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'Passion' Confessor Sentenced to 75 Yrs for Murder
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A Texas man who confessed to murder after seeing Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" was sentenced to 75 years in prison on Friday night for strangling his girlfriend to death. | 12 |
Cuisine Queen Julia Child Dies at 91
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Julia Child, the grande dame of U.S. television cooking shows whose operatic voice and irreverent attitude brought French haute cuisine into America's humble kitchens, died in her sleep at her California home on Friday at the age of 91. | 12 |
NASA Identifies Foam Flaw That Killed Astronauts
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The foam that struck the space shuttle Columbia after liftoff and led to the deaths of all seven astronauts on board was defective, NASA said on Friday. | 12 |
Charley Leaves at Least 13 Dead
Hurricane Charley raced up the Atlantic seaboard, leaving a trail of demolished homes and forcing thousands to evacuate. | 12 |
Sex Scandal Rocks Montana Town
Businessman alleged to have paid more than $1 million over the past decade to have sex with a large number of young women. | 12 |
Storm Prediction Improved but Not Perfect
Hurricane Charley's sudden increase in intensity and unexpected path show how difficult it remains for scientists to predict massive storms. | 12 |
Campaigns spar on war leadership
Bush and Kerry turn up heat on who's fitter as commander in chief. | 12 |
In war on terror, an expanding citizens' brigade
Average Americans, from truck drivers to handymen, are increasingly standing sentry. | 12 |
Stabilizing the global 'greenhouse' may not be so hard
Today's tools could cap emissions that contribute to global warming, study finds. | 12 |
ABCs of the CIA: a to-do list for Porter Goss
Three former CIA heads give advice on how to run the agency, navigate Washington politics, and stay neutral. | 12 |
Scrap the tax code? Bush floats a national sales tax
On the campaign trail, the president appears open to a major shift, which Kerry promptly pans. | 12 |
Hijacking The Campaign
Bush and Kerry have had to adjust their games in light of the alerts,
and the match has grown nastier | 12 |
A Terror Threat to Congress?
Members are being warned to take further precautions against al-Qaeda attacks | 12 |
Target: America
An exclusive look at what investigators have discovered about al-Qaeda's plans for its next big attack | 12 |
Disclosure
What Do You Tell People? | 12 |
Roll Over, Martin Luther
Long the dominant faith affiliation in the U.S., Protestantism may no longer boast a majority | 12 |
Kobe Bryant: More Secrets Revealed
Trial takes its toll on the accuser | 12 |
How Bush Plans To Win
To lure swing voters and dim Kerry's convention glow, the President tries an upbeat message: his second-term agenda | 12 |
New Kids In The Blocks
Devastated by doping, a sport looks to youth to revive its fortunes | 12 |
Built For Speed
Why phenomenon Michael Phelps wants the hype over his gold rush to last, not just for him but for the sport itself | 12 |
The Olympians
Athens may be struggling to get ready, but for U.S. ATHLETES the preparations are over. They've competed fiercely against one another to earn the right to represent their country when the Games begin on Aug. 13. Meet some past champions and fresh faces | 12 |
Venezuelans Vote Early in Referendum on Chavez Rule (Reuters)
Reuters - Venezuelans turned out early
and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum
that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from
office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two
years. | 13 |
Report: Iraqi Kidnappers of Iran Envoy Want POWs Freed (Reuters)
Reuters - Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat
in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not
release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq,
Iranian state television said Sunday. | 13 |
S.Koreans Clash with Police on Iraq Troop Dispatch (Reuters)
Reuters - South Korean police used water cannon in
central Seoul Sunday to disperse at least 7,000 protesters
urging the government to reverse a controversial decision to
send more troops to Iraq. | 13 |
Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike (Reuters)
Reuters - Thousands of Palestinian
prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better
conditions Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he
didn't care if they starved to death. | 13 |
Frail Pope Struggles Through Lourdes Mass (Reuters)
Reuters - Pope John Paul, a sick man
among the sick, wound up a emotional visit to this miracle
shrine Sunday and struggled with iron determination to finish a
sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him. | 13 |
Seven Georgian soldiers wounded as South Ossetia ceasefire violated (AFP)
AFP - Sporadic gunfire and shelling took place overnight in the disputed Georgian region of South Ossetia in violation of a fragile ceasefire, wounding seven Georgian servicemen. | 13 |
Rwandan Troops Arrive in Darfur (AP)
AP - Dozens of Rwandan soldiers flew into Sudan's troubled Darfur region Sunday, the first foreign armed force deployed in the area since Arab militiamen began a rampage against black African farmers, killing thousands. | 13 |
Venezuela Holds Referendum on President (AP)
AP - The opposition's long and bitter campaign to oust Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez finally came down to a recall referendum Sunday, with the leftist leader hoping a huge turnout among the poor will keep him in power. | 13 |
Rwanda Troops Airlifted to Start AU Mission in Darfur (Reuters)
Reuters - Rwandan troops were airlifted on Sunday
to Sudan's Darfur as the first foreign force there, mandated to
protect observers monitoring a cease-fire between the Sudanese
government and rebels in the troubled western region. | 13 |
Bomb at India Independence Parade Kills 15 (AP)
AP - A bomb exploded during an Independence Day parade in India's remote northeast Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including schoolchildren, while a rocket attack during a celebration at a school in the separatist region of Kashmir injured 17, officials said. | 13 |
Sister of man who died in Vancouver police custody slams chief (Canadian Press)
Canadian Press - VANCOUVER (CP) - The sister of a man who died after a violent confrontation with police has demanded the city's chief constable resign for defending the officer involved. | 13 |
Australian FM to visit North Korea for talks on nuclear crisis (AFP)
AFP - Australia's foreign minister will pay a rare visit to North Korea this week for talks on its nuclear programme after creating a stir here by warning a North Korean missile would be able to hit Sydney. | 13 |
Kerry Campaign Helping With Fla. Recovery (AP)
AP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry does not plan to visit Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Charley because he's concerned his campaign entourage could distract from recovery efforts, he said Saturday. | 13 |
Bush Tells Crowd Kerry Will Raise Taxes (AP)
AP - Trying to energize the electorate in heavily Republican western Iowa, President Bush hammered home the message Saturday that voters must keep rival John Kerry out of the White House because the Democrat will raise taxes on the middle class. | 13 |
Edwards Calls for Changes to Drug Plans (AP)
AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards called for changes to prescription drug programs and praised running mate John Kerry's military and government service at an outdoor campaign rally here Saturday. | 13 |
Man Sought $50M From McGreevey, Aides Say (AP)
AP - The man who claims Gov. James E. McGreevey sexually harassed him was pushing for a cash settlement of up to $50 million before the governor decided to announce that he was gay and had an extramarital affair, sources told The Associated Press. | 13 |
Science, Politics Collide in Election Year (AP)
AP - With more than 4,000 scientists, including 48 Nobel Prize winners, having signed a statement opposing the Bush administration's use of scientific advice, this election year is seeing a new development in the uneasy relationship between science and politics. | 13 |
Bush Plans to Cut Forces in Europe, Asia (AP)
AP - President Bush has decided to bring home tens of thousands of U.S. troops from posts around the world — most of them in Europe and Asia — plus 100,000 of their family members and support personnel, U.S. officials said Saturday. | 13 |
Kerry leading Bush in key swing states (AFP)
AFP - Although polls show the US presidential race a virtual dead heat, Democrat John Kerry appears to be gaining an edge over George W. Bush among the key states that could decide the outcome. | 13 |
Democratic Senator Urges Energy Reform (AP)
AP - Congress must pass legislation to protect the nation's electricity grid if it wants to avoid repeats of the devastating outages that rolled across eight states last year, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said Saturday. | 13 |
Missouri Attorney General Sues EPA (AP)
AP - Missouri's attorney general sued the federal environmental agency on Friday, saying it is behind on testing the state's air for lead as required by law. | 13 |
California Supreme Court voids San Francisco gay marriages (AFP)
AFP - California's Supreme Court voided the marriages of 4,000 gay couples wed in the city of San Francisco, ruling that its mayor had overstepped his powers by blessing the unions. | 13 |
Hunger-striking Afghans sew lips together in Indonesia protest (AFP)
AFP - A group of Afghans stranded in Indonesia after failing to reach Australia have sewn their lips shut in a hunger strike after the United Nations denied them refugee status, aid workers said. | 13 |
Venezuelans Vote Early in Referendum on Chavez Rule
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans turned out early and in large numbers on Sunday to vote in a historic referendum that will either remove left-wing President Hugo Chavez from office or give him a new mandate to govern for the next two years. | 13 |
Report: Iraqi Kidnappers of Iran Envoy Want POWs Freed
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Kidnappers holding an Iranian diplomat in Iraq will "punish" him within 48 hours if Iran does not release 500 prisoners captured in its 1980-1988 war with Iraq, Iranian state television said Sunday. | 13 |
S.Koreans Clash with Police on Iraq Troop Dispatch
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police used water cannon in central Seoul Sunday to disperse at least 7,000 protesters urging the government to reverse a controversial decision to send more troops to Iraq. | 13 |
Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails began a hunger strike for better conditions Sunday, but Israel's security minister said he didn't care if they starved to death. | 13 |
Frail Pope Struggles Through Lourdes Mass
LOURDES, France (Reuters) - Pope John Paul, a sick man among the sick, wound up a emotional visit to this miracle shrine Sunday and struggled with iron determination to finish a sermon in order to encourage others suffering around him. | 13 |
Mortars Mark Opening of Iraqi Political Conference
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents fired mortars at a meeting where Iraqi leaders met to pick an interim national assembly Sunday, killing at least two people in a grim reminder of the country's tortured path toward democracy. | 13 |
General: Iraq Rebuilding to Quicken Despite Violence
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Surging violence in Iraq this month has disrupted reconstruction work in parts of the country, but plans are still on track for a tenfold increase in the number of projects, a U.S. general said Sunday. | 13 |
Italy Says Won't Be Intimidated by Militant Threats
ROME (Reuters) - Italy will not be intimidated by threats from Muslim militants but cannot dismiss the possibility of an eventual attack, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on Sunday, after a group claiming al Qaeda links vowed to strike. | 13 |
Japan Ministers Pay Homage at Shrine for War Dead
TOKYO (Reuters) - Three Japanese ministers paid homage at a controversial shrine for war dead Sunday, the 59th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender, a move that drew anger from Asian neighbors. | 13 |
School Children Among 22 Killed in Indian Blasts
GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Separatist rebels killed 22 people, many of them school children, in India Sunday and wounded dozens in bomb and grenade attacks on independence day ceremonies in the troubled northeast and disputed Kashmir. | 13 |
Najaf battle a crucial test for Allawi
Clashes between US troops and Sadr militiamen escalated Thursday, as the US surrounded Najaf for possible siege. | 13 |
In Athens, skepticism yields to anticipation
Residents have taken more pride in their nation's Games as Friday night's kickoff has neared. | 13 |
Who are Chávez's opponents?
On Sunday, Venezuelans will decide whether to cut short the president's term, which is due to end in 2006. | 13 |
Eye on Athens, China stresses a 'frugal' 2008 Olympics
Amid a reevaluation, officials this week pushed the completion date for venues back to 2007. | 13 |
Germans balk at effort to simplify their spelling rules
One year before the new spelling rules become finalized, German intellectuals are contesting the change. | 13 |
Tense Iraq debates new assembly
Talks on setting up an Iraqi assembly continue despite fresh violence in Baghdad and the Shia stronghold of Najaf. | 13 |
Venezuelans vote on Chavez rule
A referendum is under way in Venezuela to decide if President Hugo Chavez should remain in office. | 13 |
Bomb kills many at Indian parade
A bomb blast kills at least 18 people at a rally to mark Independence Day in the Indian state of Assam. | 13 |
Pope celebrates Mass in Lourdes
An ailing Pope John Paul II says Mass at Lourdes, the French shrine revered by Roman Catholics. | 13 |
Bush to see hurricane damage
President Bush is to visit Florida where a hurricane has killed 13 and destroyed thousands of homes. | 13 |
Rwandan soldiers arrive in Sudan
Rwandan troops arrive in Sudan to help protect ceasefire monitors in the war-ravaged Darfur region. | 13 |
Stones drummer has cancer
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts is undergoing treatment for throat cancer, a band spokesman has said. | 13 |
Thorpe leads big guns
Ian Thorpe sets the fastest time in the 200m freestyle as swimming's top names cruise into the semi-finals. | 13 |
Mystery over judo 'protest'
Iran's Arash Miresmaili withdraws from the Olympics amid confusion over his reasons. | 13 |
Olympic 'security lapses' exposed
A British newspaper claims an undercover reporter was able to plant suspicious packages in the Olympic stadium. | 13 |
F1: Schumacher eases to win
Ferrari clinch the constructors' title after Michael Schumacher wins the Hungarian Grand Prix. | 13 |
New unity in Eritrean opposition
Groups opposed to Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki agree to work together for the first time in years. | 13 |
Germany admits Namibia genocide
Germany offers its first formal apology for the colonial-era massacre of a Namibian tribe 100 years ago. | 13 |
Jackson probe 'should be public'
Santa Barbara's sheriff asks a judge if he can release the results of an inquiry into Michael Jackson's treatment by police. | 13 |
Rumsfeld warning for Iraq's Sadr
The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart. | 13 |
Japan shrine visit angers China
Four Japanese ministers visit a controversial shrine dedicated to soldiers who died at war, angering China. | 13 |
Major HIV drug trial to be halted
A major HIV drug trial in Cambodia is shelved after the government said it violated people's human rights. | 13 |
South Ossetia ceasefire discussed
Georgia and South Ossetia negotiate the details of a truce they forged, despite reports of a village attack. | 13 |
'Murder bid' on Ukraine candidate
Ukraine's main opposition leader and presidential candidate says he has survived an assassination attempt. | 13 |
Palestinian inmates on hunger strike
Palestinians held in Israeli jails go on hunger strike to protest at conditions but Israel says they can "starve to death". | 13 |
'Mock executions' for UK hostage
The British journalist who was kidnapped in Iraq says he faced mock executions and tried to escape his captors. | 13 |
Dozens killed in Herat fighting
At least 50 die in fighting between forces loyal to the Herat governor and a rival militia in west Afghanistan. | 13 |
India carries out rare execution
A man convicted of raping and killing a schoolgirl is hanged in India's first execution in nine years. | 13 |
Suspect arrested in murder hunt
A suspect is arrested by police investigating the killing of a former miner on the doorstep of his home. | 13 |
US trade deficit swells in June
The US trade deficit has exploded 19% to a record $55.8bn as oil costs drove imports higher, according to a latest figures. | 13 |
'Cannabis' brain tumour drug hope
An ingredient in marijuana may be useful for treating brain cancers, say researchers. | 13 |
Hungry world 'must eat less meat'
People will need to eat more vegetables and less meat because of dwindling water supplies, scientists say. | 13 |
Wireless net to get speed boost
Wireless computer networks could soon be running 10 times faster than they do now. | 13 |
Rowling reads to gathered fans
Harry Potter author JK Rowling delights a small group of fans by giving her first public reading in Scotland for four years. | 13 |
President's fate is on the line in Venezuela
CARACAS -- Partisans on both sides are calling it the most polarized and important election in Venezuela's history, a presidential recall referendum today that will determine the course of democracy here and could buffet world oil prices. Both campaigns are also utterly convinced they will win. | 13 |
Attackers kill at least 180 in Burundi refugee camp
GATUMBA, Burundi -- Attackers armed with machetes and automatic weapons raided a UN refugee camp in western Burundi, shooting and hacking to death at least 180 men, women, and children, UN officials said. | 13 |
Lamenting London's double-deckers Up-to-date buses supplant symbol
LONDON -- On a sweltering August afternoon, George Watson wedged himself, his briefcase, his sports jacket, and his raincoat into a narrow seat aboard the profoundly un-air-conditioned No. 38 bus, as it resumed its rumble down High Holborn, in London's bustling city center. | 13 |
Clash among warlords casts doubt on Afghanistan's security
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Rival militias clashed in western Afghanistan yesterday, reportedly killing 21 people and ramping up concern about security as the country prepares for landmark elections. | 13 |
Officials back off Dalai Lama talks
LHASA -- The Dalai Lama may only return to his homeland if he renounces aspirations for Tibetan independence, and any talks can be held only with his personal representative, a senior Chinese official said yesterday. The tough words from Xiao Bai, deputy mayor of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, suggested that recent tentative, behind-the-scenes contacts between envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual ... | 13 |
Pope talks of his ills in a trip to Lourdes
LOURDES -- His voice weak, his legs unsteady as he knelt in prayer, Pope John Paul II joined thousands of other ailing pilgrims yesterday at a cliffside shrine known for its miraculous cures, telling them that he shared in their physical suffering and assuring them that the burden was part of God's "wondrous plan." | 13 |
Bush to cut forces in Europe, Asia
WASHINGTON -- President Bush will announce tomorrow that he plans to pull 70,000 to 100,000 troops out of Europe and Asia in the first major reconfiguration of overseas military deployments by the United States since the Cold War ended, according to White House officials. | 13 |
Iraq, US boosting efforts to halt insurgents at border
ANKARA, Turkey -- Islamic militants volunteering to fight in Iraq or carrying cash to fuel the insurgency are using fake passports or bribes to sneak across the Syrian border into Iraq, according to the US-led coalition. Others bypass guard posts and simply drive across the poorly patrolled desert border. | 13 |
New fighting is feared in Iraqi city
NAJAF, Iraq -- Renewed fighting between Shi'ite militants and US and Iraqi forces appeared likely here after talks between rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and the Iraqi government collapsed yesterday, raising fears of a climactic showdown in one of Shi'ite Islam's holiest cities. | 13 |
Options running out as Najaf talks collapse
BAGHDAD -- After more than a week of fighting between the Mahdi Army and the combined US and Iraqi forces in Najaf, Baghdad's Sadr City, and a half-dozen other cities, analysts say neither interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi nor radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr had any good options left other than to talk. | 13 |
In forgotten corner of Iraq, Marines face daily danger
QAIM, Iraq -- Word spread fast. It was Gunny. And the young kid, Nice. The news was passed in low voices, quiet conversations. No one wanted to say it loudly. The Marines heard it and looked away. They squinted at the heavy sun, kicked their boots in the dust. Their faces hardened. They spat their dip and shifted the guns ... | 13 |
Japanese youths' rage fuels wave of violent crime
SASEBO, Japan -- On a cloudless afternoon in this sleepy port city, an 11-year-old girl drenched in blood and clutching a box cutter walked into the lunchroom at her elementary school. Teachers and students froze, assuming the sixth-grader known for her lighthearted nature had gravely hurt herself -- but she quickly dispelled that impression, witnesses said, by uttering a few ... | 13 |
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