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SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said on Sunday that peace in the Middle East was possible by the end of the year but that it needed action on both sides and "tough sacrifices". Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 11:19 am
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Feuding Lebanese factions traded accusations Sunday while meeting a second day in Qatar for high-level talks in the country's 18-month political crisis.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 11:14 am
AP - Feuding Lebanese factions traded accusations Sunday while meeting a second day in Qatar for high-level talks in the country's 18-month political crisis.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- More than 700 passengers were safely evacuated after an Indonesian ferry caught fire Sunday while nearing its destination on the island of Borneo, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 11:12 am
(Kyodo) _ The China Seismological Bureau on Sunday revised the magnitude of Monday's earthquake that hit southwestern China from 7.8 to 8.0, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 11:12 am
More than 700 passengers were safely evacuated after an Indonesian ferry caught fire Sunday while nearing its destination on the island of Borneo, police said. The ship had reached an... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 11:12 am
Courageous Randolph mother Lina Gomes is closer to getting her "life back" - learning to drive again after a tragic highway accident robbed her of both legs.
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More than 700 passengers were safely evacuated after an Indonesian ferry caught fire Sunday while nearing its destination on the island of Borneo, police said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 11:03 am
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- Israel got glowing praise from President Bush earlier this week. On Sunday, the Arab world got a stern lecture, on the need to spread freedoms and isolate state sponsors of terror that he said are holding the region back.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 11:02 am
AP - Israel got glowing praise from President Bush earlier this week. On Sunday, the Arab world got a stern lecture, on the need to spread freedoms and isolate state sponsors of terror that he said are holding the region back.
Results for the Kuwaiti election show strong gains for conservative Islamists, but women fail again to win a seat. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday called on governments to adopt an international convention banning the use of cluster munitions, on the eve of a conference on the issue in Dublin. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 10:50 am
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An American soldier has been disciplined and ordered from Iraq after a copy of the Koran was found pocked with bullet holes at a shooting range near Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
FRANKFURT, Germany - Are you smiling? Are you really happy or just putting on a good face? If you're hiding your feelings and would rather scream than smile, better stop.
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JIANGYOU (AFP) - A powerful aftershock claimed more lives in China's southwest on Sunday, bringing new misery to the region and hampering relief efforts as the death toll from last week's quake shot up. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 10:49 am
AFP - A powerful aftershock claimed more lives in China's southwest on Sunday, bringing new misery to the region and hampering relief efforts as the death toll from last week's quake shot up.
Reuters - An American soldier has been
disciplined and ordered from Iraq after a copy of the Koran was
found pocked with bullet holes at a shooting range near
Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
WRENTHAM - A Leicester man has been killed after losing control of his vehicle and rolling over while driving on Route 495 South in Wrentham.
State Police say Lindsay Conrad...
AP - Out of immediate danger, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy remained hospitalized as doctors worked to determine what caused one of the nation's best-known senators to suffer a seizure in his Cape Cod home.
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A top U.N envoy headed for Myanmar on Sunday to plead with the junta to accept more international aid for its cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation deaths, especially among children.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 10:40 am
AP - A top U.N envoy headed for Myanmar on Sunday to plead with the junta to accept more international aid for its cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation deaths, especially among children.
Bush, in Egypt for World Economic Forum, says he's hopeful for democratic reform in Middle East Source: ABC News: International | 18 May 2008 | 10:39 am
Reuters - A breakthrough could be near on a
framework to open up the aid to the millions needing help after
Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta early
this month, Britain's Asia minister said on Sunday.
YANGON (Reuters) - A breakthrough could be near on a framework to open up the aid to the millions needing help after Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta early this month, Britain's Asia minister said on Sunday.
Jeff Greenwood is in a class by himself. He as the only student to graduate from Opheim High School this year, but the small event Friday drew a big name. Gov. Brian Schweitzer gave the commencement address. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 10:37 am
AP - Not once but twice, jockey Kent Desormeaux sneaked a peek to see if anyone was gaining on Big Brown. "I looked between my legs, under my arms, and they were eight (lengths) behind me," Desormeaux said. "I stopped pushing. I said, `That's enough.'"
UK minister Lord Malloch-Brown, in Rangoon, says cyclone aid is now moving, but relief agencies say much more must be done. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 10:34 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH IDENTIFICATION OF VICTIMS) Three members of the same family died Sunday in a fire that gutted their two-story wooden house in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 10:31 am
(Kyodo) _ Police arrested a 23-year-old man Sunday for allegedly murdering a 26-year-old Chinese male graduate student in the city of Osaka in March, police said. The police arrested... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 10:29 am
KUWAIT CITY (AP) -- Kuwait's parliamentary elections showed strong gains for Muslim hardliners, official results found Sunday, but women candidates failed to win a single seat.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 10:28 am
Kuwait's parliamentary elections showed strong gains for Muslim hardliners, official results found Sunday, but women candidates failed to win a single seat. The results show that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 10:28 am
(Kyodo) _ A 56-year-old officer of the Fukuoka prefectural police was arrested Sunday on suspicion of helping a 17-year-old girl to engage in prostitution, police officials said. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 10:20 am
BANGKOK (AFP) - You won't find Plumpy'nut and BP-5 on your supermarket shelves. But the space-age foods have become one of the world's best weapons to fight hunger after disasters like the Myanmar cyclone. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 10:18 am
Commanders say the current international mandate in Iraq, as well as general codes of war, allow them to hold any prisoner until the detainee is no longer considered a threat to U.S. forces. Local law and court rulings do not apply, they add.
(Kyodo) _ Backup catcher Ginjiro Sumitani hit a bases-clearing double in a seven-run fourth-inning rally, leading the Seibu Lions to a 7-3 victory over the Rakuten Eagles on Sunday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 9:59 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) A man was found alive Sunday buried under rubble six days after the massive earthquake in western China while the death toll from the quake... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 9:53 am
BEICHUAN, China (AP) -- The search for survivors in the rubble of China's powerful earthquake grew bleak Sunday, with rescuers in some areas no longer listening for trapped victims.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 9:50 am
The original dance moves from the Soviet Union propaganda of 1930s go surprisingly well with current American hip hop music. Makes you wonder... Source: Digg | 18 May 2008 | 9:50 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for insulting Islam denied the charges before an appeals court Sunday, saying he only confessed to questioning the religion's treatment of women because he was tortured.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 9:47 am
An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for insulting Islam denied the charges before an appeals court Sunday, saying he only confessed to questioning the religion's treatment of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 18 May 2008 | 9:47 am
Afghan security forces free two foreign workers kidnapped last month, while Pakistan's envoy describes his release. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 9:40 am
A raid on the largest employer in northeast Iowa has provoked renewed criticism that the administration is disproportionately targeting workers instead of employers.
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and the death toll rose to nearly 32,500.
Andrew Strauss records his 12th Test 50 on day four of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 9:27 am
YANGON (AFP) - The UN's top disaster official headed Sunday to Myanmar, where the government is under mounting pressure to accept a full-scale relief operation for desperate cyclone survivors in need of immediate aid. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 9:16 am
Vietnam has deported an American man of Vietnamese origin who was sentenced to six months in jail on terrorism charges for planning to circulate anti-government pamphlets, state media said Sunday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 9:13 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli police spokesman says investigators are summoning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second round of questioning about money he accepted from an American businessman.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 9:12 am
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - President George W. Bush sought to reassure skeptical Arabs on Sunday he is committed to securing a deal on Palestinian statehood before he leaves office, despite his outspoken support for Israel.
Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and the death toll rose to nearly 32,500.
An Israeli police spokesman says investigators are summoning Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for a second round of questioning about money he accepted from an American businessman. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 8:56 am
President Bush's promised veto of the farm bill is a sure bet to be overridden. But he should go ahead with it anyway - for whatever slight educational value it will...
Chinese President Hu Jintao voices his gratitude for the international aid after Monday's deadly earthquake. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 8:37 am
Conditions exist today in Iraq that present the United States with a strategic opportunity to help rebuild that nation, unify its government and simultaneously create the...
She can't win. The pundits say it. The polls say it. The math says it. It's even the word on the street. If Huggy Bear from "Starsky and Hutch" were around,...
LOS ANGELES - Don't be surprised to find Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz grinning Cheshire cats - they're newlyweds.
The pop-star little sis of Jessica Simpson...
Taiwan's outgoing ruling party chairperson candidate Tsai Ing-wen casts her vote of the chairman election at a voting stand, Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan. The Democratic Progressive Party began... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 7:53 am
Japan's Self-Defense Force personnel lift a defused rusty bomb in Chofu, on the outskirts of Tokyo Sunday, May 18, 2008. More than 16,000 Tokyo residents were evacuated Sunday as experts disposed of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 7:50 am
KIEV (AFP) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development kicked off its annual meeting here on Sunday to discuss the impact of global economic turmoil and soaring food prices in the former Soviet bloc. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 7:49 am
A fire official says more than 16,000 people were evacuated from a Tokyo suburb while an unexploded 1-ton bomb believed was defused. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:31 am
US President George Bush is holding further talks with Arab leaders in Egypt on the last day of his Middle East tour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 7:23 am
An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for insulting Islam denied the charges before an appeals court Sunday, saying he only confessed to questioning the religion's treatment of women because he was tortured. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 7:16 am
A minister arrested in an Internet sex sting has resigned his position at a Dallas-area megachurch, its pastor said Saturday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 7:04 am
If a pen could ever be described in more eloquent prose I have never seen it. This blogger makes reading about pens fascinating with her latest blog post about the Pilot G2. Source: Digg | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 am
It’s no secret that the right STILL hasn’t figured out how to effectively use the internets, so it comes as no surprise that the Grand Poobah of right wing radio douche bags, Rush Limbaugh, has made a complete fool of himself by using a 12 year old essay by a 10th grader to attack Democratic presidential candidate, Senator Barack Obama. Source: Digg | 18 May 2008 | 7:00 am
The party agrees it must change or face catastrophe in November. But that's about all members can agree on.
The bad news has come from Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi -- a string of unexpected Republican defeats in congressional elections that have prompted GOP leaders to say, with candor unusual in politics, that the party is facing an outright catastrophe this November.
The charter bus operated by Royal American veered from the highway into a dirt median, overturned and skidded 100 feet, officials say. A Los Angeles woman was ejected and died at the scene.
One woman died and 21 others were injured when a tour bus en route from Culver City to Laughlin, Nev., overturned Saturday on an isolated stretch of Interstate 40 in the Mojave Desert, officials said.
The California governor says it saves taxpayers money to have private entities pay for ceremonies, conferences and travel. Watchdogs fear the government-corporate relationship is getting too cozy.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who runs one of the largest state governments in the country, approached the leader of another giant organization recently to ask for some financial aid.
Ronald M. George, a moderate Republican who voted with the majority, likens the case to civil rights battles.
In the days leading up to the California Supreme Court's historic same-sex marriage ruling Thursday, the decision "weighed most heavily" on Chief Justice Ronald M. George -- more so, he said, than any previous case in his nearly 17 years on the court.
Three are wounded before bystanders tackle the assailant and an off-duty officer arrests him. Police say a custody dispute appears to have motivated the attack.
A rifleman angered by a custody dispute with his ex-girlfriend opened fire Saturday at a parish school festival in Granada Hills this morning, wounding the woman and two other fair-goers before being tackled by bystanders and arrested by an off-duty police officer, authorities said.
Hearsay has vexed Chinese leaders throughout history. The disaster has set off a new round.
Almost as soon as the initial aftershocks stopped reverberating last week, the rumors began. Some say that frogs, insects and other animals fled shortly before the earth shook. Others insist that water mysteriously drained from ponds, or that Beijing knew the massive earthquake would strike but chose not to publicize it with the Olympics around the corner.
Health professionals -- both intentionally and unwittingly -- and dishonest patients are diverting powerful and potentially addictive pharmaceuticals from legitimate medical channels, authorities say.
A Riverside County psychiatrist who drove a Corvette and lived in a gated community allegedly wrote prescriptions in the lobby of his fitness club and outside restaurants for $100 each.
In the Middle East, Islamist charity programs fill a gap by feeding the hungry as prices soar - and their political allies gain ground.
The smell of freshly baked bread calms the room filled with women in frayed cloaks and worn slippers. Grateful for the assistance, they walk out of a Muslim Brotherhood social service center into the trash-strewn alley, clutching plastic bags packed with flat bread loaves.
US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy recovers in hospital after suffering a "seizure", his office says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 6:55 am
Participants of the World Economic Forum walk under flags of participant countries at the convention center in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, Sunday, May 18, 2008. President George W. Bush will be among 12 heads... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 6:52 am
Loni Anderson was married Saturday to Bob Flick, a founding member of the 1960s folk group The Brothers Four. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 6:50 am
MONTREAL (AFP) - Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) overwhelmingly approved new labor agreements with General Motors and Chrysler, rounding out the year's contracts with North America's Big Three auto producers, the union said Saturday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 6:39 am
South Korea's president said on Sunday that his country stands ready to help North Korea with food aid, but only if the isolated communist country asks for it and shows a readiness to change. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 6:33 am
Microsoft's Mediaroom is the company's IPTV solution that brings TV into to your house (much like cable and satellite) over the internets. You might be familiar with it in its commercially released service forms such as AT&T U-Verse here in the US or BT Fusion in the UK. Source: Digg | 18 May 2008 | 6:30 am
The veggies your mom implored you to eat are getting their own celebration in New York City: The Veggie Pride Parade. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 6:28 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - A quarter of a century since the virus that causes AIDS was identified, a vaccine against the deadly disease remains frustratingly out of reach despite a well-funded global effort to find a cure. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 18 May 2008 | 6:18 am
A fire official says more than 16,000 people were evacuated from a Tokyo suburb while an unexploded 1-ton bomb believed was defused. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 6:09 am
A steady stream of vehicles pulled along the shoulder of the road to get a look at it: an enormous, hairy pig that apparently had been struck and killed by a vehicle. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 18 May 2008 | 5:54 am
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - India's foreign minister travels to Pakistan this week for his first meeting with leaders of a new civilian government and to review a peace process that has been in the doldrums for more than a year.
At least two people were killed Saturday in Washington when a float plane carrying six or seven people crashed into Lake Chelan northeast of Seattle, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 18 May 2008 | 5:42 am
Lebanon's rival leaders hold talks in Qatar aimed at pulling the country back from the brink of civil war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 4:47 am
Ashlee Simpson got her fairy tale wedding to Pete Wentz on Saturday with an "Alice in Wonderland" themed reception at her parents' Los Angeles area home, People magazine reports.
TWANTE, Myanmar (AP) -- Saw Htin's cheeks were wet with tears after waiting in line with hundreds of sick, desperate cyclone survivors. The 18-year-old mother clutched her wheezing baby boy.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 18 May 2008 | 4:30 am
With the end of the race for the Democratic nomination, it's not just decision time for Barack Obama, but also for Hillary Clinton. And with the way things have turned out, it's possible she may opt to retire instead of returning to the Senate. Source: Digg | 18 May 2008 | 3:40 am
Buddhist Thais take part in an alms offering to hundreds of Buddhist monks to mark Visakha Puja day in Lampun province, northern Thailand Saturday, May 17, 2008. Visakha Puja Day is the day that Buddhist... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 3:28 am
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Barack Obama will make a symbolic trip to Iowa on Tuesday, revisiting the state that launched his underdog bid for the White House on a day he hopes will put him over the top in the number of delegates needed to help clinch the nomination.
The release of Pakistan"s ambassador to Afghanistan after his kidnapping by Taliban militants in February this year, has prompted fresh questions over the extent to which the Pakistani government struck a deal with the Taliban.
A Jordanian-flagged ship carrying sugar, an aid donation to Somalia, is seized by pirates off Mogadishu. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 2:21 am
Fans react as confetti and foam falls during an ALAS, Latin America in Solidarity Action, Foundation concert in Mexico City, Saturday, May 17, 2008. More than 20 Latin American pop stars were featured... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 2:16 am
CHINA - Rescue workers have plucked more than 60 more survivors from the rubble following Monday's massive earthquake in southwestern China, as a strong new aftershock hit and the death toll rose to almost 30,000.
The United... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2008 | 1:21 am
LOS ANGELES - Police say a man with a semiautomatic rifle has opened fire at a festival outside a Southern California church, wounding three people, one of them critically.
Officer Norma Eisenman says shots rang out shortly before... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2008 | 1:18 am
LAFAYETTE - Police say six cars of a freight train have derailed in Louisiana, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursing homes within a 1.6-kilometre... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2008 | 1:11 am
Sen. Edward Kennedy was airlifted to the hospital Saturday after suffering a seizure at his Boston-area home. Later, he was resting comfortably with family. Doctors will begin testing to see if they can discover and treat the underlying cause of the worrisome seizure.
Colombian pop star Shakira and Spain's singer Alejandro Sanz perform during "The Concert For The Children" in Buenos Aires, Saturday, May 17, 2008. Colombian singer Shakira's ALAS foundation, Latin America... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 18 May 2008 | 1:01 am
MEXICO CITY - A couple who both changed their sex married on Saturday in Mexico's first transgender wedding, as the traditionally conservative country loses some of its inhibitions.
Mario del Socorro, formerly Maria, and Diana... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2008 | 12:52 am
CARACAS - Venezuela is protesting what it calls an 'illegal' invasion of its territory by Colombia.
Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro says 60 Colombian soldiers were intercepted in Venezuela's Apure state on Friday, metres from the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2008 | 12:34 am
Georgia says it has evidence that Russia is deploying heavy military hardware in the breakaway region of Abkhazia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 18 May 2008 | 12:30 am
BOSTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat, suffered a seizure on Saturday but hours later was talking with family at his side in a Boston hospital.
Military combat photojournalists provide a view from the front lines.
IN JUNE 2003, Air Force Staff Sgt. Stacy Pearsall was new to Iraq, and she still got a rush from the "combat entry" landing, as the pilot hurtled the plane into a downward spiral in darkness to outmaneuver enemy fire.
People visit a gallery during the "Night of Museums" in Warsaw, Poland, Saturday, May 17, 2008. During this special night nearly 2,000 European museums will open their doors free of charge from sunset... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 May 2008 | 11:41 pm
David Bisbal sings during an ALAS, Latin America in Solidarity Action, Foundation concert in Mexico City, Saturday, May 17, 2008. More than 20 Latin American pop stars were featured in two simultaneous... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 May 2008 | 10:38 pm
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican army says it has captured a man it describes as a top lieutenant of the Carrillo Fuentes border drug cartel.
The army has said Saturday that soldiers captured Pedro Sanchez Arras, also known as 'The Tiger'... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 May 2008 | 10:13 pm
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, right, and Irish musician Bono arrive for the "Vicky Christina Barcelona" after party during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Saturday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 May 2008 | 10:12 pm
In this image released by Overbrook Entertainment, Orson Salazar with his wife Spanish actress Paz Vega, Samantha Clarke with her husband the actor Jason Clarke, American actor Will Smith and his wife... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 17 May 2008 | 10:07 pm
BOSTON - US Senator Edward 'Teddy' Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent American political dynasty, has been hospitalised after suffering a seizure at his Cape Cod vacation home.
Kennedy, 76, was rushed from... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 May 2008 | 10:05 pm
Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al Qaeda in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, officials said.
BEIJING (AP) -- China's deadliest earthquake in a generation has jarred Chinese who expected to be reveling in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics. In less dramatic ways, the disaster is shifting perceptions between China and the world, deflating the contentiousness building around the games.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:14 a... | 17 May 2008 | 9:20 pm
BEICHUAN - Thousands of Chinese have fled their homes amid fears a lake could burst its banks, hampering rescue efforts after the deadliest earthquake in more than three decades killed about 29,000 people.
Rescue workers returned... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 May 2008 | 8:35 pm
Six days of violence have left more than 60 people dead in Lebanon. The balance of power has shifted and the Shiite Hezbollah militia is stronger than any other force in the country.
A serious aftershock sent Chinese earthquake survivors running back into the streets Saturday while others fled from the town of Beichaun threatened by flooding from rivers blocked by landslides. Host Andrea Seabrook talks with NPR's Melissa Block, who is in the town of Chengdu, about the current situation and how the relief efforts are going.
Scott Simon talks with Robert Siegel about his week in the heart of the Chinese earthquake. Siegel recounts vivid scenes, including a family that walked 20 miles from their destroyed village to another. He says the relief effort is vigorous as emergency vehicles storm north, but millions of people are left without homes and are sleeping outside under improvised shelter.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, 76, has been taken by helicopter to Massachusetts General Hospital. His office says the senator had a seizure and is undergoing tests.
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Authorities evacuated 3,000 people on Saturday after a train derailment released deadly chemicals in the southern Louisiana town of Lafayette.
The upcoming Oregon and Kentucky primaries are near perfect illustrations of the two separate wings of the Democratic Party. Affluent, green and antiwar Oregon is expected to support Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. Kentucky's rural, blue-collar population will help New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.
The response of Myanmar's military rulers to the humanitarian crisis in the Irrawaddy Delta is beyond insufferable. The obstructiveness of an isolationist and paranoid regime might have been ascribed to incompetence were it not for... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
You have to hand it to the Aussies. They just can't hack it when New Zealanders are successful.
Swanning around Sydney last week, where the Flight of the Conchords were about to be screened on television for the first time, I came... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 17 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai postponed his return home on Saturday to contest an election run-off after his party said it had discovered an assassination plot against him.
The Chinese village of Hongbai was hard-hit by Monday's devastating earthquake. But the post-quake chaos leaves little time for final rites that might have offered comfort to those burying loved ones.
At college commencement time, some graduates explore Peace Corps opportunities. But Robert Strauss, former country director of the Peace Corps in Cameroon, says that the Peace Corps has lost its edge for assisting developing countries and the U.S.
As the U.S. population ages, the number of people with Alzheimer's could more than triple over the next four decades. While most will be elderly, about 10 percent will develop the disease before the age of 65, often in their 40s or 50s.
For many Americans, getting a loan today is not an easy task. The downturn in credit markets has sent borrowers and lenders looking for alternative ways to meet their credit needs.
After their daughter was born, Bi Kaiwei and his wife Meilin decided to adhere to China's one-child policy and its slogan, "Have fewer kids, live better lives."
Egypt's state-owned press opened fire Saturday on U.S. President George W. Bush as he arrived for talks with regional leaders at the conclusion of a five-day Mideast tour.
AP - Feuding Lebanese factions traded accusations Sunday while meeting a second day in Qatar for high-level talks in the country's 18-month political crisis.
AP - Israel got glowing praise from President Bush earlier this week. On Sunday, the Arab world got a stern lecture, on the need to spread freedoms and isolate state sponsors of terror that he said are holding the region back.
AFP - A powerful aftershock claimed more lives in China's southwest on Sunday, bringing new misery to the region and hampering relief efforts as the death toll from last week's quake shot up.
Reuters - An American soldier has been
disciplined and ordered from Iraq after a copy of the Koran was
found pocked with bullet holes at a shooting range near
Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
AP - Out of immediate danger, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy remained hospitalized as doctors worked to determine what caused one of the nation's best-known senators to suffer a seizure in his Cape Cod home.
AP - A top U.N envoy headed for Myanmar on Sunday to plead with the junta to accept more international aid for its cyclone survivors, amid mounting fears of starvation deaths, especially among children.
Reuters - A breakthrough could be near on a
framework to open up the aid to the millions needing help after
Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta early
this month, Britain's Asia minister said on Sunday.
AP - John McCain is 71 years old, and his age has provided late-night comics with some easy punch lines. On "Saturday Night Live," he joined in.
AP - Don't be surprised to find Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz grinning Cheshire cats they're newlyweds.
AP - Not once but twice, jockey Kent Desormeaux sneaked a peek to see if anyone was gaining on Big Brown. "I looked between my legs, under my arms, and they were eight (lengths) behind me," Desormeaux said. "I stopped pushing. I said, `That's enough.'"
Commanders say the current international mandate in Iraq, as well as general codes of war, allow them to hold any prisoner until the detainee is no longer considered a threat to U.S. forces. Local law and court rulings do not apply, they add.
A raid on the largest employer in northeast Iowa has provoked renewed criticism that the administration is disproportionately targeting workers instead of employers.
Police tried to stop anguished relatives from streaming into one of the worst affected areas of China's massive earthquake on Sunday, as another strong aftershock hit the area and the death toll rose to nearly 32,500.
Comment by Ned Dolejsi Executive Director, CA Catholic Conference
Top fundraisers for Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama have begun private talks aimed at merging the two candidates' teams.
Ex-official has already admitted he made NBA bets for four years.
Ashlee Simpson got her fairy tale wedding to Pete Wentz on Saturday with an "Alice in Wonderland" themed reception at her parents' Los Angeles area home, People magazine reports.