"Howie, I don't know if you're free to come to Washington anytime soon, but I have to go to Congress and reach a deal on the federal budget. How'd you like to host a three trillion dollar 'Deal or No Deal?'" Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:15 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- An unmanned drone killed two gunmen in Baghdad's embattled Sadr City district, while another remote-controlled craft crashed south of the capital, the U.S. military said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:15 am
An Indonesian policeman stands beside an anti-Chinese banner during a demonstration by pro-Tibet activists in Jakarta. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
A Chinese woman watches the Indonesia's leg of the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay in Jakarta. The Jakarta leg of the torch relay was held behind closed doors amid Chinese anger at protests over its human... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
The Beijing Olympics torch was paraded behind closed doors at an invitation-only event in Jakarta, where it spluttered out before having to be re-lit. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
The Olympic flame during the Indonesian leg of the torch relay in Jakarta. The Beijing Olympics torch was paraded behind closed doors at an invitation-only event in Jakarta that was held under blanket... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:14 am
AP - President Bush, stymied by Congress in his final push to broaden U.S. trade, is finding a bigger blast of support from north and south of the border.
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Osama bin Laden's chief deputy warns that al-Qaida still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war in a new audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
The government of Botswana is refusing to allow Kalahari Bushmen access to a water borehole. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:12 am
AP - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy warns that al-Qaida still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war in a new audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers.
It might not seem like it now, with all the focus on going green and eco-chic.
But a few years ago, the very concept of an environmentally friendly residential building...
ACCRA (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai urged U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon and African leaders to intervene in his country's post-election crisis on Monday, saying the military were terrorizing the people.
Police excavating a former Jersey children's home at the centre of a child abuse investigation today said they have found more bone fragments and children's teeth. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:10 am
The Olympic torch relay passes through Indonesia, in front of an all-ticket crowd under tight security. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:08 am
KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan on Tuesday shut down for its first census in 15 years, a milestone in the peace deal that ended Africa's longest civil war but clouded in dispute threatening to undermine the accord further. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:03 am
Iraqis watch as a statue of Saddam Hussein is pulled down by a US Marine vehicle in Baghdad's Paradise Square in April 2003. Iraq, backed by the United States, has urged its Sunni Arab neighbours to offer... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:01 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice anad Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki during the opening session of the Iraq conference in Kuwait City. Iraq, backed by the United States, has urged its Sunni... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:01 am
The opening session of a ministerial conference on Iraq in Kuwait City. Iraq, backed by the United States, has urged its Sunni Arab neighbours to offer diplomatic and economic support to a "new Iraq" that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 10:01 am
NEW YORK - Is that Miley Cyrus flashing some skin?
Less-than-wholesome photos of a girl bearing a close resemblance to the 15-year-old superstar are making the rounds on...
AP - Cabbies here complain their take-home pay is thinner than it used to be. Trucking companies across the country are making drivers slow down to conserve fuel. Filling station owners plead that really, really, the skyrocketing prices aren't their fault.
BURBANK, Calif. - Following the box office success of "March of the Penguins," The Walt Disney Co. said Monday it launched a new film production unit called Disneynature...
Protesters opposed to Chinese weapons being delivered to Zimbabwe demonstrate in South Africa on April 19. A Chinese ship loaded with weapons intended for Zimbabwe is headed to the Angolan capital Luanda,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - A Chinese ship loaded with weapons intended for Zimbabwe is headed to the Angolan capital Luanda, the agent handling the ship told AFP on Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
Forces from Somalia's Puntland region storm a UAE-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
LOS ANGELES - Michael Moore wants voters in Pennsylvania to cast their ballots for Barack Obama.
Moore endorsed Obama in a 1,100-word posting on his Web site Monday. It...
Mister fourzerotwo himself gets caught being a 360 fanboy. How can a developer for PS3 and Xbox360 be a fanboy? He sure doesn't mind taking PS3 gamers money! Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
AP - Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other's character and readiness to be commander in chief in last-minute television ads as the six-week Pennsylvania primary campaign steamed toward an uncertain conclusion Tuesday.
SEOUL (Reuters) - A team of U.S. officials led by a State Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Tuesday to discuss Pyongyang's declaration of its nuclear activities under a six-country disarmament deal and how to verify the disclosure.
(Kyodo) _ The government and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party plan to have the House of Representatives hold an overriding re-vote April 30 on a tax reform bill that would restore... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:50 am
BOSTON - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial is giving people the chance to act in a Johnny Depp movie, trade volleys with Andre Agassi or pose with the next president of the United...
The US Army and Marine Corps are recruiting more people with criminal records, official figures show. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:48 am
We've all goofed up and flubbed up things we've previously done time and again. The solution to such screw-ups could be a kind of mind-reading hat, a device to predict and even prevent mindless errors that can threaten lives. Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:48 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) The Chinese government said Tuesday it has lodged a formal complaint with the United States after a senior U.S. official met with the Dalai Lama about... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:48 am
ORLANDO, Fla. - Walt Disney World seems to have worked its magic on a Massachusetts couple who accidentally threw away three platinum and diamond wedding rings.
While tidying...
An electoral official holds ballot papers during a recount at the Domboshava polling station on April 19. As Zimbabwe sweats on the result of last month's presidential election, awkward questions are being... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:44 am
The results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections, according to the electoral commission on April 3. As Zimbabwe sweats on the result of last month's presidential election, awkward questions are being... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:44 am
(Kyodo) _ Hong Kong will start building a new railway next year connecting the territory with two major cities in southern China's Guangdong Province that would make Hong Kong a transport Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:44 am
(Kyodo) _ North Korean Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun will pay a four- day visit to China from Saturday, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday. The visit comes at a time... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:40 am
LONDON - Last season, it was AC Milan vs. the Premier League. The Italian club won.
This time, it's FC Barcelona's turn to take on English soccer in the Champions...
MOENCHENGLADBACH, Germany - Borussia Moenchengladbach will play exhibition games at FC Dallas and the Colorado Rapids in July during a 10-day preseason training camp in the...
An unlikely rookie is leading the Tigers in wins.
Armando Galarraga won his second straight start, Edgar Renteria homered and Detroit beat the Blue Jays, 5-1, yesterday in...
Bionic eyes have been implanted in British patients for the first time offering hope to hundreds of thousands of blind people. Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:33 am
Hanley Ramirez, Josh Willingham and Dan Uggla homered and pitcher Mark Hendrickson, normally one of the majors' worst hitters, had two hits while pitching eight innings...
(Kyodo) _ Hong Kong police remained tightlipped Tuesday on how they plan to handle protesters who display the Tibetan flag or anti-China images along the route of the Beijing Olympic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
LONDON (AFP) - The price of New York crude oil surged past 118 dollars per barrel for the first time on Tuesday, lifted by unrest in key producer Nigeria and the weak dollar, traders said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
In an allegation that the United States denies, Guantanamo Bay detainees have claimed that they have been given drugs against their will before questioning. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:31 am
A top Indian hockey official resigns after allegations that he accepted bribes to include a player in the national team. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:26 am
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar temporarily eased into the upper 102 yen range Tuesday in Tokyo on falls in the Japanese equity market and reignited concerns about a credit crunch stemming from Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:26 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan and Switzerland reached an agreement Tuesday to divide between them some 58 million Swiss francs (about 5.9 billion yen at current exchange rates) seized by Swiss... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:26 am
"When it comes to technology debacles, every major company has a few (remember the Newton?), but right now one of the top spots has to go to Windows Vista, Microsoft’s clunky operating system that has IT shops and consumers desperately clutching at XP for as long as they can." Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:23 am
Picture of the growth of "light pollution" (i.e., artificial light) from 1950 to projection for 2025. Measured by Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. Map completed few years ago. Shows graphic differences among moments in time--1950, mid-1970s, 1997, and projected 2025. Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:22 am
Isn't it time something was done about this? This is what the Canadian government means by 'humane' slaughter. Incredible story and pictures from a witness of seal hunting... really cruel and really really sad... Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:21 am
Israel says it is considering compensating the family of a British filmmaker who was fatally shot by an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip in 2003. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:21 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 3RD, 5TH TO LAST GRAFS) Japan's banking industry is ready to accept regulations necessary to soothe the current global credit turmoil, unless they are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:20 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki urges neighbouring states to do more to support his country's economy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:19 am
Reuters - A team of U.S. officials led by a State
Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Tuesday to
discuss Pyongyang's declaration of its nuclear activities under
a six-country disarmament deal and how to verify the
disclosure.
There was a time when big-budget science fiction wasn’t completely brainless. In fact, some of it was good, even brilliant, and a source of inspiration for generations of researchers. From 2001: A Space Odyssey to The Terminator, the promise (and the apocalyptic threat) of technology was sometimes presented with a surprising level of authority. Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:12 am
Israel says Barbra Streisand has pulled out of a celebration of the country's 60th anniversary next month. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:06 am
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland announced on Tuesday a record share issue of almost 24 billion dollars to shore up its finances after huge subprime-related writedowns and its ABN Amro takeover. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:05 am
Three Palestinian militants are killed in Gaza by Israeli troops while attacking an army post near the border. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 9:02 am
The chairman of Samsung, the most powerful tycoon in South Korea, has fallen
on his sword after an unprecedented investigation of his business affairs. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:55 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Would the hundreds of men who paid to have sex with "Alicia" have cared if they knew she was being held captive by a trafficker who raped her and pimped her, and that she was infected with HIV?
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:52 am
Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:52 am
Zimbabwe church leaders say people are being tortured, abducted and some murdered in a campaign of political retribution. The leaders of all church denominations in Zimbabwe issued a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:52 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats in Pennsylvania make their choice on Tuesday in the presidential nominating race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, with Clinton aiming for a big win to keep her flickering White House hopes alive.
The drink-driving limit should be lowered to less than a pint of beer and brought into line with the rest of Europe, according to a motorists' poll. The findings in a survey of Automobile Association (AA) members increase the pressure on the government to reduce the limit from 80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood to 50mg. Source: Digg | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:49 am
(Kyodo) _ Team officials from Yokohama F Marinos are in Scotland this week trying to work out a deal with Celtic that would bring Shunsuke Nakamura back to Japan. But according to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:48 am
Nuclear officials from the US return to North Korea after high level talks between the US, Japan and South Korea. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:47 am
Gordon Brown is facing a possible defeat in the Commons over the abolition of the 10p tax rate after more than 35 Labour MPs signed a motion challenging the move. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:45 am
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki rebuked neighboring states on Tuesday for not doing enough to strengthen ties with Baghdad, write off Iraq's debts or stop militants entering the war-torn country.
Police in Jersey have found more bone fragments and two “milk teeth” from a
child or children during excavations at a former children’s home at the
centre of a child abuse investigation. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:40 am
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Police detained at least eight people and seized flags from pro-Tibet activists Tuesday during a rowdy demonstration against the Olympic torch relay in Indonesia.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:39 am
For months, the Clinton and Obama campaigns have been hearing suggestions of a so-called dream ticket of Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama, but the idea does not sound so good to the candidates themselves.
Zambia's president urges other African nations not to accept a ship carrying arms for Zimbabwe. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:34 am
Two Latin American leaders speak out against biofuels, as a London meeting prepares to assess EU policy on the issue. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:29 am
The dominance of BAA, which runs seven of Britain’s biggest airports, may not be serving the interests of passengers or airlines, the Competition Commission (CC) has warned in a report which could pave the way for the break-up of the company's operations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:01 am
The dominance of BAA, which runs seven of Britain’s biggest airports, may not be serving the interests of passengers or airlines, the competition commission has warned in a report which could pave the way for the break-up of the company's operations. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Apr 2008 | 8:01 am
As the financial gap between Democratic Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton grows, records show the Clinton campaign is now shouldering sizable debts to key advisers and consultants Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:40 am
LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on Tuesday to host a summit of policymakers and experts, including the head of the UN food agency, to develop a plan to tackle rising global food prices . Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:40 am
AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on Tuesday to host a summit of policymakers and experts, including the head of the UN food agency, to develop a plan to tackle rising global food prices .
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
rebuked neighboring states on Tuesday for not doing enough to
strengthen ties with Baghdad, write off Iraq's debts or stop
militants entering the war-torn country.
Taliban militants killed six border police at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan and unidentified gunmen abducted two road construction workers from India, officials said Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:31 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is trying to persuade his Arab neighbors in a meeting in Kuwait that his country has "passed the crisis" and is much better off than a year ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:19 am
The Food and Drug Administration is making progress in conducting more inspections of foreign drug manufacturers, but still inspects relatively few facilities. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:19 am
AP - Homeowners staggering under mounting mortgage debt and facing foreclosure could get cheaper, government-backed loans under Democrats' housing rescue plan.
Reuters - Congo, Sudan and Central African
Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people
kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an international
human rights group said on Tuesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:18 am
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an international human rights group said on Tuesday.
Legislation by Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., the House Financial Services Committee chairman, would relax the Federal Housing Administration's underwriting standards to allow the hardest-pressed homeowners to qualify for government-backed loans. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:15 am
Homeowners staggering under mounting mortgage debt and facing foreclosure could get cheaper, government-backed loans under Democrats' housing rescue plan. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:14 am
Todd Stroger promised to clean up Chicago's county, known as a place where clout greases the political machine. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:13 am
BAA, the owner of Heathrow's disastrous Terminal 5, could be forced to sell
some of its seven UK airports after the Competition Commission said that it "may
not be serving well the interests of either airlines or passengers". Source: Top stories from Times Online | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:06 am
AP - A hospital did nothing wrong when it tried to examine the rectum of a construction worker who had been hit on the head by a falling wooden beam, a jury found Monday. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 7:03 am
The military branch is singled out in a speech that levels criticism at all U.S. services for being slow to adapt to the threats facing America.
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Monday that U.S. military services were not doing enough to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, singling out the Air Force for adapting too slowly to new enemies on those battlefields.
The Democrats avoid harsh words as the scour Pennsylvania on the day before the primary.
From Pittsburgh in the west to Philadelphia in the southeast, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama scoured the Keystone State for support Monday on the eve of the costliest and most consequential Pennsylvania primary in a generation.
About 1,300 inmates are denied outdoor recreation and visits from family and friends after a melee between blacks and Latinos in Santa Ana.
Inmates in Orange County's Central Men's Jail were locked in their cells Monday for a third consecutive day, the result of a racially motivated melee involving about two dozen inmates, an Orange County sheriff's official said.
Villaraigosa proposes raising fees and cutting 767 jobs, some through layoffs, to reduce a $406-million shortfall. The county plans to cut its staff too.
Despite a sluggish economy that is slowing tax revenues, officials in Los Angeles county and city governments Monday proposed budgets that call for substantial increases in public safety.
Walt Disney World seems to have worked its magic on a Massachusetts couple who accidentally threw away three platinum and diamond wedding rings. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:54 am
BEIJING (AFP) - China and France sought to patch up their differences Tuesday amid anger over protests surrounding the Olympic torch relay but a Paris city honour for the Dalai Lama threatened to scupper efforts. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:44 am
PHILADELPHIA (AFP) - Hillary Clinton must win Tuesday's Pennsylvania primary, but she needs to do more than simply scrape past rival Barack Obama to rescue her trailing White House bid. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:39 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel says efforts by former President Jimmy Carter to work out a cease-fire with Gaza's Hamas rulers failed.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 6:35 am
Unable to push education fixes through Congress, the Bush administration is taking its own pen to the No Child Left Behind law. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 4:23 am
Marcus Brauchli is departing as managing editor of The Wall Street Journal after a little less than a year on the job, a person familiar with the matter said late Monday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:58 am
KAPANGAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Hundreds of white mulberry trees have started to cover mountain slopes deep in the northern Philippines' Cordillera region, changing not just the landscape but also making over the image of a poor farming town.
LeBron James scored 30 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers played their best game in months, blowing out the Washington Wizards 116-86 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round playoff series.
Embattled Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee said Tuesday he will step down from his post at the top of South Korea's biggest conglomerate following his indictment on tax evasion charges. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:48 am
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - North American leaders defended their 14-year-old free trade agreement at an annual summit on Monday amid criticism in the U.S. presidential campaign that the pact costs American jobs.
SYDNEY - Seven Network boss David Leckie is expected to be released from intensive care in a few days as his condition continues to improve, a hospital spokesman in Sydney says.
Leckie remains in an induced coma in a serious but... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2008 | 3:05 am
PARIS - A French hunter accused of unlawfully killing the last known female brown bear native to the Pyrenees was acquitted yesterday after telling a court he had acted in self-defence.
Rene Marqueze said he opened fire on the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:34 am
TOKYO (AP) -- Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid respects Tuesday at a war shrine seen by Asian neighbors as an antagonistic symbol of Tokyo's militaristic past, one day after leaders of Japan and South Korea urged an end to disputes over their history.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:24 am
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) -- A Russian fighter jet has shot down an unmanned Georgian spy plane as it flew over the breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgia's air force commander said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:17 am
ATLANTA - Rescue crews recovered 20 bodies and three survivors off the coast of the Bahamas, the US Coast Guard said yesterday, after an apparent bid by migrants to flee their impoverished homelands.
The survivors, one Honduran... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2008 | 2:12 am
A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons is missing off the southern coast of Brazil.
Rescuers in helicopters and small fishing boats were searching off the coast of Santa Catarina state,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:58 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia's coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week's hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat, U.N. diplomats said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:54 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- The Israeli military says its forces have killed three Palestinian militants who were trying to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:48 am
BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as 'Chemical Ali', has been admitted to a United States military hospital in Baghdad and is in stable condition, the military said yesterday.
"We know that yesterday... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:34 am
Six men including a former police detective have been arrested over the axe murder of a private eye 21 years ago. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 22 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
SYDNEY - Cigarette vending machines could soon be a thing of the past in NSW as the state government moves to introduce Australia's toughest anti-smoking laws.
News Limited reports that along with the removal of vending machines,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:32 pm
In the final countdown to the Pennsylvania primary, a volley of negative ads hit the air in the state. Sen. Hillary Clinton's ads tend to question Sen. Barack Obama's readiness to lead, while Obama's ads focus on the negativity from his opponent.
Hillary Clinton accused Barack Obama yesterday of being nothing more than an
old-school candidate who had swapped his message of hope for dirty politics,
as the Democratic rivals unleashed their most personal attacks yet on the
eve of today’s Pennsylvania primary. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
When Madonna’s <i>4 Minutes</i> <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3789058.ece">went
to No 1</a> on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend, it marked her 23rd
Top Ten single, her 13th No 1 and 25 years of <i>Zeitgeist</i>-bothering
since she released <i>Holiday</i> in 1983. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 21 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army and Marine Corps let 861 convicted felons join their ranks in 2007, an 88 percent jump over the previous year that helped meet recruiting goals in wartime, according to data released on Monday.
In the final hours before the Pennsylvania primary, Sen. Barack Obama tells NPR that he's not predicting he'll win. But he says a loss doesn't mean his campaign can't defeat Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, in November.
Another suspect is being sought in Sunday's drive-by shooting. Authorities said the incident appeared to be gang-related.
Police have arrested one suspect and are searching for another in connection with the fatal drive-by shooting on Sunday of two Compton men, including one in a wheelchair, authorities said today.
PARIS (AP) -- France's government scrambled Monday to tamp down tensions with Beijing and calm anti-French sentiment that has swelled in China since pro-Tibet protesters disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:06 a... | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:29 pm
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The Islamist Hamas group said on Monday it would accept the establishment of a Palestinian state on land occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, but it was not prepared to recognize the Jewish state.
More than 140 Alaska natives have sued the Roman Catholic Diocese in Fairbanks, Alaska, saying they were sexually abused by church workers from the 1950s through the 1980s.
SINGAPORE - Singapore said yesterday that a suspected Islamic militant managed to escape from a detention centre two months ago mainly because of an unlocked window in the toilet - and fled without his trousers.
Wong Kan Seng,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:55 pm
The Labour Party will be hoping United States presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is not getting a little ahead of herself.
In an interview with Newsweek magazine, Mrs Clinton has described Helen Clark as a "former" prime... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:51 pm
Global food shortages and a faltering U.S. economy are hurting food banks. Leaders in the food bank community are finding creative ways to cope. Two food-bank organizers discuss their approach to the problem.
Renewed debate on immigration in Britain is being stifled by Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech, four decades after it was made, the head of the country's race watchdog says.
Trevor Phillips, Equality and Human Rights Commission... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 8:15 pm
It may be time for the U.S. government to slip the grip of the corn lobby and fund biofuels using matter other than corn and at the same time, drop tariffs on ethanol made in Brazil.
Sen. Hillary Clinton finishes strong in Pennsylvania, where a big win in tomorrow's primary can end talk of her conceding the Democratic nomination to Sen. Barack Obama.
The city of Juarez, across the border from Texas, is the newest epicenter of drug violence in Mexico. The Mexican government has sent in 2,500 army troops and federal police to root out corrupt local police. Many in Juarez are cheering for the soldiers.
Lobbyists are everywhere on Capitol Hill. But it's not always high-priced professionals that get lawmakers' attention. A cadre of Appalachian residents has come to lobby for environmental protections from coal-mining waste. For many, it was their first trip to Washington, D.C.
Have you heard the one about the Socialist, the old Etonian and the gay policeman? Londoners have, because those are the three main candidates to be mayor of London.
Sen. Barack Obama storms across Pennsylvania in a final effort to catch Sen. Hillary Clinton and win Tuesday's Democratic primary. Can he grasp another chance to close out his rival?
DAMASCUS - Islamist Hamas group Hamas said yesterday it would accept the establishment of a Palestinian state on land occupied by Israel in the 1967 Middle East war, but it was not prepared to recognise the Jewish state.
Hamas... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 21 Apr 2008 | 7:34 pm
Pakistan released a pro-Taliban leader Monday who sent thousands of militants to fight against the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 4:26 pm
Although it had the approval of the military, Prince William's choice of a site for a landing exercise - on his girlfriend's family farm - is generating a lot of heat for the monarchy.
The bodies of 20 migrants have been recovered from the sea near the Bahamas after their boat apparently capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said as it searched for survivors. Three survivors were rescued.
Pirates have hijacked a Spanish fishing boat with a crew of 26 off the coast of Somalia, Spain's Foreign Ministry says. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 1:39 pm
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki urges 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: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 1:35 pm
The United States and France are drafting a U.N. resolution that would allow countries to chase and arrest pirates off Somalia's coast, responding to a spate of attacks including this week's hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 1:14 pm
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
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.
Just hours after former President Jimmy Carter trumpeted Hamas' agreement to let Israel "live as a neighbor," the same terrorist leader he met with face-to-face vowed not to recognize the Jewish state. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:53 am
Hundreds of residents fled Somalia's capital on foot, by car and on donkey carts Monday and others cleared the streets of corpses after a bloody weekend that left dozens dead. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:32 am
A Roman Catholic priest who floated off under hundreds of helium party balloons was missing Monday off the southern coast of Brazil. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:24 am
An attorney says a cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali" has been hospitalized after going on a hunger strike. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Apr 2008 | 9:10 am
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
AP - President Bush, stymied by Congress in his final push to broaden U.S. trade, is finding a bigger blast of support from north and south of the border.
AP - Osama bin Laden's chief deputy warns that al-Qaida still has plans to target Western countries involved in the Iraq war in a new audiotape released Tuesday to answer questions posed by followers.
AP - Cabbies here complain their take-home pay is thinner than it used to be. Trucking companies across the country are making drivers slow down to conserve fuel. Filling station owners plead that really, really, the skyrocketing prices aren't their fault.
AP - Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama questioned each other's character and readiness to be commander in chief in last-minute television ads as the six-week Pennsylvania primary campaign steamed toward an uncertain conclusion Tuesday.
Democrats in Pennsylvania make their choice on Tuesday in the presidential nominating race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Reuters - A team of U.S. officials led by a State
Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Tuesday to
discuss Pyongyang's declaration of its nuclear activities under
a six-country disarmament deal and how to verify the
disclosure.
AFP - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was on Tuesday to host a summit of policymakers and experts, including the head of the UN food agency, to develop a plan to tackle rising global food prices .
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki
rebuked neighboring states on Tuesday for not doing enough to
strengthen ties with Baghdad, write off Iraq's debts or stop
militants entering the war-torn country.
AP - Homeowners staggering under mounting mortgage debt and facing foreclosure could get cheaper, government-backed loans under Democrats' housing rescue plan.
An outburst of gunfire rattled the city during the weekend, with at least nine people killed in 36 separate acts of violence.
LeBron James scored 30 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers played their best game in months, blowing out the Washington Wizards 116-86 on Monday night to take a 2-0 lead in their opening-round playoff series.