A fire sparked by fireworks at a Quito, Ecuador disco has killed at least 14 people and injured 16 others, officials said on Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 20 Apr 2008 | 5:07 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Iraq to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:19 pm
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Iraq to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias.
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is attracting record numbers of young voters -- but will a demographic known for low turnout vote in enough numbers to defeat Hillary Clinton in the graying state of Pennsylvania?
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president declared that crude oil prices, now above $115 a barrel, are too low, state media reported Saturday.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
AMBURG TOWNSHIP, Mich. - The president of the United Auto Workers says he is optimistic that the union can settle several contracts disputes at General Motors Corp. factories.
But...
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed called "One of the sleaziest documentaries to arrive in a very long time" by New York Times movie reviewer JEANNETTE CATSOULIS. Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:11 pm
Reuters - Veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan and elsewhere who say they have systematically
been denied proper medical care will get their day in federal
court starting on Monday in San Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and elsewhere who say they have systematically been denied proper medical care will get their day in federal court starting on Monday in San Francisco.
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a "war" that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:09 pm
AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a "war" that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections.
(Kyodo) _ Japan will face the Netherlands, Nigeria and the United States in a tough first-round group in the men's soccer tournament of the Beijing Olympics, according to the results of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:08 pm
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain spends this week visiting economically struggling
areas of the United States to show Americans he is a different
kind of Republican.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain spends this week visiting economically struggling areas of the United States to show Americans he is a different kind of Republican.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH 2 NIGHT GAMES) Kazuki Yoshimi pitched one-run ball over six solid innings and Masahiko Morino and Hirokazu Ibata each homered as the Chunichi Dragons... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:05 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH REMARKS BY LEE AT RECEPTION) South Korean President Lee Myung Bak arrived in Tokyo on Sunday evening for talks the following day with Prime Minister Yasuo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:05 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- China appeared to be trying to rein in a growing nationalistic fervor, urging its citizens to be "calm" and "rational" in the face of anti-Western protests against French retailer Carrefour that spread Sunday to more cities across the country.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 1:04 pm
Patriots star linebacker Tedy Bruschi and his wife Heidi hosted a 'Night of Inspiration' for the Stroke Foundation of the American Heart Association at the Seaport...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recently urged expanding the war effort, possibly including U.S. attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside Pakistan's tribal areas, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi
government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,
who has threatened an "open war" on security forces.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an "open war" on security forces.
OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahomans paused this morning at the Oklahoma City National Memorial to remember the 168 people who died 13 years ago in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah...
(Kyodo) _ Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels said Sunday a roadside bomb triggered by government soldiers killed a prominent human rights figure in rebel-held northern Sri Lanka. Catholic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:58 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:55 pm
AP - A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City.
JERUSALEM - The story of Israel at 60 is the tale of a little town named Sderot whose children play indoors because of Palestinian rockets, of a world-class tech industry...
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel killed seven Hamas militants in a series of airstrikes after the group detonated two jeeps packed with hundreds of kilograms of explosives at...
DAMASCUS, Syria - A group of Palestinian refugees stranded on the Iraq-Syria border since 2006 flew to Chile today under a resettlement plan sponsored by the Catholic Church...
MANNINGTON, N.J. - A teenager in a stolen car led police yesterday on a high-speed chase and later shot at two troopers, who returned fire and killed him, authorities said.
The...
A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City. The announcement Sunday comes after... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:47 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded,...
ASUNCION, Paraguay - A former bishop who vows to end Paraguay's 61 years of one-party rule showed up early to cast his ballot today, as voting opened in a contest against...
A leading figure in Zimbabwe's opposition says the country is in a state of war following disputed polls. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:44 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:38 pm
AP - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday.
Reuters - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the
partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday,
extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10
of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday, extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10 of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.
Masked police officers inspect the scene of a small bomb that exploded outside of the Basque Socialist headquarters in the small Basque town of Elgoibar northern Spain, Sunday April 20, 2008. A bomb exploded... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:33 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - China sought on Sunday to contain an outpouring of nationalism triggered by protests along the route of the Olympic torch relay, with state media urging people to channel their patriotism into "rational" expressions.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reached out in compassion to beleaguered clergy, victims of clergy sex abuse and members of other religious groups during his first U.S. trip.
Polar bear cub "Wilbaer" splashes in the pool of the outdoor enclosure of the polar bears at the zoo in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on Sunday April 20, 2008. Zoo officials introduced Germany's latest... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:26 pm
AP - Midway through the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide. This time, would the shot fall? It did. And much later the Spurs' big man hit an even bigger one. Duncan's first 3 of the season with just ticks left sent his team into double overtime against the revenge-minded Phoenix Suns.
Iraqi Army's soldiers take position during a security patrol at al Hayanihah area in Basra, Iraq, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Sunday. April 20. 2008. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:22 pm
Syrian Jews celebrate Passover at the al-Firenj Synagogue in downtown Damascus Sunday April 20, 2008. There are only an estimated 100 Jews in Syria with 20 synagogues. Syria, a majority-Muslim country... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:18 pm
For an hour or so Greenland had it's own mighty waterfall, flowing secretly at three times the volume of Niagara. Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:17 pm
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A top US general on Sunday warned that the military would strike back after hardline Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened to launch a new uprising by his militia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:17 pm
Female Polar bear Uslada (Pleasure) and one of her two 4-month-old cubs, name is unknown, seen in the St. Petersburg, Russia, Zoo, Sunday, April 20, 2008. Polar bears usually give birth from mid-November... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:13 pm
In this Thursday, April 10, 2008 file photo, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, gestures while speaking at a press conference in Beijing. Rudd has promised the government will respond by the end of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:10 pm
After nearly two decades building relationships with a generation of Democrats, Mrs. Clinton has recently suffered a steady erosion of support for her presidential campaign from the party stalwarts that once formed the basis of her perceived juggernaut of "inevitability." Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:10 pm
(Kyodo) _ Athens Olympic bronze medalist Reiko Nakamura held off Hanae Ito to win her fifth 200-meter national title Sunday as both backstroke swimmers earned berths for the Beijing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:09 pm
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi government's efforts to isolate Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who has threatened an "open war" on security forces. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:05 pm
BEIJING (AFP) - Fresh protests broke out across China Sunday with thousands of demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French chain store Carrefour in disputes over Tibetan unrest and the Beijing Olympics. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:56 am
Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
The two companies are pushing for a new class of machines that combine the power of a personal computer and the portability of a personal digital assistant. Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
(Kyodo) _ A citizens' group was inaugurated Sunday in Tokyo to call for a change to a controversial Civil Code provision that recognizes a baby born within 300 days of divorce as a child... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
China urges its citizens to be calm and rational as anti-Western protests continue across the country. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:54 am
I think I can guess why it was so widely read and shared. It promises at once to offer an answer to the question of "How do I get rich?" Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:44 am
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 | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:40 am
Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Tendai Biti gives a press conference on April 13. Biti has said that ten people have been killed in violence following a March 29 general election... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:37 am
The head of the most powerful Shia militia in Iraq has threatened all-out war
in a final ultimatum unless Iraqi and US forces halt operations against his
fighters. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:33 am
Clashes spread from the Sadr City district to another Shiite militia stronghold in Baghdad on Sunday as fighting left at least six people dead, including two children, officials said.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad to promote reconciliation between sectarian groups. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
The people of Paraguay are voting in elections that could end 60 years of domination by one party. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:25 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Baghdad's Green Zone on a surprise visit to Iraq where she said she saw improved security and political grouping in the centre which should attract... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad's Green Zone on Sunday on a surprise visit to Iraq where she said she saw improved security and political grouping in the centre... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
MIAMI (AFP) - NASA wants astronauts who will return to the moon to take one long step for mankind. The US space agency hopes to build moon bases that can house astronauts for stays of up to six months, with an intricate transportation and power system, Carl Walz, director of NASA's Advanced Capabilities Division, said Friday. Source: Digg | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
A worker cleans a music robot from a robot band at the industrial fair in Hanover, Germany, Sunday, April 20, 2008. Over 5,000 industrial exhibitors from 60 countries will gather at the fair from April... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
ASUNCION (AFP) - Thousands of Paraguayans began voting Sunday in a landmark presidential election in which a woman is competing for the first time but polls indicate the favorite is a suspended Catholic bishop. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:18 am
A group of Palestinian refugees stranded on the Iraq-Syria border since 2006 flew to Chile Sunday under a resettlement plan sponsored by the Catholic Church in the South American country and the U.N. agency for refugees. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
(Kyodo) _ Newly crowned world champion Mao Asada led Japan to a come- from-behind victory over North America and Europe in the Japan Open figure skating team event on Sunday. Yukari... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:17 am
A crocodile attacked and killed a man who was under arrest for alleged illegal logging in Myanmar, the country's state-run newspaper reported Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
The chief executive of Eni SpA said Sunday that the share of profits taken by governments of oil-rich countries is cutting international oil companies' profits, in some cases below their capital costs. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter looks at his watch on his arrival at Queen Alia International airport in Amman ,Jordan, Sunday, April 20, 2008. Carter in the Middle East tour, has met exiled Hamas leader... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
The Pope will pray for world peace and the victims of the 9/11 attacks as he visits Ground Zero. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
Several thousand Islamic hard-liners protested Sunday in Indonesia's capital calling for a ban on a Muslim sect they consider heretical. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:57 am
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The Olympic flame arrived in Malaysia on Sunday ahead of a relay in which it will be guarded by 1,000 police watching for protests against China's Tibet crackdown and human rights record.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:43 am
Dogged by anti-Chinese protests from Paris to New Delhi, the Olympic torch relay has triggered an outpouring of nationalism in China, which state media has sought to channel into "rational" expressions. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:39 am
Danica Patrick becomes the first female winner in IndyCar history after claiming the Indy Japan 300 race in Japan on Sunday. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - OPEC president Chakib Khelil said on Sunday that the oil-producer cartel should not increase output now because the market was well-balanced. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:08 am
LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England will unveil on Monday a plan to take over high street banks' mortgage commitments in return for government bonds, Britain's finance minister Alistair Darling said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:07 am
Three male students and their driver are kidnapped by gunmen who set up a fake checkpoint near Baquba. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 9:57 am
VIENNA (Reuters) - Global food price rises are leading to "silent mass murder" and commodities markets have brought "horror" to the world, the United Nations' food envoy told an Austrian newspaper on Sunday.
PARIS (AFP) - Hailed until only months ago as a silver bullet in the fight against global warming, biofuels are now accused of snatching food out of the mouths of the poor. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 Apr 2008 | 9:37 am
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs isn't doing enough to prevent suicide and provide adequate medical care for Americans who have served in the armed forces, a class-action lawsuit that goes to trial this week charges. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
Since the beginning of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain's public life, the many witnesses to his temper have had strikingly different reactions to it.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has suffered a steady erosion of support for her campaign from the party stalwarts who once formed the basis of her juggernaut of “inevitability.” Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
Considerable rain was expected Sunday in the Mid-Atlantic. A few scattered showers were also expected to persist in the Ohio Valley. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 9:00 am
Chrysler LLC's talks on a possible joint venture with China's Chery Automobile Co. are progressing but a China-made car being produced by the alliance is not ready for the U.S. market, Chrysler executives said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:58 am
Daimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, is discussing sharing components and technology development with rival BMW AG, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:55 am
John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has revealed his battle with the eating disorder bulimia, an illness which causes sufferers binge on food before purging themselves. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:27 am
John Prescott's revelation that he was suffering from bulimia when he became Deputy Prime Minister in 1997 adds new intrigue to an already colourful political career. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:27 am
John Prescott, the former deputy prime minister, has revealed his secret battle with the eating disorder bulimia in his memoirs. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:27 am
Nepal says it is prepared to use force, including gunfire, against protesters as the torch ascends Everest. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:19 am
More than 140 mourners in Thailand are taken ill after eating a dish that reportedly contained puffer fish meat. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:15 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents urged the international community and right groups to stop Afghan President Hamid Karzai approving the execution of about 100 prisoners whose death sentences were approved by the supreme court.
A platoon sergeant accused of shooting an unarmed Iraqi and then ordering another U.S. soldier to "finish him" faces a court martial this week for premeditated murder. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:57 am
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- The death toll from the crash of a bus filled with Finnish tourists in southern Spain rose to nine, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:54 am
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- One candidate is a former bishop who casts himself as a Paraguayan David fighting a "monstrous Goliath" in a bid to end 61 years of one-party rule. His rival wants to become the nation's first female president.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:54 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel killed seven Hamas militants in a series of airstrikes after the group detonated two jeeps packed with hundreds of kilograms of explosives at an Israeli crossing on the Gaza border.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:52 am
Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.
Chinese Americans line Sunset Boulevard outside the network's offices to call for the commentator's dismissal.
Throngs of Chinese Americans protested outside CNN's offices in Hollywood on Saturday morning, calling for the dismissal of commentator Jack Cafferty, whose recent remarks about Chinese goods and China inflamed a community already angry about international condemnations directed at the host country of the upcoming Olympic Games.
About 2,000 people rally in the Indonesian capital to demand a ban on a Muslim sect, the Ahmadiyya. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:54 am
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorized to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit, an official said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:38 am
Tim Duncan saved the San Antonio Spurs with a rare 3-pointer at the end of overtime, and Manu Ginobili hit a layup at the end of the second extra period to send the defending champions past the Phoenix Suns, 117-115 on Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will visit Ground Zero in New York on Sunday to offer a blessing and meet rescue workers, survivors and those who lost loved ones in the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
CANBERRA - Australia's government fears an outbreak of "football hooliganism" at the Olympic torch relay with thousands of pro-China and pro-Tibet activists massing for demonstrations, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said today.
Police... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 5:00 am
The Pentagon has groomed many U.S. military analysts used as commentators on Iraq by television networks, leaving some feeling they were manipulated, The New York Times reports. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 Apr 2008 | 4:50 am
The pontiff humbly describes himself as a 'poor successor' to St. Peter and brings up his youth amid Nazism.
Admirers saw an unusually personal side of Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday when he ad-libbed a reference to his faults and sins and later spoke of the "sinister" Nazi regime that was the backdrop of his youth.
CALIFORNIA/HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania - US Democratic presidential candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton accused each other of waging negative campaigns as they sped across Pennsylvania before next week's potentially make-or-break... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 3:15 am
QUITO - At least 15 people died and 35 were injured when a fire ignited by fireworks swept through a crowded Quito nightclub on Saturday, emergency officials said.
Rescue workers continued to search for bodies after the fire, among... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 2:35 am
Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children will be separated from them after DNA sampling, a child welfare official said Saturday.
Detectives are investigating whether a teenage terror suspect held in connection with possessing suspected explosives might be part of a wider group operating in the West Country. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:05 am
Leaked memos and French threat to Celtic Tiger economy could scupper Brussels-Dublin manoeuvring over EU treaty. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
David Miliband has warned Gordon Brown that Labour has become the "political underdog" as a rebellion is growing among Labour backbenchers about the Prime Minister's abolition of the 10p tax rate. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Incompetent and under-equipped Iraqi soldiers 'ended up demanding food and water at gunpoint from coalition troops' Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Despite conceding that his obsession with golf helped to end his first marriage, Colin Montgomerie played a round on the very morning of his wedding to Gaynor Knowles. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Charged with 'practising journalism', the Sunday Telegraph's Stephen Bevan was locked up in Harare. Here he describes the misery endured by him and the hundreds of others jailed routinely for 'arbitrary' reasons Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Pope Benedict, recalling his own youth under the yoke of the "monster" of Nazism, urged young Americans Saturday to avoid the snares of drugs and materialism.
As the Pennsylvania primary approaches, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have both adopted a TV ad saturation strategy. The ad barrage began with warm and fuzzy spots, but recently, both candidates have begun focusing on the other's public gaffes.
THE head of Britain’s race relations watchdog says lack of control over
immigration has led to a racial “cold war” among rival ethnic communities. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
SAN FRANCISCO - A Michigan woman who advertised online for a hitman to kill her lover's wife pleaded guilty to the murder-for-hire scheme, prosecutors said on yesterday.
Anne Marie Linscott, 49, faces 10 years in prison for each... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The sexiest part of a woman’s body, according to the actress, model, mogulette
and all-round 100% British sexport Elizabeth Hurley, is . . . “her back”,
she says, her voice one long, cool drink of cream. “I just <i>love</i>
it. If I’m at a party and I see an amazing backless dress, it’s <i>beautiful</i>.
Most women have pretty good backs, I think. It’s a good way to be sexy: a
dress with no back.” Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
Gordon Brown faced new threats of resignations from his government this
weekend as the rebellion over his decision to scrap the 10p income tax band
escalated. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 19 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
NEW YORK - Pope Benedict, marking the third anniversary of his election, urged the US Catholic Church to overcome its divisions and seek "purification" and the truth following its sexual abuse scandal.
Benedict began the penultimate... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:26 pm
KAZAKH STEPPE - A Russian space capsule landed about 420km off course in Kazakhstan on Saturday but South Korea's first astronaut and the other two crew were safe.
The Soyuz capsule landed west of the target area and about 20... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:00 pm
BANGKOK - About two hundred China supporters taunted pro-Tibet demonstrators as the Olympic torch was paraded through Bangkok amid tight security.
Police pushed back several people who tried to advance beyond barricades to counter... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 10:00 pm
Oklahomans and victims' relatives paused Saturday at the Oklahoma City National Memorial for a simple, poignant ceremony to remember the 168 people killed 13 years ago in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Last September, the Ocean Conservancy sponsored a worldwide beach cleanup effort. It released its findings this week: 6 million pounds of garbage was cleared from beaches in a single day. Environmentalist Sarah Abramson discusses where this trash comes from and what can be done about it.
A Eurostar train that left London for Paris on Friday evening finally pulled into Gare du Nord yesterday morning after a night of railway mishaps.
At one point, its 643 passengers fumbled through the French countryside in pitch... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 9:14 pm
Venezuela's president, Hugo Chavez, has spent much of his decade in power preaching about giving more to the poor and raging about the graft of the country's previous leaders. But critics say corruption is flourishing once again nd one former Chavez supporter says the president's family is benefitting.
Scores of Christians have been targeted and killed throughout Iraq, most recently, an Iraqi priest killed earlier this month in Baghdad. This week, a new bipartisan coalition in Congress said it intends to spotlight this issue.
Pope Benedict XVI continues his tour of the United States on Saturday. He began the day with a Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City and then spent the afternoon at a mass rally for young people. His opening act? Kelly Clarkson.
BAGHDAD - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has threatened an "open war" against the Iraqi government unless it halted a crackdown by Iraqi and US security forces on his followers.
The spectre of a full-scale uprising by Sadr sharply... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 8:00 pm
Eight former Guantanamo detainees have filed lawsuits against the British government and security services, accusing them of complicity in their illegal detention and seeking millions of pounds in damages, a newspaper reported.
Pizza shop owners across the U.S. are facing rising flour and cheese costs that are making the snack an investment. Scott Simon speaks with Phil Geffner from his pizza shop, Escape from New York Pizza, in Portland, Ore.
Got milk? China does. In just eight years, consumption of milk has almost tripled. New wealth and new dining habits among China's burgeoning middle class is driving that growth which is helping to drive up dairy prices around the world.
Rural eastern Uganda is home to a small but thriving Jewish community called the Abayudaya, which means "the Jews" in the local language. Jocelyn Frank joined them last year for Passover.
Former U.S. President Carter defied U.S. and Israeli warnings and met twice this weekend with the exiled leader of Hamas and his deputy, two men the U.S. government has labeled terrorists Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:52 pm
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Saturday said there is hope for making progress on eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons programs and urged patience during the start of two days of talks with President Bush at Camp David in Maryland. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:42 pm
The Dalai Lama on Saturday encouraged people gathered at the University of Michigan to preserve their own religious traditions while respecting others with differing beliefs. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:39 pm
Thousands of people were demonstrating outside EU headquarters Saturday to demand protection for Christians in Iraq, saying they were increasingly being targeted in cold-blooded attacks. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:33 pm
Pakistan successfully test-fired a long-range ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Saturday, the military said. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 5:21 pm
LONDON - The first thing you notice when you see Prudence Staite's mosaic portrait of Marilyn Monroe made from smarties and chocolate is the smell.
Even after your nose has adjusted to the powerful aroma that wafts from the chocolate... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:50 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The story of Israel at 60 is the tale of a little town named Sderot whose children play indoors because of Palestinian rockets, of a world-class tech industry that pioneered Wi-Fi and instant messaging, of a nation filled with pride and fierce patriotism, yet living in fear of annihilation from abroad and of a demographic time bomb at home.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:04 a... | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:47 pm
Muqtada al-Sadr says he is giving his final warning to the Iraqi government to stop working with the U.S. military against him or he will 'declare an open war until liberation' Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 4:08 pm
Sixty-two percent of voters polled who've switched their party registration to Democratic since January say they will vote for Sen. Barack Obama, says Terry Madonna, professor of politics at Franklin and Marshall College. He discusses the top issues for voters in the state.
In his first visit to the U.S., Pope Benedict XVI has addressed the issue of clergy sex abuse several times. Canonical law expert Nicholas Cafardi says he sees signs that the pope may be weighing changes to church law that will make it easier to deal with the abuse problem.
Iraq's Arab neighbors have few excuses for withholding diplomatic and economic support for Baghdad, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 1:43 pm
After a kidnapped Pakistani diplomat appeared in a video released by the Taliban, government officials said they would not released Taliban prisoners in exchange for the ambassador's freedom.
Thailand's leg of the Olympic torch run got off to a peaceful start Saturday, as thousands of flag-waving supporters in Bangkok's Chinatown celebrated while a lone protester stood nearby. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 Apr 2008 | 12:18 pm
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is in Iraq to promote fresh political gains she says are flowing from government-led assaults on radical militias.
Reuters - Veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq
and Afghanistan and elsewhere who say they have systematically
been denied proper medical care will get their day in federal
court starting on Monday in San Francisco.
AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition on Sunday accused the authorities of waging a "war" that has killed 10 people and injured 500 others since disputed parliamentary and presidential elections.
Reuters - Republican presidential candidate
John McCain spends this week visiting economically struggling
areas of the United States to show Americans he is a different
kind of Republican.
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice flew to Baghdad on Sunday to strengthen the Iraqi
government's efforts to isolate Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,
who has threatened an "open war" on security forces.
AP - A U.S. military spokesman says 12 criminal fighters have been killed during an "uptick" in clashes in Baghdad's main Shiite district of Sadr City.
AP - Afghan police clashed with Iranian forces at the southwestern border between the two countries, leaving one civilian dead and two Iranian officers wounded, officials said Sunday.
Reuters - Zimbabwe announced a delay in the
partial recount of its disputed March 29 election on Sunday,
extending a political deadlock in which the opposition says 10
of its members have been killed and hundreds arrested.
AP - Pope Benedict XVI has reached out in compassion to beleaguered clergy, victims of clergy sex abuse and members of other religious groups during his first U.S. trip.
AP - Midway through the first quarter after missing two jumpers, Tim Duncan threw the ball up yet again, then held his arms wide. This time, would the shot fall? It did. And much later the Spurs' big man hit an even bigger one. Duncan's first 3 of the season with just ticks left sent his team into double overtime against the revenge-minded Phoenix Suns.
Since the beginning of presumptive GOP nominee John McCain's public life, the many witnesses to his temper have had strikingly different reactions to it.
Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday, taking the Indy Japan 300 after the top contenders were forced to pit for fuel in the final laps.
Tim Duncan saved the San Antonio Spurs with a rare 3-pointer at the end of overtime, and Manu Ginobili hit a layup at the end of the second extra period to send the defending champions past the Phoenix Suns, 117-115 on Saturday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
Finally for the Democrats, the homestretch.
Adult mothers who have been allowed to stay with their young children will be separated from them after DNA sampling, a child welfare official said Saturday.
Pope Benedict, recalling his own youth under the yoke of the "monster" of Nazism, urged young Americans Saturday to avoid the snares of drugs and materialism.