Governmental, nongovernmental and military groups from the U.S. and other Western countries are part of the considerable efforts to reconstruct war-torn Afghanistan. But critics are debating what the best way is for them to help.
NEW YORK - Wall Street is falling sharply in early trading after oil prices spiked to a new record high and the government said wholesale inflation rose more than forecast...
Last week I made the mistake of hiring a lawyer without meeting him first. We talked on the phone for about an hour, but never got together face-to-face. When he arrived this...
BOSTON - Like many moms of newborns, Caitlin Hume's work doesn't end when she gets home. There's the herring-and-krill formula to prepare, followed by a little...
SPRINGFIELD - Police in Springfield are looking for a bird thief who smashed the window of a pet store and made off with about 50 parakeets.
The break-in occurred Sunday...
BROOKLINE - Boston Red Sox principal owner John Henry has won approval to demolish a historic mansion and build a new home on the property in Brookline.
The town's...
Netflix's first streaming box is finally here and it's pretty damn brilliant of a set up. First of all, the box is 100 bucks, and designed by Roku. It's fanless and quiet; has HDMI and optical outputs; and is about the size of 5 CD cases stacked together. Any Netflix disc mailing plan over $9 gets you unlimited streaming of almost 10,000 titles. Source: Digg | 20 May 2008 | 1:23 pm
Obama are you stupid or naive? Yesterday Barack suggested that the United States should negotiate with Iran like we did with the Soviet Union.
Let me explain why this...
I found a site last night that claimed to be the “Easiest Local Search Ever”. My reaction to this: “Oh reeeaaallly.” Source: Digg | 20 May 2008 | 1:20 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama will take a major step toward the Democratic presidential nomination when Oregon and Kentucky vote on Tuesday, but rival Hillary Clinton still hopes to spoil the party.
Millions of female Democrats may be on the verge of doing it again: throwing principles out the window because they can't get their own way.
And once again, it revolves...
A young man who nearly got away with murder - not once, but four times - couldn't stop from taking credit for the 2005 rap studio massacre that horrified Boston's...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq sent its army deep into Baghdad's Sadr City, power base of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, on Tuesday to stamp government authority on areas previously outside its control.
AP - Inflation at the wholesale level slowed in April following a huge increase in March although prices for a number of items from prescription drugs to pasta shot upward.
Iraqi forces launch an offensive in Sadr City in northeast Baghdad, the power base of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. It's the latest step by the Iraqi government to assert control over the area.
Ever since receiving word that he had defeated lymphoma a year-and-a-half ago, Jon Lester has been trying to do everything within his power to shed the unsought labeling of...
When Jack Kerouac wrote "On the Road," the Lowell-born literary giant had no idea that so many NBA teams would revile his work.
But that's what has happened...
BAGHDAD (AP) -- President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an American sniper's use of a copy of the Quran for target practice, Maliki's office said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 1:11 pm
President Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for an American sniper's use of a copy of the Quran for target practice, Maliki's office said Tuesday. White House... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 1:11 pm
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday — a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) Ikki Shimamura drove in two runs to key a four-run seventh inning as the Orix Buffaloes battled from behind to beat the Hanshin Tigers 4-3 as interleague... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
The parents of the children in state custody after a raid at a polygamist sect's ranch left a courthouse Monday complaining that Texas child welfare officials offered no real answers. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 1:07 pm
(Kyodo) _ Malaysia's ruling party lawmakers, including former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's son, said Tuesday they would not quit the party, thus averting a potential crisis that... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 1:06 pm
The death toll from last week's earthquake in China's Sichuan province has risen to 39,500, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 1:06 pm
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - China raised the number of dead or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on Tuesday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after the huge tremor hit.
Like many moms of newborns, Caitlin Hume's work doesn't end when she gets home. There's the herring-and-krill formula to prepare, followed by a little peeping and playtime, then bed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 1:03 pm
Arab mediators extend a deadline for agreement on two Qatari proposals to end the Lebanese crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 1:02 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US wholesale prices rose 0.2 percent in April while the so-called core rate of inflation excluding food and energy increased 0.4 percent, the Labor Department said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama eyed Tuesday an electoral milestone in his quest for the White House, but Hillary Clinton insisted their marathon race for the party's nomination was far from over. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
SYDNEY (AFP) - Scientists said Tuesday they had "resurrected" a gene from the extinct Tasmanian tiger by implanting it in a mouse, raising the future possibility of bringing animals such as dinosaurs back to life. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar began three days of mourning Tuesday for 133,000 people dead or missing in its cyclone, but barely anyone seemed to notice and most of the two million survivors were still desperate for help. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
BRUSSELS (AFP) - The European Commission was set to recommend a shake-up Tuesday of Europe's farm sector to crank up production in the face soaring demand, with Britain and France braced for battle over hand-outs to farmers. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - President Thabo Mbeki made an impassioned appeal for South Africans to respect the dignity of foreigners as calls grew on Tuesday for troops to be sent in to stamp out xenophobic violence. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
CHENGDU (AFP) - Warnings of more strong earthquakes triggered panic in China on Tuesday, sending thousands of people running for safety and triggering a sharp drop on the stock market. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 20 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
AP - Voters weighed in Tuesday in primaries in Oregon and Kentucky, as a top Barack Obama adviser urged Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator for the fall campaign and bring the marathon contest for the presidential nomination to a close.
(Kyodo) _ Chinese wildlife authorities are giving top priority to searching for two missing pandas and carrying for dozens more at a panda center left severely damaged by last week's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:51 pm
Though more Canadians are treating their high blood pressure, new research shows those of South Asian and black descent are three times as likely to develop the condition
YANGON (Reuters) - Flags across Myanmar flew at half-mast on Tuesday for the victims of Cyclone Nargis as the U.N.'s top aid envoy pressed the military government to allow foreign helicopters to fly in supplies to survivors.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING HOSPITAL OFFICIAL'S COMMENTS, OTHER DETAILS) A total of 17 infants were left anonymously at Japan's first "baby hatch" at a Kumamoto hospital between its opening... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:49 pm
Michel Platini has played down fears over the state of the Luzhniki Stadium pitch after it was described as "disappointing" by the groundsman. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
US President George W Bush apologises over the shooting of a Koran by a US soldier, the Iraqi PM's office says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 12:42 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft launched at least three strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy, a Hamas fighter and an unidentified man, Palestinian doctors and Hamas said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 12:37 pm
Israeli aircraft launched at least three strikes on Palestinians Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy, a Hamas fighter and an unidentified man, Palestinian doctors and Hamas said. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:37 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The U.N. Secretary-General will meet the head of Myanmar's ruling junta during a visit this week to discuss assistance for cyclone victims.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 12:35 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- McDonald's Japan to give store managers overtime pay TOKYO - McDonald's Holdings Co. (Japan) said Tuesday it will introduce a new system on Aug. 1 to provide... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:33 pm
Ban Ki-moon, right, Secretary General of United Nations met with David Miliband, left, Foreign Minister of the United Kingdom at U.N. Headquarters Tuesday, May, 20, 2008. (AP Photo/David Karp) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:31 pm
A list of 10 websites that are either useful or entertaining. Personal favorites: Cooking for Engineers (self-explanatory), thesixtyone (safari for music junkies), and Rentometer (save money on rent). Source: Digg | 20 May 2008 | 12:30 pm
A stressed builder in Los Angeles County managed to dodge the bullet and sell almost two dozen houses in single day, with an old-fashion strategy: an auction.
Students of a high school in the Kreuzberg district stand behind a police barrier in Berlin, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Hundreds of Berlin police scoured a high school for three hours Tuesday after an unidentified... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivers a speech in Vergnet Eolien wind turbine factory that he visited in Orleans, central France, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. Sarkozy went to Orleans to visit various environmental... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:25 pm
(Kyodo) _ The number of people newly found infected with the AIDS- causing HIV virus in Japan in the January to March period came to 251, representing a decline from the existing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:24 pm
Reuters - President George W. Bush has apologized
to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution
of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for
target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday.
Poisonous illegal alcohol has killed at least 87 people in two southern Indian states since the weekend, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 12:20 pm
TOKYO, May 20 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING 9TH GRAF) Japan must meet its target of cutting expenditures by 11.4 trillion to 14.3 trillion yen over the next five years through fiscal 2011 as Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
TOKYO, May 20 (Kyodo) _ Japan's market for carbon emission reduction systems and services to help prevent global warming may expand 5.6-fold from fiscal 2007 to 6.93 trillion yen by... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
Two members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal (PETA), Ludvig Lindstrom, former sexiest vegetarian finalist in Sweden, right, and Joanne Sim embraced on a bed outside the Smithfield meat Market... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:16 pm
Reuters - China raised the number of dead
or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on
Tuesday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after
the huge tremor hit.
British police officers examine the uprooted tree, knocked down by a double decked bus, right, near to Tower Bridge in London, Tuesday, May 20, 2008. One person was killed and nine others injured in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
In this July 11, 2007, file photo, Indian Border Security Force soldiers and Pakistani Rangers soldiers, in black uniforms, march during 'Beating the Retreat' or a flag lowering ceremony at the joint border... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
President Dmitry Medvedev speaks as he opens the meeting on judicial reform in Moscow's Kremlin on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/ RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service ) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:06 pm
Buddhist monks walk around Indonesia's Borobudur temple, a ninth century Buddhist temple on Wesak day, commonly called Buddha's Birthday Tuesday May 20, 2008, in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia.(AP Photo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 12:05 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 11:59 am
AP - Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
AP - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000.
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 11:58 am
An Iraqi military spokesman says Iraqi troops have moved into Baghdad's Shiite militia stronghold of Sadr City to seize control. The troops are moving in as part of a truce reached last week with anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
British Opera singer Lesley Garrett, centre, performs, in a stage suspended 50 metres above the Tower of London, with Tower Bridge in the background, during a launch of the new Sky Seats Extra scheme,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 11:53 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- One of Saddam Hussein's most well-known and loyal lieutenants accused Iraq's Shiite-led government Tuesday of seeking revenge as he and seven other former regime officials faced trial for the 1992 executions of dozens of Baghdad merchants.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 11:51 am
AP - If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Tuesday its net profit for the fiscal year just ended fell 28 percent from the previous year as it was battered by U.S. subprime credit problems and other credit-related losses. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:49 am
Decades after law enforcement raided the ranch where Charles Manson hid following a 1969 killing spree, detectives and scientists are returning to hunt for undiscovered graves. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:44 am
AP - Passengers are more dissatisfied with airlines' customer service than they have been in years at a time when carriers are charging more and more for tickets and services.
State prosecutors demanded Tuesday a six-year prison term for Hyundai Motor Chairman Chung Mong-koo after the Supreme Court ordered a resentencing in the auto tycoon's embezzlement conviction. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:42 am
When your computer hardware appears to power up okay, but the Windows XP operating system won't boot properly, you have to begin a troubleshooting expedition that includes getting into the operating system, determining the problem, and then fixing it. To help you get started on this expedition, here are 10... Source: Digg | 20 May 2008 | 11:41 am
Imperial Tobacco Group PLC said Tuesday its profit sank 45 percent in the first half and it plans to raise $9.6 billion by selling shares at a discount to help pay for its recent acquisition of the Spanish tobacco business Altadis. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:40 am
South African security ministers discuss using the army to stop attacks on foreigners, which has left 23 dead. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 11:38 am
Parents have complained to a northwest Ohio school board that a chaperone sealed students in their hotel rooms with duct tape during a high school choir field trip. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:37 am
AP - Preparing for the eventual extinction of its DVD-by-mail rental service, Netflix Inc. on Tuesday is introducing its first solution for subscribers who want entertainment delivered directly to their television sets with just a few clicks on a remote control. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 20 May 2008 | 11:35 am
An official in charge of managing a Long Island town's cell phone accounts rang up thousands of dollars worth of personal calls on his own town cell phone. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:33 am
Staples Inc. posted a slim 1.5 percent increase in its first-quarter profit, after posting small declines the previous two quarters amid slow U.S. retail sales of office products. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:25 am
Iran's nuclear program has sent a wave of interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, a think tank said Tuesday, warning that it risked setting the scene for a regional nuclear arms race. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 11:24 am
Two Palestinians, one a boy of 13, are killed in separate Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 11:23 am
Pakistan said it would release nearly 100 Indian prisoners in a goodwill gesture as it resumed peace talks with India on Tuesday for the first time since Islamabad's new civilian government took over from military rule. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 11:22 am
American actress Gwyneth Paltrow poses at the photo call for the film "Two Lovers" at the 61st International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on Tuesday, May 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 20 May 2008 | 11:19 am
Burma begins official mourning for victims of Cyclone Nargis, as the regime starts to accept limited help. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 11:06 am
A German court jails a Muslim of Afghan origin for three and a half years for stabbing a Jewish rabbi in the street. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 11:03 am
The Israeli distributor of the soon-to-be-released "Sex and the City" movie won't be hanging advertising posters and billboards in two cities because officials don't want the word "sex" on display. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 11:00 am
German investor confidence declined for a second straight month as rising inflation, the euro's near-record strength and high oil prices ate into expectations, a closely watched survey showed Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 20 May 2008 | 10:59 am
Taiwanese prosecutors launch a corruption investigation into ex-President Chen Shui-bian, just after he leaves office. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 20 May 2008 | 10:58 am
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday he still had not decided whether to endorse a candidate in the Democratic presidential race.
` LONDON (AP) -- Iran's disputed nuclear program has sent a wave of interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, a think tank said Tuesday, warning that it risked setting the scene for a regional nuclear arms race.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 10:39 am
Thousands of survivors of the China earthquake awoke after spending a night in their cars and in the open, frightened by government warnings of a potential strong aftershock. Meanwhile, rare stories of survival continued to emerge from the rubble.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- Taiwan's new president took office Tuesday and set the tone for his administration's policy on rival China: better economic and political ties but no plans for unification with the mainland.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 10:25 am
Doctor and civil rights activist Binayak Sen has been imprisoned for a year in an area of India known as the epicenter of the country's Maoist insurgency. He's being held under draconian anti-terrorism laws; his supporters say the charges are nonsense. Some 22 Nobel laureates are appealing for his release.
Thousands remain missing in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis, but the country has allowed only limited assistance from the outside world. Myanmar may now accept help from its immediate neighbors after a recent emergency meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to BBC reporter Andrew Harding.
Senate leaders have agreed on legislation that aims to limit the rising number of foreclosures. The Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday is expected to approve the bill. President Bush hasn't said whether he'll sign it. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with NPR's Jim Zarroli about the legislation.
Recovery efforts in Dujiangyan, China are also focused on hydropower dams around the ancient city. The epicenter of last week's massive earthquake was near the huge Zipingpu dam, cracking its walls. Officials say Zipingpu is structurally safe and are releasing water to decrease pressure. Scientists warn that if the dam fails, the destruction would be even greater than the quake. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Melissa Block.
In the wake of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region last week, an official warning of a major aftershock sends Chengdu, China into a panic. Millions of people spent the night sleeping outside, others fled the city.
Warnings of a major aftershock sent residents around Chengdu in southwest China outside overnight. Eight days after a powerful earthquake killed thousands, many people slept outside, piling into a soccer stadium, or in cars parked along highways.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain marks Cuban Independence Day on Tuesday with a fresh slap at Barack Obama for a pledge to meet Cuba's leader if elected in November. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 9:06 am
GENEVA (Reuters) - Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke, often associated with a Western lifestyle, have become the chief causes of death globally, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.
Clashes pitting the poorest of the poor against one another have killed 22 people in South Africa and underscored bitter frustration with the government's failure to deliver enough jobs, housing and schools.
The messy process of trying to purge John McCain’s campaign of conflicts of interest has so far focused only more attention on the backgrounds of his advisers.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has proposed to buy Yahoo Inc's search business and take a minority stake in the Web pioneer, stopping short of a full-out merger, a person familiar with the discussions said on Monday.
Contrary to widespread belief, teenagers do not appear to commonly engage in oral sex as a way to preserve their virginity, according to the first study to examine the question nationally. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 20 May 2008 | 5:20 am
Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston’s 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season.
SAVANNAH, Georgia (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain marks Cuban Independence Day on Tuesday with a fresh slap at Democratic front-runner Barack Obama for a pledge to meet Cuba's leader if elected in November.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuela wants the U.S. ambassador to explain a violation of its airspace by a U.S. Navy plane, the country's foreign minister said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 20 May 2008 | 3:16 am
PERTH - Police and customs have seized 45kg of powdered ecstasy from a house in Perth which investigators say would have made more than 150,000 tablets for supply across Australia.
It is the largest MDMA seizure in Western Australia.
Authorities... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 20 May 2008 | 1:59 am
MORRIS, Illinois - Got milk?
Police say a trailer loaded with 14 tonnes of double-stuffed Oreos has overturned, spilling the cookies still in their plastic sleeves into the median and roadway.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Brian... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 9:50 pm
On the eve of the Kentucky and Oregon primaries, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is looking toward the general election and making jabs at GOP opponent and Arizona Sen. John McCain. New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, continues to fight for delegates and promises to remain in the race.
YANGON - Myanmar's junta appeares to have relented from its position of spurning international assistance, saying it will allow its Asian neighbors to oversee the distribution of foreign relief to survivors of Cyclone Nargis.
It... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 9:14 pm
Israeli troops shot dead an apparent would-be Palestinian suicide bomber at a checkpoint near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus on Monday, the Israeli army said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops ordered a man acting... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 9:08 pm
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Four Philadelphia police officers were fired and four others demoted or suspended after a video showed them beating three suspects after a drug-related shooting, the city's police chief said on Monday.
A wanted leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army handed herself over to Colombian authorities yesterday, "nearly dying of hunger" Colombia's Defence Minister said.
Eldaneyis Mosquera, also known as "Karina," was one of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 8:15 pm
CHENGDU - Tens of thousands of panicked residents rushed into the streets of Chengdu in southwest China early on Tuesday, alarmed by a television report that predicted another powerful earthquake would hit the region.
The pandemonium... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 7:33 pm
REIGER PARK, South Africa (AP) -- Clashes pitting the poorest of the poor against one another have killed 22 people in South Africa and underscored bitter frustration with the government's failure to deliver enough jobs, housing and schools.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 19 May 2008 | 7:20 pm
JOHANNESBURG - Mobs armed with knives, clubs and jugs of petrol torched shacks and beat migrant workers on Monday in escalating anti-foreigner violence in Johannesburg squatter camps.
The unrest has killed at least 22 people since... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 7:20 pm
His eyes turned more than ever toward John McCain and the national election contest, Barack Obama will make a symbolic return trip to Iowa tonight even as results from the primary votes in Kentucky and Oregon begin to flow in.
Despite... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 7:15 pm
A law extending a smoking ban in Turkey to most enclosed areas - including taxis, ferries and shopping malls - came into effect yesterday in the nicotine-addicted nation.
A ban on lighting up in bars, restaurants and coffee houses... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 7:15 pm
Cuba accused America's top diplomat in Havana of carrying mail to dissidents that contained private funds from an organization run by the benefactor of an alleged terrorist.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad has quit the ruling party after a long feud with his successor.
Mahathir's son Mokhzani Mahathir said his father is leaving the United Malays National Organisation party with... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2008 | 6:15 pm
Yemeni-American on the FBI's Most Wanted list of terror suspects was jailed in Yemen after an appeals court upheld his 10-year prison sentence, officials says. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2008 | 5:59 pm
Eldaneyis Mosquera, also known as "Karina," was one of the most senior women in the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2008 | 5:42 pm
Flags are flying at half-staff, public entertainment has been canceled and 1.3 billion people observed three minutes of silence as China began three days of mourning for victims of the country's massive earthquake.
Plans to run a hotel out of a former home of the von Trapp family immortalized in the blockbuster hit movie 'The Sound of Music' have triggered fierce resistance from neighbors who fear tourists will tie up traffic and make a nuisance of themselves. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2008 | 5:22 pm
In a major concession after being slammed for blocking aid, Myanmar's military rulers have agreed to open the doors to much-needed foreign experts and workers, but the U.N. says its foreign staff are still barred.
Moroccan security services have arrested 11 people accused of plotting attacks in Morocco and Belgium and having links to Iraq's insurgency, the Moroccan state news agency reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2008 | 2:56 pm
Many experts are calling for an entirely new approach to fighting AIDS in Africa - saying there is little evidence current strategies promoting condom use and HIV testing work.
Busy, bustling China stopped Monday to mourn the millions of victims killed or left homeless by the earthquake exactly one week earlier. Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2008 | 2:11 pm
AP - Inflation at the wholesale level slowed in April following a huge increase in March although prices for a number of items from prescription drugs to pasta shot upward.
Barack Obama will reach for a symbolic tipping point in the Oregon and Kentucky primaries Tuesday — a majority of pledged delegates offered in the Democratic presidential contest.
AP - Voters weighed in Tuesday in primaries in Oregon and Kentucky, as a top Barack Obama adviser urged Democrats to unite behind the Illinois senator for the fall campaign and bring the marathon contest for the presidential nomination to a close.
Reuters - President George W. Bush has apologized
to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution
of a U.S. soldier accused of using a copy of the Koran for
target practice, Iraq said on Tuesday.
Reuters - China raised the number of dead
or missing from a devastating earthquake to more than 70,000 on
Tuesday, as rescuers found another survivor eight days after
the huge tremor hit.
AP - Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said.
AP - China said it was struggling to find shelter for many of the 5 million people whose homes were destroyed in last week's earthquake, while the confirmed death toll rose Tuesday to more than 40,000.
AP - If prosecutors can prove a videotape features R. Kelly and an underage girl, the R&B superstar's child pornography trial could end with him receiving a lengthy prison sentence.
AP - Passengers are more dissatisfied with airlines' customer service than they have been in years at a time when carriers are charging more and more for tickets and services.
AP - Napster Inc. begins selling MP3s Tuesday, a move the online music service hopes will lure iPod users and turn around Napster's sliding fortunes.
A man was pulled alive from the rubble of a power plant on Tuesday, eight days after China's deadly earthquake.
Wildlife smugglers tried to mail 15 Australian geckos to Europe in hollowed-out books and photo frames, the Customs Service said Tuesday.
The messy process of trying to purge John McCain’s campaign of conflicts of interest has so far focused only more attention on the backgrounds of his advisers.
Jon Lester can now add pitching a no-hitter to his already amazing list of accomplishments. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the clincher of Boston’s 2007 World Series victory, shut down Kansas City 7-0 Monday night for the first no-hitter in the majors this season.