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BBC News |
7:33pm PDT |
Brown begins Middle-East talks |
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Summary: Gordon Brown arrives in Tel Aviv for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, following his trip to Iraq. |
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BBC News |
7:33pm PDT |
Brown to begin Middle East talks |
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Summary: Gordon Brown arrives in Tel Aviv for two days of talks with Israeli and Palestinian political leaders, following his trip to Iraq. |
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Cnn.com |
7:20pm PDT |
Rapper DMX accused of identity theft |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Cnn.com |
7:20pm PDT |
Rapper DMX arrested over medical bill |
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Summary: Read full story for latest details.
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Yahoo News |
7:06pm PDT |
British PM due for talks in Israel, West Bank
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Britain's Gordon Brown prepared for talks on Sunday during his first visit to Israel and the West Bank since becoming prime minister in a bid to bolster peace negotiations and economic development. |
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Yahoo News |
6:49pm PDT |
Hundreds of thousands gather for pope's youth finale
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Pope Benedict XVI led up to 500,000 pilgrims in a giant mass on a Sydney racecourse Sunday, capping a week of World Youth Day festivities marked by a historic papal apology for priestly sex abuse. |
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BBC News |
6:28pm PDT |
Surgeons could earn pay bonuses |
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Summary: Surgeons could earn bonuses for operations under plans being considered by the UK's largest hospital trust. |
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Cnn.com |
6:10pm PDT |
Report: British hostage has killed himself |
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Summary: One of five British hostages captured in Iraq last year has committed suicide, the kidnappers said in a videotape obtained by The Sunday Times. A written statement displayed on the videotape says the hostage died May 25, four days before the first anniver |
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BBC News |
6:10pm PDT |
Brazil police find stolen Picasso |
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Summary: Police in Brazil find an engraving by Pablo Picasso stolen in June after arresting a man for a completely unrelated offence. |
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Yahoo News |
6:06pm PDT |
Brazilian FM's Nazi reference rocks WTO talks
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Some pre-negotiation jabbing turned into a potentially damaging diplomatic incident Saturday when Brazil's foreign minister said rich countries' deception in trade talks reminded him of tactics used by Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. |
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Yahoo News |
5:30pm PDT |
Tropical Storm Cristobal rumbles off the Carolinas
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Tropical Storm Cristobal, the first tropical storm to menace the Southeast seaboard this hurricane season, sent outer bands of intermittent rain lashing the eastern Carolinas late Saturday as forecasters predicted it could dump several inches in some |
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Yahoo News |
5:23pm PDT |
Pope flies over sea of young pilgrims
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Pope Benedict flew by helicopter on
Sunday over hundreds of thousands of young Catholic pilgrims
who staged an all-night vigil at Sydney's main horse racing
track ahead of an outdoor papal mass. |
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Yahoo News |
5:07pm PDT |
Investigation of Houston crane collapse begins
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Federal investigators on Saturday began trying to figure out why one of the world's largest mobile cranes toppled over, killing four contract workers and injuring seven others. |
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BBC News |
5:07pm PDT |
Al-Qaeda 'may be shifting focus' |
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Summary: The top US commander in Iraq says al-Qaeda may be shifting its focus and sending fighters from Iraq to Afghanistan. |
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Cnn.com |
4:55pm PDT |
Video: British hostage has killed himself |
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Summary: One of five British hostages captured in Iraq last year has committed suicide, the kidnappers said in a videotape obtained by The Sunday Times. A written statement displayed on the videotape says the hostage died May 25, four days before the first anniver |
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BBC News |
4:51pm PDT |
Grief really hurts |
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Summary: How strong emotions can cause physical pain |
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BBC News |
4:36pm PDT |
MoD critical of local tax plans |
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Summary: The UK's armed forces minister says he has "serious concerns" about Scottish Government plans for a local income tax. |
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BBC News |
4:36pm PDT |
Coping with MS |
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Summary: BBC journalist on a disease which plagues Scotland |
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BBC News |
4:29pm PDT |
Autism parents 'infection risk' |
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Summary: Caring for children with problems such as autism or Down's syndrome may weaken parents' immune systems. |
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Yahoo News |
4:24pm PDT |
"Dark Knight" sets opening day box office record
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The new Batman movie, "The Dark
Knight," raked in $66.4 million in its opening day to set the
single-day box office record, according to its distributor
Warner Bros. |
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BBC News |
4:22pm PDT |
Smile, Beijing! |
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Summary: Beijing told to mind its manners during Olympic Games |
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Cnn.com |
4:11pm PDT |
Iraqi PM quoted as backing Obama's plan |
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Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted in a German magazine as saying that he backs a proposal by Barack Obama to withdraw U.S. troops within 16 months. Al-Maliki's office later said his remarks were "not conveyed accurately."
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BBC News |
4:01pm PDT |
UK 'must check' US torture denial |
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Summary: The British government should no longer rely on US assurances it does not use torture, a parliamentary report says. |
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BBC News |
3:58pm PDT |
US sets nuclear deadline for Iran |
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Summary: Iran must decide within two weeks between co-operation or confrontation over its nuclear plans, the US warns after talks. |
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BBC News |
3:58pm PDT |
US offers Iran nuclear deadline |
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Summary: Iran must decide within two weeks between co-operation or confrontation over its nuclear plans, the US warns after talks. |
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Yahoo News |
3:58pm PDT |
Lawsuit exposes growing rift among King children
(AP)
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Summary: AP - For years, they were the picture of solidarity: the four children of Martin Luther King Jr. carrying on the legacy of the civil rights icon. |
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BBC News |
3:49pm PDT |
Suicide claim over UK hostage |
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Summary: One of the five UK hostages held captive in Iraq has killed himself, a video given to a newspaper claims. |
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BBC News |
3:49pm PDT |
UK Iraq hostage 'killed himself' |
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Summary: One of the five UK hostages held captive in Iraq has killed himself, a video given to a newspaper claims. |
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ChristianToday |
3:25pm PDT |
Powers wield sanction threat after Iran stalemate |
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Summary: Major powers gave Iran two weeks to answer calls to rein in its nuclear programme on Saturday or face tougher sanctions after talks ended in stalemate despite unprecedented US participation |
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ChristianToday |
3:25pm PDT |
Obama visits Afghanistan |
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Summary: US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met the commander of US troops in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday to talk about the war he says is not getting enough attention from the Bush administration |
