(Kyodo) _ The death toll from a major tropical cyclone that hit Myanmar on the weekend has reached 243, the BBC reported Sunday. The British television network, quoting state-run... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:52 am
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Business, meaning research by historians and nourishment for history hobbyists, is brisk at the Harry S. Truman Library on this 60th anniversary of the...
(Kyodo) _ A senior official of the Tibet government-in-exile confirmed Sunday that talks between envoys from the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials began the same morning in Shenzhen in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:17 am
The cruise ship Mona Lisa with 984 people on board ran aground early Sunday in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia, the coast guard said. Coast guard spokeswoman Liene... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:15 am
Kaufman owned garages and was an associate of the Winter Hill Gang. He collected payoffs from bookies to whom Whitey Bulger and Stevie Flemmi provided protection. His two...
(Kyodo) _ The Osaka Evessa beat the Tokyo Apache 66-56 to win the bj league title for the third season in a row on Sunday. Osaka, the top finisher in the regular season, led 44-41 after Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:12 am
A common illness that typically causes little more than a fever and rash has killed 24 children in China, and health officials fear the worst may be yet to come as outbreaks occur in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:09 am
MADRID, May 4 (Kyodo) _ Ten Southeast Asian economies plus Japan, China and South Korea will hold a meeting of their finance ministers on Sunday in the Spanish capital, where they are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:06 am
The Hub-based Hollywood production "Bride Wars," currently filming in the South End, has given a couple of local girls a big opportunity to appear on screen next...
Software giant Microsoft drops its bid to buy internet firm Yahoo after the two sides fail to agree a price. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 11:02 am
(Kyodo) _ Finance ministers from Japan, China and South Korea agreed Sunday to create a new workshop by the end of the year to promote cooperation and ensure financial stability in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 11:00 am
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A tropical cyclone has killed at least 243 people in Burma and damaged thousands of buildings, state TV reports. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 10:54 am
Myanmar’s military government declared disaster areas in five states after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region, killing at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said.
Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura addresses during a press conference in Kabul. Komura met President Hamid Karzai during a surprise visit to Afghanistan in which he urged better relations with... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 10:49 am
Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura met President Hamid Karzai during a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Sunday in which he urged better relations with Pakistan. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 10:49 am
AFP - More than 240 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, an information ministry official said Sunday.
YANGON (AFP) - More than 240 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, an information ministry official said Sunday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 10:45 am
The U.S. military said Sunday a roadside bomb killed four Marines in western Anbar province — the deadliest attack in that area in months. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 4 May 2008 | 10:36 am
AMSTETTEN, Austria (AP) -- The wife of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning their daughter for 24 years never believed her husband was involved in her disappearance, even though he served 18 months for a 1967 rape conviction, her sister said.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 10:35 am
The wife of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning their daughter for 24 years never believed her husband was involved in her disappearance, even though he served 18 months for a 1967 rape... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 10:35 am
MADRID (AFP) - Soaring prices for food staples, especially for rice which have tripled over the past year, could lead to social unrest in Asia, Japanese Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga warned Sunday in Spain. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 10:34 am
RIGA, Latvia (AP) -- The Latvian Coast Guard Service says the cruise ship Mona Lisa with 984 people on board has run aground in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 10:33 am
The Latvian Coast Guard Service says the cruise ship Mona Lisa with 984 people on board has run aground in the Baltic Sea, off the northwest coast of Latvia. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 10:33 am
SEOUL (AFP) - At least eight people, including two children, were killed Sunday when high waves slammed a breakwater on South Korea's west coast, sucking anglers and others out to sea, coastguard officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 10:28 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH CHUNICHI-HANSHIN GAME, CHANGING DATELINE) Lee Byung Kyu hit a walkoff solo homer off Kyuji Fujikawa with two outs in the 10th inning Sunday, giving the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 4 May 2008 | 10:25 am
Reuters - Myanmar's military government declared
disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3
cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, flattening two towns
and killing at least four people in Yangon, state media said.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government declared disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, flattening two towns and killing at least four people in Yangon, state media said.
Tuesday is one of the last big landmarks of the primary season, with 187 delegates at stake in one single day. Right now Barack Obama volunteers and staff in Indiana and North Carolina are preparing for the final Get Out The Vote weekend, and across the country grassroots phonebankers are getting ready for the last big weekend of calling. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 10:20 am
AP - Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
Envoys of the Dalai Lama hold talks with Chinese officials, as Beijing continues to condemn Tibetan activists. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 10:03 am
AP - Big Brown was pulling away from the field, accelerating with every powerful stride toward the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. The crowd of 157,770 was on its feet and cheering as the big, unbeaten, muscular bay crossed the line first, 4 3/4 lengths ahead of the filly Eight Belles.
AP - Pop quiz: What comes to mind when you think about Yogi Berra, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Toni Morrison? Brilliant minds, inspiring souls, trailblazers all are likely responses.
SHENZHEN, China (AP) -- President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday - the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 9:59 am
AP - President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.
AP - Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection.
AP - Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.
AP - A Democrat won a special congressional election here Saturday, bolstering his party's majority status on Capitol Hill by taking a seat Republicans have held since 1974.
The US secretary of state begins a new Middle East visit aimed to advance an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 9:52 am
Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on
Sunday after discussions with Israeli leaders on ways to ease
restrictions on Palestinians and move peace talks forward.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday after discussions with Israeli leaders on ways to ease restrictions on Palestinians and move peace talks forward.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military said Sunday a roadside bomb killed four Marines in western Anbar province - the deadliest attack in that area in months.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 9:51 am
SANYA, China (AP) -- Cheering Chinese stood on their chairs and waved flags as the Olympic torch started its mainland leg Sunday on the tropical island of Hainan - the first stop in what is expected to be a peaceful three-month journey to Beijing.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 9:48 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he will meet Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 9:43 am
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice put new pressure on Israel to ease movement restrictions in the occupied West Bank on her latest visit to the region to push sluggish peace efforts. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 9:10 am
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese President Hu Jintao voiced hope over progress in talks that began Sunday between the Dalai Lama's envoys and China, following deadly unrest in Tibet that has marred the nation's Olympic build-up. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 8:54 am
In 2005, DVDr-core was the first BitTorrent site that was targeted by the MPAA outside the US. A classic story: Man runs site, man gets sued over site, nothing more is ever heard. Whilst in most cases, this means that the defendant bowed to pressure, paid an out of court settlement, and promised not to do it again, that is not the case here. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 8:40 am
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Asian vultures may face extinction in India unless a farm drug responsible for their large-scale decimation is banned outright, according to a report Sunday citing researchers. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 8:40 am
The wife of an Austrian man accused of imprisoning their daughter for 24 years never believed her husband was involved in her disappearance, even though he served 18 months for a 1967 rape conviction, her sister said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 8:36 am
A man looks at a giant wave breaking on the coast. At least seven people were killed when a strong tidal wave hit South Korea's west coast, coastguard officials said, with others feared missing. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 8:28 am
A sudden high wave crashed into a bulwark near a western coastal beach, leaving at least eight people dead and 12 others injured Sunday, the South Korean Coast Guard said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 4 May 2008 | 8:20 am
At least eight people are reported dead on South Korea's west coast after being swept away by high waves. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 8:11 am
Almost 8 years after al-Qaeda nearly sank the USS Cole with an explosives-stuffed motorboat, killing 17 sailors, the defendants convicted have escaped from prison or been freed. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 4 May 2008 | 7:59 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Five regions in Myanmar were declared disaster zones Sunday after Tropical Cyclone Nargis smashed hundreds of houses, knocked out electricity and left at least four people dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 7:57 am
A Sri Lankan soldier patrols along the 'de facto' frontline at Nager Kovil in the Jaffna Peninsula in April. Heavy fighting in northern Sri Lanka killed at least 18 Tiger rebels and one soldier, the defence... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:47 am
When you click swap, your sketch is uploaded. The next person to click swap will get that sketch, and you will get whatever they drew. Have fun! Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 7:30 am
SANYA, China (Reuters) - Thunderous applause and cheers greeted the Olympic torch on Sunday as it began the first leg of its marathon relay through mainland China after a protest-harried overseas journey.
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - Microsoft has yanked its proposal to acquire Yahoo, saying the struggling Internet pioneer refused to budge on price despite the software giant upping its offer to nearly 50 billion dollars. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 4 May 2008 | 7:20 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Israel Defence Minister Ehud Barak pose for a picture May 4 before a meeting in Jerusalem. Rice launched a busy day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:18 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (left) and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband at a press conference at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London, May 2. Rice launched a busy day of talks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:18 am
SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's president said he was hoping for a "positive outcome" from talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama, which were due to open on Sunday, but state media kept up a barrage of attacks on Tibet's exiled spiritual leader.
Police say two new parents left their baby alone in a car while they went to watch the Kentucky Derby at a Long Island off-track betting parlor. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 7:17 am
A sudden high wave crashed into a bulwark near a western coastal beach, leaving at least seven people dead and 12 others injured Sunday, the South Korean Coast Guard said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 7:15 am
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp walked away from its bid to buy Yahoo Inc on Saturday after the Internet company turned down its offer to raise the price by $5 billion to $47.5 billion.
Amid heavy security an unidentified runner (C) carries the Olympic torch in Sanya on the southern tropical island of Hainan on May 4. China welcomed home the Olympic flame with a celebrity-packed start... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:06 am
A local resident walks past a Beijing Olympic Games billboard in Beijing on May 4. China welcomed home the Olympic flame on May 4 with a celebrity-packed start to the mainland torch relay, hoping to extinguish... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:06 am
Amid heavy security, speed skating Olympic champion Yang Yang (R) passes the Olympic torch to Bank of China president, Li Lihui (L) in Sanya on the southern tropical island of Hainan on May 4. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 7:06 am
Irrational, passionate, unpredictable -- politicians' marriages remind us of all the things that drive us nuts about relations (and government). Hot buttons, anyone?
I first saw a picture of the man who would be my husband on an Internet dating site. I took one look at the tattooed arms, the flinty, Steve McQueen-like stare, the sardonic twist of his smile, and I yelled over my shoulder, "Mom, check this one out! I think this guy's looking for me."
The companies had engaged in takeover talks, but were unable to close a multibillion-dollar gap in price expectations.
Microsoft Corp. on Saturday yanked a $42-billion takeover offer for Yahoo Inc. that would have reordered the landscape of the Web after the companies failed to agree on how much the Internet pioneer was worth.
The military says 150 rebels were killed, but the guerrillas say six died. Villagers previously displaced by cross-border fighting are again caught in crossfire.
As Turkey's military on Saturday claimed it had killed 150 Kurdish separatists in airstrikes in northern Iraq and a rebel spokesman disputed the account, those caught in the crossfire were struggling to survive in tent cities and even caves.
Enterovirus-71 has sickened 4,000. Beijing seeks to avoid coverup charges as Olympics near.
The Chinese Health Ministry issued an alert Saturday over a virus that has killed 24 children and sickened more than 4,000, as it scrambled to fend off a potential scandal over a coverup.
The 20-year-old made repeated cellphone calls to her boyfriend, helping police break the case more than two weeks after she was abducted.
A 20-year-old woman who said she had been abducted by her ex-boyfriend, locked in a room and repeatedly raped for more than two weeks was rescued Friday night, three days after she made the first in a series of cellphone calls for help, police said Saturday.
A $5,000 reward is offered for information about the killings of the animals, protected under the 1972 Marine Mammal Protection Act.
Three northern elephant seals were found shot dead Saturday morning at the Point Piedras Blancas elephant seal colony near San Simeon, Calif., five miles north of Hearst Castle, authorities said.
A new excavation at Stonehenge seeks to prove that it was not a shrine of the dead but a temple of healing utilizing unique bluestones from a site 250 miles away in Wales.
The mysterious circle of stones that rises on Salisbury Plain near here has stood as an archaeological marvel for thousands of years, its origins and purpose shrouded in the mists of history.
Nursing a migraine today? New research shows you're not alone. More than a quarter of Americans suffer daily pain, a condition that costs the U.S. about $60 billion a year in lost productivity. And how often you're in pain depends largely on the size of your paycheck. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 6:46 am
Fugitive US millionaire Robert Vesco died last year in Cuba of lung cancer at 72, the New York Times reports. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 6:37 am
File photo shows Muslim women chatting beside a flag of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian women travelling abroad on their own may need letters from their parents or employers in a bid to stop them becoming... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 6:28 am
File photo shows the giant Buddhas site in Bamiyan, northwest of Kabul. The New Zealand Defence Force denied claims Sunday that its troops damaged the remains of Afghanistan's famous Bamiyan Buddha statues... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 4 May 2008 | 6:26 am
You might think that a chocolate company with one of the world's most famous brands would have a flashy headquarters with a visitors' centre and a neon sign. Not Mars. A notoriously secretive Virginia-based firm, it is run out of an anonymous brown building near the CIA's headquarters. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 6:26 am
Armed but alone, Marine Pfc. Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan's caves and pillboxes, persuading enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish World War II battle on the island.
Bolivia's eastern Santa Cruz region is to hold a vote on wide-ranging and divisive autonomy proposals. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 6:18 am
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (Reuters) - Big Brown produced a dramatic stretch run to win the Kentucky Derby Saturday, overcoming a potentially disastrous post position to remain unbeaten in four career starts.
lmost a month ago, we received a press release for Barbie™ BCause, an attempt by Mattel to fool consumers into believing made in China, plastic, out-of-proportion dolls were green. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 6:06 am
Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms.
CARSON, California (Reuters) - Multiple world champion and overwhelming favorite Oscar De La Hoya registered a unanimous decision victory over fellow American Steve Forbes in a non-title bout on Saturday.
At least 18 prisoners are killed during a fight at a jail in Honduras - the second such incident in less than a week. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 4 May 2008 | 5:49 am
Malaysia's foreign minister says women traveling alone abroad should be required to carry a letter from parents or employers verifying the reason for their journey, a news report said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 5:43 am
Just wanted to warn you all to stay put until after the film’s end credits have finished, because there’s an extra scene. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 5:40 am
For surrogates of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, there was a political horse race Saturday that outpaced the Kentucky Derby in importance. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 5:37 am
DENVER (Reuters) - The sharply contrasting health care visions of Republican John McCain and his Democratic presidential rivals offer the promise of a grand campaign debate -- if the candidates find room on a crowded agenda.
Four high school students are being investigated on suspicion of breaking into the Fort Bend Independent School District's computer network and changing the grades of at least 60 students. Investigators estimated the financial loss to the school district at more than $190,000, making the case a possible felony... Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 5:17 am
David West scored a career playoff-high 30 points to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 101-82 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Saturday night.
Amtrak is hoping live entertainment, exhibits and a national TV personality will lure people who don't normally take the train into its stations — and then inspire them to return to ride the rails another day. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 5:07 am
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday she will ask Israel to remove more physical barriers erected in the West Bank as a bulwark against Palestinian militants. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 4 May 2008 | 4:56 am
TOKYO (AP) -- Iwao Hakamada, Japan's longest serving death row inmate, has insisted for 40 years that he is innocent of the four murders he was convicted of. The evidence was suspect, he says, and his confession was coerced.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 4:50 am
Today at Maker Faire 2008, MacGyver creator (and real life inspiration) Lee David Zlotoff announced he has a big budget MacGyver movie in the planning stages. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 4:50 am
Clint Bowyer raced to his first victory of the season Saturday night, sneaking into the lead after a wild chain of events denied Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch the win at Richmond International Raceway.
More than 150 Kurdish rebels were killed in a cross-border air raid by Turkish military into northern Iraq earlier this week, according to Turkey's military.
Now it seems the only question is whether the government will be able to turn the net into a controllable, monitorable and trackable pre-internet AOL-type service or whether the chaotic net will live on as just another frontier for the military-industrial complex to start an arm's race and rake in billions of government dollars. Source: Digg | 4 May 2008 | 4:25 am
A New York food company is recalling more than 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry because it might be contaminated with the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 4:20 am
HAGATNA, Guam (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama beat rival Hillary Clinton by just seven votes in Guam's nominating contest after record numbers of residents voted in the tiny U.S. territory's primary, officials said on Sunday.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Saturday the software giant is dropping its three-month-old bid to buy Yahoo as the two sides remained at least $5 billion apart on price Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 4 May 2008 | 3:49 am
Oscar De La Hoya showed he could still beat a contender. Next up is cashing in again like a champion. In what was little more than a tuneup for a much bigger fight, De La Hoya kicked off his retirement tour Saturday night before an appreciative crowd by pitching a near shutout over a game but overmatched Steve Forbes. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 4 May 2008 | 3:35 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military fired rockets at a target near a major hospital in eastern Baghdad on Saturday, wounding 20 people and damaging several ambulances, the head of the hospital said.
Nearly a week after news of a 73-year-old Austrian's alleged incest and rape rattled this Alpine nation, friends of the family still grapple with how Josef Fritzl's crime could have happened in their midst - and gone unnoticed.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday she will ask Israel to remove more physical barriers erected in the West Bank as a bulwark against Palestinian militants.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 4 May 2008 | 2:55 am
Perth's Airport is up and running again, after suspicious packages forced the closure of the International terminal.
Police have now x-rayed the four packages which were found in freight on a Malaysian Airlines plane, and declared... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 May 2008 | 2:00 am
A controlled explosion of old ammunition by New Zealand troops in Afghanistan has damaged the remains of the famous Bamiyan Buddha statues, news agency AFP is reporting today.
However, the New Zealanders are denying the allegation.
Kiwi... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 4 May 2008 | 1:25 am
Big Brown wins the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. It is his fourth straight win. But the cheers of the crowd are cut short when the filly Eight Belles, who finished second, stumbles just past the finish line. She broke both ankles and had to be euthanized on the track.
It's the 30th anniversary of those annoying penis enlargement e-mails you get in your inbox. Andrea Seabrook takes a look at the three decades of spam — from weight loss pills to fake Rolexes to Nigerian princes who need your help.
This past week, the Transportation Security Administration introduced new security measures at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, including a controversial "whole-body scanner." The scanner provides guards with an image that strips away a traveler's clothing, revealing everything that person is carrying — and their naked bodies. TSA spokesperson Christopher White shows Andrea Seabrook how it works.
A year after a little British girl vanished from a resort in southern Portugal, churches services marked the anniversary and police said they are still gathering evidence into her disappearance.
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performance of European classical music in a public venue before a mixed gender audience.... Source: AP Top International News At 6:35 a... | 3 May 2008 | 8:38 pm
Robert Vesco was one of the world's most famous "white collar crooks" during the Watergate scandal. He fled the United States in 1971 and served time in Cuba for fraud and drug trafficking. The New York Times reports Saturday that Vesco died in November. James Rosen, author of The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate, talks with Andrea Seabrook.
Many airlines are adding $2-a-bag fees for curbside check-in — and many passengers are reacting by eliminating their tips. That's putting the squeeze on the people who do the check-in and depend on tips for a big part of their income. A group of skycaps in Boston has just won a lawsuit against American Airlines for tip income, and American responded this week by saying it would no longer allow skycaps to accept tips.
Pakistan"s determination to carry out controversial negotiations with Islamic hardline militants received a significant boost when Afghanistan backed the initiative in an apparent reversal of its earlier opposition to the move.
Two representatives of the Dalai Lama arrive in Hong Kong on Friday for the latest round of talks with Chinese officials. Robert Barnett, director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University, talks with Melissa Block about what progress is expected out of the discussions.
Sensational sightings of a flying human above the skies of Mexico could be genuine, says a paranormal expert. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
London's new Mayor Boris Johnson divides opinion like few others - a maverick lawmaker loved for his eccentric wit but often maligned for his abrasive tongue.
The uncombed, rumpled suited, former magazine editor boasts none of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
It's Friday evening, and you are chit-chatting with your guests, chilled mojitos at the ready.
But all is not as it should be in the Hamptons - your weekend getaway from Manhattan. "Sorry, what was that? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!"
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
South-east Asian nations meeting in Bali have agreed to co-operate over the rice market, Malaysia's trade minister said yesterday as rocketing prices shock a region where the grain is a core part of most meals.
The issue of food... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
U.S. soldiers killed 14 suspected Shiite militants and an American soldier died in a roadside bomb attack in the latest clashes in Baghdad, the military said.
The coast guard is searching for a small plane carrying four British businessmen that vanished off the coast of northeastern Brazil Source: FOXNews.com | 3 May 2008 | 4:00 pm
Scott Simon and Daniel Schorr discuss the top news stories of the week, including whether Rev. Jeremiah Wright's recent speech will hurt Sen. Barack Obama and a proposed suspension of the gas tax.
Albert Hofmann, the self-described "father of LSD," discovered the substance while working for a pharmaceutical company in 1938. Rick Doblin of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies talks about Hofmann's discovery and later research.
Every night in Baghdad, convoys of big rig trucks fan out across the city to supply food and fuel to the tens of thousands of soldiers. They are escorted by at least six military gun trucks.
Mark Salter, an adviser to Sen. John McCain's campaign, discusses the candidate's approach to problem-solving, his rumored temper and his relationship with President Bush. Salter and McCain co-wrote Hard Call: The Art of Great Decisions.
Representatives of the Dalai Lama were to arrive in Hong Kong, ahead of the first meetings with Chinese officials since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet, a top official of the Tibetan government-in-exile said.
China's Health Ministry issued a nationwide alert Saturday in a bid to control a virus that has caused the deaths of 22 children in one city and shows signs of spreading. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
Runners carried the Olympic torch past glitzy Las Vegas-style casinos and pastel pink and green colonial buildings Saturday in Macau the world's most lucrative gambling center. Source: FOXNews.com | 3 May 2008 | 11:10 am
Myanmar’s military government declared disaster areas in five states after a Category 3 cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta region, killing at least four people in Yangon, state newspapers said.
AFP - More than 240 people were killed when cyclone Nargis tore through military-run Myanmar this weekend, an information ministry official said Sunday.
Reuters - Myanmar's military government declared
disaster areas in five states on Sunday after a Category 3
cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, flattening two towns
and killing at least four people in Yangon, state media said.
AP - Scott Upshall scored with 3:04 remaining in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the Eastern Conference final with a 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night.
AP - Big Brown was pulling away from the field, accelerating with every powerful stride toward the finish line in the Kentucky Derby. The crowd of 157,770 was on its feet and cheering as the big, unbeaten, muscular bay crossed the line first, 4 3/4 lengths ahead of the filly Eight Belles.
AP - Pop quiz: What comes to mind when you think about Yogi Berra, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Toni Morrison? Brilliant minds, inspiring souls, trailblazers all are likely responses.
AP - President Hu Jintao said he has hopes for a positive outcome between representatives of the Dalai Lama and Chinese officials at talks that began Sunday the first since violent anti-government protests erupted in Tibet in March.
AP - Boy, did Eight Belles hang with the boys. All that heart and her gallant fight, however, ended in the worst of all possible ways: a breakdown, an ambulance on the track. And, with no other choice, she was euthanized by injection.
AP - Microsoft Corp. withdrew its $42.3 billion bid to buy Yahoo Inc. on Saturday, scrapping an attempt to snap up the tarnished Internet icon in hopes of toppling online search and advertising leader Google Inc.
AP - A Democrat won a special congressional election here Saturday, bolstering his party's majority status on Capitol Hill by taking a seat Republicans have held since 1974.
Reuters - Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on
Sunday after discussions with Israeli leaders on ways to ease
restrictions on Palestinians and move peace talks forward.
Armed but alone, Marine Pfc. Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan's caves and pillboxes, persuading enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish World War II battle on the island.
Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms.
David West scored a career playoff-high 30 points to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 101-82 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 1 of their second-round playoff series Saturday night.
Clint Bowyer raced to his first victory of the season Saturday night, sneaking into the lead after a wild chain of events denied Denny Hamlin, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kyle Busch the win at Richmond International Raceway.