charity linked to son of Gadhafi mediates release of 90 members of militant group recently linked to Al Qaeda. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 1:52 pm
Gerry and Kate McCann have been asked to return to Portugal to take part in a large-scale re-enactment of the hours surrounding Madeleine's disappearance. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 1:45 pm
Madeleine McCanns parents, family friends and other holiday-makers have been called back to Portugal to participate in a reconstruction of the night she disappeared, the London Times has learned. Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Apr 2008 | 1:37 pm
International legs of the Olympic torch relay may have to be abandoned this year and for future Games, organisers admitted today after two days of protests disrupted its progress through London and Paris. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 8 Apr 2008 | 1:13 pm
Reuters - Protesters angered over China's
crackdown in Tibet marched in San Francisco ahead of the
Olympic torch's arrival on Wednesday, but Olympics chief
Jacques Rogge said there are no plans to cut short a global
relay.
AP - That injured left shoulder wasn't enough to stop Candace Parker from hoisting that championship trophy one last time.
AP - The Olympic torch's round-the-world trip is the longest in Olympic history, and is meant to highlight China's rising economic and political power. But on the torch's sole North American stop, activists are also calling attention to the Olympic host's human rights record.
AP - Seven people died in Baghdad's Sadr City as clashes between security forces and Shiite militiamen continued in the capital on Wednesday, the fifth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad.
AP - Working in secret, federal archaeologists have dug up the remains of dozens of soldiers and children near a Civil War-era fort after an informant tipped them off about widespread grave-looting.
AP - Democrats plan to push legislation this spring that would force the Iraqi government to spend its own surplus in oil revenues to rebuild the country, sparing U.S. dollars.
Reuters - Jacob Zuma, leader of the ruling party
in Zimbabwe's powerful neighbor South Africa, has joined a
chorus of demands for the release of delayed results from a
presidential election 11 days ago.
Reuters - The conservative party of South Korea's
new president won a majority in a Wednesday parliamentary
election, according to TV projections, giving him the political
muscle to push through reforms of Asia's fourth largest
economy.
AFP - Iraq on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein's iron-fisted regime with the nation still in turmoil, the capital under curfew and a surge of deadly violence in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City.
The Olympic Torch's round-the-world trip is the longest in Olympic history, and is meant to highlight China's rising economic and political power. But on its sole North American stop, activists are also calling attention to the Olympic host's human rights record.
Candace Parker scored 17 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Tennessee capture its eighth championship. The Lady Vols also became the first repeat champs since Connecticut won three straight from 2002-04.
Asked repeatedly what "conditions" he is looking for to begin substantial U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq , Gen. David Petraeus said he will know them when he sees them. For frustrated lawmakers, it was not enough.