| • |
Yahoo News |
10:38am PDT |
47 crew abandon fishing boat off Alaska
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - All 47 crew members of a Seattle-based fishing boat have abandoned ship after the vessel started sinking about 120 miles off Alaska. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:37am PDT |
42 die in series of attacks across Iraq
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber penetrated tight security to strike an Iraqi military base on Sunday in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 42 people across Iraq. In Baghdad, the U.S.-protected Green Zone came under heavy fire by rockets o |
| • |
BBC News |
10:32am PDT |
Storms ahead for Olympics torch |
| |
Summary: Greece prepares for the lighting of the Olympic flame for the Beijing games, amid threats of pro-Tibet protests. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:28am PDT |
Teachers 'should run nurseries' |
| |
Summary: A teaching union is to argue that nurseries should be led by qualified teachers who can spot development problems. |
| • |
ChristDot |
10:27am PDT |
Prominent Muslim becomes Catholic on Easter |
| |
Summary: CNN Reports:
Italy's most prominent Muslim commentator converted to Roman Catholicism on Saturday during the Vatican's Easter vigil service presided over by the pope.
An Egyptian-born, non-practicing Muslim, Magdi Allam has infuriated some fellow Muslims |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:27am PDT |
Muslim's conversion conflict hits Vatican on Easter
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict called in his Easter
message on Sunday for an end to injustice worldwide and
expressed joy at continuing conversions to Christianity hours
after he baptized a prominent Italian Muslim convert. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:21am PDT |
More than 40 dead in Afghan violence
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Afghan and NATO forces killed more than 40 insurgents in an air and ground battle in southern Afghanistan, a security official said Sunday. |
| • |
BBC News |
10:14am PDT |
Two killed in head-on road smash |
| |
Summary: Two people are killed in a head-on road crash on the A98 between Buckie and Cullen in Moray. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:11am PDT |
DOJ urged to investigate passport breach
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Senators from both parties on Sunday urged the Department of Justice to investigate the unauthorized searches of the passport files of three presidential candidates by State Department contract workers. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:07am PDT |
Tejano singer Navaira hurt in bus crash
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Grammy-winning Tejano singer Emilio Navaira (nah-VYE'-rah) is in critical condition after his band's bus crashed in Houston. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:07am PDT |
Cheney warns Palestinians over anti-Israel violence
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney warned the Palestinians Sunday that attacks on Israel were killing hopes for their "long overdue" state, as the sun set on his Easter weekend peace push. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
10:05am PDT |
McCain: I learned from Keating Five case
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - Sen. John McCain's ethics entanglement with a wealthy banker ultimately convicted of swindling investors was such a disturbing, formative experience in his political career that he compares the scandal in some ways to the five years he was tortured a |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:59am PDT |
Clinton and Obama rest up for long-haul race
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama took
a much-needed rest from their presidential campaigns on Easter
Sunday as their tight race for the Democratic nomination looked
set to drag on for months. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:54am PDT |
Cheney: Mideast peace entails compromise
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A Mideast peace agreement will require "painful concessions" by Israelis and Palestinians who must work together to defeat those "committed to violence," Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
9:38am PDT |
Anti-Koran film's Web site shut down |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
Yahoo News |
9:24am PDT |
51 killed in Iraq bloodshed
(AFP)
|
| |
Summary: AFP - A wave of attacks across Iraq on Sunday killed 51 people, while insurgents fired a barrage of mortars at Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, sending US embassy staff scurrying into bunkers. |
| • |
BBC News |
9:16am PDT |
Class sizes 'a national scandal' |
| |
Summary: Teachers say that excessive class sizes entrench social inequality and warn they may strike over the issue. |
| • |
BBC News |
9:07am PDT |
Zimbabwe ballot papers spark row |
| |
Summary: Zimbabwe's MDC says there are millions of extra ballot papers, but officials reject claims they may be misused. |
| • |
ChristianPost |
9:07am PDT |
China's Tibet Crackdown Sparks Global Criticism |
| |
Summary: The Chinese government’s heavy crackdown on the largest anti-China protest in decades has drawn international condemnation, threatening the success of its highly-anticipated Beijing ... |
| • |
Yahoo News |
8:57am PDT |
Hawaii hospital turns away horse visitor
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A man hoping to cheer up an ailing relative at Wilcox Memorial Hospital hadn't considered one of the visitation rules: No horses allowed. |
| • |
Cnn.com |
8:51am PDT |
U.S.: Troops kill members of suicide cell |
| |
Summary: U.S. troops raided a suspected suicide bombing cell Sunday, killing a dozen militants, half of whom had shaved their bodies -- which the U.S. military says indicates they were in the final stage of preparation for a suicide attack.
|
| • |
BBC News |
8:48am PDT |
Dozens die in attacks across Iraq |
| |
Summary: Many people have died in a day of suicide attacks, shootings and rocket strikes across Iraq. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
8:42am PDT |
42 killed in attacks in Iraq
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - A suicide car bomber penetrated tight security to strike an Iraqi military base on Sunday in the deadliest of a series of attacks that killed at least 42 people across Iraq. In Baghdad, the U.S.-protected Green Zone came under heavy fire by rockets o |
| • |
Cnn.com |
8:39am PDT |
Cheney: Palestinian state 'long overdue' |
| |
Summary: Read full story for latest details.
|
| • |
BBC News |
8:38am PDT |
Egypt releases Hamas men |
| |
Summary: Egypt frees 33 Palestinian detainees from the militant group Hamas who were held after crossing from Gaza. |
| • |
BBC News |
8:38am PDT |
Egypt releases detained Hamas men |
| |
Summary: Egypt frees 33 Palestinian detainees from the militant group Hamas who were held after crossing from Gaza. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
8:38am PDT |
Police in rising arms race with crooks
(AP)
|
| |
Summary: AP - The 30-year-old mother of three jumped from her disabled SUV following a chase, holding a gun to her head to keep police back. Officers fired a stun gun but the nonlethal weapon was foiled by her heavy coat. |
| • |
Yahoo News |
8:33am PDT |
Pope's Easter message seeks peace in Tibet, Iraq, Darfur
(Reuters)
|
| |
Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict called in his Easter
message on Sunday for an end to injustice, hatred and violence
around the world, including in Tibet, Iraq and Darfur. |
| • |
BBC News |
8:24am PDT |
Football: Liverpool outclassed |
| |
Summary: Manchester United outclass 10-man Liverpool to strengthen their position at the top of the Premier League table. |
| • |
ChristianPost |
8:22am PDT |
Hellfire Preacher Stirs Up Campuses |
| |
Summary: Bible in hand, Micah Armstrong strides into the middle of a small group of students at the University of Alabama and starts ... |
