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U.K. Missed Chances To Stop 2005 London AttacksA report into what was known before the attacks, which killed 52 people on three subway cars and a bus, reveals how one of the bombers was tracked by intelligence officers as early as 2001. Britain's MI5 spy agency also had poor or no surveillance of 60 percent of suspected terrorists in 2004. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 12:10 pm Sri Lanka president says country free from terrorCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Sri Lanka's president declared his country "liberated from separatist terror" Tuesday as the military said it recovered the body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader from the battlefield on which he was slain....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 12:05 pm Sri Lanka president says country free from terror (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 12:05 pm Sri Lanka president says country free from terrorSri Lanka's president declared his country "liberated from separatist terror" Tuesday as the military said it recovered the body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader from the battlefield on which...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 12:05 pm Chinese couple's murderer convictedA restaurant worker is found guilty of the brutal murders of a young Chinese couple at their home in the UK.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 12:04 pm Anti-piracy body backs off on international maritime force (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 12:03 pm MI5 'too stretched' before 7 JulyBritish security services did not have the resources to carry out extra checks before the 2005 London bombings, a report says.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 12:03 pm Netanyahu faces pressure to OK Palestinian stateIsraeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu, ending a three-day trip, is likely to face questions on Capitol Hill on his refusal ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 12:00 pm 5 prosecution witnesses testify on 2nd day of Suu Kyi's trial+(Kyodo) _ Five prosecution witnesses testified Tuesday at the closed- door trial of Myanmar's pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, according to the spokesman of Suu Kyi's National League...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:59 am WHO: Swine Flu Vaccine Proving Tougher To ProduceThe World Health Organization says drug makers won't be able to start manufacturing a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, months later than previous predictions. Vaccine experts are reporting that swine flu virus is not growing very fast in laboratories, making it difficult for scientists to get the key ingredient they need for a vaccine. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 11:59 am Sales Fall 10%, but Home Depot Tops Forecasts - New York Times
New York Times By AP ATLANTA (AP) - The country's largest home improvement retailer, Home Depot, said Tuesday that its first-quarter profit climbed 44 percent on fewer charges, and the company topped Wall Street's expectations despite lower sales. Home Depot Profit Rises on Fewer Charges Home Depot Tops Analysts' Estimates After Cutting Expenses Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:57 am O'Malley won't rule out prison cell phone jammingGov. Martin O'Malley said Monday he would consider going against federal law to hold a cell-phone jamming demonstration at a Maryland prison to help stop illegal cell phone use by prison inmates, but he hopes that won't be necessary.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:55 am Californians vote on budget woesCalifornia holds a special election on a series of measures to plug its gaping budget hole amid warnings of deep spending cuts.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 11:55 am U.S. set to boost seasonal flu vaccine production (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:55 am Officials: Naval action alone can't crush piratesKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Aggressive military action to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia can contain the scourge, but it will only be wiped out when a stable and strong government takes control of the lawless east African nation, senior U.S. and European officials said Tuesday....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:54 am Officials: Naval action alone can't crush piratesAggressive military action to curb piracy off the coast of Somalia can contain the scourge, but it will only be wiped out when a stable and strong government takes control of the lawless...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:54 am GOP looks to expand renewables mix, stress economy during climate ... - New York Times
New York Times By DARREN SAMUELSOHN, ClimateWire The House Energy and Commerce Committee begins the long slog today through hundreds of Republican amendments to change a 946-page energy and global warming bill (pdf) even as Democrats appear to be lining up behind the ... US House panel to begin debating climate change bill Let's Have Cap and No Trade Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:54 am Medtronic 4Q profit falls on charges, sales dipMedtronic says its fiscal fourth-quarter profit plunged sa sales slipped and it absorbed restructuring and other charges. Its adjusted earnings match Wall Street expectations.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:53 am Cops: Driver admitted he drank 10 beersA Saugus High School senior allegedly downed 10 beers before fatally striking a 67-year-old pedestrian in a horrific post-prom crash - and admitted at the scene that he "should...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:53 am 'Nothing,' not even tragic post-prom crash, will stop kids from driving drunkWe've done everything we can. Kids are still going to drive drunk. And they're going to drive drunk after the prom. Saugus High, like schools all...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:53 am Adam Lambert, Kris Allen 'American Idol' Showdown Starts Tonight - MTV.com
MTV.com Whoever takes home the title, it will be the first time male singers have won back-to-back seasons. By Gil Kaufman No matter who is crowned the next American Idol on Wednesday night, season eight has already been one for the books. 'Idol' Final Raises Extra Question Kris vs. Adam: The final 'Idol' showdown Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:52 am Sprint to sell Palm Pre for $200 after rebate - Reuters
Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp (SN) said on Tuesday it would begin selling the long-awaited Palm Pre smartphone on June 6 for $199.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $100 mail-in rebate. Sprint To Sell Palm Pre Starting June 6 Summer soap opera: Palm Pre, Apple iPhone, Android army usher in ... Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:52 am Huge cloud of balloons marks Eiffel Tower birthdayMore than a thousand balloons released to mark the Eiffel Tower's 120th birthday have dotted the Paris sky and turned the heads of tourists waiting to visit the monument.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:50 am How Ron Howard Makes Blockbusters (A Flowchart)His critically acclaimed movies are usually inspirational 'true stories' that aren't really true. His blockbusters like 'Angels and Demons' rely on a much stranger secret formula.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 11:50 am NASA Image Of The Day - Above EarthWith a mostly dark home planet behind him, astronaut Michael Good rides Atlantis' remote manipulator system arm to the exact position he needs to be to continue work on the Hubble Space Telescope on the STS-125 mission's fourth spacewalk on May 17, 2009.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 11:50 am UK's Speaker 'to step down'The Speaker of Britain's House of Commons, under fire over his handling of the expenses scandal, is understood to be ready to quit.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 11:48 am Automakers, Obama announce mileage, pollution plan (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:48 am Netanyahu to get pressured to OK Palestinian state (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am Fighting Massa eyes Monaco podiumFelipe Massa thinks Ferrari will finish in the top three at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix as they bid to recover from their worst ever start to a season.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am Publicist: Rapper Dolla killed in LA mall shootingLOS ANGELES - Authorities said a man found with a gun at Los Angeles International Airport was being questioned by police over the upscale mall shooting of a young man identified...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am UN chief: Time to break stalemate on cutting nukesU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged nations to seize on recent momentum in nuclear disarmament talks, saying they had a historic opportunity to make the world a safer place.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am Ethiopia troops 'back in Somalia'Ethiopian military forces have crossed back into Somalia, four months after leaving, witnesses tell the BBC.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am British parliamentary Speaker to quit in scandalMichael Martin would become the country's most senior figure to step down after politicians' claims for everything from manure to porn films triggered public outrage
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 11:47 am Sri Lanka confirms Tamil Tiger leader is deadCOLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's military on Tuesday said Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's body had been found, and President Mahinda Rajapaksa urged Tamils to join in rebuilding a nation split by a 25-year separatist war.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 11:46 am Komodo dragons have venomous biteResearchers in Australia discover that the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, kills its prey by injecting poison.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 11:44 am British Speaker Faces Demands to Quit - New York Times
New York Times By SARAH LYALL LONDON - Battered and in grave political peril after a series of humiliating disclosures about the liberties they take with their expense accounts, members of Parliament are venting their frustration on their own presiding officer, ... Video: MPs' expenses: Chaos as Michael Martin won't quit MPs' expenses: Michael Martin 'to stand down' Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:43 am Health officials weigh supply of global flu vaccines - Reuters
Reuters By Katie Reid and Laura MacInnis GENEVA (Reuters) - Health officials sought on Tuesday to find ways to increase the global supply of vaccines that could be used to protect the world's most vulnerable people against H1N1 flu. WHO: Swine flu vaccine to take months to produce Japan Fears Spread of Swine Flu as Cases Rise Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:41 am Paper company threatens Indonesian orangutansJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- One of the world's largest paper companies plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as a sanctuary for critically endangered orangutans, according to environmental groups working in the area....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:41 am Paper company threatens Indonesian orangutansOne of the world's largest paper companies plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as a sanctuary for critically endangered orangutans, according to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:41 am Witnesses: Ethiopian forces in SomaliaEthiopian troops have crossed the border into war-ravaged Somalia and appear to be stationing themselves in a town at a strategic crossroads, witnesses said Tuesday.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:40 am Briton bites off Latvian's ear in bar brawlLatvian police say a Briton who bit off a bouncer's ear in a bar fight could face criminal charges.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:40 am Man accused of shooting RI cop held without bailNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - A man accused of shooting and wounding a police officer with the officer's handgun during an investigation into a fatal hit-and-run accident was...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:38 am No. of nonregular workers drops in Jan.-March for 1st time+(Kyodo) _ The average number of part-time and other nonregular workers in Japan stood at 16.99 million in the January to March period, down 380,000 from a year earlier for the first...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:38 am Stocks point higher as Home Depot tops forecasts (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:38 am Tidbits: Baby on the way for Mel and his mistress
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 11:37 am Italian police capture leading Naples mobstersROME (AP) -- Italian police arrested dozens of suspected members of the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate, including a leading fugitive, in a pair of raids early Tuesday, authorities said....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:37 am Italian police capture leading Naples mobstersItalian police arrested dozens of suspected members of the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate, including a leading fugitive, in a pair of raids early Tuesday, authorities said. ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:36 am Cavs keep rolling; Nuggets are for real - Buffalo News
Buffalo News By Rodney McKissic You might say this is a classic case of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. The old guard is well represented in the Western Conference as the Los Angeles Lakers take aim for NBA championship No. Denver arena's scheduling conflict for Game 4 rattles cages Western conference finals: No. 1 LA Lakers vs. No. 2 Denver Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:36 am Ruling bloc eyes 20% cut in summer bonuses for Diet members+(Kyodo) _ The ruling parties are eyeing a 20 percent cut in summer bonuses for all Diet members this year amid a lingering economic slump and the submission to parliament of bills to...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:35 am Watchdog: Protect rights on Gulf museum islandTop world cultural institutions the Louvre and Guggenheim should demand clear protections for workers building an island complex that will host the museums' Gulf branches and other...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:34 am U.S. set to boost seasonal flu vaccine productionGENEVA (Reuters) - Aggressive steps are being pursued to accelerate the production of seasonal flu vaccines, which could be shifted into pandemic flu injections "if that is necessary," the top U.S. health official said on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 11:33 am '24' ends season on high note, with Jack Bauer low (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:32 am Pens take series lead, hold off Hurricanes 3-2 (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:31 am U.S. to require 42 mpg for new cars
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 11:31 am Rob Marshall brings Broadway's 'Nine' to screenDirector Rob Marshall's new movie musical "Nine" offers a potent combination of Italian style, costumes to die for and six Academy Award-winning performers.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:31 am Struggling families look at adoptionAs parents struggle to raise children in a weak economy, a half-dozen large adoption agencies are reporting that more women with ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:30 am RI man may reach plea in drunken driving casePROVIDENCE, R.I. - A lawyer for a Scituate man charged with drunken driving in connection with a crash that killed a mother of six is working on a possible plea deal with...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:30 am Graffiti targets convicted sex offender in NHPORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Some businesses in Portsmouth, N.H., have been painted with graffiti targeting a convicted sex offender. Police say if the person or people are caught,...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:29 am 3 arrested in pill heist at NH pharmacyOSSIPEE, N.H - Police have arrested three men for allegedly smashing into an Ossipee, N.H., Rite Aid to take a bagful of narcotic pills. The Conway Daily Sun reported that...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:28 am UK missed chances to stop 2005 London attacksPolice and Britain's MI5 spy agency likely missed chances to identify the key men behind the 2005 London bombings, but could have done little more to halt the attacks given their limited resources, lawmakers said Tuesday.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:27 am Israeli settlers reject Obama call to halt buildingJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Jewish settler leaders on Tuesday shrugged off President Barack Obama's call for Israel to halt settlement building in the occupied West Bank, saying Palestinians...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:26 am Myanmar's Suu Kyi Trial Continues Amid ProtestTrial for Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi continues amid protest.Source: ABC News: International | 19 May 2009 | 11:24 am Fox shifts schedule - Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter By James Hibberd and Nellie Andreeva Fox is going for a more seamless scheduling transition from fall to midseason with the addition of an in-season edition of the summer reality hit "So You Think You Can Dance" and is making a big play on Thursdays, ... Fox unveils its fall schedule, plus more on 'Dollhouse's' future Fox saves 'Dollhouse,' pulls plug on `Terminator' Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:24 am Lawyer: Myanmar may rush democracy leader's trialYANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Myanmar's military regime appears to be rushing a trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, one of her lawyers said Tuesday on the second day of proceedings seen as a pretext for the government to keep the Nobel laureate jailed through elections next year....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:24 am Lawyer: Myanmar may rush democracy leader's trial (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:24 am Lawyer: Myanmar may rush democracy leader's trialMyanmar's military regime appears to be rushing a trial of democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, one of her lawyers said Tuesday on the second day of proceedings seen as a pretext for the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld | 19 May 2009 | 11:24 am Burmese Trial of Aung San Suu Kyi Enters Second Day - Voice of America
Voice of America By VOA News Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced a second day of hearings Tuesday as international criticism of her trial grew. Suu Kyi's trail may end sooner than expected Myanmar Presses Case Against Pro-Democracy Leader Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:22 am Sri Lanka Army: Rebel Chief's Body FoundSri Lankan army chief says body of Tamil Tiger rebel leader has been found.Source: ABC News: International | 19 May 2009 | 11:22 am Russian commission to guard against false historyMOSCOW (AP) -- The president of Russia created a commission Tuesday to fight what he says are efforts to falsify Russian history - part of a campaign to promote the Kremlin's account and to curtail, and possibly punish, those who question it....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:21 am Russian commission to guard against false historyThe president of Russia created a commission Tuesday to fight what he says are efforts to falsify Russian history — part of a campaign to promote the Kremlin's account and to curtail, and possibly punish, those who question it.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:21 am Weather headlines: More heavy rainfall for FloridaRainfall continues unabated across parts of Florida, while the core of the recent Western heat wave shifts toward the Plains.
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:19 am Vice President Biden arrives in BosniaVice President Biden arrived in Bosnia Tuesday, the first stop of a three-day Balkan trip aimed at demonstrating an intensified ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:18 am Russia, U.S. begin talks on cutting nuclear weaponsMOSCOW (Reuters) - Vast stockpiles of nuclear weapons amassed during the Cold War could become the catalyst for a thaw in relations this week between the United States and Russia.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 11:15 am Credit card reforms up for Senate voteUnable to stop the tide of foreclosures and job losses, lawmakers are hoping to give voters at least some breathing room in the ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:14 am Documents: U.K. boy, 13, isn’t baby’s dad
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 11:14 am Top UK official to quit in expenses scandalLONDON (Reuters) - The Speaker of Britain's lower house of parliament will announce his resignation on Tuesday after criticism of his handling of a scandal over lawmakers' expenses, a Labour lawmaker said.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 11:13 am NYC probes death of toddler with flu symptomsNEW YORK - The New York City Health Department is investigating the death of a toddler as a possible swine flu case. The 16-month-old boy died Monday night at Elmhurst...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 11:13 am Fox believes in musical series 'Glee' - Buffalo News
Buffalo News When the battle between Adam and Kris on “American Idol” ends tonight, should you flee “Glee,” the new high school musical comedy that Fox is previewing at 9 pm? Motley Crew of School Misfits Sings, and Annoys the Cool Kids 'Glee,' hitting many of the right notes Source: Google News | 19 May 2009 | 11:13 am Top UK official to quit in expenses scandal (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 11:09 am Recession causing high anxiety for studentsSchool's out, surf's up, summer beckons. Time for college students to see if they can stay afloat in the worst economy their generation has known.Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 11:09 am Arizonans see UFO, NASA says it's research balloonNASA officials say it wasn't an alien spacecraft people in Arizona and New Mexico spotted floating far above them in the clear blue sky, just a giant research balloon.Source: Newsvine - Get Smarter Here | 19 May 2009 | 11:07 am Obama to unveil most aggressive auto fuel standardsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will propose the most aggressive increase in U.S. auto fuel efficiency ever in a policy initiative that would also directly regulate emissions for the first time and resolve a dispute with California over cleaner cars.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 11:06 am WHO: Swine flu vaccine to take months to produceGENEVA (AP) -- Drug manufacturers won't be able to start making a swine flu vaccine until mid-July at the earliest, months later than previous predictions, the World Health Organization said Tuesday....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 11:06 am Double Headshot = Retracted BallsI laugh every time I watch this video.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 11:00 am Credit card backlash bill comes due in SenateWASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to curb sharp practices in the credit card business was on track for approval by the U.S. Senate as early as Tuesday, with President Barack Obama expected to sign it into law before the end of the month.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 10:56 am Aussies make Strauss Ashes targetAustralia skipper Ricky Ponting reveals he will target opposite number Andrew Strauss in this summer's Ashes series.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 10:49 am Paper Co. Plans to Attack Orangutan HomeActivists say Paper company's plan threatens Indonesian orangutan sanctuary.Source: ABC News: International | 19 May 2009 | 10:48 am World Markets Gain After Recovery Hopes Lift USWorld stock markets gain after Wall Street surge amid recovery optimism.Source: ABC News: International | 19 May 2009 | 10:45 am Court appearance slated for mom accused of killing daughterQUINCY - A Quincy woman is headed to court to face charges that she killed one of her daughters and her unborn child following a family argument. Authorities say that on...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 10:43 am 11-year-old boy shoots others with BB gunANDOVER - Police say an 11-year-old Andover boy shot four other students with a BB gun that he brought to school. None of the students was seriously hurt and did not require...Source: Home - BostonHerald.com | 19 May 2009 | 10:42 am Rancid Pools In Foreclosed Homes Become Disease IncubatorsThe foreclosure crisis has emptied neighborhoods with once-gleaming pools, now sitting caked with algae, infested with mosquitoes. The problem has grown so dire, environmental health specialists in Western states have turned to mosquitofish to police the stagnant waters; for the little silvery creatures a batch of larvae is like a prime-rib buffet.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 10:40 am ASEAN says Suu Kyi trial a "grave concern"BANGKOK (Reuters) - Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbors expressed "grave concern" on Tuesday at the trial of democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, but the chair of their regional group, Thailand, ruled out sanctions.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 10:34 am Ladies Bring Back Vintage Bathing Suit Pageant [PICS]After 77 years, Galveston has revived a bathing beauty contest that was a fixture on the island in the Roaring '20s.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 10:30 am Big banks apply to repay TARP: sourcesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley and other banks have applied to repay billions of dollars they borrowed under the U.S. government's Troubled Asset Relief Program, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 10:29 am Egyptian president mourns grandsonThe 12-year-old grandchild of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak has died after a short health crisis, the state media report.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 10:26 am Pakistan races to deal with 1.5 million refugeesISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan said Tuesday it was racing to help refugees fleeing a military offensive against the Taliban in its northwest - an exodus of some 1.5 million of a speed and size the U.N. said could rival the displacement caused by Rwanda's genocide....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 10:25 am Sri Lanka leader hails apparent victory
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 10:20 am Mind Blowing Game - It all makes sense at the middleYou know the song being performed here but can you guess what it is, and what is going on, before the reveal at the halfway point? A very fun and impressive game.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 10:10 am U.S., Netanyahu Disagree On Palestinian StatehoodThe Obama administration has begun two weeks of meetings with key leaders from the Middle East aimed at reviving peace talks for the region. The first session took place Monday at the White House with new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 10:08 am Tornado hunters roam the PlainsVORTEX2, a sprawling, 35-day tornado hunt, is aimed at finding out more about what causes these killer storms and how to give ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 10:07 am Steele to insist GOP comeback has begun
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 10:06 am US seeks to rebuild Balkans tiesUS Vice-President Joe Biden arrives in the Balkans for a three-day tour of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.Source: BBC News | World | UK Edition | 19 May 2009 | 9:58 am A living, breathing gallery with an argument to makeSchad Gallery brings the ROM's life-sciences collections back out of storage and into the core of the old building
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 9:57 am Afghanistan says no plan to put U.S. ex-envoy in chargeKABUL (Reuters) - Afghan president Hamid Karzai has no plan to install former U.S. ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad as "chief executive" of his country, a spokesman said on Tuesday, denying a report in the New York Times.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 9:46 am Is Israel's 'Special Relationship' Over?Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's White House visit this week is the latest chapter in the two countries' close-and contentious-relationship. Observers suggest Obama may take a tougher line than his predecessors in pressuring Israel on...Source: The Daily Beast - Big Fat Story | 19 May 2009 | 9:40 am Mideast Emirates Museum LaborIn this photo taken Sunday, May 17, 2009 on a government-organised visit to the site, the interior of a newly constructed housing village for construction workers that is expected to open in July, is seen...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 9:37 am New rules worry CIA officialsThe agency fears that public scrutiny and new restrictions will hinder future interrogations.Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 9:33 am First Footage of Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas CarolCheck out the first footage of Jim Carrey as Ebenezer Scrooge in Disney's A Christmas Carol, which is directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 9:20 am Mexico: 13 traffickers, assassins arrested
Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 9:10 am 10 Amazing Gadgets You Can't Get HereDo tiny TVs, intelligent cell phones, and superpowerful netbooks and headphones make you drool? Get a tissue--you can't buy any of this terrific tech in the U.S. just yet.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 9:00 am Time bombs target Greek police sitesTwo time bombs exploded early Tuesday at building sites for new police stations in Athens and the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said. Neither blast caused any injuries.Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 8:55 am Beautiful and Creative High Speed PhotographyBeautiful and Creative High Speed Photography: it seems like the time is frozen allowing to capture the spectacular moments!
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 8:50 am Witness: Cop ‘dumbfounded’ after shootingA woman who videotaped a San Francisco Bay Area transit officer killing an unarmed man testified the officer hadn't been acting overly aggressive before the shooting and appeared "dumbfounded" afterward.Source: msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines | 19 May 2009 | 8:45 am B.C. continues trend of low voter turnoutExperts ponder reasons why only 52 per cent bothered to cast ballots last week, in line with recent numbers across Canada
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 8:17 am Rose Gottemoeller (R) with Anatoly Antonov, during a meeting in Rome in AprilUS Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller (R) with Anatoly Antonov, head of Rusia's foreign ministry department for security and disarmament during a meeting in Rome in April. The two officials...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 8:06 am Hillary Clinton and Sergei Lavrov at the State Department in Washington, DCUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following a joint press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC May 7. The United States and Russia began the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 8:06 am BRITAIN-US-RUSSIA-G20-OBAMA-MEDVEDEVRussian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) speaks with US President Barack Obama in London on April 1. The United States and Russia began the first round of talks aimed at replacing a landmark Cold War-era...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 8:06 am Psst – free child careThrifty parents are swapping babysitting or joining sitter co-ops to avoid the $10-an-hour cost of the local teenager's services
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 8:00 am Scuffle with neighbour leads police to fugitiveHorace Headley fled to his native Jamaica and flew under police radar for almost 18 years after shooting death
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:58 am Indians feel pride, relief after surprise rout by CongressStocks jump 17 per cent as party, now free from obstructionist coalition partners, expected to launch economic reforms
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:53 am A la cart makes its debutNew food carts hit Toronto streets, while owners iron out kinks
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:48 am Sony Centre reopening delayedTheatre's curtain won't rise until next spring, as talks on condo project continue
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:46 am Bacon Assault Rifle (PIC)Made with two full cases of bacon by the geniuses at This Is Freaking Ridiculous, I'm thinking this crispy, greasy a-salt rifle could inspire a whole line of meat-based weaponry.
Source: digg.com: Stories / Popular | 19 May 2009 | 7:40 am Bison turn back the clock on a patch of prairieA baby boom hits a herd in a remote Saskatchewan national park, an area that hasn't felt bison hooves in more than 120 years
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:39 am Blameless father a victim in brainwashing caseJudge lets mother move child away, but condemns her tactics in denying father access
Source: The Globe and Mail - Front Page News | 19 May 2009 | 7:32 am Mexico arrests 13 drug suspects, some on planeMEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican soldiers arrested 13 alleged drug cartel members, including one man who had just arrived on a private plane to take over trafficking operations in the northern city of Monterrey, the Defense Department said....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 7:17 am Myanmar's Suu Kyi goes on trialA U.S. official is allowed into the closed proceedings because an American man who swam to the opposition leader's home is being tried too.Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi was put on trial behind closed doors Monday, police ringing the prison court to deter supporters who say she is being prosecuted to keep her out of politics.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Campaigning for budget measures ends in a whimperConceding that passage by angry voters seems unlikely, the governor makes a final pitch before leaving to join President Obama at a White House news conference.The battle over six state budget propositions on today's ballot sputtered to a close Monday with a burst of low-profile campaigning that belied the gravity of California's fiscal crisis.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Man gets 5 years in San Diego State student's deathJohn Steven Burgess, a convicted sex offender, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the 2007 disappearance of Donna Jou.Just before he was sentenced for dumping the body of an Orange County woman in the ocean following a night of heavy drug use, John Steven Burgess swore to the victim's family that he didn't intentionally harm the college honor student.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am U.S. must work to limit civilian deaths in Afghanistan, Mullen saysAs details of the May 4 airstrike on a village surface, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. cannot succeed in Afghanistan if such accidental strikes on civilians keep occurring.The U.S. is jeopardizing its chances of success in Afghanistan by mistakenly inflicting casualties on civilians in airstrikes that undermine support for the war among the general population, the top U.S. military officer said Monday.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Man charged with human smugglingA Haitian is accused of piloting a boat loaded with immigrants that capsized last week off Florida. At least nine people died.A Haitian man was charged with human smuggling Monday after federal authorities accused him of piloting a boat overloaded with migrants that capsized off Florida's coast, killing at least nine people, including a pregnant woman.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Supreme Court tosses former detainee's lawsuitThe justices rule that Javaid Iqbal, a Pakistani Muslim arrested after Sept. 11, may not sue former Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III for abuses he says he suffered.The Supreme Court served notice Monday that it would set a high bar for anyone seeking to hold top government officials liable for abuse suffered by prisoners held as part of the Bush administration's war on terrorism.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Israel's prime minister tells Obama he wants to restart peace talksBut Netanyahu stops short of supporting a full-fledged Palestinian state.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Obama at a White House meeting Monday that he wanted to resume peace negotiations with the Palestinians, but he stopped short of embracing the U.S. view of a fully sovereign Palestinian state.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 7:00 am Philippines MyanmarA protester holds a toy gun as he portrays the military junta in Myanmar during a rally calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi Tuesday, May 19, 2009 in front of Myanmar embassy in Manila's financial...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:42 am Three alleged pirates who have been taken back to their boat by the French Navy due to lack of sufficient evidenceThree alleged pirates who have been taken back to their little boat due to lack of sufficient evidence from French warship "Le Nivose", where they spent 32 hours after their capture by French soldiers...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:41 am A suspected pirate is winched aboard the Spanish navy warship, the Marques de la EnsenadaA suspected pirate is winched aboard the Spanish navy warship, the Marques de la Ensenada on May 6 in the Indian ocean. The lack of a legal framework for the foreign naval patrols trying to bring order...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:41 am French soldiers guard suspected Somali pirates on board the French warship "Le Nivose"French soldiers guard suspected Somali pirates on board the French warship "Le Nivose", after their capture on May 3. The fate of captured Somali pirates has split opinion at an international conference...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:41 am The army said its commandos overran the last sliver of Tiger-held territory, killing their remaining 300 fightersGraphic showing how the territory held in Sri Lanka by the Tamil Tiger rebels shrank over the past four years. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday announced the final defeat of the Tamil Tigers,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:28 am Rajapakse (L) said the crushing of the LTTE should be seen as a victory for the entire nationSri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse (L) shakes hands with Navy chief Wasantha Karannagoda in Colombo on May 18. Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse on Tuesday announced the final defeat of the Tamil...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesWorld | 19 May 2009 | 6:28 am Tamil Tiger leader was seen as ruthless innovatorSri Lanka says it killed Velupillai Prabhakaran, the man who molded the now-defeated rebels in his image. The militant group s tactics such as suicide bombings were copied by others.Reclusive Tamil Tiger chief Velupillai Prabhakaran had narrowly escaped death several times during the last three decades even as his obsession with security ensured that untold other assassins never got close.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 6:20 am Bill Clinton to be special UN envoy to HaitiPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The U.N. is turning to Bill Clinton as its emissary to chronically unstable Haiti, where the former president is popular but not the peacekeepers who have provided the nation's only real security for years....Source: AP Top International News At 8:05 a... | 19 May 2009 | 6:16 am Sri Lanka president: Country free from terrorSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa delivered a victory address to parliament Tuesday, declaring that his country had been ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 6:00 am L.A. City Council OKs job cuts and unpaid leaveSpending plan imposes layoffs and furloughs to make up for the city's expected $530-million shortfall in 2009-10. But new revenue will help prevent police hiring freeze.Saying Los Angeles' financial troubles are grave and expected to grow far worse in the years ahead, the City Council on Monday approved widespread layoffs and furloughs for city workers but set aside enough money to back away from a proposal to freeze police hiring.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 5:16 am Mudslides In Philippines Kill At Least 26Mudslides tumbled down a rain-soaked mountain in the southern Philippines, burying dozens of shanties in a gold mining village and killing at least 26 people, a provincial governor said Tuesday.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 5:00 am Baucus At The Center Of Health Care DebateSenate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus has emerged as the somewhat surprising champion of a health care overhaul in Congress. But some critics worry that in his efforts to craft a bipartisan health care bill, Baucus may compromise too much. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 4:59 am U.S. to expand jail immigration checks: reportWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is expanding immigration checks to nearly all local jails, which could sharply increase U.S. deportation cases, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.Source: Reuters: Top News | 19 May 2009 | 4:56 am WHO says no Phase 6 for swine flu, for nowPressure from China, Britain, Japan and other countries appears to have persuaded the World Health Organization to hold off on ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 4:52 am Mullen: 2 Years to Turn Tide in AfghanistanMullen: New forces, new strategy need up to 2 years to turn tide in Afghan warSource: ABC News: International | 19 May 2009 | 4:45 am Bill Clinton To Be Special Envoy To HaitiThe U.N. will name Bill Clinton its special envoy to Haiti, his spokesman said Monday, in a move that could capitalize on the ex-president's years of involvement with the impoverished nation to burnish the international body's image there.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 4:30 am Border Tribe In Midst of Drug Smuggling 'Crisis'This year, law enforcement agencies expect to seize as much as 800,000 pounds of marijuana crossing one stretch of border in southern Arizona. It's the stretch that runs through the Tohono O'odham Indian Nation. That's a billion dollars worth of pot, and the DEA estimates only about 20 percent of what's coming across is caught. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 4:07 am Report: Discipline Methods Endanger Disabled KidsIn a large number of schools, children — particularly those in special education classes — are being disciplined in potentially dangerous ways, a Government Accountability Office report finds. Some children have died or been injured after having been restrained by adults or locked in secluded rooms. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 4:02 am States Move To Help Tenants Stung By ForeclosureWith foreclosures at record highs, a growing number of tenants are finding themselves out on the street — even though they've paid the rent long after the landlord defaulted on the mortgage. Now, efforts are under way to protect tenants, whose first inkling of a problem may come when they get an eviction notice. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 19 May 2009 | 4:01 am Family perseveres to get vet's name on Vietnam memorialEnrique Valdez, who's wounds in Vietnam paralyzed him and led to his death in 1994, will officially become a casualty of the ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 3:52 am Lawsuit alleges L.A. County improperly withheld pay to reservistsDeputy district attorney says the county counted weekends and holidays -- when he wouldn't normally be working -- against his 30-day allowance of paid military leave.When Anthony Colannino, a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney, looked at his pay stub for the last two weeks of June, he assumed there must have been a mistake: He had received only $271.98, more than $3,000 less than the county usually pays him.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Top News | 19 May 2009 | 3:29 am Mudslide in Philippines kills at least 26A southern Philippine governor says a mudslide triggered by heavy rains has buried 30 houses, killing at least 16 people and ...
Source: USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 3:12 am 'Why Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed': Carla Bruni's letter to juntaFrance's first lady called on Burma's ruling military junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who went on trial in Rangoon today. In an open letter entitled "Why Aung San Suu Kyi must be freed", Carla Bruni-Sarkozy...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2009 | 2:13 am Sydney eatery busted storing crabs in toiletA Sydney restaurant with a dead rodent in its storage area and a fish market that stored crabs in a toilet cubicle are new additions to the NSW government's name and shame list. Choy Restaurant in Belmore Road, Randwick, in Sydney's...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 19 May 2009 | 1:20 am UK: Speaker facing revolt by MPsMichael Martin's days as the Speaker of the House of Commons looked numbered last night as senior figures from the three main parties gave him once last chance to jump before he was pushed out of office. In unprecedented scenes,...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 11:54 pm Teen shoots self in failed school rampageLAROSE, Louisiana - A Louisiana middle school student stormed into a classroom and fired a gunshot over a teacher's head yesterday before shooting himself in a bathroom, authorities said. Investigators found a suicide note and...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 11:40 pm Bill Clinton To Be Named Special UN Envoy To HaitiFormer President Bill Clinton will be named special U.N. envoy to Haiti, his spokesman said Monday. An official announcement is expected Tuesday from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 May 2009 | 10:39 pm American Express To Eliminate 4,000 JobsAmerican Express said Monday it is cutting about 4,000 jobs as part of a plan to slash another $800 million in costs for the remainder of the year. The layoffs represent about 6 percent of the credit card issuer's current global work force — and are in addtion to 7,000 layoffs announced in October 2008. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 May 2009 | 10:33 pm Peace or Pieces? Israeli PM, Obama MeetObama, Netanyahu still at odds on the two-state solution after meeting.Source: ABC News: International | 18 May 2009 | 9:59 pm Market Slide Snags Alabama Tuition ProgramAlabama's prepaid tuition program is in trouble. It's designed to let parents pay while children are young, so that when they reach college age, tuition is covered. But Alabama invested much of the money in stocks, and managers now say they lack the resources to pay tuition for 48,000 students. » E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us Source: NPR Topics: News | 18 May 2009 | 9:59 pm Tamil leader's life ends in a blaze of gunfireCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Three decades of civil war in Sri Lanka came to a bloody end yesterday as Sinhalese troops killed rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran as he made a desperate attempt to blast his way through government lines encircling...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 9:35 pm Saudi killer beheadedSAUDI ARABIA - Saudi authorities have beheaded a Saudi national who was convicted of shooting another man to death. The Interior Ministry says Masoud al-Qahtani was executed on Monday in the city of Riyadh. It didn't provide more...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 9:02 pm US firefighters' daring duck rescueWASHINGTON - Firefighters plucked four baby ducks from a storm drain Monday after the rescuers heard the mother squawking for her hatchlings in a bustling Washington neighbourhood known more for nightlife than wildlife. Firefighters...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 8:47 pm 'He talked of peace. But the man I met was doomed to die in action'He was the most reclusive guerrilla leader of modern times, cocooning himself in the dense jungle of the Vanni in northern Sri Lanka surrounded by bodyguards and his closest comrades, never photographed, never betrayed, never spotted. It...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 8:42 pm 'The Producers,' a Cultural Milestone for GermanyMel Brooks' classic play "The Producers" debuts in Germany, to laughs.Source: ABC News: International | 18 May 2009 | 8:18 pm Testers Turn Bodybuilders Into "Girly Men"The Belgian bodybuilding championship has been canceled after doping officials showed up and all the competitors fled.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 8:00 pm Netanyahu: I'm Ready To Resume Peace TalksIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday he is ready to resume peace talks with the Palestinians immediately, but any agreement is contingent on their acceptance of Israel's right to exist as a Jewish state.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 8:00 pm WHO keeps swine flu alert at level 5GENEVA - China, Britain, Japan and other countries urged the World Health Organisation to be very cautious about declaring the arrival of a swine flu pandemic, fearing that a premature announcement could cause worldwide panic and...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 7:10 pm Too Hot for China: 'Love Land' Park No MoreChina demolishes yet-to-open sex theme park featuring explicit exhibits.Source: ABC News: International | 18 May 2009 | 7:09 pm Tamils call for calm after Aussie acid attackSYDNEY - Leaders of Australia's Sri Lankan community called for calm after two attacks on migrants from the island nation that may be linked to the apparent end of its ethnically driven civil war. Acid was thrown into the faces...Source: New Zealand Herald - World | 18 May 2009 | 7:00 pm Alfie Patten 13 is not baby's father test showsSchoolboy who believed he had become a parent at the age of 13 is not the father.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 6:59 pm MPs' expenses: Dawn Butler doubles up on home chargesDawn Butler the Labour whip overclaimed £2600 in rent on her constituency home.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 6:53 pm Pakistan Denies Nuclear ExpansionPakistan denied Monday it was expanding its nuclear arsenal, a week after the top U.S. military officer said there was evidence it was doing so.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 6:30 pm Trial Begins for Burmese Opposition Leader Suu KyiPro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial Monday, as hundreds of riot police ringed Burma's most notorious prison to block protesters from proceedings that could send her to jail for five years.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 5:56 pm Mullen: 2 Years To Turn Tide In Afghan WarThe top U.S. military officer warned that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in American combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 5:51 pm MPs' expenses: Labour MP denies 'extravagant' claims after spending £749 on chair and stoolSandra Osborne a backbench Labour MP has denied using her expenses for "extravagant or luxurious" purchases after spending £749 on a chair and stool.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 5:33 pm Man Charged In Fatal Haitian Boat AccidentA Haitian man was charged with human smuggling Monday after federal authorities accused him of piloting a boat overloaded with migrants that capsized off Florida's coast, killing at least nine people.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 5:30 pm Sudanese Rebel Surrenders to War Crimes CourtA Sudanese rebel leader surrendered to the International Criminal Court to face war crimes charges stemming from the Darfur conflict and called on Sudan's president to do the same.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 5:23 pm German Man Attacks Woman Over High-Priced AsparagusPolice in Germany are searching for a motorist who attacked a 24-year-old woman because he was outraged over the price tag of asparagus she was selling.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 4:02 pm EU Demands Sri Lanka War Crimes InvestigationEuropean Union nations have called for an independent war crimes probe into the killing of civilians in Sri Lanka.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 3:53 pm MPs' expenses: Commons Speaker Michael Martin's statement in fullThis is the full text of Speaker Michael Martin's statement to the House of Commons today in which he said he was "profoundly sorry" but refused to resign.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 3:52 pm Date for Iraq's General Election Set for Jan. 30Iraq's next general election will be held on Jan. 30, the deputy parliament speaker said Monday.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 3:40 pm Islamist Fighters Capture Somali TownHard-line Somali Islamist fighters captured another town in the war-torn country.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 3:19 pm MPs' expenses and Commons Speaker Michael Martin's statement: analysisMPs who want Commons Speaker Michael Martin out will have to wait a bit longer despite the ongoing sandal of MPs' expenses.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 3:17 pm MPs' expenses: Speaker Michael Martin 'sorry' but refuses to resignSpeaker "profoundly sorry" for failure to prevent abuses of allowances system but fails to respond to MPs' demands to give date for his departure.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 2:50 pm Landslide Kills 16 in Southern PhilippinesA southern Philippine governor says a mudslide triggered by heavy rains has buried 30 houses, killing at least 16 people and leaving 20 others missing.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 2:27 pm MPs' expenses: David Cameron calls for dissolution of ParliamentDavid Cameron the Conservative leader has called for the immediate dissolution of Parliament in order to allow a general election to take place in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 2:27 pm EU May Expand Anti-Piracy MissionThe European Union may step up its naval anti-piracy operations to cover more of the waters off the Somali coastline, Germany's defense minister said.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 2:26 pm Myanmar Opposition Leader Goes On TrialMyanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial, as hundreds of riot police ringed the country's most notorious prison to block protesters from proceedings that could send her to jail for five years.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 2:00 pm Election in Iran Goes High TechAhmedinejad and top presidential candidates embrace Facebook, Twitter.Source: ABC News: International | 18 May 2009 | 1:56 pm Tamil Tiger Chief Killed, Sri Lanka SaysSri Lanka declared it had crushed the Tamil Tiger rebels, killing their chief, Velupillai Prabhakaran, and ending his three-decade quest for an independent homeland for minority Tamils.Source: World News: CBSNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 1:30 pm Will Cuba Be Allowed to Use Dollars Again?The Cuba dollar tax reveals the complexity of the U.S. trade embargoSource: ABC News: International | 18 May 2009 | 1:09 pm Police Find Severed Heads of Men on Mexico HighwayPolice have found the severed heads of three men in a cooler left on the side of a highway in southern Mexico. Their bodies were found in a taxi about a mile away.Source: FOXNews.com | 18 May 2009 | 12:15 pm MPs' expenses: police prepared to begin criminal inquiriesSir Paul Stephenson said he is prepared to begin criminal inquiries into alleged misuse of MPs' expenses.Source: Latest News Breaking News and Current News from the UK and World | 18 May 2009 | 12:06 pm
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