US NAVAL BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY (AFP) - Five men accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks will appear in public for the first time in years Thursday at a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:38 pm
Reuters - Continental Airlines Inc said on
Thursday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5 percent of its
work force, and retire 67 older planes as it scales down in the
face of soaring fuel prices.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc said on Thursday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5 percent of its work force, and retire 67 older planes as it scales down in the face of soaring fuel prices.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister says the United Arab Emirates will name an ambassador to Baghdad next week.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:26 pm
The UN food summit, called in response to soaring prices, is to issue a declaration setting out plans for urgent action. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:21 pm
AP - Consumers stepped up their shopping in May after tax rebate checks hit mailboxes, giving many of the nation's retailers stronger than expected sales for the month. Still, there were signs that many people are still focusing on necessities such as food and gas. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:21 pm
AP - Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday it is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs that have pushed the airline industry into a "crisis."
Reuters - A Danish team has arrived in Pakistan
to work with agents investigating a suicide car-bomb attack on
Denmark's embassy which al Qaeda said it carried out in revenge
for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:15 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Danish team has arrived in Pakistan to work with agents investigating a suicide car-bomb attack on Denmark's embassy which al Qaeda said it carried out in revenge for the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her historic bid on Saturday to become the first female president. Still unclear is whether she will ultimately share the Democratic ticket with Barack Obama, her rival in a presidential quest for the ages.
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made
his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to inspect a
swelling "quake lake" as China looked to the future, planning
reconstruction of schools, homes and hospitals reduced to
rubble.
ROME (AP) -- Delegates in the closing hours of a three-day U.N. summit were trying to agree Thursday on a final document on how to tackle growing hunger and civil unrest sparked by skyrocketing prices of food and fuel.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to inspect a swelling "quake lake" as China looked to the future, planning reconstruction of schools, homes and hospitals reduced to rubble.
After a full season in the Garden, Kevin Garnett knows how to channel the peripheral energy he'll feel tonight.
He won't shut it out, and he won't allow...
A Palestinian girl is killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza launched after militants killed a civilian on an Israeli farm, medics say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 12:04 pm
WOBURN - Jury selection in the trial of a Waltham man charged with hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife's boyfriend has been completed.
Opening statements in...
TAUNTON - A soldier from Taunton has been killed in Iraq less than two weeks after returning from a short visit home.
Mayor Charles Crowley confirmed the death of Army...
Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep continues his reporting from one of the largest cities in the world as part of our series, "The Urban Frontier." In this segment, we meet two influential women in Karachi, Pakistan. Sabra Khadun supervises men digging a new sewer, and Purveen Rehman works as an architect and leader of a research center. Both women are breaking stereotypes in a male-dominated society.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Denmark shared a video of the suicide car bombing against its embassy in Islamabad with Pakistani investigators, as an Internet posting Thursday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:49 am
AP - Denmark shared a video of the suicide car bombing against its embassy in Islamabad with Pakistani investigators, as an Internet posting Thursday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO AT 10TH-12TH GRAFS) The Finance Ministry said Thursday a total of 383 ministry officials have admitted to receiving favors from taxi drivers when taking... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:43 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Hillary Clinton said she will bow out of her marathon campaign for the White House on Saturday, and throw her full support behind Democratic rival Barack Obama. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
AP - "Entertainment Tonight" aired a story about the birth of Angelina Jolie's twins despite being repeatedly told beforehand that the report was based on information from someone impersonating Jolie's assistant, according to documents and two people with knowledge of the exchange.
AFP - Hillary Clinton said she will bow out of her marathon campaign for the White House on Saturday, and throw her full support behind Democratic rival Barack Obama.
AP - Oil up the Winged Wheel, it's time for another victory parade. Hockeytown is home to the Stanley Cup again. For the fourth time in 11 seasons, the Detroit Red Wings are the Stanley Cup champions. They used experience and grit to knock out the young up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 of the finals.
(Kyodo) _ The United States released its annual report Thursday on 2008 trafficking in persons and placed Cambodia on the Tier 2 Watch List. The report, released by the U.S. Embassy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:35 am
ROME (Reuters) - A summit on the global food crisis was at risk of closing without a declaration of intent on Thursday because of squabbling over side issues.
Viewed as dangerous during the Cultural Revolution, piano playing is now very popular in China, as Petroc Trelawny discovers. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:32 am
MOSCOW (AFP) - The head of British-Russian energy company TNK-BP has been summoned by Russian authorities for questioning as part of a tax probe, the company said Thursday, amid a battle for control of the firm. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:25 am
Los Angeles based full-service branding, advertising and entertainment big ideas company comprised of egoless creative entrepreneurs taps into the Pulse of the Hollywood and Online Communities. The program is specifically designed to the online community to do what it does best - find new talent. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:22 am
(Kyodo) _ Economic ministers from the 30-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are set to wrap up their two-day meeting Thursday with a chairman's summary voicing... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:22 am
WASHINGTON - The tears on the bus turned to sobs as we passed the crowds of people around the Lincoln Memorial holding candles and lighters and singing "The Battle Hymn...
Forty years ago today, the dream died again. Robert Kennedy, gunned down in a Los Angeles hotel kitchen, clutched a rosary handed to him by a busboy as he bled from a head...
Continental Airlines is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs and an industry in "crisis." Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:16 am
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao says efforts to ease a swollen quake lake have reached a "critical moment". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:15 am
The European Parliament has called for the peacekeeping mandate for Russian troops in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia to be revised. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
BOSTON - The season started this way, so why shouldn't The Series, as well?
As a giant question mark matching a riddle against a mystery, no one capable of saying...
Trent Reznor offers another free download: A 'Tour Sampler' featuring songs from bands performing on the upcoming Nine Inch Nails tour. Included are tracks from A Place To Bury Strangers, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Crystal Castles, Deerhunter, and Nine Inch Nails. Once again, 100% free, high quality MP3s, DRM-free. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:10 am
The foreign minister of the Emirates visits the Iraqi capital Baghdad, the first from a Gulf Arab state to do so. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:10 am
Nasa scientists have said they could be on the verge of a breakthrough in their efforts to forecast earthquakes. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:08 am
Interesting, disturbing mix of pics -- many of hazardous electronic components & their end-use overseas, in poor countries, etc. Also, some of environmental and health-friendly methods of discarding, recycling them. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:06 am
BOSTON - As if there wasn't enough history in this colonial city and in this classic Lakers-Celtics rivalry, the opportunity to make more has arrived for Kobe Bryant...
Review and summary of the most important new features in Firefox 3 RC2, which should actually be the final version of Firefox 3. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:05 am
One day in the summer of 1971, my parents held hands, closed their eyes and jumped out of their conventional marriage into something strange and new. I was 9 years old at the time. We were halfway into the camping trip when the six of us kids realized our parents had mixed and matched: My father was in the tent with their mother. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:04 am
"Is it the real Cup?" Yes. "How much does it weigh?" 35 pounds. "What happens when it fills up with names?" The rings at the top come off and go to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Then we put a new ring on the bottom. So this year's winner will be on the cup for 62 years. Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:04 am
(Kyodo) _ The Finance Ministry said Thursday a total of 383 ministry officials have admitted to receiving favors from taxi drivers when taking rides home late at night on taxpayers'... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
A truck loaded with rockets exploded near the home of an Iraqi police general, wounding an additional 75. Three U.S. soldiers were killed in a separate attack north of the capital.
The EU's foreign policy chief is visiting Georgia and breakaway Abkhazia to try to defuse rising tensions. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
MIANYANG, China (AP) -- A strong aftershock struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province Thursday, as rising water levels in a lake caused by landslides in the massive May 12 temblor forced evacuations from downstream areas.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
PHILADELPHIA - NFL training camps won't open for another seven weeks, but most of the adding and subtracting is complete. What you see right now on the league's...
The head of the UK Conservative MEPs admits a "technical breach" of the rules on expenses. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:57 am
TOKYO, June 5 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING REMARKS BY FOREIGN MINISTER IN 8TH, 9TH GRAFS) Japan is considering sending a team of officials to Afghanistan to explore the possibility of... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:55 am
Political squabbling put a U.N. summit on the global food crisis at risk of closing on Thursday without a powerful declaration on how to stop millions more people going hungry.
An Israeli was killed on Thursday when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a kibbutz in southern Israel, the army and medics said, in an attack claimed by the armed wing of Hamas. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:51 am
A Turkish TV station is quoting a senior military commander as saying that Turkey and Iran have carried out coordinated strikes against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and four alleged confederates are brought before a Marine colonel presiding over their war-crimes tribunal.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:48 am
STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Swedish Finance Minister Mats Odell said Thursday that the government believed a 33-billion-euro (51-billion-dollar) bid for Swedish-Finnish operator TeliaSonera by France Telecom was too low. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:47 am
Protests broke out in India and Malaysia on Thursday as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries. With global oil prices... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Protests broke out in India and Malaysia on Thursday as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11, and four other suspects are to go on trial at Guantanamo Bay. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
The prime-time debut of Mixed Martial Arts last weekend was billed as "CBS EliteXC Saturday Night Fights," but buried beneath the tame, antiseptic title was a subliminal...
Police in Australia arrest 70 people in a major crackdown on images of child sex abuse posted on the internet. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:44 am
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change.
Turkmenistan has begun allowing private citizens to connect to the Internet, the latest sign that the reclusive Central Asian nation is opening up. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
TomTom sealed its arduous $4.3 billion takeover bid of digital mapmaker Tele Atlas NV, the Dutch navigational company said Thursday Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
(Kyodo) _ China strongly rejected Thursday a suggestion from the U.S. government that it should release all prisoners still held after the Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests in 1989. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
The folks at the New Zealand Book Council have created a truly ingenious way to read more at work. Read At Work turns your desktop into a full screen, realistic PC looking desktop with folders, start button, recycle bin, the works. All the folders contain writings of famous authors and New Zealand locals. Your boss won't know you're reading a book! Source: Digg | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
PITTSBURGH - Henrik Zetterberg was supposed to give Sidney Crosby a test.
Instead, he gave him a lesson.
Crosby may be the future of the league, but Zetterberg was present...
Chinese police have arrested 16 Tibetan Buddhist monks who were allegedly involved in a series of bombings after unrest swept the Himalayan region this spring, state media said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:38 am
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- An additional 10,000 troops are needed to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but European NATO partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia's defense minister said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:37 am
An additional 10,000 troops are needed to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but European NATO partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells into southern Israel on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three others on a communal farm near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:35 am
Hamas militants fired a barrage of mortar shells into southern Israel on Thursday, killing one person and wounding three others on a communal farm near the border with the Gaza Strip,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:35 am
Protests broke out in India and Malaysia on Thursday as consumers reacted angrily to sharp fuel price hikes that could undermine governments in both countries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:31 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition presidential candidate resumed campaigning Thursday, the morning after spending nine hours in police detention near the country's second main city, his party said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:30 am
VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- Iran is threatening to sue countries that it says have damaged its reputation and pushed to have U.N. Security Council involvement in its nuclear program.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:26 a... | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:26 am
Miscommunications, errors in judgment and policy violations led to the release of a domestic violence convict who later killed his estranged wife before taking his own life, an internal investigation has concluded. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:20 am
ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey's top court convened Thursday to decide whether to cancel a law allowing women to wear Islamic headscarves in universities, a ruling that could set off a chain reaction for the Islamist rooted governing party and prime minister. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:17 am
France Telecom said Thursday it had opened talks on a $42 billion takeover bid for TeliaSonera that would create the world's fourth-largest telecommunications operator. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:13 am
An additional 10,000 troops are needed to quell a Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in southern Afghanistan, but European NATO partners appear unwilling to deploy more soldiers, Australia's defense minister said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 5 Jun 2008 | 10:10 am
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is brought before a Marine colonel presiding over his war-crimes tribunal.
A new survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals how high school students are handling health issues, from drinking alcohol to smoking to sex.
Five men accused of helping organize the Sept. 11 attacks are being arraigned Thursday at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The group includes Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the attacks. NPR's Jackie Northam is in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
John McCain has been the presumptive Republican presidential nominee for a few months while the two Democratic candidates stole the spotlight in a drawn out battle for their party's nomination. Host Renee Montagne talks to NPR News Analyst Juan Williams about McCain's campaign strategy in a presidential race with presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
Host Renee Montagne reports on whether Hillary Clinton will end her race for the Democratic presidential nomination this weekend, and if she'll endorse Barack Obama. The Clinton campaign released a statement Wednesday night saying the senator would host an event Saturday in Washington and that she will "thank her supporters and express her support for Sen. Obama and party unity."
Members of the U.N. Security Council are in Sudan's Darfur region Thursday for a first-hand look at the conflict there. Five years of fighting have killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.
High fuel prices are causing airlines to make changes. United Airlines is the latest carrier to announce cutbacks in service. The company also said it's shutting down Ted — the discount carrier it launched in 2003.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - A court martial has acquitted a US Marine for his role in the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha in Iraq in 2005, the sixth man to be exonerated in the affair. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:50 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai returned to the campaign trail Thursday after his detention by police three weeks before a run-off election triggered international outrage. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:47 am
Memo to Sen. Obama: We asked an array of political insiders to offer their thoughts on the pros and cons of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Here is a summary of their responses.
EL FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan said on Thursday it was banning U.S. companies from working with international peacekeepers in Darfur and would not renew a contract held by a unit of U.S. defense firm Lockheed Martin Corp.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev waves to journalists during his arrival for a one day visit to Germany at the airport Tegel in Berlin on Thursday, June 5, 2008. Medvedev will meet German chancellor Angela... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:26 am
Marking World Environment Day, Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou displays a pair of reusable chopsticks during a pledge with the presidential staff to save more energy at the Presidential Office in Taipei,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:21 am
A 'no access' sign outside the Krsko nuclear plant in southern Slovenia is seen Thursday, June 5, 2008. A reactor at Slovenia's only nuclear power plant was shut down Wednesday after a water leak, but... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 9:16 am
The adjective 'historic' seems permanently attached to news media descriptions of Barack Obama's emergence as the presumptive Democratic nominee. But what do actual historians think?
As Pakistan marked the 10th anniversary of its first nuclear bomb test, Abdul Qadeer Khan has disavowed his confession to selling technology and know-how to Iran, North Korea and Libya.
In this Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007 file photo, an agriculture ministry official gives vaccination to a chicken during a campaign against bird flu in Badung on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Indonesia accused... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:59 am
A woman reads a magazine near posters for an issue of National Geographic magazine about China, in Beijing Thursday June 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Greg Baker) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:56 am
Studio artist Clare Galvin, right, puts the finishing touches to a new wax model of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on display at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, Thursday, June 5, 2008. (AP... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:53 am
A copy of the Global Times newspaper which features a front page article about U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, is seen in a store in Beijing Thursday June 5, 2008. The headline reads... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:39 am
A man reads the Global Times newspaper which features a front page article about U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama , in Beijing Thursday June 5, 2008. The headline reads "Obama smashes... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:33 am
A 5.3 magnitude aftershock has struck China's quake-battered Sichuan province amid concerns over rising water levels in a lake formed by landslides from the massive May 12 temblor.
Canadian singer Alanis Morissette performs on the main stage, during the Caribana Openair Festival, in Crans-sur-Nyon, Western Switzerland, Wednesday, June 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Keystone, Salvatore Di Nolfi) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:21 am
Studio artist Clare Galvin, left, puts the finishing touch to a wax model of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, on display at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in London, Thursday, June 5, 2008. (AP Photo... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 5 Jun 2008 | 8:20 am
At least one member of Congress has his knickers in a twist over the subject of ... panties. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 5 Jun 2008 | 7:42 am
For some black Americans, the impact of Sen. Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic presidential nomination reached into the improbable, registering as a shock inconsistent with a lifetime of experience.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will declare her strong support for Barack Obama's White House bid and rally supporters around him, she said in a letter on Thursday, drawing the curtain on a grueling 16-month nominating fight that badly split the Democratic Party.
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has detained a top activist comedian involved in a private aid effort for cyclone victims, a relative said, as U.S. warships sailed away on Thursday after the military junta refused to accept their aid offer.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine officer was acquitted by a military jury on Wednesday on charges he tried to cover up the shooting deaths of two dozen unarmed Iraqi men, women and children at Haditha in 2005.
The bride said she was a virgin. When her new husband discovered that was a lie, he went to court to annul the marriage - and a French judge agreed.
The ruling ending the Muslim couple's union has stunned France and raised concerns... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 4:33 am
Karachi is choked with people and getting more crowded all the time. Demand for housing has forced growth along the city's farthest reaches, where homes are built illegally and police are said to take money to look the other way.
TOPEKA, Kansas - There is increasing chatter surrounding two rising Democratic stars - both of them female, both of them governors, neither of them Hillary Rodham Clinton.
They are Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius and Arizona... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 3:49 am
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - As the Guantanamo war crimes court prepared to arraign five prisoners on death penalty charges of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, a Pentagon official apologized on Wednesday for excluding victims' families from the hearing.
SAN ANGELO - The polygamist sect raided by Texas authorities two months ago has its children back. But with a criminal investigation under way into allegations of sexual abuse, the splinter group's troubles are not over.
Child-welfare... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 2:30 am
Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis triggered a surge in women being screened for the disease, according to a new study.
But the University of Melbourne study found the increase in testing of women at... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 2:25 am
LOS ANGELES - Mendocino County's reputation as a marijuana haven of California may be going up in smoke.
Voters on Tuesday leaned toward repealing a law allowing home marijuana growing, according to preliminary results of a ballot... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 2:16 am
The bear, an adult male weighing around 250kg, was presumed to have swum to shore from drifting ice. The last time a polar bear came ashore in Iceland was in 1988.
Police Superintendent Stefan Vagn Stefansson said they shot the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:48 am
Conducted by motoring website carsguide.com.au , the internet survey was completed by 1,075 people, 98 per cent of whom don't own a hybrid, despite versions of the petrol-electric cars being on the market Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:42 am
A committal hearing into an alleged kidnapping of a Gold Coast man whose ears were severed has begun with a fiery outburst from the police officer in charge of the case.
David Holmes, 38, had his ears cut off in November last year,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:35 am
NSW Police Minister David Campbell says state police working with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to uncover a child pornography ring expect to make more arrests.
Seventy people - including a policeman, teachers and a sports... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:29 am
AMSTERDAM - A Dutch cyclists lobby group plans to teach people how to steal bikes after lessons it conducted in the big cities showed that bike owners became more security-conscious after taking the lessons.
"Someone specialised... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 5 Jun 2008 | 1:25 am
Canadian journalist and Afghanistan native Jawed Ahmad has been held as an enemy combatant in Afghanistan for more than six months without being charged, according to suit.
The Rev. Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, a Roman Catholic priest from Nicaragua will assume the one-year post. In his first "sermon" he spoke of love, politics and war.
Senate Democrats call for the party to unite behind Barack Obama. But some supporters of Hillary Clinton supporters urge giving her more time to come to terms with her loss.
The leader of Zimbabwe's opposition was detained by police for about nine hours amid ominous signs the government is tightening its grip on the country less than four weeks before a presidential runoff election.
Israel's fears that Iran could obtain nuclear weapons and the floundering effort to achieve peace in the Mideast are top agenda items for talks between Ehud Olmert and President Bush. But, Olmert's political downfall will likely be the top topic.
Rep. Rahm Emanuel, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, has thrown his support behind Sen. Barack Obama after remaining neutral throughout the primary race. Emanuel says Clinton has acknowledged Obama is the nominee.
Authors of Palestinian school textbooks took small steps toward softening portrayal of Israel under rule of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but progress was quickly reversed after the militant Islamic Hamas took over, according to a report. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:55 pm
In a bizarre publicity stunt, a Chinese doctor has pierced his head and torso with 2,008 needles in a patriotic fervor leading up to the Olympic Games in Beijing, The Daily Telegraph reported Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:37 pm
Chicago; Madrid, Spain; Tokyo; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil were picked as finalists for the 2016 Olympics, setting the stage for a high-profile bidding contest between candidates from the United States, Europe and Asia. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 5:35 pm
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer said Wednesday that progress is being made at a U.N. summit on determining the role that biofuels are playing in driving up food prices to the point of provoking riots in some countries. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 4:50 pm
The sex industry is expected to be blessed with an increase in customers thanks to the most unlikely of sources World Youth Day. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 4:46 pm
Tens of thousands gathered in Hong Kong with white candles to mourn those who died in the 1989 pro-democracy protests at Tiananmen Square and to urge the release of dozens still imprisoned for taking part in the protests 19 years ago. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 4:20 pm
A couple in Sweden is appealing a tax board's ruling that they must change the name of their 5-month-old daughter, Swedens The Local reported Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 3:52 pm
Chief Palestinian peace negotiator casts serious doubt on U.S. President George W. Bush's goal of brokering an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the end of the year, saying it would take a 'miracle' to wrap up an agreement. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 3:01 pm
Chinese police Wednesday blocked access to a school that collapsed in last month's massive earthquake, a day after breaking up a protest by parents of students who died in the disaster. Source: FOXNews.com | 4 Jun 2008 | 2:40 pm
Reuters - Continental Airlines Inc said on
Thursday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5 percent of its
work force, and retire 67 older planes as it scales down in the
face of soaring fuel prices.
AP - Continental Airlines Inc. said Thursday it is cutting 3,000 jobs and reducing capacity in the fourth quarter by 11 percent, citing record fuel costs that have pushed the airline industry into a "crisis."
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton will end her historic bid on Saturday to become the first female president. Still unclear is whether she will ultimately share the Democratic ticket with Barack Obama, her rival in a presidential quest for the ages.
Reuters - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made
his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to inspect a
swelling "quake lake" as China looked to the future, planning
reconstruction of schools, homes and hospitals reduced to
rubble.
AP - Denmark shared a video of the suicide car bombing against its embassy in Islamabad with Pakistani investigators, as an Internet posting Thursday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility and threatened more attacks.
AP - "Entertainment Tonight" aired a story about the birth of Angelina Jolie's twins despite being repeatedly told beforehand that the report was based on information from someone impersonating Jolie's assistant, according to documents and two people with knowledge of the exchange.
AFP - Hillary Clinton said she will bow out of her marathon campaign for the White House on Saturday, and throw her full support behind Democratic rival Barack Obama.
AP - Oil up the Winged Wheel, it's time for another victory parade. Hockeytown is home to the Stanley Cup again. For the fourth time in 11 seasons, the Detroit Red Wings are the Stanley Cup champions. They used experience and grit to knock out the young up-and-coming Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory in Game 6 of the finals.
Political squabbling put a U.N. summit on the global food crisis at risk of closing on Thursday without a powerful declaration on how to stop millions more people going hungry.
The military expects a confrontational hearing when the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is brought before a Marine colonel presiding over his war-crimes tribunal.
Memo to Sen. Obama: We asked an array of political insiders to offer their thoughts on the pros and cons of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Here is a summary of their responses.
The break in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s supposed firewall of superdelegates turned out to be one of the most important factors in her campaign.
The adjective 'historic' seems permanently attached to news media descriptions of Barack Obama's emergence as the presumptive Democratic nominee. But what do actual historians think?
As Pakistan marked the 10th anniversary of its first nuclear bomb test, Abdul Qadeer Khan has disavowed his confession to selling technology and know-how to Iran, North Korea and Libya.