Nearly 26,000 people are still buried in earthquake debris and another 14,000 are missing after the massive earthquake that struck China's Sichuan province. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 May 2008 | 3:23 pm
Israeli TV stations are reporting that a rocket fired from Gaza has exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. Channel 2 TV reports that people were wounded... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:10 pm
The driver accused of mowing down a Red Sox fan outside of a Nashua, N.H. bar told police she was trying to get away after he and his friends attacked her and mocked her for...
(Kyodo) _ Japan ranked 22nd in an international competitiveness ranking for 2008, up two places from the previous year, but it failed to overtake China, according to a report released by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:03 pm
The MIAA football subcommittee met earlier today to discuss possible ideas to improve the present football structure.
Plymouth North coach/athletic director Bill Burkhead...
BEIJING, May 14 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: CHANGING FIGURE OF MISSING PEOPLE IN 2ND GRAF DUE TO CORRECTION ISSUED BY XINHUA NEWS AGENCY) The Chinese government says nearly 15,000 people are now... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:59 pm
BANGKOK, May 14 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING QUOTES AND DETAILS) Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej said Wednesday after holding talks with Myanmar junta leaders in Yangon that the junta... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:55 pm
AP - Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed on Wednesday to repair a dam badly cracked by the country's massive earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its 'annihilation.' Source: FOXNews.com | 14 May 2008 | 2:53 pm
HANWANG, China (AP) -- Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed on Wednesday to repair a dam badly cracked by the country's massive earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 2:49 pm
Reuters - The death toll from China's
deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on
Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from
broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Nearly 15,000 people died and 25,000 are still trapped in the earthquake that hit China, official media say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 2:45 pm
PALM BAY, Fla. - Authorities in a Florida town where at least 40 homes have been gutted by wildfires have arrested a man they believe may have sparked the blazes.
Palm...
World number one Justine Henin announces her retirement from tennis with immediate effect. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 2:42 pm
Gov. Deval Patrick yesterday celebrated the recent opening of a Google office in Kendall Square by playing a pretty solid game of pingpong with a head engineer for the search...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING)) The death toll from a series of bomb blasts that shook India's northwestern city of Jaipur on Tuesday night has risen to 63 and is likely to rise further,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:37 pm
The Curious George cartoon character is getting dragged into the presidential race again in an ugly way - and Boston's WGBH-TV isn't happy.
A Georgia tavern...
WALTHAM - The telltale signs were there.
It was the fourth quarter Monday night, and Paul Pierce's head was down, forehead angled toward the floor, body cocked and...
MIAMI - Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor.
Miami-Dade County State Attorney's Office...
AP - Inflation pressures eased a bit in April despite the biggest jump in food prices in 18 years. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 14 May 2008 | 2:34 pm
Two MBTA trolley cars stuck at a busy Brighton intersection since a derailment early this morning will likely remain there through the morning rush hour as the T works to...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's state security court jailed three Islamists for 15 years on Wednesday for plotting to assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to the kingdom in November 2006, judicial sources said.
CANNES (AFP) - Kicking kung-fu pandas and a chilling Brazilian drama evoking the apocalypse: the Cannes film festival kicks off Wednesday with its usual mix of philosophy and fun, not to mention glitz. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 2:33 pm
By taking advantage of the natural movement of liquid through paper, researchers at Harvard's Whitesides Research Group may have found a way to make microfluidics technology much cheaper. The result could be disposable diagnostic tests simple and abundant enough for use in the developing world. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 2:32 pm
A Detroit gang leader accused of ordering the killings of two rivals has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on drug charges. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:31 pm
The official death toll from the massive earthquake that struck central China climbed Wednesday to almost 15,000, as the crushed bodies of 178 students were discovered under a leveled school in northern Sichuan province.
Second cyclone was forming Wednesday near Burma, renamed Myanmar by the ruling military junta, less than two weeks after it was devastated by a killer storm, the U.N. said. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 May 2008 | 2:29 pm
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar tightened access to its cyclone disaster zone Wednesday, turning back foreigners and ignoring pleas to accept outside experts who could save countless lives before time runs out. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 2:28 pm
Reuters - Jordan's state security court jailed
three Islamists for 15 years on Wednesday for plotting to
assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to
the kingdom in November 2006, judicial sources said.
A coroner says an elderly Illinois woman found three weeks ago pinned under her dead husband's body has died as a result of her injuries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:26 pm
Justine Henin retired from tennis Wednesday, an abrupt ending to a short and successful career in which she won seven Grand Slam singles titles and leaves while ranked No. 1. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:26 pm
Clark Johnson will direct a short film about masculinity and youth written by nine Manhattan high school students. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:24 pm
Reuters - Authorities imposed a
dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city
of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through
bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.
JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.
HIGHTSTOWN, N.J. - Officials in New Jersey are banning a high school senior from campus after he was charged with setting fire to a fellow student's turban.
Authorities...
Bush administration officials are under a court order to decide by tomorrow whether to add the polar bear to the list of endangered species. The decision will cap a three-year campaign by environmentalists to show that climate change has the potential to imperil wildlife. Critics say any listing is a bad idea.
It's Earth Day, and I've done what I can to mark the occasion - dug up a concrete slab in my garden and planted up the soil beneath, joined an informal local food-buying cooperative to get organic produce at wholesale prices, and attended a consciousness-raising film club (that bit took place last night, but hey). Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 2:21 pm
Reuters - Hillary Clinton's landslide West
Virginia victory barely made a dent in Barack Obama's big lead
in the Democratic presidential race but she promised to keep
pushing until the front-runner clinches the nomination.
(Kyodo) _ The "Villa Trapp" in Salzburg, home to the singing von Trapp family between 1923 and 1938 and made famous by the movie "The Sound of Music," will become a hotel and officially... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:20 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's landslide West Virginia victory barely made a dent in Barack Obama's big lead in the Democratic presidential race but she promised to keep pushing until the front-runner clinches the nomination.
People are a long way from returning to normal life in Southwestern China. One town near the epicenter will never be the same: China's official news agency says it lost close to 80 percent of its population. Many thousands remain buried across a wide area. Some are being pulled out alive.
LOS ANGELES - More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year...
Prosecutors in Miami say a fifth person has been charged in the slaying of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:17 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A protein responsible for repairing damaged DNA may be a vital link to explaining how smoking causes lung cancer, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia floated the idea.
Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday
six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees
to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia
floated the idea.
Another storm headed toward Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the United Nations warned Wednesday of a “second wave of deaths” among 2 million survivors.
AP - President Bush said Wednesday that 60 years of Israel's existence is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East. "What happened here is possible everywhere," Bush said, opening a trip divided between ceremonial duties and a new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
DUJIANGYAN, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
pace, the final frontier, is about to be inundated with sightseers. Microsoft has unveiled a new website which brings the outer reaches of the universe to the fingertips of anyone with internet access and a computer. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 2:02 pm
The 25 recordings added Wednesday to the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 2:01 pm
Meet Daphne, the speedy new character on NBC's "Heroes," who plans to give the show's superhumans—especially time traveler Hiro and his sidekick, Ando—a run for their money when she debuts on the popular NBC series' upcoming third season, which went back into production last week. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
Reuters - The 1.5 million people left destitute by
Myanmar's cyclone are in increasing danger of disease and
starvation, experts said on Wednesday, but its ruling junta
said no to a Thai request to admit more aid workers.
YANGON (Reuters) - The 1.5 million people left destitute by Myanmar's cyclone are in increasing danger of disease and starvation, experts said on Wednesday, but its ruling junta said no to a Thai request to admit more aid workers.
Thousands of people on Wednesday demonstrated in Khartoum at a government-organised "victory" rally to denounce Darfur rebels as agents of Israel after a daring and deadly attack on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 1:59 pm
The military is debating whether to award one of the nation's top military citations, the Purple Heart, to veterans with psychological wounds as the number of troops diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder rises. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 1:58 pm
BEIJING (AP) -- Bodies buried under mounds of rubble, bloodied survivors pulled from debris, weeping family members begging for information - the stark images have blanketed Chinese newspapers and television broadcasts for days.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:56 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday and try to energize peace efforts complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
TOKYO, May 14 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and visiting New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark agreed Wednesday to enhance cooperation... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 1:56 pm
The best-selling pop album on planet Earth and a disc sent hurtling into deep space are among recordings the Library of Congress will preserve for their cultural significance. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 1:54 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday and the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:48 pm
Another powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday and the U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 1:48 pm
Chinese teenager Yang Liu lay alive but buried under the rubble of her school on Wednesday, knowing that the only way she will survive is if she loses her legs.
An Austrian man hands himself in after allegedly hacking his wife, daughter, parents and father-in-law to death. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
Chinese state media says troops are rushing to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from an earthquake-hit city. Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday that 2,000 troops had... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 14 May 2008 | 1:35 pm
Investors stripped nearly a fifth off the value of Pioneer Corp. on Wednesday, the day after the troubled Japanese electronics company warned it is heading for a fifth straight year of heavy losses as it wrestles with costly restructuring at its ailing TV operations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 1:34 pm
As the thousands of victims of the May 2-3 cyclone continue clamoring for desperately-needed aid - amid reports that their own government is hording the best of the food - the U.N. says another cyclone is headed for Myanmar.
Police impose daylong curfew in Jaipur to prevent any retaliatory violence after a series of blasts in crowded areas left at least 80 dead. Source: FOXNews.com | 14 May 2008 | 1:23 pm
Officials in New Jersey are banning a high school senior from campus after he was charged with setting fire to a fellow student's turban. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 14 May 2008 | 1:17 pm
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that Israel is dying and that its 60th anniversary celebrations are an attempt to prevent its "annihilation."... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
Immediately after the earthquake in China, people turned to their cell phones for text messages. They received news reports and communicated with family members using the cell phones. Last year, Chinese people sent nearly a thousand texts per cell customer.
Burma's military rules are beefing up security to keep foreigners out of the areas affected by Cyclone Nargis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 1:02 pm
The judges gave everyone both compliments and criticism Tuesday night, but by the end of the hour it was clear they were hoping the two Davids would duel in the finals.
Divers trained in archaeology discovered a marble bust of an aging Caesar in the Rhone River that France's Culture Ministry said could be the oldest known.
President Bush has opened a visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the Middle East - but expectations are low, and indications are that the president will has his work cut out for him.
JAIPUR (AFP) - Indian police have arrested two men after eight near-simultaneous bombings killed 63 people and wounded 216 in the Rajasthan tourist city of Jaipur, the state's chief minister said Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 1:00 pm
The death toll in China's Sichuan province continues to rise after this week's devastating earthquake. Orville Schell, director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at the Asia Society, says China's rapid economic development has meant substandard construction in the region, which may have contributed to the quake's damage.
As expected, Sen. John McCain won Tuesday's GOP presidential primary in Nebraska — although some Republicans registered their dissatisfaction with the presumptive GOP nominee by backing Congressman Ron Paul. As his Democratic rivals battle it out, McCain has been conserving energy, making about one campaign appearance per day.
Peru sets up its first environment ministry, ahead of a Latin American-EU summit focusing on climate change. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 12:46 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush praised Israel on Wednesday at the start of a three-day visit aimed at celebrating the Jewish state's 60th birthday and advancing the peace process with the Palestinians. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 12:43 pm
China's government is airlifting aid to areas devastated by Monday's earthquake. Meanwhile, in Myanmar, victims of a cyclone that hit more than a week ago have yet to receive help — and on Wednesday, there are reports that another cyclone is developing in the region.
A Lucian Freud painting of a sleeping, naked woman sells for $33.6m (£17.2m) in New York, a new record. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
For the first time, it appears that more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems, a study shows. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
One policeman is killed after a car bomb explodes outside barracks in the Basque region of Spain. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
Wildfires that have gutted homes along the state’s Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from two Florida phenomenon: rampant development and a year-round growing season.
Seven men have been convicted on terror charges in Paris for helping funnel fighters to Iraq - a case that exposed how the war has sucked in radical youths from Europe.
The trial of the Naples regional president, blamed for the Italian city's rubbish crisis, is delayed. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 12:26 pm
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.
India says Pakistani troops fired across Kashmir's Line of Control in a what would be a rare breach of a ceasefire. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
Tuesday's Metal Gear Solid 4 press event in Tokyo's Roppongi Hills concluded with an audio clip of a phone conversation between franchise foe Revolver Ocelot and an unknown character, with only Ocelot's side of the conversation presented in the clip (with subtitles shown on the screen). Could they already be hinting at the next iteration of MGS? Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 12:14 pm
The donor, a 49-year-old homeless man who suffered irreversible brain damage after cardiac arrest, carried a germ called lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, or LCMV, the same infection that killed three transplant patients from Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 2005. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 12:13 pm
At the controls of the fearsome U.S. Navy F-14D Super Tomcat fighter, for the air-power demonstration with the USS Constellation (CV 64) battlegroup on 10 July 1999, are U.S. Navy Pilot Lieutenant Commander David Burnham and U.S. Navy Radar Intercept Officer (RIO) Lieutenant Commander Bruce Defibaugh. Photographer: U.S. Navy Ensign John Gay. Source: Digg | 14 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
In France, a controversial bill that would have cleared the way for planting genetically modified crops was voted down in parliament Tuesday. The vote is being viewed as a surprising setback for President Nicolas Sarkozy.
DUJIANGYAN (AFP) - More than 50,000 people are dead, missing or buried under rubble after China's devastating earthquake, officials said Wednesday as the full horror of the disaster began to emerge. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 11:57 am
In 1948, after decades of efforts to form a sovereign nation as a homeland for Jews, the U.N. founded the State of Israel in what was then the country of Palestine. It was a defining moment for the Jewish people, though Palestinians remember it as a catastrophe.
Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh is banned for five one-day internationals for slapping his team-mate Sree Santh. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 14 May 2008 | 11:50 am
The hope for surviving is dimming and some officials said they expect the death toll to climb to 20,000.
As rescue workers plowed deeper into the wreckage left from Monday's earthquake, uncovering more victims trapped in the most remote mountain villages near the epicenter in Sichuan Province, the death toll soared to nearly 15,000.
More U.S. homeowners fell behind on mortgage payments last month, driving the number of homes facing foreclosure up 65 percent versus the same month last year. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 11:43 am
JAIPUR, India (AP) -- Police imposed a daylong curfew in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Wednesday to prevent any retaliatory violence after a series of blasts in crowded areas left at least 80 people dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 10:13 am
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton racked up an impressive win in the West Virginia primary Tuesday night. She beat Barack Obama convincingly — by more than two votes to one. The New York senator said she has shown strength in states that the Democrats need to win in November.
Sen. Barack Obama lost by a wide margin to Sen. Hillary Clinton in Tuesday's Democratic presidential primary in West Virginia. The campaign downplayed the loss. Obama's only campaign event Tuesday was a town hall meeting in Missouri, where he looked ahead to the general election.
President Bush on Wednesday opened a celebratory visit to Israel where he'll make a new push for peace in the long-troubled Middle East. "We consider the Holy Land a very special place, and we consider the Israeli people our close friends," Bush said.
An Italian judge ruled Wednesday that Premier Silvio Berlusconi will be called to testify in the trial of 26 Americans and several Italians charged with kidnapping a terror suspect during a CIA operation. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 14 May 2008 | 9:42 am
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- Li Zhenhua sank to her knees in front of the police officers blocking one of the few roads leading to the earthquake's epicenter.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 8:30 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Tuesday followed the Senate in rejecting the Bush administration's policy of adding oil to the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve while fuel prices are high.
The state's voters -- mostly white and working-class -- fit her strengths. Race also proves to be a factor.
Hillary Rodham Clinton romped to victory Tuesday in the West Virginia primary, burying Barack Obama in a landslide that seemed unlikely to stop his steady march to the Democratic nomination.
The billionaire investor may try to unseat some board members to pressure the Internet company to reopen talks with Microsoft.
Billionaire New York financier Carl Icahn is weighing whether to use the large stake he has amassed in Yahoo Inc. to launch a proxy fight to unseat some of the Internet pioneer's board members, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Only 19% of respondents see an upturn coming within the next six months.
Most Americans see little hope that the economy will improve in the next six months, and many also are decidedly pessimistic about the direction of oil prices and inflation, according to a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll.
If that plan is rejected, a 1-cent sales tax increase would be implemented.
In his latest plan for closing a budget shortfall now estimated at $17.2 billion, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will propose giving voters a choice between borrowing against the state lottery and paying more sales tax.
The bulk of the department's overtime went to employees at county jails. Officials fear job effectiveness could be at risk.
Boosted by what some officials consider to be out-of-control overtime spending, two-thirds of Orange County sworn sheriff's deputies earned more than $100,000 last year, according to records obtained by The Times.
Police roadblocks keep workers from reaching victims, and food and supplies pile up at the airport in Myanmar.
Police barred foreign aid workers from reaching cyclone survivors in hard-hit areas Tuesday, while emergency food shipments backed up at the main airport here.
The Soboba band's chairman calls the situation 'war' with 'the 7th Cavalry' of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
A wild gun battle between Riverside County sheriff's deputies and a pair of suspects on the Soboba Indian Reservation left two people dead and tribal members frustrated and demanding answers Tuesday.
Many others are injured in a series of blasts at popular sites and market areas in the historic city. Police say plotters intended to do 'maximum damage,' but nobody claims responsibility.
A series of bomb blasts killed at least 54 people Tuesday in one of India's most popular tourist cities, injuring scores of others and triggering panic in busy market areas, authorities said.
SYDNEY (AFP) - Shares in mining giant BHP Billiton hit an all time high on the Australian stock exchange Wednesday on talk that a Chinese entity was seeking a stake in the group. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 6:45 am
PARIS (AFP) - French bank BNP Paribas on Wednesday announced a 21 percent drop in profits over the same period in 2007, but which was nevertheless better than expected. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 14 May 2008 | 6:44 am
The first international aid official allowed into the cyclone-devastated Irrawaddy delta by Myanmar's military leaders described towns rendered unrecognizable, survivors exposed to pouring rain and local "humanitarian" heroes saving lives.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea has agreed to cooperate fully on verifying its nuclear declaration, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as he displayed some of the 18,822 documents Pyongyang has given Washington about its plutonium program.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Tuesday he quit playing golf in 2003 out of respect for the families of Americans killed in the war in Iraq. "I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf," Bush said in an interview with Yahoo and Politico.com. "I feel I owe it to the families to be as -- to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal," he said. Bush said his last round of golf was in August 2003 when he was informed that a truck bomb had wrecked the U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22 people, including U.N. envoy Sergio Vieira de Mello. "They pulled me off the golf course and I said, it's just not worth it anymore to do," Bush said. (Writing by JoAnne Allen; editing by Todd Eastham) Source: ABC News: International | 14 May 2008 | 3:20 am
Indian people look at the one of the sites of a series of bomb blasts which tore through crowded markets in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur. Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through crowded... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:12 am
Indian people carry a wounded man at one of the sites of a series of bomb blasts which tore through crowded markets in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur. Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:12 am
Debris is strewn at Chandpoll, one of the sites of a series of bomb blasts which tore through crowded markets in the northwestern Indian city of Jaipur. Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:12 am
A map locating bomb attacks in Jaipur. Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through crowded markets in the Indian tourist city of Jaipur Tuesday, killing at least 80 people and wounding 200 in what... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:12 am
Indian men carry a wounded woman at one of the sites of a series of bomb blasts which tore through crowded markets in the north-western Indian city of Jaipur. Seven near-simultaneous bomb blasts tore through... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 3:12 am
Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 is certain to rise as the buried are found.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah Brown leave a polling station in central London May 1. Brown will attempt to regain the political initiative Wednesday by unveiling a legislative... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:58 am
Hillary Clinton congratulates supporters during a primary-night celebration in Charleston, West Virginia. Clinton's crushing win over Barack Obama in West Virginia's primary has done little to shake her... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Barack Obama outside Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Hillary Clinton's crushing win over Obama in West Virginia's primary has done little to shake her rival's stranglehold on the Democratic White House... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Hillary Clinton waves as she arrives in Charleston, West Virginia. Clinton's crushing win over Barack Obama in West Virginia's primary has done little to shake her rival's stranglehold on the Democratic... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:01 am
Hillary Clinton greets shoppers at a farmers' market in Charleston, West Virginia. Clinton's crushing win over Barack Obama in West Virginia's primary has done little to shake her rival's stranglehold... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 14 May 2008 | 2:01 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran's support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other Muslim and Arab countries.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:43 am
GENEVA (AP) -- International aid agencies are standing ready to help China recover from its massive earthquake, but the Chinese appear to have operations well in hand, officials said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:26 am
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) -- More that 200 people were killed in fighting around Sudan's capital over the weekend, the defense minister announced Tuesday in the first official comment on casualties during the assault by Darfur rebels.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 14 May 2008 | 1:06 am
A series of bombs exploded across the ancient city of Jaipur, killing at least 60 people and transforming busy markets, a jewelry bazaar and a Hindu temple into scenes of carnage.
All the pandas at the world's most famous panda preserve were reported safe late Tuesday, more than a day after China's worst earthquake in three decades closed off the remote, mountainous area.
JUYUAN, China (AP) -- The high school students were settling in to afternoon arts and humanities classes when the massive quake struck. The school collapsed so rapidly - one floor "pancaking" atop another - that there was practically no time to escape.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:13 ... | 13 May 2008 | 6:22 pm
Jordan's criminal court has convicted and sentenced a 23-year-old student to 10 years in jail for shooting and stabbing his sister to death to cleanse the family's honor. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 4:28 pm
Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl tied the knot with economist Maike Richter at a hospital in Heidelberg. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 3:53 pm
American victims of Hezbollah and Hamas terror attacks are suing the Swiss bank UBS for helping fund terrorism by providing dollars to Iran in violation of trade sanctions. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 3:20 pm
A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a black garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of Britain's first Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 3:04 pm
Army Radio says police have raided the Ministry of Industry and Trade and seized documents as part of the corruption probe of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 2:46 pm
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad condemned Israel for celebrating its 60th anniversary without reaching peace with Palestinian territories. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 May 2008 | 2:43 pm
AP - Thousands of Chinese soldiers rushed on Wednesday to repair a dam badly cracked by the country's massive earthquake, while rescuers arrived for the first time in the epicenter of the disaster.
Reuters - The death toll from China's
deadliest earthquake in decades climbed to nearly 15,000 on
Wednesday, as officials warned of calamities downstream from
broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point.
Reuters - Jordan's state security court jailed
three Islamists for 15 years on Wednesday for plotting to
assassinate U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to
the kingdom in November 2006, judicial sources said.
Reuters - Authorities imposed a
dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of India's historic western city
of Jaipur on Wednesday, a day after eight bombs ripped through
bustling streets, killing 61 people and injuring 216.
Reuters - Hillary Clinton's landslide West
Virginia victory barely made a dent in Barack Obama's big lead
in the Democratic presidential race but she promised to keep
pushing until the front-runner clinches the nomination.
Chinese troops rushed to plug "extremely dangerous" cracks in a dam upriver from Dujiangyan an earthquake-hit town, state media said Thursday.
AP - Justine Henin is retiring from tennis effectively immediately.
Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday
six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees
to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia
floated the idea.
Another storm headed toward Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated delta, where so little aid has reached that the United Nations warned Wednesday of a “second wave of deaths” among 2 million survivors.
AP - President Bush said Wednesday that 60 years of Israel's existence is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East. "What happened here is possible everywhere," Bush said, opening a trip divided between ceremonial duties and a new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Reuters - The 1.5 million people left destitute by
Myanmar's cyclone are in increasing danger of disease and
starvation, experts said on Wednesday, but its ruling junta
said no to a Thai request to admit more aid workers.
Chinese teenager Yang Liu lay alive but buried under the rubble of her school on Wednesday, knowing that the only way she will survive is if she loses her legs.
President Bush said Wednesday that 60 years of democracy in Israel is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East.
The judges gave everyone both compliments and criticism Tuesday night, but by the end of the hour it was clear they were hoping the two Davids would duel in the finals.
Wildfires that have gutted homes along the state’s Atlantic coast are believed to have been started by arsonists, but they got help from two Florida phenomenon: rampant development and a year-round growing season.
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.