Top Stories: In Israel, as part of his Middle East/European tour, Barack Obama has hailed Israel as a miracle. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:18 -0400The US House has pushed through legislation which is designed to help 400,000 distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:45:06 -0400The US and North Korea have held their highest level meeting in four years over the dismantling of Pyongyang's nuclear program. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:41:50 -0400A site for the execution of three Indonesian men, convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings, has been surveyed by prison officials. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:40:09 -0400The BBC has revealed that Scotland Yard has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in the last financial year. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:38:32 -0400Hurricane Dolly reached the border of Mexico and Texas in the United States on Wednesday. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:37:14 -0400A powerful earthquake shook northern Japan early Thursday, injuring at least 90 people. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:01 -0400A British man who staged his own disappearance to collect the life insurance has been sentenced to over six years' imprisonment. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:33:03 -0400Radovan Karadzic will try to block his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:07:29 -0400A military assault in Iraq’s Diyala province, timed for August 1st, will involve around 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:06:00 -0400Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has asked Russia to align itself with the Venezuela as protection from the United States. Big News Network.com Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:04:11 -0400A NAKED model photographed using Peru's flag as a saddle while on a horse could spend up to four years in jail for offending patriotic symbols, the country's defence minister said. The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:50 -0400Colombian defense minister says rescuers posed as journalists from TeleSUR Juan Manuel Santos says rescuers used microphone with TeleSUR logo Rescuers rehearsed "script" in ruse to free 15 h... CNN Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:58 -0400ABOUT 400 trainee teachers who joined the Education Ministry in the middle of last month have still not been paid their salaries. These graduates, now being trained at the National Institute of Educat... The Straits Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:21:00 -0400WNBA is expected to announce punishments from the brawl on Thursday Four were ejected during the incident between the Shock and Galaxy Former Pistons Bad Boy Rick Mahorn was in the middle of the melee... CNN Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:50 -0400BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) -- Republican John McCain pushed back on Wednesday against Democratic criticism that he misstated when the troop buildup ordered by President Bush began, saying elements were put i... New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:32 -0400The Smoking Gun . The lawyers did not say which family members were in the pictures. Pitt and partner Angelina Jolie have reportedly sold exclusive picture rights to the first photographs of their n... The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:48 -0400Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin believes that the cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip serve the interests of Hamas, not Israel, and charged that by agreeing to the deal Israel has "offered Hamas a life... Haaretz Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:21:56 -0400WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rescue legislation sailed through the House on Wednesday aimed at helping 400,000 strapped homeowners avoid foreclosure and preventing the collapse of troubled mortgage companies Fa... New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:36 -0400NEW: Injured includes many elderly residents, authorities say Quake struck about 12:26 a.m.; epicenter was in eastern Honshu No danger of a tsunami, Japanese Meteorological Agency says... CNN Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:31:01 -0400LONDON: The UN Security Council has "good reasons" to be unsure about sending large numbers of peacekeepers to Sudan's Darfur region, its outgoing head of peacekeeping said in an interview published o... Channel News Asia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:29:02 -0400The World Billionaires pool cash to beat smoking MICROSOFT founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will pour $US375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:38 -0400BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas on Wednesday, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that flooded some low-lying areas but spared levees... New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:39 -0400THE United States has one, and it will soon be joined by China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Following in the footsteps of the US, these four Asean dialogue partners yesterday announced that they... The Straits Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:54 -0400NEW YORK, Jul 23 (IPS) - In the name of "global war on terror", the U.S. government is waging war on non-governmental organisations by applying "shortsighted, undemocratic policies" that are "constrai... IPS Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:27:08 -0400WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to the United States said Wednesday. New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:30 -0400Negotiations with Russian-born American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik over the sale of daily Maariv have recently been resumed. The talks value the publishing company at $90 million. Blavatnik, founde... Haaretz Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:21:54 -0400THE start of full-scale talks to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis were delayed for a second day today as the main parties' top negotiators had yet to arrive in South Africa, sources said. The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:35 -0400ZURICH (Reuters) - A small aeroplane has crashed in the southern Swiss canton of Valais, killing several people, local news agency ATS reported on Wednesday, citing local police. The cantonal police c... The Star Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:21:04 -0400JERUSALEM (AP) -- Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama paid a predawn visit to the holiest place in Judaism on Thursday, bowing his head in prayer at the Western Wall. New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:34 -0400TWO people in a critical condition have been airlifted to hospital after a semi-trailer collided with a bus in the Gippsland town of Traralgon this morning. The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:33 -0400SEATTLE (AP) -- Mike Lowell hit a two-run single off Sean Green in the 12th inning, and the Red Sox took advantage of two outfield errors to beat the lowly Mariners 6-3 on Wednesday and complete Bosto... New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:23 -0400FAST START PAYS OFF: Powell (left) beating compatriot Bolt to the 100m title at the Stockholm Grand Prix on Tuesday. He led the race from start to finish and clocked 9.88sec. -- PHOTO: REUTERS... The Straits Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:48 -0400(ASX: GUD) said growth in its water products business this financial year would be offset by demand and cost pressures in some other parts of the group. GUD, which sold its Victa lawnmower business la... The Australian Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:43 -0400LONDON: Voters in one of the most deprived parts of Britain go to the polls in a by-election on Thursday, potentially holding the fate of their fellow Scot, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in their hands... Channel News Asia Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:28:58 -0400DAVID LEASK and WILLIAM TINNING They've been fighting for years. On one side of the tracks are the Westburn Young Toi Butchers; on the other, the Halfway Fleeto. The railway is their border, as unmov... The Herald Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:59:51 -0400WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses w... New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:29 -0400NEW YORK (AP) -- 50 Cent has sued Taco Bell, claiming the fast-food restaurant chain is using his name without permission in advertising that asks him to call himself 99 Cent. New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:26 -0400WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The House of Representatives passed a massive housing rescue bill on Wednesday while the White House dropped a threat to veto it, paving the way for measures aimed at shoring up... Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:12 -0400WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, on his first visit to Washington as Israel's top military officer, said on Wednesday it was crucial to block what he called "Iranian aggression"... Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:08 -0400LONDON - Batman star Christian Bale has denied allegations of assault made by his mother and sister after he was arrested on Tuesday. The 34-year-old Welsh-born actor, riding high as the star of Holly... The Straits Times Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:20:44 -0400PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The head of a prominent cancer research institute issued an unprecedented warning to his faculty and staff Wednesday: Limit cell phone use because of the possible risk of cancer. New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:33 -0400GENEVA (Reuters) - A latest round of talks to salvage a global trade deal made "some progress" on Thursday, ministers said but officials said the mood behind closed doors was somber. Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:03 -0400LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A woman mauled by a bear in a rural area of Southern California was recovering Wednesday as game wardens sought to trap and kill the animal. New York Post Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:52:27 -0400Air Force crews switched from a rescue operation to a recovery operation over the 7,000-square-mile crash site, said Air Force spokeswoman Sgt. Ashleigh Bryant. CNN Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:30:54 -0400SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday after talks with North Korea that she believed Pyongyang was under no "illusions" it had to agree to a strong mechanism to ve... Reuters Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:16:06 -0400SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea lashed out Thursday at the South Korean defence chief for labeling the communist state an enemy. Earlier this week, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee tol... C News Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:52:59 -0400Officials in Guatemala say they have the first irrefutable evidence that a child was stolen and put up for adoption in the state system. The National Adoption Council used genetic evidence to confirm... BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:40 -0400The pilot of an Indonesian plane that crashed at an airport on Java island last year, killing 21 people, has gone on trial accused of negligence. A report into the crash at Yogyakarta concluded that ... BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:39 -0400Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won parliamentary backing for a crime package critics say discriminates against immigrants. Under new laws approved by the Senate, illegal immigrants conv... BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:38 -0400Parents are missing out on vital conversations with their children about sex because of embarrassment, a report for the government says. A study by author and agony aunt Anita Naik found three-quar... BBC Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:09:35 -0400It has written to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, asking that Tehran either charge the brothers Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei or release them. They were apparently arrested at the end of June. ... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:17 -0400The Scottish economy grew by just 0.3% in the first quarter of 2008, providing the first evidence that the shock waves of the global credit crunch are to rippling through to the rest of the economy. ... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:09 -0400Dave Higgens A British woman died after apparently suffering the bends while on a diving trip in the South Pacific a week before she was due to be married, it was revealed yesterday. IT consultant J... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:59 -0400JERUSALAM: Barack Obama on Wednesday vowed to forge an "unshakeable" bond with Israel if he becomes the next US president and warned a nuclear Iran would pose a "grave threat" which the world must for... Channel News Asia Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:37 -0400WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according ... New York Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:53:57 -0400BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - Hurricane Dolly moved inland after tearing into the South Texas coast on Wednesday with 95 mph (150 kph) winds, pouring torrential rain on the U.S.-Mexico border area an... Reuters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:26:22 -0400TEHRAN: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday vowed that Iran would not yield in the crisis over its nuclear drive but the White House warned again that it risks more sanctions if it fails to fre... Channel News Asia Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:35:40 -0400The Mugabe regime's final lifeline is a small Vienna-based software company that helps it to keep printing the money it relies on for its survival, The Independent can reveal. Jura JSP, an Austr... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:41 -0400A bribery investigation is under way into claims by three Indian opposition MPs that they were offered thousands of pounds by the government to abstain just hours before a crucial vote of confidence. ... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:38 -0400SOMALIA has urged the early deployment of a UN peacekeeping or stabilising force on its soil but key Western countries said concrete planning options were needed first. The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:24 -0400CHARLES HUTZLER, BEIJING Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said yesterday. Areas in at least three public parks near out... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:58 -0400Its force shattered windows and set off fires in an area hit by a deadly tremor just a month ago. The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck the north of the main Japanese island of Ho... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:52 -0400There is a simple rule of political life, all life indeed. It is that you can ask anything of someone who wants to join your club so long as they're still trying to gain entry. Once they've joined you... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:32 -0400WASHINGTON, Jul 23 (IPS) - Women's groups weighed in Tuesday on the growing debate over new goals and strategies for U.S. foreign aid, arguing that to work effectively, foreign aid should target women... IPS Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:27:14 -0400Radovan Karadzic has decided to conduct his own defence against genocide charges at the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague and is convinced he will win his case, his Serbian lawyer said ye... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:18 -0400A student who became Scotland's first convicted Islamic terrorist could be free pending an appeal within weeks. Mohammed Siddique, 22, yesterday succeeded in putting his appeal against the guilty ver... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:00 -0400Rising food prices are putting millions of people in East Africa at risk of severe hunger and destitution, the UK-based charity Oxfam has warned. Successive droughts, war and poverty have put an es... BBC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:54 -0400A MELBOURNE grandfather who molested two generations of his over family as well and other children, including African refugees, over half a century has been jailed for 14 years. The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:57 -0400The bill was supported by the upper house's right-wing majority of President Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP party but opposed by the Opposition Socialists. Details of how many Senators were present and how ma... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:19 -0400Gordon Brown will warn today that the historic commitments made by the United Nations in 2000 to relieve poverty in the developing world are in danger of being missed. The Prime Minister will re... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:16 -0400The Scottish Government has been urged to intervene and ensure the survival of a famous textile firm which has gone into administration. Some 52 workers have been made redundant at the Langholm Dyein... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:51 -0400The new service, dubbed Threat Manager, offered by troubled listed digital group BlueFreeway, via its subsidiary BlueCentral, will also help ensure businesses are compliant with the payment card indus... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:59 -0400But the chairman of Hawthorn Football Club and depression awareness organisation beyondblue will not make a decision until after the AFL grand final in September. “I have been approached by a wi... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:45 -0400I REFER to Tuesday's letter by Senior Minister of State for Finance and Transport, Mrs Lim Hwee Hua, 'Singapore not necessarily costlier than Sweden''. I too was surprised by the claim by Ms Heng Siew... The Straits Times Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:29:28 -0400WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday he had rejected a request from lawmakers that an outside special counsel investigate the case of a Canadian taken off a p... Reuters Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:26:21 -0400In a town where image is everything and personalities come larger than life, Harvey Weinstein has always been a force of nature. For three decades, the cigar-chomping movie mogul has used his expl... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:30 -0400Adolescents who took part in family activities more often had sex less frequently, less unprotected sex, and fewer sex partners, Rebekah Levine Coley of Boston College and her colleagues found. Most ... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:26 -0400The free internet TV service, which went live last night and is available at abc.net.au/iview, is the first real attempt by an Australian network to deliver comprehensive content online. Currently, b... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:57 -0400The German Chancellor Angela Merkel has praised Barack Obama's political and physical strength as "Obamania" reached the highest levels of state on the eve of the Democratic presidential contender's f... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:24 -0400A hospital failed to provide sufficient nursing care to a dying woman whose family had to keep her cool with wet paper towels in her final hours, a public standards watchdog ruled yesterday. Professo... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:56 -0400Barack Obama repeatedly promised Israel's leaders yesterday that its security would remain "paramount" while he promoted efforts to resolve their conflict with the Palestinians early in his first term... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:14 -0400West Point graduate was Lions' seventh-round pick Original policy would have allowed Campbell to serve as recruiter Lions president received letter from military informing of change... CNN Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:36:31 -0400In his assumed identity as the bearded New Age healer Dragan Dabic, he became a regular at the little pub on the Belgrade high-rise estate where he was soon giving virtuoso performances on the lute-li... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:47 -0400Six of the UK's biggest net providers are believed to be backing a government plan to tackle music piracy online. The plan commits the firms to working towards a "significant reduction" in the ille... BBC Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:18:53 -0400The body of a baby lay in the bag for at least 10 hours before a local man found it, dressed in a jumpsuit and wrapped in a blanket, in a bus shelter at Grahamvale, near Shepparton, about 5.30pm (AEST... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:41 -0400Kirsty Urquhart A hairdresser has been found guilty of stealing almost 1000 pairs of hair straighteners from an award-winning Edinburgh salon and selling them on eBay for thousands of pounds. Mark M... The Herald Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:50 -0400Israeli musician Idan Raichel was recently interviewed on Al-Jazeera, a news network that Israel has boycotted for what it called incitement to terror.The interview took place on a program the Qatari-... Haaretz Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:21:52 -0400Derrick Sonnier, 40, was the the third person put to death in the state since the US Supreme Court in April rejected a challenge to the three-drug cocktail used in most executions in the last 30 years... The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:45 -0400The revelations keep coming. After news of the dramatic capture of Radovan Karadzic and his astonishing disguise as the spiritual healer Dragan Dabic, the Serbian capital was abuzz with the discovery ... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:21 -0400MILWAUKEE (AP) -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is monitoring the ongoing rift between the Green Bay Packers and Brett Favre. A person with direct knowledge of Goodell's interest said the commissione... New York Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:53:48 -0400Officials seize drugs, aliens at Texas checkpoint 9,600 pounds of marijuana has estimated street value of $8 million Busts come hours before landfall of Hurricane Dolly Dolly hit south Texas coast wit... CNN Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:36:38 -0400MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A pet rabbit is credited with saving a couple from a fire that swept through their home in the southern city of Melbourne. New York Post Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:53:50 -0400Nine hundred soldiers are to be deployed in Rome with the job of making the Italian capital a cleaner, quieter and more decorous place, under a law and order package approved by parliament which targe... The Independent Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:20:44 -0400Records may show the strength of the case against Ethel Rosenberg Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed in 1953 for committing espionage Ethel Rosenberg's brother may have lied when he gave testimo... CNN Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:36:33 -0400AN estimated 60,000 civilians are still unable to return home more than two months after fleeing the violence in the oil town of Abyei in south Sudan, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report. The Australian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:01:22 -0400 | 
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