Reuters - Israel hit the Gaza Strip with more air strikes on Tuesday and warned its military action could last weeks, while its Islamist enemy Hamas vowed to keep up rocket attacks on Israeli cities.
AP - Chase Daniel threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin in overtime and Missouri rallied to beat Northwestern 30-23 in the Alamo Bowl on Monday night.
BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) -- Anti-government protesters abandoned their siege of Thailand's Foreign Ministry building on Tuesday, easing a standoff that threatened to re-ignite a long-running political crisis.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:28 pm
Anti-government protesters abandoned their siege of Thailand's Foreign Ministry building on Tuesday, easing a standoff that threatened to re-ignite a long-running political crisis. ... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:28 pm
Nine activists are arrested in Rangoon, during a march calling for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:27 pm
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Coup leaders in Guinea named a civilian banker as prime minister Tuesday, making good on a key promise a week after seizing power upon the death of the country's dictator.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:26 pm
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- The Egyptian president says his country will not fully open its crossing into the Gaza Strip unless Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority is in control of the border post.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:25 pm
AP - The Egyptian president says his country will not fully open its crossing into the Gaza Strip unless Mahmoud Abbas' Palestinian Authority is in control of the border post.
Dead Jews aren't news, but killing terrorists outrages global activists. Throughout the weekend, Israel struck back powerfully against its tormentors. Now Israel's...
Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak's "emergency rule" is deep into its third decade, with modernizing son Gamal teed up as the pharaoh-in-waiting. While Gamal's...
Every Christmas season, the Graham gang gathers in South Carolina for a gluttonous celebration of the glories of sweet tea and mustard-based BBQ. Then, as the gentlemen nonchalantly...
The National Conference party is to form a new government in Indian-administered Kashmir in alliance with Congress. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:20 pm
Coup leaders in Guinea named a civilian banker as prime minister Tuesday, making good on a key promise a week after seizing power upon the death of the country's dictator. Their... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:19 pm
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AFP - Israel on Tuesday shunned world appeals for a truce, massed forces on the Gaza border and warned that its deadly assault on Hamas could last for weeks as jets pummelled Islamist targets for a fourth day.
GAZA CITY (AFP) - Israel on Tuesday shunned world appeals for a truce, massed forces on the Gaza border and warned that its deadly assault on Hamas could last for weeks as jets pummelled Islamist targets for a fourth day. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:15 pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:13 pm
AP - Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area.
Libya's oil chief says his country will cut production — starting in January — by almost 20,000 barrels per day more than Libya's OPEC quota. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:12 pm
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- A passenger jet powered in part by vegetable oil successfully completed a two-hour flight Tuesday to test a biofuel that could lower airplane emissions and cut costs, Air New Zealand said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:11 pm
AP - A passenger jet powered in part by vegetable oil successfully completed a two-hour flight Tuesday to test a biofuel that could lower airplane emissions and cut costs, Air New Zealand said.
OBERHOF, Germany, Dec. 30 (Kyodo) _ Top Japanese Alpine skier Akira Sasaki said Tuesday he plans to join the World Cup circuit in ski cross, a freestyle event similar to snowboard cross... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:11 pm
(CRICKET )South Africa have sealed a historic Test series victory in Australia, winning the second Test after reaching 183 for the loss of just one wicket.
AP - Buoyed by more recruiters, bigger bonuses and an elite reputation, the Marine Corps has grown by nearly 27,000 members in a little more than two years half the time that military officials believed it would take.
Reuters - Global growth will be very weak next year, a senior European banker warned on Tuesday, and loans to companies and household in the euro zone stagnated, raising new concerns about the extent of the credit crunch.
Israel says it is ready for "long weeks of action" as it continues its fiercest air assault on Gaza for decades. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:02 pm
SKion GmbH, the holding company owned by German billionaire Susanne Klatten, has increased its stake in specialty chemicals maker Altana AG to more than 88 percent, the company said Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm
GENEVA (AFP) - Struggling airlines hit more trouble in November, with passenger numbers down and freight plunging by a "shocking" 13.5 percent, the worst drop since the September 11 terror attacks, IATA said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:01 pm
TAUNTON - Taunton police say a 3-month-old baby boy died Sunday, apparently after being accidentally smothered while sleeping in his mother's bed.
Chief Raymond O'Berg...
Pakistan closed the main route used to ferry supplies to U.S. and allied troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday after launching a fresh offensive against militants in the area. The road... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:00 pm
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip sent a deadly barrage of missiles flying deep into Israel, demonstrating that Hamas still has firepower three days into Israel's punishing offensive against Gaza.
LYNN - A Nahant man charged with molesting the son of a woman he befriended over an eight-year period has been ordered held without bail.
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Most of the billions in bailout money that the government has handed out so far has gone to the nation's banks. The idea was that with more money on their balance sheets, banks would make more loans and that would help jump-start the economy. But it hasn't quite worked out that way.
The Czech education ministry draws up guidelines for teachers to halt the growth of cyber bullying in schools. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:57 pm
AP - Attorney David Kubiliun is a typical South Floridian: He lives in a suburb, works in downtown Miami and spends several hours a week sitting in maddening traffic on Interstate 95. Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:54 pm
(Kyodo) _ ---------- 150 people demonstrate in front of Israeli Embassy in Tokyo TOKYO - About 150 people gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday to protest... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:52 pm
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan urged India on Tuesday to reduce tension by deactivating its air bases and standing down troops, but New Delhi angrily rejected suggestions it was aggravating tension with its nuclear-armed rival.
(Kyodo) _ Myanmar authorities Tuesday arrested nine protesters who staged an unauthorized march in Yangon, calling for the release of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:51 pm
Reuters - The United States backs a proposed Afghan government plan to engage tribal elders in the war against the resurgent Taliban, a move seen by critics as reviving militias, its top envoy said on Tuesday.
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States backs a proposed Afghan government plan to engage tribal elders in the war against the resurgent Taliban, a move seen by critics as reviving militias, its top envoy said on Tuesday.
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel on Tuesday rejected any truce with Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip before cross-border rocket fire ceased and said its air strikes, the fiercest in decades, heralded "long weeks of military action."
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(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING WITH INDIAN RESPONSE, ADDING QUOTE FROM QURESHI) Pakistan urged India on Tuesday to relocate ground troops away from the border and to deactivate its forward... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:45 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Monday expanded its bailout of the U.S. auto industry, saying it was buying $5 billion in equity in auto and mortgage finance company GMAC and increasing a loan to General Motors by $1 billion.
Israeli is keeping up a relentless aerial assault on Hamas-ruled Gaza, but their offensive has reached a turning point; they are now poised to move to the next "phase" of operations, which may well include ground forces entering the territory.
Some of the 1,800 carol singers, seen, as they attend the opening of the "Carol Singer Tour 2009", in Hildesheim, Germany, Tuesday, Dec 30, 2008. They all will take part at the worldwide greatest support... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:43 pm
Beginning January 1st, the U.S. will have new rules when it comes to detaining suspects in Iraq. The changes are part of the recently negotiated security pact between Iraq and the U-S. The Americans will begin handing over many more detainees to the Iraqi prison system. Also, the Americans will need permission from an Iraqi judge to hold a suspect.
Army Sgt. Stephanie Greer was serving in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, when she learned of a most unexpected battle: Her estranged husband was going to fight her for custody of their daughter. Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:40 pm
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Bangladeshi voters handed the alliance led by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a landslide victory in results announced Tuesday, as the troubled South Asian nation returned to democracy after two years of military-backed rule.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:40 pm
Tensions are high in Ghana as the opposition candidate claims victory ahead of official results. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:38 pm
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The number of roadside bombs and kidnappings doubled in Afghanistan in 2008 from the year previous, the U.S. ambassador said Tuesday, grim statistics that underscore the country's deteriorating security situation.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:33 pm
The number of roadside bombs and kidnappings doubled in Afghanistan in 2008 from the year previous, the U.S. ambassador said Tuesday, grim statistics that underscore the country's... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:33 pm
A silver lining found within today's financial storm is that more businesses are embracing cloud computing. The economic and environmental advancements of storing and delivering more corporate information via the Internet (aka "the cloud") will be the technology story of 2009.
(Kyodo) _ China has appointed Xue Hanqin, a female diplomat, as its first ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday. ... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:29 pm
England and Liverpool footballer Steven Gerrard, charged with assault and affray, is offered support by his club. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:29 pm
Pot smokers flying high over a new law providing simple tickets for possessing small amounts of weed could still find themselves in cuffs as city leaders weigh a state recommendation...
(Kyodo) _ About 150 people gathered in front of the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday to protest against Israel's airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. At the protest organized by Amnesty... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:28 pm
Most of us missed the play. We have a second chance now with the new movie "Doubt," which provides some understanding of how so many for so long denied and ignored...
Russia's state-owned natural gas company spokesman Sergei kupriyanov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Gazprom will stop shipments to Ukraine if it doesn't pay a $2 billion... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:25 pm
The man who killed nine people at his former in-law's Christmas party while dressed as Santa Claus had plotted the attack several months ago and his hit list was longer than first thought
An Iraqi-born Canadian citizen is charged in the US of conspiring to spy from 2000 for the former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:23 pm
Pakistani protesters, carrying the flags and leaders of U.N. member nations, demonstrate in Islamabad against Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Governments across Asia called for an immediate... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:20 pm
Some 400 Congolese have been killed by Ugandan rebels since Christmas, an aid agency says. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:19 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Treasury unveiled a six-billion-dollar package Monday to assist GMAC, the troubled financial arm of General Motors seen as vital to the survival of America's largest automaker. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:19 pm
The Treasury Department said Monday that it will provide $5 billion to GMAC Financial Services LLC, the ailing financing arm of General Motors Corp. Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:18 pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The trial of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush in Baghdad has been postponed pending an appeal over whether the incident amounted to an assault, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Yellowstone National Park was jostled by a host of small earthquakes for a third straight day Monday, and scientists watched closely to see whether the more than 250 tremors were a sign of something bigger to come.
BANGKOK (AFP) - New Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva promised economic and political revival as he gave his first policy speech Tuesday, despite being forced to switch venue by protesters blockading parliament. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:10 pm
Russia's gas monopoly reiterates it will cut supplies to Ukraine within days if it does not pay off its debt. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 12:04 pm
PESHAWAR, Pakistan(AFP) (AFP) - Pakistan on Tuesday cut off supplies to NATO and US forces in Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass as security forces launched a major operation against militants there, officials said. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:57 am
Israeli air strikes have been pounding Hamas militant targets in Gaza, reducing dozens of buildings to rubble. Five ministerial buildings have been destroyed by Israeli missiles. Meanwhile, Hamas continues to launch rocket attacks from Gaza on southern Israel.
DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's former premier Sheikh Hasina Wajed won the country's first election since 2001 in a landslide Tuesday, crushing her bitter rival to retake power in the impoverished south Asian nation. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:53 am
Prosecutors say two real-life Grinches posed as police officers and robbed a couple's home of their holiday presents on Christmas Eve. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:49 am
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistan said Tuesday that India had moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:46 am
Five Zimbabwe opposition officials are accused of bombing a police kitchen and a nearby toilet. Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:44 am
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The trial of a journalist who has been hailed as a hero in the Arab world after throwing his shoes at President George W. Bush was postponed on Tuesday pending a review of the case by a higher court, a spokesman for Iraq's Higher Judicial Council said.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:41 am
Alexei Cherepanov, who died after losing consciousness during a Russian Superleague game two months ago, had been taking banned substances, government investigators said on Monday.
Protests are being held in the Arab world as the violence around Gaza continues for a fourth day. Israel on Tuesday rejected any truce with Hamas. The Arab League will meet Wednesday in Egypt to discuss the crisis. More than 360 Palestinians have been killed since the Israeli offensive started Saturday. Rockets from Gaza have killed five Israelis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers have found out what made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly -- a group of three genes that lets the virus invade the lungs and cause pneumonia.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawmakers will take their first close look next Monday at financier Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion fraud and why the Securities and Exchange Commission failed to discover the scandal.
One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's most famous one-liners will be back for generations to come, now that 1984's "The Terminator" has been selected for preservation in the nation's film archive. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:31 am
Pakistan says India has moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks. But officials keep talking about easing the faceoff.
Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in western Canada's backcountry, and rescuers searching for the men faced "extreme" risk themselves from crashing snow.
The Indian Coast Guard rescued two people off India's east coast during a search for more than 300 illegal immigrants missing for the past four days and feared dead, police said Tuesday. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:26 am
The father of an 11-year-old girl who died, likely of hypothermia, after trying to walk 10 miles in the snow has been charged with second-degree murder and felony injury to a child. Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:18 am
Nine activists were arrested in Myanmar's commercial capital Tuesday during a march calling for the release of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, witnesses said. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 11:03 am
Grammy Award-winning jazz musician Freddie Hubbard has died at the age of 70. He collaborated with such greats as John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins. Hubbard had been hospitalized since a heart attack last month.
Pakistan said Tuesday that India had moved troops toward their shared border, following Islamabad's own redeployment of forces toward the frontier amid tensions over the Mumbai attacks.
Woman wears a mask with a tear depicting the Palestinian flag during a demonstration in front of the Israel embassy in Buenos Aires. European Union foreign ministers meeting in Paris are to appeal for... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:56 am
Protestors shout during a demonstration in front of the US consulate in the northern Greek town of Thessaloniki. European Union foreign ministers meeting in Paris are to appeal for an immediate ceasefire... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:56 am
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global growth will be very weak next year, a senior European banker warned on Tuesday, while Japan reportedly considered a $110 billion scheme to buy bad loans from banks, the latest in a series of government moves aimed at fighting the worst downturn since the 1930s.
A trader throws ribbons into the air to celebrate the year's final session of trading on the floor of the Indonesia Stock Exchange in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah) Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:54 am
A vicitim of the Lord's Resistance Army at a camp in 2006. The LRA rebels killed almost 200 people in a campaign in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN agency said in a report released Monday... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:51 am
Iranian Jewish school boys attend an anti-Israel demonstration to condemn Israel over air attacks in the Gaza Strip in front of the UN office in Tehran, Tuesday Dec. 30, 2008. The school boys hold up signs... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:46 am
A pro-Palestinian protestor holds a banner during a rally against Israel's air strikes in the Gaza Strip in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. Government and opposition leaders of mainly-Muslim... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:44 am
Head of Time, Frequency and Gravimetry section at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, Dr Elisa Felicitas Arias, of Argentina, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at her office... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:42 am
Israeli aircraft kept up a relentless string of attacks on Hamas-ruled Gaza on Tuesday, smashing a government complex, security installations and the home of a top militant commander as thousands of Israeli ground troops, backed by tanks and artillery, massed along the border and waited for a signal to attack. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:41 am
Israel rejected any truce with Hamas Islamists on Tuesday and said it was ready for "long weeks of action" on a fourth day of the fiercest air offensive in the Gaza Strip in decades.
Sit back, relax and let your car parallel park itself — without a single scratch or ding to your bumper. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:37 am
Some of the loudest protests over proposed city budget cuts in Philadelphia are being voiced for places that are usually ghostly quiet — city libraries. Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 30 Dec 2008 | 10:34 am
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Prosecutors agreed on Monday to provide an impeachment panel with tape-recordings in which investigators say Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is heard scheming to sell the powers of his office.
For residents of southern Israel, anxiety about casualties inflicted by missiles from Gaza is mixed with satisfaction that Israel's military is trying to settle the score with their militant tormentors.
BEIJING (AFP) - Paleontologists in east China have dug up what they believe is one of the world's largest group of dinosaur fossils including the remains of an enormous "platypus", state press said Tuesday. Source: AFP - Wire stories | 30 Dec 2008 | 8:45 am
A teen convicted in the "Jena Six" beating case shot himself in the chest and was taken to the hospital Monday, days after his arrest on a shoplifting charge, police said.
As many Americans struggle to pay for health care or health insurance, hospitals in Mexico are expanding in hopes of wooing more patients from north of the border. Costs for procedures are often significantly cheaper due to lower overhead in Mexico.
Chase Daniel threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jeremy Maclin in overtime and Missouri rallied to beat Northwestern 30-23 in the Alamo Bowl on Monday night.
Purebred dogs go for top dollar in pet stores around the country, but buyers of cute, cuddly puppies may not know that some come from unregulated breeding mills overseas. In Los Angeles, one recent shipment of dead and ailing puppies from South Korea got the city's attention.
Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada's backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead.
The Illinois GOP is taking advantage of the corruption charges leveled against Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich. They say they have learned valuable lessons from the scandal surrounding former Republican Gov. George Ryan, who is now serving time in jail on corruption charges of his own.
A Japanese man who had been living in Terminal 1 of the Benito Juarez International Airport since Sept. 2 - for no apparent reason - left under equally mysterious circumstances.
FERNIE, British Columbia (AP) -- Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada's backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead.... Source: AP Top International News At 8:30 a... | 30 Dec 2008 | 4:22 am
Taliban militants are beheading and burning their way through Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley, and residents say the insurgents now control most of the mountainous region far from the lawless tribal areas where jihadists thrive.
The White House, calling for a lasting cease-fire in the Mideast, today backed Israel's deadly air attacks on the Gaza Strip and said the Islamic militant group ruling there had shown its "true colors as a terrorist organisation."
After... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:00 am
Six bodies have been recovered from the scene of two avalanches that buried eight snowmobilers in western Canada's backcountry, police said today.
The bodies were recovered hours after a search and rescue team plowed through the... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 30 Dec 2008 | 1:00 am
DETROIT (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian has sold off all of his remaining shares of Ford Motor Co, completing a retreat from a high-profile stake in the No. 2 U.S. automaker that cost him hundreds of millions of dollars.
Despite overall decreases in violent crime in the U.S., a study finds a sharp increase in murders of and by black males, especially teenagers. The authors of the report say several factors could be to blame, including homeland security duties for police after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
The number of homicides involving black youths — as victims and perpetrators — surged by more than 30 percent from 2002 to 2007, even as overall murder rates across the U.S. have been relatively stable, according to a study released by two Northeastern University professors.
Thousands of homes are without power following severe thunderstorms in south-east Queensland last night.
The storms stretching from Kilcoy, north of Brisbane, to the southern Gold Coast have taken down power lines and trees.
Energex... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 8:30 pm
Hundreds of anti-Government protesters blocked entrances to Thailand's Parliament yesterday, forcing the maiden policy speech of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to be delayed.
Red-shirted supporters of Thaksin Shinawatra, who... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 8:15 pm
HOBART - Plans are being made to go to the aid of another lone round-the-world sailor in trouble in the Southern Ocean, near Australia.
A spokesman for Canadian sailor Derek Hatfield said yesterday that the yachtsman's 18m boat... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 8:10 pm
Kim Jong Il attended a concert by North Korea's state orchestra, state media said, the latest official report to portray the reclusive leader as healthy amid speculation he suffered a stroke in August.
Soviet dictator Josef Stalin - who sent millions to their deaths in the Great Purge of the 1930s - has missed out on being voted Russia's greatest historical figure.
The Georgian was placed third by television viewers of the state-run... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 7:15 pm
Four people went on trial in north China yesterday in connection with the country's tainted-milk scandal, bringing the number before the courts to 10, state media said.
On Friday, six people suspected of involvement in the scandal... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 7:00 pm
Anti-Israel protests have sprung up across the world in response to the Israel's three-day attack on Gaza, aimed at rooting out Hamas militants responsible for earlier rocket attacks. Many world governments have condemned Israel's actions.
Two giant pandas, goodwill gifts from China to political rival Taiwan, are losing weight since their arrival on the island last week.
Male Tuan Tuan has shed about 2kg and female Yuan Yuan nearly 3kg as they grapple with Taiwan's... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 6:15 pm
A Canadian man is urging others who may have slept with his Thai stripper ex-wife to get tested or the HIV virus after she passed on the virus to him, according to a report in the Toronto Sun. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 5:55 pm
Attackers wielding machetes hacked to death dozens of people at a church in remote eastern Congo, witnesses said, and the Ugandan army accused the Lord's Resistance Army rebels of the massacre.
A Pennsylvania family did not realise they had an unexpected Christmas guest until a man who had been in their attic for days emerged wearing their clothes.
Stanley Carter surrendered after police took a dog to search the home... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 5:15 pm
The U.S. Navy says it has seized more than 20 tons of drugs worth about $100 million along a 'hash highway' that is the frequent scene of attacks from Somali pirates. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 5:12 pm
For a decade, Russian academic Igor Panarin has been predicting the U.S. will fall apart in 2010. Now he's found an eager audience: Russian state media, who are interviewing him twice a day. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 5:06 pm
Powerful Iranian clerics are registering thousands of volunteers to fight against Israel in response to its air assault on Gaza. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 4:25 pm
GAZA CITY - Terrified prisoners fled from a Gaza City jail bombed by Israeli warplanes, their faces white with dust and red with blood as they stumbled over piles of rubble.
The dozens of prisoners rushed from their cells, carrying... Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 29 Dec 2008 | 4:00 pm
More than 300 illegal immigrants were missing and feared drowned after they jumped from a rickety boat that had been drifting for 13 days in the waters off India's coast and tried to swim to shore. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 2:50 pm
Scottish police charged 35-year-old Justice Ngema with attempted murder after he allegedly locked a 35-year-old nurse in the trunk of a car for as many as 10 days. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 2:35 pm
Search teams recovered the bodies of seven snowmobilers Monday, a day after they were swept away by avalanches in western Canada's backcountry, police said. An eighth man was missing and believed dead. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 2:25 pm
Pakistan's army chief said his country needed to 'avoid conflict' with India, even as the army sent additional troops to his country's border with India. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 2:14 pm
Israel's defense minister said Monday the country is engaged in a 'war to the bitter end' against Hamas in the Gaza Strip and said the military operation against the terror group would continue and intensify. Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Dec 2008 | 2:04 pm
