 Many world leaders disturbed by Quran burning planUN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that no religion in the world can condone the burning of the... | |
 Taliban are winning war says Mullah OmarMullah Omar, the shadowy figure who leads the Taliban, has issued a statement saying his group is winning the war in... |
 Looted artifacts go back to IraqThe Iraqi government has put on display hundreds of artifacts recovered from many different... |
 Marijuana may soon in the hands of respectable MexicansThe government of Mexico, tired of drug war violence, is considering the legalization of marijuana and possibly other... |
 Rabid coyote attacks humans in New YorkA coyote which bit humans in New York City has been tested positive for... |
 Siberian plane goes down into bogPilots on a a Tupolev-154 plane in Russia have managed to glide it into marshy ground after developing engine... |
 Serious eye problems emerge from laser pointersChildren and teenagers are being found with serious eye damage after using laser... |
 Alzheimer’s could be helped by vitamin BOxford University scientists have discovered that daily supplements of B vitamins may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s... |
 Obama was on kill list of ex soldierAn ex-soldier turned gunman has been accused of trying to kill the US... |
 Iraqi soldier in sports disagreement murders US soldiersAn Iraqi soldier has fired into a group of US soldiers, killing two of... |
 Congo rape victims failed by UNThe UN failed to adequately deal with rape victims from the Congo, according to Atul Khare, the under-secretary general for peacekeeping... |
 Residents of Christchurch rocked by another quakeThe city of Christchurch in New Zealand has been rocked by a powerful aftershock, stemming from a major quake which hit on... |
 Hondurans die as gunman targets shoe factoryPolice in Honduras have said they don’t know who shot down victims inside a shoe... |
 Completion date announced for Ground Zero edificeNew York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in... |
 Two previously unseen asteroids to bypass earthTwo asteroids are due to whiz past the Earth on Wednesday according to... |
 Public eating leads to arrest for men who paid no heed to Ramadan Police in Algeria have detained ten men who allegedly ate food during the fasting period of... |
 Texas wants Polygamist sect leader but he won’t go backThe jailed US polygamist sect leader, Warren Jeffs, has been exercising his rights against extradition from Utah to... |
 Muslim girl who ran from parents gets US residencyA runaway teenager has been granted full residency in the US after she said she wanted to convert from the Muslim faith to... |
| Budget dilemma pits raising revenues vs. spending cuts President Obama says the federal government needs more revenue, while House Minority Leader John A. Boehner says it needs to spend less. One of them could walk out of this year's congressional... |
| Obama says GOP hopes 'I fail' GOP for sitting "on the sidelines" while he and congressional Democrats have pushed to pump money into the economy and to clean up what he said were the excesses of... |
| Barbour: GOP suited to tea party Associated Press Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who doubles as chairman of the Republican Governors Association, hopes to see his group's ranks swell after November's... |
| U.S. eyes secession to keep peace in Sudan U.S. warmed considerably. Yet even as the north and south laid down their arms, a separate war in the western region of Darfur threatened to undermine international good will.The problem now rests... |
| If Emanuel seeks Chicago mayor chair, race predicted to be rugged Rahm Emanuel might want to return to Chicago to become mayor, but his connection to a presidency with a sinking approval rating and his association to convicted former... |
| Imam behind Ground Zero mosque says he regrets controversy it has caused The imam behind the planned mosque near Ground Zero said Wednesday if he knew how controversial the Islamic center project would be, he "never would have done this."Speaking in his first U.S.... |
| U.S. Student Became Mexico Drug Kingpin ‘La Barbie’ Mexico ’s most feared and savage drug leaders. None of the clichéd roots of crime could be seen is his youth: no broken home, no abusive father, no poverty. Instead, his father was a... |
| Blair Memoir a Hit, Despite a Few Hard Knocks Tony Blair when she meets him at Buckingham Palace on his first day in office in 1997, according to “A Journey: My Political Life,” Mr. Blair’s new memoir. “The first was... |
| People of Color: The test I don’t remember ever seeing a woman on her own taking her car in for “the test” – the annual test to renew your car license. Maybe there are garages in Kfar Shmaryahu or Kiryat Tivon or... |
| Women's Whispers: Holiday givings Harbingers of the holiday season, legions of emissaries come knocking on our door this time of year. If they come while I’m digging in the garden, the men in long frocks and longer beards usually... |
| RIGHTS-CHILE: No Dialogue in Mapuche Conflict SANTIAGO, Sep 8, 2010 (IPS) - The Chilean government is pushing through legal reforms in an attempt to bring to an end a nearly two month hunger strike by 34 Mapuche indigenous prisoners. But it is... |
| US Army sergeant 'kept Afghan body parts' SEATTLE - New documents released by the Army say a staff sergeant charged in a conspiracy to murder civilians kept Afghan body parts and threatened subordinates. Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs is the most... |
| Pressure mounts in Iran over adultery stoning case BRUSSELS - European Union nations and the continent's biggest human rights organisation slammed Iran on Wednesday for its plan to stone a woman convicted of adultery, while Iran's ambassador to the... |
| Levelling the playing field quantum chess - might help level the playing field. You might want to practise your meditation and learn to clear your mind because machines might soon be able... |
| This summer really was hotter than others Firefighters battle extreme heat while fighting a brush fire in Holden, Mass., on July 7. Massachusetts endured its second-hottest summer on... |
| Obama, Republicans jostle over tax-break policies President Obama challenged Republicans on Wednesday to join him in expanding business tax breaks, building roads and rails, and cutting taxes on the middle class — policies he ascribed to past... |
| China's census will get feedback on one-child rule In Cloudy Ridge, China, census worker Wang Xiurong, left asks Cao Xiurong, center, to check her household documents for the national... |
| More young couples try long-distance relationships Drew Barrymore and Justin Long star in a new film called 'Going the Distance,' but long-distance relationships are no longer fodder for only romantic comedies but for research,... |
| NYC mosque backers appear divided Sharif El-Gamal, right, developer of the planned mosque near Ground Zero, looks on as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks in defense of the proposed Islamic center during an Iftar dinner at... |
| Pope thanks U.K. for 'vast' efforts for $18.5M trip Pope Benedict XVI thanked the British on Wednesday for the "vast amount of work" they have put into his upcoming visit and said he hoped their efforts would pay... |
| Colleges buy land without knowing how they'll use it It's good that colleges are looking years or even decades ahead, but investing in real estate can be risky, academic research analyst Jane Wellman... |
| Arizona education chief: Feds looking at claims of English bias PHOENIX (AP) Arizona's education chief says the federal government has launched an investigation into whether the state discriminates against teachers who are nonnative English... |
| 'Rahmbo' Emanuel: Obama's enforcer (CNN) -- Rahm Emanuel, President Obama's chief of staff, is known as a force of nature who efficiently navigates the back halls of Congress to get exactly what he... |
| Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre MEXICO CITY - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what is said to be the worst massacre in the... |
| UN aid chief Amos visits Pakistan The newly appointed head of UN humanitarian relief Lady Valerie Amos has spent her first day in office touring Pakistan. Baroness Amos became the most senior Briton in the UN when she takes over... |
| Koran Burning: Muslim Groups Vow Retaliation Sky News has learnt that radical Muslim groups around the world intend to burn American flags in protest at plans by a Christian church in the US to burn copies of the... |
| Burning Koran like 9/11 mosque: Palin SARAH Palin has condemned a Florida church's plan to burn the Koran as "insensitive", comparing it to the building of an Islamic centre near Ground... |
| 'Bizarre' dinosaur with a hump found PALAEONTOLOGISTS have found the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that may be a forerunner of the leviathans which once ruled the... |
| Castro regrets 1962 missile crisis FORMER Cuban president Fidel Castro says he now regrets the actions leading up to the 1962 missile crisis with the United... |
| Family 'plotted massacre over dinner' A FAMILY of local politicians laughed as they plotted over dinner to massacre rivals and journalists, a witness in the Philippines' biggest post-war criminal trial said... |
| BP points fingers in oil spill blame game Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this handout photograph taken on April 21, 2010 and obtained on April... |
| Obama: U.S. can't afford to extend tax cuts for rich U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy at the Cuyahoga Community College West Campus in Parma, Ohio, near Cleveland, September 8,... |
