NUSA DUA (AFP) - The disposal of massive numbers of unwanted mobile phones will be a key focus of a five-day meeting on waste management which started Monday in Indonesia, organisers said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:59 am
French President Sarkozy, addressing Israeli MPs, calls for an end to settlement building in the West Bank. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
The net could see its biggest change in decades if plans to open up the address system are approved this week. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:58 am
AP - The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Roiling seas stalled efforts to get inside a ferry capsized by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines and officials considered boring a hole into the vessel's hull to look for survivors among hundreds of missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:54 am
AP - Roiling seas stalled efforts to get inside a ferry capsized by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines and officials considered boring a hole into the vessel's hull to look for survivors among hundreds of missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday.
Oil prices rise after emergency talks in Jeddah over the weekend end with no real resolution. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:51 am
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices rose towards 137 dollars on Monday after major energy producers ruled out further output despite consumers' fears that the world faces a tight supply situation. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:50 am
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH MORE INFO) The Lotte group said Monday it has reached an agreement to acquire Chocolaterie Guylian NV of Belgium, opening a gateway to the European ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:49 am
Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai said on Monday he was ready to negotiate with
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party after his withdrawal
from a presidential election, but only if political violence
stopped.
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Monday he was ready to negotiate with President Robert Mugabe's ruling party after his withdrawal from a presidential election, but only if political violence stopped.
A top Greek tycoon, who was kidnapped two weeks ago, is freed unharmed after his family paid a ransom. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:47 am
NEWPORT, R.I. - The Newport Folk Festival is picking up good vibrations.
The festival producers plan to announce Monday that Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beach...
An American woman has been rescued from a German mountain after sending an signal for help using her bra.The woman, who had been missing for more than three days after being hurt while hiking, hooked the brightly coloured sports bra on a cable used for transporting logs to a valley below, hoping it would lead rescuers to her. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
Donations Passed $300 Billion for 1st Time. Economic downturn aside, charitable donations increase 1 percent and hit a record, survey finds. U.S. philanthropic giving rose to a record level despite a downturn in the national economy, a survey being released today has found. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:45 am
This month's flooding in the Midwest is reminiscent of the Great Flood of 1993, weather officials now say. But while a repeat of 1993 can't be ruled out, they say, this year is unlikely to match that colossal disaster. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:44 am
1983: Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel run the first successful test of the automated, distributed Domain Name System. DNS will lay the foundation for the massive expansion, popularization and commercialization of the internet. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:42 am
Currently under construction, these pictures offer a first glimpse of the luxury that awaits passengers on the world's largest cruise liner. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:42 am
A new company launched a tool to analyze statistical data about people’s movements and routines, to help, for instance, a company to plan where it should put its next store. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:42 am
Disposal company Republic Services is buying Allied Waste Industries in a $6.07 billion stock deal that would join the second- and third-largest players in the disposal industry. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
SANTIAGO (AFP) - The International Whaling Commission, a treaty organization grouping 80 countries, was to meet on Monday in Chile to debate a possible resumption of commercial whale-hunting. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:39 am
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's hopes of seeing communion extended to divorcees are quashed by the Pope. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
A Macedonian journalist suspected of murdering women and then writing about their deaths is found dead in custody. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:36 am
GREAT BARRINGTON - A woman pinned in her car by a fallen tree during a storm has been rescued in Great Barrington.
Police say the woman was knocked unconscious but was...
HYANNIS - See you later, alligator.
Residents of a Cape Cod neighborhood are saying goodbye to an unwanted guest after a 3-foot alligator turned up beneath a parked car...
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of Zimbabwe's violence-wracked presidential runoff, declaring that the election was no longer credible and the loss of life among his supporters was simply too high.
NEW BEDFORD - More than two years after a hatchet-and-gun attack inside a gay bar in New Bedford, an advocacy group has hosted what it says is the city's first public...
The Supreme Court begins what almost certainly is its final week of work before its summer break with 10 cases left to decide. Among the big issues are gun rights and the death penalty for rape of a child. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:28 am
SENDAI, June 23 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH FRESH INFO) A fishing boat manned by 20 crew members capsized and sank early Monday afternoon in the Pacific off the coast of Chiba... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:27 am
Agriculture heavyweight Bunge Ltd. will buy Corn Products International Inc. in a stock deal worth about $4.4 billion, the company said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:23 am
Hundreds of people are still missing after a Philippine ferry carrying some 800 people capsized on Saturday in a storm. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:22 am
Rescuers in the Philippines may bore a hole in a ferry capsized by a deady typhoon in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:19 am
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - Sectarian fighting raged for a second day in north Lebanon on Monday, further denting a Qatari-brokered deal to end the country's political crisis.
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors headed on Monday for an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.
A high-level meeting opens in Bali, Indonesia, to highlight the risks of hazardous waste from computers and other sources. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:08 am
CEBU, Philippines (Reuters) - Rescuers held little hope on Monday of finding some 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines, as divers prepared to drill into the ship's hull in the hope of finding survivors in air pockets.
Lawyers for the White House and Congress are headed to court Monday in a dispute over whether top aides to President Bush must provide evidence in a House investigation. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 10:04 am
Though the election is more than four months away, the campaigns of Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain are shaping their strategies for dealing with racially tinged messages. Source: News:
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Rescuers considered boring a hole in an overturned ferry Monday in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, after Typhoon Fengshen carved its deadly swath through the Philippines.
Reuters - Iran said on Monday it was encouraged by
common points between its and world powers' separate proposals
aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any
suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Monday it was encouraged by common points between its and world powers' separate proposals aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.
Zimbabwe vows to go ahead with the run-off presidential vote despite the withdrawal of the opposition candidate. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:52 am
AP - Beijing's city government on Monday said it ordered half its cars off the road ahead of the Olympics in an effort to clean up the air for the games and save energy.
Reuters - U.N. nuclear inspectors headed on Monday
for an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States
says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it
was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.
(Kyodo) _ Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Monday he is not thinking of making an immediate decision on whether to raise the consumption tax from the current 5 percent. "I meant to say Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:36 am
Every Quagmire clip could probably be called a viral video. Except in his case, viral probably means herpes. Here are 10 great moments of one of the sleaziest characters in TV history. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:34 am
Researchers have developed a robot that can create 3D replicas of objects and even replicate itself.Scientists from the University of Bath in England unveiled an open-source machine that acts like a three-dimensional printer. Instead of printing out documents or pictures on paper, this printer uses blueprints to produce 3-D plastic objects. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:28 am
Bosnian Serb Stojan Zupljanin, a top war crimes suspect, will on Monday appear for the first time before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, a statement said. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:25 am
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Nikkei closes at 4-week low on inflation risk, weak Japan data TOKYO - Tokyo stocks fell for the third straight trading session Monday with the key Nikkei index... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:25 am
AP - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
Rescuers have considered boring a hole in an overturned ferry in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, after Typhoon Fengshen carved a deadly swath through the Philippines.
Until now, astronauts used spacesuits that were designed for floating in space, but Moon missions require a more flexible approach. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 9:16 am
HAVANA - Cuba advanced to a politically charged semifinal group with the United States in qualifying for the 2010 World Cup, defeating Antigua and Barbuda 4-0 on Sunday night...
Sectarian fighting raged for a second day in north Lebanon on Monday, further denting a Qatari-brokered deal to end the country's political crisis. Source: News:
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Security officials say heavy overnight fighting between pro- and anti-government supporters in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has left four dead. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:56 am
CROMWELL, Conn. - Stewart Cink was well aware of his reputation of his inability to close out golf tournaments.
"I mean, guys like Tiger (Woods) and Phil (Mickelson),...
Michelangelo hid a secret code in the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel made up of mystical Jewish symbols and insults aimed at the pope, according to a new book. Source: Digg | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:53 am
LOS ANGELES - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On...
Zimbabwe’s MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will urge Africa this week to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe to solve the country’s political crisis after the opposition pulled out of a presidential run-off vote.
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. dollar edged up to the mid-107 yen level Monday in Tokyo, while the euro lost ground against the dollar and the yen on weaker-than-expected economic readings for the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:49 am
WOBURN - Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a Waltham man charged with hiring a hit man to kill his estranged wife's boyfriend.
Prosecutors...
BOSTON - A cafe at Boston City Hall was cited last year for preparing food in unsafe conditions, while the city's own inspections headquarters was also issued violation...
For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:43 am
LANDIKOTAL, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected pro-Taliban Militants kidnapped 17 Pakistani policemen from posts on the road through the Khyber Pass, the latest insecurity on the vital supply... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:42 am
1. Cubs (1): Carlos Zambrano's stint on the disabled list will test the depth of the pitching staff. With Jon Lieber in the bullpen and the trio of Sean Marshall, Rich...
AP - U.S. plans for a missile defense system in Europe could be delayed well beyond the 2013 target because Defense Department experts say the interceptors have not been adequately tested. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:33 am
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will urge Africa this week to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe to solve the country's political crisis after the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:30 am
(Kyodo) _ Three local government officials have been suspended after an investigation was launched into the suspicious death of a businessman who complained of corruption in his home... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:28 am
At a dining hall filled with the chatter of summer campers eating lunch, the photos on one wall bear witness that this is no ordinary camp. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:19 am
The Army has 306 generals leading nearly 525,000 troops, according to Defense Department statistics. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:18 am
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's ruling party said Monday that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to withdraw from this week's presidential run-off was a ruse, and urged its supporters to campaign hard. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:09 am
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda offers a flower during the commemoration ceremony to mark the 63rd anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa at the Peace Memorial park in Itoman, Japan's southernmost island... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:05 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy (centre) reaches out to embrace Israeli President Shimon Peres as French First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy looks at Israel's Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv June 228. Sarkozy... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:02 am
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy attends a ceremony June 22 at Tel Aviv airport. Sarkozy was expected to stress solidarity with Israel and press for the creation of a Palestinian... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 8:02 am
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej speaks at the Senate in Bangkok on June 23. Samak already under pressure from street protests and a looming no-confidence vote, was grilled June 23 by the Senate over... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:37 am
SALONIKA (AFP) - One of Greece's top industrialists George Mylonas was released Monday by his kidnappers after his family paid 12 million euros (19 million dollars) in ransom, police said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:35 am
ABOARD THE BRP PAMPANGA (AFP) - Philippine rescue teams battled furious seas and high winds Monday in a desperate hunt for more survivors of a ferry that sank in a typhoon with 862 people aboard. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 7:28 am
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Record foreclosures and limited access to credit will make it harder than usual to rebound from this U.S. housing market slump, the worst at least since World War Two, according to a Harvard University study on Monday.
PHOENIX (Reuters) - John McCain will push on Monday for car makers to build more environmentally friendly vehicles, threatening new legislation if they do not comply and proposing tax breaks to encourage consumers to buy "cleaner" cars.
Eighty members of Australia's Overwatch Battle Group - the last of that nation's troops serving in combat roles in southern Iraq - returned home yesterday, fulfilling a campaign promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at a public market in the Philippines capital Manila on May 23. Samak Sundaravej, already under pressure from street protests and a looming no-confidence vote, has... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 6:55 am
A member of the People's Alliance for Democracy protests in front of the government house in Bangkok on June 21. Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, already under pressure from street protests and a... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 6:55 am
People walk along a road in the deserted quake-ravaged town of Beichuan in late May. The number of people missing from China's massive earthquake has risen abruptly by more than 1,000 Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 6:54 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs, dirty words and the demise of humanity, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday. He was 71.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Secretive North Korea wants to invite five foreign news companies to record the destruction of the cooling tower at its ageing nuclear complex in a show of its will to abide by a disarmament deal, media reported on Monday.
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
The Federal Reserve and Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are finalizing an agreement to start the process of redrawing how Wall Street is regulated, the Wall Street Journal said on its Web site on Sunday. Source: News:
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: Top MSNBC Headlines | 23 Jun 2008 | 6:16 am
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Fierce sectarian clashes resumed on Monday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, prompting civilians to flee or hide in underground shelters, a security official told AFP. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 23 Jun 2008 | 5:39 am
For all the obvious similarities, comparisons between the 1996 candidacy of Bob Dole and Senator John McCain’s campaign this year are somewhat misleading.
China has so far been immune to the punishing price of gas thanks to a government ensuring that building for the Olympics goes full speed. That means trucks carrying supplies must keep running.
America has been struggling with its image in the Middle East for decades. After Iraq, the Bush Administration started spending $100 million a year on a government news channel in Arabic. It's called "Al Hurra," meaning "The Free One."
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (right) greets supporters in Bulawayo. Britain led international cries of alarm over Zimbabwe's violent electoral crisis after the main opposition leader all but handed... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:44 am
A Zimbabwe police officer guards ballot boxes west of Harare before the start of a vote recount in April ordered by the electoral commission. Britain led international cries of alarm over Zimbabwe's violent... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:44 am
ADELAIDE - The drug ecstasy could be used by war veterans to alleviate stress, says an Australian Democrats MP.
South Australian Democrat Sandra Kanck says the drug's key ingredient, methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), could... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jun 2008 | 3:07 am
Kudos to the new mom for accomplishing something neither her sister, Britney, nor Matthew McConaughey could do this past weekend: outsmart the paparazzi.
Arabic-language television network al-Hurra is the central part of a U.S. government campaign to spread democracy in the Mideast, but it has struggled to attract viewers. Source: News:
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SYDNEY - Grieving former Australia cricketer Glenn McGrath paid tribute to the courage of his wife following her death on Sunday.
English-born Jane lost her long battle with cancer at the age of 42.
"I am devastated by the loss... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:28 am
BRISBANE - Starving fish are killing sections of the Great Barrier Reef already weakened by climate change, an Australian scientist says.
And some fish species also face extinction - with potentially serious consequences for commercial... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:24 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of Zimbabwe's violence-wracked presidential runoff Sunday, declaring that the election was no longer credible and the loss of life among his supporters was simply too high.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:23 am
File photo shows tourists visiting Revolution Square in Havana. Fidel Castro has strongly denied rumours that he is the leader of a faction of hardline Communists disgruntled about reforms introduced in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:17 am
TARIJA, Bolivia (AP) -- Natural gas-rich Tarija became the fourth Bolivian state to declare autonomy from the government of leftist President Evo Morales on Sunday when voters backed greater independence in a referendum, according to two unofficial private projections.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 23 Jun 2008 | 2:11 am
Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is disappointed Fiji appears set to withdraw from talks with a Pacific Islands Forum working group trying to help it return to democracy.
Fiji's self-appointed prime minister Commodore... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Jun 2008 | 1:03 am
As of Sunday, June 22, 2008, at least 4,102 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:48 pm
With an abundance of sugar cane in Brazil, drivers are able to fill their tanks with ethanol at much cheaper prices than gasoline. Liz Marshall, a senior economist at the World Resources Institute speaks with host Guy Raz.
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Facing strong U.S. pressure and global dismay over oil prices, Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will produce more crude this year if the market needs it. But the vague pledge fell far short of U.S. hopes for a specific increase and may do little to lower prices immediately.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:55 pm
Oil producing and consuming nations gathered on Sunday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to discuss out-of-control oil prices. The meeting is focused on exploring the possibility of a quick fix to reduce prices. Reporter Caryle Murphy speaks with host Guy Raz.
SAO PAULO - Soccer legend Pele was held at gunpoint by a band of youths who robbed his gold necklace, cell phone and a watch, local news media reported Sunday.
The robbery - which took place on June 13 but was not made public until... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:12 pm
BERLIN - Police in southern Germany say more than 50 people have been injured after inhaling ammonia gas that leaked at a swimming pool in the village of Kulmbach.
Michael Huebsch, a spokesman for police in nearby Bayreuth says... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:10 pm
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters worked to contain some 400 wildfires burning across Northern California on Sunday as the state baked under a fourth day of an early summer heat wave that has strained the power grid and left residents wilted.
One... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:05 pm
LAGOS - The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Sunday it would observe a unilateral ceasefire from midnight on Tuesday (NZT 11.00am on Wednesday) after a request from local elders.
"We are respecting... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 10:04 pm
Citing concerns over a free and fair election, Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai bowed out of the presidential runoff race on Sunday, ending his bid against Robert Mugabe. Opposition spokesman Nelson Chamisa and NPR's southern Africa correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton speak with host Guy Raz about what's next for the country.
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd yesterday promised no MP would be above the law amid claims over besieged Labour backbencher Belinda Neal's run-in with restaurant staff three weeks ago.
Neal allegedly told witnesses what... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
MANILA - Rescuers searched Monday for survivors of Typhoon Fengshen after it cut a violent path through the Philippines and left many hundreds dead or missing in flood-swollen villages and a capsized ferry.
The death toll from... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
South Dakota is one of only two states in the country with just one mosque. The Muslim community is growing in Sioux Falls, but members say they feel isolated from their neighbors and from Muslims elsewhere around the country.
BERLIN (AP) -- Germans who care about their relations with the United States are in an upbeat mood this week, looking both to the past and the future.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 7:12 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A female suicide bomber concealing explosives beneath her black robe struck outside a government complex northeast of Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding more than 40, U.S. and Iraqi officials said.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 6:36 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Militants in Pakistan fired rockets at NATO bases across the border in Afghanistan, killing three children in a village and prompting the alliance to launch a pair of retaliatory artillery strikes, officials said Sunday.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 5:50 pm
CAHOKIA, Illinois (Reuters) - Walls and levees held back the cresting Mississippi River on Sunday as requests for government aid poured in from homeowners and businesses swamped by the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years.
A delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency hopes to get to the bottom of the mystery of the Syrian remote building - flattened by an Israeli air strike last September on suspicion it was a plutonium-producing reactor.
PYATSKUNY, Belarus (AP) -- When Stanislava Subach wants to lay flowers on her husband's grave, she puts them in a plastic shopping bag and adds some stones for weight.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 4:18 pm
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 7 a.m. EDT | 22 Jun 2008 | 4:16 pm
After a long debate as to whether to pull out of the election, presidential canditate Morgan Tsvangirai cited mounting violence to end his runoff against Robert Mugabe. Tsvangirai said a free and fair election was not possible in Zimbabwe.
Saudi Arabia is willing to produce more oil if customers need it, the kingdom's oil minister said Sunday without citing any specific output increase. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Jun 2008 | 2:56 pm
NATO launched a pair of artillery strikes across the border into Pakistan after attackers hiding there fired a barrage of rockets into Afghanistan that killed three children, officials said Sunday. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Jun 2008 | 2:23 pm
A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Syria Sunday to visit an alleged nuclear site bombed by Israeli jets last autumn. U.S. officials believe the facility was a nuclear reactor under construction with clandestine help from North Korea.
Authorities have shut down a Tehran newspaper ,the official IRNA news agency reported Sunday, after the paper published a story critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's stance on Israel. Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
AP - The water is still well above the banks of the upper Mississippi River, but residents of both flooded towns and those protected by levees and sandbags can see an ending: The river is cresting.
AP - Roiling seas stalled efforts to get inside a ferry capsized by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines and officials considered boring a hole into the vessel's hull to look for survivors among hundreds of missing passengers and crew, an official said Monday.
Reuters - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan
Tsvangirai said on Monday he was ready to negotiate with
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party after his withdrawal
from a presidential election, but only if political violence
stopped.
AP - The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan says it has killed 55 militants in the east of the country.
Rescuers considered boring a hole in an overturned ferry Monday in a desperate attempt to find survivors among more than 800 missing passengers and crew, after Typhoon Fengshen carved its deadly swath through the Philippines.
Reuters - Iran said on Monday it was encouraged by
common points between its and world powers' separate proposals
aimed at defusing a nuclear dispute, but again dismissed any
suggestion of suspending uranium enrichment.
AP - Beijing's city government on Monday said it ordered half its cars off the road ahead of the Olympics in an effort to clean up the air for the games and save energy.
Reuters - U.N. nuclear inspectors headed on Monday
for an alleged nuclear site in Syria that the United States
says housed a secretly built reactor nearing completion when it
was bombed by Israel nine months ago, a diplomat said.
AP - George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV" routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
Zimbabwe’s MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai will urge Africa this week to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe to solve the country’s political crisis after the opposition pulled out of a presidential run-off vote.
AP - The Army's march to overhaul its tarnished contracting system has been slowed by an unlikely foe: the White House.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton fulfilled a pledge to a young supporter by speaking at the teenager's high school graduation on Sunday.
George Carlin, the dean of counterculture comedians whose biting insights on life and language were immortalized in his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On TV” routine, died of heart failure Sunday. He was 71.
For all the obvious similarities, comparisons between the 1996 candidacy of Bob Dole and Senator John McCain’s campaign this year are somewhat misleading.![21851, MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI - Saturday May 10, 2008. A Heavily pregnant Jamie Lynn Spears heads to her second baby shower in a week. Last weekend Spears was given a baby shower by her side of the family with sister Britney Spears in attendance but this weekend it was given by members of fiancee Casey Aldridge's family in McComb. This baby shower was not such a lavish affair, no flowers, no blooms, no police escort, and no megastar big sister. Jamie Lynn was sporting a multicolored summer dress with her bikini tan lines showing. Photograph: James Breeden/Matthew Symons/ (Newscom TagID: pacificphotos012004) [Photo via Newscom]](http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/ArtAndPhoto-Fronts/ENTERTAINMENT/080622/g-080622-ent-spears-6p.thumb.jpg)
Kudos to the new mom for accomplishing something neither her sister, Britney, nor Matthew McConaughey could do this past weekend: outsmart the paparazzi.