As Russia swears in a new president, observers question whether the leader, Vladimir Putin's successor, will have real power to chart his own course for the country. He takes over a nation with a booming oil economy, and many serious problems.
Al-Arabiya television reports it has identified the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq and the network broadcast his photograph. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:57 pm
Protesters from the Hezbollah-led opposition clashed with supporters of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed large parts of Beirut. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:49 pm
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah opposition supporters and government backers exchanged gunfire and threw stones Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed large parts of Beirut.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 2:32 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a big step toward the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton narrowly won Indiana and loaned $6.4 million out of her own pocket to help keep her struggling campaign alive.
YANGON (Reuters) - Aid was trickling in on Wednesday for an estimated one million victims of Cyclone Nargis in military-ruled Myanmar, with the death toll of more than 22,500 expected to mount.
AP - Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.
"I love that bear being right where it is," Warden Burl Cain said Monday. "I tell you what, none of our inmates are going to try to get out after dark and wander around when they might run into a big old bear. It's like having another guard at no cost to the taxpayer." Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 2:25 pm
The earliest recorded “peeing on a stick” test comes from those innovative Egyptians. But between 1350 BC and the e.p.t. era, people used some creative methods to find out whether they were with child. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 2:25 pm
The government is refused the right to challenge an order saying it should take an Iranian opposition group off a terror blacklist. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 2:25 pm
Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to an audience in a vast, glittering Kremlin hall that he would strengthen the country's civil rights and push the economic development that is transforming the country. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:23 pm
GIBSON CITY, Illinois (Reuters) - The first batch of taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they plan to spend them on anything other than necessities.
Gov. Deval Patrick says a bill to bring legalized gambling to Massachusetts "may yet come back in the Legislature."
And he says he's not basing his statement...
MOSCOW (AP) -- Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 2:21 pm
AP - Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics.
It's natural for people to think that shopping malls and centers exist only to satisfy their deepest, or perhaps their most superficial, materialist needs. After all...
Wow, this thing is tiny, and I'd be scared as hell to ride in it, but it's coming out in 2010 and if the Smart car is any indication of what people are willing to drive to save gas and the environment, I bet we'll see this thing out on the roads too. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 2:19 pm
BOSTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton may face doubts, but Gov. Deval Patrick says the New York senator should not be pressured by outsiders yet to leave the race for the Democratic...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russian president on Wednesday and just over two hours later nominated his predecessor Vladimir Putin as prime minister, ushering in an unprecedented period of dual rule.
Reuters - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and
the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and
sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to
Iraq's security woes.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to Iraq's security woes.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Myanmar's rice-growing heartland has been devastated by Cyclone Nargis, posing worries of long-term food shortages for the impoverished country and political problems for its military regime, experts said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 2:17 pm
NORTON, Ohio - The State Highway Patrol says a truck and a school bus have crashed in central Ohio. About four children have been take to a hospital.
Troopers say the injuries...
"There isn't any greater potential threat to the status quo than the discovery of extraterrestrial life, which is why some people would prefer we didn't try." Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
Nearly 30 people, most of them students, are arrested in a drugs raid at a California university. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
For those watching Compiz-Fusion recently, many folks have been waiting for quite a while for there to be a plugin to replace the cube with a sphere. We got a cylinder, and then a deformed cylinder, and finally the developers have put the code for a sphere together! Thanks onestone! [Please note that this is in the development version only.] Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's strong win in North Carolina coupled with Hillary Clinton's narrow victory in Indiana gave the presidential contenders a split decision...
ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" threw itself a party last night, and it wasn't bad. Lots of familiar faces were on hand, including first-season winner Kelly...
The conductor leading the China Philharmonic Orchestra in a landmark concert Wednesday at the Vatican said he feels honored to perform for the pope, saying music breaks down cultural barriers. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 2:01 pm
The state Senate's move to raise the cigarette tax by $1-a-pack, making Massachusetts one of the most expensive states to buy cigarettes, has smoker's rights groups...
Hezbollah opposition supporters and government backers exchanged gunfire and threw stones Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed large parts of Beirut. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:58 pm
Reuters - Barack Obama took a big step toward
the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in
North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton narrowly won Indiana and
loaned $6.4 million out of her own pocket to help keep her
struggling campaign alive.
Austrian man accused of imprisoning his daughter for 24 years, fathering her children and keeping them locked in a cellar agrees to further questioning, says media is portraying him as a 'monster.' Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
The State Highway Patrol says a truck and a school bus have crashed in central Ohio. About four children have been take to a hospital. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
AP - San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
Reuters - Colombia extradited Carlos "Macaco"
Jimenez to the United States on Wednesday, marking the first
time the government has sent a former right-wing paramilitary
boss to face U.S. justice for drug trafficking.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia extradited Carlos "Macaco" Jimenez to the United States on Wednesday, marking the first time the government has sent a former right-wing paramilitary boss to face U.S. justice for drug trafficking.
Sunni fundamentalist from Kuwait who has been linked by the U.N. and U.S. to Al Qaeda, sas in interview that Iran is supporting Sunni Arab insurgents fighting American troops in Iraq. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 1:46 pm
Reuters - Austria's justice minister said local
authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl,
who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24
years and fathering her seven children.
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's justice minister said local authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children.
With golf season upon us - finally - Brian Kendall suggests a collection of Canadian courses from coast to coast that you absolutely must play before you die
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 1:38 pm
AP - Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.
The days are long and the nights are sleepless for Burmese refugee Sai Kyaw, who is overcome with anxiety as he awaits word from his storm-ravaged homeland, where more than...
This monster was built in the Legoland Windsor theme park in the U.K. of 500,000 LEGO bricks, and stands just shy of 100 feet high. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
After a four-race winning streak, Eight Belles galloped past the Kentucky Derby's finish line to snag second place. The glory was shattered as the racehorse collapsed on the track. She had broken bones in both front ankles — a lethal injury for a horse. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
Reuters - The first batch of
taxpayers has already started to receive their federal tax
rebates as part of the economic stimulus package, but very few
consumers interviewed by Reuters in the past week said they
plan to spend them on anything other than necessities. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 7 May 2008 | 1:35 pm
A woman who escaped from a Detroit prison 32 years ago has been arrested in San Diego, where she was married with three children and living under a false name, authorities said. Susan LeFevre, who had been using the name Marie Walsh, was arrested April 24 by federal marshals at her home in the posh Carmel Valley neighborhood of San Diego. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
Cannibals, dancers, and pheromone emitters—some of the largest (and endangered) insects in the world are nurturing mothers in the wild, wearing poison as perfume, and crawling up human backs as friendly pets. Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal, a unit of General Electric Co, plans to say next week that the entry price for a 2009 Super Bowl 30-second ad will be $3 million, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday. The $3 million mark has never been the... Source: Digg | 7 May 2008 | 1:33 pm
Driving the speed limit, taking only right turns and mocking Belgian fuel prices isn't going to make our lives at the gas pump any easier.
We're all screwed,...
Foreign aid begins to arrive in cyclone-ravaged Burma, but complaints remain that access to aid workers is being denied. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has lent her presidential campaign $6.4 million over the past month, a campaign aide says. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
TOKYO - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said today the company isn't pursuing other deals following the withdrawal of its $47.5 billion takeover bid for Yahoo.
He said...
A U.N. official declared Myanmar's cyclone-stricken Irrawaddy delta a "major, major disaster" with corpses floating in flooded areas and enormous challenges in getting aid to the neediest victims.
A court ruling in favor of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has set the stage for a trial on whether publication of photos taken of her young son violates his privacy. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
(Kyodo) _ The European Union said Wednesday it has proposed that eurozone nations accept Slovakia as the 16th country to adopt the euro next January as the country has met a set of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:28 pm
US worker productivity topped analysts' forecasts during the first three months of 2008, official figures show. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 1:26 pm
(Kyodo) _ Ikuro Katsuragi delivered a tiebreaking eighth-inning single Wednesday and the Hanshin Tigers' vaunted bullpen held off the Yomiuri Giants in a 5-4 victory. The Central... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:25 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Microsoft seeks independent way after failed attempt to acquire Yahoo TOKYO - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Wednesday the world's largest software maker Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Emperor Akihito, China's Hu share hopes for further Japan-China ties TOKYO - Emperor Akihito welcomed visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, expressing Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:22 pm
U.N. officials on Wednesday declared Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta a "major disaster" with corpses floating through flooded waters and logistical challenges hampering humanitarian aid efforts.
NAIROBI (Reuters) - A press rights watchdog condemned on Wednesday the attempted murder of the last woman openly working as a journalist in Somalia's northern Puntland region. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:13 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH NOMINATION OF PUTIN AS PRIME MINISTER IN 2ND GRAF) Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in as Russia's third president on Wednesday, replacing Vladimir Putin. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:12 pm
Kentucky Derby champion Big Brown returned to the track at Churchill Downs on Wednesday morning, four days after his 4 3/4-length win in the Run for the Roses. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: COMBINING EARLIER STORIES 'JAPAN, CHINA CALL FOR NEW ERA OF TIES, DISPUTE SOLUTION,' 'JAPAN CHINA AGREE TO SHARE PRODUCT SAFETY INFO,' 'HU SEEKS JAPAN-CHINA BUSINESS TIES... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
RALEIGH (AFP) - Barack Obama appeared Wednesday to be closing in on the Democratic presidential nomination after trouncing Hillary Clinton in the North Carolina primary and battling to a close finish in Indiana. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ The ruling coalition and the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan basically agreed Wednesday to jointly submit a bill to allow the use of space for defense purposes,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 12:57 pm
Myanmar is struggling to cope with the devastating cyclone that killed at least 22,000 people over the weekend. Souheil Reich, head of a Doctors Without Borders mission in Yangon, says the government is slowly bringing in supplies but is wary about letting foreign workers into the country.
Germany's interior minister shuts down two far-right organisations suspected of denying the Holocaust. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
Austria's justice minister says police were too quick to believe Josef Fritzl when his daughter disappeared. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 12:54 pm
The House takes up several bills Wednesday aimed at easing the mortgage foreclosure crisis. The main proposal would authorize billions of dollars in new loan guarantees to help struggling homeowners refinance their mortgages. The legislation has bipartisan support, but GOP leaders call it a bailout.
(Kyodo) _ Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao and main opposition Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa agreed Wednesday to work on further improving bilateral relations based on Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 7 May 2008 | 12:50 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Sirens wailed across Israel Wednesday, bringing the nation to a standstill in a solemn two-minute ritual on the country's Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of Palestinian suicide bombings and other attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 12:48 pm
Two Baghdad stadiums are prepared to receive people warned to leave home ahead of an assault. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
South Africa's public broadcaster suspends its CEO for alleged misconduct as it faces charges of bias. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said Wednesday.
The Democratic presidential rivals split primary contests Tuesday, but Politico.com editor John Harris says without an emphatic win in Indiana, there is no sound logic to continue Sen. Hillary Clinton's campaign.
LABUTTA (AFP) - Thousands of shell-shocked survivors of the Myanmar cyclone emerged Wednesday, desperate for food and water after trekking for days through flood waters littered with the bodies of the dead. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents in San Diego are seeing an increase in smuggling by sea. Improvements in border security on land have pushed immigrant and drug smugglers offshore. During the past few months, dozens of small boats have been found on the beaches near the border. Now federal agents are responding.
Relief has begun trickling into Myanmar after the weekend's devastating Cyclone Nargis. James East of World Vision, one of the few aid agencies with a longstanding presence there, talks about the challenges ahead.
LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices neared record levels close to 122 dollars per barrel on Wednesday as traders awaited a crucial weekly update on American energy reserves amid concern about tight global supplies. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 12:03 pm
Dmitry Medvedev took the oath of office as president, bringing to an end Vladimir Putin's eight years as Russia's leader. But Putin is sure to continue to wield huge influence in the country.
Chrysler has come up with a promotion it hopes will revive sales of trucks and SUVs. It is offering car buyers a chance to lock in a relatively cheap price for gasoline for three years.
With the results of Indiana and North Carolina in, Democratic strategist Mark Mellman and Republican strategist Tucker Eskew talk to Steve Inskeep about the state of the Democratic presidential race. They also discuss how the protracted nominating battle on the Democratic side is affecting the party's general election chances.
Half of Zimbabwe's parliamentary poll results are challenged as regional mediators arrive for run-off talks. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 11:55 am
Retail spending across the eurozone declined more than expected in March, official figures show. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 7 May 2008 | 11:47 am
A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle — now. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 11:34 am
The Olympic torch moved to within striking distance of the summit of Mount Everest on Wednesday, with the flame likely to reach the top of the world's tallest mountain in the next several days. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 11:20 am
Austria's justice minister said local authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children.
The widow of television's "Crocodile Hunter" reached a confidential settlement Wednesday with creditors who claimed the family's zoo owed them $2.3 million. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 11:13 am
Picture the Manhattan skyline filled with Nike swooshes. Or the golden arches of McDonald's gently drifting over Los Angeles. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 11:13 am
A New York-area businessman and philanthropist has emerged as a key figure in an Israeli investigation into financial dealings of Ehud Olmert that have cast a new cloud over the embattled prime minister. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 May 2008 | 11:02 am
An Amazon rancher convicted of ordering the killing of an Ohio nun has been acquitted in a retrial. A jury voted 5-2 to acquit Vitalmiro Moura, one of two ranchers accused of ordering the killing of 73-year-old Dorothy Stang three years ago.
Sen. Barack Obama took North Carolina's presidential primary by a convincing margin, while Sen. Hillary Clinton eked out a win in Indiana. Clinton trails in the pledged delegate count, but she says she'll stay in the race.
The way judges are appointed to the Board of Patent Appeals almost definitely violates the Constitution, says John Duffy, a professor at George Washington University Law School. Duffy wrote a paper suggesting that the problem could invalidate scores of decisions.
Satellite television company DirecTV said Wednesday its first-quarter earnings rose 10.4 percent, as it acquired more subscribers in the U.S. and Latin America and customers spent more on high-definition and video recording services. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 10:55 am
Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday it plans to greatly increase the use of more fuel-efficient six-speed automatic transmissions, doubling their number by the end of next year and putting them in 98 percent of its North American vehicles by 2012. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 7 May 2008 | 10:55 am
TOKYO (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao vowed on Wednesday to continue a recently begun dialogue with the Dalai Lama, though he offered veiled accusations the Tibetan spiritual leader is causing more problems than he is solving.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 10:35 am
MOSCOW (AFP) - Dmitry Medvedev was sworn in Wednesday as Russia's third president since the fall of the Soviet Union at a glittering Kremlin ceremony overshadowed by his powerful mentor Vladimir Putin. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 9:26 am
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia extradited one of the country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to face drug trafficking charges, the government said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 8:26 am
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s loss in North Carolina Tuesday night, combined with a tight race in Indiana, where the counting was continuing deep into the night, did nothing to improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.
Hezbollah-led protesters blocked streets in Beirut on Wednesday to enforce an anti-government strike that has turned into a showdown between the militant Shiite group and Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.
Colombia extradited one of the Andean country's most feared paramilitary warlords to the United States early Wednesday to stand trial on drug trafficking charges, the government said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 7 May 2008 | 7:42 am
Barack Obama resoundingly won in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night, NBC News projected, while Hillary Rodham Clinton apparently eked out a win in Indiana.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The credit crisis that has scorched international financial markets is on the wane but more shocks are ahead, US Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 7:32 am
A paramilitary warlord wanted in the United States on drug trafficking charges was flown to Washington D.C. aboard a DEA plane, the Colombian government said.
At random times in San Diego near the border, vehicles are searched. Most detainees without criminal records or numerous immigration violations are released in a few hours, officials say.
U.S. border authorities no longer apprehend illegal immigrants only as they enter the country. Now they're catching them on the way out.
She may seek to raise the number of delegates needed to clinch, arguing that delegations from Florida and Michigan should be seated at the convention.
Tuesday's voting in Indiana and North Carolina put Hillary Rodham Clinton no closer to overtaking Barack Obama on the path to the Democratic presidential nomination. That now leaves Clinton with one overriding task: to make the path longer.
L.A. Unified's top deputy blames lack of communication for failure to take action.
Two senior Los Angeles school district administrators have been removed from their jobs for failing to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against an employee and then clearing him to work at a Watts middle school, where he allegedly molested two additional students.
He remains well-positioned to win the nomination, but has not mustered the strength to finish off his rival.
Barack Obama handily won North Carolina and Hillary Rodham Clinton eked out a victory in Indiana on Tuesday, keeping the Democratic contest alive and underscoring the chasm between their supporters.
Officials say as many as 22,000 are dead. The government says aid groups will be allowed in, but efforts are delayed by visa procedures.
The death toll continued to climb in Myanmar as state media reported Tuesday that more than 22,000 people had died due to a weekend cyclone and more than 41,000 were missing.
The City Council adopts rules curbing the size of remodeled homes on the flatlands and preserving low-income housing, mostly on skid row, that advocates fear are in danger of becoming lofts.
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved new rules to address major byproducts of the gentrification that has swept the city: limiting the size of "mansionization" additions and making it harder for developers to convert low-income housing into luxury lofts.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's koalas are threatened by global warming because higher temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could cripple their food supply, new research showed Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 6:55 am
BEIJING (AFP) - A viral outbreak in China has worsened further, claiming the life of a 27th child and the number of infections climbing to nearly 16,000, state-run media reported on Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 7 May 2008 | 6:48 am
Study suggests that manufacturers have limited resources to offset rising fees.
U.S. manufacturers who provide health insurance spend an average of $2.38 per worker per hour on healthcare -- more than twice as much as their foreign competitors, an analysis released Tuesday found.
BEIJING (AP) -- China's drug safety agency accused the United States on Tuesday of blocking Beijing's inquiry into a blood thinner linked to 81 deaths by refusing to provide details on victims and specifics about production.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 7 May 2008 | 5:35 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday urged the Dalai Lama and his supporters to show "sincerity" and blamed them for unrest across Tibet and trying to wreck the Beijing Olympics.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The food price crisis is caused largely by greed and speculation rather than food shortages, the head of Southern Africa's development bank said on Tuesday.
Half of New Zealanders aged 15 to 30 like the idea of heading to Australia, motivated by an attractive job market and the chance to work on their tan, a Research New Zealand (RNZ) poll shows.
The poll, conducted last month, asked... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 May 2008 | 4:27 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is due on Wednesday to begin debating a housing rescue package that could see the government buy up $15 billion of abandoned homes and help an estimated half million homeowners facing foreclosure.
Aid began to trickle into cyclone-ravaged Myanmar but the worst-hit Irrawaddy delta, where nearly 22,000 people perished, was largely cut off from the rest of the world four days after winds, floods and high tidal waves tore through the region.
China's Vice Primier Hui Liangyu, left, shakes hands with Costa Rica's Vice President Laura Chinchilla after signing a commercial agreement at the Foreign Ministry in San Jose, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Liangyu... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 2:59 am
Indian Air Force personnel load relief supply, destined for cyclone affected Myanmar, on board an Indian Air Force AN 32 aircraft in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 7, 2008. International aid began to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 2:55 am
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, left, and Bolivia's President Evo Morales take part in a political rally in Managua, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Morales is on a two-day official visit to Nicaragua. (AP... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 2:52 am
In this photo released by Ecuador's Presidency, Ecuador's Minister of government Fernando Bustamante, left, accompanied by Ecuador's Security Minister, center, and Ecuador's Foreign Minister Maria Isabel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 2:45 am
In this image released by the Blue Iguana Recovery Program, the carcasses of Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas lie on the grounds of a breeding preserve shortly after they were found dead, on Grand Cayman Island,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 1:03 am
In this Nov. 13, 2006 file photo, Yahane Banda is seen at his home in Lipunga, Malawi. Dusty Lipunga, some 100 miles (200 kilometers) from Malawi's capital, has no movie theaters or video players, let... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:27 pm
American singer Madonna performs at the Olympia theater to promote her latest album "Hard Candy," in Paris, Tuesday May 6, 2008. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:24 pm
WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton lost North Carolina today and with it her last best chance at the White House.
The results dented if not doomed her hopes of convincing superdelegates to disregard Obama's lead in delegates,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 11:22 pm
A man carries potatoes at a central food market in Villa Nueva, Guatemala, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. According to the U.N. World Food Program, WFP, due to the rising prices of petroleum, the cost of basic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 6 May 2008 | 11:08 pm
A man rides his bike along a street covered with ashes with his mouth covered with a mask in Esquel, some 1,600 kilometers southwest of Buenos Aires, Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Chile's long-dormant Chaiten... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 6 May 2008 | 10:50 pm
YANGON - Myanmar's military government raised its death toll from Cyclone Nargis overnight to nearly 22,500 with another 41,000 missing, nearly all of them from a massive storm surge that swept into the Irrawaddy delta.
The United... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 9:30 pm
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Police Department has hired a dietitian to help veterans and recruits alike to slim down and get in shape.
While overweight officers aren't unique to Los Angeles, the police department believes it's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 9:16 pm
CBS News has obtained an interview with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who leads the second largest insurgency group in Afghanistan after the Taliban. Hekmatyar has been designated by the Bush administration as a global terrorist.
London - Armed police exchanged fire with a gunman for a second time late on Tuesday as a seige developed in one of London's most exclusive suburbs, Scotland Yard said as local residents and shoppers were cleared from the area.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 9:00 pm
LONDON (AP) -- British historians called Tuesday for a public report on the inquiry into 29 forged documents found at the National Archives that falsely accuse Winston Churchill's government of having a secret, cordial relationship with Nazi SS chief Henrich Himmler at the height of World War II.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 6 May 2008 | 8:05 pm
As the death toll in cyclone-hit Myanmar soars past 22,000, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade believes New Zealanders there are safe and well.
An Mfat spokesman said today it had managed to track down 14 out of 15 New Zealanders... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 8:01 pm
It is one of the world's greatest natural spectacles.
More than 500,000 flamingos congregate on the salty shores of Lake Natron in the north of Tanzania every year to breed. And it could be about to end.
That is the dire... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The weight of the 9-iron felt just right. My first swing off the first tee was smooth and the ball sailed straight and true.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:21 ... | 6 May 2008 | 6:44 pm
Santiago, Chile - The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles (30 kilometres) into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent.
The thick column... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 6:00 pm
Interpol made a worldwide appeal to the public yesterday to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia - images of whom were spread through the internet.
It was only the second time that the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein feared catching Aids or some other venereal disease during his United States-supervised captivity, according to excerpts of his prison writings published in a leading Arab newspaper.
The London-based... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 6 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Two women were hospitalized after a New Zealand cafe mistakenly served dishwashing liquid as mulled wine, a newspaper reported Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 May 2008 | 4:34 pm
Interpol launched a worldwide appeal to the public Tuesday to help identify a man suspected of sexually abusing young boys from Southeast Asia images of whom were spread through the Internet. Source: FOXNews.com | 6 May 2008 | 4:29 pm
Islamic fighters said Tuesday that an overnight U.S. airstrike blasted a remote area of central Somalia hours after armed civilians met there, but the U.S. military denied the claim.
AP - Fifteen Philadelphia police officers have been taken off the street as authorities investigate a video showing three suspects being kicked and beaten by city police.
AP - Dmitry Medvedev was inaugurated as Russia's president on Wednesday, pledging to bolster the country's economic development and civil rights, in what may signal a departure from his predecessor's heavy-handed tactics.
Reuters - Iraq's foreign minister urged Iran and
the United States on Wednesday to stop trading accusations and
sit down for a fourth round of talks to seek solutions to
Iraq's security woes.
Reuters - Barack Obama took a big step toward
the Democratic presidential nomination with an easy victory in
North Carolina, and Hillary Clinton narrowly won Indiana and
loaned $6.4 million out of her own pocket to help keep her
struggling campaign alive.
AP - San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed dozens of students in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
Reuters - Colombia extradited Carlos "Macaco"
Jimenez to the United States on Wednesday, marking the first
time the government has sent a former right-wing paramilitary
boss to face U.S. justice for drug trafficking.
AP - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton lent herself $6.4 million in the past month.
Reuters - Austria's justice minister said local
authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl,
who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24
years and fathering her seven children.
AP - Hungry crowds of survivors stormed the few shops that opened in Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta, where food and international aid has been scarce since a devastating cyclone killed more than 22,000 people, the U.N. said Wednesday.
U.N. officials on Wednesday declared Myanmar's stricken Irrawaddy delta a "major disaster" with corpses floating through flooded waters and logistical challenges hampering humanitarian aid efforts.
For 40 years, it's been the guardian of the state's pastoral landscapes, keeping interstates and back roads clear of outdoor advertising.
Koalas are threatened by the rising level of carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere because it saps nutrients from the eucalyptus leaves they feed on, a researcher said Wednesday.
Austria's justice minister said local authorities were gullible in their dealings with Josef Fritzl, who has admitted imprisoning his daughter in a cellar for 24 years and fathering her seven children.
U.S. troops in Iraq face the challenge of cementing a peace that won't unravel after they leave.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s loss in North Carolina Tuesday night, combined with a tight race in Indiana, where the counting was continuing deep into the night, did nothing to improve her chances of securing the Democratic presidential nomination.
Hezbollah-led protesters blocked streets in Beirut on Wednesday to enforce an anti-government strike that has turned into a showdown between the militant Shiite group and Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.
Barack Obama resoundingly won in the North Carolina primary Tuesday night, NBC News projected, while Hillary Rodham Clinton apparently eked out a win in Indiana.