World News FBI called in on Wikileaks issue
Taiwan News.Net
The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military documents.
 Pakistan poll finds Taliban support
Taiwan News.Net
The US polling group, Pew Research Centre, has done a survey in Pakistan to determine how Pakistanis view the Taliban and other terrorist groups.
 Floods threaten first global warming islands
Taiwan News.Net
Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean.
 People beat porn movie teacher to death
Taiwan News.Net
The Times of India has reported that an Indian teacher has been beaten to death by an angry mob after making a homemade porn film with one of his students.
NTSB examines fuel pump in fatal Maine plane crash
Sign on San Diego
PORTLAND, Maine Investigators plan further examination of the fuel pump on a small plane that crashed near Portland International Jetport in Maine, killing two people. A preliminary repor...
PM briefs President over plane crash
The Frontier Post
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusaf Raza Gilani called on President Asif Ali Zardari at Aiwan-e-Sadr Thursday and briefed him about the constituation of the committee into the Wednesday’s plane cra...
1 person dead, another injured in plane crash
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GRAHAM, Wash. -- The Pierce County sheriff's office says one person died and a second was injured when a small plane crashed in Graham. Sheriff's office spokesman Ed Troyer sa...
Summer storm slays trees, cuts power
New York Post
That was no mere summer shower in the Bronx on Sunday afternoon — that was a tornado.The fierce winds and rain that knocked down power lines and trees all over the borough and left many resident...
City Island barber is rooster-rescuer
New York Post
Patrons of Hollywood barber shop are already used to seeing a large rooster walking around inside or sitting on the chairs. The rooster is Coco, and Alex Mullokandov, the shop’s owner and Bronx&...
Hostage situation in Throggs Neck
New York Post
Two brazen thieves who tied up a young couple in a Throggs Neck apartment surrendered to a police hostage negotiator after an hour and a half standoff that began late on Friday, July 23. The house inv...
O'Grady passes away after game in his honor
New York Post
Just hours after merchants played a softball game in his honor, beloved community figure Joe O’Grady passed away peacefully.O’Grady, 39, will be remembered not only by his three children a...
Kitten rescued after 3 days in sewer
New York Post
A Morris Park kitten is safe and dry after an adventure that brought him underground and into the sewer.Motz, a kitten belonging to Edita Pjetrovic, somehow ended up down in the sewer on Wednesday, Ju...
Salvation Army touts new thrift store
New York Post
There’s some good news for Bronx bargain-hunters.In a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 8, The Salvation Army opened a brand new thrift shop at 2441A Boston Road, near Crug...
Cops score with Valentine Ave heroin bust
New York Post
Bronx narcotics officers are feeling good after busting up a major heroin ring on Monday night, July 26, that yielded them $1.5 million worth of cold cash, heroin, guns, and jewelry.In a press confere...
Waterbury Ave ped bridge being rebuilt
New York Post
Summer’s here, and the time is right for pedestrian bridge repair.At least that’s what the New York State Department of Transportation is cooking up: a major repair and reconstruction on p...
New bank on White Plains Road
New York Post
White Plains Road WaMu customers will be looking for a new branch.A long-standing Washington Mutual location at 2178 White Plains Road has closed its doors, and will soon reopen as an Amalgamated Bank...
Lindsay Lohan getting lots of mail in jail: report
New York Post
Lindsay Lohan has received an average of 250 letters a day at her California jail since beginning her sentence, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. “Most inmates don’t get as much mai...
Plan for former Domino sugar refinery site approved
New York Post
The New York City Council has approved a plan to redevelop a section of Brooklyn waterfront where the renowned Domino Sugar refinery once stood. The plan at the 11-acre site in Brooklyn’s Willia...
Bloomberg says NYers have right to saggy pants
New York Post
Mayor Michael Bloomberg agrees with a judge who threw out a summons issued to a Bronx man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear. The billionaire mayor said Thursday the government has no ...
High & Low Finance: In Basel, an Eternal Work in Progress
International Herald Tribune
American International Group . The lessons of the crisis seemed clear at the time. Financial institutions had taken on far too much leverage. They had too little capital, some of which turned out to b...
French Mother Indicted for Smothering 8 Infants
International Herald Tribune
France was charged with murder Thursday for the smothering of eight of her own infants, born in secret over nearly two decades. It appeared to be France’s worst case of infanticide.
8th annual NYC Musical Saw Festival
New York Post
This music and art festival highlights the art of playing music on a carpenter's handsaw and will feature saw solos as well as ensembles. Ameriklectic, a 10-piece band featuring a musical saw, will al...
'Kadima chair to PA: No direct talks'
Jerusalem Post
Kadima council chairman Haim Ramon advised Palestinian Authority negotiations chief Saeb Erekat not to enter direct talks with Israel three weeks ago, an unidentified witness to Ramon and Erekat's Jul...
4 killed in crash at Alaska air force base
New Zealand Herald
ALASKA - Four airmen were killed in a cargo plane that crashed during a training run at an Air Force base, military authorities said Thursday. The crash sent a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, ...
Hockey: Coach gets heated
New Zealand Herald
Australian men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth has accused New Delhi Commonwealth Games organisers of showing a lack of respect for the sport. Charlesworth is unhappy that his side will be forced to ...
Youth court Nazi charge
New Zealand Herald
Polish soldiers holding eternal flames stand in front of a wall during the inauguration at the vast new memorial for the victims of the Belzec Nazi death camp in Belzec, Poland. File photo / AP
No-fly zone for Chelsea's wedding
New Zealand Herald
Shrink RHINEBECK, New York - Chelsea Clinton's wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone. The Federal Aviation Administration says local airspace will be restricted from 3pm Saturday...
Oil threat to Michigan lake
New Zealand Herald
United States federal officials estimate that more than 3.8 million litres of oil may have spilled into the Kalamazoo River in southern Michigan from a leaking pipeline. Governor Jennifer Granholm wa...
NRL: Lockyer ready to play on
New Zealand Herald
Brisbane Broncos captain Darren Lockyer has confirmed reports he is considering playing on until 2012. However the Queensland and Australian captain says he hasn't signed a new deal, with his contrac...
Afghanistan: 25 killed in blast
New Zealand Herald
A crowded bus hit a roadside bomb in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing 25 passengers. At the same time, Nato continued to investigate claims that a helicopter gunship mistak...
Pakistan mourns plane crash victims
Belfast Telegraph
Pakistan is observing a day of mourning after an airliner crashed on its approach to an airport, killing all 152 on board.Emergency teams were battling heavy rain and mud to recover bodies strewn over...
Ethics panel charges powerful Democrat Rangel
CNN
Washington (CNN) -- The House ethics committee on Thursday accused veteran Rep. Charles Rangel of 13 violations of House rules involving alleged financial wrongdoing and harming the credibility of Con...
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