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Obama, congressional leaders meet on economic stimulus
President-elect Barack Obama on Monday began work with congressional leaders to hammer out a stimulus package designed to jump start the ailing US economy. Speaking with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Monday morning ahead of the closed door meeting, Obama stressed that it was important to get to work on the plan before he takes...

Obama, congressional leaders meet on economic stimulus

Anthrax Charges Made Public by Federal Judge
A scientist and former U.S. Army man was named a person of interest in the 2001 anthrax deadly attack. He was later cleared of all charges, but a federal judge wanted to make public the court records which have been sealed for so many years. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Royce Lamberth released the information for The New York Times...

Anthrax Charges Made Public by Federal Judge

Three Chicago Teens Drowned in a River
Three teenagers from a school-sponsored camp drowned in the Fox River as they tried to sneak out during the night and go for a boat ride. The students took four or five paddle boats, which were already removed the floor plugs for the winter, went on the water and slowly sank.John Greene, battalion chief of the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills...

Three Chicago Teens Drowned in a River

How Did the Immigrant Shooter Return to NYC?
Raul Nunez, 32, shot two police officers at 21st St. Queens Bridge subway station at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday. One of the officers, Jason Maass, was released from hospital, but his fellow partner will have to recover in the hospital for a few more days. The two were saved by a lieutenant who shot Nunez four times.The 32-year-old man is an...

How Did the Immigrant Shooter Return to NYC?

Spin doctors run wild after debates, but who listens?
Behind the scenes after a US presidential election debate, so-called spin doctors wrestle to impose their own side's interpretations of what the country just heard. Campaign specialists evaluate and parse every event, comment and speech. Their prime goal is to make an impression on the US media, which are covering the longest and...

Spin doctors run wild after debates, but who listens?

Casino Bus Crash Kills 7 and Injures 30 Others
California Highway Patrol has released a statement saying that seven people were killed and 30 others were wounded last night after a bus which was carrying casino-bound gamblers had got off the road near Colusa County town of Williams and rolled over. CHP Dispatcher Terry Troth said that "the (bus) was northbound on Lonestar Road...

Casino Bus Crash Kills 7 and Injures 30 Others

Optimistic Leaders about the Bailout List
A revised $700 billion financial industry rescue bill made the U.S. House Democratic leaders to become more and more optimistic. The bill which was released by the Senate will clear the House of Representatives that rejected the bailout this week and also rocked the finances all around the world. Steny Hoyer, the House Majority Leader,...

Optimistic Leaders about the Bailout List

Bush urges passage as Congress set to vote on bail-out
US President George W Bush called on Congress to pass "bold" legislation Monday to help pull the United States out of a massive financial crisis that would otherwise threaten the entire US economy. The House of Representatives is expected to vote later Monday after lawmakers worked out the details of the 700-billion-dollar...

Bush urges passage as Congress set to vote on bail-out

New York: Hung Jury in Cat Killer Case
Joe Petcka, 32, ex-baseball player and actor, killed his girlfriend’s 8-pound cat by taking off its claws. He had to be condemned for his cruelty, but after a week the jury still couldn’t decide whether Petcka did what he did of sadism or self defense. A hung jury was declared by the judge during the trial on Friday, for the rare animal...

New York: Hung Jury in Cat Killer Case

Obama hits campaign trail citing US "defining moment"
 Barack Obama stormed into the backstretch of his historic race for the White House on Thursday, painting a sweeping vision of his confidence in America's promise and reinforcing it with details of how he would restore America's image overseas and the economy at home. Obama, 47, the first African-American major-party presidential...

Obama hits campaign trail citing US "defining moment"

Hillary: Last hurrah or new beginning?
Anyone who expected Hillary Clinton to bow gracefully from the scene or be a sore loser may want to think twice after the heartfelt endorsement she delivered for her onetime rival Barack Obama for US president. The former first lady, 60, made a grand, triumphant entry into the Pepsi Center convention hall Tuesday evening, creating a...

Hillary: Last hurrah or new beginning?

Kennedy, Michelle energize Democrats for campaign
Waving blue and white signs, 4,400 Democratic delegates roared approval at a parade of the party's stars on Monday, including the ailing Senator Edward Kennedy, former president Jimmy Carter and Michelle Obama. Whether it was the kind of energy that will propel presumptive candidate Barack Obama, 47, into the White House in November...

Kennedy, Michelle energize Democrats for campaign

US relay lose world record over Pettigrew doping - reforms adjourned
The 4x400 metres world record from a United States quartet was on Tuesday nullified by the world governing body IAAF because one of the team-members, Antonio Pettigrew, recently confessed to drug abuse at the time. Pettigrew was on the US team which ran the record of 2 minutes 54.20 seconds in 1998. He recently admitted to substance...

US relay lose world record over Pettigrew doping - reforms adjourned

One People Killed as Tractor-Trailer Falls into Water
On Sunday a tragic accident took place on the Bay Bridge. A tractor-trailer fell into the Chesapeake Bay leaving its driver dead and closing the bridge during one of the busiest weekends of the year. The accident happened at about 4 a.m. during the two-lane traffic on Bay Bridge.The busiest lane was stretched to 11 miles by afternoon on...

One People Killed as Tractor-Trailer Falls into Water

US to postpone removal of North Korea from blacklist, minister says
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Monday the United States would postpone removal of North Korea from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Japanese media reports said Monday. Rice apparently confirmed with Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura on the phone that North Korea remains on the list as of Monday. "I...

US to postpone removal of North Korea from blacklist, minister says

Helicopter in Terrible Accident Had Trouble in Starting the Flight
The helicopter that crashed in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest on Tuesday killed nine men and injured four other. The chopper rose from the helipad and then crashed into trees. National Transportation and Safety Board managed to recover the helicopter’s cockpit voice recorder and sent it to Washington D.C. to be verified. The accident...

Helicopter in Terrible Accident Had Trouble in Starting the Flight

At least 12 dead in Texas bus crash
At least 12 people were reported killed Friday in the crash of a tour bus off a bridge in the US state of Texas, US media reported. The accident occurred around 12:45 am (0545 GMT) when the bus carrying 55 people from Houston, Texas into the state of Missouri crashed around 100 kilometres north of Dallas, US broadcaster CNN...

At least 12 dead in Texas bus crash

Rockefeller Back In Boston To Face Kidnapping Charge
Clark Rockefeller, who was accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter, was charged with felony custodial kidnapping, assault and battery, and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, after he was detained Saturday in Baltimore.The girl, Reigh Boss, was found inside his apartment. According to Noreen Gleason, FBI's assistant...

Rockefeller Back In Boston To Face Kidnapping Charge

In unity overture to Clinton, Obama wants Florida, Michigan, counted
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama on Sunday urged the party's credentials committee to give a full vote to the defrocked state delegations from Florida and Michigan - a move that could heal the lingering, deep divisions with narrowly defeated rival Hillary Clinton. In a letter to the panel released by his...

In unity overture to Clinton, Obama wants Florida, Michigan, counted

Middle Aged Man Threatens to Jump from the Seventh Floor of the Senate Buil
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Middle Aged Man Threatens to Jump from the Seventh Floor of the Senate Buil

Federal Authorities Launch Probe Of Corzine’s Former Girlfriend
The New York Post reports that Carla Katz, the former girlfriend of New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, is under federal investigationHaving a subpoena, investigators from the Newark US Attorney's Strike Force unit hit the Washington DC head quarters of the Communications Workers of America, looking for the economic and management records...

Federal Authorities Launch Probe Of Corzine’s Former Girlfriend

Michigan: Garbage Washes Up On Beaches
In the past days, hundreds of pounds of household trash have washed onto Lake Michigan coasts, triggering to an inquiry by the Coast Guard and the temporary shutting of a pubic beach.Garbage which came ashore during Sunday night was spread along a 10-mile stretch in Mason and Manistee counties in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula....

Michigan: Garbage Washes Up On Beaches

New Rules against Terrorism
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Wednesday that the Bush administration will do everything to ensure the government tools to fight terrorism before the next president takes office. Mukasey added that changes for FBI agents will be clear and consistent for conducting investigations “while maintaining vital civil liberties...

New Rules against Terrorism

Jones Beach Evacuated Due To Fireworks
Long Island’s popular Jones Beach was evacuated on Saturday after state parks officials reported that unexploded fireworks washed up on shore subsequent to a Fourth of July show. As soon as the firecrackers came into view, the lifeguards and parks staffers asked the approximate 2,000 visitors to abandon the area in order to...

Jones Beach Evacuated Due To Fireworks

Sacramento Couple Won’t Get Fined For the Dead Lawn
A Sacramento couple was threatened with a $746 fine after they hadn’t watered their lawn and let it die, for saving the water.  Matt George and Anne Hartridge told the press that they stopped watering their lawn after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared an emergency draught on June 4. The citation they...

Sacramento Couple Won’t Get Fined For the Dead Lawn

Children Museum Approved In Grant Park
The Chicago City Council was busy for three hours today, deciding the final approval of Chicago Children’s Museum. The plan for this $100 million museum, which will lie from Navy Pier to Grant Park, gave birth to many controversies between the council’s members. However, the vote passed with 33 to 16. Opposition leader,...

Children Museum Approved In Grant Park

Hit-and-Run Accident in Connecticut Leaves Victim Helpless
A 78-year-old man was catapulted into the air by a reckless driver last Friday. The driver kept on going and witnesses continued their walk on the street. The incident was caught on video by a surveillance camera in Hartford. A car came speeding by and hit 78-year-old Angel Arce Torres, catapulting him into the air. The impact...

Hit-and-Run Accident in Connecticut Leaves Victim Helpless

Senator Kennedy Hospitalized after Seizure
Senator Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat and patriarch of an American political dynasty, was hospitalized in Boston on Saturday after suffering a seizure at his Cape Cod vacation home.The 76-year-old senior senator from Massachusetts was stricken at the family compound in Hyannis, Mass. He was taken to the Cape Code hospital at...

Senator Kennedy Hospitalized after Seizure

US Lists Polar Bears as Endangered Species
The U.S. government listed polar bears as a threatened species Wednesday, AFP reports. The announcement was made by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne “While the legal standards under the ESA compel me to list the polar bear as threatened, I want to make clear that this listing will not stop global climate change or prevent any sea ice...

US Lists Polar Bears as Endangered Species

West Virginia University Asks for President’s Resignation
West Virginia University’s Faculty Senate made it very clear that President Mike Garrison had to step down. The senate reckons that this is the best thing to do for the school’s reputation. The motion demands that Garrison resign, or that the university's Board of Governors requires his resignation. This is very unlikely to...

West Virginia University Asks for President’s Resignation

Northern Illinois University Will Not Demolish Shooting Site
After firmly sustaining that Cole Hall, the building where the shooting took place, should be torn down, the president of Northern Illinois University, John G. Peters, has changed his mind after the community strongly disagreed with his plan. Chicago Tribune reports that more than 5,000 people provided feedback after the...

Northern Illinois University Will Not Demolish Shooting Site

Suspect No.1 in Killing of a Pregnant Marine Captured
“I loved her” U.S. Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean surprisingly told a Mexican reporter when asked why he killed his colleague, a 20-year-old woman who was eight months pregnant. Her body and that of her fetus were found later on beneath a fire pit in Laurean’s backyard in Onslow County. According to an FBI statement made public on...

Suspect No.1 in Killing of a Pregnant Marine Captured

Bush, Putin Fail To Resolve Missile-Defense Dispute
U.S. President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to resolve their differences over a U.S. missile defense system based in eastern Europe but claimed they agreed a “strategic framework” to guide future U.S. – Russian relations after talks Sunday. After their meeting in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi,...

Bush, Putin Fail To Resolve Missile-Defense Dispute

Brothers Injured by San Francisco Zoo Tiger File Claim
Kulbir and Amritpal Duhaliwal, the brothers who were attacked by the Siberian tiger escaped from the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day last year, have filed claims against the city for alleged negligence and emotional harm and deformation. According to USA Today, San Francisco has 45 days to respond to the claim. The two were...

Brothers Injured by San Francisco Zoo Tiger File Claim

Marine Accused of Killing Civilians in Haditha Cleared of Charges
The Marine Corps dropped charges against Lance Cpl. Stephen Tatum, 26, who was accused of killing two Iraqi children in Haditha in 2005. He was about to face a court martial on charges of involuntary manslaughter. Charges were dropped in the day he was supposed to go to trial. The Marine Corps gave him full immunity based on the...

Marine Accused of Killing Civilians in Haditha Cleared of Charges

Workers Killed in Miami Crane Crush
Tuesday, March 25, two workers were killed and five others were injured when a section of a construction crane collapsed and fell on a building that a contractor used for storage. This was the second crane accident in the last 10 days. A similar accident in New York killed seven people. It happened on March 16, when a 20-story crane...

Workers Killed in Miami Crane Crush

Hillary Clinton To Release First Lady Schedules
Thousand of pages of Hillary Clinton’s schedules for her eight years in the White House will be released after months of delaying making them public, the Associated Press reports. The National Archives announced on Tuesday that 11,046 pages of the first lady’s schedule would be available for public due to...

Hillary Clinton To Release First Lady Schedules

Bush Says He’ll Veto House Surveillance Bill
United States President George W. Bush made it clear on Thursday that if the House Democrat leaders send their new version of the terrorist-surveillance bill to him, he will veto it. Bush labeled the new version as "a partisan bill" that would undermine the country’s security. The President and House Republicans maintained that...

Bush Says He’ll Veto House Surveillance Bill

WTC “Survivors’ Staircase” Temporarily Relocated
The World Trade Center’s Survivors' Stairway, a symbol of survival of the 9/11 terrorist attack, was moved on Sunday on Vesey Street. During the 9/11 terrorist attack, the 37-step staircase was used by many escaping workers of the WTC to get out of the crumbling building. The staircase, the only structure left intact after the Twin...

WTC “Survivors’ Staircase” Temporarily Relocated

Man Made Flood to Be Released in the Grand Canyon
A man made flood will be set up in the Grand Canyon by federal agencies. Such controlled floods had been released before in 1996 and 2004 and their main purpose is to refresh the canyon’s ecosystem. The flood release will begin Wednesday morning as a three-day torrent of water will be released from Glen Canyon Dam on the Arizona-Utah...

Man Made Flood to Be Released in the Grand Canyon

Texas Police Searching for Father of Baby Found Dead Along Road
The body of an infant was found recently on the side of a road in Galveston, the Texas state police launching a search for the baby’s father. Investigators managed to identify the infant’s father and are now searching for the 21-year-old man, who has been called “a person of interest” in the investigation. Police...

Texas Police Searching for Father of Baby Found Dead Along Road

High Turnout Expected in Florida's Presidential Primary
Florida voters were heading to polling stations on Tuesday, as election officials expected a record number of electors to participate in the state’s presidential primary.As polls opened at 7:00 am (1200 GMT), Republican candidates crossed their fingers and hoped the Florida primary will offer them a clear advantage in the race for the...

High Turnout Expected in Florida's Presidential Primary

Detroit Mayor's Chief of Staff Steps Down Amid Scandal
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's top aide announced Monday she is leaving her office in the wake of a sex scandal.In her letter of resignation, Christine Beatty said it was "clear that I can no longer effectively carry out" the duties of her post, The Detroit News reported.Beatty, Kilpatrick's friend from high school, and the...

Detroit Mayor's Chief of Staff Steps Down Amid Scandal

Teenager Arrested for Plotting to Hijack Plane
US authorities arrested a California teenager for plotting to hijack a jetliner from Los Angeles to Nashville, an FBI spokesman said. The 16-year-old boy was detained at Nashville International Airport by police officers after he boarded Southwest Airlines Flight 284, the spokesperson informed."His stated intent was to hijack...

Teenager Arrested for Plotting to Hijack Plane

McCain Triumphs in South Carolina
Arizona Senator John McCain picked up key momentum Saturday in his bid to become the Republican presidential nominee, but there was still no clear frontrunner in the crowded centre-right pack. McCain picked up 33 per cent of the vote in the first state in the socially conservative South to weigh in on the presidential...

McCain Triumphs in South Carolina

Candidates Continue White House Race in South Carolina and Nevada
With no clear leader yet to emerge in the bid for their party's nominations, US presidential contenders face key tests in South Carolina and Nevada later Saturday as they scramble for their party's presidential nomination. Most of the focus will be on the centre-right Republicans in South Carolina, the first southern state in the...

Candidates Continue White House Race in South Carolina and Nevada

Bush Warns Iran Over Gulf Incident
US President George W Bush sternly warned Iran on Wednesday of "serious consequences" if it attacks US warships in the Gulf. "We have made it clear publicly, and they know our position, and that is, there will be serious consequences if they attack our ships, pure and simple. And my advice to them is don't do...

Bush Warns Iran Over Gulf Incident

Tiger Who Killed Visitor Attacked a Zookeeper Last Year
The tiger who killed a visitor at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day was the same animal that seriously injured a zookeeper in December 2006, media reports said Wednesday. The 4-year-old tiger Tatiana severely injured two other visitors before being shot to death by four police officers who had to distract her from the last of...

Tiger Who Killed Visitor Attacked a Zookeeper Last Year

Flights Canceled At Logan International Airport
Instead of a “clear for takeoff” signal, thousands of holiday travelers at Logan International Airport faced canceled flights and long delays yesterday, with some trapped in planes on the tarmac for hours, as the third snowstorm in eight days hit Greater Boston. Like the previous Thursday's 10-inch storm, which plunged Greater...

Flights Canceled At Logan International Airport

Obama Says His Past Drug Use Is Not Relevant to Election
Senator Barack Obama, who is waging a fierce battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, Saturday said his drug use as a teenager was not "relevant" to his bid for the White House. "I do think that the average American believes that what somebody does when they were a teenager 30 years ago is probably not...

Obama Says His Past Drug Use Is Not Relevant to Election
 

Spain finish the year top of the FIFA rankings
  European champions Spain remain top of the world football rankings issued Wednesday by the world governing body FIFA while Turkey jumped three places to move into the top 10. Spain finish 2008 well clear of Euro 2008 finalists Germany while the Netherlands leapfrog World Champions Italy into third spot. Brazil remain fifth,...

Spain finish the year top of the FIFA rankings

Maradona happy to be off to a winning start as Argentina coach
Glasgow (dpa) - Diego Maradona has dismissed suggestions that his Argentina team struggled to a 1-0 friendly international victory over Scotland in his first game in charge. Maxi Rodriguez scored the only goal of the game Wednesday evening after eight minutes at the end of a slick passing move involving Carlos Tevez and Jonas...

Maradona happy to be off to a winning start as Argentina coach

Liverpool win at Bolton to go top of the table
Liverpool moved clear at the top of the table, for a few hours at least, with a 2-0 win at Bolton Wanderers in the English Premier League table. Dirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard scored the goals to put Liverpool three points clear of Chelsea, who play away to bottom side West Bromwich Albion later on Saturday. Liverpool dominated the...

Liverpool win at Bolton to go top of the table

Pele: Great players do not usually make great coaches
 Brazilian football legend Pele made clear his scepticism as to the likelihood that Diego Maradona might be successful as coach of Argentina's senior team. "Great stars, great players do not usually make good coaches. And sometimes a footballer that was not so brilliant in his career becomes a great coach," Pele noted, in...

Pele: Great players do not usually make great coaches

Juventus set to bounce back after win over Real Madrid
A good showing in the Champions League may have signalled the end of a bad run for struggling giants Juventus ahead of a city derby they play late Saturday with Torino. The injury plagued black-whites beat guests Real Madrid 2-1 in mid-week despite a massive injury list that includes top-notch players like goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon,...

Juventus set to bounce back after win over Real Madrid

IOC, FIFA still at odds with regard to Olympic football
The future of Olympic football is still up in the air, pending a meeting between IOC President Jacques Rogge and FIFA President Joseph Blatter. "We still have not discussed the issue with FIFA. We have not scheduled a meeting, but we will schedule one in the future," Rogge said in an interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur...

IOC, FIFA still at odds with regard to Olympic football

UEFA decision ends speculation on hosting rights
UEFA's decision is final that Poland and Ukraine will host Euro 2012, the head of Poland's football association Michal Listkiewicz said on Friday after UEFA decided to keep the two nations as co-hosts of the football championship. "This ends any speculation on the possibility of taking this tournament away from us,"...

UEFA decision ends speculation on hosting rights

German football chief calls for end to Ballack-Bierhoff row
German Football Federation (DFB) president Theo Zwanziger Monday called for end to a dispute between captain Michael Ballack and team manager Oliver Bierhoff. The dispute has been simmering since the Euro 2008 final in Vienna at the end of June after an altercation on the pitch following the 1-0 defeat to Spain. Zwanziger told...

German football chief calls for end to Ballack-Bierhoff row

Top teams seek Champions League tickets
Some of Europe's biggest teams will be seeking to secure passage into the lucrative group stage of the Champions League in the return legs of the third qualifying round on Tuesday and Wednesday. Spanish and Italian giants Barcelona and Juventus look well placed to advance after comfortable 4-0 wins at home two weeks ago. Barcelona,...

Top teams seek Champions League tickets

Di Maria the hero as Argentina defend Olympic title
Angel Di Maria scored the only goal of the game Saturday as Argentina successfully defended their Olympic football title, beating Nigeria 1-0 in the gold medal match played in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium. A near capacity crowd of 89,000 saw Benfica's Di Maria latch onto a defence-splitting pass from Barcelona star Lionel Messi on 58...

Di Maria the hero as Argentina defend Olympic title

Moustaches give away Cambodian under-15 football ring-ins
The Football Federation of Cambodia is up in arms over widespread reports of hairy-legged, mustachioed players taking the field in the first nationwide under-15 championships, the federation's secretary general said Tuesday. Cambodia has been named one of the most corrupt countries in Asia by the Berlin-based watchdog group...

Moustaches give away Cambodian under-15 football ring-ins

Big guns line up in battle for Champions League place
Two recent European champions in Liverpool and Spanish giants Barcelona face tricky opponents as they attempt to negotiate their way safely through the last qualifying stage of the Champions League in first leg matches on Wednesday. Barcelona, who won the title in 2006, come up against Polish champions Wisla Krakow while Liverpool,...

Big guns line up in battle for Champions League place

Bears Release Tank
The Chicago Bears decided it’s in their best interest to let Tank Johnson go after his latest scrap with the law. Not even Tank had a hard time understanding that his former team did what they had to do."I want to thank the Bears organization and fans for their support during this difficult time," Johnson said in a statement...

Bears Release Tank
 

Intel-Made Batteries Powering Electric Cars?
Intel has always tried to go out of the microprocessor market, and has tried its hand in several other realms, but only as a sort of tourist who ends up making his bags and eventually heading back to his home market. Andy Grove, the well-known charismatic co-founder of the company, former chairman and CEO, has a brand new semi-unofficial...

Intel-Made Batteries Powering Electric Cars?

Hubble’s Remote Distance Repair Is Going Well
A NASA spokesman told the media yesterday that the repairs of the Hubble Space Telescope are going well and that they expect the telescope to be back in business on Friday. Hubble’s computer crashed last month, entering “safe mode”. Even if the technicians could still communicate with the telescope, photos could not be sent back...

Hubble’s Remote Distance Repair Is Going Well

Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray
It seems that the United States’ largest and most popular retailer decided to join the Blu-ray camp too. Wal-Mart Stores announced on Friday that it had picked Sony’s Blu-ray over Toshiba’s HD DVD format. Is this enough to declare the war ended? Blu-ray is the winner of the high def format war and there are enough proves to show it....

Wal-Mart Backs Blu-ray

It Was an Abandoned Anchor that Cut Gulf Internet Cable
FLAG Telecom announced on Friday that it was an abandoned anchor that cut the undersea Internet cable in the Persian Gulf, between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, 35 miles north of Dubai. The company said that the anchor weighed more than 5.5 tons and that it was pulled to the surface. However, FLAG Telecom hasn’t yet explained...

It Was an Abandoned Anchor that Cut Gulf Internet Cable

NASA Offers New Antarctica Map
The U.S. Geological Survey, the National Science Foundation and the British Antarctic Survey, which form a NASA team, brought to light a new extremely detailed map of Antarctica on Tuesday. The new Landsat Image Mosaic of Antarctica is expected to bring another perspective to the frozen continent research.The map was made thanks to...

NASA Offers New Antarctica Map

18-year Old Boy Hacked the 911 Emergency Response System
Some people are just too strange to be understood! This is also the case of an 18-year old boy who is now facing prison after he has used his computer to hack the 911 emergency response system. The teenager is from Mulkiteo, Washington State, and he has accessed through his personal computer Orange County, California’s 911...

18-year Old Boy Hacked the 911 Emergency Response System

Russia, the United States Space Racing Again?
Russia’s recent announcement seems crystal clear: the United States’ old (ideological and more) rival is preparing to engage in the space race again. Russia’s space agency has recently announced a plan that has surprised most of us for a few seconds: the Russians are preparing to send a man to the Moon by 2025 and few years later...

Russia, the United States Space Racing Again?

Details about AMD’s ‘Puma’ Platform for Notebooks Revealed in Tokyo
After unveiling this week its first true quad core platform for high-end PCs (codenamed Barcelona), AMD also announced its plans for the mobile platform during a press conference in Tokyo.Just as the quad core Barcelona is focused on improved performance in the ever-increasing and ever-demanding video domain, so is the newly announced...

Details about AMD’s ‘Puma’ Platform for Notebooks Revealed in Tokyo
 

50 insurgents, 11 civilians killed in Afghan attacks
Afghan and US-led coalition forces killed at least 50 Taliban militants in separate attacks and operations in Afghanistan, while 11 civilians including eight women were killed in a Taliban rocket attack in southern region, officials said Wednesday. US-led coalition forces claimed Wednesday their forces killed 32 insurgents, including...

50 insurgents, 11 civilians killed in Afghan attacks

Iraq's Prime Minister calls on Arab states to cut ties with Israel
Iraq's Prime Minister Wednesday called on all Arab and Muslim countries to cut their ties with Israel, calling the Israeli military attacks on Gaza "a dreadful crime," according to a press statement. Nouri al-Maliki said that "we ask Arab countries and all Muslims to cancel their diplomatic relations and stop all...

Iraq's Prime Minister calls on Arab states to cut ties with Israel

Ukraine's Yushchenko: EU should monitor gas flow from Russia
 Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday formally requested that the European Union send observers to monitor the flow of gas from Russia. In a letter sent to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barrasco, Yushchenko suggested the EU could deploy energy technicians to Ukraine so they could independently evaluate the...

Ukraine's Yushchenko: EU should monitor gas flow from Russia

Communist rebels free captured army lieutenant in Philippines
 Communist rebels in the Philippines on Tuesday released an army lieutenant after two months in captivity, the military said. Lieutenant Vicente Cammayo was turned over to a local official in Kausagan village in Loreto town in Agusan del Sur province, 900 kilometres south of Manila. Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel...

Communist rebels free captured army lieutenant in Philippines

UNICEF warns of effects of financial crisis on children
Governments should not abandon women and children who need their help most, even as tax revenues shrink because of the global financial crisis, the UN children's fund warned Tuesday. Key East Asian and Pacific leaders met in Singapore to discuss how best to protect children by maintaining or scaling up social spending despite...

UNICEF warns of effects of financial crisis on children

Workers find unexploded bomb in central Hanoi
Vietnamese workers found an unexploded bomb believed to have been dropped by the US Air Force during the Vietnam War, a military official said Monday. The bomb, estimated to weigh 250 kilograms, was 1.2 metres long and has a diameter of 30 centimeters. It was found Friday in front of a house on central Hai Ba Trung street. ...

Workers find unexploded bomb in central Hanoi

Death toll in Ukrainian building explosion rises to 27
Rescue workers in Ukraine had recovered three more bodies by Friday morning from the rubble of a block of flats that collapsed in an explosion on Christmas Eve, bringing the total number of dead in the accident to 27, the Interfax news agency reported. No survivors were found during the night, when temperatures hovered around zero,...

Death toll in Ukrainian building explosion rises to 27