A meteorological official says a powerful earthquake has rocked part of East Timor, causing residents to panic. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:16 pm
(Kyodo) _ With Japan set to hold the Beijing Olympic torch relay in the city of Nagano next Saturday, Tibetans living in Japan are denouncing violence while calling for understanding of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ Former Japan international Koji Nakata has agreed to rejoin Kashima Antlers after his current contract with Swiss club FC Basel finishes in the summer, the J-League club said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Olympic torch relay in Thailand on Saturday ended without incident, even though some activists staged a peaceful protest against the Chinese government. The three-hour... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:09 pm
The new penthouse suite carved out of what were once two separate units at the Financial District's Folio Boston condo complex sits in the very top echelon of Hub housing.
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(Kyodo) _ Japan finished second to Spain in the team event of the synchronized swimming world final qualifiers and clinched a spot in this summer's Beijing Olympics on Saturday. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said. Mission Control spokesman Valery... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:04 pm
Be careful who you ask to open your shows. They just might blow you off the stage.
Officially, it was blog-championed indie band Tapes 'N Tapes' show at the...
The irony of "America's Funnyman" Neil Hamburger: He lives in a cardboard box, can't afford a new tuxedo, and due to some unspecified ailment is forced...
LOS ANGELES - The Dodgers' Nomar Garciaparra, basketball great Jerry West, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and other athletes claim they were bilked out of $3 million...
The state Senate unanimously approved a first-in-the-nation law banning all gifts to doctors from pharmaceutical companies, but lawmakers removed a controversial provision...
(Kyodo) _ Arrears of tuition and admission fees at public high schools reached some 438.9 million yen nationwide in fiscal 2006 and the number of nonpayment cases came to 8,048 in total,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:44 am
A developer with hopes of transforming a North End furniture store into the neighborhood's next residential hotspot is calling it quits.
Local builder Byron Gilchrest...
Every four years, we're told that this is the most important election since a caveman asked for a show of hands. So some skepticism seems warranted when we hear the same...
We met over lunch at Chestnut Hill in 1994.
A gentle, kind, soft-spoken man, his voice soon began to tremble as he opened a door to memories that filled his eyes with...
(Kyodo) _ Ryo Ishikawa hung tough in gusty conditions and remained in position to win in his tour debut as a professional Saturday, sharing the lead with veteran Taichi Teshima after... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:34 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Thailand's leg of the Olympic torch run got off to a peaceful start Saturday, though both protesters and supporters lined the torch's route through the Thai capital.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:32 am
AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:31 am
The merger agreement between Delta and Northwest airlines could kick off a wave of consolidation that would directly change the flying experience for millions of travelers. Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
In an era when more than 1 in 10 adult Internet users in the US have a blog, many people are using the Web to tell their side of a marital saga. Despite the legal end of a marriage, the confessions can stretch toward eternity in a steady stream of enraged or despondent postings. Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
Every animal has its own mix of characteristics and the best pet for one person could be the worst for somebody else. For me, I have two lovely dogs. Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
(Kyodo) _ Japanese hospitals tend to shun the videotaping of operations or their procedures, even through such recordings could help determine the causes of medical accidents, according... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
The flavored cocaine would command $1,100 to $1,400 an ounce on the street (thats double the price of non-flavored coke) Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:26 am
It's big. It's bold-looking. And its budget keeps ballooning.
It's Kenmore Square Station. And its renovation is nearly two years behind schedule and more...
KEREM SHALOM, Israel (AP) -- Hamas militants drove two cars laden with explosives to an Israeli border crossing with Gaza under the cover of morning fog Saturday and detonated one, wounding 13 soldiers, the military and Hamas said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:23 am
South African dockers are refusing to unload a Chinese cargo ship carrying 77 tonnes of small arms destined for Zimbabwe. The arms, including three million rounds of ammunition suitable for AK47s and 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades, were ordered by the Zimbabwean military at the time of the March 29 election... Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
AP - President Bush and South Korea's new President Lee Myung-bak were having fried chicken and potato salad for lunch Saturday, but beef was on the dinner menu when they began two days of talks at the Camp David presidential retreat.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan appeared in a video aired Saturday by an Arab satellite channel, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan appeared in a video aired Saturday by an Arab satellite channel, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago. Ambassador... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
James Copnall meets the recently pardoned Moroccan rebel who was jailed by three successive monarchs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan appeared on a video aired Saturday by an Arab satellite channel, saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants more than two months ago. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:11 am
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut landed in northern Kazakhstan Saturday, 260 miles off its mark, Russian space officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
Award-winning music legend Quincy Jones gestures during a press conference in Beijing Wednesday May 24, 2006. Jones, 75, has met with the Chinese ambassador to the United Nations and is scheduled to address... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
AP - The messy split between Seattle and the SuperSonics lurched forward Friday when NBA owners approved relocating the team to Oklahoma City a move legal wrangling might delay another two years.
John Pickford returns to the Sorbonne university to see how today's student protests compare to those of four decades ago. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
AP - It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues.
Performers act out a folklore play during the Taipei Baoan Temple Festival, Saturday, April 19, 2008, in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
DUBAI (AFP) - Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan Tariq Azizuddin, who went missing in February, appeared on Saturday in a video aired by Al-Arabiya news channel in which he said that he was held by the Taliban. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
AP - The Federal Aviation Administration is going to begin alerting its top headquarters officials when field inspectors miss airline safety inspections, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Friday.
In this photo released by Pakistan Press Information Department Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, right, listens to Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, left, during their meeting in Rawalpindi,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
It's been more than a year since Quincy Jones was tapped to serve as a culture and art consultant for the 2008 summer Olympic games in Beijing. But instead of artistic planning, he's been focused on human rights. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
MOSCOW (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut returned to Earth on Saturday, touching down with two International Space Station crew members in a cramped Russian landing pod, space officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
AP - Thailand's leg of the Olympic torch run got off to a peaceful start Saturday, with thousands of spectators gathered in Bangkok's Chinatown to deliver a flag-waving welcome to the flame.
AP - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal.
AP - Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but some of what they do know is unnerving.
AP - A chaotic two-day hearing ended with dropped heads and silence when a judge ordered that the 416 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous sect will stay in state custody for the time being.
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi government troops said they captured a stronghold of fighters loyal to anti-U.S. Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Basra on Saturday after a big show of force by U.S. warplanes and British artillery.
AP - Rapper Foxy Brown is out of jail. Family and fans greeted Brown Friday outside Rikers Island as she was released from the jail after serving an eight-month sentence.
Pakistan's missing ambassador to Afghanistan appears in a video saying he is being held by militants. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
A Russian capsule carrying a American astronaut landed several hundred miles off-target Saturday, a space official said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:53 am
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three Palestinians were killed and 12 Israeli soldiers wounded on Saturday when Hamas militants, including suicide bombers, stormed a Gaza border crossing with explosives-laden vehicles. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
As many as 10 people have died in western Afghanistan from a rare liver disease believed to be caused by contaminated wheat, officials said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Twelve people died in overnight clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City district, which has become a chief battleground between U.S. and Iraqi forces and the Mahdi Army of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, police and hospital officials said Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:42 am
Vietnam takes a major step into the space age with the launch of its first telecommunications satellite. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
An Arab satellite channel has aired video of Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan saying he was kidnapped by Taliban militants two months ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
Rapper Foxy Brown is out of jail. Family and fans greeted Brown Friday outside Rikers Island as she was released from the jail after serving an eight-month sentence. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:24 am
Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan demonstrates his boxing skills during the opening ceremony of a fitness club in Hong Kong Saturday, April 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
A Russian capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut returns to Earth, but misses its planned landing point by 400km. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:01 am
An African White Rhino is seen in the Iziko South Africa Museum after it horn's were stolen, apparently by an organized gang, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, April. 16, 2008. The 120-year old... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:59 am
Protesters shout slogans during an anti-U.S. rally near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 19, 2008. President George W. Bush and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak opened two days... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:56 am
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian space capsule landed about 420 kms (260 miles) off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but the three-member crew was safe, an official at the mission control centre told Reuters.
Steve Lindsey, Chief of NASA's Astronaut office, left, and Michael Sufferdini, International Station Program Manager, examine a map of central Kazakhstan as they received information at the Arkalyk airport... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:44 am
LONDON (AFP) - The head of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, called on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund to take action to help tackle rising food prices in an interview Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:43 am
The authorities in Thailand step up security in Bangkok for the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:41 am
A group of North Korean defectors sent helium balloons carrying some 60,000 leaflets condemning North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to their homeland from a South Korean island on Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:38 am
Relatives of Dickie Best carry his coffin through the Cregagh Estate in East Belfast, Northern Ireland, Saturday, April, 19, 2008. Eighty-eight-year-old Dickie, father of football legend, George Best,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
The United States may post Marines at its unofficial embassy in Taiwan — a small but symbolically significant change in its delicate political relationship with the self-ruled island. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:34 am
A Soyuz capsule carrying South Korea's first astronaut touched down in northern Kazakhstan on Saturday, 260 miles from its target landing site, a Russian space official said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
A security guard gestures in front of a mural mounted on an exterior fence of the U.S Embassy, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, April 19, 2008. Seven different murals mounted on the embassy's fence have... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:28 am
The Rhine Fall near Neuhausen, Switzerland, is illuminated by blue lights, overnight Saturday April 19, 2008. Swiss artist Charles Keller illuminated the Rhine fall with coloured lights, after it was only... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:23 am
Twelve people died in overnight clashes in Baghdad's Sadr City district, which has become a chief battleground between U.S. and Iraqi forces and the Mahdi Army militia. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:12 am
LONDON (AFP) - The Royal Bank of Scotland, Britain's second largest bank, is to announce around four billion pounds worth of fresh losses linked to the credit crunch, the Financial Times reported Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:11 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese people in several cities took to the streets on Saturday to denounce Tibetan independence and call for a boycott of French goods following anti-China protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay.
Iraqi forces in the southern city of Basra launch a fresh operation against militants and illegally held weapons. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
In an open letter, over 40 journalists say they "deplore the conduct of ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Charles Gibson at the Democratic Presidential debate on April 16. The debate was a revolting descent into tabloid journalism and a gross disservice to Americans concerned about the great issues facing the nation and the world." Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
A group of southern Indiana middle school girls videotaped the beating of a 12-year-old schoolmate and posted it on the Internet in an attack that authorities believe was inspired by a similar one in Florida, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:57 am
Iran's hard-line president declared that crude oil prices, now above $115 a barrel, are too low, state media reported Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:51 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Officials began recounting ballots for a couple dozen legislative seats Saturday, an exercise that could overturn the opposition's landmark victory.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:46 am
The head of the World Trade Organization calls for aid policies to be refocused to improve agriculture. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:43 am
A smoldering trash pile is being blamed for sparking a wildfire in a Colorado farming community that left two firefighters dead Tuesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:35 am
More than 200 Tibetan exiles led by Buddhist monks restarted their march to Tibet on Saturday after spending more than a week staging protests in the Indian capital. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:15 am
Zimbabwe's electoral commission is set to begin a partial recount of disputed election results. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:01 am
MUROMBEDZI (AFP) - Three weeks after Zimbabwe staged a general election, a partial recount began on Saturday in a move that could see President Robert Mugabe's ruling party regain control of parliament. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:57 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan successfully test fired a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Saturday, the military said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:44 am
PARIS (AP) -- Secret police tails. Reprimands or perhaps even expulsion for writing about topics sensitive for the Chinese Communist Party. Propaganda apparatchiks working overtime to stifle negative news.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:12 am
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Release Candidate for Ubuntu8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. Codenamed "HardyHeron", 8.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating thelatest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality,easy-to-use Linux distribution. Source: Digg | 19 Apr 2008 | 7:00 am
He becomes the fifth former Clinton Cabinet member to endorse Sen. Barack Obama rather than Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Friday became the fifth former Clinton Cabinet member to endorse Barack Obama, saying that loyalty to his old friends the Clintons had been overwhelmed by unhappiness with the tone of Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign.
Beijing has fanned the nationalism, critics say, but doesn't want it to get out of hand before the Summer Olympics.
As Chinese nationalism flares across cyberspace, the government is growing concerned that passions could spill over into the real world, and that anger directed against foreigners could turn inward.
Benedict, who also visits a synagogue and meets with Jewish leaders, calls for collective diplomacy and the protection of religious freedom.
Pope Benedict XVI on Friday called for collective diplomacy, and not "the decisions of a few," to resolve conflicts and said human rights had to be based on "unchanging justice" and not the legal whims of the day.
Warnings of a shooting at Glen A. Wilson High were posted on the Wikipedia entry for the school.
Authorities arrested a male high school student Friday in connection with Internet threats that led officials to cancel classes at Glen A. Wilson High School in Hacienda Heights.
Joblessness is up 1.2 percentage points from a year earlier, with 229,000 more Californians looking for work than in March 2007.
California's unemployment rate hit 6.2% in March, the highest level in almost four years, spurred by a continuing downturn in construction and financial activities.
The city's main artery opens and closes as crews work to repair a pipe rupture that spewed thousands of gallons of effluent into the ocean.
More than a day after a sewage leak flooded South Coast Highway in Laguna Beach, forcing beach closures and blocking access to city's main road, officials labored Friday to repair the breach.
A judge in Texas rules that the children might face sexual abuse if they returned home. Sect members are ordered to provide DNA samples for maternity and paternity tests.
A judge ruled Friday evening that 416 children seized by authorities during a raid on a polygamous sect's compound are at risk of sexual abuse if they stay with the group and must remain in state care.
Little damage and no major injuries are reported in the early morning temblor -- or 'the Big One,' as residents are starting to call it.
Having grown up amid the Midwest's rolling farmland, Traci Hart and her family are used to weathering arctic-cold blizzards, rising floodwaters and powerful tornadoes.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A leading human rights group called on Friday for an independent investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman and other civilians in Gaza this week, saying Israeli forces may have targeted the media.
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- An undersea earthquake rocked East Timor's coastal capital Saturday, shaking buildings and sending screaming residents running into the streets.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:13 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:56 am
The head of Nepal's ex-Maoist rebels says he wants to meet King Gyanendra in person to persuade him to step down. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:29 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday turns his attention to the present and future leaders of the U.S. Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral and visiting a seminary near New York City.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Finding ways to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear ambitions will likely top the agenda at U.S. President George W. Bush's weekend talks with South Korea's president after a fight over U.S. beef exports was resolved.
Critics say Senator John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed nature. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:12 am
Scientists have used a laser to control a female fly's mind and make it sing "love songs" which are only ever sung by males.
The ground-breaking research, which suggests the difference between the sexes may be much subtler than... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:10 am
Small teams of Green Berets spearheaded the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001, with the disparate Afghan militia forces they trained and paid playing a supporting role. Today the Special Forces advisers are putting the Afghan commandos in the lead. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:06 am
Some church officials are skeptical that the papal visit will lead to any of the major policy changes that abuse victims have called for, including the removal of bishops who knowingly shuffled pedophile priests from parish to parish, and the release of personnel records on accused priests. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:42 am
LECCO, Italy - An Italian man has been given a suspended jail sentence for staring too intensely at a woman sitting in front of him on a train.
A judge sentenced the man in his 30s, whose name was not revealed, to 10 days in prison... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:00 am
Repairing rather than replacing damaged items helps the Earth and your wallet. Before you toss, check our Globe Style list to see whether it can be saved
BEIJING - China will reopen the restive mountainous region of Tibet to foreign tourists "soon", a state newspaper said on Saturday, after being closed off in the wake of pro-independence protests last month.
"The Tibet tourism... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 3:05 am
A minor league baseball team has dropped plans to hold a welcome party for Michael Vick. The Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League had planned to have a Michael Vick “Welcome to the Neighborhood” night May 28, complete with prison uniforms, spotlights and escape sirens. Other events promoting caring for animals also were planned.
Johan Santana struck out 10 over seven innings, David Wright fell a homer short of the cycle and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Friday night.
The 416 children taken into state custody from a ranch in Texas run by a polygamist sect will stay in state custody and be subject to genetic testing, a judge ruled Friday.
RADNOR, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton said on Friday that rival Barack Obama could not stand the pressure of the White House after the Illinois senator complained about tough questions at a debate.
CANBERRA - Aborigines with didgeridoos and wearing loin cloths opened a summit of Australia's brightest minds today, with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urging fresh ideas to solve indigenous inequality and ease climate change.
"Today... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 2:01 am
Ambushed in Afghanistan: in their first public account of a two-day battle, U.S. Green Berets tell 60 Minutes the Taliban is more organized than previously thought. Lara Logan reports, Sunday, April 20, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.
Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats at the United Nations that respect for human rights was the key to solving many of the world's problems, while cautioning that international cooperation was threatened by "the decisions of a small number."
Yet another long-time personal and political friend of Bill Clinton's cabinet has announced his endorsement of Barack Obama.
This time it is Robert Reich, the former president Clinton's labour secretary and now a Berkeley professor.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 1:20 am
HARARE - Zimbabwean election officials are expected to today begin a partial recount of votes from the March 29 elections despite opposition protests and widespread fears political stalemate could erupt in violence.
The recount... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:54 am
Single-sex education has long been the norm at many private schools, but interest in the concept is growing in public school systems nationwide. South Carolina, which has 97 schools with single-gender classrooms, is at the front of the trend.
Labour MPs are preparing to call for academic selection to be scrapped in a move which will reignite the debate over the future of grammar schools. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
China's last Maoist collective, where villagers held out against capitalism, is to privatise after its prosperity was found to have rested on a mountain of hidden debt. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Three young burglars have been given life sentences for kicking and stamping a father-of-three to death after he disturbed them as they broke into his house. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Zimbabwe's leader, Robert Mugabe, delivers his first major speech since the country's disputed presidential vote three weeks ago. He marked Zimbabwe's Independence Day by accusing thieves of trying to unseat him.
Internet death threats and attacks on property greeted at least one person's efforts to mediate between protesters on opposite sides of the China-Tibet issue. The official Xinhua News Agency is urging Chinese to harness their nationalistic fervor for constructive ends.
I’ve promised Elijah Wood. I’m not going to use the F-word. Why? “I find it
lazy, and a bit irritating, especially in journalism,” he says, his enormous
otherworldly eyes flickering with trademark intensity. “It’s like, can you
not make another reference? There are just times when you’d rather be
addressed by your own name, rather than Frodo.” Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
The three men from Tipton launched a lawsuit against the American authorities
two years ago, alleging they were mistreated during their time in captivity.
The US Court of Appeal dismissed their action earlier this year but they are
appealing to the Supreme Court. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:01 pm
He may be aged, isolated and facing economic ruin, but Robert Mugabe still
clings to power thanks to a feared state security apparatus that continues
to function across Zimbabwe. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
A defiant Gordon Brown will fly back to Britain today determined to face down
a gathering storm of protest over his abolition of the 10p tax rate. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The long-running feud between the oligarchs Boris Berezovsky and Roman
Abramovich, once best friends at the Kremlin, descended to an English
courtoom yesterday with the $4 billion proceeds of Russia$’s oil and
aluminium riches at stake. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 18 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Kentucky's form of lethal injection is constitutional. Now states can move forward with executions for the first time since September. But in practice, the outlook for executions varies from state to state.
Alex Lenkei is not the first patient to reject an anaesthetic in favour of hypnosis before undergoing surgery - but he may be the first to have hypnotised himself.
At Worthing Hospital, Sussex, the 61-year-old registered hypnotist... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Apr 2008 | 9:53 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada is moving to get rid of products with a chemical common in plastic baby bottles, the United States is expressing concern over its safety and some retailers are planning to stop selling these items.
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter set out plans for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel at a meeting with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal on Friday.
Food riots last week in Haiti resulted in seven deaths and in the prime minister's ouster. These events grimly illustrate how the rising cost of commodities threatens to deepen instability in the hemisphere's poorest country.
The Weather Underground, a radical group prominent in the turbulent 1960s and '70s, has suddenly reappeared on the political scene. Attempts to tie both Democratic candidates to the group are creating buzz on the White House trail.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday nominated the head of the Small Business Administration, Steve Preston, to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development as the administration tries to bolster the sagging housing market.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is insisting Chinese officials will travel on a bus during the only Australian leg of the Olympic torch relay next week.
It has been reported that up to six Chinese security officials will accompany the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:15 pm
President Vladimir Putin denied that he was planning to marry a 24-year- old gymnast yesterday, and told journalists to keep their "snotty noses" out of his private life.
An article published in a Russian newspaper last week said... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Apr 2008 | 8:12 pm
Pope Benedict XVI wins support with his warm demeanor during a visit to the U.S. His speeches to bishops and Catholic educators and his meeting with victims of clergy sexual abuse, have pleased both conservatives and liberals.
Vladimir Putin has sternly faced down rumours of a romance with a young rhythmic gymnast, dismissing the "snotty nosed" intruders that had invaded his privacy with "erotic fantasy". Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:32 pm
Sixteen years after the Soviet Union's collapse, Web sites ending in the Soviet ".su" domain name have been rising - registrations increased 45 percent this year alone.
A mob fixer who intervened to stop another gangster harassing star England footballer Steven Gerrard was sentenced yesterday to more than 14 years in prison for his role in a robbery.
Gerrard's father Paul told the Lincoln Crown... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 Apr 2008 | 7:15 pm
The presidential campaign has provided its share of dramatic Hollywood moments. Pennsylvania voters and NPR movie critic Bob Mondello offer suggestions on who would be cast in an actual big-screen movie.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter met with the exiled leader of Hamas and his deputy, two men the U.S. government labels as global terrorists and Israel accuses of masterminding suicide bombings and kidnappings.
Nearly 70 percent of Indian state's residents face food shortage after flourishing of bamboo flowers drives up numbers of rats, which are eating rice crops. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 5:58 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin turned a reporter's question about his marriage into a discourse on female beauty, saying Friday that "I like all Russian women."
South African port and truck workers are refusing to move weapons from a ship that docked in their country on the way to landlocked, politically troubled Zimbabwe, union officials said Friday. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 5:03 pm
Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader claimed in an audiotape released Friday that five years of U.S. involvement in Iraq brought only defeat, and said President Bush will be forced to pass the problem to his successor. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:56 pm
Zimbabwe president calls political opponents puppets of Britain and says opposition wants country to 'go back to white people, to the British.' Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:36 pm
Flood forecasters in the East and Midwest worry that heavy snows and rain this year have set the stage for a potentially disastrous flood season. The U.S. government's "flood chasers," who study flows of water to improve flood forecasts, are on high alert.
The United Nations Development Programs procurement of airport body scanners last year on behalf of the Hugo Chavez government in Venezuela is generating controversy within U.N. Headquarters, as UNDP attempts to justify its actions. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:06 pm
A Russian man woke up after a night of heavy drinking to find a knife wedged into his skin between his shoulder blades, the Telegraph reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 4:05 pm
Police are questioning a teenage terrorism suspect after carrying out a controlled explosion at his home. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:56 pm
Police are questioning a teenage terrorism suspect after carrying out a controlled explosion at his home. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:56 pm
Abu Izzadeen, an al-Qa'eda disciple who once heckled John Reid, has been jailed for four and a half years for terrorism offences. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:30 pm
A vile stench emanating from the industrial heartlands of Europe has engulfed southern England as freak weather conditions blew pungent continental odours across the Channel. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:21 pm
BRDO PRI KRANJU (AFP) - Multi-drug resistant "super bugs" are one of the major challenges for public health in Europe, with action required both at a national and EU-wide level, EU Health Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou said Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 Apr 2008 | 3:17 pm
Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky launched a high court action today to sue his former business partner, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, for £2 billion. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 18 Apr 2008 | 2:54 pm
Thailand's prime minister said Friday that Thais should be honored the Olympic torch is passing through their country and protesters have no reason to disrupt the relay. Source: FOXNews.com | 18 Apr 2008 | 2:45 pm
The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that soaring world food prices can have dire consequences. Meanwhile, the U.N. said it will distribute 8,000 tons of food and other help for Haitians amid protests over food prices.
The son of the Netherlands' top military officer was killed early Friday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, the day after his father assumed command of the Dutch armed forces, the Defense Ministry said.
But many investors had been bracing for worse. Shares rise in pre-market trading.
NEW YORK — Citigroup Inc. said Friday that it lost $5.1 billion in the first quarter as poor bets on mortgages and leveraged loans lopped billions from its investment portfolio.
AP - President Bush and South Korea's new President Lee Myung-bak were having fried chicken and potato salad for lunch Saturday, but beef was on the dinner menu when they began two days of talks at the Camp David presidential retreat.
AP - Addressing the clergy sex abuse crisis this week, Pope Benedict XVI said that it was more important to have good priests than many priests.
AP - The messy split between Seattle and the SuperSonics lurched forward Friday when NBA owners approved relocating the team to Oklahoma City a move legal wrangling might delay another two years.
AP - It turns out the golden years really are golden. Eye-opening new research finds the happiest Americans are the oldest, and older adults are more socially active than the stereotype of the lonely senior suggests. The two go hand-in-hand: Being social can help keep away the blues.
AP - The Federal Aviation Administration is going to begin alerting its top headquarters officials when field inspectors miss airline safety inspections, Transportation Secretary Mary Peters announced Friday.
AP - Thailand's leg of the Olympic torch run got off to a peaceful start Saturday, with thousands of spectators gathered in Bangkok's Chinatown to deliver a flag-waving welcome to the flame.
AP - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are walking a delicate line as they promise to aggressively tackle global warming while trying to assure voters that they continue to believe in the future of coal.
AP - Scientists say they know far too little about Midwestern seismic zones like the one that rumbled to life under southern Illinois Friday morning, but some of what they do know is unnerving.
AP - A chaotic two-day hearing ended with dropped heads and silence when a judge ordered that the 416 children taken from a ranch run by a polygamous sect will stay in state custody for the time being.
AP - Rapper Foxy Brown is out of jail. Family and fans greeted Brown Friday outside Rikers Island as she was released from the jail after serving an eight-month sentence.
A minor league baseball team has dropped plans to hold a welcome party for Michael Vick. The Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League had planned to have a Michael Vick “Welcome to the Neighborhood” night May 28, complete with prison uniforms, spotlights and escape sirens. Other events promoting caring for animals also were planned.
Johan Santana struck out 10 over seven innings, David Wright fell a homer short of the cycle and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-4 on Friday night.
The 416 children taken into state custody from a ranch in Texas run by a polygamist sect will stay in state custody and be subject to genetic testing, a judge ruled Friday.