Detroit Auto Suppliers Look To Other Industries

As the Big Three automakers contract, the manufacturing base that supplies those automakers is being forced to adapt. Detroit Public Radio's Sarah Cwiek talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about one auto supplier that has diversified its business.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:44 pm

ANC leads in South African poll

Early poll results give South Africa's ANC a big lead, paving the way for controversial leader Jacob Zuma to become president.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:25 am

Sri Lanka seeks int'l aid to care for displaced

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka pleaded for international help Thursday in what it called an "emergency humanitarian situation," after a medical relief warned that civilian casualties are rising rapidly in the country's war zone despite the exodus of more than 100,000 in recent days....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:19 am

Shiki to perform Cats at new theater in Yokohama+

(Kyodo) _ Major musical troupe Shiki Theatre Co. said Thursday it will begin performances of the popular musical production Cats in November at its new theater in Yokohama, continuing to...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:19 am

Fiat Swings to Loss, Sees Full-Year Profit - Wall Street Journal

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Iraq: Deadly Baghdad suicide bomb

At least 28 people are killed and dozens wounded in a suicide attack on a police unit in south-east Baghdad, officials say.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:15 am

South African ruling party leads in elections

PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's governing party led in preliminary results Thursday from a parliamentary election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency in a remarkable feat for a man once embroiled in sex and corruption scandals....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:15 am

Indians vote amid threats by suspected rebels

PATNA, India (AP) -- Indians voted Thursday in the second round of the country's monthlong national election that will likely see a weak government take power during a time of economic uncertainty and political violence....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:14 am

Indians vote amid threats by suspected rebels

Indians voted Thursday in the second round of the country's monthlong national election that will likely see a weak government take power during a time of economic uncertainty and...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:14 am

Veteran H.K. football player and commentator Lam dies at 74+

(Kyodo) _ Spencer Lam, a veteran Hong Kong football player and commentator, died Thursday at 74, local news reports said. Lam, nicknamed the "Heavy Cannon," played for numerous football
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:12 am

Gunfire exchanged on Georgia-S. Ossetia border

Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia have reported gunfire exchanges along their tense administrative border. No ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:11 am

Ex-France captain Pelous to quit

Fabien Pelous, France's most capped player, reveals he will retire from rugby at the end of the season.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:11 am

Gunfire exchanged on Georgia-South Ossetia border

Georgia and its breakaway region of South Ossetia have reported gunfire exchanges along their tense administrative border. No casualties have been reported.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:11 am

Russian official sees no breakthrough in N. Korea trip

Russia does not expect an imminent breakthrough in the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program, Moscow's top diplomat was ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:10 am

Baseball: Hiroshima in talks with former Seibu infielder McClain+

(Kyodo) _ The Hiroshima Carp have made an offer to acquire the services of former Seibu Lions infielder Scott McClain. Hiroshima club owner Hajime Matsuda said Thursday that the team...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:09 am

ANC on course for South Africa landslide - CNN

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Fire kills at least 13 army personnel Nepal+

(Kyodo) _ At least 13 army personnel burned to death while trying to extinguish a fire in the Ramechap district about 85 kilometers east of the capital Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon, an
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:08 am

Mexico sees U.S. economic slowdown hurting bilateral trade with Japan+

(Kyodo) _ Visiting Mexican Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Beatriz Leycegui expressed concern Thursday that the U.S. economic slowdown amid the global recession may have an aspect of...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:07 am

Suncor posts $189-million loss in first quarter

Cites low oil prices and various accounting and foreign exchange impacts

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:07 am

Manila says searching for last Red Cross captive - Reuters

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:06 am

Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held district - Reuters

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:06 am

Rome wants G8 talks in quake town

Italy's cabinet backs a proposal to move July's G8 summit to the earthquake-hit town of L'Aquila.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:06 am

South Carolina wildfire destroys dozens of homes

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina - A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina after destroying more than three...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:05 am

The Daily Show goes to Sweden

The Stockholm Syndrome: Wyatt Cenac travels to Sweden to wake them up from their socialist nightmare.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:05 am

Soccer: Inamoto appears to have received Gamba offer+

(Kyodo) _ Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Junichi Inamoto appears to have received an offer from his former Japanese club Gamba Osaka. "We haven't decided whether to extend his contract.
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Hathaway advocates for direct White House role on cybersecurity - Computerworld

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:04 am

Ministry sets record high ODA targets for Asia, Africa in FY 2009+

(Kyodo) _ The Foreign Ministry has set record high numerical targets in Japan's official development assistance for other Asian economies and Africa in fiscal 2009, a ministry official...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:03 am

Pain Medications May Not Help Protect Against Dementia - HealthNews

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

Stratham, NH police chief charged with DWI

STRATHAM, N.H. - The police chief in Stratham, N.H., has been arrested in North Hampton on drunken driving charges. Michael Daley has been placed on paid administrative...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

GM employees may get shutdown details this week (AP)

AP - Thousands of GM workers could learn as early as Thursday that they will be idle for up to nine weeks this summer as the automaker's plants stop making all but its most popular cars and trucks.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

Marriott loses $23M in 1Q, adj. profit tops Street

Hotel operator Marriott International says it lost $23 million in the fiscal first-quarter on its weakening timeshare business and restructuring charges, but adjusted results surpassed analysts' estimates.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

Apple Doesn't Get Netbooks? Too Bad. - PC World

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:02 am

Apple dismiss Verizon CDMA: sticking with AT&T for iPhone - SlashGear

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:01 am

Pakistan bid to stop Taleban push

Government paramilitary troops in Pakistan move into an area reportedly under the control of Taleban fighters.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am

China urges U.S. to reject visit by the Dalai Lama+

(Kyodo) _ China has called on the United States to bar the Dalai Lama from carrying out "separatist" activities there, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Saying China's stand on the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 11:00 am

Milutinovic takes over as coach of Iraqi soccer

Serbian coach Bora Milutinovic has officially taken over the Iraqi national soccer team.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:58 am

Some 14,000 elderly welfare recipients live in unregistered care homes+

TOKYO, April 23 (Kyodo) _ Some 14,000 elderly people on welfare and in need of nursing care were living in facilities that were not registered with local governments as nursing homes as...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:57 am

Tarantino up for top Cannes prize

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is one of several major titles that will compete for the Cannes Film Festival's top prize.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:56 am

President Promotes Alternative Energy and Jobs Plan - Farm Futures

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:55 am

Boston is the place for stargazing

Ben Affleck was in a State of Play on Boston Common yesterday, tossing around a football in his business suit in between scenes for...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:54 am

Spanish princess and family moving to Washington

Spain's Royal Palace says Princess Cristina and her family are moving to Washington, D.C., because her husband has accepted a job there with telecommunications company Telefonica.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:52 am

AP Poll: Americans high on Obama, direction of US (AP)

AP - For the first time in years, more Americans than not say the country is headed in the right direction, a sign that Barack Obama has used the first 100 days of his presidency to lift the public's mood and inspire hopes for a brighter future.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:51 am

FDA to allow 'morning-after' pill for 17-year-olds (AP)

AP - Women's groups cheered the government's decision to allow 17-year-olds to buy the "morning-after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, but conservatives denounced it as a blow to parental supervision of teens.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

Food aid

Feeding the poor in the world's wealthiest country
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

Fiat reports $410 million first quarter loss

Fiat Group SPA, which is in the final stretch of talks to take a possible minority stake in the U.S. automaker Chrysler, says it made a first-quarter loss of euro410 million ($530.83 million) as sales of autos plummeted due to the global economic crisis.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

Math smiles on move-up buyers

Moving up in today's dismal housing market can be a financially shrewd maneuver, real estate agents across the country are telling their clients. Msnbc.com's Mike Stuckey reports.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

Civilian Casualties Rising Rapidly in Sri Lanka

Civilian casualties rising rapidly in Sri Lanka despite exodus from war zone.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

Harry Potter: How They're Splitting the Deathly Hallows Film

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is edging ever-closer to release, but we're already thinking ahead to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Daniel Radcliffe and franchise producer David Heyman are finally talking about the split between the planned two parts of Deathly Hallows.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:50 am

ANC takes early lead in S.Africa vote (AFP)

AFP - South Africa's ruling African National Congress on Thursday took a commanding early lead in poll results expected to hand its popular but controversial leader Jacob Zuma the presidency.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:47 am

Boston Globe talks 'remain stagnant'

On the eve of today's New York Times Co. shareholder meeting, The Boston Globe's biggest union was preparing to dig in for another day of negotiations - talks a...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:47 am

Cannes Fest names 20 films in competition

The 62nd edition of the Cannes film festival this year brings works by Pedro Almodovar, Jane Campion and Ang Lee to compete with films by lesser-known directors for the top award, the Palme d'Or.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:46 am

U.S. troops in Iraq on their way to Afghanistan

American soldiers who specialize in clearing bombs from roads boarded a plane Thursday from Iraq to the Taliban heartland in ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:43 am

Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 (Core i7)

The Falcon Northwest FragBox 2 (Core i7) shrinks a gaming tower into a compact size, yet ramps up the insanity.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:40 am

S.C. wildfire destroys homes near popular beach area

A coastal wildfire spread early Thursday toward one of the busiest tourist stretches in South Carolina after destroying more ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:39 am

US troops in Iraq on their way to Afghanistan

BAGHDAD (AP) -- American soldiers who specialize in clearing bombs from roads boarded a plane Thursday from Iraq to the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, part of the largest movement of personnel and equipment between the two war fronts....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:38 am

US troops in Iraq on their way to Afghanistan (AP)

AP - American soldiers who specialize in clearing bombs from roads boarded a plane Thursday from Iraq to the Taliban heartland in southern Afghanistan, part of the largest movement of personnel and equipment between the two war fronts.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:38 am

Russian FM sees no breakthrough in NKorea trip

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Russia does not expect an imminent breakthrough in the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program, Moscow's top diplomat was quoted as saying Thursday after talks with Pyongyang's foreign minister....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:38 am

Donors seek to boost Somali security forces

BRUSSELS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told international donors Thursday that more aid was vital to help Somalia's new government fight rampant piracy on the high seas and provide more security on the ground to end two generations of anarchy that has turned the east African nation into a global threat....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:37 am

Analysis: Sri Lanka's war aftermath - Aljazeera.net

Source: Google News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:37 am

Framingham cop shot in face returns home

FRAMINGHAM - A Framingham police officer shot in the face and hands by a robbery suspect has returned home and is expected to recover. Officer Phillip Hurton was shot...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:37 am

Vote caps gay marriage fight in Conn.

A battle for marriage equality in Connecticut ends when the General Assembly votes to update marriage laws to conform with a landmark court ruling allowing gay and lesbian couples to tie the knot.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:37 am

Somali Piracy Suspects in Kenyan Court

2 groups of suspected pirates seized by European navies appear in Kenyan court.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

Amnesty: NATO bombing of Serbian TV 'war crime'

An international human rights group demanded Thursday that NATO be held accountable for civilian casualties in the bombing of Serbia's state television headquarters a decade ago, calling the attack a "war crime."
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

Cardinals handle Mets behind Joel Pineiro

ST. LOUIS - Joel Pineiro's strikeout count is way down. His victory count is way up. Pineiro carried a six-hitter into the ninth without striking out a batter, inducing...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:35 am

Evan Longoria leads Rays rout of Mariners 9-3

SEATTLE - No wonder Evan Longoria didn't know he had just bagged another milestone. With all the reigning AL rookie of the year has accomplished in his first 12 months...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:33 am

Denise Richards' Funbags

What is Denise Richards really known for? Her Funbags.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:30 am

Dwayne Wade scores 33, Heat rebounds to beat Hawks 108-93

ATLANTA - Dwyane Wade didn't call "bank." No need. This was the playoffs, not H-O-R-S-E. With 13 straight points to close the first half and an unlikely...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am

Stallworth to be arraigned for DUI-manslaughter

Cleveland Browns wide receiver Donte Stallworth is set to be arraigned on DUI-manslaughter charges.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:27 am

Courtney Lee is the key as Magic beat 76ers

ORLANDO, Fla. - Philadelphia sports fans once booed Santa Claus. Wednesday night, most of the Orlando Magic crowd booed a boys' ballet troupe performing at halftime. It...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:24 am

Afghan "terps" risk lives to work with U.S. forces (Reuters)

Reuters - Ahmad Shakib says he knows he is risking his life to work for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but with a casual shrug and an idiomatic American twang, he laughs off the danger.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:24 am

Afghan "terps" risk lives to work with U.S. forces

FARAH CITY, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Ahmad Shakib says he knows he is risking his life to work for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but with a casual shrug and an idiomatic American twang, he laughs off the danger.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:24 am

RadioShack 1Q profit climbs as sales increase

Consumer electronics chain RadioShack says its first-quarter profit improved as sales perked up on the switch to all-digital television signals.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:22 am

Treasurer Tim Cahill cleared by ethics probe

BOSTON - Treasurer Tim Cahill says the state Ethics Commission has concluded that there was no wrongdoing after looking into his relationship with a scratch ticket maker. Cahill...
Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:21 am

Fernandez-Castano, Brown share Ballantine's lead

Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano had an eagle and three birdies on the back nine Thursday to surge into a share of the lead with New Zealander Mark Brown after the first round of the $2.9 million Ballantine's Championship.
Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:19 am

China: Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama

China said Thursday that President Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:18 am

Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held district

Move comes a day after Washington said Islamabad had abdicated to the militants in the region

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:18 am

Obama to host credit-card CEOs, pledges new rules (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama, appealing to mainstream consumers, is pushing for more legal protection for the millions of Americans who use credit cards.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:16 am

Rice approved CIA waterboarding

The CIA warterboarding of an al-Qaeda suspect was approved by Condoleezza Rice as early as 2002, a report shows.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:16 am

Budget 2009: Gordon Brown denies new 50p tax rate sounds death knell for New Labour

Gordon Brown the Prime Minister has denied that the new 50p top rate of tax revealed in Wednesday's Budget statement by Alistair Darling sounded the death knell for New Labour.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:16 am

THE INFLUENCE GAME: Pushing a Mideast nuclear deal (AP)

AP - The United Arab Emirates is wise to the ways of Washington. With Capitol Hill soon to review a deal to send American nuclear power technology to the U.A.E., the oil-rich nation has enlisted a pair of heavyweight lobbying firms to convince lawmakers the agreement won't be a boost to neighboring Iran's pursuit of atomic weapons.

Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:14 am

Philippine appeals court acquits U.S. Marine of rape

The Philippine Court of Appeals has overturned the rape conviction of a U.S. Marine in a case that intensified anti-U.S. protests ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:13 am

Malaysia tackles child conversion

Malaysia bans the religious conversion of children without both parents' consent, in a major step to ease ethnic tensions.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:12 am

South African Ruling Party Leads in Elections

Jacob Zuma prepares for power as South African ruling party leads in elections
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:11 am

'Dog The Bounty Hunter' Shot At In Colorado

Police said bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and local bail bondsman Bobby Brown were shot at while trying to apprehend a man wanted for attempted second-degree murder.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:10 am

The point. I think you might have missed it

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Elton John ends Vegas run

'The ex-home of Celine Dion ... and now it's the ex-home of Elton John as well'

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:10 am

Democrats hold back on second interrogations probe (AP)

AP - Senate Democratic leaders don't appear inclined to appoint an independent panel to investigate the Bush administration's interrogation program before the Senate Intelligence Committee completes its own probe near the end of the year.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:09 am

Pakistan: Troops sent to Taliban-threatened area

Pakistani paramilitary troops sent to protect government buildings and bridges in a district recently infiltrated by the Taliban ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:08 am

Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held district

MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan on Thursday sent paramilitary troops to a district virtually taken over by the Taliban, a day after Washington said Islamabad had abdicated to the militants by agreeing to impose Islamic law in the region.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:04 am

Pakistan deploys troops in Taliban-held district (Reuters)

Reuters - Pakistan on Thursday sent paramilitary troops to a district virtually taken over by the Taliban, a day after Washington said Islamabad had abdicated to the militants by agreeing to impose Islamic law in the region.
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:04 am

Pakistan sends troops to area infiltrated by Taliban

A police officer is killed in an assault likely to heighten concern about a deal that imposes Islamic law in a large segment of the country's northwest, in exchange for peace in the neighboring Swat Valley.

Pakistani paramilitary troops sent to protect government buildings and bridges in a district recently infiltrated by the Taliban came under fire Thursday by gunmen who killed a police officer, authorities said.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:04 am

Second Life for Test-Tube Earth

Nearly 15 years after the first managerial team of Biosphere 2 was ordered out by federal marshals, scientists yearn for a way to fulfill the true promise of Earth-in-a-bubble experiments.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 10:01 am

ANC takes strong lead in South African election

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC headed for election victory on Thursday despite a reinvigorated opposition challenge and party leader Jacob Zuma was easily on course to become president weeks after beating graft charges.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:55 am

Budget 2009: Government's economic recovery predictions 'utter fantasy'

The Government's Budget forecasts for economic recovery are an "utter fantasy" and the public finances are in an even worse state than Alistair Darling admitted MPs and business leaders claim.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:52 am

Somali piracy suspects in Kenya court

MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) -- Eighteen Somali men who were brought ashore in Kenya by European navies crowded into a Mombasa courthouse Thursday to face piracy charges....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:49 am

Pakistan: Troops sent to Taliban-threatened area

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani paramilitary troops sent to protect government buildings and bridges in a district recently infiltrated by the Taliban came under fire Thursday by gunmen who killed a police officer, authorities said....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:48 am

Japan aghast over pop star's naked blunder

Government expresses anger, Toyota pulls ads after Tsuyoshi Kusanagi found drunk and naked in a Tokyo park

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:48 am

Turkey and Armenia set 'roadmap'

Turkey and Armenia agree on a "framework" to normalise their bilateral ties, putting decades of strained relations behind them.
Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:48 am

Treasury raises offer to Chrysler lenders: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Treasury has raised its offer to Chrysler lenders with just over a week remaining for the embattled automaker to reach deals to cut its debt, labor costs and reach an alliance with Italy's Fiat SpA, sources said on Wednesday.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:47 am

Pakistan troops head to Taliban-infiltrated area

Pakistani paramilitary forces have been deployed to protect government buildings and bridges in a district near the capital that has been infiltrated by the Taliban, an official said Thursday.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:47 am

ABC News Exclusive: Torture Tape Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh

A video tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates shows a member of the country's royal family mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden planks with protruding nails.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:44 am

The Consequences of Torture

With this week's myriad revelations on torture, the prospective targets of prosecution and impeachment have suddenly grown from the so-called Bush 6 to potentially dozens of officials, lawyers, and interrogators who brought us waterboarding, sleep...
Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:41 am

IRONY: Rep. Harmon bugged by the NSA; Spies and Scandal?

Reports in Congressional Quarterly and the New York Times indicate that a National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap authorized by the FISA Court recorded Rep. Jane Harman trading political favors with a suspected Israeli agent. When the FBI attempted to open a criminal investigation into the matter, Attorney General Gonzales allegedly intervened beca

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:39 am

Chinese President Hu meets foreign navy commanders

QINGDAO, China (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao presided Thursday over an international naval review in the northern port of Qingdao that highlights Beijing's ambitions of becoming a major sea power....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:37 am

Pirate Bay Lawyer Accused of Bias, Calls for a Retrial

One of the biggest cases in file-sharing history ended last week with The Pirate Bay Four sentenced to huge fines and jail time. Today it is revealed that far from being impartial, the judge in the case is a member of a pro-copyright lobby group - along with Henrik Pontén, Monique Wadsted and Peter Danowsky. There are loud calls for a retrial.

Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:33 am

China Warns Obama Over Meeting Dalai Lama

China says Obama should not meet with the Dalai Lama in October.
Source: ABC News: International | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:31 am

Pakistan Moves Troops To Counter Taliban

Pakistani paramilitary forces have been deployed to protect government buildings and bridges in a district near the capital that has come under the Taliban's sway, officials say.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:19 am

Report: Rice OK'd harsh tactics in '02

Condoleezza Rice and other top Bush administration officials approved the CIA's use of harsh interrogation methods at secret prisons as early as the summer of 2002, according to a declassified document.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:16 am

Third World banker gives boost to U.S. women

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, known as the "banker to the poor" for making small loans in impoverished countries, is now doing business in the center of capitalism — New York City.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 9:04 am

China says Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama

BEIJING (AP) -- China said Thursday that President Barack Obama should not meet the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, when he visits the United States in October....
Source: AP Top International News At 7:15 a... | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:58 am

In crisis, China asserts influence

Overseas aid and loans are just one way China is asserting itself in its new role as a world financial leader.
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:51 am

Basi-Virk lawyers to question ties among politicians, bureaucrats, RCMP

Defence in the BC Rail political corruption trial will centre on accusations the RCMP tainted its case

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:40 am

Lafleur may face expanded suit

Federal lawyers aim to find out what happened to $460,000 from sale of adman's house

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:28 am

Doctor assailed for leaving dead man in waiting room

When man with severe breathing problem fell unconscious at private clinic in Montreal, physician did not try to revive him

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:27 am

Harper, researchers grasp olive branch

University leaders joining PM at event to announce finalists in federal grant program

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:26 am

Listeriosis investigator failed to interview Ritz

Leader of probe tells panel she has had no contact with Agriculture Minister's office

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:25 am

Dust storms spur environmental fears

Rising dust storms in Western states tie into a broader phenomenon, researchers say, as global warming translates into less precipitation and a population boom intensifies activities that disturb the dust.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:18 am

Ontario urging universities to pool pension assets in attempt to ease crisis

Merging more than $13-billion in assets could cut costs and provide them with extra investment clout

Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 23 Apr 2009 | 8:09 am

Dad: Court fight possible over Palin’s grandson

The father of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's grandson said Wednesday he would be willing to go to court for custody of the child, but he hoped it wouldn't come to that.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:58 am

Budget 2009: Labour has 'messed up' Britain's economy

Alistair Darling's Budget proved that Labour has "completely messed up" the British economy and its forecasts for recovery are "fantasy land predictions" the Tories said.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:39 am

An elderly Indian woman walks from a polling booth having cast her vote at a polling station close to Hyderabad

An elderly Indian woman walks from a polling booth having cast her vote at a polling station in Kurnool District, close to Hyderabad on April 23. Tens of millions of Indians have been voting in the second...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

The five-stage election - the world's largest democratic exercise - wraps up on May 13

An Indian officer on election duty checks papers in Bangalore on April 22. Millions of Indians voted Thursday in the second and largest stage of month-long general elections, with security forces on high...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

World's biggest vote gets under way in India

India has kicked off a month-long election that will see hundreds of millions of people cast their ballots in the world's biggest exercise in democracy. Duration: 01:37
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

Polling stations opened across 140 constituencies in 12 Indian states

An Indian man casts his vote on an electronic voting machine in the troubled eastern state of Jharkhand. Tens of millions of Indians have been voting in the second and largest stage of month-long general...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

Around 195 million people, or three times the entire population of France, were eligible to vote in Thursday's ballot

Indian government officials carry electronic voting machines in Bangalore on April 22. Tens of millions of Indians have been voting in the second and largest stage of month-long general elections, with...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

Graphic showing the voting schedule across India

Graphic showing the voting schedule across India. Tens of millions of Indians have been voting in the second and largest stage of month-long general elections, with security forces on high alert for fresh...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

More than two million security personnel have been deployed to keep the electoral process on track

An Indian officer on election duty checks her papers at an election control room in Bangalore on April 22. Graphic showing the voting schedule across India. Tens of millions of Indians have been voting...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:33 am

Bombing marks start of month long Indian election

PATNA, India - Suspected communist rebels used a homemade bomb to attack a jeep carrying election officials, injuring two people, as voting began in the second round of India's month long national elections, officials said. Government...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:14 am

Report: U.S. foreign aid needs overhaul

A 3-year-old State Department effort to streamline U.S. foreign assistance policy is foundering, according to a Government Accountability ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:01 am

Mortgage defaults rise but homeowners stay put

More Californians are missing their mortgage payments -- some deliberately -- but fewer are having their homes repossessed.

More Californians are failing to make their mortgage payments than at any time in the last 20 years, but fewer of them are losing their homes, according to new figures.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Hillary Clinton warns of 'existential threat' in Pakistan

Clinton says the government in Islamabad is ceding more and more territory to the militants and is 'abdicating to the Taliban and the extremists' in some matters.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned in unusually bleak terms Wednesday that Pakistan's fragile government is facing an "existential threat" from Islamic militants who are now operating within a few hours of the capital.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Morning-after pill to be available to 17-year-olds over counter

The FDA decides not to appeal a judge's ruling against Bush restrictions on Plan B, suggesting it may make the emergency contraceptive even more widely available.

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it would allow 17-year-olds to buy the emergency contraceptive pill Plan B without a prescription, signaling a major shift in the agency's approach to what has been a polarizing debate on reproductive rights.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Assembly leaders withdraw staffers' pay hikes

Speaker Karen Bass and minority leader Michael Villines acknowledge that the raises for 136 were ill-advised, given the state's budget crisis.

State Assembly leaders Wednesday rescinded $551,000 in pay raises recently awarded to 136 legislative staffers, acknowledging that the pay hikes sent the wrong message at a time when the state is in financial crisis and tens of thousands of other government employees have had their salaries cut.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Prosecuting 'torture memo' authors called 'a real stretch'

Legal experts say prosecutors would have to show that the Bush administration lawyers intentionally misstated the law against torture.

Despite the growing demands to bring criminal charges against the authors of the so-called torture memos, even critics of the Bush administration see problems with seeking to prosecute lawyers such as John C. Yoo, Jay S. Bybee or Steven G. Bradbury.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Some GM factories may close for 9 weeks this summer

Customary plant shutdowns could be extended to help clear a backlog of inventory.

General Motors may halt production at some U.S. factories for as long as nine weeks this summer to combat slumping auto sales, according to people familiar with the plan.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Interrogation tactics got the OK early on

A Senate report says Bush administration officials signed off on CIA methods without the input of key agencies.

Senior Bush administration officials signed off on the CIA's use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation measures in July 2002 after a series of secret meetings that apparently excluded the State and Defense departments, according to information released Wednesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 7:00 am

Nuggets buzz Hornets for 2-0 series lead

Chauncey Billups leads Denver with 31 points in a 108-93 victory over New Orleans on Wednesday night.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 6:53 am

Obama to prod credit card firms on fee practices

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will weigh in on Thursday on the lending practices of U.S. credit card companies, an issue that has triggered an outcry from consumers hit with high fees and interest rates.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 6:42 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has arrived in North Korea to discuss relations with the communist state

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who has arrived in North Korea, state media has said, in the first high-level visit since the communist state announced it was quitting nuclear disarmament talks...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 6:27 am

U.S. existing home sales seen slipping in March

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Existing home sales in the United States likely fell in March amid tight lending standards and concerns by purchasers on job security but a continued decline in prices may mute the drop and even point to sales stabilizing, economists said.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 6:21 am

Sex offender 'shocked' he wasn't jailed

SYDNEY - Like most of the community, Ronald Dean King was "shocked and surprised" when he wasn't jailed for sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl during a home invasion. He had already bought a rice cooker, jug and television...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:41 am

Lewis testified that U.S. urged silence on Merrill deal: report

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis testified under oath that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pressured the bank to not discuss its plan to buy Merrill Lynch & Co, the Wall Street Journal said.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:28 am

Why is moon dust sticky? Physicist says he has answer

By analyzing 40-year-old Apollo program tapes, he has concluded that stickiness is influenced by the angle of the sun's rays. The finding could help protect future colonists from a health hazard.

One of the biggest problems facing America's space agency as it prepares to return to the moon is how to manage lunar dust. It gets into everything. Worse, it's sticky, adhering to spacesuits and posing a potentially serious health hazard to future colonists.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:27 am

Kiwi gets $25K Gallipoli prize

SYDNEY - A sombre depiction of the desolation facing the Anzacs in Turkey won New Zealand artist Euan MacLeod the prestigious Gallipoli Art Prize in Sydney today. The Christchurch-born artist picked up a A$20,000 ($25,777) cheque...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:05 am

Prime Minister Gordon Brown said at the time the raids were part of a probe into a "major terrorist plot"

Pakistan's high commissioner to London urged Britain to apologise over the arrest of 11 Pakistani men in anti-terror raids this month, after the men were all released without charge.
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:03 am

A forensics officer leaves an address in Manchester

A forensics officer leaves an address in Manchester, north-west England. Pakistan's high commissioner to London urged Britain to apologise over the arrest of 11 Pakistani men in anti-terror raids this...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:03 am

FAA plan would require alarms on air ambulances

The proposal would require that the helicopters carry alarms that would warn pilots if they are close to hitting the ground.

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 5:02 am

Pakistan deal with Taliban emboldens militants

Pakistan's strategy of trying to appease Taliban militants is showing signs of backfiring, as extremists move within 60 miles ...

Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:56 am

Japanese pop star arrested drunk, naked

TOKYO - A Japanese pop star was arrested for public indecency after being found drunk and naked at a Tokyo park, police said. Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of hugely popular group SMAP, was arrested on the spot after neighbours complained...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:35 am

Youth volunteering dips since Sept. 11

An analysis of federal data finds that the percentage of teens who volunteer has dipped in recent years, ending an upward trend that began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:26 am

FDA slightly eases access to morning-after pill

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seventeen-year-olds will soon have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, U.S. health regulators said on Wednesday, complying with a court order to ease restrictions on over-the-counter sales of the so-called "morning-after" pill.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:02 am

As Global Recession Deepens, IMF's Profile Rises

Only a year ago, the International Monetary Fund's reason for being was in doubt. But the IMF carries a new sense of mission into its annual spring meeting this weekend after world leaders gave it a central role in fighting the global downturn.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 23 Apr 2009 | 4:01 am

Black belt nurse turns tables on attacker

QUEENSLAND - A Gold Coast nurse with a black belt in martial arts turned the tables on her assailant breaking his arm when he tried to steal her car. Nurse Beth Gascoine, 28, has been praised by police after fending off the violent...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 3:26 am

US man kills speed camera operator

PHOENIX - A man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a photo radar van operator as he worked on a highway in Phoenix. Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas said that Thomas Patrick Destories will face the...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 3:07 am

Gangs deeply rooted on U.S. side of Mexico border

MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Homeowner Cosme Liscano is fed up with the gangs in his neighborhood in this Texas town near the Mexican border.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 23 Apr 2009 | 2:43 am

Taleban extend hold, advance towards Pakistan's capital

ISLAMABAD - Taleban militants have extended their grip in northwestern Pakistan, pushing out from a valley where the government has agreed to impose Islamic law and patrolling villages as close as 100 kilometres from the capital. Police...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 23 Apr 2009 | 2:12 am

A Green Way To Clean Up A Dirty Problem

Small changes can make a big difference. Daniel Sieberg reports that a group of college students invented an inexpensive way to wash clothes where there is no electricity, without polluting the water source.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 23 Apr 2009 | 1:30 am

Ahmadinejad Passes Buck on Saberi

George Exclusive: Ahmadinejad says he does not pass judgment on judicial cases.
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 11:52 pm

Freddie Mac CFO in apparent suicide: police source

RESTON, Virginia (Reuters) - The finance chief of troubled U.S. mortgage giant Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead on Wednesday after apparently committing suicide, a police source said.
Source: Reuters: Top News | 22 Apr 2009 | 10:58 pm

GM To Shut U.S. Plants Over Summer

Troubled automaker GM plans to close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of falling sales. The automaker faces a government-set June 1 deadline to cut its debt, reduce labor costs and take other restructuring steps.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 10:25 pm

GM May Idle Many Of Its Factories This Summer

General Motors Corp. is planning to temporarily close most of its U.S. factories for up to nine weeks this summer because of slumping sales and growing inventories of unsold vehicles, two people briefed on the plan said Wednesday.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 10:11 pm

PHOTOS: Afghanistan Declares First National Park

Country's first national park protects stunning deep blue lakes.
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 10:04 pm

Long queues at polling stations as South Africa votes

JOHANNESBURG - Lines of South African voters snaked around dusty fields, up misty hills and around gritty urban neighbourhoods early today (NZST), all for an election expected to propel Jacob Zuma to power despite sex and corruption...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2009 | 10:02 pm

FDA To Allow Plan B Birth Control For 17-Year-Olds

Seventeen-year-olds will soon be able to buy the "morning after" emergency contraceptive without a doctor's prescription, after the Food and Drug Administration bowed to a federal judge's order Wednesday.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:59 pm

Mia Farrow Defies Doctor, Starves for Darfur

Farrow, 64, will drink only water for 21 days, gained 9 pounds in preparation.
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:54 pm

Justices Weigh Bias In Promotions Test

The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether a Connecticut fire department must promote personnel who outscored minorities on a promotion exam. Fearing a lawsuit, the department promoted no one.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:52 pm

UN chief says no to peacekeeping force in Somalia

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended yesterday that the Security Council reject an immediate UN peacekeeping force for Somalia, warning that deploying such a force now could exacerbate the country's long and bitter conflict. The...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:50 pm

Senate Report Stirs Torture Debate

A new Senate report offers the most detailed account so far of the military's use of harsh interrogation methods during the Bush administration. It examines how detainees were treated in Afghanistan, at Guantanamo and in Iraq.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:44 pm

Budget 2009: Gordon Brown declares class war with tax on high earners

Gordon Brown has been accused of launching a "class war" against Middle Britain with a new 50pc top tax rate.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:39 pm

Labour reverts to type and soaks the rich in 2009 Budget

So now it is clear: any lingering idea that Labour are not going to try to soak the rich to pay for its profligacy over the last 12 years can be banished.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:35 pm

Alastair Darling's 2009 Budget speech in full

Here is a transcript of Alastair Darling's 2009 Budget speech in full:
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:33 pm

David Cameron's Budget response speech in full

Here is a transcript of David Cameron's full response to Alistair Darling's Budget 2009.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:29 pm

Carved Success: Sam Maloof's Handmade Life

The legendary woodworker is known for his minimalist, handmade furniture. The son of immigrants from Lebanon, he has won a MacArthur "genius grant," and his work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:28 pm

ABC News Exclusive: Torture Tape Implicates UAE Royal Sheikh

Police in uniform join in as victim whipped, beaten, electrocuted, run over.
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:27 pm

Cuba: Raul and Fidel Castro send mixed messages to US

HAVANA - Raul Castro seems ready to discuss improving relations with Washington. Brother Fidel is clearly uncomfortable with the idea. Do the mixed messages from Cuba's current and former presidents reflect the communist leadership's...
Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 22 Apr 2009 | 9:18 pm

Taliban Inch Closer to Pakistani Capital

Sec. Clinton: Pakistan is "threat to the security and safety of our country".
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 8:58 pm

Clinton Meets Congress On Foreign Policy Aims

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton briefs Congress on U.S. foreign policy priorities. So far, the Obama administration is getting high marks for diplomatic outreach. But lawmakers are curious about priorities.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 8:00 pm

Levin: Punishment Question Next In Torture Probe

Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is calling for an independent panel to determine whether top officials who authorized the use of harsh interrogation tactics should be punished for doing so.

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Source: NPR Topics: News | 22 Apr 2009 | 8:00 pm

The World's Most Expensive Suit

Despite financial crisis, one designer moves forward with the $100,000 suit.
Source: ABC News: International | 22 Apr 2009 | 7:56 pm

Scrapping pension tax relief will damage savers experts warn after Budget

Higher rate taxpayers will lose one of their most significant benefits when pension tax relief is scrapped in two years under the 2009 Budget.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 7:30 pm

Greenhouse gas emissions will be cut by a third in world's first carbon Budget

Britain will cut carbon emissions by a third in the next 12 years as more than £1 billion is invested in offshore wind farms carbon capture schemes and green technology.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 7:26 pm

Names addresses and professions of people who evade tax to be published under Budget

People who deliberately evade paying tens of thousands of pounds in tax are to be 'named and shamed' under plans announced under the 2009 Budget.
Source: Telegraph Major News | 22 Apr 2009 | 7:06 pm

Can Iraqis Tweet Their Way To Normalcy?

Web executives traveled to Baghdad to assess the faint stirrings of Iraq's online culture and possibly inspire future Iraqi Web entrepreneurs.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 7:00 pm

Clinton On Iran: Talk, Then Get Tough

By trying to talk Iran out of its nuclear program, the United States is in a better position to organize tougher international sanctions should diplomacy fail, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 6:30 pm

Obama talks up wind power on Earth Day in Iowa

The White House's Earth Day message comes as Obama has watched his energy legislation slow in Congress.

President Barack Obama delivered an Earth Day pitch for his alternative energy plan and environmentally friendly jobs today in a return to Iowa, the state that launched him on the road to the White House.

Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 22 Apr 2009 | 6:02 pm

Terror Trial Starts for Plot on U.S. Targets in Germany

Four men charged over a foiled plot to attack American and other targets in Germany were motivated by hatred of the U.S. and aspired to emulate the scale of Sept. 11, prosecutors said as their trial opened Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 5:31 pm

Nurse in U.K. Mistakes Fabric Softener for Infant's Milk

A nurse in Britain fed a premature baby potentially-deadly fabric softener instead of milk, The Sun reported Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 4:42 pm

'Scandal' Leader Poised to Sweep South Africa Election

South Africans lined up before sunrise Wednesday to vote in an election energized by the hugely popular Jacob Zuma, who has overcome sex and corruption scandals and helped generate an excitement not seen since the country's first multiracial vote in 1994.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 4:13 pm

Fidel Castro: Obama Misinterpreted Raul

Fidel Castro says President Obama "misinterpreted" his brother Raul's sentiments toward the United States and bristled at any suggestion Cuba should free political prisoners or reduce official fees on money sent to the island from the U.S.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 4:00 pm

France Turns Over Pirates Captured in Raid to Kenya

Masked French commandos marched a band of barefoot, glum-looking pirate suspects down the gangplank of a naval frigate Wednesday in the Kenyan port of Mombassa before turning the 11 Somalis over to Kenyan authorities.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 3:52 pm

Two Rebels Surrender to Advancing Sri Lanka Army

Two Tamil Tiger officials surrendered to the Sri Lankan army on Wednesday, and refugees joined a stream of more than 80,000 people the government says have fled a war zone that appeared to shrink by the hour.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 3:39 pm

Sumo Wrestlers Face Drug Testing

The Japan Sumo Association began random doping tests of wrestlers, following a series of drug-related scandals that have damaged the image of the ancient sport.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 3:30 pm

The Cold War Moves To Cyberspace

Somewhere in Washington's national security apparatus, more than a few old-timers surely pine for the clarity of the Cold War. But now they face more ephemeral threats from shadowy foes that prefer to cloak their identities. Charles Cooper reports.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 3:30 pm

U.K. Officials Fail to Charge Any Terror Raid Suspects

Police released the last of 12 suspects rounded up in a series of dramatic anti-terror raids earlier this month, failing to charge any of the men with any crime, authorities said Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 2:46 pm

Israeli Military Probe: No War Crime Violations in Gaza

The Israeli military said Wednesday that its internal investigations concluded it did not violate international law during the Gaza war, bluntly deflecting war crimes allegations by human rights groups.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 2:44 pm

U.N. Racism Summit: Economic Crisis May Fuel Hatred

The world racism conference looked beyond the Middle East on Wednesday to concerns over the economic crisis, with speakers warning that increased joblessness could lead to greater intolerance of foreigners if governments fail to act.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 2:37 pm

Iran Open to Conversations About Its Nuclear Program

Iran says it welcomes a "constructive" dialogue with world powers over its nuclear program but is refusing to halt its nuclear activities.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 2:30 pm

Fiance of U.S. Reporter Begs Iran to Release Her

An Iranian filmmaker, who said he is engaged to the American journalist jailed in Iran for allegedly spying for the U.S., defended his fiancee as innocent in an open letter and begged Iranian authorities to release her.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 2:29 pm

Taliban Territory Growing In Pakistan

Taliban militants in Pakistan's Swat Valley have extended their grip to a neighboring northwest district, officials say, patrolling roads and broadcasting radio sermons.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 1:52 pm

South Africans Head To The Polls

Voters lined up before sunrise in an election that has generated an excitement not seen since South Africa's first multiracial vote, and that is expected to propel Jacob Zuma to the presidency after he survived corruption and sex scandals.
Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 22 Apr 2009 | 11:30 am