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Chilean town giving free Viagra to senior citizens (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:13pm EDT
AP - A working class suburb of Chile's capital began handing out free Viagra to senior citizens on Wednesday. Lo Prado Mayor Gonzalo Navarrete said he launched the program because "an active sexuality improves the overall quality of life." -
Israel: Soldiers didn't know they were firing at journalist (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
AP - The Israeli military said Wednesday that initial findings from its investigation into the killing of a Reuters news agency cameraman indicated that troops did not realize they were firing at a journalist. -
What's a Roman earn? Find out on the Internet (Reuters)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
Reuters - Italians were surprised, and in some cases outraged, on Wednesday to discover that their income levels were available for public viewing on an Internet site. -
7 killed during raid on militant hideout in Afghan capital (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 3:04pm EDT
AP - Hundreds of intelligence agents on Wednesday raided the hideout of militants with suspected links to an attack on President Hamid Karzai, as the Afghan capital was sucked deeper into the war against the Taliban.
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China launches investigation into claims of child slavery (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:49pm EDT
AP - China is investigating whether hundreds of children, most between the ages of 9 and 16, were sold to factories in the southern province of Guangdong over the past five years to work as virtual slave laborers, state media said Wednesday.
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Pakistan's leaders extend talks on reinstating ousted judges (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:48pm EDT
AP - Pakistan's new leaders failed to meet their Wednesday deadline to restore judges ousted by President Pervez Musharraf, but said they would keep trying to resolve a dispute that is threatening their month-old coalition government.
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Zimbabwe opposition leader on track for victory (AFP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:39pm EDT
AFP - Zimbabwe's opposition leader was on track to win the first round of a presidential election against the incumbent Robert Mugabe, sources told AFP on Wednesday, more than four weeks after voting day.
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Official: DNA tests confirm IDs of Russian czar's children (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 11:58am EDT
AP - DNA tests carried out by a U.S. laboratory prove that remains exhumed last year belong to two children of Czar Nicholas II, putting to rest questions about what happened to Russia's last royal family, a regional governor said Wednesday.
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Olympic torch arrives in Hong Kong after activists deported (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:59am EDT
AP - The Olympic torch arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday after the Chinese territory deported at least seven activists who planned to protest the flame.
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BG Group offer 12 billion dollars for Australian energy firm (AFP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:59am EDT
AFP - Australia's second-largest energy retailer, Origin Energy Ltd, said Wednesday it had received a 12.9 billion dollar (12.05 billion US) takeover proposal from BG Group.
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Forty years on, Nigeria's Biafra war still touchy subject (AFP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:56am EDT
AFP - Forty years on, the Nigerian civil war remains a subject so potentially divisive in what is already a fragile federation that even schoolbooks go out of their way to skim over the issue.
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Official: Explosion near Italian embassy in Yemen (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:30am EDT
AP - A security official says an explosion went off near the Italian embassy in Yemen's capital. No injuries were reported. -
Concentration camp doctor heads list of top 10 wanted Nazis (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 2:01am EDT
AP - Karl Lotter, a prisoner who worked in the hospital at Mauthausen concentration camp, had no trouble remembering the first time he watched SS doctor Aribert Heim kill a man.
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Officials: Captive family in Austria reunited (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 1:58am EDT
AP - Police are looking into possible links between a young woman's killing and the man who confessed to holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering her seven children, a senior law enforcement official said Wednesday.
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Australia to cut gay discrimination (AP)
Posted: April 30th, 2008, 12:21am EDT
AP - Australia's new government won praise Wednesday for its plan to eliminate discrimination against gay couples in more than 100 laws, but even those applauding said it should go further and approve same sex marriages. -
Mexican lawmakers decriminalize migrants (AP)
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 11:42pm EDT
AP - Migrant rights activists applauded a vote by Mexico's Congress to remove long-standing criminal penalties for undocumented migrants found in the country. -
Militiamen ambush drives back US patrol in Sadr City (AP)
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 11:13pm EDT
AP - The killings of five U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 49, making it the deadliest month since September.
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Turkey's parliament softens law restricting free speech (AP)
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 11:02pm EDT
AP - Turkey's parliament approved a government-backed proposal Wednesday to soften a law restricting free speech that has been used to prosecute intellectuals and dissidents.
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Nearly 200 Zimbabwe opposition supporters released (AP)
Posted: April 29th, 2008, 7:15pm EDT
AP - Police on Tuesday released nearly 200 people who were arrested last week in a raid at opposition headquarters, while President Bush called on Zimbabwe's neighbors to step up the pressure on longtime leader Robert Mugabe.
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Assad says facility Israel bombed not nuclear: paper (Reuters)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:52am EDT
Reuters - The Syrian site Israel bombed in
September was not part of a nuclear weapons program, but was a
military facility under construction, President Bashar al-Assad
said in remarks published on Sunday.
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Owner, manager held as Morocco fire death toll rises (AFP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:52am EDT
AFP - The owner and manager of a mattress factory gutted by fire have been taken into custody, an official said Sunday, as the death toll was revised upwards to at least 55.
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Afghan president safe after fleeing gunfire at Kabul event (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:48am EDT
AP - Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by the Afghan president on Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons fire that sent foreign dignitaries and senior members of the government fleeing for cover.
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Zimbabwe opposition retains parliament control after recount (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:27am EDT
AP - A recount of disputed legislative seats has confirmed opposition control of parliament and should be complete Monday, allowing the release of results from last month's presidential election, state media reported.
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Iraqi leaders discuss unity govt; 5 die in Baghdad violence (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:27am EDT
AP - Iraq's prime minister met Sunday with the Sunni Arab vice president to discuss reintegrating Sunni political parties into the Shiite-dominated government as police said five people died in violence in Baghdad.
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HBOS may launch rights issue (AFP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 9:17am EDT
AFP - The board of HBOS, Britain's biggest mortgage lender, will meet Monday to discuss a possible multi-billion pound rights issue due to the international credit crunch, media reported Sunday.
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Korean tries to set himself on fire during Seoul torch run (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 8:40am EDT
AP - A North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the Olympic torch relay through Seoul, while thousands of police guarded the flame Sunday from protesters blasting China's treatment of North Korean refugees.
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Massive gunbattles break out in Tijuana; 13 dead, 9 wounded (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 8:11am EDT
AP - Massive gunbattles broke out between suspected drug traffickers who fired at each other while speeding down heavily populated streets of this violent border city early Saturday, killing 13 people and wounding nine.
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East Timor rebel leader preparing to surrender: U.N. (Reuters)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 7:16am EDT
Reuters - The leader of a group of East Timor rebels
accused of trying to assassinate President Jose Ramos-Horta in
February is preparing to surrender and may give himself up
early this week, a U.N. spokeswoman said on Sunday.
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Casablanca mattress factory fire kills as many as 55 workers (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 6:15am EDT
AP - A fire roared through a mattress factory in a poor section of Casablanca Saturday, killing up to 55 workers and injuring as many as 24 others, Moroccan officials said.
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World Bank: Israeli blockade stalls Palestinian economy (AP)
Posted: April 27th, 2008, 4:31am EDT
AP - The Palestinian economy won't grow this year, largely due to Israeli restrictions on movement and despite billions of dollars in aid meant to shore up support for peace talks, the World Bank predicted Sunday.
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Dalai Lama seeks 'serious' talks on homeland's future (AFP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 9:20am EDT
AFP - Tibet's spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has been pushing for talks with China on the future of his homeland for years but now is making clear they must be "serious discussions."
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Defending champion Higgins crashes out (AFP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 9:14am EDT
AFP - John Higgins' defence of his World Snooker crown ended in bitter recriminations after a 13-9 second round defeat at the hands of Welshman Ryan Day on Saturday.
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Dalai Lama says he's ready for serious talks with China (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 8:41am EDT
AP - The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk seriously about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month.
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Thousands attend Easter ritual at holy shrine in Jerusalem (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:40am EDT
AP - Thousands of worshippers crowded Christianity's holiest shrine to celebrate the Easter Week holy fire ritual, police said.
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Official: 14-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza clash (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:32am EDT
AP - Israeli forces entered a northern Gaza town early Saturday and seized a local Hamas leader from his home amid heavy fighting with Palestinian gunmen, Hamas militants and a Palestinian health official said. The wanted man's 14-year-old daughter was killed in the clashes.
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200 Australian troops to quit East Timor (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 7:30am EDT
AP - Australia will withdraw 200 troops from nearby East Timor because security in the restive nation has improved since rebel soldiers wounded the president, Australia's prime minister said Saturday.
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Military: Turkish planes, artillery bomb Kurdish rebels (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 6:26am EDT
AP - Turkish warplanes and artillery units struck Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq who were preparing to cross the border to carry out attacks, the military said Saturday.
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Report: Brazil police kill 11 in raid (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 3:41am EDT
AP - Police swarmed a Rio de Janeiro slum in search of a drug lord on Friday, touching off a shootout that killed 11 people including a 70-year-old woman, Brazil's government news agency said. Two bystanders were wounded. -
Police say bomb kills 2 officers in central Afghanistan (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:42am EDT
AP - A police official says a roadside bomb destroyed a police vehicle, killing at least two officers in central Afghanistan.
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Zimbabwe police raid opposition, election offices (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:19am EDT
AP - Zimbabwe's electoral commission said Saturday that a recount of votes for 10 parliamentary seats confirmed the original results, including opposition victories, making it unlikely that the ruling party can wrest control of parliament.
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Iraq militia leader: `open war' threat only against US (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:18am EDT
AP - The U.S. military reported a relative lull in fighting Saturday, a day after radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said his threat of an "open war" applied only to American-led foreign troops.
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Heavy security surrounds Olympic torch relay in Japan (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 2:05am EDT
AP - Olympic torch bearers dashed past sporadic protests Saturday as heavy security marked the Japanese leg of the world relay streets lined by thousands of riot police and closely monitored by helicopters overhead.
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Official: Colombia to arrest ex-lawmaker (AP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 1:55am EDT
AP - Colombia's Supreme Court ordered the arrest of an ex-congresswoman who says she reversed her position on a vote years ago in return for political favors from associates of President Alvaro Uribe, a government official said. -
Trio bitten by rabid puppy quarantined in Britain (AFP)
Posted: April 26th, 2008, 12:59am EDT
AFP - Three people were bitten by a rabies-infected puppy dog in British quarantine, a Health Protection Agency (HPA) spokeswoman said Saturday.
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1 Palestinian killed in clashes with Israeli troops in Gaza (AP)
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 11:54pm EDT
AP - Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen are exchanging heavy fire in northern Gaza. Medics say one Palestinian has been killed. -
Top terror suspect meets lawyer at Gitmo (AP)
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 9:48pm EDT
AP - A defense attorney met with suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the first time at Guantanamo Bay, but the Pentagon-appointed lawyer said he could not reveal details because of "unnecessarily broad" military restrictions. -
Mugabe's ZANU-PF struggles in partial vote recount (Reuters)
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 9:41pm EDT
Reuters - President Robert Mugabe's party has
failed to secure control of Zimbabwe's parliament in a partial
recount of the March 29 election, results showed on Saturday,
handing the ruling party its first defeat in 28 years.
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UN chief urges less fighting and more talk in Iraq (AP)
Posted: April 25th, 2008, 8:29pm EDT
AP - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged key players in Iraq on Friday to keep violence down and to put aside party, ethnic and sectarian interests so a real political dialogue and national reconciliation can take place.
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Australian court orders rethink of Aboriginal rights to city (AFP)
Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 7:12am EDT
AFP - Australia's Federal Court on Wednesday upheld a government appeal against the granting to Aborigines of native title over one of the country's major cities, Perth.
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Pirates attack Japanese tanker, Spanish boat in Gulf of Aden (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 4:13pm EDT
AP - Pirates in the lawless Gulf of Aden fired on a Japanese oil tanker Monday, unleashing hundreds of gallons of fuel into the sea, a day after a Spanish tuna boat was hijacked using rocket-propelled grenades. -
Paraguay winner means more leftist leaders in Latin America (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
AP - The victory of the "bishop of the poor" in Paraguay's presidential election expands a wave of leftist leadership across Latin America and further isolates the few remaining conservative governments.
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Paris makes Dalai Lama a "citizen of honor" (Reuters)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:59pm EDT
Reuters - Paris city hall made Tibetan spiritual
leader the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen on Monday,
exacerbating tensions between France and China in the build up
to the Beijing Olympics.
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Pakistan frees pro-Taliban leader, makes peace with group (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:58pm EDT
AP - Pakistan freed a pro-Taliban cleric and quickly signed an accord with his hard-line group Monday, the first major step by the new government to talk peace with Islamic militants and break with President Pervez Musharraf's policy of using force.
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Attorney, military say 'Chemical Ali' hospitalized (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:51pm EDT
AP - An attorney says a cousin of Saddam Hussein known as "Chemical Ali" has been hospitalized after going on a hunger strike. -
Cholera outbreak infects over 100 students in northern Nigeria (AFP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:12pm EDT
AFP - At least 116 female students in northern Nigeria have been hospitalized with cholera after consuming contaminated beans, a health official said Monday.
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Cuban police break up women's sit-in for release of husbands (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:09pm EDT
AP - Police broke up a peaceful sit-in by a small group of women demanding the release of their jailed husbands Monday, forcing them aboard a bus at a park near the offices of Cuban President Raul Castro and driving them home. -
Bodies of 20 Haitians are recovered from sea near Bahamas (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 3:01pm EDT
AP - Haitians fleeing their impoverished homeland met tragedy when their boat went down off the Bahamas, killing at least 20 people and leaving only three known survivors, including an alleged migrant smuggler, authorities said Monday. -
Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 2:17pm EDT
AP - Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
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UN move expands Australia's territory: minister (AFP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 11:19am EDT
AFP - Australia's territory has expanded by an area five times the size of France after the UN agreed to its jurisdiction over a massive amount of seabed, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson said Monday.
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Iraqi PM urges Arab states to open embassies in Baghdad (AP)
Posted: April 21st, 2008, 10:13am EDT
AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Monday urged other Arab countries to reopen their embassies in the capital as a show of support for his government as it cracks down on Shiite militias in Iraq.
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Regional leaders not about to change tack on Zimbabwe: analysts (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:39am EDT
AFP - Southern African leaders, under fire over their softly-softly approach towards Zimbabwe's post-election crisis, are unlikely to abandon their kid gloves any time soon, according to analysts.
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Nepal authorizes deadly force to stop Olympic torch protests (AP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:38am EDT
AP - Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorized to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit, an official said Sunday.
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Malaysia calls for Olympics not to be politicised (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:25am EDT