BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's parliament is set to vote in army chief General Michel Suleiman as the country's 11th president on Sunday, filling a post left vacant for six months by a crisis that threatened a new civil war.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING MORE INFO FROM 9TH TO LAST GRAFS) Group of Eight environment ministers are expected to call for an aspirational target of halving global greenhouse gas emissions... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
Reuters - A strong aftershock jolted
southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and
injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after
an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - A strong aftershock jolted southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) Kazakhstan secured its place at an Olympic women's volleyball competition for the first time on Sunday after coming from a set down to beat Thailand on the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 12:10 pm
More than 70,000 houses toppled during an aftershock that hit China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province on Sunday, state television reported. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 May 2008 | 12:09 pm
(Kyodo) _ Results and standings after Sunday's J-League Nabisco Cup group-stage matches: Group A Kyoto Sanga 0, Vissel Kobe 1 Nagoya Grampus 4, Urawa Reds 2 GP W D L GF GA Pts ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 12:07 pm
Sudan's government is touting its defeat of 1,000 outgunned Darfur rebels earlier this month as a major military defeat. President Omar al-Bashir recieved international praise for quelling the attack on the capital, Khartoum. But local Sudanese still have lingering questions on how the rebel forces got as far as they did.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH LATE RESULT IN 7TH GRAF) Tatsunori Arai struck twice as resurgent JEF United Chiba preserved their perfect start under new manager Alex Miller with a 2-1... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 12:05 pm
One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods.
China's Sichuan province prepares for heavy rains which threaten relief efforts for quake victims. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 12:00 pm
AFP - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The founder and chief commander of Colombia's FARC rebel force, Manuel Marulanda, has died after more than 40 years fighting the state from jungle and mountain camps, the government said on Saturday.
Forty-nine races into his NASCAR Sprint Cup career, David Ragan is starting to repay the faith that team co-owner Jack Roush had in him when he put the youngster into the...
CHENGDU (AFP) - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 11:56 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is hopeful "a turning point" has been reached in Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference Sunday pledged tens of millions of dollars for some 2.4 million survivors in need of aid.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:53 am
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is hopeful "a turning point" has been reached in Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference Sunday pledged tens of millions of dollars for some 2.4 million survivors in need of aid.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH 2ND DAY SESSION OF MEETING. 3RD LEAD TO FOLLOW) Group of Eight environment ministers are expected to call for an aspirational target of halving global... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:53 am
AP - It's no surprise the Detroit Red Wings have a Swede to thank for a prime-time performance, but Mikael Samuelsson? The demoted forward busted out of a slump with two goals, and Chris Osgood stifled the Pittsburgh Penguins' young and talented stable of forwards with 19 saves to lift the Red Wings to a 4-0 victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night.
AP - Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds Saturday as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 20 homes and displaced hundreds of people.
AP - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can't understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.
AP - A three-legged NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars Sunday for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near Mars' north pole to study whether the permafrost could have supported primitive life.
A NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars Sunday for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near Mars' north pole to study whether the permafrost could have supported primitive life. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 May 2008 | 11:50 am
AP - A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas.
The leader of South Africa's ruling ANC is to visit townships hit by a wave of violence against foreigners. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 11:46 am
CONCORD, N.C. - Only one race really matters to Tony Stewart, and he'll be more than 600 miles from it today.
He accepted long ago that his chances of winning the...
Acton-Boxboro baseball coach Patrick Grucela remembers sitting down with ace pitcher Scott Weismann, getting ready to lecture him on what to expect this season.
Weismann...
AP - Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Powerful aftershock hits quake-ravaged central China, leveling more homes and killing 1; 260 hurt Source: ABC News: International | 25 May 2008 | 11:44 am
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- One of the most powerful aftershocks to hit quake-ravaged central China leveled many more homes and killed a person, leaving dozens more injured Sunday, as soldiers carrying explosives hiked to a blocked-off river to alleviate the threat of floods.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:43 am
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in comments published Sunday that nothing has been achieved in six months of peace talks with Israel and he fears a corruption probe of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will bog things down.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:42 am
CONCORD, N.C. - Joe Gibbs Racing's hold on the Nationwide Series finally has been snapped - by one of its drivers.
JGR superstar Kyle Busch drove a Toyota fielded...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in comments published Sunday that nothing has been achieved in six months of peace talks with Israel and he fears a corruption probe of Israeli... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:41 am
At least 17 marines were wounded and two Muslim separatist rebels killed as fierce prolonged fighting broke out in the southern Philippines Sunday, the army said. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:41 am
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) -- The death toll in two weeks of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa has reached 50, police said Sunday, as thousands displaced by the violence coped with rain and cool temperatures.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:41 am
The death toll in two weeks of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa has reached 50, police said Sunday, as thousands displaced by the violence coped with rain and cool temperatures. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:41 am
INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis 500 is new again.
Danica Patrick is a proven winner with a legitimate shot at taking the checkered flag, all the top teams and drivers...
Starling Arias might have struggled a bit down the stretch, but Boston English coach Rich Beyer was willing to ride his ace to the very end.
The ploy worked well as Arias...
BEIJING, May 25 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING) The biggest aftershock yet hit China's Sichuan Province on Sunday, as the government revised the death toll from the May 12 earthquake to ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:35 am
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Sunday congratulated Eurovision song contest winner Dima Bilan for bringing "another triumph" for Russia. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 11:35 am
In a season filled with twists and turns, upstart teams, shocking upsets and general unpredictability, there was one thing that remained constant - everyone was chasing Duxbury.
...
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- A 76-year-old Nepalese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday and became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, a tourism official said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:28 am
A 76-year-old Nepalese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday and became the oldest person to climb the world's highest mountain, a tourism official said. Min Bahadur... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 25 May 2008 | 11:28 am
PARIS - Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Ana Ivanovic struggled with her serve today before reaching the second round on the opening day of the French Open by beating Sofia Arvidsson...
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese flags and pictures of army chief Michel Suleiman adorned Beirut's streets Sunday as parliament prepares to elect the consensus candidate as president - a key step toward reconciling Lebanese factions after a long political crisis.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 11:23 am
LOS ANGELES - Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie...
Two-time Grand Slam runner-up Ana Ivanovic struggled with her serve Sunday before reaching the second round on the opening day of the French Open, beating Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 7-5. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 11:09 am
LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Sunday he expects Democratic superdelegates to reveal their choice for presidential nominee soon after the final primary in June and that Hillary Clinton will then have to quit the race.
Formula One's top drivers battle it out for victory at the sport's most prestigious race. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 11:04 am
A Chinese news agency has reported that an aftershock has killed one person and injured 260 in Sichuan province. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 11:00 am
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Belgian police arrested a Congolese warlord and ex-presidential candidate in Brussels after he was secretly charged with rape and torture, an international war crimes court said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 10:58 am
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber hit a Canadian military convoy in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing one boy, while a U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in the west, officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 10:56 am
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict urged all Christians on Sunday to help international efforts to resolve a food price crisis that threatens to make millions more people go hungry, ahead of a food summit in Rome early next month.
International donors put Burma under new pressure to let experts into areas devastated by Cyclone Nargis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 10:41 am
A U.S.-led coalition soldier was killed in an operation in western Afghanistan Sunday while a boy died when a suicide bomber targeted a Canadian military convoy, officials said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 May 2008 | 10:28 am
BEIRUT (AFP) - The Lebanese parliament convenes on Sunday to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president in a first step towards defusing an often deadly 18-month standoff between feuding political factions. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 10:06 am
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq praised Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday for cracking down on Shi'ite militias and Sunni Arab militants and said al Qaeda in Iraq had never been closer to defeat.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US space scientists were to attempt Sunday to land a 420-million-dollar spacecraft near Mars's frigid north pole, but were concerned that the odds for success were less than 50 percent. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 9:50 am
U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, the third most senior member of the Senate, married Irene Hirano in a small private ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 9:45 am
West Indies reduce Australia to 17-4 after Shivnarine Chanderpaul hits 118 in the first Test in Jamaica. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 9:24 am
Sounding a gong couldn't have made it clearer. Federal Reserve officials are putting out the word that further interest rate cuts are unlikely. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 9:06 am
Colombia's army says the Farc rebels' top leader, Manuel Marulanda, is dead, though the group itself stays silent. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 8:31 am
When Sohaila Rezazadeh raises the price of gasoline a couple of pennies at her Exxon station in Oakton, Va., chances are that Exxon Mobil will raise the wholesale price she pays by the same amount. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 May 2008 | 8:31 am
A Chinese government spokesman says the death toll has risen to 62,664 from the massive earthquake that hit Sichuan province nearly two weeks ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 8:23 am
An Indian telecommunications company has called off merger talks with South Africa's largest mobile phone network operator, MTN Group Ltd., a company statement said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 8:19 am
YANGON (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday the world must focus on saving the lives of desperate cyclone survivors in Myanmar, which is pushing for billions of dollars to start rebuilding efforts. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 8:19 am
At least 36 people die in two days of clashes between Indian security forces and ethnic Gujjar protesters. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 7:51 am
Officials say heavy rains killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's northwest, including six children who died when part of their mud house collapsed. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 7:51 am
KOBE, Japan (AP) -- European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 - a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 7:44 am
European and developing countries urged the United States and Japan on Sunday to commit to deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 — a step they say is needed to defuse a coming ecological disaster caused by global warming. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 7:44 am
YANGON (Reuters) - The United Nations and Myanmar's military government put a positive spin on differences over relief and rebuilding needs for millions of cyclone survivors at a pledging conference in Yangon on Sunday.
The world's top handset maker Nokia Oyj expects the role of the Linux operating system in its product portfolio to increase as the role of its Internet-focused devices grows, company officials said. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 7:40 am
A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the major tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 25 May 2008 | 7:34 am
The United States says it has lifted a travel warning placed on Indonesia following a string of terrorist attacks. It cited improved security for the decision. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 25 May 2008 | 7:29 am
Government lawyers told federal judges that the president can send the military into any U.S. neighborhood, capture a citizen and hold him in prison without charge, indefinitely. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 6:39 am
CANNES, France (Reuters) - A classroom drama set in a tough Parisian school lifted the gloom in Cannes, giving the world's biggest film festival a much-needed boost after critics panned many of the main competition entries.
CANNES (AFP) - Business at Cannes' billion-dollar market was morose this year, dampened by too many films on offer and a grim global economic climate, organisers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 5:49 am
Since Microsoft is unwilling to reverse the clearly erroneous charges, it's time to ask the bank to stand up and fight for its customer. If conversations don't help, leap over the hurdles of incompetence and fire an Executive Email Carpet Bomb at both Microsoft and the bank. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 5:44 am
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's Defense Ministry said Saturday it believes the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead and President Alvaro Uribe announced he is willing to offer rebels who free hostages "conditional liberty" and passage abroad.... Source: AP Top International News At 7:53 a... | 25 May 2008 | 5:33 am
What users are clamoring for is a phone with a beautiful screen and a brain-dead-simple user interface like the iPhone, with the core business functionality and keyboard performance of a BlackBerry and the high-quality camera of some of the LG phones. We want GPS, 3G and great media management. Who will get there first? Prediction: Apple. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 5:17 am
The band of Obama loyalists who imagined that could happen have stunned even themselves with their success against Hillary Rodham Clinton, who appeared to have wrapped up the nomination last year, before any votes were cast. Now, they face a new challenge with the impending nomination and campaign against Republican John McCain. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 4:50 am
An 18-year-old actor in the forthcoming Harry Potter film has been stabbed to death during a fight outside a London bar.
Rob Knox, who plays Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby in Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, due out in November,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 May 2008 | 4:45 am
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama empathized with rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday for the firestorm she ignited by referring to the 1968 assassination of Robert Kennedy.
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin, has died.
A discussion about the HBO film Recount with Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Toobin, Senior Legal Analyst at CNN and David Boies. Recount is a chronicle of five weeks between the Nov. 7, 2000, presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and the December Supreme Court ruling that upheld Florida's count and gave Bush the White House. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 4:25 am
A 14-year-old boy has been charged after police seized 34 ecstasy tablets in a Sydney club.
Police from the Middle Eastern organised crime squad made 10 other arrests overnight as part of a crackdown on drugs in Sydney clubs.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 May 2008 | 4:15 am
Project Nim was a research study conducted in the 1970s meant to find out if a chimpanzee could learn to sign. The study's chimp –- named Nim Chimpsky -– lived in a Manhattan brownstone with a family who could teach him sign language.
The Colombian Defense Ministry says it has information from various intelligence sources that the legendary leader of Latin America's largest guerrilla army is dead.
A British teenage actor playing a minor role in the upcoming "Harry Potter" film was stabbed to death during a brawl in London, police said. Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 3:58 am
"We all worry to [Say anything in public about the possibility] would be to encourage some maniac to take a shot. Now Clinton has violated this unstated but universal taboo and brought up the possibility...the possibility is uppermost in her mind and part of her rationale for staying in the race. And, by raising it, she has made it more possible." Source: Digg | 25 May 2008 | 3:50 am
Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night for their first series win in their past five.
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.
CHICAGO - Democrat Barack Obama accused rival Hillary Clinton on Saturday of "stirring up" a controversy over the disqualified Florida primary election because it was her last hope of winning their party's presidential nomination.
Obama,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 May 2008 | 3:18 am
Lebanon's parliament is set to elect army chief Michel Suleiman as president, ending months of political deadlock. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 2:59 am
Detroit’s Mikael Samuelsson broke out of a slump with two goals and Chris Osgood stifled the Pittsburgh Penguins with 19 saves to lift the Red Wings to a 4-0 victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night.
JAKARTA (AFP) - Torn between protecting the poor and saving their budgets, governments across Asia are being forced to slash fuel subsidies as world oil prices smash through 130 dollars a barrel. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 25 May 2008 | 2:41 am
A 5.7 earthquake rocks the Colombian capital Bogota but there are no immediate reports of casualties. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 1:34 am
A group of Cuban dissidents backs a call by Barack Obama for direct talks with Cuban President Raul Castro. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 25 May 2008 | 1:08 am
Al-Qaida is fighting two wars — one against the West the other with the direction the terror organization is headed. Lawrence Wright, author of the definitive book on al-Qaida, The Looming Tower, explores the ideological rift in the organization in an article for next week's issue of The New Yorker magazine.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - At least six people were killed when a shallow, 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Colombia on Saturday, destroying homes and shaking buildings in the capital Bogota, where panicked residents fled into the streets.
Cuba's President of the National Assembly Ricardo Alarcon points at the photograph winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography by Alan Diaz, during the opening ceremony of a The Associated... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:26 pm
The Indianapolis 500 is Sunday and this year's race features a first — a woman who's won an Indy-car race. She's Danica Patrick, and she's riding an unpredecented wave of "Danica Mania." Detroit Public Radio's Quinn Klinefelter reports.
The winner of the Eurovision Song Contest finale on Saturday May, 24, 2008, Russia's contestant Dima Bilan performs during the song contest, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:08 pm
Former Republic of Congo vice-president and ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, pictured in 2006, was arrested near Brussels late Saturday at the request of the International Criminal Court, a court official... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:04 pm
In this photo released by the Danish Royal Court, an official wedding photo of the bride Princess Marie, who married Prince Joachim in Moegeltoender, Denmark, on Saturday May 24, 2008. (AP Photo, Steen... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 10:03 pm
A quake reading on a seismograph. A strong earthquake jolted central Colombia Saturday, sending thousands of panicky residents into Bogota's streets and killing three people, authorities said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 9:57 pm
Since 2000, the Cleveland area has recorded 80,000 home foreclosures — the most per capita in the United States. The fallout from the crisis is hitting the city's neighborhoods hard: Abandoned homes now line once-thriving city blocks.
Lance McDermott from Manchester, England, performs a forward roll during the Nissan QASHQAI Challenge in London, Saturday May 24, 2008. The urban free ride mountain bike series is staged in four city... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 9:27 pm
Photojournalist Cornell Capa died Friday at the age of 90. Capa founded the International Center of Photography in New York City, one of the world's foremost museums of photography. He spent more than 20 years as a photographer for Life magazine.
Alejandro Sanz performs during a concert at the Valladolid Latino festival 2008, in Valladolid, Spain, Satuday, May 24, 2008. (AP Photo/Israel L.Murillo) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 9:13 pm
Greece Kalomira performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 8:43 pm
Undated image released Saturday May 24, 2008, by Britain's Metropolitan Police, showing murdered actor who stared in a Harry Potter movie, teenager Robert Knox, right, with his mother Sally and 17-year... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 8:39 pm
Ukraine's Ani Lorak performs during the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, Saturday, May 24, 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. (AP Photo/Srdjan Ilic) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 24 May 2008 | 8:34 pm
Hockey's Stanley Cup Finals get under way Saturday night. The Detroit Red Wings are hosting the Pittsburgh Penguins in what experts are calling a match-up made in "hockey heaven." Damien Cox, a columnist for the Toronto Star talks with Guy Raz about the series.
NATO officials say over the past three to four weeks, Taliban attacks along Afghanistan's eastern border have jumped from 60 to 100 incidents a week. One reason for the increase, officials say, is Pakistan's cease-fire agreement with militants.
Police opened fire on a violent demonstration by members of one of India's lowest castes Saturday, killing four protesters and taking the death toll in two days of protests to 20, a senior police official said. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 4:53 pm
Two Australian women have reached the summit of Mount Everest, creating history as the first mother-daughter team to climb the world's tallest mountain. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 4:42 pm
Zimbabwean opposition leader and presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai returned quietly to his homeland Saturday. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 4:24 pm
A moderate earthquake shook the Colombian capital Saturday afternoon, killing at least six people and injuring more than 10. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 4:22 pm
The Bush administration has tried to put the best face on a deal in Lebanon that gives Hezbollah more power. It has also welcomed Turkey's role as a mediator between Israel and Syria. But U.S. diplomats played no role in either of these arrangements.
Gidi Greenstein of Reut Institute, a public policy think tank in Tel Aviv, talks about the charges of corruption swirling around Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He's accused of taking illegal campaign contributions from a New York businessman and has said he will resign if indicted.
The announcement comes even as Syrian ally Hamas, a sworn foe of the Jewish state, cast doubt on the Israeli government's ability to even deliver on a peace agreement due to the weakness of its prime minister. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 2:23 pm
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: FOXNews.com | 24 May 2008 | 2:05 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.
Reuters - A strong aftershock jolted
southwest China on Sunday killing at least one person and
injuring 400 others, state media said, nearly a fortnight after
an earthquake killed tens of thousands in the same area.
AP - Sounding a gong couldn't have made it clearer. Federal Reserve officials are putting out the word that further interest rate cuts are unlikely.
AFP - A strong aftershock jolted southwestern China on Sunday, killing at least one person and rattling residents still reeling from the massive earthquake two weeks ago that killed more than 62,500.
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is hopeful "a turning point" has been reached in Myanmar's cyclone crisis as an international conference Sunday pledged tens of millions of dollars for some 2.4 million survivors in need of aid.
AP - It's no surprise the Detroit Red Wings have a Swede to thank for a prime-time performance, but Mikael Samuelsson? The demoted forward busted out of a slump with two goals, and Chris Osgood stifled the Pittsburgh Penguins' young and talented stable of forwards with 19 saves to lift the Red Wings to a 4-0 victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night.
AP - Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds Saturday as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 20 homes and displaced hundreds of people.
AP - Barack Obama told veterans Saturday that he can't understand why Republican John McCain opposes legislation that would provide college scholarships to people who have served in the U.S. military.
AP - A three-legged NASA spacecraft was closing in on Mars Sunday for what scientists hope will be the first-ever touchdown near Mars' north pole to study whether the permafrost could have supported primitive life.
AP - A slow-moving storm packing tornadoes and hail battered rural Oklahoma on Saturday, destroying several buildings, tearing up trees and tossing a mobile home onto a highway. The bodies of two storm victims were found in Kansas.
AP - Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
Dick Martin, the zany half of the comedy team whose "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" took television by storm in the 1960s, making stars of Goldie Hawn and Lily Tomlin, has died.
Justin Duchscherer carried a no-hit bid into the seventh inning, Ryan Sweeney homered and the Oakland Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 3-0 on Saturday night for their first series win in their past five.
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.
Six players scored in double figures as the Boston Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday.
Detroit’s Mikael Samuelsson broke out of a slump with two goals and Chris Osgood stifled the Pittsburgh Penguins with 19 saves to lift the Red Wings to a 4-0 victory in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Saturday night.