 Quran bonfire called off by US pastor US pastor, Terry Jones, has agreed to call off a Quran burning on the anniversary of the September 11th... | |
 American woman to be released by IranIran has said that Sarah Shourd, who has been held in the country for more than a year, will be released on compassionate... |
 Nine people die in blast at Mogadishu airportAt least nine people are dead in a blast that shattered parts of Mogadishu... |
 Daring escape by al-Qaeda men in BaghdadFour prisoners at the Karkh prison in Baghdad have fled in an escape which authorities have described as... |
 Palestinian children sexually abused by soldiers says rights groupA human rights report has claimed Israeli defence forces sexually abused minors in the Palestinian... |
 US forces accused of cutting bodiesFive US soldiers who served in Afghanistan have been accused in the US of murdering three Afghans and cutting off fingers and other body parts to keep as... |
 Sunni holy man beheaded by gunmenA group of gunmen in Iraq have beheaded a Sunni... |
 Hillary Clinton claims drug violence in Mexico is like an insurgencyThe US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said Mexico is beginning to look like Colombia 20 years... |
 Torture lawsuit will not go ahead after court rulingAppeals court judges in the US have decided that the Government can keep secret details of the controversial "extraordinary rendition" program the Bush administration used after 9/11, when foreign detainees were sent to other countries for... |
 Twenty years on Benjamin Netanyahu still peddling peaceThe first direct talks with Israel and the Palestinians took place almost 20 years ago, in... |
 Many people die in North Ossetia blastA massive blast has killed at least five people in the southern Russian city of Vladikavkaz where a car exploded in a crowded... |
 Serious eye problems emerge from laser pointersChildren and teenagers are being found with serious eye damage after using laser... |
| UN General Assembly Passes Kosovo Resolution Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the UN General Assembly that Belgrade did not and will not recognize the unilateral independence of... |
| 1 dead, 25 injured after gas line explosion near San Francisco torches neighborhood SAN FRANCISCO - A natural gas pipeline explosion ripped through a neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, starting fires that burned as many as 25 homes and killing at least one person,... |
| CYCLONES WIN! League championship series begins on Saturday night Bring on the Valley Cats!One of the greatest seasons in Brooklyn Cyclones’ history will continue, thanks to a dominating 6–4 win over the Jamestown Jammers at MCU Park on Thursday night... |
| Cyclones tie playoff series with heroic come-from-behind win The Cyclones repeatedly staved off defeat to win a do-or-die playoff game against the Jamestown Jammers on Wednesday night, tying their first-round series at one game apiece with the rubber game... |
| Residents are Fourth and wrong as city tickets front yard parkers The city took steps to bring law and order to a renegade Carroll Gardens block last month, dispensing a handful of tickets to scofflaws whom critics claim have turned the outlaw block into a... |
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| Prabal Gurung: First Look Challenge Play high-fashion stylist and put together looks with the images from Prabal Gurung’s spring/summer 2011 collection, below. (Be sure to use at least three looks from the new collection.) Two... |
| Slope woman gets a cat scam as free felines are later sold! Some villains flip foreclosed houses — one Prospect Heights lady allegedly flips pets.Louise Holmes thought she had found the perfect candidate on Craigslist to adopt two of her four adorable... |
| What the 'mosque' would really be Amir Taheri Should there be a mosque near Ground Zero? In fact, what is proposed is not a mosque -- nor even an "Islamic cultural center." In Islam, every structure linked to the faith and its... |
| Burning of Koran at Florida church is called off The US pastor at the centre of international outrage over his plan to burn the Koran to mark September 11 last night called off his incendiary... |
| Scots condemn ‘crass stupidity’ Religious leaders, politicians and commentators in Scotland united to condemn Pastor Terry Jones’s plan to burn the Koran in the hours before he announced the event had been... |
| Europe condemns France over deportation of Roma A resolution passed by 337 to 245 in Strasbourg attacked the “inflammatory and openly discriminatory rhetoric” of the French Government about the mass deportation programme, and also... |
| Fire in Cargo Hold Contributed to UPS Plane Crash in Dubai Accident investigators are now trying to verify which cargo aboard the UPS Boeing 747-400 was located just forward of the starboard wing, where the fire erupted, those familiar with the investigation... |
| Obama picks new top economist WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee, an economics professor currently working in his administration, to chair the Council of Economic Advisors, an official said Thursday.... |
| Gas line fire rages in S.F. suburb Neighbors watch as a ball of flames and smoke are seen in San Bruno, Calif., Thursday evening. Homes are being destroyed as a massive fire roars through a mostly residential neighborhood in the... |
| Massive explosion rips through Calif. neighborhood (CNN) -- At least one person died in a gas-fueled blaze that engulfed dozens of homes and sent fireballs and smoke shooting into the air in a San Bruno, California neighborhood, emergency management... |
| NI cards to be axed to save money National Insurance cards are to be phased out, and spare furniture sold online, under government plans to cut the deficit, the BBC has learned. The government has also decided to cut the number of... |
| US judge challenges army gay ban A federal judge in California has ruled that a ban on homosexuals serving openly in the US military is unconstitutional. The judge said the law violated fundamental First Amendment rights. The law... |
| Lucas to suggest 'MP job share' Pairs of parliamentary candidates should be allowed to stand in general elections and share the job if elected, the Green party's leader is set to say. Caroline Lucas is expected to make the... |
| Nadal eases into US Open semis Rafael Nadal reached the US Open semi-finals for the third time with victory over fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco on another windy night in New York.The world number one, chasing the only Grand... |
| Obama contradicts Mexico claims President Obama has denied that rising violence is making Mexico more and more like Colombia at the height of its drugs war. The remark is an apparent contradiction to comments made by his Secretary... |
| Homes set ablaze in San Francisco Dozens of homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport after an explosion. The cause of the blast is yet to be confirmed but a petrol station is reportedly at the centre of... |
| Versailles cartoon art controversy An exhibition by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles is surprising visitors. The Chateau on the outskirts of Paris has been invaded by giant plastic cartoon characters, and... |
| US Pastor Drops Plans To Burn The Koran Terry Jones, the leader of the small Dove Outreach Centre church in Gainesville, Florida, was set to burn the holy Muslim book this Saturday, the 9th anniversary of the September 11 al Qaeda attacks... |
| US army ban on gays 'unconstitutional ' A FEDERAL judge in Southern California has declared the US military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment rights of gay and... |
| U.S. judge rules ban on gays in military unconstitutional WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military rule banning openly gay people from serving in the armed forces violates constitutional rights to free speech and due process, a federal judge in southern... |
| Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee (R) speaks to the media alongside White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs during the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington January 21,... |
| USDA knew of problems at farm behind egg recall: report n">(Reuters) - U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health... |
| Temple tops Central Michigan in OT A 30-yard field goal by Temple kicker Brandon McManus gave Temple a 13-10 win over Central Michigan at Lincoln Financial Field in the Mid-American Conference opener Thursday night. It was the Owls'... |
| Graham chastised for tweet Brandon Graham was called to Andy Reid's office Thursday for some chastising after the Eagles coach found out the rookie defensive end had stirred the opponent with a "tweet." On Monday,... |
| President Obama To Speak At Masterman On Tuesday The White House just announced that President Obama will come to town on Tuesday to deliver his second annual Back-to-School speech, this time at the Julia R. Masterman Laboratory and Demonstration... |
| Obama uses Bush plan for terror war As the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks approaches, much of President Obama's counterterrorism policies and his understanding of executive power closely hew to the last administration, which he... |
| Fenty vote-buying charges arise in D.C. mayor race Adrian Fenty , right, joins his campaigners outside a Washington polling center, during an early voting Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Early voting for the September primary election in Washington began... |
| 'Bloody' primaries leave GOP wounded Republicans this fall are hoping that what doesn't tear them apart will only make them stronger.In a year in which the polls are pointing to major gains in Congress and the states, one of the few... |
| Jobless claims, trade deficit decline The nation's economic outlook improved Thursday as the government reported big drops in the nation's trade deficit in July and a large decline in claims for unemployment benefits last week.Investors... |
| U.S. Urges Iraqis to Try New Plan to Share Power Joseph R. Biden Jr. , though at a time when American influence is waning and the United States continues to draw down troops. The new plan would alter the structure of Iraq’s government by... |
| Police: 3 shot at Kraft plant in Pa., shooter held PHILADELPHIA — Three people were shot inside a Kraft Foods Inc. facility in the city’s northeast section on Thursday, and the shooter was taken into custody, police said. The conditions... |
| Special Report: The Female Factor: Savoring Victory With Personal Style PARIS — It is nearly half a century since the pantsuit first appeared as a symbol of female emancipation. And almost 30 years since women in the 1980s finally stood padded shoulder to shoulder... |
