HYANNISPORT -- Robert F, Kennedy Jr. emerged from the Kennedy family compound here this morning but responded only with a smile and a "hi" when asked about Hillary...
Sen. Hillary Clinton, struggling to remain in the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, is on the defensive after making a reference to the 1968 assassination...
AP - For the first time since the bubble burst earlier this decade, information technology stocks have overtaken financials as the largest sector by market value in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. But that alignment might not last for long soaring oil prices have helped lift the energy sector to a close third.
MIAMI - Barry Zito removed an unwanted zero from his record.
The left-hander earned his first win of the season after eight straight losses, pitching the San Francisco...
Reuters - Thousands of people marched
through South Africa's biggest city on Saturday, calling for an
end to the violence that has killed at least 50 African
migrants and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan officials expressed outrage today at a decision by the U.S. military not to charge U.S. Marines involved in a shooting spree that left 19 Afghan...
AP - Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the movement and warned Saturday of "black clouds" on the horizon for truces that have eased fighting between al-Sadr's militia and security forces.
MEXICO CITY - Homicides related to organized crime jumped 47 percent in 2008, Mexico's attorney general said yesterday in a rare confirmation of how bad violence has...
BEIJING - China's deadly earthquake may have saved the Beijing Olympics.
Just a few weeks ago, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the...
TEHRAN, Iran - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is too weak to take the necessary steps for peace with Syria, Hamas' exiled leader said today during a visit to Iran,...
SALT LAKE CITY - It's been a tough few years for the shelled sentinels scratching out a living in Utah's southwestern desert.
The population of desert tortoises...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A south Alabama town that was the inspiration for the setting in Harper Lee's book "To Kill a Mockingbird" is finding itself as the backdrop...
CINCINNATI - Water utilities would get earlier warning of viruses, bacteria or chemicals that could be introduced into drinking water systems by terrorists under a test monitoring...
AP - Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers. But as the marathon Democratic primary campaign nears an end, Barack Obama's staff is on the verge of vindicating its belief that the eloquent black freshman senator from Illinois was a unique candidate who could win the Democratic nomination in one of the biggest upsets in presidential politics.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, six weeks after leaving to warn the world his supporters faced an onslaught of state-sponsored violence.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 2:16 pm
Two missing scuba divers from the United States and Britain were rescued Saturday after spending a night floating in the ocean over Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 May 2008 | 2:14 pm
Wind River is joining Intel to develop an open-source Linux platform to your car and shake up the auto industry by bringing greater innovation, efficiency and development speed to the emerging in-car infotainment market.... Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 2:12 pm
AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived home Saturday after a six-week absence vowing to end the near three-decade rule of veteran President Robert Mugabe in next month's election.
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived home Saturday after a six-week absence vowing to end the near three-decade rule of veteran President Robert Mugabe in next month's election. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 2:00 pm
YINGXIU (AFP) - China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged the world's support. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 1:58 pm
AFP - China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged the world's support.
AP - If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the Constitution does not apply. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 24 May 2008 | 1:57 pm
Aid agencies give a cautious welcome to Burma's pledge to let in all foreign aid workers to help cyclone survivors. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 1:55 pm
YINGXIU, China (AP) -- Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's death toll, warning it could exceed 80,000.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 1:49 pm
AP - Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's death toll, warning it could exceed 80,000.
Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, or about $1.60. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 May 2008 | 1:43 pm
With all of his Academy Awards and other Hollywood honors, Clint Eastwood is not necessarily in the market for more prizes. He'll never shy away from a contest, though, including the one at the world's most prestigious film showcase. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 1:42 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan's deputy foreign minister urged his Iranian counterpart on Saturday to do all he can to facilitate the release of a kidnapped Japanese student. Kenichiro Sasae, in a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 1:41 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese women's 4x100-meter relay team set a national record of 43.67 seconds in the China Athletics Open, a test event for the Beijing Olympic Games, on Saturday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 1:35 pm
Soldier was helping police quell violence against foreigners; police also fired rubber bullets to disperse crowds as sporadic violence and looting were reported across the country
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the movement and warned Saturday of "black clouds" on the horizon for truces that have eased fighting between al-Sadr's militia and security forces.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
CLINTON: No, I really can't. I think people have short memories. Primary contests used to last a lot longer. We all remember the great tragedy of Bobby Kennedy being assassinated in June in L.A. My husband didn't wrap up the nomination in 1992 until June. Having a primary contest go through June is nothing particularly unusual. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said as the government sharply raised the death toll and warned it could exceed 80,000.
Authorities in southern Germany have taken custody of a 7-month-old boy after his parents posted an ad on eBay offering to sell him for one euro, or about $1.60. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 1:16 pm
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: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:15 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Ai Fukuhara was handed a straight-sets defeat by Jiang Huajun of Hong Kong in the women's singles second round at the Ogimura Cup Japan Open on Saturday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 1:14 pm
With fuel prices soaring, the U.S. military, the country's largest single consumer of oil, is turning into an alternative-fuels pioneer. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
During a demonstration at Nvidia’s headquarters in Santa Clara, we got a glimpse of Adobe’s "Creative Suite Next" (or CS4), code-named “Stonehenge”, which adds GPU and physics support to its existing multi-core support. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
Starbucks, the nation's largest coffee-shop chain, continued its rapid expansion Tuesday, opening its newest location in the men's room of an existing Starbucks. - You Gotta Love The Onion News Network Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
In 1911, the celebrated British civil engineer Basil Mott approached the plutocrat Andrew W. Mellon with an audacious plan to build a straight-line tunnel 2500 miles long connecting New York City with San Francisco, allowing packages to be sent between the two cities using only compressed air and gravity. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 1:07 pm
After years of planning followed by a ten-month journey, the Mars Phoenix Lander is slated to touch down Sunday near the red planet's north pole.If successful, the probe will be the first lander to reach a Martian pole and the first to actually touch the planet's water ice. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 12:57 pm
"All this stuff enhances the Danica brand,'' she said, sounding very much like a marketing professor. "Sure, it doesn't appeal to everyone. That's fine. But authenticity is the most important thing.'' Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 12:57 pm
This famous short film takes the viewer exponentially outward from a picnic in a park -- first one meter, then 10 meters, then 100 meters, etc. -- to show humanity's place in the universe, and then reverses the process, going inward by powers of ten to look inside the human body and finally inside individual atoms. Source: Digg | 24 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
Rafael Nadal plays down comparisons with fellow clay-court great Bjorn Borg on the eve of his bid for a fourth straight French Open title. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 12:55 pm
KOBE, May 24 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 5-6TH GRAFS) Group of Eight environment ministers meeting in Kobe plan to issue an action plan calling for the promotion of technology... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:53 pm
(Kyodo) _ Keiji Tamada was on target to give Japan a morale-boosting 1-0 win over the Ivory Coast in a warm-up for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers on Saturday. Tamada struck in the Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:41 pm
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through South Africa's biggest city on Saturday, calling for an end to xenophobic violence that has killed over 40 African migrants and displaced tens of thousands.
KOBE, Japan (Reuters) - Big emerging economies called on rich countries to help finance clean energy technologies on Saturday as a meeting of environment ministers sought to add momentum to the fight against climate change.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, six weeks after leaving to warn the world his supporters faced an onslaught of state-sponsored violence.
Lebanese troops guard a street leading to the parliament in Beirut, 2007. Lebanese lawmakers are poised to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president in a first step toward defusing a crippling and often... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
Lebanese army chief Michel Sleiman poses for a photo at his office in Yarze near Beirut on May 21. Lebanese lawmakers are poised to elect Sleiman as president in a first step toward defusing a crippling... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
A poster of Lebanese army chief and presidential candidate Michel Sleiman is displayed in Beirut. Lebanese lawmakers are poised to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president on Sunday in a first step... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
(Kyodo) _ Summary of a Kirin Cup international friendly at Toyota Stadium on Saturday: Japan 1 - Keiji Tamada 21 Ivory Coast 0 Halftime: 1-0 Attendance: 40,710 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:21 pm
(Kyodo) _ Poland secured its first appearance in 40 years in an Olympic women's volleyball tournament after edging already qualified Serbia in the world qualifying tournament for the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:19 pm
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is too weak to take the necessary steps for peace with Syria, Hamas' exiled leader said Saturday during a visit to Iran, the militant group's ally.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is too weak to take the necessary steps for peace with Syria, Hamas' exiled leader said Saturday during a visit to Iran, the militant group's ally. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:17 pm
YANGON (AFP) - Cyclone disaster workers said Saturday they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar, which wants the world to donate 11 billion dollars for reconstruction. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 12:14 pm
Pakistani masked tribesmen patrol with their weapons in a mountain area of Wana, South Waziristan, 2007. Top Pakistani Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud said jihad, or holy war, would continue in Afghanistan,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 12:06 pm
PESHAWAR (AFP) - Top Pakistani Taliban warlord Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday said jihad, or holy war, would continue in Afghanistan, despite peace negotiations between the militants and Islamabad. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 12:05 pm
YOKOSUKA, Japan, May 24 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE QUOTES) A U.S. Navy commander hinted Saturday that the deployment of the carrier USS George Washington to Yokosuka, planned for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 11:41 am
YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the epicenter of China's huge earthquake on Saturday, meeting victims and drawing an unspoken comparison with the sluggish aid efforts after a cyclone in neighboring Myanmar.
NATO says 200 British peacekeepers have arrived in Kosovo to help improve security as the U.N. administration prepares to hand over full control for running Kosovo to its government. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 11:32 am
Two missing scuba divers are found alive after spending a night missing on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 11:32 am
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, six weeks after leaving to warn the world his supporters faced an onslaught of state-sponsored... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 24 May 2008 | 11:31 am
Police have detained nearly 200 youths after rioting in Brussels sparked by a simmering dispute between rival groups after a soccer match. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 11:30 am
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says authorities have beheaded a local man convicted of armed robbery and raping a woman. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 11:23 am
The Indonesian government raises fuel prices by nearly 30%, prompting fears of widespread unrest. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 11:20 am
YANGON (Reuters) - There was "no time to lose" to help Myanmar's cyclone survivors after the secretive military government promised it would allow in more aid workers, disaster relief officials said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returns to Harare to begin his run-off campaign for president. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 11:06 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Foreign aid agencies Saturday called on Myanmar's junta to urgently clarify the rules for operating in the country's cyclone-devastated areas, expressing hope tinged with skepticism after the regime promised to open its doors to the international community.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 11:04 am
The Army's top general said he saw the future when looking at a new artillery vehicle that can hit a target over the horizon while remaining lighter, faster and more fuel efficient than the vehicle it will replace. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 10:56 am
About 200 people were evacuated from an oil platform in the North Sea on Saturday as workers tried to contain an oil leak that occurred during maintenance work, officials said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 10:55 am
KINSHASA (Reuters) - United Nations peacekeepers have found over 100 bodies in three mass graves in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's U.N. mission said on Saturday.
South Africa police move in for a mass raid in Du Noon on the outskirts of Cape Town after locals attacked and looted foreign business and residents during violent xenophobic clashes, May 22. South African... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:45 am
A South African policeman from JMPD (Johannesburg Metro Police Department) patrols the streets of the Ramaphosa informal settlement in Reiger Park on the outskirts of Johannesburg, May 21. South African... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:45 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan officials expressed outrage Saturday at a decision by the U.S. military not to charge U.S. Marines involved in a shooting spree that left 19 Afghan civilians dead in 2007.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 10:40 am
An oil platform (background) and the loading buoy (foreground right) is seen in the North Sea, 2007. More than 150 workers were evacuated off an oil rig in Norwegian waters in the North Sea on Saturday... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:38 am
Scattered battles killed seven Tamil Tiger separatist rebels and one government soldier along Sri Lanka's northern front lines, the military said Saturday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 10:37 am
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during a press conference in Yangon. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised full access to Myanmar,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:34 am
A Myanmarese boy displaced by Cyclone Nargis stands in his tent with a Red Cross bag in the Kyondah village on May 22. Cyclone disaster workers said they still had no word on when they would get the promised... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:34 am
Workers load humanitarian supplies bound for Myanmar at the Kuala Lumpur International airport on May 22. Cyclone disaster workers said Saturday they still had no word on when they would get the promised... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:34 am
The number of people who committed suicide or tried to in Japan because of work-related stress has doubled in the last five years, a government report said, illustrating the growing anxiety many here feel from increased workloads and competition. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 24 May 2008 | 10:33 am
Emergency workers were picking through debris after tornadoes rampaged in western and central Kansas and northern Oklahoma for a second night in a row. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 May 2008 | 10:20 am
A top Taleban commander in Pakistan says his forces stand by a ceasefire agreement, despite recent bomb attacks. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 9:53 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday praised recent close ties between Moscow and Beijing as a key to global stability and said he wants to strengthen their strategic partnership.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 9:37 am
Firefighters continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 17 homes and displaced hundreds of people.
More than 200 workers are evacuated from a North Sea oil platform after a suspected leak. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 9:28 am
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Separate roadside bomb attacks in Pakistan's volatile northwest Saturday killed three people, including a local police chief, a senior police official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 8:20 am
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), long the banker, bean counter and financial consultant to many developing countries, is increasingly becoming more adviser than lender. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 May 2008 | 8:19 am
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Two scuba divers, a British man and an American woman, were rescued on Saturday after drifting for 20 hours off Australia's Great Barrier Reef after they became separated from their dive party.
The UN head hails China's "extraordinary" response to the Sichuan quake as the toll tops 60,000. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 6:59 am
Food prices are soaring in Bangladesh, raising fears that growing frustrations could threaten the stability of the entire country, one of the world's poorest. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 24 May 2008 | 6:58 am
Canadian police are baffled by the discovery of a human foot on a beach - the fourth in eight months. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 6:05 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - Texas childcare authorities late Friday appealed a state court's decision to reverse their removal of hundreds of children from a polygamist sect, arguing that returning them would be irresponsible. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 6:05 am
After years in the corporate wings, Ted Rogers' only son moved into his first high-profile post at 33, when he succeeded John Tory as chief operating officer of the cable unit. Now Edward wonders if he will make it to the very top of the empire.
Stuart Clark takes three quick wickets as Australia have the better of day two of the first Test against West Indies. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 24 May 2008 | 5:16 am
The Los Angeles Lakers, fresh off a come-from-behind win in Game 1, routed the San Antonio Spurs on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Suspected drug hitmen dumped four human heads in ice chests in northern Mexico on Friday in a gruesome murder of rivals, a state attorney general's office said.
"They were four men, beheaded by groups linked to drug trafficking.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 May 2008 | 4:15 am
BEIJING (AP) -- China's deadly earthquake may have saved the Beijing Olympics. Just a few weeks ago, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge described the games as "in crisis." They were being battered by pro-Tibet protests, health concerns about Beijing's noxious pollution, and calls for boycotts tied to China's support for Sudan.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 3:58 am
German police pursuing a car thief through a dark forest turned rescuers when the man became cornered by a family of angry wild boar.
Officers caught the man's passenger after the pair rammed into a squad car on a cross-country... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 May 2008 | 3:45 am
Sen. Hillary Clinton referred Friday to the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 as a reason she should continue to campaign despite increasingly long odds.
SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton mentioned the June 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy in explaining on Friday why she had resisted calls to end her White House bid, drawing a rebuke from Democratic front-runner Barack Obama's campaign.
NEW YORK (AFP) - As Americans kick off vacation season, Wall Street is bracing for a darker outlook with surging oil prices likely to crimp an economic recovery and the Federal Reserve sounding increasingly hawkish. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 2:24 am
BEIJING - China and Russia have sharply condemned US missile defence plans, taking a harder common line that reinforces an already strong strategic partnership during Dmitry Medvedev's first foreign trip as Russian president.
Pushing... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 May 2008 | 2:09 am
In the wake of China's earthquake, the toll is staggering. Now, doctors are dealing with injuries - and amputations. Celia Hatton talks to survivors about the physical, and mental, wounds that have yet to heal.
The Chinese town of Beichuan now sits abandoned, except for a handful of villagers returning to scrounge through the rubble for their belongings, and workers in white protective suits spraying disinfectant. Rescue operations are over.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Yahoo is delaying a July 3 shareholders meeting in a move aimed at staving off a showdown with corporate raider Carl Icahn, who is out to overthrow the struggling Internet search pioneer's board of directors. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 24 May 2008 | 1:36 am
YANGON - Myanmar's ruling junta has said it will allow emergency workers and civilian vessels into the cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy Delta but refuses to relent on letting aid-laden U.S., French and British warships dock.
Myanmar's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 24 May 2008 | 1:19 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Homicides related to organized crime jumped 47 percent in 2008, Mexico's attorney general said Friday in a rare confirmation of how bad violence has become.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:30 a... | 24 May 2008 | 12:44 am
BRISBANE - Two divers have been found alive after spending the night floating in the ocean off Queensland's Whitsundays.
Police said the pair were spotted from a plane, floating in the water just before 9am (AEST) about 7.8 nautical... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 11:59 pm
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas overstepped its authority when it removed some of about 460 children from a polygamist compound last month, a state appeals court ruled on Thursday.
FOUNTAIN HILLS, Arizona (Reuters) - Republican John McCain was deemed by his doctors on Friday to be in sufficient good health to serve as president even as they reported a long history of skin cancer, colon polyps, kidney stones and dizziness.
VANCOUVER - For the fourth time in less than a year, a right human foot has been found off one of four different islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia.
Police said again on Friday that they do not know if there are... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 10:40 pm
SOUTH DAKOTA - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton quickly apologized today after citing the 1968 assassination of Robert F. Kennedy as a reason for her to remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination despite increasingly... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 9:58 pm
The Mars Phoenix probe is scheduled to touch down on Mars around 7:53 Eastern Time on Sunday. If all goes well, it will land near the red planet's north pole. There, it will sample the ice that lies just beneath the surface. On-board instruments will analyze the ice and will look for signs of life.
After a two-hour meeting Friday with the leader of Myanmar's military junta, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announces that "all aid workers" are now being allowed into the country to help with the cyclone recovery effort. The development comes with quite a few questions, including where these aid workers will be allowed.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out his vision for a new direction in U.S. foreign policy in Latin America. He also reiterated his call for a new approach to Cuba and took his proposals to the place where the issue is most controversial: Miami.
The presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, releases his health records Friday. McCain has dealt with melanoma in the past and has some orthopedic problems from his years as a prisoner of war. He hasn't released his health records since 1999.
The Memorial Day weekend ushers in not only summer — but the busiest months on the sports calendar. It's baseball time; professional basketball and hockey crown their champions; the French Open tennis tournament gets going; and there's "the greatest spectacle in racing" — the Indy 500. Sports analyst Stefan Fatsis talks with Michele Norris.
Eight English-speaking young people in the city of Chengdu, China, talk about how they get around the restrictions on the Internet (The Great Firewall), their hopes for their country, and what they want people to know about China.
Activists are preparing for the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. Groups from around the country have coalesced under the name "Recreate '68" — a reference to the year protestors clashed with police at the party's convention in Chicago.
Myanmar agrees to allow all foreign aid workers, civilian ships and small boats into the country to help survivors of the cyclone. Chris Webster of the emergency aid organization World Vision tells Michele Norris how this news will affect those most in need of help.
Former United States President Bill Clinton does not rule out the possibility of a third member of his family running for president one day.
Asked by People magazine whether his 28-year-old daughter Chelsea Clinton would ever... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 7:45 pm
President Bush is announcing a policy change that will let Americans send cell phones to Cubans -- a move that he hopes will push the regime to increase freedom of expression for Cuban citizens.
United States presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has agreed to deliver the commencement address at Wesleyan University in place of Senator Edward Kennedy, who pulled out after finding out he had brain cancer.
Kennedy,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 6:45 pm
Sen. John McCain appears in overall good health, despite some close calls over the past eight years. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has had no recurrence of melanoma, a form of skin cancer. McCain has had at least three melanomas removed in the past 15 years, the most recent in 2000.
The Chinese government set a target of three years to rebuild areas devastated by the earthquake. It will be quite a challenge: Whole villages, towns, even cities have been destroyed, including Yingxiu.
The U.N. Secretary-General says Myanmar's junta has agreed to allow "all aid workers" into the country to help cyclone survivors. The junta had refused to allow an influx of foreign aid and experts to reach survivors of the May 2-3 disaster.
Leopoldo Lopez won his last election as mayor of an affluent Caracas district with 81 percent of he vote. Women supporters mobbed him at a recent Mother's Day appearance, posing for photos while he and his wife handed out roses. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 5:58 pm
Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard tried not to let news of a break-in at his Sydney home spoil his enjoyment of Australia's Test match against the West Indies in Jamaica.
Howard is fulfilling a long-time dream to watch... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 May 2008 | 5:45 pm
The European Union restricted imports of Ukrainian sunflower oil Friday amid a health scare over tainted shipments. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 4:19 pm
A bus carrying Moroccan workers crashed into a pillar under a highway overpass in France's Loire Valley early Friday, killing seven people and injuring 25, regional authorities said. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 3:28 pm
Dozens of men on horseback armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades ambushed Nigerian peacekeepers serving with the joint U.N.-African Union force in Darfur, though no casualties were reported, the U.N. said. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 2:50 pm
Children who posed naked for a controversial art exhibition will be interviewed today by police investigating whether a prominent photographer and Sydney art gallery breached child pornography laws. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 2:49 pm
French fishermen angry over soaring world oil prices disrupted shipping in the English Channel and blocked deliveries Friday at two refineries of oil giant Total SA, stepping up protests that have hobbled ports around France. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 2:28 pm
Sunni preachers on Friday denounced the shooting of a Koran, Islam's holy book, by a U.S. sniper in Iraq despite a series of apologies by American commanders and U.S. President George W. Bush. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 May 2008 | 2:03 pm
Hundreds of immigrants are desperately trying to flee South Africa, passing bags and even babies through the windows of crowded buses in a rush to flee violent attacks against outsiders that have left 42 dead. Troops are on standby for more clashes.
AP - For the first time since the bubble burst earlier this decade, information technology stocks have overtaken financials as the largest sector by market value in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. But that alignment might not last for long soaring oil prices have helped lift the energy sector to a close third.
Reuters - Thousands of people marched
through South Africa's biggest city on Saturday, calling for an
end to the violence that has killed at least 50 African
migrants and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.
AP - The Los Angeles Lakers have the San Antonio Spurs just where they want them. Or is it the other way around?
AP - Lawmakers loyal to anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr accused the Iraqi government of trying to crush the movement and warned Saturday of "black clouds" on the horizon for truces that have eased fighting between al-Sadr's militia and security forces.
AP - Call them Kool-Aid drinkers. Political romantics. Starry-eyed dreamers. But as the marathon Democratic primary campaign nears an end, Barack Obama's staff is on the verge of vindicating its belief that the eloquent black freshman senator from Illinois was a unique candidate who could win the Democratic nomination in one of the biggest upsets in presidential politics.
Premier Wen Jiabao says China's death toll has passed 60,000 and could rise to 80,000 or more.
AFP - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai arrived home Saturday after a six-week absence vowing to end the near three-decade rule of veteran President Robert Mugabe in next month's election.
AP - President Bush asked Americans to pay tribute to veterans by pausing on Memorial Day for "a moment of remembrance."
AFP - China warned Saturday that the death toll from its worst earthquake in a generation could climb past 80,000, as visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged the world's support.
AP - Rescuers rushed to reach 24 coal miners trapped underground by China's earthquake almost two weeks ago, officials said Saturday, as the government sharply raised the quake's death toll, warning it could exceed 80,000.
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to his homeland Saturday, six weeks after leaving to warn the world his supporters faced an onslaught of state-sponsored violence.
Firefighters continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 17 homes and displaced hundreds of people.
The Los Angeles Lakers, fresh off a come-from-behind win in Game 1, routed the San Antonio Spurs on Friday to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
Sen. Hillary Clinton referred Friday to the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968 as a reason she should continue to campaign despite increasingly long odds.