Police in Austria have freed a woman who had been locked in an underground dungeon and abused by her father for 24 years. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:26 pm
KABUL (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing three people including an MP and wounding a dozen. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:13 pm
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Sporadic overnight clashes between Shiite militiamen and US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad's Sadr City killed at least 10 people, including a woman, Iraqi and US officials said on Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:08 pm
Austrian police arrest a man on suspicion of hiding his daughter for 24 years and fathering children with her. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:07 pm
YAMAGUCHI, Japan, April 27 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO, UPDATING) The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan is heading toward beating the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:03 pm
Ater spending $150 million on an empty aircraft, the client has to get into Boeing's Dreamliner showroom, like in a car dealership. There you have to pick the seats, including their their A/V equipment (like whooping 23" LCD monitors in first class,) and even the coffee pot. Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:02 pm
Because the children, from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or F.L.D.S., have never eaten processed foods, the new shelter mantra is whole grains and fresh vegetables. Because they have never been to public school, the equivalent of home schooling will be established in shelters. Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 1:02 pm
Austrian media reported Sunday that a 73-year-old was discovered to have held his daughter captive in a cellar for 24 years. The report also alleges that he fathered four children by her.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:58 pm
AP - Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH NIGHT GAMES) Hiram Bocachica homered twice and batted in four runs to ignite the offense as the Pacific League-leading Seibu Lions routed the Orix ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:58 pm
Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases. The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient method of converting waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemical compounds known as cyclic carbonates. Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:56 pm
An airbase inside a mountain is the latest sign that North Korea, whose links to Syria’s nuclear programme came to light last week, is cranking up its military machine Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:47 pm
(Kyodo) _ The government is considering putting its plan to free up road-related tax revenues for general expenditures from fiscal 2009 to a formal Cabinet decision, government sources... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:43 pm
Indisputably, we moderns can't match the memory feats of bygone times, those days when people could do things like memorize the "Iliad" in Greek without even knowing Greek. And maybe it's true, as some have speculated (me, for instance), that we've lost this capacity because we now tend to outsource our memory tasks to an exo-brain of technology. Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:42 pm
AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing three people including an MP and wounding a dozen.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:40 pm
AP - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.
FOX is now using McAuliffe's praise as a TV ad to prove just how fair and balanced they are. Help us tell McAuliffe the truth. Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:39 pm
(Kyodo) _ Tamil Tiger light aircraft bombed a key military base in northeastern Sri Lanka on Sunday in an audacious attack ahead of a visit to the island by Iranian President Mahmoud... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:39 pm
Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner Chelsea Football Club, has submitted plans to build what would be the most expensive private residence in Britain. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:34 pm
SEOUL (AFP) - Thousands of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:34 pm
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is said to be safe after an apparent assassination attempt. Gunfire erupted during a military parade marking the 16th anniversary of the end of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
AFP - Thousands of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence.
Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior government members running for cover. Two people were killed and 9 others wounded.
(Kyodo) _ A group of human rights activists who planned a protest in Hong Kong during the Olympic torch relay next week was barred from entering the territory and turned back home, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:25 pm
AP - A wildfire in Southern California that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday.
AP - Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 on Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead.
AP - Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections. Yawn. Then came the wake-up call: trade after trade after trade, affecting 14 of the 31 first-round picks. At one point, five of seven selections had been bartered. A little while later, it was another five of six.
AP - "Coachella, I am here." Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) -- Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:11 pm
AP - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.
(Kyodo) _ Only days after formal result of this month's historic election officially transformed the Maoists into the biggest player in Nepalese politics, the party realizes that leading... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:59 am
A day of prayer led by the Archbishop of York is designed to show support to the people of Zimbabwe. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:58 am
AP - President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner.
Tony Blair has been forced to deny a claim by one his closest allies that he
believes Gordon Brown “could never beat” David Cameron at the polls. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:56 am
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, is seen on U.S. Humvee as he heads to inspect the Afghan forces at a ceremony marking the 16th anniversary the defeat of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in Kabul,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- Hundreds of workers at Scotland's only oil refinery on Sunday began a 48-hour strike that has forced BP PLC to shut a pipeline system that delivers almost a third of Britain's North Sea oil.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:55 am
In this photo made available by Italian Presidency press office Italian President Giorgio Napolitano casts his ballot in a polling station in Rome, Sunday April 27, 2008. Romans will vote for a new mayor... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:53 am
A Syrian girl lights candles at al-Salib (cross) church in Damascus, Syria, Sunday April 27, 2008, while celebrating Orthodox Easter. Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter several weeks after observances... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday made an impassioned plea for an end to conflicts in Somalia, Sudan's western Darfur region and Burundi. "The news reaching us from some African... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:51 am
Workers at one of Britain's biggest oil refineries started a two-day strike Sunday, forcing the closure of a major North Sea pipeline and triggering panic-buying of petrol. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:49 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister met Sunday with the Sunni Arab vice president to discuss reintegrating Sunni political parties into the Shiite-dominated government as police said five people died in violence in Baghdad.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:48 am
(Kyodo) _ Japan secured berths for all weight categories in the Beijing Olympic judo competition after Hiroaki Hiraoka and Masato Uchishiba qualified in their classes on the final day of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:45 am
NAGOYA, April 27 (Kyodo) _ Plaintiffs officially decided Sunday not to appeal a court ruling branding the Air Self-Defense Force's dispatch to Iraq unconstitutional, the plaintiffs said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
LONDON (AFP) - Hospital deaths due to the superbug clostridium difficile among over 65-year-olds in Britain occur at ten times the rate of any other country, a report said Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:42 am
If the American people are growing weary of the protracted Democratic nomination fight, they've got nothing on the candidates, their staffs or their staffs' families. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:41 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - Protests and scuffles greeted the Olympic flame as it began a two-day journey on the divided Korean peninsula on Sunday along a route guarded by thousands of riot policeman wielding shields and truncheons.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Jendayi Frazer looks on, during a news conference in Lusaka, Zambia, Sunday, April 27, 2008. Frazer said that government-sponsored violence in neighbouring... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:32 am
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration in the capital, Kabul.
A Syrian woman lights candles at al-Salib (cross) church in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday April 27, 2008, while celebrating the Orthodox Easter. Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter several weeks after observances... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:25 am
KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban claimed responsibility today for an assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a brazen attack that left him unharmed but wounded two lawmakers.
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration in the capital, Kabul.
Pro and anti-Chinese demonstrators clash in Seoul during the latest leg of the Olympic torch relay. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:16 am
GRANGEMOUTH (AFP) - Workers at one of Britain's biggest oil refineries started a two-day strike Sunday, forcing the closure of a major North Sea pipeline and triggering panic-buying of petrol. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:07 am
President Hamid Karzai escaped a dramatic attempt on his life today when
Taleban fighters opened fire with automatic weapons and rockets during a
military parade in Kabul. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Apr 2008 | 11:01 am
Security was tightened Sunday in Myanmar's largest city as rumors spread that pro-democracy activists would launch protests against an upcoming referendum on a draft constitution backed by the ruling military. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:59 am
NEW DELHI (AFP) - The Dalai Lama believes talks with China would be pointless unless Beijing is "serious" about finding a solution to the Tibetan issue, a spokesman for the spiritual leader said on Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:56 am
A line of rain was expected to move northeastward through New England on Sunday, and areas of heavy rain embedded with thunderstorms were expected in the Southeast. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:48 am
VIENNA (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and the government of President George W. Bush were to blame for the U.S. financial crisis, Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz said in a magazine interview.
Supplies of fuel will be shipped in from Europe this week to prevent pumps in Scotland and England from running dry. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:42 am
The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall _ either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton _ and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:31 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A Microsoft deadline for Internet service company Yahoo to accept its 44.6 billion-dollar (28.5 billion-euro) acquisition offer expired at midnight Saturday, setting the stage for a hostile takeover bid by the software giant. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:23 am
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escapes unharmed as gunfire breaks out at a military ceremony in Kabul. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:18 am
A Zimbabwean polling agent holds voting papers during a recount at the Domboshava training centre on April 19. The suspense mounted in Zimbabwe over the outcome of a presidential election four weeks on... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
Chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission George Chiweshe addresses a press conference in Harare. The suspense mounted in Zimbabwe over the outcome of a presidential election four weeks on from voting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:16 am
CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) -- A fire roared through a mattress factory in a poor section of Casablanca Saturday, killing up to 55 workers and injuring as many as 24 others, Moroccan officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:15 am
A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul Sunday, while thousands of police guarded the flame from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.
An Iranian woman talks to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) at a polling station in Tehran on April 25. Iran's conservatives are celebrating victory in legislative elections, but the new parliament may... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
An Iranian woman fingerprints her ballot at a polling station in Tehran on April 25. Iran's conservatives are celebrating victory in legislative elections, but the new parliament may trouble President... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Pour Mohammadi announces the final results of Iran's parliamentary elections during a press conference in Tehran on April 26. Iran's conservatives are celebrating victory... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Apr 2008 | 10:02 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday a "disastrous situation" facing the United States in Iraq and Afghanistan coupled with Washington's domestic issues made any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic unlikely.
An experimental satellite for a much-delayed European Union rival to the United States' GPS navigation system blasted into orbit Sunday after a successful launch atop a Russian rocket, the Russian and European space agencies said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 9:52 am
A group of silent workers bearing red and white flags left the Grangemouth oil
refinery this morning, makring the start of a 48-hour strike that has
prompted warnings against the panic-buying of petrol. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 27 Apr 2008 | 9:30 am
By all accounts, Rocky was one of the most gentle and affectionate animals to be found in Hollywood's vast exotic menagerie of performing lions, tigers and bears -- until the day the 700-pound grizzly bit down on the neck of a veteran trainer and killed him.
Tony Blair believes David Cameron has "major strengths" and that Gordon Brown "cannot defeat him", Lord Levy claimed last night. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 9:14 am
U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan can speak to their families by Web camera and fight insurgents using sophisticated electronic warfare. Yet when it comes to voting, most troops are stuck in the past. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 9:07 am
Tamil Tiger rebels have bombed military targets in the north-east of Sri Lanka using light aircraft. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:51 am
Try to view the Video page at foxnews.com from a Linux system using any browser and see what happens. http://www.foxnews.com/video/index.html Source: Digg | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:50 am
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian economy won't grow this year, largely due to Israeli restrictions on movement and despite billions of dollars in aid meant to shore up support for peace talks, the World Bank predicted Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:31 am
Logan International Airport travelers experienced more than just lines at the gate yesterday as Terminal A was turned into a television studio for a credit card commercial...
HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing but still short on manpower.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:22 am
ATLANTA - Oh, how Atlanta pumped air into the underdog card last night.
Al Horford brought a tape of Muhammad Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" triumph over...
ATLANTA - Both teams had to suffer through the inconvenience.
That was the standard Celtics response to the dilemma of playing without a shot clock from the start of...
ATLANTA - Let us begin with just a little moment of perspective and clarity.
The Celtics are not going to lose this series. They will rise from these Saturday night ashes,...
Gun battles between rival factions of a Mexican drugs cartel leave at least 15 dead near the US border. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:20 am
ATLANTA - Now that Kevin Garnett has broken the 3-point ice, we should expect the Celtics to begin inverting their offense and posting up Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo. Right?
...
ATLANTA - Atlanta Hawks coach Mike Woodson kept his pregame message simple.
All he wrote on the dry-erase board in his team's locker room was "Don't be...
ATLANTA - Fair-weather?
Don't bring that term up around longtime Celtics fan John Valerino. He grew up in Connecticut and remembers walking up to the old Boston Garden...
The Palestinian economy won't grow this year, largely due to Israeli restrictions on movement and despite billions of dollars in aid meant to shore up support for peace talks, the World Bank predicted Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:10 am
Three human rights activists who planned to protest during Hong Kong's leg of the Olympic torch relay have been barred from entering the Chinese-ruled territory, one of the activists said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 8:08 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Even though the quote emanated from the clubhouse down the hall at Tropicana Field, and was referring to a player wearing the green and white of the...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Clay Buchholz always knew that it would be hard to top the no-hitter he threw in his second career start.
Last night, the Tampa Bay Rays made it...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Stuffy McGinnis has nothing on Kevin Youkilis anymore.
By successfully handling second baseman Dustin Pedroia's throw on Eric Hinske's...
An international coalition of 29 human rights groups urges the arrest of two Sudanese war crimes suspects. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 7:34 am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is "ready to help re-engage in negotiations" for the release of three American hostages held captive by rebels in Colombia, a visiting U.S. governor said late Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 27 Apr 2008 | 7:31 am
A wildfire in the Sierra Madre foothills swelled to 230 to 270 acres early this morning, forcing the evacuation of at least 100 homes and drawing hundreds of firefighters from around the region.
A wildfire in the Sierra Madre foothills swelled to 230 to 270 acres early this morning, forcing the evacuation of at least 100 homes and drawing hundreds of firefighters from around the region.
Rival bands suspected of drug trafficking open fire with rifles and automatic weapons on a major thoroughfare. Several others are injured in the border city's latest episode of violence.
In one of the most violent eruptions in the ongoing border drug war, suspected traffickers clashed on the streets of Tijuana early Saturday morning in a wild and bloody shootout that left 13 people dead and eight others injured in a series of moving gun battles.
Crowds are thin at Solana Beach the day after a fatal attack there, but many beachgoers and aquatic athletes still hit the surf.
Ray Montana was on his way Saturday to visit his family in Oceanside when he felt drawn to the spot here where a 66-year-old triathlete was killed a day earlier by a marauding shark.
A wildfire in Southern California that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 6:31 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The fiancee of an unarmed man who was killed in a hail of 50 police bullets said on Saturday the acquittal of three officers charged in his death was like "they killed Sean all over again."
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Recent letters from the Justice Department to Congress state that U.S. intelligence agents working to prevent terror attacks can legally use interrogation techniques banned by international law, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
Automatic gunfire broke out at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, forcing the Afghan president and other dignitaries to take cover. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 5:28 am
A dozen Cubans tried to cross the Gulf of Mexico in a raft but ran into trouble about 300 miles south of New Orleans, authorities said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Apr 2008 | 5:08 am
Eos Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and will cease operations by Monday, it said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 4:57 am
Two ABC series were in repeats — as winners — at the annual awards honoring good work in media presentations of gays and lesbians. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Apr 2008 | 4:50 am
Authorities say an 18-year-old man gunned down his parents and two siblings at their home in northwestern South Carolina. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Apr 2008 | 4:41 am
US President George W Bush tells a few jokes about his potential successors at an annual press dinner. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 4:37 am
High-flying Josh Smith scored 27 points and the Atlanta Hawks breathed life into their long-shot playoff hopes, beating the Celtics 102-93 to cut Boston’s lead in the opening-round series to 2-1 Saturday night.
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is "disposed to help" three American hostages who are being held captive by rebels in Colombia.
ANDERSON/SOUTH BEND, Indiana (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton touted their economic agendas and sparred over fuel taxes on Saturday as they crisscrossed Indiana ahead of its must-win presidential nominating contest in May.
CARACAS (Reuters) - The governor of New Mexico met on Saturday with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in an effort to restart talks with neighboring Colombia to secure the release of hostages held by leftist rebels.
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Seventeen Mexican drug gang members were killed near the U.S. border on Saturday, their bodies scattered along a road after one of the deadliest shootouts in Mexico's three-year narco-war.
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Nine prisoners were killed with machetes and knives on Saturday during a riot in an overcrowded prison in northern Honduras, the government said.
Ten Islamic militants in Algeria have died in raids on three hideouts by government troops, security officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Apr 2008 | 3:18 am
A fire roared through a mattress factory in Casablanca, killing 55 people, some apparently trapped, and injuring a dozen others, the official news agency reported.
The country's biggest supermarkets have been raided by consumer watchdogs over allegations of price fixing. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has topped the Sunday Times Rich List for the fourth year running with assets now valued at over £27,700 million. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
Supplies of fuel will be shipped in from Europe this week to prevent pumps in Scotland and England from running dry. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
To the shock of Sex and the City's American fans, the hugely-awaited new movie version of the show is to premiere not in New York - but in London. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
After losing to Hillary Clinton in Pennsylvania, the frontrunner goes on the attack, apparently frustrated with voters still immune to his charisma, writes Tim Shipman. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
British troops who have suffered severe injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan are to receive much greater compensation, The Sunday Telegraph has learnt. Source: Telegraph News | Top News | 27 Apr 2008 | 12:01 am
It is gleaming, electronic and full of exciting variations at the touch of a
dial. It is also deeply fashionable. So much so, that last year Woolworths
reported that its sales had risen 289% in 12 months. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The headquarters of Britain’s biggest four supermarkets have been raided by
the consumer watchdog as part of an investigation into price-fixing. Source: Top stories from Times Online | 26 Apr 2008 | 11:00 pm
The fighter jet commonly known as the Night Hawk was the first stealth fighter that used technology to make it virtually undetectable to radar. Colonel John Forsythe flew the lead plane in the fleet's final mission — to a secret hanger in the Nevada desert. Forsythe talks with Andrea Seabrook.
A long-awaited recount showed the opposition won control of parliament in last month's disputed election in Zimbabwe. A reporter for the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, talks about the growing anger over the delayed election results and Friday's brutal government crackdown on opposition activists.
NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) -- As Kenya's politicians toured the country's battle-scarred west, walking among the uprooted multitudes, their message was clear: You will be able to go home soon. We, your leaders, will help you.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:12 a... | 26 Apr 2008 | 6:54 pm
The fiancee of an unarmed man shot to death by police on his wedding day said that "the justice system let me down" after the three detectives were acquitted of all charges in his killing.
Turkey's prime minister says his country is mediating between Syria and Israel in an effort to secure peace. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 5:12 pm
President Robert Mugabe appeared unlikely this week to win back control of parliament in a partial vote recount after a police crackdown on members of the opposition, which accuses him of stealing the poll.
Some 13 seats have been... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Apr 2008 | 5:00 pm
Algerian soldiers killed 10 armed Islamic militants who were planning a "spectacular operation" in the name of Al Qaeda in Islamic North Africa, a security official said Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:46 pm
Japan's leader met with Russia's outgoing and incoming presidents Saturday, seeking Moscow's support for global environmental initiatives before the Group of Eight summit. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:40 pm
Marines are crossing the sands of southern Afghanistan for the first time in years, providing a boost to a NATO coalition that is growing in size but still short on manpower Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:29 pm
At least 39 people were injured, three of them seriously, when the floor of a local church filled with teens collapsed during a concert. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:15 pm
Dozens of mourners gathered in the Ukrainian capital on Saturday to mark 22 years since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:12 pm
Every year, hundreds of New Zealanders attend Anzac Day services at battlefields in Turkey and France.
This year also saw the first joint Anzac service at the New Zealand War Memorial in Hyde Park, London.
Here is a selection... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Apr 2008 | 4:00 pm
Running gunbattles between suspected drug traffickers broke out on the streets of the border city of Tijuana on Saturday, and there were conflicting reports on how many people were killed. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 1:32 pm
After meeting with President Bush this week, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said any deal brokered by the U.S. on a Palestinian state is unlikely this year. Aaron David Miller of the Wilson Center for International Scholars talks about what role, if any, the U.S. can play in promoting peace between Israel and its neighbors.
On Friday, Congress may have resolved the legislative knot that is the farm bill, which governs the massive presence of the federal government in farming, food and fiber production, nutrition and even the lumber industry. It also involves one of the most complex lobbying operations in Washington.
The Dalai Lama has said he welcomes China's offer to meet his envoy, but he wants serious talks to reduce resentment about Chinese rule in Tibet. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Apr 2008 | 1:22 pm
Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama head into the Indiana and North Carolina primaries next month. Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of The Hotline daily political brief, talks with John Ydstie about which voters might give a boost to either Democratic presidential candidate.
The Dalai Lama welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk seriously about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month.
Zimbabwe's electoral commission said that a recount of votes for 10 parliamentary seats confirmed the original results, including opposition victories, making it unlikely that the ruling party can wrest control of parliament.
AP - Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.
AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unharmed Sunday after militants attacked a high-profile military parade with rockets and gunfire, killing three people including an MP and wounding a dozen.
AP - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.
AFP - Thousands of Chinese shouting support for the Beijing Games turned a central Seoul plaza into a sea of red flags as the Olympic torch ended its South Korean relay without disruption Sunday amid a huge police presence.
AP - A wildfire in Southern California that has scorched 270 acres and forced the evacuation of about 100 homes in neighborhoods might not be under control for days, officials said Sunday.
AP - Deron Williams scored eight of his 17 points in the fourth quarter and the Utah Jazz beat the Houston Rockets 86-82 on Saturday night for a 3-1 series lead.
AP - Things were going so normally, so predictably at Saturday's NFL draft. All six players the league invited to the festivities hit the stage in the first half-dozen selections. Yawn. Then came the wake-up call: trade after trade after trade, affecting 14 of the 31 first-round picks. At one point, five of seven selections had been bartered. A little while later, it was another five of six.
AP - "Coachella, I am here." Prince hit the stage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival with that announcement, heralding his arrival as the much-anticipated headliner of the summer festival.
AP - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.
AP - President Bush poked fun at his potential successors Saturday night, expressing surprise that none of them were in the audience at the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai escaped unhurt on Sunday after an assassination attempt by Taliban fighters who fired guns and rockets at an official celebration in the capital, Kabul.
A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul Sunday, while thousands of police guarded the flame from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.
By all accounts, Rocky was one of the most gentle and affectionate animals to be found in Hollywood's vast exotic menagerie of performing lions, tigers and bears -- until the day the 700-pound grizzly bit down on the neck of a veteran trainer and killed him.
A brutal convergence of events has hit an unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. The world's poor suffer most.
Matt Kemp hit a grand slam to cap the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 10-run first inning Monday night against Colorado Rockies left-hander Mark Redman.
High-flying Josh Smith scored 27 points and the Atlanta Hawks breathed life into their long-shot playoff hopes, beating the Celtics 102-93 to cut Boston’s lead in the opening-round series to 2-1 Saturday night.