World News
- Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae taken by US government
Singapore News.Net
The Bush administration has seized troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Obama promises middle class tax relief
Singapore News.Net
Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has described the US economy as fragile and has said he would press for middle-class tax cuts if elected.
- Ike becomes a storm over Cuba
Singapore News.Net
Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but meteorologists are still describing it as dangerous, with winds near 120 mph.
- Plastic bottles blamed for heart disease and diabetes
Singapore News.Net
The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome.
- Israeli police say Olmert should be charged
Singapore News.Net
Prosecutors in Israel have been told by police investigators that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in over a corruption investigation.
- No Zimbabwe pact unless Mugabe power is reduced
Singapore News.Net
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has refused to sign a power-sharing agreement, saying President Robert Mugabe’s powers should be reduced.
- Mounting hatred for US in Pakistan
Singapore News.Net
The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the people.
- Over 600,000 people stranded in Bangladesh floods
Singapore News.Net
At least 600,000 people have been stranded in Bangladesh in serious flooding.
- Pakistan bomb kills policemen and passersby
Singapore News.Net
At least 30 people, including five policemen, have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan.
- Sensitive UK computer data goes missing
Singapore News.Net
A computer firm in the UK has lost personal details relating to thousands of British prison staff, prompting the country's Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, to order an urgent inquiry into Electronic Data Systems.
- Review of TV licence fee tactics
BBC
The BBC is to ask viewers and listeners for their opinions on how the licence fee is collected following complaints about "heavy-handed" tactics. Governing body the BBC Trust has set up the...
- Serena Williams wins U.S. Open and returns to no. 1
International Herald Tribune
No world No. 1 in women's tennis has slogged through so desolate a valley between peaks than Serena Williams. After relinquishing the top spot in Williams fell so far that she was...
- ConocoPhillips buys into Origin assets
The Australian
... index put on 4 per cent. Origin (ASX: ORG) is looking to ward off a hostile offer of $13.83...
- Bradley review scraps interim report
The Australian
THE independent Bradley review into higher education has scrapped plans to finalise an interim report identifying its priorites next month, and will instead move to focus on producing a...
- Olmert to stay PM even if indicted
Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain head of the transitional government that would come into being when he quits following the Kadima primary, even if Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz decides to...
- McCain leading Obama in poll
The Australian
REPUBLICAN candidate John McCain goes into the final stretch of the US presidential campaign four percentage points ahead of Democrat Barack Obama, according to a USA Today/Gallup poll released today.
- Ike heads for Cuba as toll tops 600
The Australian
Hurricane Ike took aim at Cuba today after leaving 20 people dead in Haiti, where the death toll from a succession of powerful storms in the past few weeks now tops 600.
- Cities try wrangling gangs with civil suits
USA Today
More than a dozen gang injunctions have been filed in California cities since March, including Rialto, San Clemente and Orange, say law enforcement officials from around the state.
- As Pentagon tribute opens, others years away
USA Today
Kathy Dillaber, whose sister, Patricia Mickley, and several co-workers were killed in the attack on the Pentagon, visits the memorial that officially opens Thursday.
- Paul Domowitchs Report Card
Philadelphia Daily News
Paul, I wrote a criticism of your radio show (you seem like a nicer guy in print) but this site doesn't have the guts - who is it hurting - certainly you are not sensitive..
- Wild weather kills eight in UK
The Australian
... reported today. Weather officials are warning of more severe weather tomorrow covering northwest England, West Wales, southwest Scotland and the whole of Northern Ireland. Five of the eight deaths...
- Biden says life begins at conception
International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : Senator Joseph Biden Jr., the Democratic nominee for vice president, departed Sunday from party doctrine on abortion rights, declaring that as a Catholic, he believes life begins at...
- Palin to give first interview since being picked McCain
Channel News Asia
KANSAS CITY, Missouri: Republican vice presidential hopeful Sarah Palin will give her first substantive interview to ABC News later this week in Alaska, a campaign official said Sunday. "There are...
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