World News
- Obama talks about his climate-change commitment
Raleigh News.Net
President-elect, Barack Obama, in unveiling a $15 billion annual investment plan to build a clean energy future, said his presidency would engage vigorously in negotiations on climate change.
- Paulson and Bernanke appear before committee
Raleigh News.Net
The US treasury chief and central bank chairman have given evidence to the US Congress to defend their management of the $700 billion financial rescue program.
- Further improvement in US relations with Libya
Raleigh News.Net
As a sign of improved US/Libyan relations, a son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been in Washington for meetings with Bush administration officials.
- Top cleric wants return to Iraqi sovereignty
Raleigh News.Net
The Grand Ayatollah, Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric, has said any agreement on US troops in Iraq should restore the nation's full sovereignty.
- President-elect chooses new Attorney-General
Raleigh News.Net
Newsweek has reported that President-elect, Barack Obama, has decided to hire Eric Holder, a former senior official in the Clinton administration, to be Attorney General.
- NATO recommends open dialogue with Russia
Raleigh News.Net
The secretary-general of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, has the alliance should re-evaluate its relations with Russia.
- UN Rights Commissioner says Gaza blockade must end now
Raleigh News.Net
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms. Navi Pillay, has called for an immediate end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza.
- Conflicting reports over location of pirated Saudi supertanker
Raleigh News.Net
Conflicting reports have emerged as to where Somali pirates, who seized a giant oil tanker more than 800 kilometers off the coast of Kenya on Monday, have taken the vessel.
- Malaysian court cuts incest sentence
Raleigh News.Net
A Malaysian court has slashed a 75-year sentence given to a man convicted of raping his stepdaughter.
- Israeli judge says bank should not return Holocaust money
Raleigh News.Net
A judge in Israel has given an opinion that Bank Leumi is not legally obliged to hand over money it had held for people who died in the Holocaust.
- Anti-abortionists believe the cause will be lost under Obama
Raleigh News.Net
Anti-abortion activists in the US are changing course to focus on building social programs and other assistance for pregnant women to reduce the number of abortions.
- Australian sailors told to take time off
Raleigh News.Net
Most of Australia's navy will be given two months off over Christmas as part of a new strategy to cope with crew shortages.
- Japanese government rushing through terror bill
Raleigh News.Net
The Japanese government is deciding whether to extend parliament's current session, in an effort to renew an anti-terrorism bill.
- Chinese miners trapped in illegal diggings
Raleigh News.Net
32 miners trapped by an underground flood, have been rescued from a coal tunnel collapse in China.
- Foreign Press Association condemns media blackout in Gaza
Raleigh News.Net
Israel is refusing to allow journalists to cover its blockade of the Gaza Strip.
- Cuban president to visit Venezuela
USA Today
Chavez said Tuesday that the visit could take place within days, adding that he was pleased Castro had chosen Venezuela over Brazil, China, Russia and other countries as his first destination abroad.
- What a way to go! British toilet habits revealed.
BBC
Reading, chatting and texting are among the favourite activities of Britons on the toilet, a survey has found. The study suggests more than 14 million people in the UK read newspapers, books and...
- Girl, 3, murdered after months of hideous abuse
The Scotsman
TWO New Zealand men were convicted yesterday of murdering a three-year-old girl after months of abuse that included spinning her in a hot clothes dryer and beating her using wrestling moves copied...
- Patient’s stem cells used to give her new life
The Herald
An artificial airway created from stem cells has been used to save a woman's left lung in a landmark operation that could revolutionise transplant surgery. Mother-of-two Claudia Castillo, 30, is the...
- Clinton Foundation raised more than $124 million in 2007, say new tax forms
C News
Newly released tax forms show that former President Bill Clinton's non-profit foundation raised more than $124 million last year as his wife sought the Democratic presidential...
- Safety of crew on hijacked Saudi tanker ‘top priority’
The Herald
The safety of an international crew aboard a hijacked Saudi supertanker carrying $100m (£67m) of oil is "top priority", the vessel's owner insisted yesterday. The 25-strong crew of the Sirius...
- Congo rebels pull back to support UN initiative
The Scotsman
REBELS in east Democratic Republic of Congo announced a military pullback yesterday to support a UN peace initiative and the government sacked the country's armed forces chief following a...
- Landmark ‘cyber-bullying’ trial over young girl’s suicide begins
The Herald
It is being viewed in legal circles as a landmark trial concerning internet law, and has inspired an episode of American legal drama series Law and Order. Jury selection began yesterday in the case...
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