Woman found guilty of microwaving baby

"DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A mother was convicted Friday of killing her month-old daughter by burning her in a microwave oven, with jurors rejecting a defense attorney's claims there was evidence that someone else was responsible. ...

Russia tables own UN Georgia text

"Russia has circulated its own draft UN Security Council resolution aimed at bringing peace to Georgia, a day after rejecting a rival French document. The Russian text endorses a six-point ceasefire plan signed by Moscow and Tbilisi last week. Moscow earlier said it could...

Another nail in the coffin for Body Language

An interesting piece of research turned up recently, which, possibly due to some shallow reporting, was generally criticised as “man bashing“, although that seems to be a straw man, allowing Body Language experts to avoid facing up to some inconvenient...

Ethiopian Adoption Agency Speaks For Angelina Jolie

"Angelina Jolie's adoption of an Ethiopian baby was legal, the agency involved said today, rejecting reports that the child's relatives want her back. Newspapers have reported this week that relatives of two-year-old Zahara, including a woman who says she is her birth mother,...

Eight Indonesian buddhist monks safe in Myanmar

""They are safe because the are in four Buddhist monastries on a meditation," Nyaria Nando Bhikku, a monk of the Sanha Agung Indonesia said at his Legal Aid office in Surabaya said on Tuesday. He made the remark when accompanying three monks from Thailand who gave support to...

Minister forced to sell £30,000 of shares over 'conflict of interest'

"A GOVERNMENT minister announced last night that he was to sell his major shareholding in an energy company after facing allegations of a conflict of interest. Stewart Stevenson, the minister responsible for drawing up Scotland's targets on renewable energy, owns £30,000 of...

Casualties of Conscience

"In training, though, he had serious qualms. From inside, the Army struck John as brutal, controlling, "like a slavery contract." Iraq, his first war zone, did nothing to quiet his doubts. The communications specialist was sent to a base near Baghdad to repair a phone and...

American's Don't Digg Hillary

"More adults in the United States are rejecting Democratic New York senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as a presidential candidate, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 39 per cent of respondents say they would definitely not vote for the former first lady in the 2008...

Roundup: Iran says no to uranium enrichment suspension

"Iran has stood firm on its position of rejecting the suspension of uranium enrichment, just two days ahead of its formal response to the six-nation nuclear package, due on Tuesday. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that the country would not suspend...