Summary: Bombs killed 15 people and wounded around 140 in Istanbul late on Sunday just hours ahead of a court case over banning the governing party that has plunged Turkey into political turmoil
Summary: At least six people including three foreign Islamist militants were killed in a suspected US missile strike on Monday in a Pakistani region known as a safe haven for al Qaeda intelligence officials and residents said
Summary: Three bomb attacks in quick succession killed at least 11 people and wounded 33 in Baghdad on Monday as Shiite pilgrims flooded into the Iraqi capital for a major religious event police said
Summary: A group of members of parliament said on Monday the countrys energy markets do not operate efficiently and need reform and that energy prices are likely to rise sharply soon putting thousands of jobs at risk
Summary: House prices fell for a 10th straight month in July to stand 44 percent lower on the year a survey by property consultants Hometrack showed on Monday
Summary: Farmland prices bucked a slump in property and land markets in the first half of 2008 and grew at the quickest rate since at least 1995 the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS said on Monday
Summary: Thailands new foreign minister started talks with his Cambodian counterpart on Monday to defuse a row over a 900yearold temple that has raised fears of a military clash between the southeast Asian neighbors
Summary: A German court is due to announce a verdict on Monday in the trial of a former Siemens manager accused of breach of trust in connection with suspected corruption and bribery at the engineering group
Summary: Hazeshrouded Beijing could restrict more cars and shut more factories if air pollution persists during the Olympic Games a report said on Monday as an environmental group said endurance athletes could face problems
Summary: Reuters - The U.S. military said an investigation
into an incident in which American troops killed three Iraqis
near Baghdad airport last month showed the victims were not
criminals but innocent civilians.
Summary: South Korea plans to raise its investment in alternative energy development by 60 percent this year to 193 million the government said on Monday as the resourcehungry nation seeks to diversify its energy sources
Summary: Many pensioners in the Bulgarian village of Gorno Osenovo who go to bed with the sunset and wake up at sunrise have never heard of carbon dioxide They dont get electricity either
Summary: What if cutting greenhouse emissions could also save the lives of soldiers in Iraq where fuelladen convoys make them targets The US Army says it is happening now in a push to reduce its carbon bootprint
Summary: China plans to install its first longterm deepsea subsurface mooring system in the Arctic Ocean to monitor longterm marine changes the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday
Summary: AP - Police say three suicide bombers and a roadside bomb struck Shiite pilgrims taking part in a massive religious procession in Baghdad, killing at least 24 people and wounding 72.
Summary: AP - The David Ortiz-Manny Ramirez combo struck again — though for the first time in a while — shifting the focus from Ramirez's talk about being traded by the Red Sox and helping to end the Yankees' eight-game winning streak with a 9-2 victory Sunday nig
Summary: Top Christian and Muslim leaders will convene today at Americas Yale University for a historic conference that is expected to promote understanding and peace between Christianity and Islam on an unprecedented level
Summary: Top Christian and Muslim leaders will convene today at Yale University for a historic conference that is expected to promote understanding and peace between Christianity and Islam on an unprecedented level
Summary: Reuters - Three bomb attacks in quick succession
killed at least 11 people and wounded 33 in Baghdad on Monday
as Shi'ite pilgrims flooded into the Iraqi capital for a major
religious event, police said.
Summary: AFP - The death toll in Sunday's double bombing in Istanbul rose to 16 on Monday, the government said, just hours before Turkey's top court was to start deliberations on whether to ban the ruling party.
Summary: AP - Anna Patterson's last Internet search engine was so impressive that industry leader Google Inc. bought the technology in 2004 to upgrade its own system.
Summary: The death toll from two deadly explosions in Turkey continued to rise early Monday as government officials confirmed 16 deaths and more than 150 injuries.
