Rice Makes Surprise Visit to Iraq
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies into Kirkuk and Baghdad.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Castro: Preparing a Hero's Exit?
Ailing Cuban leader makes promise in letter read out on state television.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Web Site Tracks China's Pollution Levels
Environmental campaigner creates Web site to map out China's worst polluters.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
12 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza
Militants threaten to retaliate with suicide attacks inside Israel.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Swiss Halt Ebay Auction of Iraqi Treasure
Ancient tablet, the size of a business card, was likely smuggled out of Iraq.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Saudi King Pardons Rape Victim
Rape victim is spared 200 lashes for being with a man who wasn't her husband.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Russia Makes 1st Nuke Shipment to Iran
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Al Qaeda's No. 2 Denounces US Allies in Iraq
Bin Laden deputy Ayman al-Zawahri has released a new video tape.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Trip to Nowhere: Lost Travel Days
Crowds, delays and missed connections.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Donors Pledge Billions in Aid to Palestinians
Funds aim to revive Palestinian economy amid push for independent state.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Friend: Diana Didn't Want to Marry Dodi
Friend testifies that Diana had no intention of marrying Dodi Fayed.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Putin Looks Set to Become Prime Minister
Russia's president has said he will accept the job if his protege suceeds him.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Burned, Looted Iraqi Archive Comes Back
Archive's head works to foster non-sectarian Iraqi pride, empowers women.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Terror Suspect's Lawyer: Escape Tale 'Fishy'
Rashid Rauf escaped during Pakistani prison transfer before extradition to U.K.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Iraqi City Mourns After Deadly Bombing
Mourners Bury Dead in Southern Iraqi City Hit by a Series of 3 Car BombsSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Baghdad Better? Not Culturally Speaking
Looted Antiquities Museum is reviving, but other cultural sites are not.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
U.S. Mourns Fallen Intellectual Warrior
In Iraq, where information is a weapon, military remembers a fallen warrior.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Cab Driver Given Ride Of His Life
Formula One superstar Michael Schumacher takes over taxi for airport ride.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Tents, Trumpets and Tantrums: Gaddafi's Visit to Paris
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's visit to France continues to cause controversy.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Americans Arrested in Brazil Pedophile Ring
Two Americans and a Brazilian couple were arrested at a nudist colony.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Delhi's 'Dilbert' Character Can't Die!
After news of Asok's "death," ABC visits the intern's Indian college.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Diana to Dodi: '...With All the Love'
Letters from Princess Diana to Dodi al Fayed read at inquest into their death.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Dear Diana: Caring Private Letters Revealed
Inquest hears tender words between Prince Philip and Princess Diana.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Annapolis Over: What Next For Olmert?
Returning Israeli P.M. says country "is finished" without two-state deal.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Reporters Notebook: Cyclone's Trail of Misery
Cyclone devastates Bangladesh, one of poorest areas in the world.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Scientists to Meet Over Madeleine Case
DNA evidence will be discussed, parents remain suspectsSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
McCanns Give First TV Interview Since Being Declared Suspects
"We are innocent," Maddie's parents insist.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Lead Detective Dismissed in McCann Case
Goncalo Amaral, head of McCann investigation, sacked after barbs about parents.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
McCanns Relaunch Campaign for Madeleine
Over $150,000 to be spent on new advertising in Europe for lost child.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Inside a Baghdad U.S. Military Hospital
Martha Raddatz reports from the busiest military trauma center in the world.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Farewell, Bat Boy, Elvis and Bigfoot
Weekly World News comes to an end after 28 years.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Michael Moore to John Stossel: 'Little Debate' About Health Care in Cuba
Moore defends his film "Sicko" and the virtues of socialized medicine.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Diana: 'The Ultimate Star'
Tina Brown calls Diana a "cataclysmic force" who changed the monarchy forever.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Microart: Willard Wigan's Tiny World
Willard Wigan's amazing artwork is so small it can fit on a pinhead.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
i-CAUGHT: Kruger Safari Smackdown!
Lions, a buffalo and crocodile battle to the death on the African savannah.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Another 'Last Supper' Mystery Surfaces
Computer analyst says he's discovered a "painting within a painting."Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Petraeus Denies British Iraq Withdrawal
Gen. David Petraeus appeared exclusively on GMA to discuss his plans in Iraq.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Bill Clinton: First Gentleman of the U.S.?
Bill Clinton on his role as the potential first gentleman, and his life's work.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Fed Unveils New Safeguards For Homeowners
The Federal Reserve endorsed new rules Tuesday that would give Americans taking out home mortgages new protections against shady lending practices. The proposed rules are geared to providing safeguards to the riskiest "subprime" borrowers.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Ohio Truck Crash Threatens Bridge
A garbage truck crashed into an overpass in Ohio Tuesday, killing the driver and rupturing a gas line that forced homes to be evacuated. Holes and bent beams in the bridge created potentially unsafe conditions.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Thousands In Okla., Kansas Still In Dark
Power outages kept more than 91,000 homes and businesses in the dark more than a week after an ice storm battered Oklahoma, and the emergency has outlasted the ability of many residents to pay for it.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Cops: Woman Groped Mall Santa Claus
A woman was charged with sexual assault after allegedly groping Santa Claus at a Connecticut mall over the weekend. The mall Santa told police the woman had touched him inappropriately while sitting on his lap.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
$2.8M Settlement In Los Alamos Breach
The government has accepted a $2.8 million settlement over a security breakdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory, after more than 1,000 pages of classified documents and computer storage devices were found during a drug bust of a subcontractor.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Teacher Who Had Sex With Teen In Court
Former Florida middle school teacher Debra Lafave was in court today after being charged with parole violation. The former middle school teacher pleaded guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old student in 2004.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
House Approves $516 Billion Spending Bill
The House approved a $516 billion measure funding 14 Cabinet agencies and funding for troops in Afghanistan, setting the stage for a year-end budget deal with the White House.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Telecom Immunity Pulled From Senate Debate
Senators clashed over whether the government's need to eavesdrop on potential terrorists outweighs Americans' expectations that their private communications are protected.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Prisoners Used Bikini Photos To Aid Escape
Two convicts in a New Jersey prison used photos of bikini-clad women to hide holes they used to escape and left behind a thank-you note, signed with a smiley face, for a guard they claimed helped them. The escapees are still on the loose.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Severe Storm Blankets Northeast
Nnow, sleet and freezing rain iced over highways from the Great Lakes to New England, dumping more than 10 inches of snow in parts of Michigan and Vermont, stranding air and road travelers and causing a jetliner to skid off a runway.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Homebuilder Sentiment Stuck At Record Low
A December reading of U.S. homebuilders' sentiment remained at a record low for the third straight month.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Dems Lose Fight To Aid Abortion Groups
Unable to override a promised veto, Democrats have backed down on their insistence that the 2008 foreign aid budget reverse President Bush's ban on providing aid to family planning groups abroad that offer abortions.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Bush: Economy Sound Despite "Storm Clouds"
President Bush worked to reassure Americans on Monday about the economy but said "there's definitely some storm clouds and concern" because of the nation's credit crunch and mortgage problems.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Peterson Won't Get His Guns, Cars Back
A judge denied Drew Peterson's request to have items including guns and two cars returned after they were seized during the search for his missing wife. Peterson's lawyer wants an investigation into possible grand jury leaks to the media.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Top Republican Vows CIA Tape Probe
The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee defied the Bush administration Sunday and pledged to investigate the destruction of CIA interrogation tapes.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
New Jersey Abolishes Death Penalty
New Jersey has become the first state in four decades to abolish the death penalty under a bill signed by Gov. Jon S. Corzine, a move being hailed across the world as a historic victory against capital punishment.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Sen. Lieberman Endorses McCain
Joe Lieberman, the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 2000, endorsed Republican John McCain for president, scandalizing Democrats in Washington and giving the GOP hopeful a much-needed boost in New Hampshire.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Lackluster Weekend Has Retailers Nervous
Based on early reports from analysts and malls, sales results were generally unimpressive this past weekend, as shoppers were held back by a snow storm.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
There Are Buyers For U.S. Homes: Canadians
For some north of the border, the race is on to take advantage of exchange rates. As the Candian dollar has reached parity with the greenback for the first time since 1976, Canadians are looking with an investor's eye at American real estate.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Midwest Socked By 2nd Storm
The second winter storm in a week dumped as much as a foot of snow in places in the Midwest. New England is bracing for the storm Sunday.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Homegrown Terror Plot Began Behind Bars
Two men accused of plotting behind prison walls to launch jihad-style attacks on military sites, synagogues and other targets in 2005 pleaded guilty to conspiring to levy war against the United States.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Pettitte Admits Hormone Use
Two days after being named in the Mitchell report on steroid and other drug use in the MLB, Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte admits he used a human growth hormone in 2002 for an ailing elbow.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
New Suspicions In 1992 Trampling Death
Knoxville's district attorney was found dead in his pasture in 1992, his breastbone and some of his ribs broken, a hoofprint on the chest of his overalls. Investigators concluded he had been knocked down and trampled to death by his cattle.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Court Told: Don't "Interfere" In Tape Case
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has told a federal judge it was not obligated to preserve videotapes of CIA interrogations of suspected terrorists and urged the court not to look into the tapes' destruction.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Republicans Stop Bill To Ban Waterboarding
A Senate bill which would have prohibited the CIA from using waterboarding and other forms of torture in its interrogations of detainees was blocked by a procedural move by Republican Lindsey Graham, who called the ban "ill-advised."Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
"Baseline Killer" Suspect Gets 438 Years
Mark Goudeau, the man accused of being the Phoenix Baseline Killer, was sentenced to 438 years in prison today for the sexual assaults of two sisters. He still faces trial and a possible death sentence for the slayings of nine people.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
A Day Of Minor Airline Mishaps
Continental, United and Delta flights all experienced unusual occurences today that prompted them to make unexpected detours and emergency landings as precautions.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
This Santa Is Real - But Very Secret
This Santa is very real - but he wishes to remain secret. He plans to cross the country giving people he sees in need at least $100. Steve Hartman tracked him down for Assignment America.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Mukasey Rebuffs Congress On CIA Tape Info
The Justice Department refused to give Congress details of the its inquiry into videotapes of detainee interrogations that were destroyed by the CIA. Committee members blasted the rebuff, and threatened to subpoena witnesses.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Senate OK's $286 Billion Farm Bill
The Senate on Friday approved a $286 billion farm bill with an election-year expansion of subsidies for growers and food stamps for the poor.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
From Bat Boy To Steroid Dealer
Former Mets clubhouse attendant Kirk Radomski is a key player in the steroids scandal that is shaking up baseball. The report said Radomski is linked to players including Roger Clemens, Paul Lo Duca and Andy Pettitte.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
2 Louisiana State Students Found Dead
Police were searching today for three men believed to have shot two Louisiana State University graduate students to death late last night. Police have called the attack a home invasion.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Michael Vick Begged Judge For "2nd Chance"
Michael Vick declared "I am not the bad person or beast I've been made out to be" and asked for leniency in a letter to the federal judge who sentenced him to 23 months in prison for a dogfighting conspiracy.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
7 States Sign Colorado River Pact
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and officials from seven Western states have signed a sweeping agreement Thursday to conserve and share scare Colorado River water.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
FBI Probes Iraq Investigator
The U.S. special inspector for Iraq reconstruction is being investigated by the FBI following allegations of misconduct from former employees, Justice Department officials said.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Congress On Deck For Steroid Report
A House committee is calling steroids investigator George Mitchell, baseball commissioner Bud Selig and players union chief Donald Fehr to testify next week. Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Davis want to know what the sport plans to do about steroids now.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
E-Mails Hint At NASA Love Triangle
NASA has released more than 200 pages of e-mails related to the bizarre case of an astronaut accused of trying to kidnap her romantic rival. The e-mails offer hints of the relationships between people involved in an apparent love triangle.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Last Vick Co-Defendant Gets 2 Months
A fourth defendant was sentenced today to two months in prison for his role in the dogfighting conspiracy that led to the downfall of NFL star Michael Vick. Tony Taylor was the first man to plead guilty in the case and the last to be sentenced.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
5 Men Arrested In $100M Malibu Fire
Police say food wrappers, receipts and surveillance video helped them track down five men - ages 18 through 27 - who are accused of caused a wildfire that gutted scores of buildings and vehicles as it tore through Malibu's canyons last month.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Middle-Aged Suicides At Record High
The reason is unknown, and the CDC has only been tracking such figures since about 1980. Female suicide rates, in fact, are highest in middle age, while men - who account for the majority of suicides - peak after retirement.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Jury Deadlocks In Homegrown Terror Trial
One of seven Miami men accused of plotting to join forces with al Qaeda to blow up Chicago's Sears Tower was acquitted, and a mistrial was declared for the six others after the federal jury deadlocked.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
N.J. Assembly Votes To End Death Penalty
The New Jersey Assembly approved legislation Thursday to abolish the state's death penalty, making Gov. Jon S. Corzine's signature the only step left before the state becomes the first in four decades to ban executions.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Plains Brace For Snow, Northeast Digs Out
A second wintry blast could complicate efforts to restore power to the more than 280,000 homes and businesses in Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri still blacked out after the first storm put a million customers in the dark.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
All-Star Roster Linked To Steroids
Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte are named in the Mitchell report on steroid use in baseball, acording to The New York Times and ESPN.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Players Identified In The Doping Report
A list of current or former Major League Baseball players named in the Mitchell Report.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Minnesota Bans Adding Mercury To Cosmetics
"Mercury does cause neurological damage to people even in tiny quantities," says Sen. John Marty, the lawmaker who sponsored Minnesota's new safety rule. "Every source of mercury adds to it. We wanted to make sure it wasn't here."Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Study: Not All Breast Cancers Need Chemo
Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Are Charities Shortchanging Veterans?
A new report by a watchdog group rates 27 veterans" charities - and gives more than half D's or F's. That"s due to the low percentage of donations that actually are given to their target: veterans. Sharyl Attkisson has the story.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Domestic Issues Highlight Dems' Debate
The Democratic presidential candidates fielded questions on the same stage that Republican White House hopefuls held on yesterday, and with the same cordiality.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
House Passes Ban On Waterboarding
The House approved an intelligence bill that bans the CIA from using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods. The measure now goes to the Senate, which must act before it can go to President Bush, who has threatened a veto.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Contempt Citations For Rove, Bolten
A Senate panel voted for a contempt citation against two of President Bush's closest advisers - chief of staff Josh Bolten and former political guru Karl Rove - for refusing to provide subpoenaed information about the firings of U.S. attorneys.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Writers Guild Files Unfair Labor Complaint
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers calls "baseless" a complaint by the Writers Guild accusing movie studios of engaging in unfair labor practices when they broke off negotiations to end the writers' strike.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
"Finders, Keepers" For Hidden Treasure?
Imagine this: A contractor finds a fortune hidden in a wall of a home. Does the owner get to keep it? Or does the contractor? Cynthia Bowers has a story about that little phrase, "finders, keepers."Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Senate Passes Scaled Back Energy Bill
Senate Republicans have blocked a broad energy bill because it included billions of dollars in new taxes on big oil companies. Democrats said they would strip the taxes from the legislation to move the bill forward.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
FDA Advisers Reject OTC Cholesterol Drug
U.S. government advisers rejected Merck & Co.'s latest bid for over-the-counter sales of Mevacor, the granddaddy of the famed cholesterol-lowering drugs.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Watch Out For Your Personal Info Online
When you're online, it's up to you to keep an eye out for your personal information.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Tearful Apology From Omaha Shooter's Mom
The mother of Robert Hawkins, the gunman who killed eight people at an Omaha mall last week, apologized to the families of her son's victims. Maribel Rodriguez sobbed after seeing pictures of the eight people her son killed last week.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Arrest In Vegas School Bus Stop Shooting
An 18-year-old man was arrested in a shooting at a school bus stop that injured six people in Las Vegas Tuesday. The suspect was picked up in Denver on a bus on his way to Chicago, police said.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Public Housing Coming Down In New Orleans
In a city with a rising homeless population, where thousands have been displaced by hurricanes, and where many admit there is a crisis in the availability of affordable housing, the government is knocking down houses.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Family To Adopt Slain Marine's Dog
Marine Cpl. Dustin Jerome Lee and his German shepherd, Lex, scoured Iraq for roadside bombs together, slept next to each other and even posed in Santa hats for a holiday photo. Now his family is adopting the dog, who is getting early retirement.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Colleges Become "Boot Camps" For Democracy
The Political Engagement Project by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in Stanford, Calif., is at the forefront of a push to foster college students' desire and ability to contribute to political discussion.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Sheriff: Mich. Slaying Suspect Talking
Mich. man caught in woods talking to police about wife's death, dismemberment, sheriff saysSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Katrina Victims Evacuate FEMA Park
FEMA closes Louisiana mobile home park housing Katrina victims over health and safety concernsSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Mom Says Georgia 'Girl Bandit' Is Sorry
Mother says 'girl bandit' in Georgia bank heist fell into wrong crowd and made a bad choiceSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Guard Killed in New Orleans FEMA Park
Security guard shot to death at FEMA trailer park; New Orleans' 32nd homicide this yearSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Survivors of Bus Wreck Return to Ohio
Baseball players who survived of bus wreck in Georgia return to Ohio in mourningSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Judge Seals Sex Offender's Psyc Report
Judge seals psychological evaluation of Arizona sex offender caught posing as 12-year-oldSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
White Supremacist Gang Gains Clout
White supremacist gang Public Enemy No. 1 sees clout grow as another's diminishesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Wall Street Area Joins National Register
Wall Street Historic District joins National Register of Historic Places MondaySource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Mo. Serial Killings Trial Starts Monday
Trial set Monday for Kansas City serial killings suspect, prosecutors connect him to 13 deathsSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Videotape Shows Men Giving Pot to Kids
2 Texas teens arrested after videotape appears to show them giving pot to kids ages 2 and 5Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Rice in Baghdad as Tensions With Turkey Rise - New York Times
Philadelphia Inquirer Rice in Baghdad as Tensions With Turkey Rise New York Times - 1 hour ago By GRAHAM BOWLEY Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Tuesday, flying first to the northern oil-rich city of Kirkuk and then on to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi leaders. Rice visits hot spot in northern Iraq CNN International Turkey's Iraq Surge Council on Foreign Relations Aljazeera.net - The Associated Press - The Gate - National Journal - New York Sun all 696 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
South Africans Head to the Polls - Washington Post
TVNZ South Africans Head to the Polls Washington Post - 4 hours ago By Craig Timberg POLOKWANE, South Africa Dec. 18--Thousands of African National Congress activists lined up in the rain Tuesday morning to elect ar new leader: either incumbent President Thabo Mbeki or the man he fired in 2005 because of alleged ... Voting closed in South Africa's ANC leadership poll Reuters Reuters Africa Highlights 1500 GMT Dec 18 Guardian Unlimited CNN International - AllAfrica.com - Reuters South Africa - Swissinfo all 1,759 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Iraq Kurdish leader snubs Rice over Turkey raid - Reuters
Brisbane Times Iraq Kurdish leader snubs Rice over Turkey raid Reuters - 22 minutes ago ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - The president of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region refused to meet US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday because of Washington's tolerance of Turkish military attacks, his prime minister said. Turkish Troops Enter Northern Iraq to Target the PKK (Update6) Bloomberg Turkish troops cross into Iraq CNN Voice of America - Southeast European Times - BBC News - Times Online all 1,510 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Probe Roils South Korea Election - TIME
Korea Times Probe Roils South Korea Election TIME - 2 hours ago Junji Kurokawa / AP South Korean election campaigns are famous for dramatic events in the eleventh hour, and this presidential election is proving to be no different. Lee Myung-bak: 'Bulldozer' In Driver's Seat Forbes South Korea's Presidential Campaign Nears End Voice of America International Herald Tribune - Reuters - Reuters UK - The Australian all 456 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Japanese warship tests antimissile system - Christian Science Monitor
Guardian Unlimited Japanese warship tests antimissile system Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours ago Japan is the first US ally to successfully carry out a test of the US-built interceptor system. By Simon Montlake A Japanese naval vessel shot down a ballistic missile Monday over the Pacific Ocean, the first US ally to successfully carry out such a ... Japan Intercepts Test Missile Above Pacific Ocean Voice of America Japan successfully tests anti-missile system Guardian Unlimited Forbes - Reuters - Bizjournals.com - Bloomberg all 312 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Putin Opens Mecca Path for Muslims - New York Times
Enews 2.0 Putin Opens Mecca Path for Muslims New York Times - 12 hours ago A lone woman prayed as Russian Muslims met at Moscow’s main mosque before setting off on their pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW - Gulsine K. Fatakhudinova, a 56-year-old Tatar Muslim, came lugging suitcases to pray at the ... Muslim pilgrims prepare for peak of haj east of Mecca Reuters Muslim pilgrims mass at peak of haj Reuters UK USA Today - Aljazeera.net - BBC News - Reuters India all 379 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
12 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza - Washington Post
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) 12 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Washington Post - 3 hours ago By SARAH EL DEEB AP GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Israeli aircraft launched an assault on the radical Islamic Jihad organization from the skies over Gaza, killing the group's overall commander and nine other militants in three fiery strikes ending early ... Israeli airstrikes kill Islamic Jihad militants International Herald Tribune Israeli air strike kills four Gaza militants Reuters Guardian Unlimited - Reuters India - Reuters UK - United Press International all 849 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Countries pledge to help Palestinian economy - Los Angeles Times
PRESS TV Countries pledge to help Palestinian economy Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago AP IN GAZA STRIP: A Palestinian boy runs in Nusseirat refugee camp. At a donor conference in Paris, representatives from around the world endorsed the Mideast peace plan and offered $7.4 billion for the Palestinian economy and preparation for statehood ... World donors pledge billions to Palestinians San Francisco Chronicle Press disappointed by Paris conference BBC News Baltimore Sun - Reuters South Africa - Jerusalem Post - Spiegel Online all 279 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Ukraine parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM - Reuters
CBC.ca Ukraine parliament approves Tymoshenko as PM Reuters - 1 hour ago By Yuri Kulikov KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's parliament on Tuesday restored Yulia Tymoshenko as prime minister, sealing a political comeback for a leading figure from the former Soviet country's 2004 "Orange Revolution". Tymoshenko elected as Ukraine's PM CNN International Ukraine's Orange leader Tymoshenko wins PM post AFP AHN - Deutsche Welle - The Australian - CNN all 148 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
White House says Castro letter "interesting" - Reuters
EiTB White House says Castro letter "interesting" Reuters - 42 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday a letter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro suggesting he might give up his formal leadership post was interesting, but that it was difficult to determine what it actually meant. Castro Hints at Retiring from Cuban Leadership Voice of America Statement Hints at Castro’s Retirement New York Times CNN - Bloomberg - Guardian Unlimited - RTT News all 631 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Russian nuclear fuel lands in Iran - Los Angeles Times
Boston Globe Russian nuclear fuel lands in Iran Los Angeles Times - 9 hours ago Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony in Iran's nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz, 300 kms 186 (miles) south of Tehran. Iran Receives Nuclear Fuel in Blow to US New York Times Bush supports Iran getting Russia's nuclear fuel Newsday Guardian Unlimited - MSNBC - BBC News - Financial Times all 906 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Putin's plan to keep power fraught with risks - Reuters
Turkish Press Putin's plan to keep power fraught with risks Reuters - 4 hours ago By Michael Stott - Analysis MOSCOW (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin's plan to hold on to power in Russia after his term ends has pleased investors and nations who want business as usual in the Kremlin, but the risks involved mean stability is not ... Video: Putin says 'yes' to tandem with Medvedev RussiaToday Putin agrees to become Medvedev's prime minister Christian Science Monitor CNN International - Bloomberg - Wall Street Journal - Independent all 656 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Pakistan rejects Sharif's election bid appeal - Reuters
Montreal Gazette Pakistan rejects Sharif's election bid appeal Reuters - 3 hours ago By Zeeshan Haider ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Election Commission has upheld an election ban on former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his lawyer said on Tuesday, barring a main rival of President Pervez Musharraf from the January polls. Sharif Loses Appeal for Candidacy in Pakistani Election Voice of America Sharif election ban appeal rejected United Press International Wall Street Journal - The Age - The Associated Press - Hindu all 293 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Disneyland Date Has Sarkozy in the Limelight - New York Times
Sydney Morning Herald Disneyland Date Has Sarkozy in the Limelight New York Times - 12 hours ago By ELAINE SCIOLINO PARIS - She is well born, well known and wealthy, an heiress and former supermodel turned pop singer who has dated the rock stars Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. Sarkozy and the Supermodel TIME Sarkozy's supermodel romance raises eyebrows Turkish Press Times Online - BBC News - Guardian Unlimited - AHN all 393 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Taliban kills 15 in US fuel ambush - CNN International
Canada.com Taliban kills 15 in US fuel ambush CNN International - 6 hours ago KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Taliban fighters ambushed a convoy carrying fuel bound for US military bases in Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 15 Afghan employees of a US security contractor. Taliban ambush kills 15 security guards Guardian Unlimited 15 Afghan guards working for US company killed, official says San Jose Mercury News Reuters UK - eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - Click 2 Houston.com all 219 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
No charges against suspects in Holloway case - CNN International
Half Life Source No charges against suspects in Holloway case CNN International - 54 minutes ago (CNN) -- None of the three suspects in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway will be charged, the Aruban public prosecutor's office said Tuesday. Natalee Holloway Case Dismissed NBC13.com Natalee Holloway Case Closed MyFox Birmingham The Associated Press - Half Life Source - The Canadian Press - abc13.com all 144 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Manhunt in Pakistan for British suspect - Los Angeles Times
Philadelphia Inquirer Manhunt in Pakistan for British suspect Los Angeles Times - Dec 17, 2007 Some fear some level of official complicity in the escape of Rashid Rauf, allegedly involved in a plot to blow up airliners, from police custody in Islamabad after a court appearance. Mystery surrounds terror suspect's escape in Islamabad Guardian Unlimited Pakistan hunts for escaped terror suspect Houston Chronicle Pakistan Dawn - Reuters UK - Times Online - MLive.com all 1,027 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Queen Elizabeth II is gran again - CNN International
Earthtimes Queen Elizabeth II is gran again CNN International - 22 hours ago LONDON, England (CNN) -- The wife of Prince Edward, the Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, gave birth to a baby boy Monday, Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement. Royal couple 'thrilled' by baby son Guardian Unlimited Prince Edward, Proud Father of a Baby Boy eFluxMedia New York Daily News - United Press International - BBC News - Melbourne Herald Sun all 354 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Dodi 'failed to protect Diana', inquest told - Guardian Unlimited
Gulf Times Dodi 'failed to protect Diana', inquest told Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours ago Dodi Fayed neglected to take measures to protect Diana, the Princess of Wales, because of the couple's "sense of invincibility", their inquest heard today. Diana driver called 'maniac' on road New York Daily News Henri Paul was 'crazy' driver, inquests hear Times Online Reuters UK - Telegraph.co.uk - AFP - The Press Association all 488 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
Kyrgyz president's party secures victory in parliamentary election - International Herald Tribune
The Epoch Times Ireland Kyrgyz president's party secures victory in parliamentary election International Herald Tribune - 17 hours ago AP BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Early results in Kyrgyzstan's parliamentary elections put the president's political party on track to sweep all 90 legislative seats in this politically restless nation, which has been rocked by mass protests in recent years. Kyrgyz Ruling Party Set to Sweep Parliamentary Elections Voice of America Kyrgyzstan: On the Path to a One-Party State New York Times MSNBC - AFP - Financial Times - BBC News all 531 news articlesSource: ZiffDavis Technology News
With Regrets, New Orleans Is Left Behind
By ADAM NOSSITER
Thousands of former New Orleanians are breaking their ties with the damaged city for which they yearn.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
A Midnight Service Helps African Immigrants Combat Demons
By NEELA BANERJEE
Many ministries and congregations in the growing African diaspora in the United States and abroad are grappling with witchcraft.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
31 Accused in Florida of Falsifying Home Loans
By KIRK SEMPLE
Federal prosecutors said they uncovered a mortgage fraud scheme involving at least 28 properties in South Florida and fraudulent loans totaling more than $14.2 million.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
San Francisco’s Mayor Proposes Fee on Sales of Sugary Soft Drinks
By JESSE McKINLEY
In a move he says is necessary to trim the city’s waistline, Gavin Newsom has proposed charging big stores a fee when they sell sugar-sweet soda.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
California Moves Toward Universal Health Care
By KEVIN SACK
A plan that would provide coverage to an estimated 70 percent of the 5.1 million persistently uninsured Californians passed the State Assembly on Monday.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Families Pay as U.S. Agents Under Attack Fire Tear Gas Into Mexico
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Families are being caught in the crossfire between Border Patrol agents firing tear gas and those who the agents say are attacking them with stones, bottles and bricks.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
The Long Run: Romney’s Course Set Long Ago
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Mitt Romney said he felt as if his campaign to become the Republican presidential nominee was, in a sense, an extension of his father’s unsuccessful bid in 1968.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Democrats Delay a Vote on Immunity for Wiretaps
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
In a setback for the White House, the Senate will not vote this month on whether to give legal protection to the phone carriers that helped with the N.S.A. eavesdropping program.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
House Passes Sprawling Spending Bill
By CARL HULSE
President Bush offered guarded praise for a $516 billion spending plan that conservative Republicans describe as bloated and unacceptable.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Fed Shrugged as Subprime Crisis Spread
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
As the mortgage crisis threatens to tip the economy into a recession, many are asking: Where was Washington?Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Food and Fuel Compete for Land
By ANDREW MARTIN
For years, cheap food and feed were taken for granted in the United States. Now the price of some foods is rising sharply, and a blame alert is under way.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
White House Visitor Logs Are Public, Judge Rules
By PHILIP SHENON
A federal judge Monday ordered the Bush administration to stop withholding White House visitor logs from scrutiny by outside groups.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
McCain Senses Momentum Is Starting to Help Him
By MARC SANTORA
Senator John McCain is making a push to attract independent voters in New Hampshire and plans to restart his Iowa campaign.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Obama and Edwards Engage, Gently, on Special Interests
By PATRICK HEALY
So rarely do the two Democratic candidates criticize each other that their jabs dominated the political spotlight in Iowa for the day.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
More Hiring and Advertising Ahead for Paul Campaign as the Donations Pour In
By JULIE BOSMAN
After setting a one-day fund-raising record Sunday, Ron Paul’s bankroll can keep him in the contest beyond early January.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
On the Road: Airlines to Use Courts to Thwart a Movement
By JOE SHARKEY
Domestic airlines are not happy that New York State law will require them to provide certain services to passengers who sit for three hours or more on airplanes stuck on the tarmac.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Evidence in Hollywood Wiretapping Case Is Questioned
By DAVID M. HALBFINGER and ALLISON HOPE WEINER
Lawyers for defendants in the Anthony Pellicano wiretapping case argued that evidence seized from the Hollywood private detective’s offices had been improperly obtained.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Names of the Dead
The Department of Defense has identified 3,883 American service members who have died since the start of the Iraq war. It confirmed the death of the following American yesterday:.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Single-family housing starts hit 16-year low
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Housing starts fell 3.7 percent in November, with construction of single-family homes sliding to the lowest level in more than 16 years as builders scrambled to cope with a deep drop in sales.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Goldman cautious on near-term outlook
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday fourth-quarter earnings rose 2 percent, beating expectations and capping a record year, but its shares fell after the investment bank cautioned that markets will remain challenging in the near future.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Stocks erase gains as Goldman sinks
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks erased gains on Tuesday as earnings from Goldman Sachs Group Inc failed to reassure investors that the financial sector has seen the worst of the credit market meltdown.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
More holiday shoppers say they'll spend less
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More consumers are planning to spend less this holiday season than a year ago, according to a survey released on Tuesday that adds a fresh note of caution to what is shaping up to be a ho-hum holiday shopping season.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Best Buy posts higher profit
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy Co reported a better-than-expected 52 percent rise in third-quarter profit on Tuesday on strong sales of laptops and video games, and raised its full-year earnings forecast.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Lilly COO promoted to CEO ahead of coming struggle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co said on Tuesday chief executive Sidney Taurel will retire on March 31, turning the reins over to Chief Operating Officer John Lechleiter as the drugmaker prepares for tough times ahead.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Paulson says U.S. mortgage relief plan not a bailout
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, on the second day of a tour seeking to build support for a mortgage relief plan, said on Tuesday it was not a bailout for people who made bad decisions.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Sprint names Embarq chief as new CEO
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp named Embarq Corp CEO Dan Hesse as its new president and chief executive on Tuesday, hoping the telecom veteran can help the No. 3 U.S. mobile service provider turn around its business.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Apple plays DoCoMo against Softbank over iPhone
TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc is playing mobile operators NTT DoCoMo Inc and Softbank Corp against one another on selling the iPhone in Japan, where it would vie with some of the world's most advanced phones.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Peterson leads Vikings to win over Bears
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Roberts acknowledges using steroids once
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NFL fines 5 Falcons for Vick tributes
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Hill has 22 in Suns' win
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Rich Rodriguez: Michigan's man
(AP)
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Peterson rallies red-hot Vikings to win over Bears
(Reuters)
Peterson scored two second-half touchdowns to rally the Vikings
to a 20-13 win over the Chicago Bears on Monday, their fifth
victory in a row.
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Thomas rips Knicks after another loss
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MLB drug testing can't be secondary anymore
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Manchester City eye end to trophy drought
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Avs take over 1st in Northwest division
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O'Neill will eventually take over at UA
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Federer and Henin get top tennis awards
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Tiger ends with win
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Apple Playing Japan Rivals Off for iPhone
Apple is haggling with NTT DoCoMO and Softbank over subscriber revenue share.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Closing a Hole in AV Software Testing
A group of security testers and vendors are pushing to add behavioral-based detection to tests of anti-virus software.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Emcore to Buy Telecom Assets of Intel's Optical Platform Unit
Emcore aquires the telecom-related portion of Intel's optical platform division for $85 million.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Senate Pulls Telco Immunity Vote
Dodd leads the opposition to legislation that would grant amnesty for telecoms in warrantless wiretapping program.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Sprint Nextel Names New CEO
Sprint's 'safe hire' will make WiMax and other tough calls.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Security Seal for A/V-Network Interoperability
The certification guarantees the endpoint security tools are compatible with your existing network infrastructure.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Chip Vendors Unite
Toshiba, IBM, Samsung and AMD have teamed up to cut development costs and manufacture 32 nanometer technology.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Businesses Generally Ignoring E-Discovery Rules
A full year after the institution of federal e-discovery court rules, it appears few potential storage customers are paying attention.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Apple Ships 41 Patches for Tiger, Leopard
Corrects several high-risk issues that Apple warns can lead to "unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution."Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
NPD: Leopard Is Best Apple Launch Ever
The research group says Apple has found the right formula for rolling out a new OS.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Google Aims to Be the Platform For Businesses
Q&A: Google's Dave Girouard discusses the integration of Postini and the potential for businesses to build on top of Google's infrastructure.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Exec: Google is a 'Native Web Speaker'
Former Microsoft executive Vic Gundotra is helping Google make applications platform- and device-independent.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Suit Charges HP, Staples Broke U.S. Antitrust Law
A man claims HP paid Staples more than $100 million in Market Development Funds to stop selling competitors' printer cartridges.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Bush's Phone Immunity Demand Wins Initial Senate Vote
President George W. Bush's demand for immunity for telephone companies that participated in his warrantless domestic spying program won an initial vote on Monday in the Senate.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Researchers: Beware the IE Cache on a Public Terminal
If you use IE to access Gmail on public terminals, you may be leaving a lot of sensitive information exposed in the browser's cache.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
UK Admits Loss of 3 Million Records
A private contractor at an Iowa facility lost a hard drive containing data on driver's license candidates.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Outlook 2008: No Worries
Despite a weakening economy, solution providers expect higher profits in the new year.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Returns Survey: The Good, the Bad and the Complicated
In a survey of major retailers, ConsumerWorld put Costco's return policy up high, but said The Sports Authority's needed improving.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Veracode Looks to Close 'Backdoors' in Code
Leave a backdoor in a program and it won't be a draft coming in but a hacker, followed by his friends, fraud and massive customer settlement.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
Google: Cloaking Hurts Your Page Rank
Top Google executive discusses the PageRank fiasco and how she hopes to standardize a Google API framework.Source: ZiffDavis Technology News
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