Summary: Reuters - With his wetsuit around
his waist, Peter Flintoft walks wearily along the Long Beach
boardwalk. While worn out by the surf, he is not yet tired of
the lengthy U.S. presidential campaign.
Summary: Reuters - A global sell-off knocked world shares
to a five-month low on Thursday as surging oil fanned concerns
about inflation and slowing growth, just hours ahead of an
expected euro zone interest rate hike and a key U.S. jobs
report.
Summary: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authoritys decision to grant a licence for the creation of humanpig hybrids is a foretaste of things to come warns the Christian Legal Centre
Summary: Hours after a military operation that freed 15 hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Wednesday night urged peace by calling on leftist rebels to release all hostages.
Summary: From his frequent God talk on the campaign trail to his latest proposal to expand aid to faithbased programmes Democrat Barack Obama is serious and aggressive when it comes to courting faith voters
Summary: Reuters - Colombian troops tricked rebels into
freeing politician Ingrid Betancourt and three Americans in a
bold but bloodless jungle rescue that dealt a severe blow to
Latin America's oldest left-wing insurgency.
Summary: A court in Algeria handed suspended jail terms and fines to two Christians on Wednesday for trying to convert Muslims a defence lawyer said in the latest in a series of trials stirring accusations of religious repression
Summary: The head of the Evangelical Church in Germany has told world religious leaders to set a positive example of peaceful dialogue ahead of next weeks Group of Eight Summit in Hokkaido Japan
Summary: Reuters - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson
said on Thursday that inflation was becoming the top economic
focus of many countries around the world as oil and food prices
take their toll.
Summary: Economists are forecasting that the unemployment rate retreated slightly in June after May's big spike. But few believe that is a sign that the battered labor market is at or even near the bottom.
Summary: Economists are forecasting that the unemployment rate retreated slightly in June after May's big spike. But few believe that is a sign that the battered labor market is at or even near the bottom.
Summary: Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and three US hostages held for years by guerrillas were rescued on Wednesday after soldiers posing as aid workers duped their captors into putting them on a helicopter
Summary: One minute Omer Almagboul says he and his fellow Sudanese flatmate were lazing at their student flat in England recovering from a big night out The next their lives changed for ever
Summary: A series of powerful explosions at an arms dump complex on the outskirts of Sofia rocked the Bulgarian capital on Thursday panicking thousands and breaking windows authorities and eyewitnesses said
Summary: Authorities in California ordered residents to evacuate the scenic Big Sur coastal area on Wednesday to allow firefighters sole use of narrow roads to battle a stubborn wildfire in the steep terrain
Summary: China said it is open to general discussion of longerterm goals and industrial targets to combat global warming at the G8 summit but fended off talk of any specific pledges stressing rich nations should lead the way
Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said he was prepared to compromise to resolve a row with Britain over a murdered Kremlin critic but he expects Prime MInister Gordon Brown to do the same when the two men meet next week
Summary: Foreign Secretary David Miliband sent a strong signal of support on Wednesday for French plans to strengthen Europes defence policy saying EU nations should be ready to deploy troops to trouble spots without waiting for
Summary: The US Air Force is sending its topoftheline F22 Raptor fighter jet across the Atlantic for the first time showcasing its capabilities even as it remains off limits for export and its production line is threatened at home
Summary: Former Eastenders actress Brooke Kinsella made a tearful appeal on Wednesday for witnesses to her brothers stabbing to come forward saying their help would be vital in catching his killers
