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  • NSSF bought 52 acres of ‘ghost land’ - MPs Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:12PMThe National Social Security Fund paid more than a billion shillings to Security Minister Amama Mbabazi and businessman Amos Nzeyi for 52.26 acres of non-existent land, stunned MPs heard yesterday.
  • Sense of urgency common thread among jobless Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:11PMThe state jobless rate is a number, but joblessness itself has many faces.
  • Border Patrol struggles to keep newly hired agents Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:11PMIMPERIAL BEACH, Calif. - Law enforcement officers wanted: must work graveyard shifts alone in remote towns along the Mexican border, put in long hours and perform well in triple-digit temperatures.
  • New Arizona law on credit freezes taking effect Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 5:10PMPHOENIX - Arizona consumers are gaining a new shield from identify theft: the ability to impose low-cost freezes on their credit reports. A new state law taking effect Sunday adds Arizona to more than 40 other states with similar laws restricting access to credit reports.
  • Feds: Threat On Barack Obama Not Serious Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:20AMFederal authorities say that the alleged threat against Barack Obama at the DNC were more was nothing more than "racist rantings."
  • Sudan hijackers demand to fly to Paris Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AMKHARTOUM/TRIPOLI, Aug 27 – Negotiations have started between Libyan authorities and the hijacker of a Sudanese plane that has been forced to land in Libya, the airline’s manager said on Wednesday.
  • U.S. ship bypasses Russian-controlled port Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AMA U.S. Coast Guard ship carrying relief supplies is scheduled to dock on Wednesday in Batumi, Georgia, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Georgia said, according to CNN.
  • India Warns Pakistan On Ceasefire Violation Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AM(RTTNews) - India warned Pakistan to refrain from frequent ceasefire violations after Islamabad again indulged in cross-border firing Tuesday and Islamic militants making yet another infiltration attempt into the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Russia: we are ready for a new cold war Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AMRussia`s relations with the west plunged to their most critical point in a generation yesterday when the Kremlin built on its military rout of Georgia by recognising the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states.
  • Pakistan Helicopter Attack Kills 8 Rebels Near Afghan Border Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AMKHAR, Pakistan (AFP)--Pakistani helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts Wednesday in a troubled tribal region near the Afghan border, killing eight rebels, officials said.
  • Safety of students should come first Wednesday, August 27, 2008 @ 3:19AMSometimes the best of intentions can go awry. The joint U.S.-Iraqi venture called the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program is an example of lofty goals coupled with poor execution.
  • Russia recognises rebel regions in new challenge to West Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMRussia on Tuesday formally recognised the Georgian rebel regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states in a new challenge to the West that drew sharp warnings of consequences.
  • Buzz back in plant Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMSingur, Aug. 26: The Tata Motors plant hummed back to life after two days of near silence.
  • Business calendar: week of Aug. 25 Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMWORKAHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Aug. 26, Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W. 47th St., Room 2 West. Free. Call 913-271-6510.
  • NYC judge orders release of Rosenberg testimony Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMNEW YORK (AP) -- A judge on Tuesday ordered the release of key secret grand jury testimony in the atomic spy trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, citing its value to historians in the debate over national security versus freedom.
  • US accuses NKorea of violating six-nation nuclear accord Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:21PMThe United States accused North Korea Tuesday of violating a six-nation nuclear accord and maintained it on a terror blacklist, after the hardline communist state defiantly stopped disabling its atomic plants.
  • ICE: Nearly 600 detained in Miss. plant raid Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:20PMTue, Aug 26, 2008 (2:03 p.m.) Federal officials say nearly 600 suspected illegal immigrants were detained in a raid on a manufacturing plant in southern Mississippi, making it the largest such sweep in the country.
  • Colleges confront shootings with survival training Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:20PMKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Hundreds of colleges across the nation have purchased a training program that teaches professors and students not to take campus threats lying down but to fight back with any "improvised weapon," from a backpack to a laptop computer.
  • Feds doubt Colo. men were credible Obama threat Tuesday, August 26, 2008 @ 4:20PMDENVER (AP) -- Authorities investigating a possible plot to assassinate Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention have three men in custody - including one found with high-powered rifles, three fake IDs and two wigs in a truck - but they expressed doubts Tuesday that the suspects had posed a credible threat.
  • Democratic Convention Diary: Day 1 is protests and grits Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:04PMHello from the Mile High City of Denver, Colo. I am Donna Mansfield, and this time, I am an alternate delegate from the 8th Congressional District of North Carolina attending the Democratic National Convention.
  • Public warned of new phone scam Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:03PMThe public is being warned of a new phone scam that has hit the Aberdeen and Huron areas. South Dakota’s Depart-ment of Homeland Security said callers are phoning people and leaving recorded messages that state that their credit card account at the credit union has been deactivated.
  • ECU Confident -- But Not Too Much -- After VT game Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:02PMGREENVILLE, NC -- For a change, East Carolina is opening its season with a game -- not a catharsis. No longer are the Pirates cast as the default villains while the nation rooted for Virginia Tech as the Hokies helped their community heal from a deadly campus massacre.
  • Curfew continues in Kashmir Valley Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:02PMCurfew remained clamped in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, as tension gripped the state after renewed violence in the last 24 hours.The curfew was imposed in all ten districts of the Valley on Sunday morning. Protesters defied it on Monday, triggering clashes with security forces in which four persons died and 70 others were injured.Police conducted raids at many places and picked up several ...
  • A tale of spammers and e-mail trickery Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:02PMStaff writer The e-mail that arrived in my "in" box last week was from someone at the newspaper identifying himself as the "systems administrator." Although I had never met, or for that matter, heard
  • Security chief says Reds funded MILF raids Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:01PMTHE Communist Party of the Philippines has helped finance the recent operations of three Moro Islamic Liberation Front field commanders, National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales said yesterday.
  • On the first day of school, some Texas teachers were packing heat Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 11:00PMHARROLD, TX (AP) - Along with normal first-day jitters and excitement, students in the tiny North Texas district of Harrold started school today wondering which teachers were carrying guns.
  • Border fence design blasted as causing flooding Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:54AMTUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Environmentalists say flooding caused by a new border security fence in southwestern Arizona shows the structure is being built too quickly and without regard for the environment.
  • Barbers Hill to test Memorial’s readiness Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:52AMMemorial High School’s varsity football team will see how close they’ve come to putting all the pieces together to begin pursuit of a third consecutive state playoff berth when the Mavericks host Barbers Hill today for a scrimmage contest at Newcomb Field.
  • British, German activists deported from China Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:49AMBEIJING—China on Monday deported a British woman and a German man who took part in a protest during the Olympic Games, officials said, hours after eight American activists were sent home during the closing ceremony.
  • S.Korea, China urge cooperation over North Korea Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:49AM The presidents of China and South Korea at a summit on Monday called for cooperation in sputtering talks to rid North Korea of its nuclear weapons while they pledged to boost trade between the major economic partners.
  • Reward offered for stolen piece of Naperville 9/11 memorial Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:49AMNAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - An anti-crime group in suburban Chicago has offered a $1,000 reward for the return of a concrete piece of the Pentagon that was stolen from a September 11th memorial.
  • Nigeria: The Dismantling of Obasanjo Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:49AMTHE meeting of the National Executive Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party at Abuja on Tuesday, August 5 marks the beginning of the losses that await former President Olusegun Obasanjo in the next few months.
  • Nigeria: Puzzle As Bride is Slaughtered Monday, August 25, 2008 @ 4:49AMQuestions are being asked over the killing of a girl formally engaged to a man in Kano.
  • Clashing views of MIT grad suspected of terrorism Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 3:10PMNEW YORK (AP) -- To supporters, Aafia Siddiqui is a devout Muslim, a scholar educated at MIT and Brandeis, who fled to Pakistan after 9/11 because of anti-Muslim sentiment.
  • Guantánamo detainee alleges water torture at base Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 3:10PM(AP) -- An Algerian prisoner at Guantánamo Bay has accused his guards of using a form of waterboarding on him, his lawyer said Friday, marking the first allegation that the harsh interrogation technique was used at the U.S. military base.
  • Shiloh ponders issuing working cash bonds Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 3:05PMHUME – After several years of facing deficit budgets and watching fund balances dwindle, the Shiloh Board of Education is looking for ways to generate more cash.
  • Parent has baby name remorse; how to reverse a bad choice? Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 3:04PMQ. My daughter is unhappy with the middle name she gave her son, who is now 18 months old. Is there a way to change this legally and at little expense?
  • Obama Picks Biden As VP Saturday, August 23, 2008 @ 3:04PMSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) -- Barack Obama introduced Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware Saturday as a man "ready to step in and be president," and the newly minted running mate quickly turned his campaign debut into a slashing attack on eight years of Republicans seeking four more years in the White House.
  • Which health checks do men really need? Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 7:20PMWhen her husband turned 50, one woman decided he needed a full check-up; from heart to prostate - but does regular screening for men do more harm than good?
  • AeroGal Becomes the First Airline in the World to Receive SMART VOYAGER Environmental Certification Friday, August 22, 2008 @ 7:20PM AeroGal, the premier airline flying to the Galapagos Islands, has received the Smart Voyager environmental certification. Smart Voyager is a program developed in collaboration with Rainforest Alliance that awards its seal of approval to operators meeting a set of strict conservation standards for protecting the environment, wildlife and the well-being of workers and local communities.
  • Srinagar simmers; Hurriyat to hold Idgah rally Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:14PMThe government hopes to draw some of the Valley outfits to the negotiating table to defuse tensions over the Amarnath row if the Idgah march ends peacefully.
  • Campaign-style swing fuels speculation Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:14PM Canadians may have to add an election to their busy fall schedule after Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued to indicate he may dissolve Parliament next month.
  • Russia military withdrawal to be completed by Friday Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:14PMRussia has repeated its pledge to complete a withdrawal of all of its forces from Georgian territory to the breakaway region of South Ossetia by Friday.
  • Rice, Zebari discuss US troop agreement Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMIraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says Baghdad and Washington are very close to reaching an agreement to extend the presence of US troops in the country beyond the end of this year.
  • Something Important is Stirring in the Deep, Dark Waters of Geopolitics Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMFour almost simultaneous events this week point to the emergence of something that is starting to look like a new U.S.-led security system that reaches from Europe to the Indian Ocean.
  • Discipline concerns had been expressed Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMThe shooting death of a Central High School student Thursday confirmed concerns of Fountain City residents who for months have tried to bring them to the attention of school officials, parents said.
  • All-faith team hopes for a breakthrough 22 Aug 2008, 0242 hrs IST, Mohua Chatterjee,TNN Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMNEW DELHI: An "all-faith" peace mission which met both Jammu and Valley leaders is hopeful that a dialogue could begin between the two regions which could bring about a greater understanding and help prepare ground for a resolution of the dispute over land for Amarnath pilgrims.
  • Mexico: A Call for Help on Crime Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMPresident Felipe Calderón used a national meeting on security to call for an overhaul of policing and to urge citizens to put their fear aside and report lawbreakers.
  • Answers to violence suggested Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 11:13PMWhile metal detectors and security cameras may come to mind after the shooting at Central High School, national experts on school violence emphasized low-tech solutions Thursday.
  • Rice says Iraq timetables are coming together Thursday, August 21, 2008 @ 3:43PMBAGHDAD (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said today U.S. and Iraqi officials agree that timetables should be set for a U.S. troop withdrawal, but conceded that nailing down a broader pact on future relations is difficult.