In gaffe, Biden said FDR led when market crashed

"WASHINGTON - Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says today's leaders should take a lesson from the history books and follow fellow Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt's response to a financial crisis. "When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt...

Coastguards go on strike in Northern Ireland

Coastguards in Northern Ireland have gone on strike for the bank holiday weekend, and beachgoers are being warned to take caution as there will not be anyone to rescue them if they get into trouble. The strike is being called over a pay dispute. "People have been warned to...

Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day

Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...

Gordon Brown unveils his vision for the future

In the political fight of his life, Gordon Brown is urging voters to stand by their man."Gordon Brown yesterday asked people to judge him by his policies not his personality as he unveiled his "passionate" vision for the next year.The day after executing the biggest U-turn of...

Obama Takes Campaign Online

"At his first rally since announcing his presidential exploratory committee, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) appealed yesterday for support from the young people who had mobilized for the event online. The gathering of several thousand students at George Mason University in...

Meningitis outbreak kills 1000 in Sudan last week

"JUBA, Sudan, Jan 21 (Reuters) - At least 1,000 people have died in one week in south Sudan's Warap state from meningitis and another unknown disease, state governor Anthony Bol Madut said in a statement sent to Reuters on Sunday. Emerging from Africa's longest civil war,...

Radiation on Planes Is Now Part of the Litvinenko Poisoning Investigation

"The discovery of traces of radiation on some British Airways jets only deepens the mystery (and creeping anxiety) over the fatal radiation poisoning of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. Authorities found traces of radiation on British Airways jets, and the airline...

China asks for calm amid signs it is cracking down on North Korea - Boston He...

" By Associated Press Friday, October 20, 2006 - Updated: 08:03 AM EST C hina appealed for “coolheadedness” on all sides in the North Korean nuclear crisis today, amid signs that an exasperated Beijing is willing to get tougher with its traditional ally. ...