World News
- Guantanamo prisoners could soon be on US streets
Taipei News.Net
The US government is concerned a Supreme Court ruling about the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, could see suspected terrorists walking free.
- Taliban at work again in Afghanistan killings
Taipei News.Net
At least eight policemen have been in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in the southwest.
- UK spending power
BBC
UK consumer spending power has fallen "dramatically" due to a large rise in the cost of living, research by Ernst & Young suggests. The average household is 15% worse off than it was five years...
- Chinese government wants comittment from Dalai Lama
Taipei News.Net
The Chinese government has told the Dalai Lama they will not hold further talks with him unless he publicly declares that the activists of Tibetan Youth Congress should not disturb the Beijing Olympic Games.
- Obama caught up in Iraq remarks
Taipei News.Net
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become a controversial figure almost overnight with his latest comments on Iraq.
- Man jailed for killing baby girl
BBC
An RAF technician who shook his baby daughter to death has been jailed for six years and eight months. Gareth Harries, 25, attacked Chloe, who was eight months old, at the couple's home in 2006...
- Bush to visit China for Olympic ceremony
Taipei News.Net
US President George Bush has said he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
- Hundreds of Zimbabweans seek refuge at US embassy
The Independent
About 200 Zimbabwean opposition supporters have sought refuge at the US embassy in Harare amid new reports of violence against dissenters. Loyalists of President Robert Mugabe, whose unopposed...
- US employees snoop on private celebrity information
Taipei News.Net
In the US, an internal State Department report suggests celebrities may have had their privacy breached by employees.
- Car bomb explodes near Baghdad morgue
Taipei News.Net
A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10.
- London police at a loss to explain shocking murder
Taipei News.Net
Police in London have been shocked at a frenzied attack on two French students.
- Britain pours more money into Pakistan
Taipei News.Net
Britain says it will double assistance to Pakistan to secure the trouble-plagued border, which is shared with Afghanistan.
- Opposition supporters arrested in Cuba
Taipei News.Net
Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government.
- Medvedev says he will end corruption in Russia
Taipei News.Net
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on says he will establish anti-corruption legislation by next year.
- Family says bulldozer driver not a terrorist
Taipei News.Net
The family of a 30-year old East Jerusalem man who went amok Wenesday with a bulldozer, killing three people, say he was not a terrorist.
- Pakistan to host hockey tournament in memory of Benazir
Taipei News.Net
Pakistan's hockey chief Thursday promised to host an international tournament next summer in the memory of former premier Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated last year.
- 12 feared dead as canoes run over dam
CNN
Seven killed, five others missing after two canoes ran over dam in Slovenia Two people swam ashore after boats broke up but one died Friday in hospital Accident happened near Sevnica, 90 km southeast...
- British GP will move to Donington
BBC
The British Grand Prix will move from Silverstone to Donington from 2010 in a 10-year deal, it has been announced. Silverstone, which had hosted the race since 1987, is owned by the British Racing...
- Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power
Reuters
President Robert Mugabe said on Friday that although he accepted the need for negotiations to end Zimbabwe's crisis, the opposition must drop their claim to power and accept that...
- Belarus blast, not far from leader, wounds 50
Reuters
Lukashenko, criticized by the West for ruling the ex-Soviet state with an iron grip since the mid-1990s, was not far from the blast but was unhurt and did not appear to be the target, his spokesman...
- Obama looks to turn Montana blue in the fall
New York Post
Only two Democratic presidential candidates have carried Montana since 1948. Barack Obama is betting he can do it in November.
- G-8 leaders face ominous economic woes this year
New York Post
Between surging oil prices, food inflation and a credit crunch that's depressed global growth, leaders from the Group of Eight economic powers face the gravest combination of...
- Sarkozy to greet Betancourt in France
CNN
Rescued hostage Betancourt heads to France President Nicolas Sarkozy to greet Betancourt on arrival Betancourt among 15 hostages rescued from Colombian...
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