The singer Joss Stone has been enlisted by Prince William and Prince Harry to sing at a concert next month to raise money for injured military servicemen and women. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Apr 2008 | 1:02 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Monday the Islamist Hamas movement told him it would recognise Israel's right to live in peace if a deal is reached and approved by a Palestinian vote. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:22 pm
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Pirates have hijacked a Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 26 off the coast of Somalia, Spain's Foreign Ministry said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:19 pm
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, pressing Arab nations for financial and political support of Iraq, said Monday that Baghdad's neighbors had taken a "good step forward" by pledging to do more to include the country in regional affairs.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:18 pm
Twenty years after DNA fingerprints were first admitted by American courts as a way to link suspects to crime scenes, a new and very different class of genetic test is approaching the bench. Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:18 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday urged other Arab countries to reopen their embassies in the capital as a show of support for his government as it cracks down on Shiite militias in Iraq.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:16 pm
JOHNSTOWN (AFP) - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama waged a furious war of negative attacks Monday, as tensions boiled on the eve of their next crunch Democratic presidential primary in Pennsylvania. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:15 pm
Former President Jimmy Carter defied warnings from U.S. and Israeli officials and met over the weekend with two leaders from the militant group Hamas. The two Palestinians are considered terrorists by the U.S. government.
The body of a man found dead in his Newquay hotel room is being tested for
carbon monoxide poisoning today. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:09 pm
DRESDEN, Maine - A 15-year-old Massachusetts girl has lost her life in an all-terrain vehicle accident in Dresden, Maine.
The Maine Warden Service says Chelsea Ponte of...
Median home prices across the nation continue to decline, but some experts are noting a link between falling housing prices and commuting distances. Suburbs where commuters drive an hour or more to work are seeing some of the sharpest drops in prices.
FRANKFURT, Germany - Daimler AG and India's Hero Group signed contracts Monday that will see them invest more than $1.1 billion in a commercial vehicle joint venture...
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The Beijing Olympic torch ended its run through the Malaysian capital amid tight security and heavy rain on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:06 pm
If society proceeds down the true path of eco-purity, we may well save the planet; but..No skiing, no cars, no travel, no exotic foods, no extravagance, no Hollywood, no wasteful labour-saving devices, no clothes made of anything but recycled plastics and hemp....Hence their gleefulness in the economic downturn, because it will Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:02 pm
AP - It's the last full day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary, and once again, the two Democratic candidates will spend the day criss-crossing the state.
BOSTON - The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is spending $3 million on a network of wells aimed at stopping leaks and preserving the structural integrity of buildings...
MANAMA (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was on Monday holding talks with Sunni-led Arab states to try to persuade them that Iraq's Shiite leadership is now fighting for national interests rather than sectarian ones. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Hamas - the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel - is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:47 am
AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Hamas the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
Remember that crazy, bloody Japanese manga and movie Battle Royale? Check out this funny anime-spoof of the cult original - complete with anime school girl outfits! Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:47 am
AP - The economy has soared past Iraq as the top problem on the minds of voters. But do the growing economic worries give a particular edge to any presidential candidate? Not so far, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Monday.
LONDON (AP) -- The Bank of England, aiming to deal with the crippling impact of the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis, on Monday announced a $100 billion plan to allow banks to swap mortgage-backed securities for British Treasury bills.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:40 am
It's marathon day in Boston. Some 25,000 runners are getting ready for the 26.2 mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:39 am
JOHNSTOWN, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - With two days to go before a crucial U.S. presidential vote, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton sharpened their attacks on Sunday, with Clinton pouncing on Obama for saying Republican John McCain would be better for the country than George W. Bush.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's government will confront armed militias and will not allow all-out war as threatened by populist Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Monday.
AP - More than 400 children taken from a polygamous sect's ranch will undergo DNA testing this week, an attempt to determine who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place.
Reuters - Iraq on Monday called on its Arab
neighbors to join Western nations and forgive their share of
Baghdad's outstanding foreign debts that total up to $80
billion.
MANAMA (Reuters) - Iraq on Monday called on its Arab neighbors to join Western nations and forgive their share of Baghdad's outstanding foreign debts that total up to $80 billion.
The Bank of England details a £50bn plan to prevent the credit crisis further damaging the UK economy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:35 am
The Democrats' White House battle takes on a sharper tone ahead of Tuesday's vital Pennsylvania primary. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:35 am
Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain will speak out for change in America from
a landmark of the U.S. civil rights movement on Monday as he
sets off on a trip aimed at appealing to centrist voters.
SELMA, Alabama (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will speak out for change in America from a landmark of the U.S. civil rights movement on Monday as he sets off on a trip aimed at appealing to centrist voters.
BEIJING (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy conveyed a message of sympathy on Monday to Jin Jing, a wheelchair-bound Chinese torch bearer who shielded the flame from protesters on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay.
The Bank of England will announce Monday a scheme which will see it lend money to banks in return for collateral in a bid to help the troubled U.K. mortgage market, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling said Sunday. Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband holds talks in Pakistan with President Pervez Musharraf and new Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- A crowd of Chinese onlookers heckled and hit a Japanese family with inflated plastic batons Monday after the three unfurled a Tibetan flag before the start of the Malaysian leg of the Olympic torch relay.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:29 am
There are more bacteriophages on Earth than any other life-like form. These small viruses are not clearly a form of life, since when not attached to bacteria they are completely dormant. Bacteriophages attack and eat bacteria and have likely been doing so for over 3 billion years ago. Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:28 am
Imagine scanning a DNA barcode on the piece of fish you just bought for dinner to instantly verify the species, where it came from, its nutritional value, and other valuable information. NOAA researchers are helping to make this scenario a reality. Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:27 am
LAGOS, Nigeria - Militants said they blew up two more oil pipelines Monday in restive southern Nigeria and called for former President Jimmy Carter to help mediate an end...
ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) -- The world's longest-ruling political party is about to lose its six-decade grasp on power in Paraguay after a former Roman Catholic bishop won the country's presidential election.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:26 am
AP - The world's longest-ruling political party is about to lose its six-decade grasp on power in Paraguay after a former Roman Catholic bishop won the country's presidential election.
AP - President Bush, joining the conservative leaders of Canada and Mexico for one final time, is eager to expand a trading relationship that has been lucrative for the United States and both of its neighbors. But he is up against rising anti-trade sentiment.
UTIII I'm sure many of you already seen the new UT3 360 trailer, but what most of you don't know is that one of the maps shown there ( DM-ArcticShipment ) is actually a user created map done by a member that goes by EpicJon on the Epic Forums.The map, while not being exactly the same, is a blatant rip off Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:24 am
A crowd of Chinese onlookers heckled and hit a Japanese family with inflated plastic batons Monday after the three unfurled a Tibetan flag before the start of the Malaysian leg of the Olympic torch relay. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:24 am
Bank of America says its profit fell 77 percent in the first quarter, hurt by write-downs and rising credit losses. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:22 am
LONDON (AFP) - The Bank of England announced a near-100-billion-dollar plan Monday to free up Britain's home loan market in one of the biggest moves by a major central bank to combat the global credit crunch. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:20 am
WEST SALEM, Ill. - The U.S. Geological Survey says it has recorded one of the strongest aftershock so far from Friday's Illinois earthquake.
Geologists say the temblor...
Liaison officers of Arab regional offices for the boycott of Israel open Monday, April 21, 2008 a four-day meeting in Damascus, Syria, to discuss ways of tightening their boycott of Israel and other political... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
A Tibetan demonstrator struggles with police officers during a protest outside the United Nation House in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 21, 2008. Tibetan exiles in Nepal resumed their protests against... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
Sotheby's employees pose for photographers by Fernand Leger's Cubist masterpiece "Etude pour La Femme en Bleu" at the auction house's offices in London, Monday Apr. 21, 2008. The painting is estimated... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:15 am
A man walks past a bank displaying the movements of the Hang Seng Index on an electronic board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 21, 2008. Hong Kong's main stock index advanced... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:14 am
Albanian President Bamir Topi (left) and his Croatian counterpart Stjepan Mesic review an honour guard before their meeting in Tirana on Monday April 21, 2008. Mesic arrived for an official two-day visit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
(Kyodo) _ A dominant Liberal Democratic Party panel on Defense Ministry reforms has compiled a draft proposal to allow top Self- Defense Forces officers greater control over the SDF's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:13 am
Syrians are seen chanting slogans and holding banners at a rally in downtown Damascus,Syria, Monday, April 21, 2008, to protest Saudi Arabias beheading of two Syrians on Friday after being charged on drug... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:12 am
Ex-US President Jimmy Carter says Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to live in peace as a neighbour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:10 am
The toymaker Hasbro Inc. said Monday its earnings rose 14 percent in the first quarter on growth in brands such as Transformers and Littlest Pet Shop. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
TOKYO, April 21 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING NEW INFO) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed Monday to cooperate in addressing the North Korean Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:09 am
From 1977. "The computer graphics for the first Star Wars film was created by Larry Cuba in the 1970s at the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) (at the time known as the Circle Graphics Habitat) at the University of Illinois at Chicago." Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
Women play a key role in protecting villagers from the mercury contaminating Brazil's Tapajós River. Now they are set to take on a new foe: Chagas disease Source: Digg | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here in Baghdad, is holding talks with Sunni-led Arab states to try to persuade them that Iraq's Shiite leadership is now fighting for national interests rather... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
Iraqis look inside a shrapnel-riddled home in Baghdad's Sadr City. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with Sunni-led Arab states to try to persuade them that Iraq's Shiite leadership... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
A shrapnel-riddled painted flag of Iraq in Baghdad's Sadr City. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with Sunni-led Arab states to try to persuade them that Iraq's Shiite leadership... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:06 am
The bodies of 10 people are found in a Somali mosque, after Ethiopian troops clash with Islamist insurgents. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan's double Olympic breaststroke champion Kosuke Kitajima is looking forward to renewing his rivalry with Brendan Hansen but insists the American world record holder will not Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:05 am
(Kyodo) _ Taiwan's Foreign Minister-designate Francisco Ou said Monday he will pursue a "diplomatic cease-fire" with China after taking office May 20, prompting a halt to Taipei's and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:03 am
Returning US war veterans sue the government over what they say is inadequate medical care. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:02 am
A Tibetan demonstrator struggles with police officers during a protest outside the United Nation House in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, April 21, 2008. Tibetan exiles in Nepal resumed their protests against... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
(Kyodo) _ The Indonesian public will be unable to see the relay of the Olympic torch Tuesday as it will be carried inside a Jakarta sports stadium in a ceremony attended only by invited... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:58 am
Oil prices spiked to a record $117.40 a barrel after a Japanese oil tanker was hit by a rocket near Yemen and militants in Nigeria claimed two attacks on pipelines.
The...
Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. said strong sales for Cymbalta and Cialis helped double its first-quarter profit, but results missed Wall Street expectations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:56 am
CONCORD, N.H. - Two Belmont, New Hampshire, men stopped for driving with a defective headlight now face drug and handgun possession charges.
A Gilford police officer stopped...
The self-proclaimed military leader of militant group Jemaah Islamiah, Abu Dujana, is jailed for 15 years. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:54 am
Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co. said Monday its first-quarter profit rose almost 6 percent, lifted by a hefty increase in international business and a gain on an asset sale. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:50 am
Pharmaceuticals maker Novartis AG reported a 7 percent rise in first-quarter profits Monday on the back of a declining dollar and solid performance in its vaccines and diagnostics division. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:49 am
The annual mass spawning of corals on the Palau archipelago in the western Pacific occurs right on cue. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:48 am
The International Monetary Fund said Monday that the global credit crisis and persistent gloom over the U.S. economy have dampened the outlook for European economic growth. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:44 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog's top investigator arrived in Tehran on Monday to press Iran to explain Western intelligence which suggested it covertly studied how to design nuclear bombs.
Saudi women are being kept in perpetual childhood by a system of male guardianship, a leading rights group says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:37 am
Oil prices have spiked to a record $117.40 a barrel after a Japanese oil tanker was attacked in Middle Eastern waters, off the east coast of Yemen, and as militants claim more attacks on pipelines in Nigeria.
(Kyodo) _ An Indonesia court sentenced Monday two leaders of Jemmaah Islamiyah, believed to be linked to al-Qaida, to 15 years in jail respectively. The South Jakarta District Court... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:35 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan said that a missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead anywhere in Indian is ready for wartime use after troops launched it on Monday during...
An American woman who gave her husband a strawberry milkshake spiked with drugs before beating him to death was only trying to defend herself from the baseball bat-wielding man in their luxury flat in Hong Kong, a defense attorney said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:30 am
The Supreme Court is meeting to hear arguments and announce whether it has accepted any new cases. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:29 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING PRIME MINISTER'S COMMENTS) Former Vice Defense Minister Takemasa Moriya basically pleaded guilty Monday to charges of bribery for allegedly taking a total of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:26 am
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Monday Hamas leaders told him they would accept a peace agreement negotiated by their rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, if Palestinians approved the deal in a vote.
(Kyodo) _ Japan will take up the issue of rising food prices at the Group of Eight summit to be held in Japan in July, Japanese Foreign Ministry officials said Monday. In letters... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:22 am
Cameroon opposition stages a "day of mourning" over moves to allow President Paul Biya seek re-election. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:21 am
History will be on the mind of Kenya's Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot this morning, when he looks to become only the fourth male, and first since Bill Rodgers in 1980, to...
Pirates holding 26 crew members on a Spanish fishing boat off the Somali coast demanded money Monday for their release, a day after storming the vessel armed with grenade launchers. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
(Kyodo) _ Nepalese police broke up an anti-China protest in Kathmandu's neighboring Lalitpur district and detained 137 Tibetan exiles Monday, police said. An official at the Lalitpur... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
Every runner tackling today's Boston Marathon has a story.
And as more than 20,000 entrants gear up for the 26.2 mile trek that kicks off this morning in Hopkinton...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Clashes and airstrikes in southern Afghanistan killed 11 Taliban militants, the country's Defense Ministry said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
Pope Benedict XVI ended his six-day trip to the United States with a mass for nearly 60,000 people Sunday at Yankee Stadium in New York. When the pope arrived last week, most American Catholics knew little about him. But the 81-year-old pontiff seems to have changed his image and America's vision of the Roman Catholic Church.
New information revealed last month that FARC rebels in Colombia were seeking to acquire enriched uranium. The rebels may have been more interested in trading the uranium to a terrorist group than in developing it into nuclear arms for their own purposes. The danger of terrorist or insurgent groups acquiring nuclear materials on the black market could be a looming threat.
The Democratic presidential candidates are busy preparing for Tuesday's primary in Pennsylvania in the midst of a long and bitter race for the nomination. Barack Obama has been working to maintain his lead in pledged delegates and is looking ahead to a possible contest with presumptive Republican nominee John McCain.
Local councils in Britain are using covert surveillance legislation designed to combat terrorism to investigate such petty offenses as under-age smoking and breaches of zoning regulations. One couple has gone public after learning that they were tailed for two weeks to verify that they actually lived within the boundaries of the school their 3-year-old attends.
In Iraq, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has threatened an "all out war" against U.S. and Iraqi forces as tensions between Sadr and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki increase. Iraqi citizens and U.S. combat forces in East Baghdad are preparing for what may become another uprising from Sadr's Shiite militia, the Mahdi Army.
In preparation for Tuesday's primary, Hillary Clinton has been aggressively campaigning in Pennsylvania. She has worked to shore up support with women and working-class voters.
The Energy Department releases its latest survey of gasoline prices Monday afternoon. The costs of gasoline and crude oil have set records in the past few weeks. Even if oil prices decline, drivers may not see an immediate savings.
In Philadelphia, prominent African-Americans are split over the two Democratic presidential candidates. The division reflects both the differences between the two contenders for the nomination and the changing priorities within the city's black power structure. Susan Phillips reports from member station WHYY in Philadelphia.
More than 400 children taken from a polygamous sect's ranch will undergo DNA testing this week, an attempt to determine who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
JAKARTA (AFP) - An Indonesian court on Monday sentenced the self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic militant group blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings to 15 years' jail on terrorism charges. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:45 am
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama headed Monday into the final day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary after swapping some of their most negative attacks yet.
The number of child sex offenders arrested has trebled over the last year, according to the organisation set up to deal with the problem. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:08 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With the U.S. election looming over their annual summit, North American leaders gather in New Orleans this week for what is expected to be a largely symbolic meeting overshadowed by questions about free trade.
MIAMI (Reuters) - The surprisingly healthy market for oceanfront mansions and palatial condos in Florida, one of the most toxic states in America's housing meltdown, may finally be showing some cracks.
Facility would train private security guards how to use assault weapons, shotguns, sniper rifles and flash bang grenades to protect two of Ontario's nuclear facilities
Former President Jimmy Carter says Hamas is prepared to accept the right of Israel to "live as a neighbor next door in peace". He says the militant group is ready to accept a Palestinian state made of the West Bank and Gaza.
Political gaffes have now entered a supercharged ecosystem of cable, bloggers and digitally enabled mainstream media outlets. Indeed nothing is more viral than a screw-up. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:32 am
The world's longest-ruling political party lost its six-decade grip on power as a former Roman Catholic bishop won the presidency, but the Colorado Party's legacy of patronage and corruption remain etched deeply into Paraguayan society.
The Bank of England (BoE) launched an unprecedented £50 billion scheme today
to bail out Britain’s ailing banking system and help to ease the tightening
mortgage market. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:25 am
Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit left behind the impression of a compassionate and candid leader who has made a successful transition from professor to pope.
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.
Malaysian police detained a Japanese family of three who unfurled a pro-Tibet banner just before the first runner took off with Olympic Torch Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:55 am
A former Roman Catholic bishop has ended more than six decades of one-party rule with victory in Paraguay's presidential election. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:53 am
QUNEITRA, Syria (AP) -- Only 200 yards separate Syrian soldiers from Israeli troops in the Golan Heights.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:19 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:46 am
ASUNCION (AFP) - A leftist ex-bishop Monday celebrated his historic electoral triumph in Paraguay's presidential election after defeating the ruling party candidate and ending 61 years of conservative rule. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:37 am
The joint venture will showcase the work of five studios and compete with HBO and Showtime.
One part of Sumner M. Redstone's media empire took aim at the other Sunday, when Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures teamed up with two studios to create a premium television channel that would compete with Showtime Networks, which is owned by Viacom's sister company CBS Corp.
Insurers and law enforcement agencies are seeing more cases with possible financial motives. Many involve properties that are near foreclosure.
Some folks celebrate their last home mortgage payment by setting fire to their loan agreement. Lately, some people behind on their mortgages are simply setting fire to their homes.
Wrapping up his U.S. trip, the pontiff also leads Mass at Yankee Stadium, where he calls for rights for the 'unborn child.'
Pope Benedict XVI ended his first U.S. pilgrimage Sunday, completing a mission aimed at renovating and rebuilding the troubled Roman Catholic Church in the United States with moving appearances at two iconic sites, the crater where the World Trade Center once stood and Yankee Stadium.
West's top-seeded team wins playoff opener, Lakers' first victory in a Game 1 since 2004 Western finals, and Gasol punctuates his first career playoff win with 36 points, 16 rebounds.
Pau Gasol needed this game, a chance to wash away an 0-12 playoff record from his past.
Demographers, economists and employers are advocating more investment in training and education for the immigrants needed to replace the huge outgoing crop of baby boomers.
With baby boomers preparing to retire as the best educated and most skilled workforce in U.S. history, a growing chorus of demographers and labor experts is raising concerns that workers in California and the nation lack the critical skills needed to replace them.
Tuesday's primary is a crucial test of strength for both Democratic presidential contenders.
After a six-week hiatus, the Democratic presidential contest goes back to the voters Tuesday, when Pennsylvania holds a primary that is a make-or-break contest for Hillary Rodham Clinton's struggling campaign.
Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule.
Afghan police enter gunbattle with border-crossing Iranian patrol that left an Afghan teacher dead and two Iranian officers wounded. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 6:27 am
U.S. Army Special Forces say they were shocked by the disciplined military tactics used by hundreds of Taliban fighters who ambushed them near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in their first account of the unreported battle. Lara Logan reports.
The secretary of State mocks his threat of all-out war, saying he is safe in Iran while he sends his fighters out. Ambassador Crocker says Sadr's movement is weakened.
After long treating radical Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr and his Mahdi Army militia gingerly, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ridiculed him Sunday as a man who asks his followers to fight to the death while he resides in safety in Iran.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Beatle Paul McCartney is urging the world to go vegetarian in a bid to fight global warming and is surprised more green groups don't promote it.
Ray Allen scored 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 as the two newcomers who led the Boston Celtics to the NBA’s best record sparked them to a 104-81 win Sunday night in their playoff opener against the Atlanta Hawks.
A"second generation" of DNA tests are allowing genes to "testify" in ways never before possible, in some cases resolving long-standing legal tangles but in others raising new ones. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 21 Apr 2008 | 3:39 am
SARDINIA - President Vladimir Putin has denied media reports he was about to marry Russian Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva.
News media and internet sites had reported that Putin had secretly divorced his wife, Lyudmila, and planned... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 2:40 am
Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
A high school senior collected enough supplies to carry out a bomb attack on his school and detailed the plot in a hate-filled diary that included maps of the building and admiring notations about the Columbine killers, authorities said Sunday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 21 Apr 2008 | 2:04 am
LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA - With two days to go before a crucial US presidential vote, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton were campaigning through Pennsylvania as the former first lady got the support of one of her fiercest critics.
Wednesday's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 12:00 am
Pau Gasol finally discovered how it feels to be on the winning side in a postseason game. The 7-foot Spaniard had a whole lot to do with his first victory.
Drink drivers would no longer automatically lose their licences under
government plans to lower the alcohol limit for motorists to the equivalent
of less than a pint of beer or glass of wine. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
This is me in Scranton,” says the voice of Hillary Clinton over grainy black
and white footage of a beaming little girl in a white 1950s dress. “This is
where my father was raised and my grandfather worked in the lace mill.” Source: Top stories from Times Online | 20 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
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. The leaflets also contained Bible verses as well as US$1... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 8:15 pm
CANBERRA - Of the millions of words written and spoken at Kevin Rudd's 2020 summit, three inspired more passion than any other - "an Australian republic".
When the chairman of the summit's governance section, News Ltd chief executive... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:59 pm
LONDON - The British Ministry of Defence has defended the actions of Prince William after he landed a Royal Air Force helicopter in the garden of girlfriend Kate Middleton's parents.
The News of the World newspaper reported on... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:45 pm
Chinese-Americans rallied outside CNN's Hollywood office to demand the firing of commentator Jack Cafferty for calling China's goods "junk" and its leaders a "bunch of goons and thugs". Lake Wang, 39, told the Los Angeles Times :... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 7:15 pm
Gordon Brown is under mounting pressure to confront backbench Labour MPs threatening to rebel over the scrapping of the 10p tax band and pledge that the issue will be addressed before the next general election. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:51 pm
NEW YORK - Pope Benedict has made an emotional visit to Ground Zero, site of the World Trade Centre felled in the September 11 attacks, and prayed for the 3000 victims, their families and an end to hate and violence.
In the high... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:30 pm
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air, vowing to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke billowing across Buenos Aires, clouding highways and grounding jetliners.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:15 pm
ACCRA - Higher food prices risk wiping out progress towards reducing poverty and, if allowed to escalate, could hurt global growth and security, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said overnight.
Opening a UN trade and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 6:00 pm
A newspaper that defied the Kremlin by reporting that President Vladimir Putin was planning to marry an Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast half his age was shut down Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 20 Apr 2008 | 5:59 pm
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 | 5:29 pm
Nine university students and their driver were kidnapped last night near Baqouba, north of Baghdad, when gunmen stopped their vehicle at a fake checkpoint, police said.
The gunmen also grabbed another man in a truck at the same... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 Apr 2008 | 5:15 pm
A Royal Palace official says former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has briefed Jordan's king on Palestinian-Israeli peace moves and his meetings with the militant Hamas. Source: FOXNews.com | 20 Apr 2008 | 5:02 pm
Alistair Darling has defied a growing Labour revolt and pressure from the opposition by ruling out an about-turn on the 10p tax rate. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 4:01 pm
.S. troops killed 12 militants during an "uptick" in fighting the military said, as fierce clashes broke out in Baghdad's Sadr City district. Source: FOXNews.com | 20 Apr 2008 | 3:53 pm
Iraq's most powerful militia leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, has threatened the Baghdad government with "open war" after 20 of his fighters died in clashes with US troops. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 20 Apr 2008 | 2:18 pm
Colt Defense of Hartford, Conn., the exclusive gun contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan is being criticized as a bad deal for American forces as well as taxpayers. Source: FOXNews.com | 20 Apr 2008 | 10:51 am
AFP - The Beijing Olympic torch ended its run through the Malaysian capital amid tight security and heavy rain on Monday.
AP - It's the last full day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary, and once again, the two Democratic candidates will spend the day criss-crossing the state.
AP - Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday that Hamas the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
AP - The economy has soared past Iraq as the top problem on the minds of voters. But do the growing economic worries give a particular edge to any presidential candidate? Not so far, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released Monday.
AP - It's marathon day in Boston. Some 25,000 runners are getting ready for the 26.2 mile trek from Hopkinton to Boston.
AP - More than 400 children taken from a polygamous sect's ranch will undergo DNA testing this week, an attempt to determine who their parents are and if any sexual abuse took place.
Reuters - Iraq on Monday called on its Arab
neighbors to join Western nations and forgive their share of
Baghdad's outstanding foreign debts that total up to $80
billion.
Reuters - Republican presidential
candidate John McCain will speak out for change in America from
a landmark of the U.S. civil rights movement on Monday as he
sets off on a trip aimed at appealing to centrist voters.
AP - The world's longest-ruling political party is about to lose its six-decade grasp on power in Paraguay after a former Roman Catholic bishop won the country's presidential election.
AP - President Bush, joining the conservative leaders of Canada and Mexico for one final time, is eager to expand a trading relationship that has been lucrative for the United States and both of its neighbors. But he is up against rising anti-trade sentiment.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama headed Monday into the final day of campaigning before the Pennsylvania primary after swapping some of their most negative attacks yet.
Pope Benedict XVI’s U.S. visit left behind the impression of a compassionate and candid leader who has made a successful transition from professor to pope.
Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won a historic victory in Paraguay's presidential election Sunday, ending more than six decades of one-party rule.
Ray Allen scored 18 points and Kevin Garnett had 16 as the two newcomers who led the Boston Celtics to the NBA’s best record sparked them to a 104-81 win Sunday night in their playoff opener against the Atlanta Hawks.
Andre Miller scored 20 points and Willie Green had a career playoff-high 17, helping the Philadelphia 76ers stun the Detroit Pistons 90-86 Sunday in Game 1 of their first-round series.
Pau Gasol finally discovered how it feels to be on the winning side in a postseason game. The 7-foot Spaniard had a whole lot to do with his first victory.