Summary: U.S. foreclosure filings reached a record high in April, rising almost 65% over the previous year and putting municipalities at risk by putting into the value of taxed property, according to a study released Wednesday.
Summary: US President George W Bush arrived in the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israels 60th birthday and try to energise peace efforts complicated by a corruption scandal that could topple Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Summary: Afghanistan has protested to neighbouring Iran over the killing of a number of its nationals by Iranian forces the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday
Summary: A highlevel Arab League delegation starts a mediation mission in Beirut on Wednesday to try to pull Lebanon back from the brink of a new civil war
Summary: The 15 million people left destitute by Myanmars devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on Wednesday as foreign aid remained at a trickle and overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hardhit areas
Summary: Hillary Clinton won a landslide victory over frontrunner Barack Obama in West Virginia and vowed to keep her beleaguered White House bid alive until voting ends in the Democratic race
Summary: Reuters - President George W. Bush arrived in
the Middle East on Wednesday to celebrate Israel's 60th
birthday and try to energize peace efforts complicated by a
corruption scandal that could topple Prime Minister Ehud
Olmert.
Summary: Authorities imposed a dawn todusk curfew in parts of Indias historic western city of Jaipur on Wednesday a day after eight bombs ripped through bustling streets killing around 60 people and injuring 150
Summary: China poured more troops into the earthquakeravaged province of Sichuan on Wednesday to speed up the search for survivors as time ran out for thousands of people buried under rubble and mud
Summary: London police chiefs said they were launching a widespread crackdown on youths carrying knives after admitting that a recent spate of murders showed current initiatives were not stopping the problem
Summary: A jury was shown video footage on Tuesday of what prosecutors said would have been the devastating impact of liquid explosives a group of men were planning to use to blow up transatlantic airliners
Summary: New Bank of England economic forecasts on Wednesday will probably have a hawkish tinge despite a slowing economy and may signal whether interest rate cuts risk drying up following some diabolical inflation data
Summary: Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Wednesday that the global credit crunch was slowing down the economy but income tax cuts announced this week would help many Britons weather the storm
Summary: Aliens from outer space have been visiting Britain for years and UFO sightings doubled after the film Close Encounters was released in 1977 according to secret files collating reports by members of the public
Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown will set out plans on Wednesday to shore up the creaking housing market as part of a drive to reverse a slide in support for his government
Summary: AP - A $300 billion farm bill contains a little something for everyone, including tax breaks for Kentucky racehorse owners, extra help for farmers in Hawaii and Alaska, dollars for salmon farmers in the Pacific Northwest and more food stamps for the needy
Summary: A picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by the British artist Lucian Freud, set a record Tuesday night for the most money paid for any work by a living artist.
Summary: The Global Day of Prayer Londonm which united around 300 million Christians around the world in prayer received huge backing this past week with the Prime Minister the newlyelected Mayor of London and the national media all showing active support and inte
Summary: Reuters - The 1.5 million people left destitute by
Myanmar's devastating cyclone were increasingly desperate on
Wednesday, as foreign aid remained at a trickle and
overstretched aid workers struggled to reach hard-hit areas.
Summary: Reuters - The six nations
negotiating with Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment program
could guarantee Tehran's security, Russian Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Wednesday.
