The FBI counts on e-mails to make the first Wall Street arrests related to the subprime mortgage fraud crisis. But critics wonder how strong the case really is and whether Bear Stearns' failure made it an easy target.
North Korea handed over a long-awaited accounting of its nuclear work to Chinese officials on Thursday, fulfilling a key step in the denuclearization process. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:37 pm
Homicide bomber detonates explosive belt inside a municipal government building west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people. Meanwhile, another 18 people were killed in a car bombing near a government headquarters in Mosul, officials said. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 2:28 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions.
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rival political activists clashed in Pakistan on Thursday as by-elections were held for five National Assembly seats and 25 provincial assembly seats and several people were wounded, police said.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says he is open to talks with the opposition.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:56 pm
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan government sacked the police chief of Kandahar on Thursday for negligence after some 400 Taliban prisoners and 700 criminals escaped this month in one of the biggest jail breaks in history.
KABUL, Afghanistan - A bomb hit troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital today, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the coalition...
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday there could be no negotiations with President Robert Mugabe if he went ahead with a one-man election on Friday.
Nigeria needs $85bn of investment in order to produce 24 hours of electricity a day, a panel of experts says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:54 pm
Suspected insurgents attack a hotel in Pakistan's only ski resort, hours after the authorities unveil plans to combat militancy. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:53 pm
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Conflict in Somalia has killed 2,136 civilians so far this year, bringing the death toll since an Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636, a local human rights group said on Thursday.
JERUSALEM - Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel today, causing no injuries but undermining a shaky, week-old truce meant to halt a violent cycle of attacks...
Drizzle once fell on Martian soil, according to a new geochemical analysis by Berkeley scientists, though the rain probably stopped several billion years ago. Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:50 pm
Reuters - North Korea handed over a
long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a
step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from
U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions.
A person was struck and killed by a train at Sullivan Station this morning in Charlestown - the third person to die on MBTA train tracks in as many days.
The person...
BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber struck today inside a municipal building west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida, police said....
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a municipal building west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida, police said. The U.S. confirmed American casualties but gave no further details.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:45 pm
AP - A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a municipal building west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida, police said. The U.S. confirmed American casualties but gave no further details.
Text of President Bush's remarks in the Rose Garden on Thursday on denuclearization of North Korea, as provided by the White House: Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:43 pm
WASHINGTON - President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in...
NEW YORK - Stocks are sharply lower in early trading after a jump in oil prices and a Goldman Sachs downgrade of the brokerage sector that included a "sell" call...
"I recently gave my old laptop to a friend's 9-year-old daughter. Later, I remembered that I had left some risqué material hidden in an obscure folder. Should I ask for the laptop back or just hope the kid doesn't discover my stash?" Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:38 pm
TOKYO, June 26 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO THROUGHOUT) Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Thursday that continued close cooperation between Japan and the United States will pave the way... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:35 pm
AP - President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an "axis of evil."
President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:34 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an "axis of evil."... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:34 pm
Every story has a heart. A place you take yourself (and hopefully the reader) to what beats beneath.
The brutal tale of Neil Entwistle has such a destination and it rests...
Just a reminder that we're hosting a seminar this weekend at Cressey Performance, in Hudson, MA titled 21st Century Nutrition and Exercise for Women. Seats are still...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - President Robert Mugabe's information minister today dismissed criticism of Zimbabwe's leadership from anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, a day...
A jury has convicted a British man of shooting to death his wife and infant daughter, rejecting his claim the woman killed their baby then committed suicide.
President Bush says he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist now that the communist nation has handed over a long-delayed nuclear declaration, but he stressed the U.S. has "no illusions."
AP - The economy turned in a better but still subpar performance in the first three months of this year, mostly spurred by stronger sales of U.S. products overseas.
Manny Ramirez' hamstrings are still aching but Red Sox manager Terry Francona is confident they have improved enough over the just-completed homestand to allow the slugger...
Drinkers at an Outback watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they'd had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the pub's door. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:27 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japan and Switzerland are likely to reach a broad agreement Friday to liberalize bilateral trade, paving the way for eliminating tariffs on 90 percent of all trade items in... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:27 pm
Tribune Co. said Wednesday that it is cutting jobs at two newspapers. The Baltimore Sun will lose about 20 percent of its staff. The Hartford Courant will let go 25 percent of its workers.
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, causing no injuries but undermining a shaky, week-old truce meant to halt a violent cycle of attacks and harsh Israeli reprisals.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:26 pm
Gaza militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, causing no injuries but undermining a shaky, week-old truce meant to halt a violent cycle of attacks and harsh Israeli... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:26 pm
KYOTO, June 26 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH AFGHAN STATEMENT, OTHER DETAILS) Foreign ministers of the Group of Eight nations affirmed Thursday their commitments to implementing aid to Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:26 pm
Sen. Hillary Clinton has an unprecendented amount of debt from her presidential campaign that needs to be paid off. Now she's looking to former rival Barack Obama to help her raise money to erase some of it. Kenneth Gross, a campaign finance lawyer, talks about what their limits are.
President Robert Mugabe's information minister on Thursday dismissed criticism of Zimbabwe's leadership from anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, a day before an internationally condemned... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:19 pm
The new version of Firefox feels much faster. The notorious memory leaks of flavors of 2.0 are plugged. The developers claim 3.0's Javascript performance is 9.3 times faster than IE7's and 2.7 times faster than its predecessor. They also claim 15,000 improvements to the old version - most of those are under the hood... Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:19 pm
Around 15,000 insects gathered in Queen Street, Exeter, at around lunchtime on Tuesday.Shoppers were stunned when a massive swarm of thousands of honey bees touched down in a busy city centre. Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:19 pm
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is famous for his army of small donors, but big donors are still vital to his campaign efforts. At an event in Washington, Obama will welcome a bevy of bundlers — people who round up contributions for campaigns — once loyal to his former rival, Hillary Clinton.
Mexican authorities have agreed to compensate 14 men coerced by state health officials into having vasectomies, and will pay them $3,400 each and materials to build homes. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:15 pm
Intelligence agencies are debating the effects of climate change on national security. A classified assessment delivered to Congress concludes that rising global temperatures would indirectly present a security threat to the United States.
How many species are there in the sea? Some 230,000 recorded so far, all of which will soon be available to anyone at the click of a mouse. Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:13 pm
Shaquille O'Neal & Kobe Bryant have maintained one of the most childish personal rivalries in the history of sports, going back & forth like teenage girls for most of this decade. It wasn't always like this, Shaq played the 'big-brother' role when Bryant arrived to the NBA straight from high school in 1996. But, as time went on.... Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:13 pm
The government has ordered China's fast-growing phone companies to stop adding new customers in August so they can better focus on ensuring service for the Beijing Olympics, company employees said Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:13 pm
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.
Reuters - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip
fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday,
further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border
crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.
(Kyodo) _ Family members of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea expressed frustration Thursday with the Japanese government, which they say did not take a firm stand on insisting... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:10 pm
(Kyodo) _ Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura welcomed North Korea's declaration of its nuclear programs Thursday but said what matters is the contents of the declaration. He... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:09 pm
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai issued a 24-hour deadline Thursday to President Robert Mugabe to negotiate or face being shunned as an illegitimate leader responsible for the killing of civilians.
Officials say a car bomb has exploded near a government office in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing 18 people just hours after another bomber killed at least a dozen sheiks attending a meeting near Baghdad with U.S. officials.
AP - Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early Thursday, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community.
At least 38 people were killed Thursday as bombers targeted an Iraqi municipal headquarters and a provincial governor's office. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Some chick in a bikini decides to practice her head first slide on the kitchen floor and ends up slamming face first into the dishwasher. Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US economy grew at an annual 1.0 percent pace in the first quarter of the year, stronger than previously estimated, the government said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
A car bombing in the northern city of Mosul left 18 people dead and about 60 wounded Thursday, while a suicide bomber killed at least 12 people west of Baghdad at a meeting of tribal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:58 pm
BEIJING (AFP) - North Korea handed over details of its nuclear programmes Thursday, clearing the way to be removed from the US terrorism blacklist amid years of efforts to persuade the North to abandon the atom bomb. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:57 pm
AFP - North Korea handed over details of its nuclear programmes Thursday, clearing the way to be removed from the US terrorism blacklist amid years of efforts to persuade the North to abandon the atom bomb.
Beijing stresses it is "against politicising the Olympics" following an IOC rebuke over comments by an official in Tibet. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:55 pm
At least 33 people were killed in two massive bomb attacks in Iraq Thursday, among them 18 people who died when a car bomb ripped through the northern city of Mosul, Iraqi and US officials... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:50 pm
At least 30 people die in two bombings in Iraq - including a suicide attack on a tribal council meeting in Anbar province. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:47 pm
U.S. officials were shocked that a Mexican judge had freed a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
THE HAGUE (AFP) - Belgian-Dutch banking group Fortis lost more than 15 percent on the Amsterdam stock exchange Thursday after announcing a share issue as part of a solvency plan to raise eight billion euros. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:44 pm
Reuters - California on Thursday took a major
step forward on its global warming fight by unveiling an
ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent
caps on big polluting industries.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Thursday took a major step forward on its global warming fight by unveiling an ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent caps on big polluting industries.
NBC Universal has “amicably resolved” a $105-million lawsuit filed by a woman whose brother committed suicide during a taping of its controversial “Dateline NBC” series “To Catch a Predator,” both parties said today. Bruce Baron, an attorney for Patricia Conradt, said "“the matter has been amicably resolved to the satisfaction of both parties.” Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:41 pm
One leading hypothesis holds that Hanny's Voorwerp is a small galaxy that acts like a large reflection nebula, showing the reflected light of a bright quasar event that happened in the center of IC 2497 about 100,000 years ago. Source: Digg | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:39 pm
President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the regime.
Reuters - Conflict in Somalia has killed 2,136
civilians so far this year, bringing the death toll since an
Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636, a local
human rights group said on Thursday.
The Lebanese bakeries association announces a one-third increase in the price of bread, effective immediately. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:32 pm
NUSA DUA (AFP) - Millions of discarded mobile phones and computers are posing a "major challenge" to human health, the chief of the United Nations Environment Programme said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
North Korea on Thursday submitted its long-awaited declaration detailing its nuclear weapons activities. In turn, the Bush administration said it will lift some trade sanctions against the country, and move to take it off the U.S. terrorism blacklist.
North Korea hands over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China as part of a disarmament deal. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:16 pm
A senior member of Zimbabwe's opposition party is granted bail, a day before a controversial presidential poll run-off. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:11 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - Unsafe water leads to one in 10 diseases and six percent of deaths worldwide, according to estimates in a report to be published by the World Health Organization on Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:06 pm
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday they disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw the executions of people who rape children.
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday welcomed a U.N. check of a Syrian site said to have harbored an almost-built secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but called on Damascus not to restrict the investigation.
GENEVA (AFP) - Africa's AIDS epidemic is so severe that it should be classed as a disaster comparable to floods or famine, the Red Cross said Thursday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 12:03 pm
Former champion Lindsay Davenport withdrew from Wimbledon on Thursday with an injured right knee. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:59 am
Drivers of new cars were less satisfied with their vehicles this year for the first time in at least five years due mainly to rising fuel prices, according to an annual survey released Thursday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:58 am
South Africa extends the contract of the suspended police commissioner as he is ordered to stand trial. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
A senior American official says North Korea has agreed to intensive U.S. verification of its plutonium production for nuclear weapons. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:56 am
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday that North Korea's nuclear declaration is not enough for the United States to begin normalizing ties with the Stalinist state. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:52 am
A California judge blocked a lawsuit that sought to enlist Los Angeles police officers in weeding out illegal immigrants. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:51 am
LONDON (AFP) - African icon Nelson Mandela and US President George W. Bush led heightened international pressure on Robert Mugabe ahead of the one-man presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe on Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:48 am
It may take up to a month to recover the bodies of those killed in the Philippines ferry disaster, officials say. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:44 am
Nepal's interim prime minister announces his resignation, paving the way for Maoist leader Prachanda to succeed him. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:43 am
As Congress debates new measures to help homeowners facing foreclosure, communities like Poughkeepsie, N.Y., are doing what they can. But progress remains painfully slow.
Rite Aid Corp. said Thursday that it swung to a big loss in its first-quarter as it continues to spend heavily to absorb more than 1,850 newly acquired stores and offered promotions on items such as food and toiletries that hurt profit margins in its non-pharmacy operations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:31 am
The military's ground-based missile defense system destroyed a missile launched from an airplane in the first successful test of the system's ability to destroy a warhead that separates from its booster, the Missile Defense Agency said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:21 am
The latest visitors to the New Jersey shore are doing what many tourists do: splashing around in the waves with the kids and feasting on seafood. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 11:11 am
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran's "enemies" would never succeed in stopping its nuclear activities, the official IRNA news agency reported.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A bomb hit troops from the U.S.-led coalition patrolling south of the Afghan capital on Thursday, causing an unspecified number of casualties, the coalition said.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 10:38 am
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has quietly withdrawn its last nuclear weapons from Britain after more than half a century, a watchdog said on Thursday.
SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Kashmiris filled the streets for a fourth day of protests Thursday, after police killings during earlier demonstrations enflamed their anger over the transfer of land to a Hindu shrine in this Muslim-majority region.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 10:22 am
KYOTO, Japan (AP) -- Foreign ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations agreed Thursday on the need to step up efforts to secure Afghanistan's borders and stabilize food and oil prices to avoid a global crisis.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 10:22 am
A rag-tag band of men toting AK-47s at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City forms part of a plan to strengthen the Iraqi army's hold over a bastion of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in Thursday on the constitutional meaning of the right to bear arms. It will be the last decision of the term.
SAN FERNANDO, Philippines (AP) -- Divers having difficulty removing bodies from a capsized ferry were forced to use heavy weights to help pull the dead out of the upside-down vessel, Philippine officials said Thursday.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 9:33 am
It's one of the most important battlegrounds in the war on drugs - Afghanistan's poppy fields. But is the U.S.-led effort to stomp poppy production there undermining the war on terror? Armen Keteyian reports.
KYOTO, Japan (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday warned Zimbabwe's president against declaring victory in what she said will be an illegitimate run-off election this week.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:55 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea lifted its ban on U.S. beef imports Thursday and the government, paralyzed by weeks of tumultuous demonstrations, warned it would not tolerate further protests.... Source: AP Top International News At 10 a.m. EDT | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:48 am
Republican John McCain on Wednesday held off opponents of a Nevada nuclear waste repository as he outlined ways to resolve the U.S. energy crisis. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:38 am
Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Mrs. Clinton’s campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention. The talks come as they try to leave behind their intense rivalry.
Drinkers at an Outback watering hole found a crocodile at the door — and brought it inside for their session. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:21 am
U.S. officials were shocked that a Mexican judge had freed a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 7:54 am
A poster of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi stands outside the head quarters of the National League for Democracy in Yangon in May. Myanmar's police chief Thursday confirmed that 14 supporters... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 7:13 am
File photo shows Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers of a UN peacekeeping unit destined for Darfur in the Sudan. China urged the international community to do more to end violence in war-torn... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 7:11 am
A Sudanese woman walks past paintings of Chinese President Hu Jintao (R) and the United Arab Emirates' late leader, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan (C), on a main street in the Sudanese capital Khartoum... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 7:11 am
An Israeli soldier delivers blindfolded Palestinian prisoners to a military base near the northern Gaza Strip. An Israeli negotiator was due to travel to Egypt on Thursday in a bid to speed up indirect... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:21 am
Philippine divers prepare to inspect the sunken ferry MV Princess of the Stars. Divers Thursday prepared to smash their way into a stricken Philippine ferry containing hundreds of bodies as officials warned... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:15 am
Map locating where the Philippine passenger ferry sank on June 21. Divers Thursday prepared to smash their way into a stricken Philippine ferry containing hundreds of bodies as officials warned it may... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:15 am
US Navy divers enter the water beside the sunken Philippine ferry MV Princess of the Stars. Divers Thursday prepared to smash their way into a stricken Philippine ferry containing hundreds of bodies as... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:15 am
Philippine coast guard planes are continuing their search for victims of a ferry disaster believed to have killed 800 people. Only 57 people survived the tragedy. Duration: 00:27. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:15 am
As Zimbabwe's opposition leader called for peacekeepers, world leaders, including President Bush, Nelson Mandela and Queen Elizabeth II rebuked Robert Mugabe.
Entwistle family members (left to right) father Clifford, mother Yvonne, and brother Russell make a statement to the media following the guilty verdict handed out against Briton Neil Entwistle outside... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 4:51 am
Briton Neil Entwistle was found guilty of murder Wednesday for fatally shooting his wife and baby daughter at their home in the US state of Massachusetts two years ago. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 26 Jun 2008 | 4:51 am
After weeks of protest, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called on his country to move past the dispute. The ban was lifted after extra safeguards were built into the deal.
Anti-graft authorities in a southern Chinese city are questioning mistresses of suspected corrupt officials and finding the information is paying off prettily, the state media has said.
Mistresses and "second wives" are common... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 3:14 am
Sen. Joseph Biden proposes increasing nonmilitary aid to Pakistan while restricting military reimbursements unless Islamabad does more to fight insurgents.
Kermit Love, the costume designer who helped puppeteer Jim Henson create Big Bird and other Sesame Street characters, has died. Carroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street, remembers him.
BERLIN - Six Romanians have been arrested on allegations they stole mobile phones and laptops in a daring theft from a tractor-trailer as it roared down a German autobahn at 100km/h.
"It was an extremely dangerous stunt - like... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 11:33 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO - A sharp increase in drugs and cellphones found inside a prison mystified officials - until guards spotted some distressed pigeons struggling to stay airborne.
Inmates at the prison in Marilia, Sao Paulo state,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 11:28 pm
MADRID - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans.
Parliament's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 9:09 pm
LONDON - Nelson Mandela says there has been a tragic failure of leadership in Zimbabwe in his first public comments about the country's political crisis.
The ex-South African President made the comments at a dinner Wednesday in... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:52 pm
HARARE - Zimbabwe's neighbours overnight urged the postponement of Friday's presidential election, saying the re-election of President Robert Mugabe could lack legitimacy in the current violent climate.
The call by a security troika... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:23 pm
WASHINGTON/GENEVA - US President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that US allies including Israel favour the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.
The US position was set... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
CANBERRA - Convicted drug runner Schapelle Corby remained in a Bali hospital yesterday as the revelations of a two-part documentary on her case were digested.
Although broadcast only in Australia, Indonesian legal officials followed... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
Australia has been rocked by the arrest of yet another mother on charges of neglecting her children, as pressure grows for an overhaul of welfare systems across the nation.
The latest arrest, of a woman in Canberra, follows the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
LONDON - Robert Mugabe has been stripped of his honorary knighthood by the Queen as a "mark of revulsion" over the abuse of human rights and disregard for democracy in Zimbabwe.
The growing international condemnation of Mr Mugabe... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 25 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
South Korea's government said Wednesday that it plans to resume American beef imports as early as this week. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2008 | 5:12 pm
A 77-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of killing his entire family with a hammer, including a 4-year-old granddaughter, Japanese police said. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2008 | 4:40 pm
Mysterious lights in the sky? Some British soldiers thought they might be unidentified flying objects. Then again, they might be those blazing Chinese lanterns released by the partygoers down the road. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2008 | 4:19 pm
Even Saudi Arabia's promise to pump more oil onto the market hasn't dropped the price of a barrel of crude, which hovered Wednesday morning at around $137 a barrel - very close to the record high hit earlier this month.
Saudi authorities have arrested 701 suspected al Qaeda-linked militants this year, including some who were plotting attacks against the kingdom's oil and economic installations, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
U.N. nuclear investigators will wrap up a four-day visit to Syria, but thus far, there has been no indication that they've even managed to scratch the surface of the mystery surrounding a remote Syrian building bombed by Israel in September.
Authorities in a northern Malaysian city are calling on Muslim women not to wear bright lipstick and noisy high-heel shoes if they want to follow the 'Islamic way,' an official says. Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2008 | 1:52 pm
AP - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says he is open to talks with the opposition.
Reuters - North Korea handed over a
long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a
step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from
U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions.
AP - A suicide bomber struck Thursday inside a municipal building west of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people at a meeting of tribal sheiks opposed to al-Qaida, police said. The U.S. confirmed American casualties but gave no further details.
AP - President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime he once branded as part of an "axis of evil."
AP - The economy turned in a better but still subpar performance in the first three months of this year, mostly spurred by stronger sales of U.S. products overseas.
Reuters - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip
fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday,
further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border
crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.
AP - Severe thunderstorms rattled northern Missouri early Thursday, threatening to add even more rain to the swollen Mississippi River and complicate efforts to keep the river from engulfing this community.
AFP - North Korea handed over details of its nuclear programmes Thursday, clearing the way to be removed from the US terrorism blacklist amid years of efforts to persuade the North to abandon the atom bomb.
U.S. officials were shocked that a Mexican judge had freed a man imprisoned in connection with the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said.
Reuters - California on Thursday took a major
step forward on its global warming fight by unveiling an
ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent
caps on big polluting industries.
President Bush said Thursday he will lift key trade sanctions against North Korea and remove it from the U.S. terrorism blacklist, a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the regime.
Reuters - Conflict in Somalia has killed 2,136
civilians so far this year, bringing the death toll since an
Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636, a local
human rights group said on Thursday.
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama said Wednesday they disagree with the Supreme Court's decision to outlaw the executions of people who rape children.
As Congress debates new measures to help homeowners facing foreclosure, communities like Poughkeepsie, N.Y., are doing what they can. But progress remains painfully slow.
A rag-tag band of men toting AK-47s at a checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr City forms part of a plan to strengthen the Iraqi army's hold over a bastion of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton are negotiating a thicket of complicated issues, like how to repay Mrs. Clinton’s campaign debt and her role at the Democratic convention. The talks come as they try to leave behind their intense rivalry.