FOXBORO - Kyle Brady was cut loose in February, and as Bill Belichick pointed out on draft day, for once, the Patriots did not select a tight end.
That's why the...
The youthful Los Angeles Lakers maintain they're not close to being a finished product.
And yet, they're one win away from earning their first NBA finals berth...
One way to make the home crowd sweat is to start sending opponents to the line when all you have is a three-point lead.
But the Celtics did it twice with Rodney Stuckey...
Question: Which player has scored more postseason points than any other in the history of the Detroit Pistons franchise?
Answer: Rip Hamilton.
For a franchise that...
The game was in the books, the Celtics having emerged with a closer-than-it-should-have-been 106-102 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals...
After picking up his sixth technical foul of this postseason, Pistons center Rasheed Wallace is one more away from facing an automatic one-game suspension.
Wallace did...
The Celtics got their big guy to go inside and make plays.
The big guy took control of the glass and scored with powerful ease. He made 8-of-11 shots, scored 18 points...
On a night when Kendrick Perkins was a godsend and Ray Allen rediscovered his shooting touch, Kevin Garnett returned to being Kevin Garnett.
That proved to be just enough...
In the end, in the latest minutes of this rags-to-riches Celtics turnaround, the ball found Ray Allen nestled in a crowded corner. The shot clock was running down. And had...
This was a night of transformation.
Kendrick Perkins morphed into Karl Malone. Kevin Garnett banked a 3-pointer - only his second of the season - and flexed his wrist...
Gay rights advocates had reason to celebrate on both coasts Thursday, with New York set to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and California set to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in June.
(Kyodo) _ The Japan Sumo Association punished stablemaster Magaki and veteran wrestler Toyozakura with salary cuts Thursday for beating junior-division wrestlers in separate incidents. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:57 am
(Kyodo) _ China sounded an upbeat note Thursday on Japan's plan to send a Self-Defense Forces aircraft to transport relief supplies to the quake-hit country, saying that while talks were... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:38 am
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found a retired high school teacher guilty of disturbing a graduation ceremony by urging parents to remain... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:35 am
Senators Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham , prominent surrogates for Senator John McCain ’s presidential campaign, stepped down from a group that released a pair of Internet advertisements attacking Senator Barack Obama on Iraq. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 8:35 am
(Kyodo) _ WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naito and WBA flyweight champion Takefumi Sakata are set to defend their titles against Japanese challengers in Tokyo on July 30, officials of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:34 am
Myanmar's military rulers have approved visas for dozens of international relief workers and were allowing more foreigners into areas devastated by a cyclone that left millions in need of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:29 am
(Kyodo) _ Javan rhinos, the world's rarest rhino species, have been caught on a video camera trap for the first time in Indonesia's jungles, international conservation group WWF said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:27 am
(Kyodo) _ The number of people known to have died in this month's massive earthquake in western China has risen to more than 68,500, government figures revealed Thursday. A government... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:24 am
(Kyodo) _ The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found a retired high school teacher guilty of disturbing a graduation ceremony by urging parents to remain... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:23 am
(Kyodo) _ Luxury businesses are facing difficulties in the Japanese market, which is mature and saturated, due to the economic slowdown and the rapid aging of society, but also see new... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 29 May 2008 | 8:19 am
Fresh off a successful campaign to list polar bears as a threatened species, a conservation group is asking for similar protection for the bears' main prey. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 8:18 am
The relatives of five British men kidnapped in Iraq are marking a year without their loved ones. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 8:16 am
Governors from both sides of the border are meeting in Mexico City to push for more crime-fighting and border security amid unprecedented violence in Mexico. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 8:12 am
Thailand's military commander has indicated that a coup is possible as tensions mount over a government minister accused of insulting the king. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 8:12 am
An elephant rampaged through a village in northern India on Thursday, killing at least seven people who tried to surround it, a wildlife official said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 8:10 am
More than a few players at this week's NBA predraft camp have looked at the people studying them from the stands and acknowledged getting goosebumps. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 8:09 am
A man opens fire in a bus near the Bosnian town of Tuzla killing at least three people, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 8:06 am
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended on Thursday the Bush administration's record in Iraq after sharp criticism of the war in a new book by a former White House spokesman.
Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
defended on Thursday the Bush administration's record in Iraq
after sharp criticism of the war in a new book by a former
White House spokesman.
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, hugely
popular at home for his visits to quake-hit Sichuan, has
emerged as the 10th most popular politician on the Facebook
social networking site.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, hugely popular at home for his visits to quake-hit Sichuan, has emerged as the 10th most popular politician on the Facebook social networking site.
KATHMANDU (AFP) - Nepal celebrated a new era as the world's newest republic Thursday after consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and ordering god-king Gyanendra to quit his palace in two weeks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 7:54 am
AFP - Nepal celebrated a new era as the world's newest republic Thursday after consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and ordering god-king Gyanendra to quit his palace in two weeks.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected allegations from a former White House spokesman who says the Bush administration misled the American public into going to war with Iraq.
Lebanon's twin worlds of war and the good life intersect at the St. George's Yacht Club, where sunbathers loll beside the pool of a hotel that was blasted during the 1975-90 civil war and again in a bombing that killed a former premier three years ago. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 7:47 am
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel was abuzz with speculation on Thursday after the country's defence minister warned he would force early elections if Prime Minister Ehud Olmert does not resign over graft allegations. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 7:45 am
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia has boosted supply to help meet the world's need for fuel and may further increase output later if needed, a senior Gulf OPEC source said on Wednesday. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 7:36 am
New research into gigantic flying reptiles has found that they weren't all gull-like predators grabbing fish from the water but that some were strongly adapted for life on the ground. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 7:35 am
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Getting to see one of the world's most reclusive military strongmen requires a VIP flight, armed escorts and soldiers pointing the way - not to mention a disaster of epic proportions.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 7:35 am
Getting to see one of the world's most reclusive military strongmen requires a VIP flight, armed escorts and soldiers pointing the way — not to mention a disaster of epic proportions. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 7:35 am
AP - Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins found their offense right where they left it home in the Igloo. Crosby scored Pittsburgh's first two goals of the Stanley Cup finals, beating previously perfect goalie Chris Osgood, and the Penguins made this a series with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.
AP - The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.
AP - Ray Allen found his shooting touch just in time to put the Boston Celtics within one win of the NBA finals for the first time since the original Big Three.
Afghanistan's military says 30 Taleban fighters are killed in a joint Nato operation in the western Farah province. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 7:19 am
They are better known for wallowing in swamps rather than their surfing skills but this hippo clearly had a whale of a time splashing around in the ocean.Spotted in the water near the holiday town of Ballito, near Durban in South Africa, the rare sighting of a hippo catching some waves fascinated residents and wildlife experts alike. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 7:18 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Sen. Barack Obama said on Wednesday he expected to become the Democratic U.S. presidential nominee after next week and he is considering an overseas trip that may include Iraq.
The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 7:11 am
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected allegations from a former White House spokesman who says the Bush administration misled the American public into going to war with Iraq. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 7:06 am
Deadbeat parents, listen up: Win big at the casino tables in West Virginia or Colorado, and your kids might win, too. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 29 May 2008 | 7:05 am
A top lawyer for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said telecommunications companies should be forced to explain their role in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program as a condition for legal immunity for past wiretapping, a statement that stands in marked contrast to positions taken by President Bush, McCain and other Republicans in Congress.
A small red berry called miracle fruit temporarily rewires the way the palate perceives sour flavors, rendering lemons as sweet as candy. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 7:00 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul on Thursday, killing three Afghans caught in the blast, police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 6:52 am
Reuters - Thousands of protesters from an
ethnic Indian group burned tires and blocked roads leading to
New Delhi on Thursday, bringing a battle for college and
government job quotas in which dozens have died closer to the
capital.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters from an ethnic Indian group burned tires and blocked roads leading to New Delhi on Thursday, bringing a battle for college and government job quotas in which dozens have died closer to the capital.
Elon Musk, the founder of PayPal and chairman of electric car company Tesla, recently said that he believed most of the world's power would come from solar by 2040. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 6:40 am
Iraq's World Cup qualifier against Australia will go ahead after a ban on the Iraqi Football Association was overturned. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 6:35 am
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have trained monkeys to manipulate a robotic arm solely with brain power, and could soon help amputees and paralysed stroke victims do the same, according to a study released Wednesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 6:35 am
As the 2008 presidential election draws closer, Democrat Barack Obama has reportedly been working tirelessly with his top political strategists to perfect his looking-off-into-the-future pose, which many believe is vital to the success of the Illinois senator's campaign. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 6:31 am
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says he will ask for debt relief, as envoys gather for a UN forum on Iraq in Sweden. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 6:29 am
A suicide car bomber has hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul, doing only minor damage to coalition vehicles but killing three Afghans caught in the blast. Also, the Taliban tells CBS News it has kidnapped a French national.
Japan plans to send a military plane with relief supplies to quake-hit China, the first such flight for over 60 years. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 6:25 am
Two people die and 17 others are injured in a blast at an air force base in the southern Philippines. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 6:19 am
CHENGDU, China (AP) -- Rain grounded helicopters and added urgency to attempts on Thursday to drain an earthquake-created lake that was threatening to flood disaster victims in central China.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 6:11 am
In this April 19, 2008 file photo, General Motors Corp. CEO Rick Wagoner shows off the new Chevrolet Volt in Beijing. GM's top managers are working on additional restructuring measures to deal with a declining... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 6:11 am
In a scientific love story, the world's top telescope historian fulfills a lifelong dream to see the world's largest refracting telescope. Source: Digg | 29 May 2008 | 6:06 am
In a Jan. 31, 2008 file photo actor and United Nations Messenger of Peace George Clooney speaks to a reporter at U.N. headquarters. Clooney is commemorating Thursday, May 29, 2008, anniversary of U.N... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 6:02 am
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Hunched over their laptops, Palestinian software engineers are working on a program that makes desktop computers accessible from anywhere.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 5:54 am
A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul on Thursday, killing three Afghans caught in the blast, police said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 5:49 am
BEIJING (AP) -- The leader of Taiwan's new ruling party told Chinese President Hu Jintao that the self-governed island needs to have an international presence, but acknowledged Wednesday there would be no quick solution to long-standing disputes.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 5:43 am
ZIHUATANEJO, Mexico (AP) -- No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. So when sharks attacked three surfers in less than a month, two fatally, it was unthinkable.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 5:36 am
Map locates Kabul, Afghanistan, where a suicide bomber attacked international soldiers; 1c x 1 5/8 inches; 46.5 mm x 41.3 mm Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 5:22 am
Ray Allen scored 29, hitting a long 2-pointer after Detroit came within one point with a minute left, then he and Kevin Garnett each made a pair of free throws down the stretch as the Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 106-102 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The grueling Democratic presidential nominating race moves on Saturday from the campaign trail to a Washington hotel, where party officials will hunt for a compromise over disputed contests in Michigan and Florida.
Loss of forests and other natural systems could halve living standards for the world's poor, a major report will conclude. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 5:02 am
Members of the Gujjar tribe block key highways into the Indian capital in protest at alleged discrimination. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 4:53 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Enthralled with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao? You can now declare it on Facebook.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 4:48 am
South Korean protesters wearing masks of U.S. President George W. Bush, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak occupy a McDonald's sign board during a rally against U.S. beef imports in Seoul,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 4:30 am
A French court sentences Michel Fourniret to life in prison for murdering seven girls and young women. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 29 May 2008 | 4:27 am
Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburgh’s first two goals of the Stanley Cup finals, beating previously perfect goalie Chris Osgood, and the Penguins made this a series with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.
Dominican Republic's President Leonel Fernandez, left, accompanied by El Salvador's Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas, waves to the media during his arrival at the El Salvador international... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 4:16 am
A man holds the U.S.-Mexico border fence as he watches the sunset in Tijuana, Mexico, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 4:12 am
Panama's President Martin Torrijos, left, speaks to El Salvador's Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas, during his arrival at the El Salvador international airport in Comalapa, Wednesday, May... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 4:08 am
DALLAS (AFP) - Oil giant ExxonMobil tried Wednesday to placate ecology-minded shareholders by promoting energy efficiency while insisting that oil and gas remain the answer to near-term global energy demand. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 4:07 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's isolationist regime has approved all pending visas for U.N. relief workers to enter the country, the United Nations said Thursday, nearly a month after a cyclone left more than 2 million people in need of aid.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 29 May 2008 | 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US researchers hailed promising advances in cancer treatment but lamented the decreasing amount of federal money devoted to finding a cure, ahead of the world's largest cancer conference this week. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 4:05 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four countries last year prevented Syria from receiving equipment that could be used to test ballistic missile components, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Brasil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, accompanied by El Salvador's Foreign Minister Marisol Argueta de Barillas, waves to the media during his arrival at the El Salvador international airport... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 3:53 am
Observers say that while Barack Obama's campaign is "clearly politically transformative,” the candidate of “change” has broken little new ground on domestic policy.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two Federal Reserve policy makers warned on Wednesday that interest rate increases might be needed before too long to curb inflation, even as the United States struggles with a weak economy.
Lebanese people bath in the swimming pool of the St. George's hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 28, 2008. Lebanon's twin worlds of war and the good life intersect at the St. George's Yacht Club,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 29 May 2008 | 3:33 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday demanded Iran provide detailed answers about its nuclear program after a critical report from the UN atomic watchdog, as Tehran warned it might suspend cooperation with the agency. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 3:22 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House press secretary Scott McClellan charges in an explosive new book that President George W. Bush used propaganda to sell the Iraq war, prompting angry rebukes from current and former Bush aides.
It's not known who set up the profile on the popular social-networking website, but it's clear the premier has some fans - with more than 13,000 "supporters" as of Wednesday, more than US President George W Bush has on his page.
The... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 May 2008 | 2:46 am
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A report from the U.N. nuclear watchdog shows the Security Council has no business bothering with Iran's atomic program since all open questions about it have now been resolved, Iran said on Wednesday.
CARLSBAD (AFP) - Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang said Wednesday that Microsoft is "no longer interested" in buying the pioneering Internet firm, but is considering "other partnerships." Source: AFP - Wire stories | 29 May 2008 | 2:11 am
A train operator was killed and several people were injured in a rush-hour collision between two trains outside Boston on Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 1:38 am
A Dallas suburb's ban on apartment rentals to illegal immigrants, an ordinance passed by city leaders and later endorsed in a vote by its residents, is unconstitutional, a federal judge found Wednesday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 1:22 am
Diplomats from more than 100 nations agreed on a treaty Wednesday to ban current types of cluster bombs and require the destruction of stockpiles within eight years. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 29 May 2008 | 1:03 am
It's an oasis in the bedlam of Baghdad, on that's lucky to be around at all. Few of the Baghdad Zoo's animals survived the fighting - but today, they have a sanctuary. Mark Strassmann tours the grounds.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two men accused of agreeing to broadcast the Hezbollah television channel al-Manar to U.S. customers will face trial on terrorism charges in January, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday.
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Diplomats from more than 100 nations agreed on a treaty Wednesday to ban current types of cluster bombs and require the destruction of stockpiles within eight years.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 28 May 2008 | 11:56 pm
MEMPHIS - The family of a Tennessee woman who spent more than 50 years in an iron lung says she has died after a power failure shut down the machine that kept her breathing.
Dianne Odell died early Wednesday. The 61-year-old had... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 11:15 pm
CALGARY - Two small children and three adults were found dead in a suburban Calgary house on Wednesday and police said they had yet to determine if they were investigating a murder or a murder-suicide.
Officers also found a one-year-old... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 10:45 pm
International diplomats from more than 100 nations reached agreement on a treaty that would ban current designs of cluster bombs and require the destruction of stockpiles within eight years.
In recent elections, so-called 527 committees have delivered attack ads without directly involving presidential campaigns. But candidates' reluctance — and legal questions — are getting in the way this time around.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's powerful defense minister on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid a burgeoning corruption scandal and threatened to bring down the government if the Israeli leader does not comply.... Source: AP Top International News At 3:35 a... | 28 May 2008 | 10:07 pm
Sen. Hillary Clinton once supported the Democratic National Committee's decision to punish Michigan and Florida for moving the date of their primaries. Now she says that not counting the votes violates the spirit of the Democratic Party.
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that the U.S. discriminates against the blind by producing currency that is not user-friendly for the visually impaired. A host of other countries incorporate shapes, colors and textures to help people identify denominations.
LILONGWE - A Malawian court ruled on Wednesday that Madonna could adopt a baby boy she met in an orphanage in the impoverished southern African nation, a lawyer for the US pop star said.
Madonna's adoption of David Banda has been... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 8:30 pm
KATHMANDU - Nepal's lawmakers abolished the monarchy and declared the country a republic Wednesday, ending 239 years of royal rule in the Himalayan nation and the world's last Hindu kingdom.
In the first meeting of the newly elected... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 8:13 pm
A man accused of seeking young virgins to rape and kill was convicted of seven murders and sentenced to life in prison. Michel Fourniret, 66, was given the maximum sentence by the jury in northeast France.
A special Nepalese assembly voted Wednesday to formally abolish the country's 239-year-old monarchy and turn Nepal into a republic. King Gyanendra has remained unpopular since he seized absolute power in 2005.
Scott McClellan, who once served as press secretary to President Bush, has written a memoir that accuses the Bush administration of misleading the country on the way to an unnecessary war in Iraq.
Many buildings in Picher, Okla., were targeted for demolition even before a devastating tornado hit the former lead-mining town. Now the government has decided not to rebuild. Picher pharmacy owner Gary Linderman talks about the decision.
DUBLIN - International diplomats from more than 100 nations have agreed to ban cluster bombs.
The treaty will outlaw all current designs and and require the destruction of stockpiles within eight years.
The breakthrough capped... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 8:00 pm
Galvanized by the abduction of a prominent surgeon, a doctors' group in Tijuana says drug cartel kidnappers have snatched at least 20 physicians in the Mexican border city.
As Cuba's government allows more debate in the press, one newspaper is rising to the challenge. Although it still faces limitations, Juventud Rebelde is publishing articles criticizing aspects of Cuban society in an unprecedented way.
The U.S. probably will withdraw a group of naval vessels from waters off the coast of Myanmar within days unless the government allows the ships to offload their relief supplies for cyclone victims, a U.S. senior commander said.
YANGON - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began a sixth year under detention Wednesday as foreign donors said aid would continue to flow into the military-ruled nation to save cyclone victims.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 7:00 pm
The oldest active ship in the U.S. Navy, the USS Kitty Hawk aircraft carrier, made its final departure from Japan on Wednesday to be decommissioned after nearly half a century of service. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 5:38 pm
On June 17, same-sex marriage will be legal in California. It marks a political comeback for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who caused an uproar by issuing marriage licenses to gay couples four years ago.
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
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. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 5:14 pm
Violence in Afghanistan has escalated according to NATO. Ivan Watson tells us what's behind the increase and how Afghans are coping with rising food prices.
Houston, we have a problem ...
The International Space Station's lone toilet broke last week, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go. So Nasa may order an in-orbit plumbing service call when the space shuttle Discovery visits... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 5:00 pm
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has requested a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, a diplomatic source told The Australian newspaper on Tuesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 4:13 pm
China struggled to keep roads open to provide a lifeline for quake survivors, while the government warned that rebuilding after the disaster would be 'arduous.' Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 3:41 pm
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.
Nepal stood on the brink of becoming the world's newest republic Wednesday as an assembly charged with ending 239 years of royal rule prepared to meet amid tight security. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 3:04 pm
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: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 2:59 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
Israeli police are investigating photographs showing students burning hundreds of New Testaments, UPI reported Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2008 | 2:36 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 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.
A woman browsing the classifieds website Craigslist on Friday called police after saw the ad.
"A new baby girl, seven days old, healthy and very cute," read the ad.
"Can't afford and unexpected. Looking for a good home. Please... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 8:25 am
BEIJING - Torrential rains that killed 28 people in southern China were forecast Wednesday to continue for the next three days.
Eighteen people have died in flooding in southern Guizhou province since Sunday, the official Xinhua... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 28 May 2008 | 8:04 am
Gay rights advocates had reason to celebrate on both coasts Thursday, with New York set to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere and California set to begin issuing marriage licenses to gay couples in June.
Reuters - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
defended on Thursday the Bush administration's record in Iraq
after sharp criticism of the war in a new book by a former
White House spokesman.
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, hugely
popular at home for his visits to quake-hit Sichuan, has
emerged as the 10th most popular politician on the Facebook
social networking site.
AFP - Nepal celebrated a new era as the world's newest republic Thursday after consigning its centuries-old monarchy to the history books and ordering god-king Gyanendra to quit his palace in two weeks.
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday rejected allegations from a former White House spokesman who says the Bush administration misled the American public into going to war with Iraq.
AP - Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins found their offense right where they left it home in the Igloo. Crosby scored Pittsburgh's first two goals of the Stanley Cup finals, beating previously perfect goalie Chris Osgood, and the Penguins made this a series with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.
AP - The voters of South Dakota look a lot like those who have favored Hillary Rodham Clinton in presidential primaries this year, but her rival, front-runner Barack Obama, has plenty of friends in high places in this rural state.
AP - Ray Allen found his shooting touch just in time to put the Boston Celtics within one win of the NBA finals for the first time since the original Big Three.
Comment by Steve Smith Campaign Consultant, Equality For All
A top lawyer for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said telecommunications companies should be forced to explain their role in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program as a condition for legal immunity for past wiretapping, a statement that stands in marked contrast to positions taken by President Bush, McCain and other Republicans in Congress.
AP - A suicide car bomber hit a convoy of international soldiers in Kabul on Thursday, killing three Afghans caught in the blast, police said.
Reuters - Thousands of protesters from an
ethnic Indian group burned tires and blocked roads leading to
New Delhi on Thursday, bringing a battle for college and
government job quotas in which dozens have died closer to the
capital.
AP - Newlyweds Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz say they are expecting a baby.
Ray Allen scored 29, hitting a long 2-pointer after Detroit came within one point with a minute left, then he and Kevin Garnett each made a pair of free throws down the stretch as the Celtics beat the Detroit Pistons 106-102 on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals.
Sidney Crosby scored Pittsburgh’s first two goals of the Stanley Cup finals, beating previously perfect goalie Chris Osgood, and the Penguins made this a series with a 3-2 victory Wednesday night.
Observers say that while Barack Obama's campaign is "clearly politically transformative,” the candidate of “change” has broken little new ground on domestic policy.