Smoke and mirrors: Decoding the 2008 Beijing Auto Show

The Beijing International Automotive Exhibition is in full swing this week into next as car companies, marketers and designers showcase the latest and greatest in automotive engineering.Thousands of attendees are...

Hamas Offers 6 Month Gaza Truce With Israel

Hamas has offered a limited time truce with Israel to create a "period of quiet" in the Gaza Strip for 6 months."The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has proposed a six-monthtruce between Israel and Palestinians...

At least 39 dead in India bus accident

A horrific driving accident in India has taken many lives, many of them children."At least 39 people have been killed after a bus plunged into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a local official has said.Most of the dead are children who were travelling to a...

CPS relocates 416 youths seized from polygamous sect

The children raided in the Texas polygamist sect have been relocated."Texas Child Protective Services moved 416 children Monday from a West Texas historical park to two other locations in preparation for a hearing that could decide whether the youths should be put in foster...

Lawsuit says Ledger used cocaine

A lawsuit has been filed against a photo agency and two paparazzi who allegedly filmed Heath Legder in a hotel room where drugs were being taken, and who claimed that the late actor was also using cocaine." The...

Iran says installing 6,000 enrichment centrifuges

As the West continues to discuss its options for controlling Iran's nuclear enrichment program, the country is advancing full speed ahead on the process."Iran has started to install 6,000 advanced centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

'Mother' held in Shannon inquiry

"Police probing the alleged abduction of Shannon Matthews have arrested a woman in West Yorkshire on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. There are unconfirmed reports that the 32-year-old is Shannon's...

Life, death - now it's Diana the musical

The life of Diana, Princess of Wales may be turned into a Broadway musical. I can't imagine having to write that death song..."Former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, whose biography of the princess was a...

Work Every Bit as Wild as It Is Woolly

As spring is upon us, many people feel the need to start fresh - a new relationship, a new wardrobe or a new job. Well, if you're considering getting out of the office in time to get a tan, maybe this is...

Russia Assails NATO Over Expansion Plan, Support for U.S. Missile Defense

"Sergei Ryabkov, chief of the Russian Foreign Ministry's department for European cooperation, spoke just before Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down for a meeting with NATO leaders on the sidelines of a summit in the Romanian capital. Ryabkov said Russia's ties...

West Jet pulls an April Fools

The popular airline West Jet joined in the spirit of April Fools today by offering their passengers an interesting new way to travel..."West Jet also managed to pull a fast one on their customers this morning.The...

Teenager shot on Toronto subway

Update: March 28, 10:07 PSTThe Globe and Mail reports the victim was a female teenager who was shot in the leg."TORONTO — Toronto Police are investigating a shooting on a subway train at Spadina station...

North Korea test-fires missiles

North Korea continues to make gestures indicating its displeasure with the tone of the new South Korean president, who seems to be taking a harder line toward his neighbor to the North."North Korea test-fired...

Floods cut a swath of destruction across the United States

UPDATE: 9:30 EST13 people have been reported dead and 3 are missing as a result of flooding. "Residents of low-lying towns stacked sandbags or grabbed belongings and evacuated Wednesday after a foot of rain...

Queen at Heathrow after security scare

The gargantuan Terminal 5 has finally opened at Heathrow Airport. It is reserved only for British Airways flights."The Queen is officially opening Heathrow's £4.3 billion Terminal 5 less than 24 hours after an...

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