In Findlay, Ohio, a Rust Belt town of 40,000, false rumors about Barack Obama have built enough word-of-mouth credibility to harden into an alternative biography.
U.S.-led forces backed by warplanes battled militants in southwestern Afghanistan, killing 28 rebels including several Taliban commanders, an Afghan official said Monday. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:51 pm
Woodcarver convicted of killing a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer who disappeared while hiking in the northern Philippines' mountainside rice terraces gets 40 years in prison without parole. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:29 pm
Peru's ex-security chief testifies that former President Alberto Fujimori is innocent of human rights violations. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:26 pm
Choices line up from bad to worse for many Detroit auto workers hit by a one-two punch from a housing slump and shrinking auto sales Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:23 pm
NEW YORK - New York City officials say Bon Jovi will play at a free concert in Central Park this summer.
The concert will be held July 12th.
The concert is billed as...
A 69-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of hacking his grand children and wife to death with an axe. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:17 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A drug developed using nanotechnology and a fungus that contaminated a lab experiment may be broadly effective against a range of cancers, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Floyd Landis lost his final chance to retain his 2006 Tour de France title today, the last step of a long, multimillion-dollar process that poked holes...
Sri Lanka's army chief says the Tamil Tigers are beaten as a conventional force but may always wage an insurgency. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:16 pm
Call me old school, but I grew up with traditional RPG games like Ultima and Might 'n' Magic on the PC and Final Fantasy/Dragon Warrior on the NES and SNES. I understand that technology has to evolve, but why does the gameplay have to be thrown out the window? Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:13 pm
Hundreds of wildfires — including a massive, stubborn blaze in the Big Sur region — were burning Monday in Northern California and there was no weather relief in sight.
Kenyan PM Raila Odinga calls on the African Union to suspend Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe until he allows fair elections. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:11 pm
WIMBLEDON, England - Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic was ousted in straight sets in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn on Monday, leaving the women's draw without...
Illinois Sen. Barack Obama and Arizona Sen. John McCain agree that the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed. But they disagree on what to do with the roughly 270 detainees still held there.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe came under pressure at an African Union summit on Monday to negotiate with the opposition after being re-elected in a one-candidate election condemned by regional monitors.
(Kyodo) _ ---------- Japan seeks U.N. cooperation on climate change, to send SDF to Sudan TOKYO - Japan on Monday sought cooperation from the United Nations in creating an effective... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:07 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - A new test to screen for drug-resistant tuberculosis will greatly help the fight against the disease in developing countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:05 pm
WASHINGTON - President Bush today signed legislation to pay for the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the rest of his presidency and beyond, hailing the $162 billion...
I didn't link directly to the video itself because I thought I'd leave the option to you guys whether you want to watch it in 480p or 720p. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 3:00 pm
Pakistan's security forces have been attacking militant positions in the Northwest Frontier Province. Now, the top Taliban commander in Pakistan says they'll strike back and suspend peace talks with the government.
This morning carrying a gigantic carton adorned with an official looking “Gotham National Bank” shipping label…well, let’s just say, grabbed my attention. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:50 pm
In the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore., Tyson Gay qualified for the Beijing games by winning the 100 meters. His time was 9.68 seconds. It doesn't qualify as a world record because it was run with the help of the wind.
Republican John McCain is expected to travel to Mexico and Colombia this week in hopes of expanding his reach to Latino voters. Democrat Barack Obama is planning to shore up his foreign policy credentials by traveling to Iraq, Afghanistan and Europe in mid-July.
INDIAN ISLAND, Maine - A weekend powwow at Indian Island that drew hundreds of community members and Indians from New England and Canada is expected to become an annual event.
The...
In a push to sell more of its new Windows Vista software, Microsoft said it plans to stop shipping copies of Windows XP. Lance Ulanoff, PC Magazine's editor in chief, talks about what this means for consumers who use Windows software.
TOKYO, June 30 (Kyodo) _ A group of Japanese lawmakers viewed Japanese-administered islets in the East China Sea from the air on Monday, immediately drawing protests from China and... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:38 pm
Iraq begins the process of opening up its oil industry to foreign investment to help boost its production. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:37 pm
The annual World Petroleum Congress is under way in Madrid, Spain. And while the Saudis and other OPEC oil ministers are among those registered for the conference, they are not expected to offer any solutions for soaring prices, now more than $141 a barrel.
Grand Canyon National Park may be one of the planet's Seven Natural Wonders, but few realize how many people help keep its 4.4 million annual visitors safe and happy — from the cowboys who lead mule tours, to the rangers who make sure campground toilets work.
Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir on Monday sacked the civil aviation boss after a cargo plane crashed and burst into flames in Khartoum in the fourth fatal air accident in two months. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:35 pm
BROOKLYN, NY—Mark Mendicus, 26-year-old Staples employee and principal owner of the fantasy baseball team Beat With Uggla Stick, blasted his underperforming team in the media Monday, going so far as to single out individual players, criticize their recent play, and question their commitment to winning. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:35 pm
The World Food Program announced a major expansion of its operations in North Korea on Monday. North Korea is letting the WFP expand its staff there sixfold — a rare opening of the communist nation to foreign observers.
A special Iranian court sentenced an Iranian man to death on charges of spying for Israel, state television said. It was the country's first known conviction for espionage linked to Israel in almost a decade.
Reuters - An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to
death an Iranian businessman on charges of being an Israeli spy
who targeted the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program
and its military, media said.
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to death an Iranian businessman on charges of being an Israeli spy who targeted the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program and its military, media said.
MADRID, Spain - As oil set a new record, top industry executives and a senior European government official today urged the world to pull together in the face of skyrocketing...
An Australian man was arrested and charged Monday with the gruesome ax murders of his wife and two grandchildren. Police have arrested a 69-year-old man over the alleged triple murder of his wife and his two grandchildren in rural New South Wales. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:25 pm
PARIS - A French commercial court today ordered eBay Inc. to pay more than $59 million to a high-end fashion company because counterfeit goods were sold on the auction site.
The...
NEW YORK - Stocks extended their decline into a third session today as investors contended with another spike in oil prices, which fanned fresh concerns about inflation.
Rising...
Federal regulators are putting the final touches on a comprehensive report about last year's deadly coal mine collapse. As Congress considers tough new safety standards for the mining industry, survivors of the cave-in and victims' families are suing the coal company and the mine's operator.
HOUSTON - The Red Sox and Major League Baseball have dispatched security teams to St. Petersburg, Fla., for the next three days due to a recent threat made against the club's...
There was nothing in her death notice to suggest Mary Faherty, whose funeral will be held in East Falmouth this morning, represented a delightful slice of history in this...
(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING DETAILS) An alarm system of the Fire and Disaster Management Agency malfunctioned Monday, causing a message to be erroneously broadcast over the community's... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:13 pm
TOKYO, June 30 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: RECASTING WITH FUKUDA-BAN MEETING) Japan on Monday sought cooperation from the United Nations in creating an effective framework to combat climate change Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:12 pm
(Kyodo) _ J-League club Tokyo Verdy said Monday they have acquired the services of former Japan striker Masashi Oguro, who played for Italian Serie A side Torino the last two seasons. ... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:12 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq threw open the world's third largest oil reserves to foreign firms on Monday, putting British and U.S. companies in poll position five years after U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein.
Scientists have linked 32 genetic variations to Crohn's disease, a bowel disorder, highlighting the complexity of many common diseases and the difficulties facing researchers seeking treatments. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:09 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Five Iraqi appeals court judges escaped assassination attempts on Monday when bombs exploded outside their homes in eastern Baghdad, an apparent attempt to intimidate... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:09 pm
AA soldier using live ammunition instead of blanks wounded 16 people at a demonstration of hostage-rescue techniques in France on Sunday, officials said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the target of an "X-ray radiation plot" during his trip to Rome for the UN food summit earlier this month, the official IRNA news agency reported... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:04 pm
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures during the World Food Security summit at the Food and Agritutury Organization (FAO) in Rome on June 3. The IRNA news agency has said that Ahmadinejad was the... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 2:04 pm
The deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians more than two years ago led to the high-profile court-martial of eight Marines accused of violating the rules of engagement. The case against the highest-ranking officer charged in the killings was dismissed last week, which the prosecution plans to appeal.
The Iraqi government says it has opened six oil fields for bidding from international firms to boost production. An energy expert says the announcement alone is likely to positively impact oil prices - and maybe pump prices, but not just yet.
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim leaves the Turkish embassy, after seeking sanctuary amid sodomy claims. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:52 pm
BEIJING (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday pressed China and African powers to back international action on Zimbabwe, while also raising hopes of fresh nuclear talks soon with North Korea.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AFP) - African Union observers condemned Zimbabwe's one-man election as undemocratic on Monday, intensifying pressure on Robert Mugabe as he faces his peers after a vote much of the world has dismissed as a farce. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:32 pm
AFP - African Union observers condemned Zimbabwe's one-man election as undemocratic on Monday, intensifying pressure on Robert Mugabe as he faces his peers after a vote much of the world has dismissed as a farce.
Whether you're aiming to reduce your carbon footprint, save some money on petrol or just beat the traffic blues, there are some cheap, green and exciting ways of getting around that can replace your motor car. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:30 pm
Building collapses in the Iranian capital, killing 19 laborers living inside it, Iranian state television and radio reported. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:28 pm
A new Iraqi oil refinery in the Shiite city of Najaf. Iraq says it has failed to sign technical support agreements with global oil majors which were aimed at helping boost the war-torn country's oil production... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
Map of Iraqi oil fields and pipelines, and a chart showing oil production 2000-2007. Iraq says it has failed to sign technical support agreements with global oil majors which were aimed at helping boost... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq said on Monday it has failed to sign technical support agreements with global oil majors which were aimed at helping boost the war-torn country's oil production. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:24 pm
AP - The Bush administration said Monday it is freezing a scheduled 10 percent fee cut for doctors who treat Medicare patients, giving Congress time to act to prevent the cuts when lawmakers return from a July 4 recess. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:23 pm
Reuters - Iraq threw open the world's third
largest oil reserves to foreign firms on Monday, putting
British and U.S. companies in poll position five years after
U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein.
A French court orders eBay to pay 40 million euros in damages to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake goods. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:11 pm
SYDNEY, Australia (AP) -- A 69-year-old man suspected of hacking his two grandchildren and wife to death with an ax and badly wounding his daughter has been arrested, police said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:10 pm
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Anwar Ibrahim, leader of Malaysia's revitalized opposition, left the Turkish embassy on Monday where he had taken refuge following sodomy accusations, the latest thunderbolt in Malaysia's political tempest.
Artists like Kurt Wenner, Eduardo Relero and Tracy Lee Stum create street art that’s so incredible, it’s impossible to pass by without being sucked in to the worlds they create on asphalt and concrete surfaces. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:10 pm
State radio in Cameroon says prison guards have killed 16 inmates trying to escape from a jail in the country's commercial capital. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:02 pm
A helicopter saved nine young hikers from a ledge in a western New York gorge where they spent the night after getting stranded. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:01 pm
AP - Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic was ousted in straight sets in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn on Monday, leaving the women's draw without its top three ranked players.
BEIJING (AP) -- Representatives of the Dalai Lama said Monday they will sit down for talks with Chinese officials, as international pressure built for the sides to ease tensions after anti-government riots in Tibet.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:55 pm
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Gaza's Hamas rulers hinted Monday they would raise the stakes for a captured Israeli soldier, emboldened by Israel's decision to trade a Lebanese prisoner convicted in a brutal attack for the bodies of two other Israeli servicemen.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:52 pm
Meet the Uno. The Uno's custom hoops aren't front and rear like a motorcycle's, but side by side and inches apart under the rider, rising and falling independently over the road as he leans the gyroscope-stabilized machine through effortless turns. Source: Digg | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:48 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Program, which has warned of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea due to a food shortage, said on Monday it reached a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid, and that a U.S. ship carrying wheat had arrived.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, an ex-Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain’s military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
AP - Stocks headed for a narrowly mixed open Monday as oil prices set a new trading record and investors awaited a regional manufacturing reading for hints about where the market might be headed after last week's steep sell-off.
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim Monday left the Turkish ambassador's residence, where he fled after being accused of sodomy, after the government guaranteed his safety. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:45 pm
Wildfire fears cancel fireworks displays across the West and the Southwest. Meanwhile, a worldwide shortage has driven prices beyond the means of many local governments.
One the province of the poor and uninsured, medical tourism is gaining attention of insurance industry giants, who are increasingly considering coverage for foreign care.
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- A powerful explosion destroyed a militant compound and killed up to eight people Monday in a volatile tribal region where Pakistan security forces are waging an offensive against pro-Taliban militants, residents said.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:38 pm
A video grab from footage from the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation showing what the station claimed was an image of captured Israeli air force navigator Ron Arad in 2006. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:31 pm
Man who auctioned his life his house, his car, his job, even his friends on eBay says he is disappointed with the selling price: almost $384,000. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:29 pm
The former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sari, seen here, has appeared before the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court to appeal his detention, in a case that poses the first big test for the tribunal... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:25 pm
The former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary, seen here being helped to his feet, has appeared before the UN-backed Cambodian genocide court to appeal his detention, in a case that poses the first... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:25 pm
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt (AP) -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was welcomed by his peers Monday, strolling into an African Union summit where leaders were unlikely to criticize him despite Western calls for them to condemn his widely discredited re-election.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:20 pm
AP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was welcomed by his peers Monday, strolling into an African Union summit where leaders were unlikely to criticize him despite Western calls for them to condemn his widely discredited re-election.
India says it plans a gradual shift to solar power and other forms of renewable energy in the battle against climate change. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:13 pm
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Farmers who had protested the seizure of their land were attacked by supporters of Robert Mugabe the same day he was sworn in again as Zimbabwe's president, the head of a farmer's union said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:12 pm
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices hit record high points close to 144 dollars per barrel on Monday as the dollar fell further and amid a conference and protests staged in response to soaring crude, analysts said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:00 pm
Reuters - Anwar Ibrahim, leader of
Malaysia's revitalized opposition, left the Turkish embassy on
Monday where he had taken refuge following sodomy accusations,
the latest thunderbolt in Malaysia's political tempest.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, seen here with Chinese Premier Wen Jiaboa in Beijing, has pressed China on sensitive human rights issues, but said she was encouraged by their decision to hold talks... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:53 am
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has pressed China's leaders over sensitive human rights issues, but said she was encouraged by their decision to hold talks with envoy's for the Dalai Lama, pictured... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:53 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency said Monday.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:46 am
AP - A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency said Monday.
AP - More than a thousand wildfires including a massive, stubborn blaze in the Big Sur region were burning early Monday in Northern California and there was no relief in sight for weary firefighters.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Flooding on the Mississippi River has closed the St. Louis harbor to barge traffic, halting commercial traffic at an important junction of several major waterways, said the U.S. Coast Guard.
The global economy could face a deeper downturn than many currently expect amid rising inflation and the turmoil on financial markets, the Bank for International Settlements said at its annual meeting Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:35 am
A new test to quickly diagnose drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis will be rolled out in four African countries this year. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:34 am
The Cleveland Clinic, highly regarded for its cardiac care, doesn't hire smokers or allow trans-fats on its menus, and now it's joining with a nationally known weight control program to help its employees shape up and slim down. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:32 am
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has joined an African summit looking for a boost of political legitimacy after a re-election condemned by world leaders. His fellow African leaders appeared unlikely to strongly criticize him.
Dutch legislator Geert Wilders will not be prosecuted for inciting hatred of Muslims with his film denouncing the Quran, prosecutor said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:24 am
When Capt. Ivan Castro joined the Army, he set goals: to jump out of planes, kick in doors and lead soldiers into combat. He achieved them all. Then the mortar round landed five feet away, blasting away his sight. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 11:04 am
Del Monte will sell its seafood business, which includes the StarKist brand, to a South Korean company for $363 million as it focuses on higher margin produce and pet foods. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:57 am
CARCASSONNE (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy promised swift and severe punishment Monday after a soldier shot and wounded 17 people, including a three-year-old boy and both his parents, at an open day at an army barracks. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:56 am
Egypt will reopen its Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip for two days this week to allow hundreds of stranded on both sides to cross, a Palestinian diplomat in Cairo said Monday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:49 am
Representatives of the Dalai Lama headed to Beijing on Monday for the first formal talks with Chinese officials in a year, officials said, a move that comes less than four months after anti-government riots swept through Tibet. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:49 am
BRUSSELS (AFP) - Inflation in the 15 eurozone countries shot up to a record 4.0 percent in June over 12 months amid soaring oil prices, according to a first estimate from the EU's Eurostat data agency on Monday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:41 am
A opposition party supporter holds up a poster of Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, hwo is preparing to leave the Turkish embassy where he fled after being accused of sodomy, and filed a lawsuit... Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, seen here on May 16, is preparing to leave the Turkish embassy where he fled after being accused of sodomy, and filed a lawsuit against his accuser. Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Jun 2008 | 10:40 am
A helicopter ferrying a patient with an emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near an Arizona hospital, leaving six people dead and critically injuring a nurse.
A nearly 700-page study released by the Army found that "in the euphoria of early 2003," U.S.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send enough troops to handle the occupation.
A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the country agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency said Monday. Source: MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:41 am
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's main opposition leader believes the pomp with which President Robert Mugabe was sworn in for a sixth term is a sign of desperation.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:37 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A police officer says three Iraqi judges have been targeted by bombs in different areas of Baghdad, resulting in injuries but no deaths.... Source: AP Top International News At 9:11 a... | 30 Jun 2008 | 9:31 am
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe joined an African Union summit where peers were unlikely to criticize him despite Western calls for them to condemn his widely discredited re-election.
A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency says.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rebuilding at the World Trade Center site will take longer and cost more than previously projected, a report from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is set to say on Monday, a source familiar with the contents said.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Six people were killed and one was seriously injured on Sunday when two medical helicopters collided on their way to a hospital in Flagstaff, Arizona, air officials said.
What happens over the next year at Khurais, one of Saudi Arabia's last undeveloped giant oil fields, could hold the key to what drivers will pay at the pump for years to come.
A Perth man who auctioned his life - his house, his car, his job, even his friends - on eBay said today he is disappointed with the selling price: just under A$400,000 ($500,000).
Ian Usher, a British immigrant to Australia, put... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 Jun 2008 | 1:45 am
The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by nearly two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior U.N. official said Sunday.
A nearly 700-page study released by the Army found that "in the euphoria of early 2003," U.S.-based commanders prematurely believed their goals in Iraq had been reached and did not send enough troops to handle the occupation.
President... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 Jun 2008 | 12:00 am
Iraqi guards opened fire on a female suicide bomber and triggered her explosives belt before she reached their headquarters, foiling the latest of more than 20 suicide missions by women this year, military officials said.
BEIJING - Guards with machine guns began patrolling the Beijing airport as the city tightens security for the Olympics, news reports said Saturday.
Also this weekend, police will start checking Beijing subway passengers for guns... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 9:58 pm
Firefighters made slow progress Sunday against more than a thousand wildfires burning throughout Northern California, but forecasters said dangerous fire conditions would not relent any time soon.
No new major fires had broken... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 9:42 pm
Kosovo Serbs have inaugurated their own assembly in the divided town of Mitrovica, in a blow to the authority of the new state's ethnic Albanian leadership.
Forty-five members of the "parliament" were elected last month, during... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 8:56 pm
TOULOUSE, France - Sixteen people including four children have been wounded after a soldier fired live ammunition during a military show in the southern French town of Carcassonne, a local official has said.
The accident occurred... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 8:51 pm
Thousands of rioters torched police and government office buildings in southwest China on Saturday, in unrest triggered by allegations of a cover-up over a girl's death.
An official said residents were angered when authorities... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 8:15 pm
HARARE - Robert Mugabe has been sworn in for a sixth term as President of Zimbabwe ahead of his departure to an African Union summit where he is expected to seek recognition for his "overwhelming" victory in an election in... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 8:00 pm
A teenager was decapitated by a roller coaster after he hopped fences and entered a restricted area yesterday at Six Flags Over Georgia, authorities said.
Authorities were investigating reports from witnesses who said the teenager... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
US congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Jun 2008 | 7:15 pm
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised China's earthquake recovery efforts during a visit to the disaster zone, contrasting Beijing's 'attentive' response with Myanmar's reluctance to accept outside aid after a devastating cyclone. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Jun 2008 | 5:32 pm
Thousands of police attempted unsuccessfully to keep people off the streets in Indian Kashmir on Sunday as mass protests continued against what demonstrators charge is a government plan to build Hindu settlements in the Muslim-majority region. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Jun 2008 | 4:40 pm
Israel's Cabinet votes overwhelmingly in favor of an emotionally charged deal to swap a Lebanese convicted in a brutal 1979 attack for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers declared earlier in the day to be dead. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Jun 2008 | 4:23 pm
In Findlay, Ohio, a Rust Belt town of 40,000, false rumors about Barack Obama have built enough word-of-mouth credibility to harden into an alternative biography.
Hundreds of wildfires — including a massive, stubborn blaze in the Big Sur region — were burning Monday in Northern California and there was no weather relief in sight.
Reuters - An Iranian court on Monday sentenced to
death an Iranian businessman on charges of being an Israeli spy
who targeted the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program
and its military, media said.
AFP - African Union observers condemned Zimbabwe's one-man election as undemocratic on Monday, intensifying pressure on Robert Mugabe as he faces his peers after a vote much of the world has dismissed as a farce.
Reuters - Iraq threw open the world's third
largest oil reserves to foreign firms on Monday, putting
British and U.S. companies in poll position five years after
U.S.-led troops invaded the country to oust Saddam Hussein.
AP - Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic was ousted in straight sets in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn on Monday, leaving the women's draw without its top three ranked players.
Retired Gen. Wesley Clark, an ex-Democratic presidential candidate now supporting Barack Obama, said Sunday John McCain’s military service does not automatically qualify him to be commander in chief.
AP - Stocks headed for a narrowly mixed open Monday as oil prices set a new trading record and investors awaited a regional manufacturing reading for hints about where the market might be headed after last week's steep sell-off.
Wildfire fears cancel fireworks displays across the West and the Southwest. Meanwhile, a worldwide shortage has driven prices beyond the means of many local governments.
One the province of the poor and uninsured, medical tourism is gaining attention of insurance industry giants, who are increasingly considering coverage for foreign care.
AP - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe was welcomed by his peers Monday, strolling into an African Union summit where leaders were unlikely to criticize him despite Western calls for them to condemn his widely discredited re-election.
Reuters - Anwar Ibrahim, leader of
Malaysia's revitalized opposition, left the Turkish embassy on
Monday where he had taken refuge following sodomy accusations,
the latest thunderbolt in Malaysia's political tempest.
AP - A U.S. ship carrying thousands of tons of food aid has arrived in North Korea, after the communist nation agreed to expanded international assistance for its impoverished people, the U.N. food agency said Monday.
AP - More than a thousand wildfires including a massive, stubborn blaze in the Big Sur region were burning early Monday in Northern California and there was no relief in sight for weary firefighters.
A helicopter ferrying a patient with an emergency from the Grand Canyon collided into another chopper carrying a patient near an Arizona hospital, leaving six people dead and critically injuring a nurse.
Newsweek: Are rising world temperatures behind the dramatic increase in so-called 100-year weather events?
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe joined an African Union summit where peers were unlikely to criticize him despite Western calls for them to condemn his widely discredited re-election.