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• John McCain says he does not work for a party
Republican Senator John McCain said Thursday that, as president, he would bring an era of reform to Washington, bolster the economy and pursue alternate energy strategies, with the help of his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.
• Republican VP pick rattles Obama strategists
Senator Barack Obama's team has built a reputation for discipline over the past 20 months, but Republican rival John McCain's maverick selection of 44-year-old Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, has reportedly created an atmosphere of uncertainty about what lies ahead in the run-up to the November 4th presidential poll.
• General Petraeus says Iraq get-out could come quicker
The US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has said he will call for the pullout of US troops from Baghdad within 10 months because of declining violence in the Iraqi capital.
• Pakistan Chief Justice to be left in the cold
In Pakistan, the ruling party has decided in principle not to restore the deposed chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and his fellow judges.
• How Bush re-started the Cold War
The series of unfortunate and costly decisions made during the two terms of the Bush administration, combined with economic decline at home, might devastate the US's world standing much sooner than most analysts predict.
• Lebanon will never be calm according to Hezbollah
The leader of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, has said his group will never lay down its weapons, even if the disputed Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon are liberated from Israeli occupation.
• Coal mine blast entraps Chinese miners
At least 10 people have been killed and eight are still missing in a coal mine gas blast in southwest China's Sichuan province.
• Alligators used to instill fear during gang wars
A Rio de Janeiro drug gang has terrified slum residents with alligators.
• Sarah Palin a big drawcard for TV viewers
Television monitoring services in the US have revealed that more than 40 million people tuned in to the Republican convention Wednesday to watch vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
• Syria finds most wanted al-Qaeda man
Syria has arrested Lebanon's most-wanted terrorist suspect, Fatah al-Islam leader Shaker al-Abassi.
• Mugabe gives Tsvangarai an ultimatum
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has put opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai under pressure, threatening to set up a government on his own if the latter doesn't agree to a powersharing arrangement.
• Journalists interpretation of
Scientists and the media define and conceptualise gene in different ways, defying the purpose of clarity and communication, according to a new study.
• Kevin Keegan, Newcastle United part company
Confusion and rancour reigned on Tyneside Friday after manager Kevin Keegan's departure from Newcastle United was finally confirmed.
• Guy Ritchie steals Sienna Miller from Scott
Director Guy Ritchie has stolen actress Sienna Miller from Ridley Scott's Robin Hood movie 'Nottingham' to cast in his new detective film 'Sherlock Holmes'.
• UN urges increased development aid from rich countries
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said development aid would have to increase to $18 billion a year if the world was to remain on track to achieving a set of anti-poverty goals by 2015.
• Winehouse back to heavy drinking
Troubled singer Amy Winehosue is back to drinking. She sparked concerns when she ordered 48 bottled of Jack Daniels recently.
• Terrence Howard fancies himself as a singer
Actor Terrence Howard is convinced he made the right decision to switch careers and pursue music because it has given him the opportunity to 'find some beauty' in himself.
• Guy Ritchie slams Huckabee for making fun of his wife
Pop superstar Madonna's husband Guy Ritchie has slammed US politician Mike Huckabee for making fun of his wife during a convention speech.
• Duffy finds songwritig simple
Upcoming Welsh singer Duffy thinks the song writing process is simple and that she could have written 10 albums by now, but is happy she spent almost four years preparing her debut album "Rockferry".
• US may pull out troops from Iraqi capital within 10 months
US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus said Thursday he would call for the pullout of US troops from Baghdad within 10 months because of declining violence in the Iraqi capital.
• Indian divorce ruling may impact rich British separation payouts
Wealthy businessmen and women in Britain could start moving their assets offshore to avoid huge divorce payouts following a landmark court ruling in the divorce case of an Indian couple.
• Hi-tech, eco or both
The new autumn and winter fashion collections highlight the tension between technology and the environment, luxury and ecology, consumption and conservation.
• Mittal residences are on UK
The street on which UK's wealthiest Indian lives is the country's most expensive street.
• Pink would rather adopt a kid than have her own
Washington, Sept 5 : Pink has said that she would rather "rescue" a child through adoption than have one of her own, insisting that there are too many people in the world already.
• TATA considering spin-off of international steel assets
London, Sept.5 : The TATA Group is reportedly looking to spin off its international steel assets, including Corus, in an overseas listing that could raise billions of dollars to help bankroll the steel unit's expansion.
• Astronomers discover missing link for origin of comets
Washington, September 5 : An international team of astronomers has found an unusual object whose backward and tilted orbit around the Sun may clarify the origins of certain comets.
• National Conference on IFRS to begin today
New Delhi, Sept 5 : Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) will organise a two-day National Conference on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) here today.
• Karzai wants justice for 90 civilians killed by US airstrike
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has promised "to bring justice" to villagers hit by a U.S. airstrike that Afghan officials say killed more than 90 civilians.
• Amartya Sen named on IMF committee on governance reform
Nobel laureate Indian economist Amartya Sen has been named on a committee of eminent persons formed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to advise the world body on governance reform.
• London air investigators assess near disaster
Air accident investigators in the UK have concluded a British Airways jet which crash-landed at London's Heathrow Airport in January, was brought down by ice in its fuel system.
• NSG draft may be altered to accomodate members
The wording of the US-sponsored draft being discussed by the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) here Thursday is likely to be altered to make it more acceptable to the 45-member grouping and ensure that they all agree to a waiver to allow nuclear commerce with India.
• ISAF denies cross-border operation in Pakistan
Kabul, Sep 4 (Xinhua) The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan Thursday dismissed as 'completely false' media reports that it entered Pakistani territory in hot pursuit of militants and conducted operations against them.
• Nuclear Slop in Leaky Mine Washes over Berlin
The nuclear waste scandal involving leaky drums of "radioactive liquor" at a storage facility in a German salt mine called Asse II keeps growing. Commentators see consequences not just for some federa...
• Iraq to bring expatriates home from Jordan
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) Iraq's envoy to Jordan says Baghdad will send planes and buses to bring home 520 Iraqis who fled to Jordan after the US-led invasion in 2003.
• Elephant in heroin rehab
Xiguang became addicted after he was captured by smugglers along the China-Burma border in March 2005. The traders fed him bananas laced with heroin as bait and to pacify him.When Xiguang was found tw...
• What alternative energy really needs
Despite promises of massive investment projects and fancy prizes, lawmakers are skimping on the one thing the renewable energy industry says it needs most - tax breaks.
• Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias
The government is warning that climate change could endanger California's giant sequoia tees. Here, people gather beneath the General Grant Tree, a giant seqoia at Kings Canyon National Park in Califo...
• U.S. Navy Docks In Key Georgian Port
The USS Mount Whitney passes the Bosporus bridge in the Bosporus strait in Istanbul, Turkey, Sept. 3, 2008. The Mount Whitney, a third U.S. Navy ship carrying humanitarian aid, docked at the Georgian ...
• MP forced to eat
A BRITISH MP trekking in Colombia was held at gunpoint in the jungle and forced to eat coffee whitener from a jar in his backpack after soldiers mistook it for cocaine.
• Rich, connected and a killer of six
AN Indian court has jailed the well-connected son of a rich arms dealer for five years for killing six people in a hit-and-run car accident nearly a decade ago.
• Tropical storm heads to US leaving 137 dead in its wake
TROPICAL Storm Hanna roared past the edge of the Bahamas today ahead of a possible hurricane hit on the Carolinas, leaving behind at least 137 dead in Haiti.
• Massacre feared if Iranians in Iraq handed over
By John Whitesides, Political CorrespondentST. PAUL (Reuters) - Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin kicked off a two-month battle for the White House on Friday with a promise that "change is comin...
• Advani annexes World Billiards Championship
Bangalore, September 5: Asserting his supremacy, Pankaj Advani on Friday annexed the ONGC IBSF World Billiards Championship (point format) with a comprehensive six games to one victory over Geet Seth...
• Is our understanding of the Universe about to be transformed by the Large Hadron Collider
Next Wednesday the biggest machine and international scientific experiment ever built will be switched on. Called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is a giant $10bn "atom smasher" that h...
• McCain, Obama campaigns grapple for
Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.
• Rice primed for historic Libya visit
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she's excited about a landmark trip she will make to Libya on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the Nort...
• McCain offers policies in acceptance speech
Sen. John McCain vows to keep taxes low, cut them where he can GOP nominee aims to create millions of new jobs, retrain workers McCain wants to drill offshore, build more nuclear power plants Senator ...
• Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified
Kathleen Wyman visits the mausoleum where her parents' remains are located and where her and her brother's remains will be laid to rest, on Aug. 24 in Portland, Ore.
• Further Us Troop Reductions In Iraq Not Possible This Year
Washington, Sept 5 (bna)-- Further Reductions In The Numbers Of Us Troops In Iraq Before The End Of The Year Was Not Practical Due To Logistics Related To The Withdrawal Process, Us Military Sources S...
• National Patent Development Corporation Announces Completion of Five Star Products Merger and Darling International Announces Acquisition of Grease Collection Business
AOL and Specific Media Alumni Matthew Burgoon and Andrew Rosen Join interCLICK and infoUSA Provides Business Location Data for Limbo's Mobile Social Network Locatio
• Detroit mayor sent to prison for lying about aide affair
Detroit, one of America's most troubled cities, suffered new indignity yesterday when its mayor was sent to prison after pleading guilty to felony charges. Under a deal that ends months of em...
• US warship carries aid to Georgian port of Poti
POTI, Georgia (AP) -- The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occup...
• 84,000 more jobs lost in August
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August, topping 6%, as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, according to the latest government re...
• US supports your security
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged U.S. support for Ukraine following last month's war between neighboring Russia and Georgia.
• Reporter caught masturbating on bus
A HONG Kong television reporter who quit his job after he was arrested for masturbating naked on a bus said he was only trying to "ease his stress''. Chiu Yu-kit, a former journalist at Asia Televis...
• Russia taking no action over US presence
Russia has said it plans no military action in response to the increased presence of US ships in the Black Sea. The comments, from Russia's foreign ministry, came following the arrival of the US navy...
• Egyptian ship hijacked near Somalia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- An Egyptian cargo ship with 25 crew members has been hijacked by pirates off Somalia's coast, the 10th vessel to be seized in less than two months, a global maritime wat...
• Russia plans no military response to US ships in Black Sea
POTI, Georgia (AP) _ The flagship of the U.S. Navy's Mediterranean fleet anchored outside the key Georgian port of Poti on Friday, bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a port still partially occupi...
• Ewan Murray previews Scotland v Macedonia
George Burley is aiming to lead a Scotland side to the World Cup for the first time since 1998. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images It may have taken George Burley the best part of eight months...
• Renowned PRO Experts, Bio-IT World Editor-in-Chief to Keynote PHT
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - September 5, 2008) - PHT Corporation, the market-leading provider of electronic patient reported outcome (ePRO) solutions used in more than 360 clinical trials worldwide, w...
• Current World Market Outlook and Forecast for Benzene Now Available
Posted on: Friday, 5 September 2008, 06:00 CDT Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/4277c6/benzene_world_mar) has announced the addition of the "Benzene: World Market Outl...
• UN agency hikes food aid in southern Philippines
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A U.N. official said Friday his agency has increased food supplies to hundreds of thousands of people displaced by fighting between government troops and Muslim separatist ...
• Australia swears in first woman GG
Australia has a new governor general, the first woman to become the Queen's representative in the country. Quentin Bryce, 65, a former governor of Queensland, rights activist and grandmother, was swo...
• Pakistani officials report missile strike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) -- An explosion possibly caused by a missile strike killed five suspected foreign militants near the Afghan border on Friday, Pakistani officials said.
• Thousands protest against Indian rule in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Muslims staged sit-in protests in parts of Indian Kashmir on Friday, resuming demonstrations against New Delhi's rule in the disputed Himalayan region after a ...
• Pakistan lawmakers to choose Musharraf replacement
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The real question in Pakistan's presidential election is not who the winner will be but whether the new leader will be any more successful than his predecessor in tackling ...
• UN Somalia envoy calls for international action on piracy
Nairobi - The United Nations Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called for international action Friday to combat a surge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia. P...
• Rice set to make history in Libya
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates in Lisbon on Thursday. She will visit Libya on Friday.
• Pakistan restores 3 judges ousted by Musharraf
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) Pakistan's law minister says three Supreme Court judges ousted by ex-president Pervez Musharraf have returned to the bench, but not the deposed chief justice.
• Georgia dominates EU talks
AVIGNON, France (AP) Efforts to send an observer mission to monitor troop withdrawals in Georgia were set to dominate two-day European Union foreign ministers' talks that started Friday.
• Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm
Deputies found food containers ripped apart and strewn everywhere, cans with bear teeth marks, claw marks and bear prints across the Garfield County camp on Tuesday.
• World markets sink after Wall Street plunge as weak data undercut recovery hopes
Louise Watt September 5, 2008 - 09:20 a.m. LONDON (AP) - World stock markets fell sharply Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slumping U.S. economy and ...
• 5 militants killed in Pakistan
Five Islamic militants have been killed in Pakistan in a missile attack by a suspected US drone. Security officials claim it's the second in two days in North Waziristan which borders Afghanistan.Wit...
• Holiday World, Kentucky Kingdom win national awards
Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom have won 2008 “Golden Ticket” awards from trade publication Amusement Today. Holiday World & Splashin’...
• Iran official says $100 oil price "appropriate"
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's OPEC governor said an oil price of $100 per barrel was "appropriate" in current conditions, the Oil Ministry's news agency Shana reported on Friday.The oil ...
• Is the end of the world nigh
Is the end nigh? Cern in Geneva is preparing to start up the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which will fire particles together at near the speed of light, recreating in miniature the energy released i...
• Landmark African trip for Rice
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice begins a historic trip to North Africa this week as the highest-ranking US official to visit Libya in half a century.
• Heritage listing for
THE United Nations today launched a plan to have an ancient wetland in south-east Iraq, thought to be the Biblical Garden of Eden, listed as a World Heritage Site.
• Nearly 400 arrested outside convention
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Police faced off with crowds of protesters outside the Republican National Convention, arresting 396 people after using tear gas and percussion grenades to turn them back.
• CAST to Present at World Congress for Software Quality
Congress for Software Quality NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - September 5, 2008) - CAST, the worldwide leader in Automated Application Intelligence (
• Metzelder given the flick for World Cup opener
Inexperienced defender Serdar Tasci, seen here in 2007, has been preferred to 2002 World Cup and Euro 2008 finalist Christoph Metzelder for Germany´s opening 2010 World Cup qualifier
• Nuclear group voices doubts about trade with India
VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five countries mulling dropping a ban on nuclear trade with India welcomed an Indian pledge on Friday to uphold non-proliferation standards but some felt it did not go far eno...
• Okada banking on Euro talent as World Cup campaign resumes
MANAMA — Japan coach Takeshi Okada is banking on his Euro stars making the difference when the three-time Asian champions’ World Cup qualifying campaign resumes against Bahrain on Saturda...
• Moscow does tanks, Europe doesn
As you read this, another remote corner of Europe has been "ethnically cleansed." That means young men murdered, old women driven out of their homes, villages plundered and torched. As in Bosnia, so n...
• Israel allows weapons transfer to Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel allowed Palestinian security forces in the West Bank to receive a shipment of about 1,000 Kalashnikov rifles and tens of thousands of bullets in a step aimed at bolstering the...
• MSPs examine plan for high-speed rail link to Europe
The Scottish Parliament's transport committee said it wanted to hear from interested parties about how such a link could cut journey times and boost passenger numbers.Committee convener Patrick Harvie...
• Teens charged with killing 14-year-old
TWO teenagers have been charged with murdering 14-year-old Shaquille Smith who was stabbed to death in east London last weekend, police said today. Smith died from a stab wound to his abdomen after ...
• Two million tickets for 2010 World Cup
About two million tickets will be sold to public worldwide for the 2010 World Cup, the FIFA organising committee said.Head of legal affairs Leslie Sedibe said two million tickets would be made availab...
• Maximum heat, oil wells set on fire
Think again. Scientists have used high-tech equipment to generate temperatures in the billions of degrees - that's billions with a "b" - and they can contemplate temperatures that leave that sort of h...
• India Argues For International Backing Of Nuclear Deal
on Friday asserted its credentials as a "responsible" nuclear weapons state in last-minute lobbying for international backing for its atomic energy deal with the U.S.
• Gymnasts die after lightning hits hotel
The four were training in Gelendjik, a coastal town on the Black Sea, when lightning hit the building and sparked the blaze last weekend, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said. The victim...
• Large Hadron Collider will not turn world to goo, promise scientists
They say it won’t be four horsemen that spell the end of the world as we know it but the flick of a switch next Wednesday, when the Earth will be consumed from inside out and turned to a pile ...
• Growth fears hit world stocks
fears intensified about the global economic slowdown. Safe-haven assets such as the yen and government bonds benefited after Wall Street had its steepest decline in more than two months as recent w...
• San Francisco delays start of resident ID card program due to need for further review
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.Mayor Gavin Newsom requested last month that ...
• Al-Qaeda commander threatens Denmark
AL-Qaeda has released a video featuring a senior commander who was rumoured to have been killed in Pakistan in July, threatening more attacks against Denmark after a suicide bombing on its embassy in ...
• Luxury car maker targets Middle East growth
The company, which is part owned by two Kuwaiti funds following its sale by Ford last year, said the 7,000 vehicles expected to be produced this year could be sold, but it would have to "work harder" ...
• Coast Guard helicopter crashes off Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed in waters five milessouth of Honolulu, and officials say three crewmembers have been recovered and one remains missing.
• New South Wales premier axed
Canberra - Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, was in political turmoil on Friday after its premier, Morris Iemma, was dumped by his centre-left government, just hours after sacking his ...
• Traffickers use gators for dirty work
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian police say they've literally taken a bite out of crime. Officers raided the home of a drug dealer's mother-in-law and found two alligators, one of them nearly 2m long, po...
• Angolans face delays in first vote since 1992
LUANDA, Angola (AP) -- Hundreds of people waited in line Friday as technical problems at several polling stations in the capital delayed the start of voting in Angola's first election since 1992.
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