U.S. takes big stake in Citi

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government committed to holding up to 36 percent of Citigroup's common shares in a deal to bolster the fallen financial giant's capital base, and gave most of the bank's board their marching orders.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:54 pm

China scorns U.S. rights record in tit-for-tat exchange

BEIJING (Reuters) - China maintained its scornful response to human rights criticism from the United States, throwing back assertions that Washington was culpable for racism, crowded prisons and torture.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:50 pm

U.S. economy shrank at 6.2 percent rate in fourth quarter

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy contracted more sharply than initially estimated in the fourth quarter, government data showed on Friday, as exports plunged and consumers cut spending by the most in over 28 years amid a severe recession.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:49 pm

Bishop's apology over Holocaust denial not enough: Vatican

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Friday that an apology by a traditionalist bishop who denied the Holocaust fell short of meeting the Holy See's demand for a full and public recanting of his position.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:49 pm

American reaction mixed on Obama budget

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Many Americans applauded the spending plans and tax breaks set out in President Barack Obama's record budget, while others questioned the yawning deficit it would entail.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:49 pm

Pakistan police battle opposition supporters

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Police fought running battles with supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif near Pakistan's capital Friday as protests against a court order barring him from elected office continued for a third day....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:48 pm

Pakistan police battle opposition supporters

Police fought running battles with supporters of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif near Pakistan's capital Friday as protests against a court order barring him from elected office...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:48 pm

ASEAN makes slow progress on human rights body establishment+

(Kyodo) _ The Association of Southeast Asian Nations on Friday was unable to make concrete progress on the establishment of a proposed human rights body for the grouping. In the first...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:47 pm

Economy shrinks even more than expected in 4Q (AP)

AP - The economy contracted at a staggering 6.2 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in a quarter-century, as consumers and businesses ratcheted back spending, plunging the country deeper into recession.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:46 pm

Citigroup reaches aid deal with government (AP)

AP - The U.S. government will exchange up to $25 billion in emergency bailout money it provided Citigroup Inc. for as much as a 36 percent equity stake in the struggling bank.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:45 pm

Economy Shrinks At Worst Pace In 25 Years

The economy contracted at a staggering 6.2 percent pace at the end of 2008. The Commerce Department report showed the economy sinking much faster than the 3.8 percent annualized drop for the October-December quarter first estimated by the government last month.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:45 pm

Economy shrank at fastest pace in 27 years

The economy shrank at a staggering 6.2 percent pace at the end of 2008, the worst showing in more than a quarter-century. 
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:43 pm

4TH LD: Bird flu detected in Aichi, H7 strain found for 1st time in 84 yrs+

NAGOYA, Feb. 27 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING INFO ON CONFIRMATION OF ATTENUATED NATURE OF VIRUS, OTHER DETAILS) The H7 bird flu virus has been detected at a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:43 pm

U.S. GDP shrank revised real 6.2% in 4th qtr of 2008, worst in 27 yrs+

(Kyodo) _ (EDS: TO BE LED) The U.S. economy contracted an annualized real 6.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year, revised down from an earlier forecast of 3.8 percent and...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:43 pm

Obama, Sarkozy to Get Nobel Peace Prize?

Obama, Sarkozy believed among record 2009 Nobel Peace Prize nominations.
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:41 pm

FBI arrests Stanford exec amid fraud probe

FBI agents have arrested the chief investment officer of troubled Stanford Financial Group, accusing Laura Pendergest-Holt of obstructing a Securities and Exchange Commission fraud investigation.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:39 pm

Ohio twin charged in brother's death has alibi

The lawyer for a teen charged in the shooting death of his identical twin brother says three people will testify he couldn't have committed the crime.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:38 pm

Officials: Death toll hits 54 in Bangladesh mutiny

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- Security forces searching the headquarters of a mutinous Bangladeshi border guard unit on Friday discovered the bodies of dozens of officers in "mass graves," raising the death toll to 54, officials said....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:36 pm

Vatican: bishop's apology on Holocaust not enough

The Vatican says the apology issued by a bishop who denied the Holocaust is not enough to admit him into the church as a clergyman. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:35 pm

Vatican: bishop's apology on Holocaust not enough

The Vatican says the apology issued by a bishop who denied the Holocaust is not enough to admit him into the church as a clergyman.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:35 pm

Vatican: bishop's apology on Holocaust not enough

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican says the apology issued by a bishop who denied the Holocaust is not enough to admit him into the church as a clergyman....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:35 pm

Cambodian, Thai leaders pledge to resolve border dispute+

(Kyodo) _ Top leaders of Cambodia and Thailand reaffirmed Friday their intent to solve a seven-month-old border dispute but set no deadline. After a half-hour meeting in Thailand's Hua...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:35 pm

Live text - West Indies v England

England resume their first innings on 301-3 when day two of the fourth Test against West Indies gets under way in Barbados at 1400 GMT.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:34 pm

Ang Lee to head Venice Film Festival jury

Director Ang Lee, who twice won the Venice Film Festival's prestigious Golden Lion award, will head its jury this year.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:33 pm

APTOPIX Japan Twilight

"Twilight" stars, from left, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, wave upon arrival for a red carpet ceremony to promote their latest film, directed by Catherine Hardwicke, in Tokyo Friday,...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:31 pm

Singapore Edison Chen

Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen, center, attends a Carl's Junior's launch of its new "Angus Burger" while fans watch from outside the event side on Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Singapore. Edison Chen's new...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:30 pm

U.S. government boosts stake in Citigroup

Citigroup said Friday morning it has reached a deal that will give the government up to a 40 percent stake in the struggling bank.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:29 pm

Singapore People Edison Chen

Hong Kong celebrity Edison Chen attends a Carl's Junior's launch of its new "Angus Burger" on Friday Feb. 27, 2009 in Singapore. Edison Chen's new movie "The Sniper" will debut next month, the Chinese-Canadian...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:26 pm

Mass grave found in Bangladesh - International Herald Tribune

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:26 pm

'Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience' - Newsday

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:25 pm

GM Said to Need European Aid in Weeks or Opel May Be Insolvent - Bloomberg

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:25 pm

FDIC Reports That Bank Failures Are Rising - TIME

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:24 pm

Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibration

Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. Tactile devices, which translate sound waves into vibrations that can be felt by the skin, can help overcome that obstacle by conveying nuances of speech ...

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:23 pm

Bangladesh troops find mass grave

Troops searching the site of a mutiny in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, find a grave thought to hold 58 bodies.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:23 pm

Somalia

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke, center, speaks to the journalists as he arrives at the airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, Thursday,...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:23 pm

Laura Bush: 'Totally forgot' about Obama's speech

Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Obama's speech to Congress because "I just totally forgot about ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:22 pm

Obama: 8/31/10 Is Our Iraq War End Date

President Barack Obama is making good on a campaign pledge - getting most combat troops out of Iraq by August of next year - just a little later than promised, and with a few conditions.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:22 pm

Out-of-work financiers embrace globetrotting

Some of a bumper crop of relatively young and wealthy but out-of-work financiers have fanned out around the globe in pursuit of leisure or to explore something, anything, outside a cubicle's confines

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:17 pm

U.S. takes big stake in Citi (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. government committed to holding up to 36 percent of Citigroup's common shares in a deal to bolster the fallen financial giant's capital base, and gave most of the bank's board their marching orders.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:16 pm

Naval chief denies Mumbai gunman entered from Pakistan - AFP

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:15 pm

Calif. aquarium blames flooding on curious octopus (AP)

AP - Staff at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium in California say the trickster who flooded their offices with sea water was armed. Eight-armed, to be exact.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:15 pm

Taiwan, Japan agree on mechanism for fishing disputes+

(Kyodo) _ Fishing authorities of Taiwan and Japan agreed Friday to establish an emergency contact channel to rapidly solve fishing disputes in waters claimed by both sides. Taiwan's...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:14 pm

Car repossessions rise, as does violence potential

Alone in his mobile home off a winding dirt road, Jimmy Tanks heard a commotion at 2:30 a.m. just outside his bedroom window: Somebody was messing with his car.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:13 pm

Holocaust-denying bishop's apology not enough: Vatican (Reuters)

Reuters - The Vatican said on Friday that an apology by a traditionalist bishop who denied the Holocaust fell short of meeting the Holy See's demand for a full and public recanting of his position.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:12 pm

Obama’s budget: Will healthcare reform take hold? - Christian Science Monitor

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:11 pm

The naked truth: Junk and jubblies sell games

This just in: A penis is on display in a video game!
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:11 pm

Friday eye-opener: A-Rod's cousin apparently banned - USA Today

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:10 pm

AP Exclusive: Gregg had stake in, won aid for base (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama's former nominee to become commerce secretary, Sen. Judd Gregg, steered taxpayer money to his home state's redevelopment of a former Air Force base even as he and his brother engaged in real estate deals there, an Associated Press investigation found.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:10 pm

Experts try to identify Amsterdam crash victims

AMSTERDAM (AP) -- Forensic experts worked Friday to identify the dead in a Turkish Airlines crash that killed nine people in the Netherlands, while investigators at the scene mapped the exact location of each piece of mangled debris in search of the cause....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:10 pm

Denver's Rocky Mountain News shuts doors - CNN

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:09 pm

Netanyahu fails to land centrist rival's support

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Tzipi Livni, to join him in a broad coalition Friday, increasing the likelihood that Israel's next government will be an alliance of hawks and hard-line religious parties opposed to substantial concessions for peace....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:08 pm

Netanyahu fails to land centrist rival's support

Benjamin Netanyahu failed to persuade his centrist rival, Tzipi Livni, to join him in a broad coalition Friday, increasing the likelihood that Israel's next government will be an alliance...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:08 pm

Haynesworth gets 7-year, $100 deal from Redskins (AP)

AP - Moving swiftly in the first hours of free agency, the Washington Redskins opened their deep pockets and snagged perhaps the biggest name available: All-Pro defensive tackle Albert Haynesworth.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:07 pm

Police fire tear gas, round up Pakistan protesters

Pakistani police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in the capital Friday, with the nuclear-armed nation in turmoil since a court banned the top opposition leader from contesting...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:07 pm

GLOBAL MARKETS-Citi govt deal hits shares; dollar firmer - Reuters

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:06 pm

Japan's Economy Takes Another Hit

Japan's industrial output plunges at record pace; family spending also slides.
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:06 pm

'Skin taxes' tempt, but face 1st Amendment issues

It's enough to make you blush: Some politicians want a bigger taste of the economy's naughty side, pushing for special taxes on dirty magazines, racy movies, sex toys and strip clubs.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:06 pm

Citi seals deal to raise U.S. stake

Shares plunge; troubled banking giant reshapes board of directors, revises 2008 loss to $27.7-billion, or $5.59 per share

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:05 pm

World stocks mostly lower as economic fears weigh

LONDON (AP) -- European markets fell Friday on concerns about banks and pharmaceutical companies, whose profits investors believe may be curbed by President Obama's plan to reform America's costly health care system....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:02 pm

Flintoff to return home from tour

Andrew Flintoff is returning home from England's tour of the West Indies on Friday to have treatment on his injured hip.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:02 pm

Obama to end combat operation in Iraq by August 2010

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six years after U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, President Barack Obama will announce on Friday the withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces by August 2010, administration officials said.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:01 pm

US increases stake in Citigroup

Citigroup agrees a deal which sees the US government increase its stake in the ailing bank from 8% to 40%.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:00 pm

Moroccans jail key bomb suspect

A court in Morocco jails Islamist militant Saad Housseini for 15 years over the 2003 Casablanca bombings.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:59 pm

Officials: Up to 50,000 GIs in Iraq through '11

President Barack Obama planned to declare on Friday that the United States would end its bloody and costly combat mission in Iraq by late summer of 2010.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:59 pm

Holocaust row bishop apologises

A British bishop expelled from Argentina for denying the extent of the Holocaust apologises for causing offence.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:59 pm

Laura Bush: Life in Dallas Has Been a 'Slow Adjustment' - ABC News

Source: Google News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:53 pm

Mitsui Life eyeing further delay in listing plan+

(Kyodo) _ Mitsui Life Insurance Co. plans to put off its plan to go public in light of weakening earnings amid the deepening recession, the incoming president of the major Japanese life...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:52 pm

Red Tape: Budget crises halt tax refund checks

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:50 pm

4 Americans among dead in Turkish Airlines crash

A Turkish Airlines jetliner plummeted out of cloudy skies and plowed into a muddy field on approach to Amsterdam on Wednesday, ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:47 pm

Shell Sees Global Oil Demand Doubling By 2050

As oil companies plan for the future, they are expecting higher prices and demand. Oil company executives were on Capitol Hill this week to discuss offshore drilling, which they say needs to be part of America's long-term energy policy. Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum says he expects global demand to double by 2050.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:43 pm

No deal in Israel coalition talks

Israel's prime minister-designate says talks to include the centrist Kadima party in a coalition have ended without agreement.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:41 pm

US troops to leave Iraq by end 2011 (AFP)

AFP - All US combat troops will leave Iraq by August next year and a full withdrawal will be completed by the end of 2011 under a strategy to be laid out Friday by President Barack Obama, top officials said.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:40 pm

Hedge-fund swindler due in court

Fresh from a medical exam, a New York hedge-fund cheat is returning to court on charges that he skipped out on a 20-year prison sentence.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:39 pm

Bangladesh soldiers unearth mutiny mass grave (AFP)

AFP - Security forces in Bangladesh on Friday uncovered at least 38 bodies of murdered army officers in one grave as the death toll following a deadly mutiny in the capital rose.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm

Mugabe prepares lavish birthday

Supporters of Zimbabwe's president raise $250,000 to mark his 85th birthday, as the country seeks emergency aid.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:32 pm

Malaysian PM: Send Muslim Boat People Back

Malaysian PM calls for Myanmar's boat people to be turned back.
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:30 pm

Obama Expected To Announce Iraq Withdrawal

President Obama will announce plans to withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of August 2010, but wants to leave tens of thousands of "non-combat" forces there, congressional officials say. Not really much of a withdrawal, say some.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:30 pm

Obama's budget

Obama's budget is estimated to cost every American $25,000 in taxes. This is not affordable! Yes, I know that Obama is going to tax the rich to pay for it. It is...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:29 pm

Assisted suicide case revives right-to-die debate

The case against an alleged assisted suicide ring known as the Final Exit Network has revived a long-simmering debate over the ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:28 pm

Riding instructor facing rape charges held

SWANSEA - A former stable owner and horseback riding instructor facing rape and other charges has been ordered back to jail pending trial for allegedly violating terms of...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:26 pm

Report: QB/QT Tom Brady, supermodel Gisele Bundchen tie the knot in intimate L.A. ceremony

New England Patriots superstud Tom Brady - the region's most eligible bachelor - reportedly tied the knot last night with his...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:25 pm

Assisted suicide case revives right-to-die debate (AP)

AP - The case against an alleged assisted suicide ring known as the Final Exit Network has revived a long-simmering debate over the right to die.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:25 pm

Mexico Prez Talks Tough on Drug Violence

Mexico's president hopes to quell drug violence by 2012
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:23 pm

Displaced Tutsis, seen here in 1994, at a refugee camp in Kabgayi, Rwanda

Displaced Tutsis, seen here in 1994, at a refugee camp in Kabgayi, Rwanda. An international tribunal sentenced a Rwandan priest to more than two decades in prison after finding him guilty of killings in...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:23 pm

Mexico prez hopes to quell drug violence by 2012

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's president says he hopes to quell his country's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears that his government is losing control of its territory....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:22 pm

Sony CEO takes helm at electronics arm

Technology and entertainment giant reorganizes electronics businesses to stem losses

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:18 pm

Betancourt 'selfish in captivity'

Ingrid Betancourt, held by Farc rebels in Colombia, was selfish in captivity, say three fellow hostages in a new book.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:15 pm

Citigroup Reaches Aid Deal With Government

Bank giant and federal government reached an agreement in which the government will substantially increase its stake in the bank, from the current 8 percent to as much as 36 percent. In return, it will demand changes in the boardroom.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:15 pm

Iraq pullout strategy slows

U.S. combat troops will remain in the war zone until at least December, 2010, as Obama set to backload withdrawal in speech this morning

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:09 pm

Golf shoe maker shutting down

BROCKTON - Golf shoe manufacturer FootJoy is shutting down its Brockton plant, putting more than 100 people out of work. Company spokesman Rob Kelley tells The Enterprise...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:07 pm

Two victims, same 'chaos'

They were two senseless and grotesque city murders that ended the lives of two young women from different ends of the social spectrum. Analicia Perry and Chiara Levin...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:01 pm

Hundreds Detained, 40 Dead In Bangladesh

Security forces have detained hundreds of fleeing border guards and set up roadblocks across the country since a bloody two-day revolt against military officers reportedly left at least 40 people dead, officials and a local TV report say.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 pm

No surprise: 'I' is our oldest word

And 'dirty' is headed for the scrap heap

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 pm

Governor's councilor grills judge hopeful

A governor's councilor this week pilloried a judicial nominee who said he'd bend over backward to protect law-abiding residents - essentially accusing the would-be...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:59 am

Lexington High senior is YouTube hit

Gino is dead, but Jeremy Fry is Half Way There to replacing him as a fan fave on the Jumbotron at Celtics games. ...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:59 am

Tiananmen mothers call for probe of 1989 crackdown

BEIJING (AP) -- A group of mothers whose children were killed in pro-democracy demonstrations in Tiananmen Square 20 years ago has renewed calls to China's leaders for a full investigation....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:59 am

East European banks get $31B support

Eastern Europe's struggling banks will receive euro24.5 billion ($31.1 billion) worth of emergency help from leading international financial institutions to shore up their battered finances, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development said Friday.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am

Mrs. Bush: Former first family adapts to new life

Former first lady Laura Bush says she didn't watch President Barack Obama's speech to Congress because "I just totally forgot about it."
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am

Record 205 nominations for Nobel Peace Prize

President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy are believed to be among a record 205 nominations for the 2009 ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:58 am

Oil momentum subsides after demand increase

Investor enthusiasm waned Friday, pulling oil prices lower to near $44 a barrel after a day-earlier surge in crude on evidence that protracted weak U.S. oil demand could be recovering.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:56 am

Obama to reveal Iraq pullout plan

President Barack Obama is expected to announce his plan to withdraw most US troops from Iraq by 2010.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:55 am

Record 205 nominations for 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy are believed to be among a record 205 nominations for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:47 am

XKCD : Westley's a Dick

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Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:43 am

Turkey Media Dispute

Turkish media tycoon Aydin Dogan, seen, during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Turkey's decision to slap a huge tax fine on Aydin Dogan's...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:42 am

Growing Hate Groups Blame Obama

Membership in hate groups has spiked due to the economic recession. Many blame Obama and illegal immigrants...

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:41 am

The Dead Tree Theory: Republican Hypocrisy on Spending

Louisiana has gotten $130 billion in post-Katrina aid. How is it that the stars of the Republican austerity movement come from the states that suck up the most federal money? Taxpayers in New York send way more to Washington than they get back so more can go to places like Alaska and Louisiana.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:39 am

Germany Earns Telekom

The CEO of Deutsche Telekom AG Rene Obermann, centre, poses with outgoing finance manager Karl-Gerhard Eick, right, and designated CFO Timotheus Hoettges during the annual balance news conference in Bonn,...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:38 am

FBI makes first arrest in Stanford fraud case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI made the first arrest in the $8 billion Stanford Financial Group fraud investigation on Thursday, detaining chief investment officer Laura Pendergest-Holt on federal obstruction charges.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:35 am

Obama budget ignites congressional battle

Tax rollbacks for the rich and carbon taxes are the early ammunition, but White House says that's what voters chose.

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:30 am

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif stage a protest in Peshawar

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif stage a protest in Peshawar on February 26. Pakistani police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in the capital Friday, with the nuclear-armed nation...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:29 am

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif sit on their vehicles during a protest

Supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif sit on their vehicles during a protest in Peshawar on February 26. Pakistani police fired tear gas and rounded up protesters in the capital Friday, with...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:29 am

An African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) peacekeeper mans a gun on a Mamba fighting vehicle

An African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) peacekeeper mans the gun on a Mamba fighting vehicle in Sudan. Fighting in the key southern city of Malakal this week has killed some 50 people and left another...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:29 am

DoCoMo halts BlackBerry Bold sales

RIM says overheating issue appears to be limited to Japan and rules out battery problem

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:28 am

Woman's body found in BPS truck

A woman's body was found in the back of a Boston Public Schools box truck parked on Columbia Road yesterday morning, police said. The woman's age and identity...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:27 am

The 10 Worst Types of Fanboys

#7 - Xbot -- The Xbox fanboy, or Xbot, is mired in denial. He refuses to admit that the Red Ring of Death exists, and he conveniently reminds everyone that the Nintendo Wii--the console that's kicking his console's butt--isn't technically a competitor because it's a toy

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:20 am

Enemy Combatant To Move To Civilian Court

An accused enemy combatant, who has been held for more than five years at a Navy brig in South Carolina, is expected to be sent to Illinois to stand trial in a civilian courtroom. The Justice Department has not yet announced charges against Ali al-Marri. The Bush administration had claimed terror suspects caught in the U.S. could be held indefinitely without charges.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:18 am

Lost, now found: Pats' property

BOSTON - Bruins legend Ray Bourque, broadcaster Peter Gammons and the New England Patriots are just a few of the 40,000 new people, businesses and charities that can claim...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:15 am

Police recruits graduate, get laid off

WORCESTER - Thirty-two Worcester police cadets have received their badges - and their layoff notices. The cadets participated Wednesday in a graduation ceremony from the...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:12 am

Congressional Reaction Mixed To Obama's Budget

President Obama unveiled his budget for 2010 on Thursday. Democrats praised the president's commitment to expanding health care coverage, education funding and clean energy. Republicans were skeptical — especially about plans to raise taxes on businesses and wealthy households.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:07 am

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six years after U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein, President Barack Obama will announce on Friday the withdrawal of all U.S. combat forces by August 2010, administration officials said. The 19-month timetable marks a historic juncture in an unpopular war that has proven enormously costly to America and defined the presidency of George W. Bush. It has been a huge drain on the Treasury, cost the lives of some 4,250 U.S. soldiers and severely damaged America's standing in the world. "The president will announce that the current combat mission in Iraq will end on August 31, 2010. At that point, the remaining forces in Iraq will undertake a new mission, a more limited mission," a senior administration official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Obama is due to make the announcement at Camp Lejeune, a Marine Corps base in North Carolina, from where 8,000 Marines are to be deployed as part of a troop buildup in Afghanistan to...
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:04 am

Mugabe's annual bash to be scaled down

Zimbabweans in no mood to celebrate as country's economy plunges

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:00 am

Is Obama's Bold Budget Too Ambitious?

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.6 trillion spending plan that pushes this year's deficit to levels not seen seen World War II. Longer term, though, the budget seeks to cut the deficit back to size by 2013. The budget can also be seen as a blueprint for the president's ambitious policy goals.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:00 am

Microbes To Hitch A Ride Into Space

A scientific mission is planned for later this year that will test whether microbes could survive a long trip through outer space. But the experiment has raised concerns about interplanetary contamination.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:00 am

Palestinians Hold Reconciliation Talks In Cairo

Hamas and Fatah are pledging to continue negotiations toward an interim Palestinian government that would bring the rival movements together. The pledge came after two days of talks in Cairo. Little substance emerged from the discussions, but the pledge itself represents some measure of progress toward ending bitter disputes dividing Palestinians.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 11:00 am

Rocky Mountain News publishes final edition

Questions about the future of the Rocky Mountain News had become so common, the newspaper's staff put up a handwritten paper sign on the news desk that said, "We don't know."

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:50 am

Tom Brady weds Brazilian supermodel: report

The New England Patriots quarterback has been dating Gisele Bundchen since 2006

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:50 am

Mayor to quit over Obama watermelon e-mail

A California mayor says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:43 am

Holocaust Denying Bishop 'Apologizes'

Bishop who had denied Holocaust apologizes to those offended by his remarks.
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:38 am

Airline may charge passengers to use toilet

Irish carrier Ryanair, Europe's largest budget airline, considers 'putting a coin slot on the toilet door'

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:35 am

Angels of Mercy or Serial Killers?

An FBI sting operation in Georgia that resulted in four arrests is rapidly becoming a nationwide raid on a 1,500-member assisted-suicide ring. Their target, known as the Final Exit Network, boasts that it’s the only group that assists suicides for...
Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story List | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:34 am

FBI agent shot during cocaine crackdown

A FBI agent has been shot and wounded during a roundup of 31 suspects in an alleged cocaine distribution ring.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:33 am

Family fights to save cave home

If they can't secure new financing, they've got a backup plan — auctioning it through eBay

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:28 am

Sony's President To Step Down

Embattled Sony Corp. said Friday that Ryoji Chubachi was stepping down as president, adding to the string of Japanese companies hoping to fight the global slowdown with renewed leadership.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 10:26 am

US-China resume military ties, top officers says

BEIJING (AP) -- China's five-month suspension in U.S.-Chinese military contacts to protest Washington's arms sales to Taiwan has ended with the visit this week of a U.S. Defense Department official, a top Chinese officer said Friday....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:50 am

Unprecedented size, scope in president's proposal

President Obama is sending Congress a budget Thursday that projects the government's deficit for this year will soar to $1.75 ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:17 am

Fred Goodwin 'obscene' pension row: Ministers have questions to answer says John Prescott

Former Labour deputy prime minister John Prescott says British government has questions to answer over the £693000ayear pension paid to Sir Fred Goodwin.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:04 am

Giz Explains: Why Lenses Are the Real Key to Stunning Photos

When most of us talk digital cameras, we talk megapixels, ISO, image noise, shot-per-second speed and image processing. We're tech geeks. But really, none of that stuff matters as much as your camera's lens.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 9:00 am

School Officials Asked Student To Buy Pot As Part Of Sting

Three administrators at Porter Middle School in Granada Hills have been reassigned for allegedly asking a boy to buy marijuana as part of an informal sting operation against another student, according to authorities.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:40 am

Dell’s Net Income Plunges 48 Percent

Punished by plummeting sales of computers, Dell presented investors with its lowest fourth-quarter profit since 2002.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:30 am

Tiananmen Mothers Call for Investigation

Tiananmen mothers group calls on China to investigate 1989 crackdown.
Source: ABC News: International | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:24 am

10 Most Soul-Crushingly Terrible Jobs Ever!

These are some of the worst forms of jobs ever created.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:20 am

Japan's 40 Richest - Forbes.com

At least someone is making money these days.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:20 am

Guadeloupe unions win raises but strike goes on

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AP) -- Unions in Guadeloupe scored a victory in getting a deal to raise some workers' salaries, but said Friday they will not end a general strike now concluding its sixth week on the French Caribbean island....
Source: AP Top International News At 8:50 a... | 27 Feb 2009 | 8:04 am

Top N.Y. legal officer demands bonus list from BofA CEO

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's top legal officer on Thursday demanded Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis provide names of Merrill Lynch executives who received 2008 bonuses, and how much they got, before the bank's takeover of the firm in January.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 7:32 am

Budget expands tax cuts, military spending

Some key areas of President Obama's budget released Thursday:

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 6:33 am

CIA And Pentagon Wonder: Could Mexico Implode?

Drug-related violence in Mexico is escalating at an alarming rate and threatening the government of President Felipe Calderon. As the CIA and U.S. military planners envision a worst-case scenario, the American military is quietly stepping in with more training.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 6:31 am

Ban on photos of U.S. troops' coffins lifted

The Obama administration said families of the fallen can decide whether news media may photograph the caskets.

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 6:26 am

Disgraced Aussie judge stays out of jail

SYDNEY- Marcus Einfeld has avoided being locked up behind bars for now, but faces more humiliation by having to report weekly to his local police station. The disgraced former Federal Court judge was granted conditional bail...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2009 | 5:58 am

Forensics lab brings cold cases back to life

FACES is at the forefront of a recent national push to bring names to the thousands of unidentified remains sitting in coroners' ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 5:41 am

F-22 Raptor Could Be On Chopping Block

The F-22 Raptor is the most expensive fighter jet ever built. It was designed to fight advanced Soviet planes, but President Obama has said he wants to cut "Cold War weapons systems." Cutting the F-22 would save lots of money, but it would cost thousands of jobs. The Air Force is expected to ask the White House to sign off on 60 more planes over the next three years.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 27 Feb 2009 | 5:00 am

Obama's first budget makes good on health promises

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's first budget makes good on campaign pledges for a major overhaul of America's costly health care system and sets aside an additional US$750 billion to help rescue America's troubled financial...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2009 | 4:36 am

Broadway to kick cars to the curb

To speed traffic and give pedestrians more elbow room, New York City will close five blocks of Broadway around Times Square to ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 4:16 am

Obama plans to pull troops from Iraq by August 2010

President Obama's planned announcement Friday to remove most U.S. combat troops from Iraq by August 2010 will free up more forces ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 27 Feb 2009 | 3:51 am

Mexico to send more troops to besieged city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico is sending thousands more troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a war between gangs supplying drugs to the United States.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 2:43 am

8-legged vandal floods aquarium

SANTA MONICA - An octopus pulled open a valve in its tank at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and flooded the facility with hundreds of gallons of sea water. Staff arrived at work on Tuesday morning to find their offices soaked....
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2009 | 2:07 am

When Is A Chair Worth An Arm And A Leg?

Christie's said an armchair, embellished with snakes designed by Eileen Gray, owned by the late designer Yves Saint Laurent, set a record for a piece of 20th-century furniture, selling at $27.95 million.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 2:00 am

Nobel Laureate Wiesel Was A Madoff Client

Nobel Peace prize winner and Nazi death camp survivor Elie Weisel invested millions of dollars from his charitable foundation - and his own money as well - with the fraudulent money manager Bernie Madoff.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:30 am

American Health Habits Influence China

A new study provides dramatic evidence of the effect of diet and exercise on cancer. Celia Hatton reports from Bejing on how China is adopting Americans' bad habits.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:30 am

As U.K. Slumps, Fast Food Business Booms

As a new study provides dramatic evidence of the effect of diet and exercise on cancer, Richard Roth reports from London on how the UK is adopting Americans' bad fast-food habits.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 27 Feb 2009 | 1:30 am

US woman accused of trading children for cockatoo

NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana woman has been accused of trading two young children in her care for a pet cockatoo and US$175 cash from a couple who had been trying for years to have their own child. Donna Greenwell, 53, a long-haul...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:06 am

U.S. charges suspected al Qaeda agent

WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. criminal charges were filed on Thursday against Ali al-Marri, a suspected al Qaeda "sleeper" agent held for 5 1/2 years at a military prison in South Carolina, sources involved in the case said.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:02 am

Obama's economic kick-start will quadruple US debt

WASHINGTON - The US federal deficit is set to quadruple this year to a breathtaking 12.3 per cent of gross domestic product under Barack Obama's first budget - designed simultaneously to haul the country out of the crippling recession...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 27 Feb 2009 | 12:00 am

Lord Myners' letter to Sir Fred Goodwin in full

This is the reply by banking minister Lord Myners to a letter from Sir Fred Goodwin the former RBS chief executive.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 26 Feb 2009 | 11:39 pm

Treasury approved £700000 pension says Fred Goodwin

Sir Fred Goodwin's "obscene" £693000 annual pension was approved by Government ministers.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 26 Feb 2009 | 11:34 pm

Mexico Drug Violence May Be Reaching Peak

President Felipe Calderon on Thursday rejected U.S. concerns that Mexico is losing control of its territory to drug cartels.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 11:30 pm

UK govt admits handing over terror suspects for rendition

LONDON - The British Government has admitted for the first time that it was involved in "extraordinary rendition". The Defence Secretary John Hutton disclosed that terror suspects handed over to the US in Iraq were flown out of...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2009 | 11:30 pm

Serbia's ex-president acquitted of ethnic cleansing

BELGRADE - The first successfully completed trial of Serbs accused of war crimes during the Kosovo conflict ended in The Hague yesterday with 22-year sentences for the three officials most closely involved in the ethnic cleansing...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2009 | 11:01 pm

Fungus Threatens Prehistoric Cave Drawings

Geologists, biologists and other scientists convened Thursday in Paris to discuss how to stop the spread of fungus stains - aggravated by global warming - that threaten France's prehistoric Lascaux cave drawings.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 10:30 pm

Top 50 shortlisted for 'best job in the world'

BRISBANE - Competition for the 'best job in the world' is narrowing, with the top 50 shortlisted after nearly 35,000 video applications. Those lucky enough to be shortlisted for the A$150,000, (NZ$190,000) six-month stint as the...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2009 | 10:00 pm

US army wants tech update

For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the United States Army is updating its plans for electronic warfare, calling for more use of high-powered microwaves, lasers and infra-red beams to attack enemy targets and control...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2009 | 8:15 pm

How Sir Fred Goodwin walked away with £693000 a year for life

Lord Myners had been in the Government for just four days when he was chosen as the hitman who would get rid of the executives responsible for the meltdown of Britain's banking system.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 26 Feb 2009 | 8:13 pm

Lord jailed over death

A member of Britain's House of Lords has been jailed for 12 weeks for dangerous driving after a court heard he sent and received a series of text messages minutes before a fatal accident on a motorway. Lord Nazir Ahmed, 51, was...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 26 Feb 2009 | 7:15 pm

Sir Fred Goodwin refuses to give up £693000 RBS pension

Sir Fred Goodwin the former chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland has refused to give up his £693000 a year pension and claims that a minister approved the deal.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 26 Feb 2009 | 6:17 pm

U.K. Office Installs Slide to Whisk Staff Down 3 Floors

A British office building has installed a giant slide to whisk employees from the third floor to the first in just seven seconds, the Daily Mail reported.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 5:35 pm

Belgian Nursery Slashing Suspect Linked to 4th Murder

The man accused of stabbing two babies and a caregiver to death at a Belgian day care center has also been charged in the stabbing death of an elderly woman.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 4:18 pm

Netanyahu, U.S. Envoy Meet on Stalled Mideast Talks

The special U.S. envoy tasked with re-energizing stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians met Thursday with Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu, a vocal opponent of the negotiations.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 3:34 pm

Thousands of cancer cases caused by diet alcohol and obesity experts warn

Four in ten cases of the major cancers in the UK could be prevented with better diet less alcohol and weight management a major report has found.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 26 Feb 2009 | 2:14 pm

Cops: Japan Teen Making Bombs to Blow Up Students

Japanese police say they have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of trying to manufacture a bomb to blow up his classmates.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 2:09 pm

Troops Go to Mexico Border City Overrun by Drug Gangs

Mexico will deploy extra troops and federal police to this violent city across the border from Texas where the police chief recently bowed to crime gang demands that he resign, the government said Wednesday.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 1:51 pm

Tainted Pig Organs Poison 14 at China Dinner Party

Fourteen people in southern China have been poisoned after eating pig organs suspected of containing an animal-feed additive, state media said Thursday, the second such outbreak this month.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 1:17 pm

China Slams Saint Laurent Auction Over Looted Relics

Beijing slammed auction house Christie's for selling two imperial bronze sculptures it says should have been returned to China and vowed Thursday to continue to hunt for and reclaim other similarly looted relics.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 1:11 pm

Danish, Chinese Navies Thwart Pirates Attacking Ships

Danish and Chinese warships stopped pirates attacking two different vessels off Somalia's coast, according to reports Thursday.

Source: FOXNews.com | 26 Feb 2009 | 12:25 pm