World News
- US forces eliminate top al-Qaeda figure
Johannesburg News.Net
It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
- George Bush to review peace talks with Israeli PM
Johannesburg News.Net
President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts.
- Jordanian king asks for Israeli restraint over rocket attacks
Johannesburg News.Net
Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians.
- Judge says Guantanamo inmates must go free
Johannesburg News.Net
A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
- Australian terror man relieved of strict order
Johannesburg News.Net
The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order.
- Greece to free half its prison population
Johannesburg News.Net
The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months.
- Indian police on the trail of child murderer
Johannesburg News.Net
Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train.
- Report says nuclear explosion is an abiding risk
Johannesburg News.Net
A new report has been released to say the world still faces a serious risk of nuclear explosion, with weapons-making materials falling into wrong hands.
- Pakistan guarantees supplies to NATO soldiers
Johannesburg News.Net
NATO commanders meeting in Brussels have been assured by Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that supply lines will remain open to alliance troops in Afghanistan, even with attacks occurring along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
- Flight attendant helps with landing
Johannesburg News.Net
A flight attendant aboard an Air Canada passenger jet helped to land the aircraft in Ireland after its co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown.
- Blast in Bangkok kills protestor
Johannesburg News.Net
An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion.
- Storms wash away people in Vietnam
Johannesburg News.Net
Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam.
- Australian terrorist wants greater freedom
Johannesburg News.Net
Australian man, David Hicks, who was convicted of terrorism offences in the US, has broken his self-imposed silence and called on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom.
- Obama on track to nominate Clinton
MSNBC
President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday.
- Google launches SearchWiki tool to edit search results
RTT News
News ) Thursday announced the launch of SearchWiki, a tool to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. SearchWiki will be available to signed-in Google...
- Some parts of U.S. escape housing mess
USA Today
Amid a subprime mortgage meltdown that triggered a global financial crisis and record home foreclosures, almost a third of U.S. homeowners who live in their houses own them outright.
- Celanese Warns Of FY08 Earnings Shortfall, Stock Pounded - Update
RTT News
News ) on Thursday said that its full year 2008 earnings are expected to fall short of its previous guidance. The stock, which has already been battered, plunged 23.6% to close the day's trade at...
- Queensland braces for violent storms
The Australian
The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast winds of up to 90km/h and hail this evening, with worse storms to hit tomorrow. It predicts today's storm will affect areas from Emerald in central Queensland...
- Inmates Used Secret Passage For Sex
CBS News
AP) Three male and three female inmates at a southern Indiana jail face charges that they devised a way to sneak between cell blocks to help pass their time behind bars by having sex.The inmates...
- Change in Congress more than a slogan
International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : Age and seniority gave way in Congress on Thursday, a transformational shift for an institution where tremendous power has traditionally been built on sheer longevity, accumulated and...
- Is The Economy Making Us Fat
CBS News
CBS Will the shrinking economy expand our waistlines?Dieticians warn it very well might.Almost two-thirds of Americans are already considered overweight, reports CBS News correspondent Michelle...
- Obama volunteers plan to keep in touch
USA Today
Through innovative use of online social networks, the Obama campaign ended up with more than 2 million registered users on its MyBarackObama.com website. That database, plus the millions more e-mail...
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