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Democrats backing off in Iraq standoff
2007-05-01 16:08:00 WASHINGTON, May 1: Demo crats in the U.S. Congress are backing off demands that funds for the Iraq war be linked to a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq, The Washington Times said. More About: King , Democrat
May Day marches for immigration rights
2007-05-01 16:08:00 LOS ANGELES, May 1: Police warned the public to avoid downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday as organizers readied for May Day marches for immigrant and labor rights. More About: Rights , Immigration , Marches , March , Right
Sister says K.C. mall shooter unstable
2007-05-01 16:08:00 KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 1: The sister of a man killed by police following a deadly Kansas City, Mo., mall shooting spree said her brother was mentally ill and had an alcohol problem. More About: Tabl , Mall , Shooter , Sister , Shoot
Bad Chinese gluten found in poultry feed
2007-05-01 16:07:00 WASHINGTON, May 1: U.S. agencies overseeing food safety say wheat gluten from China containing toxic melamine was used in manufacturing chicken feed sold in Indiana. More About: Chinese , Poultry , Feed , Lute
New probe of Kent State shootings sought
2007-05-01 16:07:00 KENT, Ohio, May 1: A man injured in the 1970 Kent Stat e University shootings of students by National Guard troops said he has audio evidence of an order to open fire. More About: Shooting , Probe
Reid: No new 7/7 bombing inquiry
2007-05-01 16:06:00 LONDON, May 1: The British home secretary refused to launch a new investigation into the 2005 London terrorist bombings, despite suggested links to a previous terror plot. More About: Reid , Bomb , Bombing , Bing
Report: Global terror up 25 percent in '06
2007-05-01 16:06:00 WASHINGTON, May 1: Global terror attacks were up 25 percent in 2006 and killed at least 20,000 people in 14,000 attacks, the U.S. State Department said in its annual summary. More About: Terror , Report , Repo , Error
Bush says Rice won't be rude with Iran
2007-05-01 16:04:00 WASHINGTON, April 30: U.S. President George Bush says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be polite but firm if she sees Iran ian officials at a Mideast conference this week. More About: Rude
Iraqi insurgents target buses, kill 14
2007-05-01 16:04:00 BAGHDAD, May 1: Attacks on minibuses traveling south of Baghdad killed at least 14 travelers, most of whom were Shiites, provincial police reported on Tuesday. More About: Buses , Target , Surge , Iraqi , Kill
Report: Iraq Sunnis kill al-Qaida leader
2007-05-01 16:03:00 BAGHDAD, May 1: Infighting between Sunni Muslim insurgents resulted in the death of al-Qaida in Iraq leader Abu Ayyub al-Masri, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. More About: Report , Repo , Al-Qaida , Kill
U.S. high court nixes Guantanamo appeals
2007-05-01 16:03:00 WASHINGTON, May 1: The U.S. Supreme Court decided, in a 6-3 vote, not to hear appeals from two terror suspects facing military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. More About: High , High Court , Appeal
April deadly month for U.S. troops
2007-05-01 16:02:00 BAGHDAD, May 1: At least 104 U.S. military personnel died in Iraq in April , the sixth-highest monthly death toll for U.S. forces since the war began four years ago. More About: Dead , Troops , Deadly , Month
Nepal Maoists resume arms, attack police post
2007-05-01 14:03:00 Kathmandu, May 1 : The fragile peace process in Nepal has received a body blow with Maoists resuming arms and attacking a police station, less than a month after they joined the government, formally ending their decade-old guerrilla war. More About: Post , Police , Resume , Arms
The Rosslyn chapel's mysterious musical score cracked
2007-05-01 14:03:00 London, May 1 : Dan Brown was correct when he insinuated in his book 'The Da Vinci Code' that the elaborate carvings on the walls of the Rosslyn chapel in Scotland hold a secret. More About: Musical , Chapel , Mysterious , Crack , Rack
Dhaka, Chittagong railway terminals rocked by three bomb blasts
2007-05-01 14:02:00 Dhaka, May 1 : Three bombs exploded simultaneously at separate railway terminals in Dhaka on Tuesday, but there were no casualties. More About: Blast , Dhaka , Rail , Bomb , Gong
Today's 50-year-olds leading life styles of 25-year-old counterpa
2007-05-01 13:59:00 London, May 1 : A recent study has found that people over 50 years of age are increasingly leading the life style of 25 year olds. More About: Life , Styles , Count , Counter , Leading
Tenet showed A. Q. Khan's nuke blueprints to Musharraf
2007-05-01 13:57:00 Washington, May 1 : Former Central Intelligence Agency chief George Tenet is reported to have convinced Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf that Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan was heading an international ring of nuclear smugglers. More About: Nuke , Blueprint , Howe , Prints
Why spoken Russian can help perceive colours better than English
2007-05-01 13:57:00 Washington, May 1 : A recent research has found that spoken language may influence your perception of colours. More About: Russian , Colours , English , Better , Colour
Economists liken cost of happy family life to #85,000 annual pay hike!
2007-05-01 13:56:00 London, May 1 : Economists in the UK have taken a go at measuring the value of something that is in fact priceless for most people - a happy family life, and a great set of friends. More About: Family , Life , Cost , Happy , Mist
'The View' host Elisabeth Hasselbeck set to be a second time mum
2007-05-01 13:56:00 London, May 1 : 'The View ' host Elisabeth Hasselbeck surprised her viewers as she announced that she is pregnant for the second time while airing the daytime ABC talk show. More About: Time , The View , Elisabeth Hasselbeck , Second
Top musicians unite to design Gibson Les Paul guitar for charity
2007-05-01 13:55:00 London, May 1 : 30 musicians have joined together for charity by designing a 10ft high fibreglass Gibson Les Paul guitar. More About: Design , Charity , Guitar , Sign
World's tallest pagoda inaugurated in China's Jiangsu province
2007-05-01 13:47:00 Beijing, May 1 : The new Tianning Pago da, believed to be the tallest pagoda in the world, was inaugurated yesterday in Changzhou city in east China's Jiangsu province, where leading Buddhist monks from China and overseas reportedly gathered. More About: Rate , Vince , Pagoda
Lhasa playing a perfect rooftop holiday-resort
2007-05-01 13:47:00 Lhasa, May 1 : Lhasa, which is often described as the city of sunlight on the roof of the world, is ready for an influx of tourists during the seven-day holiday beginning today. More About: Holiday , Roof , Perfect , Sort , Resort
ZA Bhutto wanted to model himself after Krishna Menon, reveal Ayub Khan
2007-05-01 13:46:00 Islamabad, May 1 : Former Pakistan prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto acted like a demagogue and worked fast in the direction of becoming another VK Kris hna Menon, says Field Marshal Ayub Khan in his diaries to be launched this weekend in the form of a book. More About: Model , Want , After
Ex-CIA officials accuse Tent of hypocrisy for questioning Bush's Iraq war
2007-05-01 13:46:00 London, May 1 : Former intelligence officials in the US have condemned former CIA chief George Tent's assertion in his book "At The Centre Of The Storm", that US President George Bush went to Iraq war without a proper debate within the country. More About: Iraq War , Hypocrisy , Questioning , Quest
Male drivers are ruder, meaner and more likely to crash than women!
2007-05-01 13:46:00 Sydney, May 1 : No matter what men might say about a woman behind the wheel, the simple truth is that members of the fairer sex are better drivers. More About: Drivers , Women , More , Rivers , Male
Pak won't review border-fencing decision: FO
2007-05-01 13:45:00 Islamabad, May 1 : Pakistan Foreign Office has said that the country had no intention of reviewing its decision to fence parts of its border with Afghanistan to curb illegal movements. More About: Review , View , Decision , Sion , Order
Back channel contacts meant for transition to democracy: PPP
2007-05-01 13:44:00 Islamabad, May 1 : The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has said that ongoing back channel contacts with the Musharraf regime are aimed at ensuring a transition to democracy from a military-dominant administration. More About: Democracy , Back , Demo , Trans , Channel
NWFP women legislators planning a Bill to prevent women models in ads
2007-05-01 13:43:00 Islamabad, May 1 : Female representatives of the Islamic-dominant Jamaat-i-Islami have said that they will soon introduce a bill in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Assembly banning the use of women models for advertisements. More About: Women , Models , Planning , Plan , Bill
China coalmine blast death toll rises to 14
More articles from this author:2007-05-01 13:40:00 Taiyuan (China ), May 1 : The death toll in a north China coalmine explosion rose to 14 Tuesday with the recovery of nine more bodies. More About: Death , Coal , Mine , Blast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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