Young adults experience news fatigue from being inundated by facts and updates and have trouble accessing in-depth stories, according to a study to be unveiled at a global media conference Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:11 pm
Police in eastern France say at least five people were killed when a train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:33 pm
Monday is the final day of campaigning before the last Democratic primaries are held Tuesday in Montana, New Mexico and South Dakota. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have drawn record numbers of voters. While Obama has the lead in delegates, there are signs that Clinton isn't ready to give up her bid.
PARIS (AP) -- Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, empowered women by reinventing pants as a sleek, elegant staple of the female wardrobe.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:08 pm
The combat troops are expected to return home over the next few weeks. Local media reports said the first of the soldiers had already landed in Australia on Sunday afternoon. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm
An apparent car bomb exploded outside the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital Monday amid threats against Denmark over the reprinting of Prophet Muhammad cartoons in newspapers. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm
Joseph Facella is lonely and looking for love.
"My greatest love (after women)," he writes on inmate dating site Conpals.com, "is the ocean. And I could...
One juror out of the 170-member pool in the Entwistle case raised his hand when the judge asked if anybody has trouble with English.
You can knock off one juror already.
The...
TOKYO (AFP) - A paralysed man using only his brain waves has been able to manipulate a virtual Internet character, Japanese researchers said Monday, calling it a world first. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:59 pm
A train strikes a school bus in the French Alps, killing five children and injuring dozens of people, French police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:58 pm
NEW YORK - Police say Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O'Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan.
Police say the 44-year-old...
Recently Howie Rich, a well known real estate entrepreneur and founder of several conservative groups, wrote about how Republicans may be misguided by not breaking the Ronald...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, a leading Democrat and patriarch of a prominent U.S. political dynasty, said he would undergo surgery on Monday for treatment of a brain tumor diagnosed last month.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital today, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and...
Row by row, Neil Entwistle just scanned all 170 potential jurors -- 12 of whom will seal his fate.
Now would-be jurors will be hit with questions as this case, delayed...
World number one Maria Sharapova takes the first set against Dinara Safina at the French Open before rain interrupts play. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:46 pm
The pilot of a skydiving plane made a crash landing in southeast Indiana after his plane malfunctioned at 7,000 feet, forcing 14 skydivers to jump from the disabled aircraft. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:45 pm
NEW YORK - Wall Street is starting the week with a decline while investors await a report on U.S. manufacturing.
The Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing...
US Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy is to have surgery for a malignant brain tumour, his office says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:43 pm
PARIS - Yves Saint Laurent, one of the most influential and enduring designers of the 20th century, empowered women by reinventing pants as a sleek, elegant staple of the...
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp said on Monday it ousted Ken Thompson as chief executive of the fourth-largest U.S. bank, in the wake of mounting legal and regulatory troubles and an ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender as the nation's housing boom was about to go bust.
A UN Security Council mission holds talks with the Somali government and opposition, at the start of an African tour. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:39 pm
U.S. troops killed two suspects, captured 31 others and destroyed bomb-making materials over the past two days in raids targeting Al Qaeda in Iraq in central and northern swaths of the country, the military says. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:37 pm
AP - Authorities will try to determine Monday whether the blaze that destroyed some of Hollywood's most famous backdrops was made worse by low water pressure and an overwhelmed sprinkler system.
VATICAN CITY - The Shroud of Turin - revered by many Christians as Jesus Christ's burial cloth - will go on rare public display in 2010, Pope Benedict XVI announced today.
The...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The South Korean government said Monday it was delaying the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, after a request from the ruling party and large weekend street protests.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:36 pm
An alleged drunken driver who hit a woman in a West Roxbury crosswalk, sending the victim flying, initially told cops she didn't know anything about the crash, according...
AP - Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson was pushed out Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market.
Iran orders the temporary closure of the semi-official Fars news agency in a row over a report. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:33 pm
Reuters - Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, the former
child actress who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a
2004 memoir, was arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the
streets of New York City on Sunday, police said on Monday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, the former child actress who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004 memoir, was arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets of New York City on Sunday, police said on Monday.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - White House hopeful Hillary Clinton is waging a last-ditch campaign Monday to persuade Democratic leaders to abandon front-running Barack Obama on the final stretch of their epic primary battle. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:30 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:29 pm
AP - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
Microsoft is warning that a previously disclosed flaw in Apple's Safari browser could have dire consequences for Windows users.The Safari bug, originally disclosed on May 15 by security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani, allows attackers to litter a victim's desktop with executable files, an attack known as "carpet bombing." Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:27 pm
Senior bishop in the Church of England has compared people who ignore climate change to Josef Fritzl, the Austrian who kept his daughter locked in a cellar for 24 years, repeatedly raping her and fathering seven of her children. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:25 pm
Nvidia is planning to announce its first chips for a new generation of mobile Web devices. Chip suppliers for cellphones are moving aggressively to make products for the gadgets, dubbed MIDs, for mobile Internet devices. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent has died at the age of 71, hailed as a 20th century cultural innovator who revolutionized the way women dressed.
PARIS (AP) -- Police in eastern France say at least five people were killed when a train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:21 pm
Police in eastern France say at least five people were killed when a train crashed into a bus carrying schoolchildren. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:21 pm
Police say a woman is charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated after she drove across crossed the three-mile Tappan Zee (TAP'-uhn-zee) Bridge going the wrong way. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:21 pm
A subsidiary of U.S. military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has purchased a fighter plane from the Brazilian aviation company Embraer, a Brazilian newspaper reported Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:15 pm
Drugs that encourage the growth of new neurons in the brain are now headed for clinical trials. The drugs, which have already shown success in alleviating symptoms of depression and boosting memory in animal models, are being developed by BrainCells, a San Diego-based start-up that screens drugs for their brain-growing power. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:10 pm
AP - In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:08 pm
In a bid to boost its Web search traffic, Microsoft Corp. on Monday announced a deal that will make its Live Search the default on Hewlett-Packard Co. personal computers shipped in the U.S. and Canada, starting in January. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:08 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing six people and wounding 25, government officials said.
AP - As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.
At least six people die and 30 are hurt in a bomb attack near the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital Islamabad. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:05 pm
Now that's a pretty impressive tombstone. New research suggests that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery for more than 500 years, much longer than previously thought. The new findings also show that people used the area as a burial site long before placement of its trademark stones (or sarsen stones) was complete. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:04 pm
Sen. Edward Kennedy is undergoing brain surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. The 76-year-old was diagnosed last month with brain cancer. NPR health correspondent Richard Knox talks about Kennedy's treatment.
LONDON (AFP) - Shares in British bank Bradford & Bingley fell 23 percent Monday after it warned on profits and agreed to a massive US cash boost, sparking fresh credit-crunch jitters after the Northern Rock fiasco. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATES) Shunsuke Nakamura masterminded Oman's downfall as Japan got their qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup back on course with a comfortable 3-0 win in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:59 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan's most influential business lobby won support on Monday from Hungary for its call for a free trade agreement between Japan and the European Union, members said. Prime... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:58 pm
AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nominating contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly trails front-runner Barack Obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential race.
In her new novel, Sailor Girl, The Globe's Sheree-Lee Olson explores life on Great Lakes freighters - a world of hard work and harsh conditions, leavened by moments of astonishing natural beauty
Reuters - Wachovia Corp said on Monday
it ousted Ken Thompson as chief executive of the fourth-largest
U.S. bank, in the wake of mounting legal and regulatory
troubles and an ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender as
the nation's housing boom was about to go bust.
Ecosystems are constantly exchanging materials through the movement of air in the atmosphere, the flow of water in rivers and the migration of animals across the landscape. People, however, have also established themselves as another major driver of connectivity among ecosystems. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:46 pm
AP - Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school bus.
BEIJING, June 2 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH TEAM'S HOMECOMING IN LAST GRAF) The head of a Japanese medical support team that had worked in China's quake-hit Sichuan Province said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
Scientists overseeing NASA's new Mars spacecraft say the lander's robotic arm has touched soil on the red planet for the first time. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said. The blast... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:39 pm
The deposed king of Nepal has agreed to vacate his palace within a fortnight, the home minister says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:36 pm
PARIS (AFP) - French fashion legend Yves Saint Laurent, who changed the silhouette of 20th century woman with a daring new dress code, has died aged 71. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:36 pm
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.
Archaeologists in France believe they may have found the WWI grave of hundreds of British and Australian troops. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:33 pm
Chinese authorities have launched a nationwide public hygiene campaign in an effort to combat the spread of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), which has killed 42 children and infected at least 30,000 youngsters throughout Asia since the end of April. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:32 pm
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery at Duke University Medical Center on Monday, two weeks after he was diagnosed with an especially lethal type of brain cancer. Kennedy said in a statement that the procedure, which was due to begin at 9 a.m. ET, would be "targeted surgery followed by chemotherapy and radiation."
(Kyodo) _ Shunsuke Nakamura masterminded Oman's downfall as Japan got their qualifying campaign for the 2010 World Cup back on course with a comfortable 3-0 win in Yokohama on Monday. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
SHIFANG (AFP) - Thousands of soldiers scoured China's mountainous earthquake zone Monday for the wreckage of a military helicopter that was carrying injured quake survivors when it crashed at the weekend. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:27 pm
Syria has invited U.N. inspectors to visit in a probe of allegations that a remote building destroyed by Israeli combat jets was a nuclear reactor built secretly with North Korean help.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a remote site destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:23 pm
Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that the country was building a nuclear reactor at a remote site destroyed in an Israeli airstrike, the International Atomic Energy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:23 pm
Sex and the City took in more than $55 million last weekend — almost twice what Warner Brothers had hoped for the film based on the HBO series. At a Washington, D.C., movie theater, a mostly young, female audience was gushing over the movie's high fashion, stylish cocktails and frank talk about men and sex.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaves Israel on Monday for a three-day visit to Washington, where he'll meet with President Bush and address the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful of the pro-Israel lobbying groups. Olmert's visit is overshadowed by his problems at home, including a major corruption probe.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fire roared through part of Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, damaging well-known movie sets and a popular "King Kong" attraction before being brought largely under control after 12 hours, fire officials said.
The South Korean government said Monday it was delaying the planned resumption of U.S. beef imports, after a request from the ruling party and large weekend street protests. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The U.S. has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
The U.S. has reinstated the Fulbright scholarships of seven Gaza Strip students blocked by Israel from leaving the Hamas-ruled territory, according to a letter obtained by The Associated... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Syria from June 22-24 to pursue an investigation into U.S. intelligence alleging that Damascus secretly built an atomic reactor, the agency's chief said on Monday.
(Kyodo) _ Summary of a 2010 World Cup qualifier in Asian zone Group 2 at Nissan Stadium on Monday: Japan 3 - Yuji Nakazawa 10, Yoshito Okubo 22, Shunsuke Nakamura 49 Oman 0 ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:19 pm
(Kyodo) _ An International Atomic Energy Agency team will visit Syria later this month to investigate an allegation that the Middle Eastern country was secretly building a nuclear reactor Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - A suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday, killing eight people and wounding nearly 30 others, state media and officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:12 pm
More murders are committed in India than in any other country in the world, according to an official report. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:05 pm
A massive fire raged on a back lot at Universal Studios on Sunday, devouring several movie sets, including mock New York and New England streets. Source: Digg | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:02 pm
Officials say a huge explosion near the Danish embassy in Pakistan's capital has killed at least four people, wounded several more and badly damaged the embassy.
Sen. Edward Kennedy undergoes surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor. The 76-year-old Massachusetts lawmaker was diagnosed last month with a lethal type of brain tumor.
Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson was pushed out Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who is facing a runoff election later this month, was in Italy Monday to attend a U.N. food summit, a spokesman said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:29 am
A theme park at the world-famous Universal Studios in Los Angeles is expected to re-open after a fire on the site. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:26 am
Mobile service provider China Unicom Ltd. said Monday it will acquire fixed-line operator China Netcom Group Corp. Ltd. in a share swap valued at $56.3 billion. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:22 am
One month after a cyclone left more than 130,000 people dead or missing, Myanmar’s military government reopened many of the country’s schools Monday despite worries that the damage could endanger children. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency says Syria has agreed to let inspectors into the country this month to probe allegations of illegal nuclear activity. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:08 am
South Korea says it will delay the resumption of U.S. beef imports. Officials offer no details on why they've reversed their decision to drop a 4-year ban, but the move comes after thousands of people took to the streets to protest American beef.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:49 am
Denmark's foreign minister says a bomb outside the Danish embassy in Islamabad killed a Pakistani embassy worker and injured three other people. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:46 am
YONGAN, China (Reuters) - Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing.
YAW PAR GYI, Myanmar (AP) -- One month after a cyclone left more than 130,000 people dead or missing, Myanmar's military government reopened many of the country's schools Monday despite worries that the extent of damage could put children in harm's way.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 10:13 am
In New York on Sunday, a new law went into effect requiring Internet retailers to collect sales tax from customers. Until now, firms that didn't have a store or other physical assets in the state were not required to collect the tax. Major Web companies, including Amazon and Overstock, are challenging the new law.
It will be just like old times when the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics meet Thursday in the first game of the NBA finals. The Celtics are back in the finals for the first time since losing to the Lakers in 1987.
Ross McGinnis, a "natural" soldier, will be presented posthumously with the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. military award, by President Bush on Monday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 9:59 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - The cancer drug Erbitux prolonged the lives of patients with advanced lung cancer by five weeks, according to a new clinical study described as an important gain for such individuals. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 2 Jun 2008 | 9:42 am
The U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem is working to get seven Gaza students out of the blockaded territory to pursue their Fulbright scholarship studies, a human rights group said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 9:29 am
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
One month after a cyclone left more than 130,000 people dead or missing, Burma's military government reopened many of the country's schools Monday despite worries that the extent of damage could put children in harm's way. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 8:58 am
A year into Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip, courts are meting out justice, police are arresting thieves, motorists are paying for licenses and authorities are blocking Internet porn sites.
Evidence overflows from hundreds of boxes stacked to the ceiling in room after room at the Catholic Diocese of Rome -- photographs, drawings, letters and other items that church officials are scouring for the answer to a question: Is Pope John Paul II a saint? Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 7:58 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- For eight years President Pervez Musharraf dominated Pakistan and charmed the West by presenting himself as a straight-talking ally in the war on terror.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 7:07 am
WUFU, China (AP) -- The rubble-strewn streets of Wufu are lined with wreaths. White flowers made of folded paper hang from bushes. And among the symbols of grief, roiling anger is openly directed at China's government.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 7:05 am
A majority of Mexicans believe the government is losing its escalating battle against drug gangs, according to a poll published Sunday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:54 am
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- Australia, a staunch U.S. ally and one of the first countries to commit troops to the war in Iraq five years ago, ended combat operations there Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10:10 ... | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:24 am
Bumper stickers saying “Jindal for V.P.” are spreading in Louisiana amid a speculative frenzy surrounding Governor Bobby Jindal as a potential vice-presidential choice for Senator John McCain.
Opposition leader of the Singapore Democratic Party, Chee Soon Juan, center, leaves the supreme court on Monday June 2, 2008 in Singapore. Chee was sentenced to 12 days in jail for contempt of court while... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 6:06 am
A primitive Myanmar road construction crew adds new surface to a highway north of Yangon March 25, 2007. When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar one month ago, it not only flatten tens of thousands of homes... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:26 am
Villages in the path of an earthquake-created lake that threatens to burst stood empty after police and soldiers ordered thousands of people to evacuate.
Bare feet and chained Christopher Paul Neil, a 32-year-old Canadian teacher, disembarks from a prison bus to fight a charge of sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy at criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand Monday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:32 am
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, right, greets Paraguays President-elect Fernando Lugo at the presidential Blue House in Seoul Monday, June 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Jo Yong-Hak, POOL) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:24 am
DHAKA - Blasts at a multi-storey hotel in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka injured more than 30 people, police said on Monday.
They said two explosions rocked the nine-storey Orchard Plaza hotel at the city's Nayapaltal area late on... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:16 am
Nissan Mortor Co.,Ltd. COO Toshiyuki poses for photo as he unveils Nissan's new "Teana" at the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, June. 2, 2008. The firm announced Monday the sales launch... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:16 am
In this Sept. 10, 1969 file photo, French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent, center, poses with Betty Catroux, left, and Loulou de la Falaise outside his Rive Gauche boutique in London. Saint Laurent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:18 am
Edwin Irizarry Mora, candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico for the Puerto Rican Independence Party, leads a march against the holding of U.S. primaries on the island, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sunday June... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:08 am
A boy travels by the New Suburban Train in Mexico City, Sunday, June 1, 2008. The New Suburban Train links the tows of Buenavista and Cuautitlan. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:39 am
Passengers walks at a New Suburban Train station in Mexico City, Sunday, June 1, 2008. The New Suburban Train links the towns of Buenavista and Cuautitlan. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 2 Jun 2008 | 12:35 am
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton won the US Democratic nominating contest in Puerto Rico overnight, but still badly trails front-runner Barack Obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential nomination.
Clinton's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
An Indonesian businessman sparked a scramble for cash when he dropped 100 million rupiah ($14,000) in banknotes from an aircraft yesterday to promote a book he has written.
Tung Desem Waringin, who is promoting his second business... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
Victims of China's earthquake have received the first public acknowledgement of Government culpability.
Lin Qiang, the deputy head of Sichuan education bureau, a senior official, spoke of his feelings of guilt for the deaths of... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 6:15 pm
UNIVERSAL CITY, California - One of Hollywood's largest movie studios starred in a disastrous sequel Sunday as a fire ripped through a lot at Universal Studios, destroying a set from "Back to the Future," a King Kong exhibit and a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
A former high-flying New Zealand businessman was fatally shot by police on Queensland's Gold Coast on Saturday night.
Alan Kent Dyer, 49, who suffered from depression, reportedly charged at police with a knife after trying to burn... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday he will make a decision within "a matter of days" to withdraw U.S. Navy ships from the coast of Myanmar, because "it's becoming pretty clear the regime is not going to let us help."
Shootouts with police and allegations of ballot fraud forced the suspension of voting in at least 20 polling stations, marring Macedonia's parliamentary election. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jun 2008 | 5:24 pm
CHICAGO - He is a white priest at a largely black church. He has held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He has been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish - from gun dealers to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
NASSIRIYA - About 500 Australian combat troops pulled out of their base in southern Iraq yesterday, fulfilling an election promise by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to bring the soldiers home this year.
A British military... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
About 100 teenagers have marched on the offices of British newspaper the Daily Mail to protest at its suggestion that their favourite emo band, My Chemical Romance, encouraged suicide.
They objected to the Daily Mail 's description... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
HARARE - A top Zimbabwe Army general called on the nation's soldiers to vote for Robert Mugabe in a presidential runoff or quit the military, the official media reported yesterday.
Army Chief of Staff Major-General Martin Chedondo... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 1 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
An Indonesain businessman sparked a scramble for cash when he dropped $10,600 (100 million rupiah) in banknotes from an aircraft to promote a book he has written. Source: FOXNews.com | 1 Jun 2008 | 4:45 pm
About 600 people marched silently in Hong Kong to mark the 19th anniversary of China's bloody crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Australian troops in Iraq officially ended combat operations, the Department of Defense said, fulfilling a campaign promise of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Troops will be returning to their homeland within the next few weeks.
AP - Authorities will try to determine Monday whether the blaze that destroyed some of Hollywood's most famous backdrops was made worse by low water pressure and an overwhelmed sprinkler system.
AP - Wachovia Corp. chief executive Ken Thompson was pushed out Monday as head of the nation's fourth-largest bank, becoming the latest financial services executive to be ousted amid turmoil in the U.S. housing market.
Reuters - Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, the former
child actress who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a
2004 memoir, was arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the
streets of New York City on Sunday, police said on Monday.
AP - A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
AP - Robby Ginepri leaves Paris with considerable consolation: He was the last American to lose at the French Open.
AP - As Barack Obama turns to concentrate on his general election challenge, his rival Hillary Rodham Clinton is mounting a last ditch campaign to stay relevant in what is left of the Democratic presidential contest.
AP - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy was set to undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.
Reuters - Wachovia Corp said on Monday
it ousted Ken Thompson as chief executive of the fourth-largest
U.S. bank, in the wake of mounting legal and regulatory
troubles and an ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender as
the nation's housing boom was about to go bust.
AP - Shuttle Discovery closed in on the international space station early Monday with a super-size delivery: a scientific lab that's as big as a school bus.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will undergo surgery Monday at Duke University Medical Center for his cancerous brain tumor and then faces chemotherapy and radiation treatment, his office said.
Academy Award-winning actress Tatum O’Neal has been arrested after buying crack cocaine near her home in Manhattan, police say.
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
A year into Hamas' rule in the Gaza Strip, courts are meting out justice, police are arresting thieves, motorists are paying for licenses and authorities are blocking Internet porn sites.
Bumper stickers saying “Jindal for V.P.” are spreading in Louisiana amid a speculative frenzy surrounding Governor Bobby Jindal as a potential vice-presidential choice for Senator John McCain.