The latest on the 2008 presidential race exit polls

"The networks will follow strict rules Tuesday on projecting election results, examining not only the data from exit polls but actual vote tabulation and turnout data. NBC — which keeps its decision desk isolated from the calls made by competing networks — will call a...

Bangladesh bans ICL rebels

"The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday have announced a ten-year ban for 13 of its top cricketers for joining the unauthorised Indian Cricket League (ICL), and is now hoping that the BCCI’s Indian Premier League (IPL) and the Champions Twenty20 League will help...

Bodies of two women found in UK flat after party

In what could prove to be a high-profile tabloid case, the bodies of two women have been found in an apartment in Birmingham, UK after a weekend party. Police are investigating several lines of inquiry, including a possible connection with a local escort agency. This...

Race to rescue British woman injured in remote part of Russia

A 20 year old British woman has been injured in a remote part of Siberia. She was there studying the forest as a zoology student."An alert beamed 3,700 miles around the world has sent rescuers to the aid of a British woman injured in the remote forests of eastern Russia.The...

Japan police probe stab 'warning'

Japanese Police have started investigating Tomohiro Kato, a factory employee from Shizuoka prefecture, stabbing spree. Sleuths are also looking into the allegation that several messages sent by mobile phone to a website that appeared to foretell the...

Most overpaid MLB players

"Going into the 2008 season, 124 baseball players hold contracts with an annual salary of $8 million or more. Getting a contract of that value generally means a player has shown his worth with great performances or long-term durability. Teams, however, sometimes overpay for...

Greepeace sets up forest defenders camp in Riau

"The FDC would cooperate with local people in conserving forests, Emmy Hafild, Greenpeace executive director for Southeast Asia, said Tuesday. The volunteers who worked for the FDC would get involved in a number of activities such as conducting surveillance, extinguishing...

DUBAI DEAL IMMINENT Said PARRY | Liverpool

"“They are finalising all the legal work. They have been examining the books and satisfying themselves that everything is fine on that score.There is lot of legal work to do and investigations going on into the funding of the new stadium, which is a very important project...

Poison plotters claim their second victim

Police fear that the murder of a former Kremlin spy may have been part of a double killing plot after a second man was taken to hospital last night with radiation poisoning. The Anti-Terror Group is examining whether the killers of Alexander Litvinenko also tried to poison...