JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel edged closer on Thursday to an early election over corruption allegations against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after a key coalition partner voiced support for legislation that would force a ballot.
Afghanistan's president appealed to world donors Thursday for massive, long-term aid for police, road-building and agriculture to help make his country safer and his countrymen less hungry. Source: News:
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Rinca Island in Indonesia - This Komodo dragon-infested spot is where three British divers who got caught in a rip tide washed up last week. Far from being "misunderstood" reptiles who only "occasionally" attack humans, the Rinca dragons engage in what must be the vilest animal practices ever witnessed by man. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:22 pm
AT&T's plan to subsidize the next iPhone is almost certain to boost the No. 1 U.S. service provider's customer growth and revenue from data services like Web surfing. But in return, it appears to be taking a much bigger upfront risk than Apple. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:22 pm
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan released footage Thursday of a skirmish with militants that Pakistan claims resulted in an airstrike on one of its border posts that killed 11 of its troops.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:21 pm
New research says the spicy preservative that gives Chinese food like Peking duck and pickled tofu their red colour can cut cancer by two thirds....The tomato paste on your pizza is said to help beat sunburn and wrinkles....A night at the Indian, go for tomato-based curries with chicken, veg or lentils rather than red meat.....Japanese, Sushi and Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:21 pm
AP - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan released footage Thursday of a skirmish with militants that Pakistan claims resulted in an airstrike on one of its border posts that killed 11 of its troops.
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Thursday as the dollar strengthened and after a five-dollar gain in response to a US government report that showed American crude reserves dipped for a fourth week running. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:21 pm
Barack Obama's presidential campaign said Wednesday that Jim Johnson, the head of Obama's vice-presidential selection team, resigned. Presumptive GOP presidential nominee John McCain has said Johnson was the type of Washington insider the Illinois senator promised to campaign against.
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese community in Britain is relieved after the government watered down a new English language requirement for foreign nationals coming to work in the country. The... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:17 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The first lock and dam on the upper Mississippi River closed to barge traffic on Thursday due to flood conditions that have destroyed homes and thousands of acres of corn and soybeans, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Belgian brewer InBev is offering a big payday to shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., but its bid to create the world’s largest beer company is already facing a major obstacle.
TOKYO, June 12 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) The ruling bloc-dominated House of Representatives approved on Thursday a resolution of confidence in Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's Cabinet Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
In July, the Dutch government will introduce a nationwide smoking ban in bars, cafes and restaurants, aimed at protecting workers. It will also make life a lot harder for the country's infamous coffee shops, where customers will only be allowed to smoke pure cannabis... Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:10 pm
BEICHUAN, China (Reuters) - Anguished parents on Thursday marked one month since China's devastating earthquake, demanding answers about flattened schools and begging forgiveness from dead children buried under the rubble.
Oil prices eased Thursday as the dollar gained strength, though traders awaited the next price surge amid persistent global supply concerns. Source: News:
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Reuters - Donors led by the United States pledged
more than $15.54 billion in aid for Afghanistan on Thursday but
said Kabul must do more to fight corruption and the
international assistance must be better coordinated.
PARIS (Reuters) - Donors led by the United States pledged more than $15.54 billion in aid for Afghanistan on Thursday but said Kabul must do more to fight corruption and the international assistance must be better coordinated.
(Kyodo) _ Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has assured Japanese Ambassador to Iraq Kenjiro Monji that the nation's security conditions, domestic politics, economy as well as foreign... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:07 pm
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY REACTION) The Dalai Lama said Thursday he is optimistic about future talks with the Chinese government and that he expects a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:05 pm
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) - Tornadoes killed four people at a boy scout camp in Iowa and two others in Kansas late on Wednesday as more than 30 twisters ripped through the Midwest, rescue officials said.
BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official will visit Beijing's often bitter political rival Taiwan later this year, state media said on Thursday, as the two sides sat down to their first formal talks in almost a decade.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO) The Supreme Court on Thursday overruled a high court order for public broadcaster NHK and two TV production companies to pay 2 million yen in damages to a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:02 pm
ROME (AP) -- President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend, the charismatic Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Rome. That's not what was found on the streets, however, where anti-Bush sentiment over the war in Iraq still lingers.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:01 pm
AP - President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend, the charismatic Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Rome. That's not what was found on the streets, however, where anti-Bush sentiment over the war in Iraq still lingers.
AP - Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister.
AP - Wall Street looked to open higher Thursday amid enthusiasm for a $46 billion takeover bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. and ahead of a report on retail sales.
AP - The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty.
Reuters - Zimbabwe police arrested the opposition
MDC's secretary general as he arrived in the country on
Thursday, in the latest move against the party ahead of a June
27 presidential run-off vote, party officials said.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe police arrested the opposition MDC's secretary general as he arrived in the country on Thursday, in the latest move against the party ahead of a June 27 presidential run-off vote, party officials said.
BEIJING (AFP) - China and Taiwan agreed on Thursday to set up their first ever offices in each others' territories, as they began historic talks aimed at consolidating a dramatic rapprochement and building trade ties. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:58 am
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.
AP - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: The man on trial himself.
AP - A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
A ban on bikinis at the city pool is expected to be revised, ending a short-lived prohibition on the popular two-piece pool attire. But that does not mean that lifting the G-rating is going to lead to poolside G-strings. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH END OF TALKS) North Korea stated its position on the past abductions of Japanese nationals by its agents in talks with Japan on Thursday in Beijing, and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:54 am
A new study on counter-insurgency in Afghanistan says Pakistan's government has been providing support for some militant groups on the Afghan border, and that the groups have used information about U.S. forces to their advantage.
(Kyodo) _ Japan will participate in an international conference to be held in Saudi Arabia later this month to address the question of soaring crude oil prices, vice trade minister Takao... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:43 am
(Kyodo) _ Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin has indicated that the new government under President Dmitry Medvedev will promote economic liberalization including privatization of Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:41 am
(Kyodo) _ The Chinese government said Thursday it is still not safe for foreign journalists to visit Tibet, nearly three months after riots broke out in the region. Foreign Ministry... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:39 am
Negotiators from China and Taiwan agree to host representative offices, in their first formal talks for a decade. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:36 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's top trade official said Thursday he would travel to the United States to seek restrictions on American beef shipped to his country in a bid to soothe anti-government protesters.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:35 am
Israeli forces shoot two Palestinian militants near a border crossing with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, medics say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:32 am
Thousands of tourists watched last summer as archaeologists, working in the shadow of Independence Hall, unearthed remnants of the home where George Washington lived with his wife and several slaves. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:29 am
(Kyodo) _ Maoist ministers in Nepal's interim government tendered their resignations Thursday to Maoist party chairman Prachanda, a senior Maoist leader said. Maoist lawmaker Barsha... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:28 am
A sexual harassment lawsuit against radio personality Wendy Williams claims her husband dominated her workplace, physically abused her and repeatedly propositioned an employee. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:26 am
An obscenity trial in the US has been suspended after the judge acknowledged that his own website featured sexually explicit images. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Taiwan and China agreed Thursday for the first time ever to set up permanent offices in each others' territories as the two sides met for their first formal talks in more than a decade, an official with one of the delegations said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:20 am
At least 14 Republican members of Congress have refused to endorse or publicly support Sen. John McCain for president, and more than a dozen others declined to answer whether they back the Arizona senator. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:20 am
A search and rescue mission continued in western Iowa on Thursday after a tornado swept through a Boy Scout camp overnight, killing at least four boys and injuring 48 others. The powerful storm struck at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch, where about 93 Scouts and 25 staffers were camping.
An aspiring model who was rejected by leading model agencies for being a size 12 has beaten 200 other girls to be crowned Miss London. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
The U.S. Embassy in the tiny port nation of Djibouti, a key U.S. ally in the Horn of Africa, warned American citizens against traveling near the border with Eritrea after the two countries exchanged fire. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
Britain's biggest greenhouse complex is under construction in Kent.When it is complete it will include seven 140-metre long glasshouses covering a 220-acre site.Using the latest technologies the computer-controlled Thanet Earth complex will have the capacity to grow salad vegetables which will be picked continuously 52-weeks per year. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's opposition party says a top aide to its presidential candidate has been arrested upon returning to the country.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:11 am
Taiwan and China have agreed for the first time ever to set up permanent offices in each others' territories as the two sides met for their first formal talks in more than a decade, an official with one of the delegations says.
Officials say all five ministers from the Nepal's main communist party have quit the interim Cabinet. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:05 am
Two big development groups say they will invest in new roads and develop new technologies to boost Africa's agriculture. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
A spokesman for Somalia's president says Islamic insurgents fired mortars at the airport as the president was preparing to fly out. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:57 am
Opera 9.5 with new browser engine, Opera link (sync bookmarks, Speed Dial and notes), content search, new skin, strengthened defense against malware and phishing & more. Source: Digg | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:55 am
Thornburg Mortgage Inc. said Thursday it swung to a $3.31 billion loss in the first quarter, and expects loan delinquencies to continue to increase "modestly" for the rest of the year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:48 am
JUYUAN, China (AP) -- Police cordoned off schools destroyed in China's devastating earthquake one month ago Thursday, apparently on alert for protests by parents demanding investigations into whether shoddy construction played a role in their children's deaths.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:42 am
Portuguese hauliers make a deal to end a strike against rising fuel prices, but action by Spanish colleagues continues. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
Democrats say the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military. So what have the Democrats done about it? Nothing, really.
An investigation is launched after six people are killed while working inside a water purification tank in Sicily. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:33 am
Police say a 28-year-old American has died after falling off a boat near a popular Hong Kong beach during an annual festival. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:30 am
Afghanistan's president appeals for $50bn in aid, amid concerns about how funds are spent as donors meet in Paris. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:30 am
A former Bangladeshi prime minister left for the U.S. on Thursday for medical treatment a day after she was released from jail pending a corruption trial, a party leader said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:29 am
Tens of thousands of heavy trucks are threatening to cause havoc in the Thai capital while fishermen have begun burning their boats in nationwide protests against soaring prices of fuel and other essentials, protesters said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:26 am
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Ethiopia's government is committing war crimes in its military campaign against rebels in the Ogaden region, a rights group charged Thursday in a report that complained the U.S. and other Western governments willfully ignored abuses.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:21 am
An Iranian boy aged 17 has been hanged, in violation of UN charters and official pledges not to execute minors. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:20 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military on Thursday blamed Shiite militia fighters for a bombing the day before that killed six Iraqi civilians and wounded nine other people, including two American soldiers in Baghdad.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:09 am
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops killed two Palestinian militants Thursday in a new outbreak of violence in the Gaza Strip as a key Israeli envoy headed to Egypt to negotiate a cease-fire with the Hamas militant group.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:05 am
PARIS (AFP) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday sought 50 billion dollars to rebuild his country at an international aid conference expected to raise more than 15 billion dollars to launch his campaign. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:02 am
With the unemployment rate rising to 5.5 percent in May, Congress tried to pass a bill extending unemployment benefits Wednesday. But the measure failed under expedited procedures. Democratic leaders say they will try again Thursday under regular rules.
The Nixon Presidential Library in California hosts a "pingpong diplomacy" rematch between Chinese and American players in honor of the historic 1971 and '72 matches. Those games helped to open relations between the United States and China and pave the way for President Nixon's visit to the communist nation. Co-host Renee Montagne talks with Margaret MacMillan, author of Nixon and Mao: The Week That Changed the World.
The U.S. Open Championship kicks off Thursday at Torrey Pines in San Diego. Star players Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are among the first to tee off. Co-host Steve Inskeep talks to Commentator John Feinstein about what to expect in this year's championship.
Britain's House of Commons voted Wednesday to increase the period of time a terrorism suspect may be held without charges — from 28 days to 42 days. Opposition groups, civil rights campaigners and dissident members of the ruling party are outraged.
Truck drivers in Spain have been protesting the rising cost of fuel. The strike has left gas stations without fuel and supermarket shelves empty. Now the protests have turned violent.
DUBLIN (AFP) - Irish voters are voting Thursday in a knife edge referendum on the EU reform treaty which threatens to plunge the 27-nation bloc into new crisis if it is rejected. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:42 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Thursday dismissed accusations from two United States lawmakers that it had hacked their office computers as alarmist and unfounded.
TOKYO (Reuters) - A 25-year-old factory worker arrested over the killing of seven people in a frenzied attack on a crowd of shoppers in Tokyo has told police he wanted someone to stop him, Japanese media said on Thursday.
The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan has released video from a drone that shows missile strikes hitting alleged militants who had attacked Afghan forces. Pakistan says the barrage of missile strikes fell on its soil, and killed 11 of its soldiers.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama hopes postponed talks between China and his envoys will resume next month, he said on Thursday, adding he supported China's desire for stability but that it must come "from the heart not the gun".
Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives. Source: News:
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WASHINGTON - Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has opened the general election campaign with a six-point lead over Republican John McCain, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released today.
Obama,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:00 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astronomers will get a chance to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays and look deeper into the universe and its origins after NASA launched the high-tech GLAST telescope into orbit . Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 7:48 am
KABUL (AFP) - The US-led coalition in Afghanistan on Thursday deflected accusations that it killed 11 Pakistani soldiers in an air strike, releasing video footage which it says shows its forces targeting insurgents. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 12 Jun 2008 | 7:38 am
LONDON (AP) -- The British government says a senior intelligence official in the Cabinet office has been suspended after secret government documents were left on a commuter train.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:22 a... | 12 Jun 2008 | 7:34 am
SYDNEY - A millionaire-turned-Buddhist monk will plead guilty to growing hydroponic cannabis at the back of his Sydney laundrette, a court has been told.
Jose Maria Sanz-Tonnelier, 63, today pleaded guilty to one charge of supplying... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 5:11 am
The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, third from left, together with Armed Forces Chief Gen. Alexander Yano, left, salute the troops, who are dressed as revolutionaries, during a flag-raising ceremony... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 2:23 am
SYDNEY - A woman became trapped in an air-conditioning duct while trying to escape custody at Sydney Police Centre, police say.
The Police Rescue Squad freed the 22-year-old woman, who was wedged inside the duct, about 6.45pm (2045... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 1:08 am
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a press conference at the Olympic Park in Sydney Thursday, June 12, 2008. The Dalai Lama is in Sydney until June 15. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:45 am
In this April 13, 2008 file photo, Daniel Craig arrives at the world premiere of "Flashbacks of a Fool" at a cinema in central London. (AP Photo/Nathan Strange, file) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:38 am
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a press conference at the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, June 12, 2008. The Dalai Lama is in Sydney until June 15. (AP Photo/Mark Baker) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:21 am
A Pakistani tribesman from Mohmand tribal region, who was injured in a clash between Afghan forces and Taliban militants, talks with his relatives at a local hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:34 pm
In this photo released by NASA and taken by the Phoenix Mars Lander's surface stereo imager on Saturday, June 8, 2008, the two trenches dug by Phoenix's robotic arm are shown on the surface of Mars. Soil... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:22 pm
Workers clean oil from a beach as an oil covered sea lion lies dead off the coast of Piriapolis, Uruguay, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. An undetermined amount of fuel oil was released into the ocean after... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 11:05 pm
Artist Filemon Trevino, 38, poses with his 411-meter-long (1,350-foot) drawing called "Electrocardiograma Artistico 411" at the Regiomontana University in Monterrey, Mexico, Friday, March 14, 2008. Trevino... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:48 pm
The 19-year-old daughter of Austria's multiple rape and incest offender Josef Fritzl has had an emotional reunion with her family after waking from the seven-week coma she lapsed into following her escape from lifelong imprisonment... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:33 pm
Jorge Uribe, 38, one of nine survivors of a plane crash arrives at the airport of Puerto Montt after being rescued in southern Chile, Wednesday, June 11, 2008. A Cessna Caravan missing for four days in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 10:23 pm
US first lady Laura Bush waves from inside a car as she leaves the Lafayette Escadrille Monument in Marnes la Coquette, outside Paris France, Wednesday June 11, 2008. Laura Bush is in France for a four-day... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 11 Jun 2008 | 9:54 pm
Prime Minister C publicly apologized to native Canadians on for the longtime government policy of taking aboriginal children away from their families and cultures.
Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even more ancient site of Christian worship. But outside experts expressed caution about the claim.
Ten thousand pregnant cyclone survivors are in urgent need of proper care in Myanmar, a U.N. expert said, as relief agencies again raised concerns about the junta's willingness to accept foreign aid.
Thousands of truckers went on a half-day strike in Thailand yesterday demanding government help against rising fuel prices, the latest in a series of protests that have swept across the globe.
In Europe, two truck drivers were... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
Eight years after bashing the Clinton Administration for squandering United States resources on "nation building" around the world, Condoleezza Rice is singing a different tune.
Then, as the chief foreign policy adviser for Republican... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
When fire engulfed the front of the jetliner, Abdel-Menem Hassanein and his wife were seated at the back - and to their horror, the flight attendant could not open the rear exit.
President Bush says diplomacy is still his first choice to solve the nuclear standoff with Iran, but "all options are on the table." He seems to have Germany's backing for new sanctions if Iran's leaders remain "obstinate."
The United Nations environment agency unveiled a new atlas yesterday that shows what the agency says are the dramatic effects of climate change on Africa.
The nearly 400-page long publication features more than 300 satellite images... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
Authorities say they have found the wreck of a single-engine plane missing for four days in southern Chile - and there are several survivors among the 10 people aboard.
Spain got tough with striking truckers who have disrupted food and fuel supplies, deploying riot police to lift blockades of a border crossing with France and a major highway outside Madrid and making dozens of arrests.
The Christie's auction of some items owned by the granddaughter of the late Aristotle Onassis is expected to fetch some $15 million, says Richard Roth.
Investigators examined the scorched hull of a jetliner Wednesday to determine what caused the plane to veer off a runway and burst into flames, killing at least 30 people, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:35 pm
The partner of attempted bomber Hussain Osman, whose bomb failed to go off at a London train station, was convicted of not informing police of her husband's plans for 'carnage and murder' two weeks after the July 7 transit attacks that killed 52 people. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:35 pm
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with the United States over what it called an unprovoked and cowardly air strike by US forces in Afghanistan that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers at a border post.
They died in the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:30 pm
One of the offspring of an Austrian man who kept his daughter confined to a basement for decades and fathered her seven children has been reunited with her family and is expected to make a good recovery, doctors and a lawyer said Wednesday. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:20 pm
Senator Barack Obama is considering former top Pentagon leaders among his possible running mates, which would address his lack of foreign policy experience and balance the military bonafides of a Republican ticket led by war hero... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:15 pm
WASHINGTON - A former CEO leading Barack Obama's search for a vice presidential candidate resigned abruptly after questions about his home mortgage deals became a distraction for a presidential candidate who argues he is not influenced... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 11 Jun 2008 | 5:00 pm
Greek authorities say they will evacuate a hospital in the western city of Patras that was damaged in last weekend's earthquake. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 4:37 pm
Evacuees returned to their homes Wednesday after Chinese officials found that an earthquake-formed lake was no longer a flood threat. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 3:51 pm
Afghan officials say they have discovered a record 236 tons of marijuana in a raid in southern Afghanistan. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 2:40 pm
Israel on Wednesday put off plans to invade the Gaza Strip to give Egyptian peace efforts a chance to work; meanwhile, a 6-year-old girl was decapitated by an Israeli shell fired at Gaza militants. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 1:55 pm
An abandoned Boeing 727 airplane that has been sitting at Hanois Noi Bai airport since late 2007 has Vietnamese authorities scratching their heads. Source: FOXNews.com | 11 Jun 2008 | 12:54 pm
HOUSTON - Space shuttle Discovery pulled away from the international space station on Wednesday, ending a nine-day visit highlighted by the installation of a new Japanese...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Officials said Wednesday a sandbagged levee was preventing a swollen river from spilling its banks and flooding a northeastern Iowa city, but they asked...
NEW YORK - The first two games of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers series on ABC were more popular than any National Basketball Association finals since 2004, a boon...
HOLYOKE - Police have arrested a 13-year-old boy in connection with a nine-alarm fire that destroyed a historic Holyoke paper mill.
Lt. Michael Higgins says the boy, whose...
A blind Brighton man allegedly stabbed to death a woman in his home who may have been trying to give him his medication, police said.
Louis A. Marquez, 26, of Brighton...
1. Celtics lose
* Brilliant move by Jackson putting Bryant on Rondo
* 8-35 from Pierce and Garnett not getting it done
* When Roman Polanski got in trouble - he was at...
SAN DIEGO - If Angel Cabrera is smoking again this week at Torrey Pines Golf Course, it will be his golf game that's red-hot and not the Lucky Strikes and Camels.
The...
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Dutch office supplies distributor Corporate Express NV accepted a sweetened buyout offer Wednesday of about $2.7 billion from U.S. office supplies...
One climber died on Mount Rainier Tuesday morning and two others were suffering severe hypothermia and frostbite after being caught in a blizzard that forced them to spend...
Golf ball-sized blisters covered a Berea, Ky., toddler's shoulders when his mother retrieved the boy from his father's home Sunday, and police have charged his father...
AP - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan released footage Thursday of a skirmish with militants that Pakistan claims resulted in an airstrike on one of its border posts that killed 11 of its troops.
Four Boy Scouts were killed when a tornado tore through a camp in the remote hills of western Iowa, Gov. Chet Culver told TODAY on Thursday.
Belgian brewer InBev is offering a big payday to shareholders of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc., but its bid to create the world’s largest beer company is already facing a major obstacle.
Reuters - Donors led by the United States pledged
more than $15.54 billion in aid for Afghanistan on Thursday but
said Kabul must do more to fight corruption and the
international assistance must be better coordinated.
AP - President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend, the charismatic Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Rome. That's not what was found on the streets, however, where anti-Bush sentiment over the war in Iraq still lingers.
AP - Frightened Boy Scouts huddled in a shelter as a tornado tore through their western Iowa campground, killing four people and injuring 48 others who had little to no warning of the approaching twister.
AP - Wall Street looked to open higher Thursday amid enthusiasm for a $46 billion takeover bid for Anheuser-Busch Cos. and ahead of a report on retail sales.
AP - The percentage of underweight babies born in the U.S. has increased to its highest rate in 40 years, according to a new report that also documents a recent rise in the number of children living in poverty.
Reuters - Zimbabwe police arrested the opposition
MDC's secretary general as he arrived in the country on
Thursday, in the latest move against the party ahead of a June
27 presidential run-off vote, party officials said.
AP - Microsoft Corp. and Harrah's Entertainment Inc. introduced a high-tech interactive bar table Wednesday that lets patrons order drinks, watch YouTube videos, play touch-screen games and even flirt with each other.
AP - A total of 34 prosecution and defense witnesses have testified in R. Kelly's child pornography trial. As the case comes to a close, someone won't be taking the stand: The man on trial himself.
Democrats say the nation should be ashamed of its ban on gays serving openly in the military. So what have the Democrats done about it? Nothing, really.
Anti-war activists and hundreds of other demonstrators marched through the streets of the Italian capital as President Bush arrived on Wednesday.
While working-class white men were a focus of the primaries, women may be decisive factor this fall.
Washington Post: It'll be the San Diego Zoo when throngs gather to watch Tiger, Phil together
The Marine Corps said Wednesday it was expelling one Marine and disciplining another for their roles in a video showing a Marine throwing a puppy off a cliff while on patrol in Iraq.