World News
- Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae taken by US government
Trinidad News.Net
The Bush administration has seized troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Obama promises middle class tax relief
Trinidad News.Net
Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, has described the US economy as fragile and has said he would press for middle-class tax cuts if elected.
- Ike becomes a storm over Cuba
Trinidad News.Net
Hurricane Ike has been downgraded to a Category 3 storm, but meteorologists are still describing it as dangerous, with winds near 120 mph.
- Plastic bottles blamed for heart disease and diabetes
Trinidad News.Net
The primary chemical used to produce hard plastics, such as bottles, can be a potential risk factor for metabolic syndrome.
- Israeli police say Olmert should be charged
Trinidad News.Net
Prosecutors in Israel have been told by police investigators that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert should be indicted in over a corruption investigation.
- No Zimbabwe pact unless Mugabe power is reduced
Trinidad News.Net
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change has refused to sign a power-sharing agreement, saying President Robert Mugabe’s powers should be reduced.
- Mounting hatred for US in Pakistan
Trinidad News.Net
The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States, Hussain Haqqani, has told reporters that unilateral actions by US forces in Pakistani territory will not help to the war against terror, but will spark fury among the people.
- Over 600,000 people stranded in Bangladesh floods
Trinidad News.Net
At least 600,000 people have been stranded in Bangladesh in serious flooding.
- Pakistan bomb kills policemen and passersby
Trinidad News.Net
At least 30 people, including five policemen, have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack in Pakistan.
- Sensitive UK computer data goes missing
Trinidad News.Net
A computer firm in the UK has lost personal details relating to thousands of British prison staff, prompting the country's Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, to order an urgent inquiry into Electronic Data Systems.
- Presidential candidates to stand together on 9/11
Trinidad News.Net
The US presidential rivals, Barack Obama and John McCain will appear together on the anniversary of Twin Tower attacks.
- Zadari becomes president in Pakistan
Trinidad News.Net
Pakistan People's Party co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari has been elected as the 11th President of the Pakistan.
- Hungry fishermen cause further flooding in Bihar
Trinidad News.Net
The situation in India’s Bihar state is still grim, especially in the Bhagalpur District, even as authorities step up relief work in the flood-ravaged region.
- Germany makes payment to families of killed Afghan civilians
Trinidad News.Net
Germany's Der Spiegel magazine has claimed the German Defence Ministry paid a total of $20,000 to the families of three Afghan civilians killed last month when German forces fired on them.
- Michael Reagan likens Palin to his father
Trinidad News.Net
Former US President Ronald Reagan's son, Michael, says that watching Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin made him feel like he was seeing his father.
- Militants seize oil vessel
The Australian
NIGERIAN militants today killed one sailor and kidnapped another when they hijacked a vessel belonging to the Nigerian unit of Italian oil company Agip, a military spokesman said.
- Hurricane Ike batters Caribbean
New Zealand Herald
Hurricane Ike has roared across low-lying Caribbean islands as a Category 4, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain and misery to already waterlogged...
- Parents underestimate university costs
The Herald
Parents are massively underestimating the cost of sending a child to university, a survey showed yesterday. The average parent thought it would cost around £12,550 for their child to do a...
- Gary Coleman hit man with truck in Utah
Philadelphia Daily News
Actor Gary Coleman hit a pedestrian with his truck after arguing with him in a local bowling alley, police said. Payson police Lt. Bill Wright said Colt Rushton and Coleman got into...
- Robison to visit test area banning under-21 off-sales
The Herald
Health Minister Shona Robison will today visit one of the pilot areas which tested banning off-sales to under-21s, as the consultation into the government's controversial package of measures to...
- Language scientists and ecologists have teamed up to help police trap criminals by reading their text messages.
The Herald
Language scientists and ecologists have teamed up to help police trap criminals by reading their text messages. They are adapting methods of studying life in the oceans to identify anonymous text...
- Iran solidifies control over Hizbullah
Jerusalem Post
Iran is consolidating its grip on Hizbullah and has instituted a number of structural changes to the Lebanese group, under which Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah no longer enjoys exclusive command over its...
- ADL blasts evangelical conversion drive
Jerusalem Post
The New York-based Anti-Defamation League on Sunday denounced a call by a Canadian-based international evangelical Christian organization to target European Jews for conversion, calling it a "serious...
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