Already one of the poorest countries by many measures, Yemen — a nation of roughly 22 million people — has been struck by severe droughts and depleted water supplies in recent years. Some Yemenis are calling the situation a potential time bomb.
(Kyodo) _ The Tibetan community in Kathmandu resumed anti-China protests Tuesday after halting protests for weeks in view of last month's devastating earthquake in China. Police... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:39 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING WITH NEW INFO) The Bank of Japan could resume raising interest rates if the central bank gets over the impact of the current global economic storm, Kazuhito... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:24 pm
(Kyodo) _ Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted three former senior officials of Pacific Consultants International and a former president of a company affiliated with PCI on charges of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:18 pm
AFP - An international summit on the global food price crisis opened in Rome on Tuesday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon calling for a 50 percent rise in world food production by 2030.
ROME (AFP) - An international summit on the global food price crisis opened in Rome on Tuesday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon calling for a 50 percent rise in world food production by 2030. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:06 pm
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - More than 400 child members of a polygamist sect began returning to their families on Monday after a judge lifted her order giving the state of Texas custody of the children.
A Wall Street stock broker accused of throwing a fellow health club member into a wall during a cycling class has been acquitted. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:02 pm
The UN secretary general calls for revitalising agriculture as a way of tackling the world's worsening food crisis. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:58 am
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese officials accused the government on Tuesday of reinforcing troops in the disputed oil town of Abyei, raising tensions as U.N. Security Council envoys flew in to shore up a north-south peace deal.
FedEx bought the Kinko's chain of copy shops in 2004, and the name changed to FedEx-Kinko's. Now, FedEx says it is dropping the "Kinko's" and changing the name again — to FedEx Office.
"Oh, my God," a would-be juror proclaimed yesterday after seeing the press pack converging at the start of jury selection in the double-murder trial of Neil Entwistle.
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Venerable U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy emerged safely from brain surgery yesterday with a brave message of fortitude that friends and colleagues hope will help him beat the...
ROME (AP) -- World food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Tuesday at a summit grappling with hunger and civil unrest caused by food price hikes.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
AP - World food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Tuesday at a summit grappling with hunger and civil unrest caused by food price hikes.
Mention Bo Diddley to just about anybody, and they'll break into that trademark, shuffling pattern that will forever be known as the Bo Diddley beat. It's no small...
Sales of old-fashioned, newly hip vinyl records keep climbing. More and more current bands - and their young fans - want new music released on the same vinyl format their...
ROME, June 3 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FRESH INFO IN 1ST-2ND GRAFS) A U.N. food summit that started Tuesday in Rome will likely urge governments to undertake an "international... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:49 am
Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end
their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with
two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the
nomination and push Clinton from the race.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.
After Tuesday's primaries, the last remaining uncommitted superdelegates acknowledge they will have nothing much to wait for. And for many, the moment will come as a huge relief. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:44 am
AP - Tatum O'Neal has told a newspaper that she was distraught over the loss of her dog when she went looking to buy drugs from a Manhattan street dealer last weekend.
AP - Shuttle Discovery's astronauts geared up for the first spacewalk of their mission Tuesday and the installation of Japan's giant lab to the international space station.
AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday by completing a fourth-round victory over Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 6-3.
AP - As General Motors Corp. prepares for its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, workers across the country are worried that the next round of the company's restructuring could cost them jobs or even their factories.
As General Motors Corp. prepares for its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, workers across the country are worried that the next round of the company's restructuring could cost them jobs or even their factories. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:42 am
It was a game-changing moment no Celts fan could forget - Kevin McHale clotheslining L.A. Lakers bruiser Kurt Rambis in Game 7 of the heated 1984 playoffs.
But the bespectacled...
AP - Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award."
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhaustive Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure shot but became one of long odds. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:35 am
AP - Homeowners who don't mow their grass in the northeast Ohio city of Canton now face stiffer penalties including possible jail time. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:33 am
AP - Not so fast Motor City. The Detroit Red Wings' road to the Stanley Cup has another stop to make. Against all odds, the Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 victory in Game 5 that ended on Petr Sykora's goal 9:57 into the third overtime Monday night.
Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka say at least six civilians are killed by the security forces in the north of the island . Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:31 am
Patrons at Patrick's Pub and Grill drink their beer in Tennessee, but a walk to the restroom in the same building takes them across the state line to a dry county in Georgia. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:31 am
The U.N. secretary-general has told a global food summit that food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, and Pope Benedict told the summit that hunger in a world with sufficient resources was "unacceptable."
The Senate voted Monday to take up a global warming bill that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by putting a price on carbon. That would essentially require factories, utilities and refineries to pay for the right to emit carbon dioxide. The so-called cap-and-trade system aims to reduce emissions by 70 percent by 2050.
A judicial official says Turkey's top court will consider this week whether to cancel a law allowing Islamic head scarves in universities. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:26 am
The chief U.S. negotiator on North Korea says he expects Pyongyang to finally declare all of its nuclear programs soon. North Korea had promised to do that last December. But some experts say the Bush administration is getting a bad deal because it's desperate to have a foreign policy achievement in its last year in office.
(Kyodo) _ The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has decided to launch a satellite in 2013 jointly with the European Space Agency to study the effects of clouds in trying to accurately... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:24 am
Last month, Team Ninja head and Ninja Gaiden director Tomonobu Itagaki suggested that he would be done with the franchise after the upcoming release of Ninja Gaiden 2. On Monday night we received a clearer picture of just what he meant with the announcement that Itagaki is leaving Team Ninja and suing Tecmo, the day before Ninja Gaiden 2's release! Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:21 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began a three-day visit to Washington on Tuesday, under criminal investigation back home in a corruption scandal that is casting a shadow over U.S.-brokered talks with the Palestinians.
On Capitol Hill Tuesday, the Senate debates major legislation to combat climate change. But the measure comes with a big price tag and is likely to spark furious opposition.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military captured two al-Qaida in Iraq bombing suspects and a Shiite militia leader in separate raids Tuesday north and south of Baghdad, the military said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:16 am
The Beijing Organizing Committee has pulled together some eclectic advice for foreigners wishing to attend Olympic events. Do not bring any printed materials critical of China. Do not plan on holding any rallies or demonstrations in China. Do not think that you are guaranteed an entry visa even if you hold tickets to an Olympic event. Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday. Brain scans showed the hippocampus and amygdala were smaller in men who were heavy marijuana users compared to nonusers, the researchers said. The men had smoked at least five marijuana cigarettes daily... Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
Zimbabwe stops an international agency from distributing aid, accusing it of backing the opposition. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:11 am
Blu-ray stomped HD DVD to become the standard format for high-definition movie discs, but years may pass before it can claim victory over the good old DVD. Noemi Velazquez, a 44-year-old warehouse worker, can ex plain why. She took one look at the $399 price tag of a Blu-ray player at a Best Buy store in Glendale, Calif., and kept going. Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:10 am
The US Democratic Party is to hold its final two primaries as it tries to pick its candidate for the White House. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:07 am
As readership and revenues shift onto the Internet, experts said on Tuesday that top news media executives must seek new digital opportunities without neglecting their traditional print publications by rushing headlong into cyberspace. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:07 am
(Kyodo) _ Hong Kong people are optimistic about China's will to improve human rights and fewer of them think China was wrong in the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989, according to a survey... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:06 am
A series of storm systems was forecast to move through the Ohio Valley and Northeast early Tuesday, while hazy weather was on tap across the Deep South and Southwest. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:04 am
China's roaring economy is beginning to stabilize, although surging demand for some commodities following last month's disastrous earthquake will add to inflationary pressures, central bank researchers said in a report published Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 11:04 am
DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) -- Chinese police dragged away more than 100 parents Tuesday while they were protesting the deaths of their children in poorly constructed schools that collapsed in last month's earthquake.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:59 am
(Kyodo) _ Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday to discuss major issues to be taken up at the Group of Eight summit next month in Hokkaido. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
BBC correspondent Aleem Maqbool looks back at his first year in Ramallah, an oasis of almost-calm in the West Bank. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:57 am
Wall Street headed for a narrowly mixed opening Tuesday as investors awaited a speech from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the U.S. economy. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:56 am
LONDON (AFP) - Irish low-cost airline Ryanair said Tuesday that net profit jumped by a fifth to a record 481 million euros (749 million dollars) in 2007-08 despite surging jet fuel costs. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:56 am
The death toll from a week of torrential rain across Sri Lanka has risen to 17 and more than 253,000 people have been driven from their homes, the island's disaster management centre said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:53 am
Opposition lawmakers expressed fears Tuesday that Hong Kong police will restrict protests during the Olympics equestrian competition after they removed a pro-Tibet protester during the territory's leg of the Olympic torch relay. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:52 am
PROVINCETOWN - A team of rescuers successfully removed a 150-foot length of rope that was tangled around the tail of a humpback whale calf.
A spokeswoman for the Provincetown...
Technical problems plagued stock exchanges in large parts of the Nordics for a second day Tuesday, postponing market openings in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Baltic countries for between three and five hours. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:49 am
Homeowners who don't mow their grass in the northeast Ohio city of Canton now face stiffer penalties — including possible jail time. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
(Kyodo) _ China said Tuesday it will temporarily suspend the 15-day visa-free access for ordinary passport holders from Singapore from July 1. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:44 am
Venezuela's new intelligence law provokes a backlash from human rights groups who say it threatens civil liberties. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that "no wise nation" would pursue nuclear weapons but his country will continue to develop its nuclear program for peaceful purposes.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:39 am
Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that "no wise nation" would pursue nuclear weapons but his country will continue to develop its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. Ayatollah Ali... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:39 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Investigators reviewed video and picked through debris Tuesday as Denmark's intelligence service said al-Qaida or a terror affiliate was likely behind a car bomb that exploded outside its embassy in Pakistan, killing six people.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:31 am
President Google for Europe, Middle East and Africa and vice president Google UK, believes that the web economy will evolve just like the print economy - and that means people will pay for content online, writes Stephen Brook. The business model on the web is going to be no different to the business model today," Arora tells the audience Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:31 am
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Shoulder-fired missiles, the meanest weapons in the “small arms” category, keep falling into the wrong hands, despite the U.S.& Russia’s attempts to keep them away from terrorists. Could more militants, from Iran to China to North Korea, be next in line at the black market? Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:29 am
A Japanese mob boss and another man said to have gang ties each donated $100,000 after their transplants. The university claimed the gifts had "absolutely no bearing" on the surgeries. UCLA's actions drew attention Friday from a leading U.S. senator, Charles Grassley of Iowa, who said he was "worried about the credibility of the transplant system." Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:27 am
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The American general who led the ground invasion of Iraq took command of the 40-nation NATO-led campaign in Afghanistan on Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - An older sports writer who covered the Lakers back in the day excitedly asked Phil Jackson on Sunday as preparations began for the first Lakers-Celtics...
World leaders are meeting at the United Nations food conference in Rome on Tuesday to deal with rising food prices. The U.N. says more than 800 million people are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, and many more are at risk. The three-day food summit is at risk of being overshadowed by the attendance of controversial leaders: Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Southern California city of Malibu has decided to do something about the paparazzi. City officials have asked former independent counsel Kenneth Starr for input on an ordinance outlawing paparazzi stalking. Starr is dean of Pepperdine University's law school. The ACLU says the ordinance raises First Amendment conflicts.
The popular Bratz dolls have been taking the spotlight away from Barbie in recent years. Now, Barbie is taking the Bratz to court. Mattel, maker of Barbie, is suing the company that owns Bratz, saying a Mattel employee came up with the idea. Host Renee Montagne talks about the trial with Nicholas Casey of the Wall Street Journal.
Sen. Edward Kennedy is recovering from brain surgery at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina. Doctors removed part of a malignant brain tumor Monday after the Massachusetts lawmaker was diagnosed two weeks ago. His surgeon has called the procedure a success.
What is going to grow in popularity or improve dramatically in the next four years? From cloud computing to augmented reality, the possibilities are intriguing. Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:58 am
Humans can see into the future, says a cognitive scientist. It's nothing like the alleged predictive powers of Nostradamus, but we do get a glimpse of events one-tenth of a second before they occur. Source: Digg | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:54 am
Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Asif is detained at Dubai airport on suspicion of carrying illegal drugs. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:52 am
Two Spanish men are held in The Gambia accused of making homosexual advances to taxi drivers, police say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:52 am
A Greek mayor defies the threat of prosecution to carry out the country's first gay "marriages". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:49 am
Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday rejected a suspension of the federal gasoline tax as proposed by his party's presumptive presidential nominee, Sen. John McCain. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:41 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fire that burned through a large swath of the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot during the weekend was accidentally sparked by workers using heating tools on a film set, fire officials said on Monday.
WUFU, China (Reuters) - The largest "quake lake" formed by China's most devastating earthquake in decades is not expected to start draining until Thursday due to a lack of rain, the government said.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will press ahead with its nuclear program, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Tuesday, making clear the Islamic Republic would not bow to Western pressure and halt sensitive atomic work.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vows that his country will continue with its nuclear program, but says that he rejects nuclear weapons. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 3 Jun 2008 | 9:00 am
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. General David McKiernan took command of around 50,000 troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan on Tuesday, pledging that anyone who stood in the way of security would be dealt with.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's president suggested Tuesday that his country would seek to ban imports of U.S. beef from older cattle amid a public backlash against his government over fears of mad cow disease.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 8:23 am
Chinese police dragged away more than 100 parents Tuesday while they were protesting the deaths of their children in poorly constructed schools that collapsed in last month's earthquake.
YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar denied Tuesday any delays to cyclone aid, but the United Nations said the operation to help 2.4 million survivors is still moving too slowly a month after the deadly storm. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 7:39 am
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and it's not clear what the military junta is doing to help them, the United Nations said Tuesday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 7:38 am
Soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who are recovering at Fort Benning, Ga., say the barracks' proximity to the sound of gunfire only aggravates their disorder.
A car bomb blast next to Denmark's embassy in Islamabad has killed at least six people, wounded dozens and threatened to heighten Western pressure on Pakistan to stop striking peace deals with militants.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea presents a serious security threat and U.S. forces in South Korea are ready to respond quickly and decisively to counter any attack, the U.S. defense secretary and military leaders said on Tuesday.
The mayor of Karachi, Pakistan, is a player in a brutal political game: the fight for control of one of the world's most crowded cities. Syed Mustafa Kamal says he wants to reshape his sprawling, dirty city. He must overcome a legacy of bad government — and violence.
PERTH - A Perth family found a brown paper bag containing A$10,000 ($12,285) in cash on their front lawn.
They handed the money to police, who are now trying to a find out who it belongs to.
The man who found the money took... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 4:39 am
NEW DELHI - A happily married couple in northern India got the shock of their lives when they learnt they had divorced 10 years ago, the Times of India reported on Tuesday.
Meena Verma, a mother of two children, tried to file a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 4:27 am
HONG KONG (AFP) - Wireless telecom provider China Unicom will take over fixed-line operator China Netcom in a share swap valued at 56 billion dollars, Unicom officials have said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 3:51 am
A man jailed for stealing a pet goat and killing it during a satanic ritual on a Brisbane church altar will be released next week after successfully appealing his sentence.
Scott Peter Romano, 28, of the Brisbane suburb of Runcorn,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:23 am
LONDON (AFP) - Britain has pledged six billion pounds (7.6 billion euros, 11.8 billion dollars) to improve health services and systems in developing countries in a bid to combat AIDS. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:17 am
CHICAGO (AFP) - An experimental vaccine designed to treat the most common and deadly brain tumor has more than doubled the survival of patients, according to results of a small clinical study. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:16 am
DA'AN - Aid has finally come to Da'an, a tiny village in China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan province, but the help is at the bottom of the mountain and Zhao Mifang lives at the top.
"I can't go down there! If I go down the mountain,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:15 am
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading backer of presidential contender Barack Obama, had successful surgery on Monday to remove a malignant brain tumor and should suffer "no permanent neurological effects," his surgeon said.
LOS ANGELES - A fire that burned through a large swath of the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot during the weekend was accidentally sparked by workers using heating tools on a film set, fire officials said on Monday.
The blaze... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 2:10 am
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistani Taliban militants likely carried out a suicide attack on the Danish embassy in Islamabad in revenge for controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, officials said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 3 Jun 2008 | 1:28 am
ROME - The Italian and UN hosts of a UN crisis summit on rising food prices left the presidents of Zimbabwe and Iran off the guest list of a ceremonial dinner for the leaders attending the meeting.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 1:08 am
MONTERREY - A car has ploughed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others, police said today.
The 28-year-old driver was apparently drunk and fell asleep when he crashed into... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 1:05 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- A panel of auditors said Monday it found no evidence that a U.N. anti-poverty program in North Korea knew of any counterfeiting, money laundering or other improper financial dealings linked to U.N. money.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:11 am
SYDNEY - A top criminal investigator with the NSW Crime Commission could face life imprisonment over an alleged multi-million dollar international drug syndicate.
Mark Standen, 51, an assistant director with the commission and... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 3 Jun 2008 | 12:10 am
CINCINNATI - The man who designed the Pringles potato crisp packaging system was so proud of his accomplishment that a portion of his ashes has been buried in one of the iconic tall, circular cans.
Fredric J. Baur, of Cincinnati,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Jun 2008 | 11:11 pm
A train slammed into a bus carrying schoolchildren at a railroad crossing in the French Alps on Monday, killing seven children and injuring 24 people, regional officials said.
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that a remote building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike was a nuclear reactor built secretly with North Korean help, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8 a.m. EDT | 2 Jun 2008 | 8:43 pm
LONDON - Britain's Foreign Office says it is reviewing the knighthood given to Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.
Then-Prime Minister John Major made Mugabe an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1994 when Mugabe... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 2 Jun 2008 | 8:42 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.
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 | 5:57 pm
Queen Elizabeth is said to be voicing concern that Middleton doesn't have a career yet. Royals watchers says it's come to be known as "the Kate problem," as long-running speculation continues over when -- and whether -- the couple will get engaged.
Beijing Olympic organizers have issued an apology for the language used to describe disabled athletes in a manual compiled for thousands of volunteers.
A shark ripped off the right hand of a teenager swimming along the coast of northeastern Brazil, fire department officials said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:27 pm
International monitors said Monday that serious violations marred a national election in Macedonia that gave the center-right government a landslide victory. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 5:25 pm
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
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad predicted that Muslims would uproot 'satanic powers' and reaffirmed his prediction that the Jewish state will soon be wiped off the map, the Agence France-Presse news agency reported Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 4:53 pm
Police say a dozen students and one teacher have been injured by an explosion in a high school chemistry class in central Germany. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 3:08 pm
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 Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Jun 2008 | 1:51 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
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
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.
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.
World food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Tuesday.
AFP - An international summit on the global food price crisis opened in Rome on Tuesday with UN chief Ban Ki-moon calling for a 50 percent rise in world food production by 2030.
AP - World food production must rise by 50 percent by 2030 to meet increasing demand, U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told world leaders Tuesday at a summit grappling with hunger and civil unrest caused by food price hikes.
Reuters - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end
their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with
two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the
nomination and push Clinton from the race.
AP - Tatum O'Neal has told a newspaper that she was distraught over the loss of her dog when she went looking to buy drugs from a Manhattan street dealer last weekend.
AP - Shuttle Discovery's astronauts geared up for the first spacewalk of their mission Tuesday and the installation of Japan's giant lab to the international space station.
AP - Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the third year in a row Tuesday by completing a fourth-round victory over Victoria Azarenka, 6-2, 6-3.
AP - As General Motors Corp. prepares for its annual shareholders meeting on Tuesday, workers across the country are worried that the next round of the company's restructuring could cost them jobs or even their factories.
AP - Stephen Colbert, the host of his own Comedy Central show, Emmy winner, faux presidential candidate and best-selling author, added to that esteemed collection an award from Princeton University: "The Great Princeton Class of 2008 Understandable Vanity Award."
AP - Not so fast Motor City. The Detroit Red Wings' road to the Stanley Cup has another stop to make. Against all odds, the Pittsburgh Penguins stayed alive in the Stanley Cup finals with a 4-3 victory in Game 5 that ended on Petr Sykora's goal 9:57 into the third overtime Monday night.
Comment by Dr. Frank Ackerman, Economist Tufts University & Stockholm Environment Institute
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, the United Nations said Tuesday.
A car plowed into a bike race along a highway near the U.S.-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.
Chinese police dragged away more than 100 parents Tuesday while they were protesting the deaths of their children in poorly constructed schools that collapsed in last month's earthquake.
Soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder who are recovering at Fort Benning, Ga., say the barracks' proximity to the sound of gunfire only aggravates their disorder.