Bill Gates helped bring computers to the masses, creating a company so influential that it was once dubbed "the Evil Empire." On Friday, he moves on to a full-time role as the world's leading philanthropist.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain with 18 people on board, including three foreigners, but were unable to reach the site Friday, the deputy chief of the air force said.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:57 pm
KHANTY-MANSIISK, Russia (AP) -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Friday harshly criticized U.S. plans for missile defense sites in Europe, saying it will undermine regional security.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:55 pm
The discovery of a toxic cargo on board a sunken Philippine ferry halts an operation to recover hundreds of bodies inside. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:53 pm
LOUDON, N.H. -- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Casey Mears announced today that he will leave Hendrick Motorsports at the end of the 2008 season.
"This happened for a reason,"...
LONDON (AFP) - Svetlana Kuznetsova and Anna Chakvetadze helped ease the pain of Russia's Euro 2008 exit by moving into the Wimbledon last 16 on Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:52 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Marshals led voters to polling stations and bands of government supporters harassed people in the street Friday as Zimbabwe held an internationally discredited, one-candidate presidential runoff marked by intimidation.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:51 pm
AP - Marshals led voters to polling stations and bands of government supporters harassed people in the street Friday as Zimbabwe held an internationally discredited, one-candidate presidential runoff marked by intimidation.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized German judicial authorities in Baden-Baden on Friday, accusing them of obstructing the hunt for former Nazi SS doctor Aribert Heim. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:50 pm
I have a feeling there will be a waiting list for business class. (NSFW only if "blow jobs" said aloud would be inappropriate for anyone around you.) Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:50 pm
Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis, a church law expert known for his tough stance that politicians who support abortion rights be denied Holy Communion, was named Friday to head the Vatican's supreme court. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:48 pm
Reuters - Consumer confidence fell more than
expected in June, hitting another 28-year low as surging prices
and mounting job losses contributed to a bleak outlook,
according to a survey released on Friday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Consumer confidence fell more than expected in June, hitting another 28-year low as surging prices and mounting job losses contributed to a bleak outlook, according to a survey released on Friday.
Internet broadcaster JumpTV Inc. rejected a proposal from Web entrepreneur Brad Greenspan and plans to go ahead with a merger with U.S. online TV service NeuLion Inc. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:44 pm
The Milwaukee Bucks have agreed in principle to trade Yi Jianlian to the New Jersey Nets for Richard Jefferson, two league sources told SI.com. Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:43 pm
NEW YORK - Oil futures climbed briefly to a new record above $142 a barrel Friday on expectations that the weakening dollar, a major factor in crude's stratospheric rise,...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Marshals led voters to polling stations and bands of government supporters harassed people in the street today as Zimbabwe held an internationally discredited,...
The 15,000 tickets available in the second general admission sale for the NFL regular-season game at Wembley Stadium sold out Friday in 30 minutes. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:39 pm
LANCASTER, Calif. - Four people including a NASA engineer were beaten and stabbed to death in the engineer's Mojave Desert home, which was then set afire, authorities...
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton has already loaned Barack Obama her top fundraisers. Now the former rivals are going to see if she can do the same with voters.
HARARE (Reuters) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday accused President Robert Mugabe of forcing Zimbabweans to vote in an election in which the veteran leader is the only candidate.
AP - The millions of economic stimulus payments gave a massive jolt to household finances in May, sending after-tax incomes up by the largest amount in 33 years. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:37 pm
Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on
Friday accused President Robert Mugabe of forcing Zimbabweans
to vote in an election in which the veteran leader is the only
candidate.
Paramilitary police deployed in a park in Zimbabwe’s capital and marshals led voters to polling stations Friday for an internationally discredited presidential runoff held in an atmosphere of intimidation.
One day this past January, Mary Kim Titla's parents left their home on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in southeastern Arizona and drove across the desert to Phoenix with a single purpose in mind — getting an up-close glimpse of a long shot named Barack Obama. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:36 pm
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Rescuers spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian military plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain with 18 people on board, including three foreigners,...
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices struck record highs above 142 dollars on Friday as the US currency weakened and stock markets tumbled at the end of a volatile week for investors worldwide. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:36 pm
NEW YORK - Anheuser-Busch Cos. today detailed its plan to make the company more valuable than the $65 per share offer it rejected from InBev, and gave 2008 and 2009 profit...
Bulgaria's weightlifting federation says it will withdraw its team from the Beijing Olympics after 11 lifters tested positive for a banned steroid. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:34 pm
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has been ranked by one magazine as the most liberal senator in Congress. Obama this week made statements that may indicate he is trying to moderate his image. Is Obama moving toward the center to compete with Republican John McCain in the fall presidential election?
Iraq's provincial elections are slated for this fall. The results have the potential to dramatically shift the balance of power in several key places. That's leading to political problems and fears that the elections will be postponed.
What frustrates Canadians in Washington is that Hugo Chavez's heavy oil - some of it brilliantly marketed as cheap heating fuel to residents in the Bronx and other poor U.S. communities - has become less offensive to environmentalists than petroleum from the U.S.'s northern neighbour. Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:30 pm
Anheuser-Busch Cos. on Friday detailed its plan to make the company more valuable than the $65 per share offer it rejected from InBev, and gave 2008 and 2009 profit guidance above analyst expectations. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:30 pm
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned today that it will just break even in the second quarter as worsening market conditions cut into sales.
Shares...
(Kyodo) _ ---------- N. Korea blasts nuclear cooling tower in symbolic gesture PYONGYANG - North Korea on Friday demolished a cooling tower attached to its key Yongbyon nuclear... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:29 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- 4 more power firms to raise charges OSAKA - Kansai Electric Power Co. and three other power suppliers said Friday they will revise their respective standards for... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:29 pm
The Celtics, with an eternity to decide on their next prospect and the very real chance that the 30th pick in the draft won't crack their 15-man roster, selected a player...
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson warned Friday that it will just break even in the second quarter as worsening market conditions cut into sales. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:26 pm
(Kyodo) _ The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper Friday suspended a reporter for three months and reprimanded four executives including President Yutaka Asahina over a column on its English... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:22 pm
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A levee near Winfield, Missouri, that was holding back the flood waters of the Mississippi River broke early Friday morning, said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
(Kyodo) _ A Singapore Subordinate Court on Friday found two Indonesian men guilty of human organ trading. Although human organ trading is prevalent in Asia, the case is believed to be... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:18 pm
Gas prices have long been sky-high in Europe. So given what's happened to prices at the pump in America recently, has a gallon of gas in Paris or Rome gone from expensive to ridiculous? Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:16 pm
Reuters - A levee near Winfield, Missouri, that
was holding back the flood waters of the Mississippi River
broke early Friday morning, said the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
As oil and gas prices surge, oil companies are highlighting their investments in alternative energy sources with new ad campaigns. Companies are promoting their million-dollar investments, but one journalist says that's not much compared with the billions of dollars that the oil companies make.
AP - Stocks fluctuated Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record but relieved about increases in personal incomes and spending.
As usual, Danny Ainge finished with more than he started last night.
In addition to taking New Mexico guard J.R. Giddens with the 30th pick of the NBA draft, the Celtics...
Mars, the maker of M&Ms, is teaming with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and IBM to make chocolate give up its secrets. They're spending more than $10 million in an effort to sequence the genome of the cacao plant — from which chocolate is made.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve has released documents providing some insights into its private deliberations over the Bears Stearns rescue package.
They indicate the...
Firefighters are battling hundreds of wildfires across California. Lightning strikes sparked an estimated 800 blazes, and many of those fires are still burning out of control. The biggest one is in the Big Sur area south of Monterey, where 19,000 acres have burned.
Groups of people led by marshals loyal to Zimbabwe's strongarm president have been lining up at polling stations to vote in the one-candidate, presidential runoff.
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has wiped out a punitive damages award against Honda of Canada in a landmark wrongful dismissal suit. In a 7-2 decision, justices said the lower... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:08 pm
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman Islands on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials and police said.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off India's Andaman Islands on Friday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, officials and police said. The quake, which was... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:03 pm
The contract for the Screen Actors Guild expires Monday. SAG has been negotiating with the studios for weeks, but they're nowhere near an agreement. Chances of a Hollywood actors' strike are slim, but movie shoots have ground to a halt, just in case.
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) North Korea on Friday demolished a cooling tower attached to its key Yongbyon nuclear reactor, in a symbolic demonstration underscoring progress in the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:02 pm
Walls in Baghdad divide the city into smaller areas that protect people from bombings, sniper fire and kidnappings. They also lead to gridlock, rising prices for food and homes, and complaints about living in what feels like a prison.
The Indian Meteorological Department says a 6.7-magnitude earthquake has stuck the Andaman Islands off the east coast of India. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 2:00 pm
As CRM's chief operating officer Janet Brown says: "For anyone in this indie business, the clock never stops -- and Matt embodies that to the fullest." Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:59 pm
Bulgaria withdraw their weightlifting team from this summer's Beijing Olympics as 11 lifters fail a drugs test. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:57 pm
The U.S. Attorney's Office could file additional charges against two former hedge fund managers — Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin — as early as next week, officials close to the inquiry tell NPR.
KYOTO, June 27 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO ABOUT MORE AGREEMENTS ON N. KOREA NUKE ISSUE AT 2ND-3RD GRAFS) Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura and U.S. Secretary of State ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:55 pm
A senior Iraqi judge was assassinated by drive-by shooters while traveling in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's Higher Judicial Council said Friday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:53 pm
YONGBYON, North Korea (AP) -- North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:52 pm
AP - North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
(Kyodo) _ Malaysia Airlines System on Friday raised the fuel surcharge for its international routes except those to China by 25 to 80 percent with immediate effect, saying passengers must Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:52 pm
KHANTY-MANSIYSK, Russia (Reuters) - Russia and the European Union said on Friday they had turned a new page in their sometimes testy relations after launching long-delayed talks on a new cooperation pact.
Gun owners are praising the U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on handgun ownership in the District of Columbia, which has one of the strictest laws of its kind. Chicago's is similar, and some gun owners there filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging the city's anti-gun law.
Israel refused on Friday to fully open crossings with the Gaza Strip and Palestinian militants attacked Israel with mortars, further testing an already fragile truce. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:44 pm
It is the 4th day and the mysterious ice is cracking even more, we cannow clearly see a pair of eyes staring back through the sky. Also thenewest Purple Monster graphic reveals more then just its body... Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:43 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton take the first step toward healing the wounds of their bruising presidential nominating fight with a joint appearance on Friday in the symbolically named New Hampshire town of Unity.
Key European markets suffer declines in morning trading, following sharp falls in Asia and on New York's Wall Street. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:38 pm
SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor in a dramatic symbol of its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after handing over details of atomic programmes. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:38 pm
AFP - North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor in a dramatic symbol of its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after handing over details of atomic programmes.
(Kyodo) _ Japanese and three other Asian unions representing pelagic long-line tuna fishing operators under a Tokyo-based umbrella group have agreed to suspend operations in a cooperative Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:36 pm
Police in Niger arrest former Prime Minister Hama Amadou, who is accused of embezzling state funds. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:35 pm
An 11-year-old Romanian girl, raped by an uncle, is to be allowed a late abortion even though it is forbidden by law. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:34 pm
Martian soil appears to contain sufficient nutrients to support life - or, at least, asparagus - Nasa scientists believe. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:33 pm
Oil prices climbed to a record above $142 a barrel Friday as the U.S. dollar’s protracted slump and falling stock markets prompted investors to take refuge in oil.
Security firm denies allegations made in a California court that its CEO threatened to ‘kill any executive' who spoke publicly about Garda's financial difficulties
Rescuers spotted an Indonesian air force plane that crashed into a jungle-clad mountain with 18 people on board, but were unable to reach the site Friday, according to the deputy air force chief. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:21 pm
A military judge denied a defense motion to postpone the trial of former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan, the military lawyer for the defense said Friday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:18 pm
Reuters - Russia and the European
Union said on Friday they had turned a new page in their
sometimes testy relations after launching long-delayed talks on
a new cooperation pact.
Romanian government issued a final ruling Friday allowing an 11-year-old girl allegedly raped by her uncle to have an late abortion in a case that has divided the predominantly Orthodox country. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:11 pm
A leading aid agency working in Burma after Cyclone Nargis urges international donors not to politicise future aid pledges. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:08 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea toppled the cooling tower at its plutonium-producing reactor on Friday in a symbolic move to show its commitment to a nuclear deal that comes a day after it submitted an inventory of its atomic program.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and EU leaders agree to start new talks on a strategic partnership, at a summit in Siberia. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:03 pm
A 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Andaman Islands off India's east coast on Friday, the Indian Meteorological Department said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
Lawrence Roberts is just another guy with the title:" Inventor of the Internet" in news articles. According to Wikipedia, he's the father of networking through data packets. And he's turned his attention to everyone's favorite data packet topic: Peer-to-Peer filesharing. He's established a company called Anagran, and says their devices can sort out Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 1:00 pm
Polls open in Zimbabwe on Friday for the disputed one-man presidential run-off. Opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai pulled out of the race citing concerns for his supporters' lives. That leaves President Robert Mugabe as the only candidate on the ballot. International leaders have condemned the election.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, suggesting Americans increased their spending last month, a government report showed Friday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:59 pm
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Civic leader Scott Nelson says he is as worried as anyone about global warming, but that does not make him happy to be one of the first North Americans to pay a carbon tax to curb climate change.
Juan Jose Ibarretxe addresses the Basque parliament in Vitoria. The Basque parliament has approved a plan for a regional referendum on self-determination, setting the stage for a confrontation with the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:56 pm
Police and ruling party militants patrolled Zimbabwe's capital, while led voters to polling stations Friday for controversial one-man presidential runoff. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Baghdad hasn't been this quiet in years. But the respite from bloodshed comes at a high price.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:50 pm
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe held a run-off election Friday with the opposition leader advising supporters to vote for veteran President Robert Mugabe, the only candidate in the poll, rather than put their safety at risk. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:48 pm
The Spanish Football Federation refuses to write off David Villa's chances of playing in Sunday's Euro 2008 final against Germany. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:42 pm
Bill Gates has pulled off one of the greatest hacks in technology and business history, by turning Microsoft's success into a force for social responsibility. Source: Digg | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:40 pm
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:31 pm
North Korea has destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program, blasting apart the cooling tower at an atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil leapt to a new record high above $142 a barrel on Friday, extending gains after surging nearly 4 percent in the previous session, as tumbling global stock markets helped to trigger a wider commodities rally.
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two mortar shells into southern Israel on Friday in the latest challenge to a ceasefire deal and the enclave's Islamist Hamas rulers, who appealed to all factions to abide by the deal.
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military on Friday postponed a ceremony to hand over Anbar province to Iraqi security control, citing forecasts of sandstorms. The announcement came a day after a suicide attack in the western province killed more than 20 people, including three U.S. Marines.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 11:37 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea began inspecting U.S. beef Friday as hundreds of labor activists blocked customs storage facilities for a second day following the government's decision to lift its ban on American beef imports.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 11:36 am
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev smiles before the start of EU-Russia talks in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk. EU leaders are in Siberia for their first major summit with Medvedev in talks expected... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 11:06 am
CEO of Russian state-run natural gas gaint Alexei Miller opens a shareholders meeting in Moscow Friday, June 27, 2008. Miller told the annual shareholders' meeting Friday the rapidly growing company is... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 10:43 am
Barack Obama has taken a stroll this week away from traditional liberal political positions, his path toward the political center marked by artful leaps and turns.
Military officers check a map as they try to locate an Indonesian plane which went missing over West Java. A search is underway for 18 people including three foreigners who went missing when a military... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 9:43 am
Iraq's Higher Judicial Council says a senior judge has been assassinated while he was headed home in Baghdad. Source: FOXNews.com | 27 Jun 2008 | 9:41 am
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw salutes a 2004 military parade in New Delhi. The former general who led the country to victory against Pakistan in 1971 in a war that resulted in the formation of Bangladesh... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 9:27 am
Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi (right) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee before a meeting in New Delhi. The talks are aimed at boosting a slow-moving peace... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 9:01 am
A South Korean watches a TV report on the planned demolition of a cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear reactor in North Korea. South Korea's MBC TV has said that North Korea blew up the cooling tower... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 8:34 am
KYOTO, Japan (AP) -- Foreign ministers from wealthy nations welcomed North Korea's long-awaited declaration of its nuclear capabilities but warned Friday there remains a long way to go before the isolated Stalinist state can rejoin the international community.... Source: AP Top International News At 11 a.m. EDT | 27 Jun 2008 | 7:58 am
Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, speaks at the Springs Preserve on June 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Senator Hillary Clinton was reaching out with a show of unity in Unity, bestowing a warm endorsement... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 7:38 am
US Senator Hillary Clinton, seen here on June 7. Clinton was reaching out with a show of unity in Unity, bestowing a warm endorsement on her Democratic rival, now the party's presumptive White House hope,... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 7:38 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved $161.8 billion in new funds to continue fighting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next year, without timetables for withdrawing combat troops.
A man shot and killed a woman in front of their 11-year-old daughter inside a YMCA recreation center while a swimming class for preschoolers was going on nearby, officials said. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 27 Jun 2008 | 7:12 am
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe (L) listens an accordionist during an economic meeting on June 26, in Bogota. Uribe asked Congress to immediately schedule an early presidential vote after a court questioned... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Jun 2008 | 6:43 am
Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls selected Rose, who grew up on the city’s South Side, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley.
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Martian dirt is apparently good enough for asparagus to grow in, NASA scientists said Thursday, as they announced the results of a soil analysis collected by the US Phoenix Mars lander. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 27 Jun 2008 | 4:03 am
CALIFORNIA - The plastic surgeon who operated on rapper Kanye West's mother before she died last fall has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving.
Police said Dr Jan Adams was seen using an off-ramp to get on a freeway early... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Jun 2008 | 3:45 am
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe says he is open to talks with the opposition on the eve of an election the Movement for Democratic Change is boycotting.
"We remain open to discussion with the MDC," he said while speaking at a... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Jun 2008 | 12:58 am
President Bush is lifting key trade sanctions against North Korea and removing it from the list of nations that the U.S. says sponsor terrorism. Mr. Bush once labeled the North's regime part of an "axis of evil," along with Iraq and Iran.
Worldwide, illicit cultivation of opium and coca is rising as militants in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar consolidate their control of key drug-producing areas, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime warns in a new report.
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.
A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of pro-government Sunni sheiks west of Baghdad, killing at least 23 people, including three U.S. Marines. At least 18 more people died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul.
The UN negotiators attempting to bring peace to Darfur have resigned, admitting that their mission has been a failure.
Jan Eliasson, who has been leading the UN's peace efforts in Sudan for the past 18 months, announced that... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:35 pm
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Zimbabwe's President last night against declaring victory in what she said would be an illegitimate run-off election tomorrow.
With the Opposition boycotting the vote due... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:30 pm
Germany overnight was to mark the 60th anniversary of the start of the Berlin Airlift, which involved New Zealand pilots.
The undertaking supplied West Berliners with food and fuel, likely saved the city from falling to the Soviets... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
A spokesman for Afghan's intelligence chief accused Pakistan's premier spy agency of organising a recent assassination attempt on President Hamid Karzai, the most serious in a string of allegations which could hobble Washington's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
Somalia needs urgent medical aid to save thousands of malnourished children and wounded adults who are trapped in one of the most violent, lawless countries in the world, an international aid group said.
Four hundred kangaroos and wallabies will be shot dead in an annual cull in Maria Island National Park off Tasmania's east coast, the state's Parks and Wildlife Service says.
The service's manager of operations and performance... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:15 pm
An American surgeon known as "Doctor Death" to medical staff at the Queensland hospital where he worked for two years is to be extradited on charges relating to the deaths of 17 patients.
While at the Bundaberg Base Hospital,... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
From Australia to Japan, California to Chile, surfers around the world are uniting to protect humpback whales from world No.1 hunter Japan - by getting towns and communities to adopt the giant mammals.
Sixty towns in Australia... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 6:00 pm
A mother who wanted to scan a photo of her son as a baby on to a birthday cake was forced to have it censored because it showed his bottom. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 5:38 pm
A British man convicted of murdering his wife and infant daughter will be sentenced to life in prison. Neil Entwistle was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his wife and their baby.
A Burmese editor has been arrested and his magazine closed after he traveled to the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy Delta to help bury people killed in the storm, media rights watchdogs said today. Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Jun 2008 | 5:27 pm
Seal hunters in Namibia plan to club 86,000 seals in an annual hunt set to begin next week, as animal rights activists brace for a showdown with the Government over a practice they regard as inhumane.
During this year's season... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Jun 2008 | 5:15 pm
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.
AP - Marshals led voters to polling stations and bands of government supporters harassed people in the street Friday as Zimbabwe held an internationally discredited, one-candidate presidential runoff marked by intimidation.
Reuters - Consumer confidence fell more than
expected in June, hitting another 28-year low as surging prices
and mounting job losses contributed to a bleak outlook,
according to a survey released on Friday.
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton has already loaned Barack Obama her top fundraisers. Now the former rivals are going to see if she can do the same with voters.
Reuters - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on
Friday accused President Robert Mugabe of forcing Zimbabweans
to vote in an election in which the veteran leader is the only
candidate.
Paramilitary police deployed in a park in Zimbabwe’s capital and marshals led voters to polling stations Friday for an internationally discredited presidential runoff held in an atmosphere of intimidation.
Comment by David Hemenway, PhD Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Bill Gates today ends his tenure Friday as ultimate boss of Microsoft to devote full time to his huge charitable foundation.
Reuters - A levee near Winfield, Missouri, that
was holding back the flood waters of the Mississippi River
broke early Friday morning, said the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
AP - Stocks fluctuated Friday after a sharp dive in the previous session, with investors anxious about a new oil price record but relieved about increases in personal incomes and spending.
AP - North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday, blasting apart the cooling tower at its main atomic reactor in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
AFP - North Korea on Friday blew up the cooling tower of its atomic reactor in a dramatic symbol of its commitment to nuclear disarmament, one day after handing over details of atomic programmes.
Oil prices climbed to a record above $142 a barrel Friday as the U.S. dollar’s protracted slump and falling stock markets prompted investors to take refuge in oil.
Reuters - Russia and the European
Union said on Friday they had turned a new page in their
sometimes testy relations after launching long-delayed talks on
a new cooperation pact.
North Korea destroyed the most visible symbol of its nuclear weapons program Friday in a sign of its commitment to stop making plutonium for atomic bombs.
Barack Obama has taken a stroll this week away from traditional liberal political positions, his path toward the political center marked by artful leaps and turns.
Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA. The Chicago Bulls selected Rose, who grew up on the city’s South Side, with the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft Thursday night, choosing the Memphis guard over Kansas State forward Michael Beasley.