By James Lamont in New Delhi India yesterday confronted Pakistan with evidence about the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack, stepping up the pressure on its neighbour to bring Islamist militants to justice.
By Alexander Mooney (CNN) -- Bill Richardson's withdrawal from his commerce secretary nomination Sunday didn't just leave a major gap in the new administration, but it also sorely disappointed Latinos who view the New Mexico governor as their most ...
By KIRK JOHNSON ST. PAUL - Al Franken, the comedian who became a Democratic pundit and then a politician, won November’s election for the United States Senate by 225 votes out of 2.9 million cast, according to the finally completed recount results ...
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is facing a sweeping internal investigation into allegations its officials ignored complaints about Bernard Madoff for 10 years and were influenced by Mr.
By Al Pessin A US commander in heavily Shi'ite south-central Iraq says he is watching for female suicide bombers linked to al-Qaida as he helps Iraqi forces provide security for the Shi'ite festival of Ashura, which begins Tuesday evening.
By Paul Kane, Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray President-elect Barack Obama arrived on Capitol Hill yesterday and immediately set to work reassuring skeptical Republicans about his massive economic stimulus package -- part of a campaign that earned ...
By Patrick Gower A Palestinian hurls a stone as others take cover during clashes with Israeli troops at a demonstration against Israel's military operation in Gaza.
Photo: AP The most famous pancreas in America is the one belonging to Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Even though the "p" word wasn't mentioned in a statement he released overnight, Jobs's memo about his weight loss condition has set off a chain reaction of ...
By BOB HERBERT The economy is obviously issue No. 1 as Barack Obama prepares to take over the presidency. He’s charged with no less a task than pulling the country out of a brutal recession.
By David Glovin Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- The sons of Bernard Madoff, who is accused of orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, alerted prosecutors last week that their father mailed them jewelry, watches and other items in violation of an asset freeze, ...
By Kerin Hope in Athens Unidentified gunmen armed with grenades and automatic weapons seriously wounded a police officer in central Athens early yesterday.
By Edward Luce in Washington Barack Obama yesterday appointed Leon Panetta, the former congressman and chief of staff to Bill Clinton, as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency in a move that caught many in the intelligence community by ...
By SOMINI SENGUPTA and JEREMY KAHN NEW DELHI - Calling the Mumbai terrorist attacks a “conspiracy” hatched on Pakistani soil, India on Monday handed Pakistan what it said was the first comprehensive evidence linking them to Pakistan and demanded that ...
By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Laura Bush has sold a memoir of her eight years in the White House to Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, allowing the battered book industry the light relief of speculating on the size of the advance paid to a ...
WELLINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The search for a Japanese whaler who fell overboard in freezing waters south of New Zealand has been called off, with the man now presumed dead, a New Zealand rescue official said on Tuesday.
In discussing his plans for the Iraq War during the presidential campaign, one group that Barack Obama seldom, if ever, mentioned as supporting his proposed policy was the Iraqi people.
By Patrick Smith After Ghana's cliff-hanger presidential vote, Africa's election watchers will quickly shift their attention to southern Africa where Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa will all go to the polls in 2009.
Altantuya issue haunts Najib at by-election - Straitstimes Former premier Mahathir Mohamad, however, deflected attention away from Mr Najib. He said yesterday that some people were trying to project it as a test for ...
Scientologists clear up Travolta misconceptions - Msnbc By Courtney Hazlett Bahamian officials determined it was a seizure that caused Jett Travolta’s sudden death, but there have been a number of outspoken critics of Scientology claiming that the church’s practices might have played a part in how the ...
GM China Sales Grow Least in 6 Years on Competition - Bloomberg By Irene Shen Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- General Motors Corp., the largest overseas automaker in China, boosted 2008 sales 6 percent, the slowest pace in at least six years, on waning demand and a lack of new models.
Macworld minus Jobs: Low-key expo or lollapalooza? - Computerworld By Gregg Keizer January 5, 2009 (Computerworld) Some analysts expect a low-key Macworld Conference & Expo this week as Apple Inc. offers up its last keynote without its primary pitchman, CEO Steve Jobs.
F News - Terrorism One of these includes border crossings, where Department of Homeland Security police do not have to offer a reason for hauling away computers, ...
F News - Tradingmarkets In addition to WiFi , for connectivity beyond the office, select models support WiMAX. Security features include an optional fingerprint reader, ...
Jobs seeks to soothe investor concerns - Reuters By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs sought to soothe investor concerns about his health on Monday, saying his weight loss was caused by a hormone imbalance that is relatively simple to treat.
Teens Divulge Risky Behavior on Social Networking Sites - Washingtonpost By Serena Gordon MONDAY, Jan. 5 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of teens who use the social networking site MySpace have posted information about sexual behavior, substance abuse or violence, new research shows.
Queen Mother sang to staff - Ananova She liked to belt out the song Thank You Very Much For Our Gracious Queen to her staff after dinner. Sir Paul McCartney's brother Mike wrote the song for ...
