Travolta's return home with ashes while autopsy results have not been released
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.On Monday an autopsy was conducted on John Travolta's late sixteen year old son, Jett, who died in the Bahamas, but the results have yet to be released. Visit this link to read more: Travolta's return home with ashes while autopsy results have not been released
Doctors stuck at bottleneck on Egypt-Gaza border
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.RAFAH, Egypt – Greek anesthesiologist Dimitrios Mognie and another doctor arrived at this border crossing loaded with medical supplies to help Gazans wounded in the Israeli offensive. Instead, they have waited at the border for days. Visit this link to read more: Doctors stuck at bottleneck on Egypt-Gaza border
Fake government website is phishing for tax
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.A fake version of the UK's revenue and customs website has been set up by internet fraudsters to target British workers as they prepare to file their tax returns. Visit this link to read more: Fake government website is phishing for tax
Apple to allow all iTunes songs to be used on any MP3 player
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Apple has announced that all songs on its iTunes music service will be available without copy protection opening the way for them to be played on any MP3 player. Visit this link to read more: Apple to allow all iTunes songs to be used on any MP3 player
European Union demands Russia restore gas supplies as fuel prices rise
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.The European Union has demanded the immediate restoration of gas supplies from Russia as the EastWest energy crisis sharply pushed up fuel prices and as shortages began to bite across a freezing Europe. Visit this link to read more: European Union demands Russia restore gas supplies as fuel prices rise
Israel Rains Fire On Gaza With Phosphorus Shells
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.<strong> By Sheera Frenkel & Michael Evans</strong><br>Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen Visit this link to read more: Israel Rains Fire On Gaza With Phosphorus Shells
Fallujah By The Sea: Aping America, Israel Unleashes Chemical Weapons In Gaza
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.<strong>By Chris Floyd </strong><br> The Israeli military is reportedly using napalm-like white phosphorus shells in its all-out attack on Gaza. The phosphorus in the smoke-emitting shells causes agonizing, unquenchable burns, sometimes searing flesh right down to the bone Visit this link to read more: Fallujah By The Sea: Aping America, Israel Unleashes Chemical Weapons In Gaza
Civilians Flee Homes In Encircled Gaza
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.<strong> By Mel Frykberg</strong><br>Civilians are fleeing their homes as Israel continues to blanket-bomb a now encircled Gaza Visit this link to read more: Civilians Flee Homes In Encircled Gaza
Biden heads to Asia on official trip
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Joe Biden is heading to southwestern Asia on a congressional trip just days before he's set to become vice president. Visit this link to read more: Biden heads to Asia on official trip
President unveils new approach to attaining peace in Mindanao
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.President Gloria Arroyo unveiled a new approach in the government's effort to a lasting peace effort in Mindanao as she kicked off a round of visits to the southern main island. Visit this link to read more: President unveils new approach to attaining peace in Mindanao
Hasina sworn in Bangladesh PM
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Shaikh Hasina, the winner of Bangladesh's parliamentary election last month, was sworn in as the South Asian country's prime minister on Tuesday, ending two years of rule by an army-backed interim government. Visit this link to read more: Hasina sworn in Bangladesh PM
Air Chief briefs President about PAF’s operational preparedness
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.ISLAMABAD: Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed on Tuesday called on President Asif Ali Zardari and discussed with him professional matters. Visit this link to read more: Air Chief briefs President about PAF’s operational preparedness
Local oil, gas Cos. market value in 2008 shrank by 58 pc
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.KARACHI: Local oil and gas exploration and production companies’ market valuation in 2008 has diminished by 58 percent in the wake of international ma Visit this link to read more: Local oil, gas Cos. market value in 2008 shrank by 58 pc
Sardar Yaqoob elected new AJK house leader
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.MUZAFFARABAD: Sardar Yaqoob has been elected new leader of the House in Azad Kashmir Assembly on Tuesday.
Sardar Yaqoob secured 31 whereas Sard Visit this link to read more: Sardar Yaqoob elected new AJK house leader
Israeli strike at Gaza school 'kills 30'
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.At least 30 people are killed and 55 injured when Israeli artillery shells land near a United Nations-run school in Gaza, UN officials say. Visit this link to read more: Israeli strike at Gaza school 'kills 30'
Obama regime urged to treat Arab countries as ‘partners in change’
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Two leading US Middle East experts urge incoming Obama administration to pursue gradual reform and multilateral diplomacy in the region. Visit this link to read more: Obama regime urged to treat Arab countries as ‘partners in change’
Kurdish TV brings hope, but picture is unclear
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Government hails the channel as a symbol of its campaign to widen minority’s rights, but opponents say it is aimed at garnering votes. Visit this link to read more: Kurdish TV brings hope, but picture is unclear
Education in Pakistan ‘in a shambles’
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Crumbling classrooms, truant teachers and endemic corruption have crippled the system, affecting millions of students. Visit this link to read more: Education in Pakistan ‘in a shambles’
Israel miscalculated Gaza situation
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Emil Lahoud served as Lebanese President during the second Israel-Lebanon war in summer 2006. In an exclusive interview with Press TV, he comments on the Gaza situation: Visit this link to read more: Israel miscalculated Gaza situation
'Iran not imposing decisions on resistance'
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.The Hezbollah Secretary General has dismissed the notion that Iran is controlling his movement or other resistance groups in the region. Visit this link to read more: 'Iran not imposing decisions on resistance'
Israel kills 215 kids, 98 women in Gaza
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 21:00.Medics say 660 Palestinians, including 215 children and 98 women, have been killed in the Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip. Visit this link to read more: Israel kills 215 kids, 98 women in Gaza
Disabled mother knifed after confronting youths over dog stabbing
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:02.A disabled mother was repeatedly knifed after she confronted a gang of thugs who had stabbed her dog to death in her garden. Visit this link to read more: Disabled mother knifed after confronting youths over dog stabbing
Watchdog to vet figures covering childhood obesity NHS waiting times and house prices
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:02.Official figures covering childhood obesity NHS waiting times and house prices data are to be investigated by a watchdog after a row about the Home Office's use of knife crime figures. Visit this link to read more: Watchdog to vet figures covering childhood obesity NHS waiting times and house prices
Deadly bug kills baby and puts seven more in isolation in hospital
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:02.A baby has died and seven others have been put into isolation after an outbreak of the rare and deadly Serratia bug at a hospital's specialist neonatal unit. Visit this link to read more: Deadly bug kills baby and puts seven more in isolation in hospital
Death toll in Zimbabwe cholera epidemic at 1,732: WHO
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:01.GENEVA: At least 1,732 people have died in Zimbabwe''s cholera epidemic and the number of cases diagnosed has risen to 34,306, the World Health Organis Visit this link to read more: Death toll in Zimbabwe cholera epidemic at 1,732: WHO
Sri Lanka seizes Tamil rebel defense line
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:01.COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military says its forces have captured a heavily fortified Tamil rebel defense line in the country''s north.
Military s Visit this link to read more: Sri Lanka seizes Tamil rebel defense line
Thick fog hits air, rail traffic in India
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:01.NEW DELHI: Large numbers of flights and trains were cancelled or delayed in northern India Tuesday as the capital and surrounding areas were blanketed Visit this link to read more: Thick fog hits air, rail traffic in India
Gunmen kidnap Nigerian novelist
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:01.Renowned Nigerian writer and novelist Elechi Amadi has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta region, say officials. Visit this link to read more: Gunmen kidnap Nigerian novelist
Israel says 6th IDF soldier killed in Gaza
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:00.Palestinian fighters have killed an Israeli soldier and wounded 4 others amid clashes north of Gaza City, says a military spokesman. Visit this link to read more: Israel says 6th IDF soldier killed in Gaza
Israeli 'eyes' fixed on Lebanon
Submitted by admin on Tue, 01/06/2009 - 20:00.Tel Aviv has warned Hezbollah against intervening in the war on Gaza after Israeli fighter jets conducted overflights into Lebanon. Visit this link to read more: Israeli 'eyes' fixed on Lebanon
