The Grecian Yearning Diner in Allston may be gone, but its decades-long legacy will survive on the big screen.
The family-owned eatery was destroyed Tuesday in a four-alarm...
The YouTube Obama Girl is history. As far as rap fans are concerned, Nas just wrote the Democratic nominee's unofficial anthem.
"Black President" was leaked...
Patriarchs and monarchs, a winning combo!
Mayor Thomas M. Menino and his grandkids had a sneak peek of Franklin Park Zoo's Butterfly Landing yesterday afternoon...
(Kyodo) _ Following is one of main stories moving in the next few hours. -- N. Korea to look into abductions (4th Lead story, 100 lines) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:57 pm
Celtics captain Paul Pierce has been back home this week, in the city where he grew up, playing in the NBA Finals against a Los Angeles Lakers team he worshipped as a kid.
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The expectation was for a fairly grim existence from an offensive standpoint. But life without David Ortiz really hasn't been all that miserable for the Red Sox thus...
As the Red Sox boarded their charter plane for Cincinnati after their 9-2 victory last night, they could not be blamed if more than a few of them paused to look over their...
While it is not a rare occurrence for Boston firefighters to fight a blaze using their 76 foot vessel "Firefighter" and the BFD's Dive Team, it certainly is...
LOS ANGELES - Had you been forced to watch the one-sided and boring opening 24 minutes, you probably would have tuned out and missed one of the greatest comebacks and colossal...
LOS ANGELES - From in control to in charge to in orbit.
To in trouble?
Yes, to in trouble.
And now to this: The Lakers, barely an hour after opening a laughable 24-point...
Will Neil Entwistle's weeping and teeth gnashing in court help or hurt his defense?
It won't hurt, says one defense expert assisting the blog in interpreting...
Survivors of a plane crash who spent five days in freezing temperatures in Chile said they considered eating the pilot, a British newspaper reports. Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:38 pm
(Kyodo) _ A cross-country rally to demand the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf entered Islamabad on Friday. The protest started in Karachi on Monday and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:38 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan and Australia agreed Friday to stimulate their cooperation in stabilizing the financial markets in Asia, still affected by the global credit crunch as a result of the U.S. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:37 pm
Iraq's prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on proposals for a long-term security pact have reached an impasse over objections that Iraq's sovereignty is at stake, but held... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:20 pm
TOKYO, June 13 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING COMMENTS, MORE INFO) North Korea has promised to reinvestigate the issue of Japanese nationals abducted by its agents and has expressed readiness... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:19 pm
Inflation shot up in May at the fastest pace in six months, pushed higher by soaring costs for gasoline and other types of energy. Source: News:
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Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily.
TOKYO, June 13 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO IN 7TH-10TH, LAST GRAFS) The Tokyo District Court ordered Livedoor Holdings Co. on Friday to pay around 9.54 billion yen in compensation to... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:16 pm
A judge has ordered police to bring the No. 2 opposition leader to court Saturday and explain why he should not be immediately released, an opposition lawyer said Friday. Lawyer Selby... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:12 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The pace of US inflation picked up in May when according to the government consumer prices rose 0.6 percent from April in the face of rising energy costs. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:04 pm
GHALANAI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Fiercely independent tribesmen, angered by a U.S. air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers this week, vowed to raise a militia to help Pakistan's army defend the border with Afghanistan.
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
DUBLIN (AFP) - Irish voters have rejected the EU's Lisbon Treaty, state broadcaster RTE projected Friday as official results from the referendum began being published. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:59 pm
Grand Theft Auto IV continued to rumble past the competition racking up 1.3 million sales between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3, according to new figures from NPD. The game has sold 4.2 million units in the U.S. since its launch at the end of April, making it the top-selling game this year. Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:58 pm
US President George W Bush says he is honoured by his special treatment on his final visit to Pope Benedict XVI. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:57 pm
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Foreign doctors have started leaving cyclone-hit Myanmar as the junta has closed down many relief camps in the affected areas, a senior Thai health ministry official said on Friday.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says talks with the United States on a longterm security agreement have reached a 'dead end.' Source: FOXNews.com | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:55 pm
Reuters - A widespread power outage and subway
fire left Washington dark and snarled traffic during the
morning rush hour on Friday, power and transit officials said. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:55 pm
For two centuries, Teatro La Fenice has premiered some of Italy's finest operas. Now with the help of IBM, many of the theatre's documents from Verdi and other virtuosi have been digitized and made available on the Web—along with high-quality videos of recent performances. See how Digital Sipario, an online archive of music and memories, presents t Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:55 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A widespread power outage and subway fire left Washington dark and snarled traffic during the morning rush hour on Friday, power and transit officials said.
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said
on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term
security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that
encroached on Iraq's sovereignty.
AMMAN (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that encroached on Iraq's sovereignty.
When it comes to ray-tracing, Intel showcased its ray-tracing research using Quake 3 and Quake 4. These demos were nice, but did not exactly reflect fresh software. In the past several months, the company has been working one converting Enemy Territory: Quake Wars and we have to admit that the results are quite impressive. Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:53 pm
OSAKA (AFP) - Finance ministers from the world's leading industrialised powers grappled Friday with the economic threat from soaring food and oil prices while backing new technology to battle global warming. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:53 pm
Can videogames really and truly be a positive influence in a family setting? I'm here to tell you that the answer to that question is an emphatic yes! How do I know? Well, let me explain.... Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
When you see videos like this you’re just happy that even though we elect our idols with text message votes, we have laws against most of this stuff to prevent it from happening here. Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
Reuters - Fiercely independent
tribesmen, angered by a U.S. air strike that killed 11
Pakistani soldiers this week, vowed to raise a militia to help
Pakistan's army defend the border with Afghanistan.
The UN appeals for donations of fuel to help cyclone-hit Burmese farmers plant rice in time for this year's harvest. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:50 pm
Forty prominent African figures publish an open letter calling for Zimbabwe's presidential run-off to be free and fair. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:49 pm
Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says
liberation war veterans are ready to take up arms to prevent
the opposition winning a June 27 presidential run-off.
(Kyodo) _ Following is a main story moving in the next few hours. -- N. Korea to look into abductions (3rd Lead story, 70 lines) Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:48 pm
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says liberation war veterans are ready to take up arms to prevent the opposition winning a June 27 presidential run-off.
(Kyodo) _ Foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea are set to meet in Tokyo on Saturday afternoon to coordinate strategy on the North Korean nuclear issue and lay the groundwork... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:45 pm
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar took centre stage as Group of Eight finance ministers gathered in Japan on Friday to wrestle with surging inflation and the impact of record oil prices on a slowing global economy.
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Japan, Britain, U.S. seek donors for climate funds OSAKA - Japan, Britain and the United States called on potential donor countries Friday to join their initiative Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- An opposition lawyer says a Zimbabwean judge has ordered police to bring the No. 2 opposition leader to court Saturday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
Reuters - The U.S. dollar took centre stage
as Group of Eight finance ministers gathered in Japan on Friday
to wrestle with surging inflation and the impact of record oil
prices on a slowing global economy.
Democratic congressional leaders have been working to highlight partisan differences on the House and Senate floor by crafting bills that force Republicans to take unpopular stands. In the House this week, Democrats staged a vote over a bill to extend unemployment benefits. In the Senate, debate centered on a measure to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies.
Reuters - World powers will on Saturday promise
Iran economic benefits if it halts sensitive nuclear work, but
there is little sign of any breakthrough soon in a dispute that
has helped send oil prices to record highs.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - World powers will on Saturday promise Iran economic benefits if it halts sensitive nuclear work, but there is little sign of any breakthrough soon in a dispute that has helped send oil prices to record highs.
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on a long-term security agreement between the two nations have reached a dead end, saying the U.S. proposals "violate Iraqi sovereignty."... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:33 pm
AP - Iraq's prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on a long-term security agreement between the two nations have reached a dead end, saying the U.S. proposals "violate Iraqi sovereignty."
Severe Bleeding - If you are gushing blood, forget about tourniquets. Use your hand and grab any fabric you can grab, and push down on the wound until the bleeding stops. Only use a tourniquet when a wound is beyond repair (i.e. amputation) Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:31 pm
From the father of the cell phone and the father of the iPod to the father of the mouse and the father of Wi-Fi - this Father's Day, it's time to pay some respect to the people who were instrumental in creating the technologies you take for granted every day. Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:31 pm
The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay will unleash a torrent of court filings from detainees seeking their freedom but won't affect the military trials planned for some terrorism suspects, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain is also looking for a running mate. A look at who McCain is considering for the position, and how he's conducting his search.
Fifteen years in the making, everyone's favorite software to run Windows programs on Linux and Unix, Wine, is almost ready for its 1.0 release.If all goes well, Alexandre Julliard, Wine's lead developer, says that Wine 1.0 should appear on June 20, two weeks after the program's fifteenth birthday. Source: Digg | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election.
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish voters have rejected the European Union's Lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government acknowledged on Friday, potentially scuppering EU reform plans.
Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says unofficial vote counts show that the EU Lisbon treaty has been rejected. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:14 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners can challenge their detention in US civilian courts dealt a blow to President George W. Bush, but a senior official said Friday the military trials will continue. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
The Taliban claims a suicide bomb attack on a U.S. military convoy in northeastern Afghanistan has killed more than a dozen American soldiers, but military and diplomatic sources tell CBS News that only four troops were lightly wounded.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to seek their release in federal court. The 5-4 decision was a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terrorism policies, and reaction from law experts and Bush allies was swift.
DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial referendum returns show that Ireland has rejected the European Union reform treaty.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Iraqi PM Nouri Maliki says talks with the US on allowing its forces to remain in Iraq have "reached an impasse". Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
Irish voters appear to have rejected the European Union's reform treaty, throwing the 27-nation bloc into renewed diplomatic turmoil. Source: News:
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Reuters - Irish voters have rejected the European
Union's Lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government
acknowledged on Friday, potentially scuppering EU reform plans.
Internet companies Yahoo and Google are teaming up in online advertising, a move that Yahoo says will increase its revenue and stockholder value. The deal comes as Microsoft reiterates that it is no longer interested in buying Yahoo.
ROME (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:40 am
BEIJING (Reuters) - China and Taiwan signed a landmark deal on Friday to launch regular flights between the long-time rivals as politics was put aside in favor of practicalities in the first such talks in almost a decade.
In the shadow of the Kennedy Space Center, the countdown has begun in the towns that run on the space program's clock. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:31 am
It took six years to get this far, but a jury in R. Kelly's long-delayed child pornography trial is now deciding whether the R&B singer is guilty or not guilty of videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:30 am
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- As individuals and aid agencies around the world dig into their pockets for funds to help Myanmar's cyclone victims, the country's ruling junta said Friday that such assistance from the United States could not be trusted.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:29 am
A Chinese dissident who posted essays on the Internet that criticized communist authorities has disappeared and may have been abducted by the security services, an advocacy group said Friday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:23 am
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says talks with the United States on a longterm security agreement have reached a "dead end." Al-Maliki says the talks slumped because each side refused the other's demands. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
An official from South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) is stabbed in the neck at a party meeting. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:17 am
To one northern New Jersey counterterrorism task force, Mohammad Qatanani was considered an essential ally — a moderate Muslim leader known for inviting FBI agents into his congregation to conduct seminars on terrorism prevention. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:16 am
Thousands of protesters from across Pakistan headed toward the capital Friday to press the new government to restore judges ousted under President Pervez Musharraf, as authorities blocked access to the stalwart U.S. ally's home. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:15 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Taiwan and China agreed Friday to end a nearly six-decades-old break in transport links by expanding charter flights and tourism - a move seen as a likely harbinger of more ties between the longtime rivals.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:13 am
BEIJING (AP) -- Last month's massive earthquake in central China likely could not have been predicted, a leading American seismologist said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
Climate campaigners plan to unload coal from a train they have blocked on its way to a UK power station. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:12 am
France's foreign minister said Friday he is uncomfortable that the president of Syria has been invited to Paris's Bastille Day parade, even though such visits are necessary to keep dialogue open. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:03 am
A Spanish official says police are carrying out a major raid against suspected Russian mafia figures. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:01 am
Stock futures are holding on to their sizeable gains after government reports on weekly jobless claims and retail sales. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 11:00 am
More than 1,000 opposition supporters marched through Malaysia's largest city Friday in the biggest public show of anger over the government's decision to dramatically raise fuel prices. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 13 Jun 2008 | 10:57 am
OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson urged other Group of Eight industrialized nations Friday to back a special fund of up to $10 billion to help developing countries fight global warming.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 10:52 am
An Israeli envoy engaging in Gaza cease-fire talks has returned without a deal after another day of bloodshed in the coastal territory. Seven Palestinians died in an explosion that Hamas says was an accident, but which led both sides to open fire.
St Louis in Senegal is the city most threatened by rising sea levels in the whole of Africa, a UN official says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 10:51 am
As they look forward to Father’s Day festivities on Sunday, a Seattle-area couple that has adopted three sons can also celebrate the fact that the ranks of gay parents are growing. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports. Source: News:
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Police arrest a Danish couple of Sudanese origin suspected of taking two of their daughters to Sudan to be circumcised. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 13 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
SHANGHAI (AFP) - The lives of nearly 90 percent of China's endangered pandas are in danger after last month's earthquake devastated their mountainous habitat, Chinese government experts have warned. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 10:28 am
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is searching for a prospective vice president. Selecting and vetting a running mate has proven difficult for Democratic candidates in the past. A look at the list of possible vice presidential names and how Obama may make his decision.
This year is shaping up to be one of the most active tornado seasons on record. More than 100 people have died so far, and the number of storms is far above the 10-year average. Scientists say the season got off to a strong start especially early this year, perhaps because of unusually cool ocean temperatures in the western Pacific.
With Barack Obama as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, some states that have been voting Republican are now seen as Democratic prospects. Yet states like Pennsylvania and Michigan, which have long voted Democratic, could conceivably go the other way.
Nearly 4,000 homes have been evacuated in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as residents there brace for flooding following more rain. More than half of the state's 99 counties have been declared disaster areas, and nine rivers are at or near historic flood levels.
For decades, the publishing industry has paid stores to return unsold books. The method forces publishers to gamble on the success of a given title, a risk many small presses can't afford. In a move seen to signal a possible industry change, a new imprint at HarperCollins will not allow stores to return unsold merchandise.
All it took to bilk the federal government out of $105 million was a laptop computer. Medicare pays most claims without review, playing a role in the $60 billion lost each year to fraud. Source: News:
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Talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact have reached a 'dead end' because of U.S. demands that infringed Iraq's sovereignty, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said. Source: News:
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Japan has decided to partially lift its sanctions against North Korea after the communist nation promised a new probe into its kidnappings of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s, the two countries say.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations chief said he plans to give more authority to the European Union over police, courts and other official duties in Kosovo.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 9:17 am
As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts.
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan decided to partially lift its sanctions against North Korea after the communist nation promised a new probe into its kidnappings of Japanese citizens in the 1970s and 80s, news reports said Friday.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:41 a... | 13 Jun 2008 | 8:21 am
A hiker who lost his life on Mount Rainier lay down in the snow and used his body's warmth to save his wife and a friend from the 70-mph winds of a freak June blizzard, national park officials say. Source: News:
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BEIJING (AFP) - China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday that from next month will see thousands more people travel every day between the two traditional rivals. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 13 Jun 2008 | 5:51 am
Top Taiwan envoy to Cross-Straits talks Chiang Pin-Kun (left) with his China counterpart Chen Yunlin. China and Taiwan signed historic agreements that from next month will see thousands more people travel... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 4:34 am
Eritrean soldiers withdraw from Bure after clashes with Ethiopia in 2000. The United Nations and African Union on Thursday called for talks between Eritrea and Djibouti to end border clashes that threaten... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 3:36 am
SEOUL - South Korean truckers extended their strike on Friday after talks on higher pay and demands for cheaper diesel broke down, threatening to further dent government efforts to boost the country's export-dependent economy.
More... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Jun 2008 | 3:15 am
Pro-independence activists carry a banner through Taipei. China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday to establish direct regular flights between the two sides and allow more mainlanders to visit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 2:51 am
Chinese women hold a "Welcome Cross Straits" banner during the arrival of Taiwan's Chiang Pin-Kun in Beijing. China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday to establish direct regular flights between... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 2:51 am
Taiwan's Chiang Pin-Kun (left) with his Chinese counterpart Chen Yunlin in Beijing. China and Taiwan signed historic agreements on Friday to establish direct regular flights between the two sides and allow... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 13 Jun 2008 | 2:51 am
BRISBANE - Nine males who raped a 10-year-old girl in far north Queensland have had their sentences upgraded following an appeal against a judge's decision to spare them from jail.
All nine offenders walked free after sentencing... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Jun 2008 | 2:37 am
MIAMI - Burger King said that some of its restaurants began receiving new shipments of tomatoes after a food poisoning scare forced the company to pull the produce across the United States.
The tomato shipments were expected to... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 13 Jun 2008 | 1:39 am
A parliamentary commission on Thursday rejected President Rene Preval's latest pick for prime minister, Robert Manuel, pictured in 2006, one month after the Chamber of Deputies turned down a previous candidate... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 11:05 pm
Zimbabwean police released opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai after arresting him again on Thursday as he campaigned for the country's June 27 presidential run-off election, his spokesman said.
"We have just been released, some... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 10:52 pm
The United Nations has received just over half the money it requested to aid Myanmar cyclone relief. Some nations are apparently delaying their contributions because of concerns about the junta.
America's highest court has delivered a catastrophic blow to George Bush's policy of locking up terror suspects without charge in Guantanamo Bay.
The US Supreme Court dismissed the legal basis upon which the Bush administration... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 9:00 pm
US President George W. Bush (L) speaks with Italian President Giorgio Napolitano at Quirinale Palace in Rome. Bush praised Italy Thursday for moving to take a broader security role in Afghanistan and said... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:26 pm
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) shakes hands with US President George W. Bush after a joint press conference at Villa Madama in Rome. Bush praised Italy Thursday for moving to take a broader... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:26 pm
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) welcomes US President George W. Bush after arriving at Villa Madama in Rome. Bush praised Italy Thursday for moving to take a broader security role in Afghanistan... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:26 pm
Italian Army General Rolando Mosca Moschini (R) stands alongside US President George W. Bush upon arrival at Quirinale Palace in Rome. Bush praised Italy Thursday for moving to take a broader security... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:26 pm
Marijuana potency increased last year to its highest in more than 30 years, says a report released by the White House.
University of Mississippi scientists found that the average amount of the active ingredient, THC, reached 9.6... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
Basra residents are both hopeful and fearful more than two months after the Iraqi military sent thousands of U.S.-backed reinforcements to pry Iraq's second-largest city from the grip of Shiite militias and criminal gangs.
Japan's ruling coalition approved a motion of confidence by 336-10 for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda after the Opposition-controlled upper chamber put forward a censure against him over a deeply unpopular medical plan approved in April.... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
A modern day New Zealand treasure hunter has been jailed in Brisbane for running an unregistered scheme to fund shipwreck hunts, costing Australian investors more than A$600,000 ($757,000).
James Lawrence Phillips, 37, and his... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 7:00 pm
NEW YORK - A New Jersey dentist behind a scheme to steal body parts from corpses, including that of journalist Alistair Cooke, faced relatives of the dead in court on Thursday and apologised for the anguish he caused.
Michael Mastromarino,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:30 pm
Mexican Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrated his 43rd birthday yesterday with his third outing in six years.
Sitting on his huge reinforced bed, he was dragged from his garage bedroom on to the pavement outside... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 12 Jun 2008 | 6:15 pm
Two suspected Islamic jihadists were allegedly plotting to set up a separate state for 'oppressed' Muslims inside Scotland. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 5:46 pm
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: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 5:05 pm
President Bush can look forward to a hearty welcome from his old friend Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi and the pope during his visit to Rome, though protesters made clear that anti-Bush sentiment over the war in Iraq lingers.
China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.
Tendai Biti, the No. 2 opposition official will be charged with treason - which can carry the death penalty - police said, hours after he was arrested at the Harare airport upon returning from South Africa.
A Polish 737 Boeing airliner, carrying 89 passengers, nearly crashed with another plane in mid-air over Londons Heathrow Airport because its pilots did not understand English, The Daily Mail reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 3:35 pm
The killing of Dadirai Chipiro was carried out on a wave of worsening brutality before Zimbabwe's run-off presidential elections in two weeks. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 2:01 pm
A museum spokeswoman says heavily armed robbers have stolen two engravings by Pablo Picasso from an art museum in downtown Sao Paulo. Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2008 | 12:10 pm
Pope Benedict XVI took President Bush on a rare stroll through the lush grounds of the Vatican Gardens on Friday, stopping at a grotto where the pontiff prays daily.
Hospitals in Cedar Rapids evacuated as river continues to rise.
AP - Inflation shot up in May at the fastest pace in six months, pushed higher by soaring costs for gasoline and other types of energy.
Reuters - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said
on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term
security pact were at a stalemate because of U.S. demands that
encroached on Iraq's sovereignty.
Reuters - Fiercely independent
tribesmen, angered by a U.S. air strike that killed 11
Pakistani soldiers this week, vowed to raise a militia to help
Pakistan's army defend the border with Afghanistan.
Reuters - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe says
liberation war veterans are ready to take up arms to prevent
the opposition winning a June 27 presidential run-off.
Reuters - The U.S. dollar took centre stage
as Group of Eight finance ministers gathered in Japan on Friday
to wrestle with surging inflation and the impact of record oil
prices on a slowing global economy.
Reuters - World powers will on Saturday promise
Iran economic benefits if it halts sensitive nuclear work, but
there is little sign of any breakthrough soon in a dispute that
has helped send oil prices to record highs.
AP - Iraq's prime minister said Friday that talks with the U.S. on a long-term security agreement between the two nations have reached a dead end, saying the U.S. proposals "violate Iraqi sovereignty."
The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay will unleash a torrent of court filings from detainees seeking their freedom but won't affect the military trials planned for some terrorism suspects, Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday.
Comment by Kent Scheidegger Legal Director, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
AFP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election.
Reuters - Irish voters have rejected the European
Union's Lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government
acknowledged on Friday, potentially scuppering EU reform plans.
As dozens of people injured in a tornado at an Iowa Boy Scout camp recovered, families and friends tried to make sense of the deaths of four teenage Scouts.