World News
- Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
India's News.Net
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues.
- Thousands demonstrate against continuing U.S. presence in Iraq
India's News.Net
Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament.
- Syria discounts report by IAEA on nuclear reactor claims
India's News.Net
Syria's nuclear energy chief said on Friday a UN watchdog report on an alleged secret Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel proved nothing and the investigation should be closed.
- Troop surge like to stabilise Afghanistan ahead of election says Gates
India's News.Net
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year.
- Small-town store takes sick bet on Obama
India's News.Net
A store in Standish, Maine, has come under fire after asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama.
- US Attorney General fighting back after collapse
India's News.Net
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who collapsed during a speech in Washington, has been recovering in hospital and is said to be conscious and alert.
- US Military to proceed with execution
India's News.Net
The US military will execute a former Army cook on due to his guilt in murder and rape incidents.
- New strain of Ebola virus frightens UN organisation
India's News.Net
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease that killed 37 people in Uganda last year is being regarded as a new strain of the virus.
- Chinese reveal shocking school death statistics
India's News.Net
Chinese officials have revealed that more than 19,000 people died in schools that collapsed when an earthquake hit Sichuan province in May.
- Telecom company says staff accessed Obama phone
India's News.Net
The Verizon Wireless company in the US has revealed that Verizon employees accessed records for one of Barack Obama’s phones during the election campaign.
- Businessman guilty of stealing priceless pages
India's News.Net
A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library has pleaded guilty to theft.
- Gays died because Milk was killed, says Sean Penn
India's News.Net
Sean Penn believes that fewer gays would have died of AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his prime.
- U.S. Bancorp acquires deposits of failed Downey, PFF
Reuters
U.S. banking regulators seized California banks Downey Savings and Loan and PFF Bank & Trust late Friday as the housing crisis claimed two more victims from the financial...
- Mortgage woes mean more pets going to pound
CNN
Animal shelters say pets being abandoned at an alarming rate amid mortgage crisis "People lose their homes and have to move to apartments that don't accept pets" Miami officials say it's...
- Iran executes man convicted of spying for Israel
Haaretz
Iran has executed an Iranian businessman convicted of spying on the Islamic Republic's military on behalf of Israel, the judiciary said on Saturday.In a statement, it said Ali Ashtari was hanged on...
- Neb. lawmakers OK age limit for safe-haven law
New York Post
Gov. Dave Heineman signed into law Friday a bill adding a 30-day age limit to a safe-haven law that allowed 35 children - including teenagers as old as 17 - to be abandoned at...
- Webber seriously injured in crash
BBC
Formula One driver Mark Webber has been seriously injured after colliding head-on with a car while riding a bike at his own charity event in Tasmania. The Australian, 32, who drives for the Red Bull...
- One firefighter dies in plane crash; two rescued
Salt Lake Tribune
A private plane carrying three Salt Lake City firefighters crashed in a remote area high in the Uinta Mountains on Friday, and one died of his injuries. Dylan Hopkins, 25, was a paramedic and...
- Fla. teen commits suicide with live Web audience
New York Post
A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG...
- Grenade hits protesters at Thai PM compound
CNN
Blast comes less than two days after a grenade was fired into compound, killing one Protesters claim that current administration acts as proxy government for Thaksin Administration is democratically...
- Federal regulators shut 2 California thrifts
New York Post
Federal regulators on Friday shut down two big thrifts based in Southern California, saying they fell victim to the acute distress in the housing market in that state.
- Darling fine-tunes recovery plan
BBC
The Chancellor, Alistair Darling, is spending the weekend putting the final touches to a package of tax cuts and big increases in public spending. The measures, designed to revive the flagging...
- Malaysia Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it has elements of other religions that could...
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