World News
- Obama voted in by delegates
The Asia News.Net
Barack Obama has swept to the Democratic presidential nomination after thousands of national convention voted him in.
- World War II body found hanging from tree in New Guinea
The Asia News.Net
New Guinean authorities, with the help of the Australian, US and Japanese governments, are investigating the discovery of what is thought to be the skeleton of a World War II pilot.
- UK minister warns Ukraine it could be catalyst for new Cold War
The Asia News.Net
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband has used a visit to Ukraine to warn Russia not to start a new Cold War.
- Thai court orders anti-government protest arrests
The Asia News.Net
Thailand's criminal court has issued arrest warrants for eight leaders of an anti-government protest group that took over several state buildings to try to force the administration to resign.
- Iraq forces due to reclaim dangerous province
The Asia News.Net
Iraqi forces are due to take over Anbar province.
- Taliban militant numbers reduced by allied troops
The Asia News.Net
Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on Wednesday.
- UAE president pardons jail inmates
The Asia News.Net
President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has granted an executive pardon to 700 prisoners, both UAE nationals and expatriates, lodged in various jails across the country ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
- British troops in grave danger in Afghanistan
The Asia News.Net
Afghanistan is now more dangerous for British troops than Iraq has ever been, a new report has revealed.
- Hijackers allow passengers to leave
The Asia News.Net
The hijackers of a Sudanese plane flown to Libya have freed all 95 passengers on board.
- Barack Obama plot put together by rascists
The Asia News.Net
US federal investigation authorities have said that people arrested in connection with a possible plot to kill Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, were consumed by a seething hatred towards the Illinois Senator.
- Cancer can be detected by odour
The Asia News.Net
Researchers are developing a new tool to smell and identify specific gases exhaled in the breath of a person with cancer, for its early detection.
- Conservatives Lose Key Battle Against Abortion
IPS
The Mexican government, Catholic Church and conservative groups lost a crucial battle Wednesday in their fight against abortion, which was legalised in the capital in...
- Swiss finally clear the last
The Independent
Anna Goeldi was executed for being a witch more than 220 years ago, the last one beheaded in Europe. On Wednesday, the Swiss cleared her name. The parliament of the Swiss canton (state) of Glarus...
- Chinese dissidents push for new political climate
USA Today
Zeng Jinyan, center, wife of jailed Chinese civil activist Hu Jia, carries her baby and walks with mother-in-law Feng Juan, right, in April.
- Obama secures historic nomination
International Herald Tribune
DENVER : Senator Barack Obama, the Hawaiian-born son of a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas, officially became the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party on Wednesday, capping a...
- ABC finds new digital partners
The Australian
THE ABC has forged partnerships with fellow public broadcasters in Britain and Canada to pool ideas on emerging broadcasting technologies as it seeks to cement its foothold in the rapidly evolving...
- Democrats choose Obama as nominee
Jerusalem Post
Democrats formally named Barack Obama their presidential candidate Wednesday, putting their hopes of ending eight years of Republican control of the White House in the hands of a man who would be the...
- Scottish housing market shrinks but prices rise
The Herald
Scotland's housing market shrank by nearly £900m in the second quarter of this year, official figures have revealed. Registers of Scotland yesterday said around 7500 fewer houses were sold in...
- Kirby honoured over privacy laws
The Australian
HIGH Court judge Michael Kirby has been awarded Australia's first Privacy Medal, 30 years after he championed the individual's right to privacy and sparked new laws enshrining privacy protections...
- It would be like seeing the Mona Lisa taken from the Louvre
The Herald
It would be like seeing the Mona Lisa pulled down from the wall of the Louvre, wrapped in brown paper, and carted away. Or Botticelli's Birth of Venus being sold from its position at the heart of the...
- Slow Food Nation urges a
USA Today
At least that is the hope of organizers of this weekend's inaugural "Slow Food Nation" convention, so named to represent the spectrum opposite fast foods.
- Clinton stops vote, anoints Obama
The Australian
BARACK Obama has been officially named as the Democratic presidential candidate at the party's national convention in Denver. The historic but carefully orchestrated moment came during a...
- New Orleans braces for Gustav
The Australian
THREE years after Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Louisiana coast, New Orleans residents are again faced with the prospect of an evacuation as Tropical Storm Gustav loomed.
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