Rockets and weapons bearing signs of Iranian paint, lettering and serial numbers are making their way into the Gaza Strip and Lebanon helping Tehran cement its powerful role within militant movements on Israel's flanks. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 5:22 pm
A Frenchman and his wife were both sentenced to life in prison after they were convicted in one of France's largest serial killing cases. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 3:00 pm
The multibillion-dollar procurement business of the United Nations Development Program, the U.N.'s flagship anti-poverty agency, is a gigantic shambles, according to UNDP's own investigators. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 2:56 pm
BEIJING, May 28 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH NEW COMMENTS BY U.S. NEGOTIATOR) Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill said after talks with his North Korean counterpart Wednesday Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 2:31 pm
Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc said Wednesday it has suspended talks on ending its boycott of the Shiite-led government due to a dispute over which positions it would assume, the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:56 pm
Pakistan's ruling coalition has agreed to expel US-backed President Pervez Musharraf from power, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday. Sharif said the widower Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:52 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday ordered Shinchosha Publishing Co. and a reporter to pay 200,000 yen in damages to Joji Obara, who was found guilty of drugging and raping nine... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:51 pm
A French court has convicted a man of murdering seven girls and young women and sentenced him to life in prison. Michel Fourniret was accused of seeking virgins as young as 12 to rape... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:45 pm
(Kyodo) _ Africa and its development partners must make greater progress in improving child survival rates on the continent, where 5 million children died before their fifth birthday in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:36 pm
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the country's embattled prime minister must step down to battle corruption allegations. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 1:32 pm
(Kyodo) _ Soaring fuel costs could force around 30 percent of pelagic long-line tuna fishing boats worldwide to suspend operations, according to a survey released Wednesday by a fishing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:31 pm
ILULISSAT (AFP) - Ministers from the five countries bordering the Arctic Ocean met Wednesday in Greenland to try and thrash out competing territorial claims in the oil- and gas-rich region. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 1:31 pm
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday that the world faced an era-defining oil "shock" that required urgent action, as European leaders struggled to contain growing protests... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:30 pm
A French court sentences a 66-year-old man to life in prison for murdering seven girls and young women. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 1:29 pm
AFP - Nepal was set for historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic.
AP - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, it has been reported.
Multiple sclerosis has Paul House in a wheelchair. A tenacious prosecutor has him on death row, deemed too dangerous to be released two years after the U.S. Supreme Court said he likely isn't guilty.
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal was set for historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 1:27 pm
HONG KONG (Reuters) - A 101.27-carat diamond the size of a squash ball and the largest colorless stone to be auctioned in Asia, has fetched $6.2 million at a Christie's sale in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
Reuters - A majority of registered
Californian voters oppose changing the constitution of the most
populous U.S. state to bar gays from marrying, according to
poll released on Wednesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A majority of registered Californian voters oppose changing the constitution of the most populous U.S. state to bar gays from marrying, according to poll released on Wednesday.
A world expert on primates, Dr Jane Goodall, urges Europe to find alternatives to experiments on animals. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 1:21 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan presented in a ceremony Wednesday its first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prizes to two doctors from Britain and Kenya to honor their achievements in the field of medical research Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 28 May 2008 | 1:18 pm
Reuters - Former White House Press Secretary
Scott McClellan says in a new book that President George W.
Bush "veered terribly off course" and was not "open and
forthright on Iraq," Politico.com reported on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says in a new book that President George W. Bush "veered terribly off course" and was not "open and forthright on Iraq," Politico.com reported on Tuesday.
Three prizes worth $1 million apiece were awarded Wednesday to seven scientists for their discoveries in neuroscience, astrophysics and the study of vanishingly small structures. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 1:16 pm
Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President Bush “veered terribly off course,” was not “open and forthright on Iraq,” and took a “permanent campaign approach” to governing at the expense of candor and competence. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 1:10 pm
If you're in the market for a roomy brick-and-stone house -- complete with some pretty impressive security features — look no further. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 1:09 pm
At a meeting this morning, Anthony Ricci, owner of Advanced Driving & Security, bashed toy cars together to illustrate how to get Newtonian on the bad guys. "This person has come up to kill you," he said in a thick Rhode Island accent. "You are gonna fuck this motherfucker up." Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 1:08 pm
DENVER (Reuters) - Republican candidate John McCain edged further away from U.S. President George W. Bush on foreign policy on Tuesday even as he accepted Bush's help in raising much-needed campaign dollars for his White House bid.
On April 9, the Sun erupted and blasted a bubble of hot, ionized gas into the solar system. The eruption was observed in unprecedented detail by a fleet of spacecraft, revealing new features that are predicted by computer models but difficult to see in practice. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 1:06 pm
The number of people hospitalized with a dangerous intestinal superbug has been growing by more than 10,000 cases a year, according to a new study. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 1:05 pm
The first large-scale analysis of proteins in the brains of monkeys addicted to cocaine reveals new information on how long-term cocaine use changes the amount and activity of various proteins affecting brain function. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 1:04 pm
AP - A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.
AP - When the ball was in play, Maria Sharapova at least was able to make something happen. The top-seeded Russian struggled with her serve in the wind at the French Open and barely managed to defeat 103rd-ranked Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 3-6, 8-6 Wednesday in the first round.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's new parliament speaker warned Wednesday that Tehran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after a critical report from the agency.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 1:01 pm
Nearly 160,000 people have been evacuated downstream from an unstable earthquake-created dam that is threatening to collapse, as troops rush to carve a trench to drain the water. Aftershocks, meanwhile, have toppled another 420,000 homes.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak says the country's embattled prime minister must step down to fight corruption allegations. A day earlier, a key witness said he had handed Prime Minister Ehud Olmert thousands in cash over 15 years.
A special assembly in Nepal holds its first meeting Wednesday to declare the Himalayan nation a republic. It is abolishing its centuries-old Hindu monarchy.
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous."... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 12:56 pm
AP - China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous."
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's
main coalition partner demanded on Wednesday that he leave
office over corruption allegations, in political turmoil that
threatens to disrupt peace talks with the Palestinians.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's main coalition partner demanded on Wednesday that he leave office over corruption allegations, in political turmoil that threatens to disrupt peace talks with the Palestinians.
Support for a tabbed user interface in the Nautilus file manager is a feature frequently requested by users of the GNOME desktop environment. It's finally here and you can try it yourself. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 12:44 pm
AP - Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell by a smaller-than-anticipated amount in April with many sectors outside of transportation showing unexpected strength. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 28 May 2008 | 12:43 pm
Businesses are closing down on Zanzibar as a power cut affecting the whole island enters its eighth day. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 12:40 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc has suspended talks on ending its boycott of the Shiite-led government due to a dispute over which positions it would assume, the head of the bloc said Wednesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
Holli knew something was wrong when she pulled up the statement from her new 401(k) account and saw a stranger's name there. Her worst fears would soon be confirmed. Paulino Rodriguez used Holli's Social Security number for the right to work at the Escondido Burger King. Police allege he had falsified Social Security card and work visa. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 12:38 pm
Indonesia says it's pulling out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. The energy minister says it makes no sense for his country to be in OPEC because it is no longer a net oil exporter. Exploration and oil production have been declining for years, and OPEC's only Asian member now imports oil.
Australia's Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw has rapidly become one of the world's most-loved game reviewers, his popularity evidenced by last week's chaotic scenes at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
Mattel, the company behind Barbie dolls, is claiming the rights to the popular Bratz dolls in a court case. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 12:36 pm
AP - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday.
Since the devastating earthquake in southwestern China, hundreds of Chinese have volunteered to oversee the distribution of disaster relief funds and supplies. The aim is to prevent corrupt local officials from embezzling the funds. Observers say the experiment could increase public participation in anti-corruption efforts.
God may work in mysterious ways, but a simple computer program may explain how religion evolved By distilling religious belief into a genetic predisposition to pass along unverifiable information, the program predicts that religion will flourish. However, religion only takes hold if non-believers help believers out. Source: Digg | 28 May 2008 | 12:23 pm
Uganda's constitutional court annuls a law that required organisers of protests to seek police consent. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 12:18 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's defense minister said Wednesday he would use his considerable power to topple the coalition government if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not step aside to face corruption allegations.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 12:16 pm
Indonesia says it will quit the oil producers' body Opec as it is no longer a net exporter of the commodity. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 12:14 pm
Amelie Mauresmo is in action as the third day of the French Open is repeatedly disrupted by rain. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 12:03 pm
Iran's new parliament speaker warned Wednesday that Tehran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after a critical report from the agency. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 12:02 pm
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- The party of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi denounced the extension of her house arrest and said Wednesday it would launch an appeal, while foreign donors said aid for cyclone victims in the military-ruled nation will continue.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 11:57 am
Israel's defence minister urges Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign over corruption claims. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 11:57 am
Israel's defense minister on Wednesday issued a tough ultimatum to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he would use his considerable power to topple the coalition government if the Israeli leader does not step aside to face corruption allegations.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military has started to bury cyclone victims in communal graves, villagers said on Wednesday, as Western nations pledged to keep aid flowing despite anger at its detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
An Iraqi official says Iraq has spoken with soccer's governing body about its decision to dissolve the national Olympic committee. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:41 am
For the first time since the 1980s, America's childhood obesity epidemic has leveled off. New government figures indicate that the percentage of overweight and obese children in 2005 and '06 were about the same as in '03 and '04. Still, one-third of U.S. kids are overweight, obese or morbidly obese.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund's future chief economist, Frenchman Olivier Blanchard, says he is "relatively optimistic" about the global economy, despite a financial crisis and surging oil prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 11:36 am
An American climber has scaled Mount Everest for the 10th time, becoming the first non-Nepalese to achieve the feat, mountaineering officials said Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 11:28 am
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday demanded that embattled Prime Minister Ehud Olmert quit promptly over corruption allegations or face early elections. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 11:26 am
Sanyo and Germany's Volkswagen AG will develop lithium-ion batteries for hybrid vehicles as global automakers race to develop more environmentally friendly technology. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:24 am
General Electric Co. will cut its global water use by 20 percent over five years, CEO Jeff Immelt said Wednesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:18 am
Luxury brands once again dominated an annual U.S. automobile quality survey by a California research company, but total quality dropped for the first time in four years, the company said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:18 am
Laptop computers have proven evidentiary treasure troves of late for Colombian investigators probing far-right militias and leftist rebels. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:12 am
A man freed after spending seven years in prison for the slaying of a police officer has been convicted again — nearly a quarter century after the killing. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:11 am
A main subway line that circles the heart of Beijing was stopped twice Wednesday for technical reasons, not because of terrorism, a state news agency and a subway official said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 11:01 am
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- One of South Africa's most famous beauty spots is now a scene of disgrace. Just out of sight of the tour buses that flock to the Cape of Good Hope, more than 2,000 foreigners are crammed into a makeshift refugee camp on the shores of the Atlantic, seeking protection from xenophobic attacks that have killed more than 50 people across the country and devastated South Africa's image as a haven of stability.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 11:00 am
Bangladesh's main opposition parties say they will not talk with the government until their leaders are released. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 10:55 am
A former co-chief executive of Airbus parent EADS was detained Wednesday in connection with an investigation into alleged insider trading, a French judicial official said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 28 May 2008 | 10:55 am
LONDON (AFP) - The world needs to maintain pressure on China for human rights reform after the Beijing Olympics, the head of Amnesty International said, as the group published its annual report Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 10:48 am
Israeli security officials claim rockets and weapons bearing signs of Iranian paint, lettering and serial numbers are making their way into the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, but they won't go public with the evidence.
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia will withdraw from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries after years of declining exports, the energy minister said Wednesday even as other producers cash in on soaring oil prices. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 10:40 am
Chinese officials rushed Tuesday to evacuate another 80,000 people in the path of potential floodwaters building up behind a quake-spawned dam as soldiers carved a channel to try to drain away the threat. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 10:33 am
A little noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of aviation fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq through the kingdom of Jordan. NBC News producer Aram Roston has the story.
BEIJING (AP) -- The leader of Taiwan's new ruling party met Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday in a symbolic closing of the ranks between the rivals.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 10:31 am
Ex-White House spokesman Scott McClellan says President Bush was not forthright on the Iraq war. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 28 May 2008 | 10:29 am
LONDON (AFP) - Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Wednesday that the world faced a "great oil shock" that could only be addressed by urgent action on a global scale. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 28 May 2008 | 10:22 am
KATMANDU (AP) -- Lawmakers prepared Wednesday to declare Nepal the world's newest republic and bring an end to its centuries-old Hindu monarchy, as Nepalis rejoiced in the streets of the capital in anticipation of the announcement.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 10:16 am
The Justice Department and the National Association of Realtors reached a tentative agreement Tuesday in a case involving the Multiple Listing Service. This means online realtors will have better access to information about homes for sale. Internet-based agents had been denied access to the MLS databases.
Myanmar's military government is allowing international aid workers into the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis. Medical workers say there is no evidence so far of a feared "second wave" of deaths resulting from malnutrition and disease.
The presidential candidacy of Barack Obama has brought new attention, curiosity and discussion to the experiences of multiracial Americans. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
Anxieties over U.S. beef in South Korea have spurred almost daily street rallies that have humbled the country's new president and forced a delay in carrying out a deal with the U.S. to resume imports.
Iran's new parliament speaker has warned that Tehran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog after a critical report from the agency. The announcement was met by lawmakers with chants of "death to America".
ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq (AP) -- When the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division arrived in Iraq's once infamous "Triangle of Death," violence there and in neighboring Baghdad was so intense that hundreds were dying every day and the country was virtually in a state of civil war.... Source: AP Top International News At 9 a.m. EDT | 28 May 2008 | 9:17 am
Linking the wars of his tenure to the deadliest one in history, President Bush is asking the country to commit anew to postwar rebuilding. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 28 May 2008 | 9:14 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing-based Tibetan dissident writer who has been writing about the unrest there has come under cyber-attack to silence her, and possibly implicate her associates, her husband and activists said on Wednesday.
Iran's new parliament speaker says Tehran could impose new limits on its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 8:20 am
Dr. Aurora Parong, director of Amnesty International-Philippines Section, points to the slideshow showing protests calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate from Myanmar, during... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:57 am
Sony's new clear, tube-shaped speaker, called "Sountina," a combination of "sound" and "fountain," is on display during a press unveiling at Sony Corp. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, May 28,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:34 am
in this Tuesday, May 27, 2008, file photo, South Korean protesters march as they hold a picture of President Lee Myung-bak after a candlelight vigil against a beef import agreement with the United States... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:28 am
In this Monday May 26, 2008, file photo, a protester walks in front of an anti-U.S. imported beef banner in Seoul, South Korea. The Korean reads: "Don't Want to Eat Mad Cow Disease Beef." South Koreans... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:27 am
Partylist members of the House of Representatives Satur Ocampo, left, and Liza Masa raise their clenched fists, carrying the coffin of leftist Congressman Crispin Beltran as they enter the compound of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:25 am
A May 21, 2008, file photo shows the Iraqi police force displaying weapons and explosives discovered during a recent raid on a village just east of Karbala, Iraq. The U.S. military says violence across... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:17 am
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has requested a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, a diplomatic source told Reuters on Tuesday. A meeting between the political and spiritual leader would be a first. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 7:16 am
Tibetan students living in India shout anti-Chinese government slogans during a march encouraging dialogue between China and Tibets government-in-exile in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 7:13 am
General Electric Co. CEO Jeffrey Immelt speaks during a breakfast meeting with South Korean business leaders in Seoul, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Immelt said Wednesday that LG Electronics is one of the leading... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 6:24 am
An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale jolted Te Kaha in eastern Bay of Plenty today.
The quake, at 4.21am, was centred 30km north of Te Kaha at a depth of 90km, GNS science reported.
- NZPA Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 5:33 am
An exceedingly rare diamond of 101.27 carats set in a tiara is displayed in a private viewing booth before its auction bidding at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong, China, Wednesday, May 28, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 5:20 am
The State Department has begun to identify diplomats who could be forced to serve in Iraq next year unless enough volunteers come forward to fill about 300 positions, The Associated Press has learned.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - There is no evidence of a direct threat from al Qaeda or that the group has obtained weapons of mass destruction, U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday, despite reports that al Qaeda will release a new video urging jihadists to use such weapons to attack the West.
Three Iraqis, including the father of a slain 9-year-old boy, appeared before a federal grand jury investigating a deadly Sept. 16 shooting in Baghdad involving Blackwater Worldwide contractors.
An exceedingly rare diamond of 101.27 carats set in a tiara is displayed in a private viewing booth before its auction bidding at Christie's auction house in Hong Kong, China, Wednesday, May 28, 2008... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 28 May 2008 | 4:12 am
Sharon Stone's "karma" is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China.
The 50-year-old actress suggested last week that the devastating May 12 earthquake in China could have been the result of bad karma over the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 4:10 am
Russia and its pro-Western neighbor Georgia are teetering on the edge of a military conflict over Georgia's separatist province Abkhazia. The self-styled republic is officially recognized by no one, but Moscow has kept it alive with economic support.
PHOENIX - Questions keep growing as to whether George Bush's unpopularity hurts fellow Republican John McCain's chances in the November election.
The US President today helped raise about US$2.5 million ($3.2 million) for the man... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 3:08 am
The international space station's lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So NASA may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when space shuttle Discovery visits next week.
Just days before a World Cup qualifying match, Iraq has been suspended from the competition by FIFA, soccer's governing body. FIFA announced the one-year suspension after the Iraqi government disbanded all of the nation's sports governing bodies.
Ruling on two separate cases, the Supreme Court upholds the concept that retaliation is a form of discrimination. It's a position that the high court has held for 40 years, but these cases were the first of their kind to reach the current court.
U.N. agencies in Myanmar say international aid workers are finally moving into the Irrawaddy Delta. More visas for aid workers are being processed, and half a million people have now received food rations from the World Food Program.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama admitted on Tuesday he was wrong to say his uncle helped liberate the Nazis' Auschwitz concentration camp after Republicans said Soviet troops freed the camp.
A woman who found out she was a twin 28 years after being separated from her family, is suing health authorities in the Canary Islands for A3m ((pounds sterling)2.4m).
The saga began when a friend of one twin saw the other twin... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 10:07 pm
The 19-year-old daughter of Austrian rape and incest offender Josef Fritzl is being eased out of the artificially induced coma she was put into more than a month ago, doctors say.
Kerstin Fritzl was unconscious when she went to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 9:55 pm
DURANGO - Police are telling a liquor store owner to give shoplifters back their shoes.
Tired of losing what he says was about $1,000 (634) worth of merchandise a month in thefts, Gabe Fidanque started telling shoplifters he caught... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 8:52 pm
Australian infantry troops are ashamed and furious that they are being kept from combat and regarded as cowards by allied troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Army chief Lieutenant General Peter Leahy has confirmed that morale has been... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 7:55 pm
Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an unusually strongly worded report.
Police in Myanmar have detained more than a dozen members of Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party.
The members of the National League for Democracy were marching yesterday from the party's headquarters to her home when riot police... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 7:15 pm
A top Russian general warned that Russia will respond to U.S. missile defense shield in Europe with "asymmetrical" countermeasures, but said the military has no plans for a similar missile defense shield.
MIANZHU - New aftershocks toppled 420,000 houses and injured dozens in southwest China on Tuesday, heaping destruction and fear on a region struggling to recover from the country's worst earthquake in decades.
The houses collapsed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
YANGON - Myanmar's military regime on Tuesday extended the house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, refusing to bow to international pressure of the sort that persuaded it to allow in foreign help for the country's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
The Vatican unveiled the largest and most luxurious of the pagan tombs in the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica after nearly a year of restoration work.
A 47-year-old British woman has been told by her city council that the 2-foot-deep wading pool in her yard must have insurance coverage and a lifeguard, The Daily Mail reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 May 2008 | 5:47 pm
Anti-U.S. Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is calling on followers to hold weekly protests against a long-term security deal that the Iraqi government and U.S. are negotiating. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 May 2008 | 4:22 pm
Iran may be withholding information needed to establish whether it tried to make nuclear arms, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday in an unusually strongly worded report. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 May 2008 | 4:07 pm
AFP - Nepal was set for historic change Wednesday with a new assembly dominated by former Maoist rebels poised to sweep away the Himalayan kingdom's 240-year-old monarchy and declare a republic.
AP - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a new memoir that President Bush relied on an aggressive "political propaganda campaign" instead of the truth to sell the Iraq war, it has been reported.
Multiple sclerosis has Paul House in a wheelchair. A tenacious prosecutor has him on death row, deemed too dangerous to be released two years after the U.S. Supreme Court said he likely isn't guilty.
Reuters - A majority of registered
Californian voters oppose changing the constitution of the most
populous U.S. state to bar gays from marrying, according to
poll released on Wednesday.
Reuters - Former White House Press Secretary
Scott McClellan says in a new book that President George W.
Bush "veered terribly off course" and was not "open and
forthright on Iraq," Politico.com reported on Tuesday.
AP - A Democratic Party rules committee has the authority to seat some delegates from Michigan and Florida but not fully restore the two states as Hillary Rodham Clinton wants, according to party lawyers.
AP - When the ball was in play, Maria Sharapova at least was able to make something happen. The top-seeded Russian struggled with her serve in the wind at the French Open and barely managed to defeat 103rd-ranked Evgeniya Rodina 6-1, 3-6, 8-6 Wednesday in the first round.
AP - China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned Wednesday that rebuilding after the disaster would be "arduous."
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's
main coalition partner demanded on Wednesday that he leave
office over corruption allegations, in political turmoil that
threatens to disrupt peace talks with the Palestinians.
AP - Microsoft Corp. said its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc.
Israel's defense minister on Wednesday issued a tough ultimatum to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, saying he would use his considerable power to topple the coalition government if the Israeli leader does not step aside to face corruption allegations.
A little noticed civil lawsuit in Florida is shining a light on an unusual but hugely profitable Pentagon contract to ship millions of gallons of aviation fuel to U.S. bases in Iraq through the kingdom of Jordan. NBC News producer Aram Roston has the story.
The presidential candidacy of Barack Obama has brought new attention, curiosity and discussion to the experiences of multiracial Americans. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.
Anxieties over U.S. beef in South Korea have spurred almost daily street rallies that have humbled the country's new president and forced a delay in carrying out a deal with the U.S. to resume imports.
With as many as 14 million earthquake survivors in urgent need of housing, China is beginning to rebuild from scratch.