SAN FRANCISCO - It's hard to believe Google Inc. actually looked vulnerable just two months ago. The Internet search leader's stock had plummeted 45 percent from...
Police are telling commuters to avoid the area around Commonwealth and Brighton avenues in Allston/Brighton while a HazMat team cleans up following a multi-vehicle accident...
Barack Obama's big win in North Carolina and Hillary Clinton's slim victory in Indiana may finally nudge some undeclared superdelegates to make a decision. More than 80 Democrats in Congress have not yet declared who they're supporting. Barack Obama is in Washington, D.C., Thursday trying to win some of them over to his side.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Hezbollah's leader says a Lebanese government decision to declare the Shiite militant group's telecommunications network illegal amounts to a declaration of war.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 1:55 pm
A biographer for country music superstar Eddy Arnold says the singer has died at the age of 89. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 1:50 pm
TOKYO - Toyota said the strong yen and weaker U.S. sales took a bite out of January-March earnings and projected worse was to come - a 27 percent plunge in its full-year profit.
It...
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from the outside world.
HARARE (AFP) - Pressure mounted on Zimbabwe Thursday to admit foreign observers to oversee a presidential election run-off amid fresh claims pro-government militias were instilling terror in the countryside. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 1:47 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Relief supplies from the United Nations began arriving in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 1:42 pm
AP - Relief supplies from the United Nations began arriving in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone.
U.S. officials say Russia has ordered two American military attaches at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to leave the country following the expulsion of a pair of Russian diplomats from Washington. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
NEW YORK - Wall Street is modestly higher in early trading as investors sift through retailers' April sales figures.
Many retailers have seen better than anticipated...
Burger King is embroiled in a labor dispute with tomato pickers in Florida. A Burger King executive has been tied to e-mail spreading misinformation about the workers' cause, says Amy Bennett Williams of the Fort Myers News-Press.
The New York Police Department has added eight more names to its wall of heroes. The officers died of illnesses they developed from their rescue and recovery work in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The ceremony comes as other Ground Zero workers pursue a lawsuit against the city over health issues.
Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew Thursday morning from The Players Championship because of an illness, leaving the PGA Tour's flagship event without the last two major champions. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 1:40 pm
The Catholic Conference has been filled with great comebacks over the years, but few could match the unexpected resurgence of Malden Catholic yesterday.
Trailing 4-0 and...
For the FBI, bringing down the Cheeseman was like shooting fish in a barrel.
A very, very fat fish, that is. He weighs 400 pounds, this don of doughnuts, this king of...
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel staged its 60th birthday bash with fireworks, air force flyovers and a great sense of pride Thursday, but also with uncertainty about its future and doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 1:25 pm
Everybody says the race is over.
I can't quite believe it.
Yet everybody says so. Little George Stephanopoulos and Big Tim Russert and creature of the night...
As smokers statewide face another tax hike on cigarettes, a controversial new amendment would allow retailers to slash the cost of butts as a way to lure customers into their...
An accused rapist now being eyed as "a person of interest" in the brutal murders of at least six hookers is also being looked at in the unsolved slayings of more...
Boston's once legendary La Cosa Nostra - which for years struck fear in Hub hearts as its hit men painted the town red with blood - sank to a sorry new low yesterday...
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A Reuters photographer covering the aftermath of Zimbabwe's elections has been detained for three days for allegedly using a satellite phone to transmit pictures, the global news and information company said on Thursday.
EVEREST BASE CAMP, China (Reuters) - A Tibetan woman took the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on Thursday, realizing "a dream of all Chinese people", but Tibetan exiles criticized Beijing for politicizing the Games.
YANGON (Reuters) - Desperate survivors cried out for aid on Thursday nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis killed up to 100,000 people, as pressure piled up on Myanmar to throw its doors open to an international relief operation.
The U.N.'s World Food Program said Thursday one of its relief planes had landed in Myanmar as part of the first major international airlift of aid to cyclone victims. Myanmar's military rulers had blocked aid shipments for two days.
BANGKOK, May 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) U.N. relief agencies said that as of Thursday evening they still awaited permission from Myanmar's military government to transport food and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 12:59 pm
The new centre-right cabinet of Italy's Prime Minister-elect Silvio Berlusconi prepares to be sworn in. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 12:57 pm
Reuters - A Tibetan woman took
the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on
Thursday, realizing "a dream of all Chinese people," but
Tibetan exiles criticized Beijing for politicizing the Games.
Hillary Clinton is back on the campaign trail Thursday, even though her path to winning the Democratic presidential nomination has been made more difficult. The New York senator is ignoring calls to leave the race.
PARIS (AFP) - Arguably the oddest beast in Nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as it if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 12:53 pm
AP - Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief in April following months of dismal sales, but business was helped along by heavy discounting that could hurt fiscal first-quarter earnings.
Armed men cut off the left ears of 16 villagers harvesting cashew nuts in Senegal's rebel-hit Casamance region. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 12:50 pm
The US says it has no permission yet for aid flights to cyclone-hit Burma despite reports of eased access. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 12:47 pm
Is the U.S. in the early stages of a full-blown recession? Or is this a brief downturn before the economy gets up another head of steam later in the year? By msnbc.com's John W. Schoen. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
YANGON (AFP) - More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 12:34 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN LAST 2 GRAFS) The European Central Bank decided Thursday to leave its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent in the face of inflationary pressure. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 12:33 pm
AFP - More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone.
Slovakia is told it has passed the test to become the 16th country to join the euro in 2009. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 12:26 pm
The European Central Bank leaves eurozone interest rates on hold at 4% after its latest meeting. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
AP - The chants of "MVP, MVP" directed at Kobe Bryant by Los Angeles Lakers' fans have a different meaning now. They represent fact, not just sentiment. Bryant played like a Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night, getting 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals and remain the only unbeaten team in the postseason.
OpenOffice.org 3.0 integrates ODF 1.2 support, Microsoft Office 2007 Import Filters, charting enhancements, improved note capabilities in Writer, new icons, enhanced pdf export, multi-monitor support for impress, and a start center. For Mac OS X users, OpenOffice.org 3.0 will now run without the need for X11 to be installed. Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 12:10 pm
(Kyodo) _ Iain Steel of Malaysia and Thailand's Chinnarat Phadungsil shot 7-under-par 65s to set the early pace after the first round of the Pine Valley Beijing Open on Thursday. Steel Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 12:09 pm
(Kyodo) _ The European Central Bank decided Thursday to leave its key interest rate unchanged at 4 percent in the face of inflationary pressure. The ECB made the decision at a regular... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 12:08 pm
AFP - Vladimir Putin will retain a "key role" in Russia for years as prime minister, new President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, as the two men opened an unprecedented era of dual rule.
MOSCOW (AFP) - Vladimir Putin will retain a "key role" in Russia for years as prime minister, new President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, as the two men opened an unprecedented era of dual rule. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 12:02 pm
Reuters - Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became
addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven
children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from
the outside world.
Austrian incest father Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter for 24 years and made her bear seven children, said he locked her up to protect her from outside vices, in comments... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:56 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING HU'S PARTICIPATION IN TABLE TENNIS EVENT) China and Japan should view each other not as rivals but as partners, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Thursday, at a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:54 am
A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese nationals will be put on trial on charges of terrorism for allegedly planning to distribute anti-government pamphlets in Vietnam, an official said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:49 am
Authorities have arrested a fourth former Khmer Rouge soldier suspected of involvement in the kidnapping and killing of a British mine clearance expert and his Cambodian interpreter 12 years ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:48 am
(Kyodo) _ Wang Bingzhang, a prominent Chinese political dissident who was imprisoned for espionage in 2002, will reapply for medical parole once his legal representation issues are... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:48 am
Reuters - Desperate survivors cried out for aid on
Thursday nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis killed up to
100,000 people, as pressure piled up on Myanmar to throw its
doors open to an international relief operation.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says sales of groceries and items such as flat-screen TVs boosted its same-store sales in April above Wall Street expectations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:45 am
Nepal reopens Mount Everest to climbers on its side after a Chinese team carries the Olympic flame to the summit. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 11:44 am
AP - Hillary Clinton is pushing on in her race for the Democratic White House bid, despite calls to drop out. She has events scheduled today in the upcoming primary states of Oregon, South Dakota and West Virginia. Barack Obama will be in Washington today.
TOKYO, May 8 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO IN 2ND-3RD GRAFS FROM BOTTOM) China has shown flexibility in compromising with Japan on the possibility of including the disputed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:42 am
Mariah Carey really did get married to Nick Cannon in the Bahamas last week — and they have the tattoos to prove it. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:39 am
AP - Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom.
(Kyodo) _ Leading scores Thursday after the first round of the Pine Valley Beijing Open at Pine Valley Golf Resort and Country Club (7,299 yards, par 72) in Beijing: Chinnarat... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:38 am
BEIJING (AP) -- A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China's ambitions for the Beijing games. The Mount Everest climbers could be heard struggling for breath in a live television broadcast as five torchbearers each shuffled a few feet before passing on the flame to the next person. A colorful Tibetan prayer flag lined the path and fluttered in the wind.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 11:36 am
(Kyodo) _ Department stores across Japan will begin sales of shopping bags that contribute to reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, beginning July 7, an industry body said Thursday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 8 May 2008 | 11:34 am
Nasdaq OMX Group said Thursday that its quarterly profit surged in its first combined reporting period that included Sweden's OMX stock exchange. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:31 am
Last year, Time magazine named Raul Castro one of the 100 most influential people in the world. This year, he is off the list, but another Cuban has taken his place: Yoani Sanchez. Her critical blog "Generation Y" also earned her one of Spain's top journalism prizes, but Cuban officials denied her a visa to go to Spain to accept it.
Several hundred Tibetan protesters tried to storm the Chinese Embassy's visa office in Nepal on Thursday, kicking the gates and throwing banners inside the fortified compound. More than 200 were detained. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:29 am
Dynegy Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in the first quarter as market prices for power surged, causing accounting losses on some forward sales. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 8 May 2008 | 11:27 am
In a landmark ruling, a religious court in Malaysia decides that a Muslim convert can leave the faith. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 11:27 am
U.S. officials are pressuring Yemen to get tougher on militants, including those involved in the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000. Yemeni officials say the government isn't strong enough to defeat the extremists militarily, and warn that Washington's hard stance could backfire.
DHARMSALA, India (AP) -- The Dalai Lama's envoys and Chinese officials disagreed more than they agreed at weekend talks on how to move beyond the unrest in Tibet, one of the Tibetan spiritual leader's representatives said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 11:17 am
Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said.
A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games.
There is too much violence in Zimbabwe to hold a presidential run-off, a South African observer says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 11:15 am
The body of a woman killed during clashes in the Gaza Strip is found at her home, Palestinian medics say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 11:14 am
John Delaney says crowds who stake their own money in so-called prediction markets reveal a special kind of wisdom. Delaney is the CEO of Intrade, a Dublin-based company that has been called the king of all prediction markets.
More activity is detected in Chile's Chaiten volcano as the last people leave the area after Friday's eruption. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 8 May 2008 | 10:57 am
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices held near record levels Thursday after gains overnight to nearly 124 dollars as speculators dived into a market concerned about potential supply disruption, traders said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 10:49 am
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - It's now common wisdom that Sen. Hillary Clinton attracts older voters, women and the white working class, while Sen. Barack Obama is the go-to guy for youth, African-Americans and the elite.
MOSCOW (AP) -- Loyal lawmakers confirmed Vladimir Putin as prime minister Thursday, capping a carefully engineered recast of Russia's leadership a day after he handed the presidency to his protege Dmitry Medvedev.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 10:32 am
Israel staged its 60th birthday bash with fireworks, air force flyovers and a great sense of pride Thursday, but also with uncertainty about its future.
TOKYO (AP) -- China's president faced hundreds of protesters and sharp criticism of his Tibet policy outside an elite Tokyo university Thursday, signaling the tensions underlining a visit meant to showcase warm Japan-China ties.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 8 May 2008 | 10:06 am
Israel is commemorating the 60th anniversary of its creation according to the Hebrew calendar. In 1948, there were 650,000 people when the Jewish state was declared, and now there are more than 7 million Israelis.
It looks like the House vote on funding for the Iraq war may be delayed. The measure was supposed to be voted on Thursday but Republicans are stalling the process. GOP lawmakers are upset that they were excluded from drawing up the bill.
The opposition leader of Equatorial Guinea is in a Spanish jail. Severo Moto was arrested in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the oil-rich country's government using a shipment of weapons intercepted in Spain. Equatorial Guinea is Africa's third largest exporter of crude oil.
Iraqi soldiers for the first time warned residents in the embattled Sadr City district to leave their houses Thursday, signaling a new push by the U.S.-backed forces. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 9:27 am
Barack Obama's march toward the Democratic presidential nomination picked up support from four more superdelegates Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 8 May 2008 | 9:05 am
"It gets pretty cold here at night," said Donaldson, adding that with 75 percent of his take-home pay going toward car and mortgage payments, his children's schooling, and his wife's medical bills, the rare opportunity to sleep in a warm house for a night was much appreciated. Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 8:20 am
This amazing X-ray picture shows the skeleton of a kitten inside a python's stomach after being devoured in one gulp by the predator. Eight-week-old tabby Kohl was seized by the slithering assassin while in the garden of her owner's home in Australia's tropical Northern Territory. The snake was found with a "bulging belly" by 14-year-old Taara... Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 8:20 am
Intelligence, it turns out, is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow off the starting line because it depends on learning instead of instinct. Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 8:19 am
ATHENS (AFP) - Signs the eurozone economy was slowing down were unlikely to lead to lower interest rates as governors of the European Central Bank gathered here Thursday, analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 7:48 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - A team led by a U.S. State Department nuclear envoy entered North Korea on Thursday to persuade Pyongyang to declare its nuclear activities as called for in a six-country disarmament deal, an official said.
Frustrated by years of failed peace talks for a two-state solution, some are giving up hope of independence and pushing the idea of a single democratic state with equal rights for all.
Frustrated by years of on-and-off peace talks with Israel, Palestinians are losing hope for an independent homeland, and some are proposing a radically different cause: a shared state with equal rights for Palestinians and Jews.
At least five are killed when members of the ruling party round up opposition backers in a village north of Harare and pummel them.
Nyasha Putana could not help crying in pain as ruling party supporters in Zimbabwe whacked his buttocks and the soles of his feet in front of hundreds of fellow villagers.
Attorney for youth facing arraignment on murder charges says officials failed to defuse tensions.
As 14-year-old Brandon McInerney prepares to be arraigned today in the slaying of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard, his lawyer is advancing a defense that at least partly blames school officials for the tragedy.
More than 15,000 have been infected, and 28 children have died.
Chinese authorities have ordered local health officials to swiftly report all new cases of a fast-moving virus blamed for killing 28 children across the nation and infecting more than 15,000, most younger than 5.
The increasingly bold animals have attacked 2 toddlers, in Lake Arrowhead and Chino Hills.
A rash of coyote attacks on children in the Inland Empire in the last week has led to the closure of a Chino Hills park, and wildlife officials are warning parents to be more cautious around the increasingly bold animals.
He is under investigation for keeping photos, notes and a scrapbook that documented a colleague's relationship with a female student.
The dean of students at a South Los Angeles school is under investigation by police for allegedly concealing evidence that one of his colleagues, former Assistant Principal Stephen Thomas Rooney, had a sexual relationship with a student.
She would have to get the DNC to count the Michigan and Florida delegates and then press her case with superdelegates.
Unable to revive her presidential campaign at the polls, Hillary Rodham Clinton now envisions a road to the nomination built on disputes over Democratic Party rules and fights over delegate selections. But on Wednesday even that route looked unattainable, with some key party officials warning that they would not cooperate with Clinton's strategy.
Aides say that with a solid lead and a big win in North Carolina, he's ready to act like the de facto nominee.
Barack Obama hasn't managed after months of political combat to force Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the presidential race, so he's about to try another approach: ignoring her.
Activists and builders OK a conservation plan for the sprawling property in Kern and L.A. counties that would permit some development.
A coalition of environmental groups and a developer have agreed on a landmark plan to conserve 90% of the largest chunk of privately owned wilderness remaining in Southern California.
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - Osama bin Laden's suspected "media director" rejected U.S. terrorism court proceedings and renewed his allegiance to the al Qaeda leader on Wednesday in a hearing marred by technical flaws in a new Guantanamo courtroom.
With an out-of-control car bearing down, Joseph Richardson grabbed his 4-year-old daughter and held her up out of harm's way. Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 6:51 am
The NBA's new MVP was brilliant, and so were his teammates. Kobe Bryant, celebrating his prestigious award, scored 34 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.
Bill Henson: "My work is all done in the traditional manner in the darkroom; there's no digital technology in there mainly because I do not find it useful for my work." Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 6:41 am
BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese and Tibetan climbers bearing an Olympic torch reached Mount Everest's summit on Thursday, state television showed, in an historic moment for China exactly three months ahead of the Beijing Games. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 8 May 2008 | 6:38 am
Rockstar Games just confirmed that they have released a patch for the Playstation 3 version of GTA IV which was causing issues with online play. Source: Digg | 8 May 2008 | 6:10 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff was subpoenaed on Wednesday to testify in a congressional probe of the administration's treatment and possible torture of enemy combatants.
The Olympic flame has reached the top of the world. Live television footage showed a Chinese mountaineering team holding up a specially designed torch along with Chinese and Olympic flags on the top of Mount Everest in Tibet.
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.
Experts predict a short-term global problem but say the next Myanmar harvest will benefit from the storm's soaking.
By strewing death and destruction across a rice-rich delta, the weekend cyclone that battered Myanmar has raised a new question for other poor Asian countries already scrambling to find affordable food: Will damage to its current crop force Myanmar to join the clamor for rice imports at a time when prices are at a record high?
NEW YORK - Sotheby's auction house says a cubist oil painting by 20th-century French artist Fernand Leger has been sold in New York for more than $39 million ($NZ50.54).
The auction house says the 1912-1913 painting, Study for... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 4:02 am
LIMA - At least 29 people have died in Peru's Andes after a passenger bus went off a road and fell 300 feet (100 metres) into a river.
Police Col Jose del Rio says the bus plunged in the Canete river about two hours before it was... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 3:54 am
Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters.
Myanmar authorities urgently need to relax border entry measures for foreign aid representatives following the weekend's cyclone, a New Zealand aid body says.
State media said Saturday's cyclone killed at least 22,980 people and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 3:48 am
The man accused of imprisoning his daughter in a dungeon for 24 years and fathering seven children with her met for the first time with a prosecutor and agreed to further questioning, an official said.
DAYTON - A woman who set a fire that killed her young son and baby daughter has been sentenced to at least 30 years in prison. Heather Silverman was sentenced yesterday.
The 25-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of murder and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 1:54 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama took a commanding lead in the Democratic presidential race on Wednesday, but Hillary Clinton vowed to fight on after loaning her campaign $6.4 million.
Paris - A fire caused delays to trains entering and leaving the Gare du Nord station in Paris, according to a station announcement yesterday.
Officials said a fire close to the tracks near the entry to the station had caused delays.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 1:32 am
GENEVA - The UN weather agency says Myanmar warned people ahead of a devastating cyclone that struck on the weekend.
But the UN body says it is unclear if Myanmar was able to predict the high tidal waves that accompanied heavy... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 1:10 am
MAIDAN SHAHR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Last week U.S. Captain Roger Hill led a patrol into the Jaldez valley, just southwest of Kabul, and was immediately ambushed from three sides by 50 Taliban fighters armed with rocket-propelled grenades.
A Cuban woman who has gained worldwide acclaim with a blog that voices stinging criticism of the Havana government received a major journalism award, and said it gave her a "small protective shield" to keep pressing for democracy in her country.
DALLAS - United States regulators said they will expand protections for passengers with disabilities to cover international flights by American carriers and make it easier for travellers to use oxygen equipment.
The Transportation... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 12:50 am
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian rescuers have found the bodies of 11 more passengers who were on a boat that sank in a river in the Amazon, bringing the death toll from the accident to 45, Globo news agency reported yesterday.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 8 May 2008 | 12:33 am
LONDON - A company developing a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from pavements and shoes has raised 10 million pounds to help bring its product to market.
The new financing comes from institutional and private... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 May 2008 | 11:45 pm
The coronation of Tonga's King George Tupou V later this year is expected to cost the country more than $4 million.
Details of the July coronation are due to be announced today by the Palace Office in Nuku'alofa, but the Dominion... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 7 May 2008 | 11:00 pm
LABUTTA, Myanmar (AP) -- Some survivors arrived half-naked, others wore clothes they scavenged from the dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 7 May 2008 | 9:04 pm
Finance Minister Brian Cowen was elected Ireland's new prime minister Wednesday, and he pledged to guide the country on a continued pro-European course through choppy economic waters.
Explosion in eastern Afghanistan killed two NATO soldiers and one civilian, while attacks elsewhere in the country left seven policemen dead, officials say. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 5:30 pm
Two female Japanese tourists were kidnapped by unknown assailants in Yemen's Marib province east of the country's capital of San'a, a Yemeni security official and a tribal leader said. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 5:22 pm
China announced new rules Wednesday that require health care providers to report all cases of a viral illness that has killed 28 children and sickened thousands in outbreaks across the country.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare, April 2008. Zimbabwe, already facing a presidential run-off, hit new electoral turmoil after the ruling party and opposition filed legal challenges to half... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 4:45 pm
Zimbabwean MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai give a press conference in Johannesburg, April 2008. Zimbabwe, already facing a presidential run-off, hit new electoral turmoil after the ruling party and opposition... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 4:45 pm
A polling agent holds voting papers during a recount at the Domboshava training centre, northwest of Harare in April 2008. Zimbabwe, already facing a presidential run-off, hit new electoral turmoil after... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 4:45 pm
A Zimbabwean reads a newspaper in the aftermath of the country's disputed elections. Zimbabwe, already facing a presidential run-off, hit new electoral turmoil after the ruling party and opposition filed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 4:45 pm
The sign is intended to advise motorists of a 'hump' in the road, but one artist took the language a bit too literally and adjusted the picture of a black half-circle to look like two bodies lying horizontally above the word. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 4:36 pm
The opening of the US$12 million "Expeditionary Legal Complex" got off to a rocky start with detainee boycotts, technical miscues and judge's frustration. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 4:36 pm
A Belgian woman was charged Wednesday with locking up her ex-boyfriend for almost five months, Reuters reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 4:35 pm
Barack Obama closed in on the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday, as Hillary Clinton refused to abandon her fading White House hopes after pumping 6.4 million dollars into her campaign. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 4:21 pm
HAIKOU, China (AP) -- Paramilitary police donned Hawaiian shirts and pink buses shuttled in more cops in camouflage. Security was heavy but officers were markedly relaxed as jubilant crowds, apparently free of protesters, helped kick off the Olympic torch's tour of China.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 7 May 2008 | 4:08 pm
The 19-member team broke camp at 27,390 feet about four hours before sun up in hopes of reaching the 29,035-foot peak around midmorning, state media reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 4:07 pm
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: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 4:00 pm
A Dutch court has ruled that a girl whose Belgian mother reportedly put her up for sale in an Internet auction should stay with the Dutch couple who adopted her. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 3:41 pm
Nine million Iranians cannot read or write out of a population of at least 71.5 million, a newspaper reported today. Source: FOXNews.com | 7 May 2008 | 3:33 pm
Yemeni soldiers inspect the scene of last month's bomb blast in Marib. Armed Yemeni tribesmen have kidnapped two Japanese women tourists and their local guide in the Marib region. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 3:31 pm
A Lebanese protester feeds a fire during a demonstration for wage increases in Beirut. Protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a general strike... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 3:00 pm
Lebanese soldiers guard a closed-off street in front of burning tyres during a general strike in Beirut. Protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 3:00 pm
Lebanese riot police and soldiers stand guard during a general strike in Beirut. Protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a general strike that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 7 May 2008 | 3:00 pm
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
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 a.m. EDT | 7 May 2008 | 2:17 pm
AP - Relief supplies from the United Nations began arriving in Myanmar Thursday, but U.S. military planes loaded with aid were still denied access by the country's isolationist regime five days after a devastating cyclone.
Reuters - A Tibetan woman took
the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on
Thursday, realizing "a dream of all Chinese people," but
Tibetan exiles criticized Beijing for politicizing the Games.
AP - Consumers gave some of the nation's retailers a little relief in April following months of dismal sales, but business was helped along by heavy discounting that could hurt fiscal first-quarter earnings.
AFP - More than one million homeless in Myanmar were battling to stave off disease and hunger Thursday, with the military government still limiting foreign assistance six days after a massive cyclone.
AP - The chants of "MVP, MVP" directed at Kobe Bryant by Los Angeles Lakers' fans have a different meaning now. They represent fact, not just sentiment. Bryant played like a Most Valuable Player on Wednesday night, getting 34 points, eight rebounds and six assists, and the Lakers beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals and remain the only unbeaten team in the postseason.
AFP - Vladimir Putin will retain a "key role" in Russia for years as prime minister, new President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday, as the two men opened an unprecedented era of dual rule.
Reuters - Austrian Josef Fritzl said he became
addicted to incest with his daughter, who bore him seven
children, and had imprisoned her in a cellar to save her from
the outside world.
Reuters - Desperate survivors cried out for aid on
Thursday nearly a week after Cyclone Nargis killed up to
100,000 people, as pressure piled up on Myanmar to throw its
doors open to an international relief operation.
AP - Hillary Clinton is pushing on in her race for the Democratic White House bid, despite calls to drop out. She has events scheduled today in the upcoming primary states of Oregon, South Dakota and West Virginia. Barack Obama will be in Washington today.
AP - Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom.
Myanmar's isolationist regime Thursday gave clearance for the first major international airlift carrying aid to survivors of a cyclone that may have killed more than 100,000 people, officials said.
A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world Thursday, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China’s ambitions for the Beijing games.
Israel staged its 60th birthday bash with fireworks, air force flyovers and a great sense of pride Thursday, but also with uncertainty about its future.
The Clinton era may be coming to an end, presenting the party with a potentially wrenching transition and a challenge to Barack Obama.
The NBA's new MVP was brilliant, and so were his teammates. Kobe Bryant, celebrating his prestigious award, scored 34 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Utah Jazz on Wednesday to take a 2-0 lead in their Western Conference semifinal series.
Impact of radio host urging Indiana Republicans to vote for Clinton to "bloody up" Obama is debated.
Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters.