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Bush should have tackled reform before naming CIA boss: lawmaker (AFP)
AFP - The top Democrat on the House intelligence committee urged fellow lawmakers not to allow confirmation hearings on a new CIA director to derail efforts to overhaul US spy agencies. | 13 |
Venezuelans Throng to Polls in Chavez Referendum
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelans crowded polling stations on Sunday to vote on whether to recall left-wing President Hugo Chavez or back his mandate to govern the world's No. 5 oil exporter for the next two years. | 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 |
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. | 10 |
Bengals, Bucs Adjust Schedule After Storm (AP)
AP - Hurricane Charley reminded the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals of the importance of keeping football in perspective. It didn't stop them from preparing to do their jobs. | 8 |
Stumbling Singh Overtaken by Leonard at PGA
KOHLER, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Overnight leader Vijay Singh, chasing his third major title, was overhauled by playing partner Justin Leonard at the fourth hole in the U.S. PGA Championship final round on Sunday. | 8 |
Iraq Reaches Olympic Soccer Quarterfinals
ATHENS (Reuters) - Iraq became the first team to reach the Olympic quarter-finals after a comfortable 2-0 victory over Costa Rica on Sunday. | 8 |
Schumacher Triumphs as Ferrari Seals Formula One Title
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Michael Schumacher cruised to a record 12th win of the season in the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday to hand his Ferrari team a sixth successive constructors' title. | 8 |
Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes (AP)
AP - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat. | 13 |
Man Linked to N.J. Gov. Says He's Straight (AP)
AP - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey's resignation over a gay affair said in an interview published Sunday that he is straight and had no idea initially that his former boss is a homosexual. | 13 |
Gasoline Prices Slip to $1.87 a Gallon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average retail cost of gasoline in the United States fell over the past three weeks, but a 12-week trend of lower pump prices is expected to turn around soon, according to an industry survey. | 0 |
Johnson Helps D-Backs End Nine-Game Slide (AP)
AP - Randy Johnson took a four-hitter into the ninth inning to help the Arizona Diamondbacks end a nine-game losing streak Sunday, beating Steve Trachsel and the New York Mets 2-0. | 8 |
Eagles RB Bruce Perry Out for Season (AP)
AP - Eagles running back Bruce Perry will miss his rookie season after dislocating a shoulder in an exhibition game against the New England Patriots. | 8 |
Astros Rally in Ninth to Beat Expos 5-4 (AP)
AP - Pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro singled home the go-ahead run to cap a three-run rally in the ninth inning, and the Houston Astros beat Montreal 5-4 Sunday to end the Expos' winning streak at a season-high seven. | 8 |
Nicholls State Fires Football Coach (AP)
AP - Nicholls State football coach Daryl Daye was fired Sunday over accusations of academic fraud involving players and an assistant coach. Daye was not implicated in the alleged fraud, but an investigation found he failed to "maintain proper controls" of the assistant, the Southland Conference school said. | 8 |
U.S. Basketball Team Loses for First Time Since 1988
ATHENS (Reuters) - The United States lost their first basketball match at the Olympics since 1988 on Sunday when Puerto Rico handed them a shock 92-73 trouncing. | 8 |
Florida Hurricane Survivors Start Rebuilding Lives
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (Reuters) - Neighborhoods leveled by ferocious winds began humming with chain saws on Sunday in the southwestern Florida city that took the worst beating from savage Hurricane Charley. | 12 |
Gasoline Prices Slip to $1.87 a Gallon
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average retail cost of gasoline in the United States fell over the past three weeks, but a 12-week trend of lower pump prices is expected to turn around soon, according to an industry survey. | 12 |
Pope celebrates Mass in Lourdes
An ailing Pope John Paul II says Mass at Lourdes, the French shrine revered by Roman Catholics. | 2 |
France marks the 'other D-Day'
France holds two days of celebrations to honour the Allied veterans who helped liberated its south in WWII. | 2 |
Schumacher eases to triumph
Ferrari clinch the constructors' title after Michael Schumacher wins the Hungarian Grand Prix. | 2 |
South Ossetia ceasefire discussed
Georgia and South Ossetia negotiate the details of a truce they forged, despite reports of a village attack. | 2 |
Olympic 'security lapses' exposed
A British newspaper claims an undercover reporter was able to plant suspicious packages in the Olympic stadium. | 2 |
'Murder bid' on Ukraine candidate
Ukraine's main opposition leader and presidential candidate says he has survived an assassination attempt. | 2 |
Germany admits Africa genocide
Germany offers its first formal apology for the colonial-era massacre of a Namibian tribe 100 years ago. | 2 |
Rumsfeld holds talks in Russia
The Iraq crisis and differences over Nato loom over the US Defence Secretary's meeting with his Russian counterpart. | 2 |
Olympic diary: Day two
The latest snippets from our men in Athens as the Games get under way. | 2 |
Turkey's Mutlu wins historic third
Turkey's Halil Mutlu becomes one of a rare breed of triple Olympic gold medallists. | 2 |
2012 rivals present bids in Athens
London presents its bid for the 2012 Olympics at a press conference with four rival cities in Athens | 2 |
Greeks could miss hearing
Sprinters Kenteris and Thanou are withdrawn from the Games, pending a hearing into their missed drugs test. | 2 |
Austria sentences 'porn' priest
A Polish student priest at the centre of a sex scandal at a Catholic seminary in Austria is convicted. | 2 |
Kidnapped UK journalist released
A British reporter is handed over to UK officials after being freed by his kidnappers in southern Iraq. | 2 |
Nobel laureate poet Milosz dies
Polish Nobel Prize-winning poet Czeslaw Milosz, who campaigned against tyranny, dies aged 93 in Krakow. | 2 |
Dutch court jails Ikea bombers
A Dutch court jails two Polish men for trying to blackmail the Ikea furniture chain by planting bombs outside its shops. | 2 |
Irish plea over African's murder
Police in Ireland appeal for help after finding the headless body of an African woman three weeks ago. | 2 |
Eurozone growth continues
Official figures show the 12-nation eurozone economy continues to grow, but there are warnings it may slow down later in the year. | 2 |
Veteran inventor in market float
Trevor Baylis, the veteran inventor famous for creating the Freeplay clockwork radio, is planning to float his company on the stock market. | 2 |
Olympic timekeeper denies claims
Swiss watchmaker Swatch, official timekeeper to the Athens Olympics, denies allegations of tax and customs duty evasion. | 2 |
Fears for T&N pension after talks
Unions representing workers at Turner & Newall say they are 'disappointed' after talks with stricken parent firm Federal Mogul. | 2 |
Dutch threat to sperm donations
New Dutch laws removing the right of sperm donors to remain anonymous has led to a dramatic drop in donations. | 2 |
Fertility laws frustrate Italians
Couples trying for children in Italy and their doctors are frustrated by the fertility laws introduced five months ago. | 2 |
Welfare bill stirs Russian anger
Many Russians are unimpressed by a new law which will end the Soviet-era system of state benefits, writes Sarah Rainsford. | 2 |
Polish geese provide nest egg
A Polish town finds geese rearing a good way of keeping heads above water in an uncertain economic climate. | 2 |
Rome's new vandals
City authorities in Rome are concerned about the increase in vandalism on ancient buildings. | 2 |
WWII expulsions spectre lives on
BBC News Online looks at how the mass expulsions of Germans from the east after WWII is still causing problems today. | 2 |
Press awards Athens 'gold'
The Greek press is in raptures following the opening ceremony for the Athens Olympics. | 2 |
France thanks WWII allies for southern invasion with naval display (AFP)
AFP - Military vessels and aircraft streamed along France's Mediterranean coastline Sunday in an impressive ceremony commemorating World War II Allied landings in the region 60 years ago that proved a follow-up to the D-Day landings in Normandy. | 13 |
Palestinian Prisoners Launch Hunger Strike (AP)
AP - Palestinian prisoners launched a hunger strike Sunday, in what was shaping up to be the biggest showdown between thousands of inmates and the Israeli authorities since the outbreak of Mideast fighting in 2000. | 13 |
U.S. Men Stunned by Puerto Rico, 92-73
ATHENS, Greece - In an upset as historic as it was inevitable, Tim Duncan, Allen Iverson and the rest of the U.S. basketball team lost 92-73 to Puerto Rico on Sunday, only the third Olympic defeat ever for the Americans and first since adding pros... | 13 |
Florida Starts Massive Hurricane Cleanup
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Residents left homeless by Hurricane Charley's 145 mph winds dug through their ravaged homes on Sunday, sweeping up shattered glass and rescuing what they could as President Bush promised rapid delivery of disaster aid... | 13 |
Nicky Hilton Marries in Vegas
LAS VEGAS - Hotel heiress Nicky Hilton married a New York money manager before dawn Sunday in an impromptu ceremony, according to court filings obtained by The Associated Press. Hilton, 20, married Todd Andrew Meister, 33, at the Las Vegas Wedding Chapel, according a Clark County marriage license... | 13 |
Election-Year Rate Hike Puzzles Some
WASHINGTON - Going against conventional wisdom, the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates in an election year. And it is Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, a Republican, who is leading the charge even though an incumbent Republican in the White House is facing voter unrest about the state of the economy... | 13 |
No Gold for Phelps As Relay Team Falters
ATHENS, Greece - Mark Spitz can rest easy. The best Michael Phelps can do is win seven gold medals at these Olympics... | 13 |
Explosions Echo Throughout Najaf
NAJAF, Iraq - U.S. tanks and troops rolled back into the center of Najaf and battled with Shiite militants Sunday, reigniting violence in the holy city just as delegates in Baghdad opened a conference meant to be a landmark in the country's movement toward democracy... | 13 |
Venezuela Voters Turn Out in Huge Numbers
CARACAS, Venezuela - Summoned by bugle calls and firecrackers, millions of Venezuelans turned out in unprecedented numbers Sunday to vote on whether to force leftist President Hugo Chavez from office. Lines snaked for blocks in upscale neighborhoods, where suspicion is high that the leftist leader plans a Cuba-style dictatorship, and in the slums, where support for his "revolution for the poor" is fervent... | 13 |
Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes
LOURDES, France - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat... | 13 |
Man Linked to N.J. Gov. Says He's Straight
JERUSALEM - The Israeli man at the center of New Jersey Gov. James E... | 13 |
U.S. Takes Hits at Roller-Coaster Olympic Games
ATHENS (Reuters) - U.S. basketball suffered its first Olympic defeat in 16 years on Sunday -- to Puerto Rico -- and American swimmer Michael Phelps' dream of eight gold medals evaporated. | 10 |
'Alien Vs. Predator' Smacks Down Rivals (AP)
AP - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs. Predator," featuring the creatures of the "Alien" and "Predator" franchises, debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $38.25 million, studio estimates showed Sunday. | 1 |
'Alien Vs. Predator' Smacks Down Rivals (AP)
AP - Movie-goers were easy prey for a double dose of space invaders. The sci-fi smackdown "Alien vs. Predator," featuring the creatures of the "Alien" and "Predator" franchises, debuted as the No. 1 weekend movie with $38.25 million, studio estimates showed Sunday. | 1 |
Rangers Down D-Rays 6-2 to Sweep Series (AP)
AP - Laynce Nix homered and drove in three runs, including a tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Texas Rangers beat the slumping Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6-2 on Sunday to sweep the three-game series. | 8 |
Iraq Reaches Olympic Soccer Quarterfinals
ATHENS (Reuters) - Iraq's fairytale Olympic run continued on Sunday when they beat Costa Rica 2-0 to reach the quarter-finals of the Athens Games. | 8 |
No Gold for Phelps as Relay Team Falters
South Africa won the gold medal Sunday in the men's 400-meter freestyle relay with a world-record time of 3 minutes 13.17 seconds. | 8 |
Residents, Businesses Assess After Storm (AP)
AP - Gerard Campanella stared at the shell of his bicycle shop Sunday and wondered what would become of his six employees. Then he remembered that this shop was his life, and wondered what would become of him. | 12 |
Post-Hurricane Sunday Services Take Place (AP)
AP - The Rev. Scott Borden survived Hurricane Charley by huddling in a small closet and praying as the storm passed over his home, then hit his nearby church, leaving the sanctuary in tatters. | 12 |
Development issues in Africa
Canada intends to return to the forefront on African development issues, beginning with a renewed effort at helping the troubled continent grow out of poverty, says Finance Minister Ralph Goodale. | 2 |
German jet lands after bomb alert
A Lufthansa airliner en route from Istanbul to Frankfurt made an emergency landing at Budapest airport on Sunday due to a bomb alert, a Hungarian airline official said. | 2 |
Bush to announce relocation plans for up to 70,000 troops
President Bush this week will announce plans to pull up to 70,000 U.S. troops out of Europe and Asia as part of a massive overhaul of U.S. forces overseas, according to a White House official. | 2 |
Downloads on the Move in Europe
The ability to download complete tracks directly over cell-phone networks to mobile phones is becoming a reality in Europe. | 2 |
Brancusi's sculptures find new popularity
A small but potent exhibition of the sculpture of Constantin Brancusi is attracting large crowds to the Guggenheim Museum this summer, proving that the artist's work has found a new popularity with a younger ... | 2 |
Hungary's steam train enthusiasts working to preserve a communist-era relic
Lenin's portrait still graces the wall, but his scowl can't dampen Istvan Szikora's labor of love -- saving Hungary's old steam trains from extinction. | 2 |
Prime Minister Tony Blair was tonight challenged to tear down Army...
Prime Minister Tony Blair was tonight challenged to tear down Army watchtowers across Northern Ireland and prove he wants the peace process to work. | 2 |
Palm Desert Holocaust survivor reflects on splintered past
Like many people who lived through World War II in Europe, Edward Haven has memories: memories of upheaval, of fear and uncertainty, even a few precious memories of joy and the generosity of others. | 2 |
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Both, actually
German scientists plan to help endangered geese find a safer passage for their winter migration south from Finland and Sweden by making them believe that a light aircraft, which will lead the way, is their ... | 2 |
Battle takes off for Polish low-cost flight market
The battle for Poland's low-cost air travel market is taking to the skies, as competing carriers last week announced plans to expand their services in the European Union's biggest new member state. | 2 |
Europe - Topix.net
News on Europe from Topix.net | 2 |
France Honors Soldiers From Riviera D-Day (AP)
AP - France on Sunday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip — one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II. | 13 |
France Honors Soldiers From Riviera D-Day (AP)
AP - France on Sunday honored soldiers, including tens of thousands of Africans, who staged an assault on the French Riviera 60 years ago to break the Nazi grip — one of the least-remembered military operations of World War II. | 2 |
France thanks WWII allies for southern invasion with naval display (AFP)
AFP - Military vessels and aircraft streamed along France's Mediterranean coastline Sunday in an impressive ceremony commemorating World War II Allied landings in the region 60 years ago that proved a follow-up to the D-Day landings in Normandy. | 2 |
Pope Struggles Through Mass at Lourdes (AP)
AP - A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled and asked aides for help during the 2 1/2 hour service in sizzling heat. | 2 |
Italy Says Won't Be Intimidated by Militant Threats (Reuters)
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. | 2 |
Frail Pope Ends Tiring Lourdes Pilgrimage (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. | 2 |
England set up last-day thriller (AFP)
AFP - England gave themselves a chance of victory on the last day of the third Test against West Indies here at Old Trafford with a fine all-round bowling display. | 2 |
Pope's failing health overshadows Lourdes visit (AFP)
AFP - Pope John Paul II delivered a strong pro-life message during open air mass at the shrine to the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, the highlight of a two-day visit which again saw his failing health betray him. | 2 |
Lost Clash tapes found again (AFP)
AFP - One of rock 'n' roll's great lost albums, the "Vanilla Tapes" recorded by punk rockers the Clash in 1979, has been rediscovered. | 2 |
Gudjohnsen gives Chelsea early edge over battling United (AFP)
AFP - Eidur Gudjohnsen ensured Jose Mourinho's reign as Chelsea manager got off to the perfect start with a 1-0 win over Premiership title rivals Manchester United. | 2 |
Emerson captures Russian Open crown (AFP)
AFP - Gary Emerson of England won the the 500,000-dollar Russian Open crown to claim his maiden EPGA title here. | 2 |
Group Said Tied to al-Qaida Menaces Italy (AP)
AP - A statement released Sunday in the name of an al-Qaida-linked group said the Italian government has "dug its grave by its own hands" after it ignored a warning to withdraw its troops from Iraq by Aug. 15. | 2 |
Notre Dame Hit With Anti-Semitic Graffiti (AP)
AP - Anti-Semitic graffiti, including a sign saying "death to Jews," was found Saturday scrawled on the grounds of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. | 2 |
Nobel Laureate Poet Czeslaw Milosz Dies (AP)
AP - Polish poet and Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz, known for his intellectual and emotional works about some of the worst cruelties of the 20th century, died Saturday, his assistant said. He was 93. | 2 |
Pope Visits Mountain Shrine at Lourdes (AP)
AP - A frail Pope John Paul II joined other ailing pilgrims Saturday for a weekend of prayer at a cliffside shrine to the Virgin Mary, where Roman Catholics seek hope, inner peace and miraculous cures. | 2 |
Russia Criticizes NATO's Expansion (AP)
AP - Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov on Saturday criticized NATO's expansion into three former Soviet states on the Baltic Sea and warned that NATO warplanes flying patrols over those countries create a risk of accidental incidents. | 2 |
Russian Cargo Craft Docks at Space Station (AP)
AP - A Russian cargo ship docked with the international space station Saturday, bringing food, water, fuel and other items to the two-man Russian-American crew, a space official said. | 2 |
Minibus, Car Crash in Russia Kills 15 (AP)
AP - A crowded minibus crashed into a car on a highway in central Russia on Saturday, touching off a fire and killing all 15 people in the two vehicles, police said. | 2 |
Veteran al-Qaida Operative Proves Valuable (AP)
AP - A key al-Qaida operative who was arrested last month is giving valuable insight about Osama bin Laden's terror network, officials have told The Associated Press, but investigators are still trying to learn whether the so-called "tiny Tanzanian" was on the rise or losing influence when he was nabbed. | 2 |
Spain Forest Fire Prompts Evacuation (AP)
AP - A forest fire burned a large swath of a nature reserve in eastern Spain Friday, forcing the evacuation of 6,000 people in nearby villages. | 2 |
Georgian Negotiators Agree to Cease-Fire (AP)
AP - Negotiators agreed to a cease-fire Friday after three straight nights of gun and mortar fire in breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, a Georgian official said. | 2 |
Russia Holds First Vintage Aircraft Show (AP)
AP - Historic warplanes buzzed over an airfield outside Moscow on Friday in Russia's first vintage aircraft show, attracting aviation enthusiasts from several European nations, World War II veterans and thousands of spectators. Aircrews from Austria, Belgium and the Czech Republic flew planes from the past century to the Monino airfield northeast of the capital for the Flying Legend air show marking Russia's Air Force Day. | 2 |
Italy Struggles With Illegal Immigration (AP)
AP - Near death after days at sea, the African illegal immigrants had made it to Europe, but were too weak to step down the ship's gangplank. The scene last week was appalling but familiar — more emaciated arrivals among the thousands risking death to reach Italy's lengthy coastline and, from there, prosperity in Europe. | 2 |
Reservists Say War Makes Them Lose Jobs (AP)
AP - Increasing numbers of National Guard and Reserve troops who have returned from war in Iraq and Afghanistan are encountering new battles with their civilian employers at home. Jobs were eliminated, benefits reduced and promotions forgotten. | 13 |
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