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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China National News.com http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 Fri, 16 May 2008 06:39:27 -0400 30 The top aid official in the European Union, Louis Michel, has urged the military junta in Myanmar to open up an airbase and provide visas for foreign aid workers. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359853/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:55:02 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359853/cs/1/ Chinese authorities say they expect the death toll from Monday's devastating earthquake in the southwestern Sichuan province, to reach at least 50,000. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359851/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:12:13 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359851/cs/1/ Arab League mediators say a peace deal has been reached between the Lebanese government and the Hezbollah-led opposition. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359852/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:18:41 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359852/cs/1/ The Californian Supreme Court in the United States has overturned a ban on gay marriage. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359850/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:09:29 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359850/cs/1/ President Bush's request for Iraq war funding has collapsed with anti-war Democrats and Republicans unhappy about his request for US$163 billion to support U.S. troops overseas. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359849/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:07:03 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359849/cs/1/ Republican John McCain has declared he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359848/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:05:35 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359848/cs/1/ Gunmen opened fire on a car carrying three Iranian embassy staff in Baghdad overnight, wounding them and their Iraqi driver. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359854/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 22:59:24 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359854/cs/1/ A woman has been charged for her role in an internet hoax that ended with a 13-year-old girl committing suicide after being shunned by a non-existent chatline contact. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359847/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 20:03:38 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359847/cs/1/ Israel has warned it is prepared to retaliate with an assault on Gaza, after a rocket attack wounded at least 14 people while US President George Bush was in Israel. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359846/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:01 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359846/cs/1/ A suicide bomber has attacked a convoy of police vehicles in south-western Afghanistan, killing 16 people, including a police commander, and wounding 28. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359845/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:12:04 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359845/cs/1/ Geneva, May 16 (Xinhua) Future generations will face hunger, thirst, disease and disaster if people carry on trashing the environment, the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360032/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:24 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360032/cs/1/ United Nations, May 16 (Xinhua) The world economic growth will drop steeply to 1.8 percent this year, from 3.8 percent in 2007, the UN said in a mid-year economic report. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360028/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:21 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360028/cs/1/ British construction and maintenance giant John Laing is to open its first India office in order to beef up its presence in Asia. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360026/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:19 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360026/cs/1/ Incoming International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said that the sanctity of Test cricket would remain, despite the frenzied grab for Twenty20 dollars, it was reported by the media here Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360010/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:08 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360010/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) climbed 18 cents Thursday, OPEC said Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360001/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:45 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360001/cs/1/ Actress Karen Allen is hoping her role in the fourth 'Indiana Jones' movie will fetch her a new life partner, but she has reconciled to the fact that she might live alone for the rest of her life.. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359998/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:42 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359998/cs/1/ Rafael Nadal spoiled the birthday of Andy Murray to reach the quarterfinals of the Hamburg Masters along with the other top stars Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359995/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:31 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359995/cs/1/ Tbilisi, May 16 (RIA Novosti) Georgia's foreign minister has said that the country would regard any increase in Russian peacekeepers in the breakaway republic of South Ossetia as encroachment on national sovereignty. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359993/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:29 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359993/cs/1/ Rocker Elton John confirmed that he will perform at the former South African president Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations here and it has raised speculations that hip hop star Eminem will join him on stage. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359988/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:00:21 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359988/cs/1/ Socialite Paris Hilton was shocked recently when very few photographers waited for her at the Dorchester Hotel in London. Most of them went to see the launch of Victoria Beckham's denim range at Harrods. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359954/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:21 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359954/cs/1/ The US band Backstreet Boys performed in London recently with just four members. Kevin Richardson was missing, but the show brought back that old 90s boy band hysteria. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359950/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:17 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359950/cs/1/ Inter Milan's Brazilian striker Adriano, currently on loan at Sao Paulo, is set to return to the Brazilian national squad following a severe slump in his form and a subsequent recovery. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359946/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:14 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359946/cs/1/ Portugal midfielder Deco has announced his intention to leave troubled Spanish giants Barcelona. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359942/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:12 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359942/cs/1/ Troubled pop star Britney Spears has fuelled speculation she is pregnant again, after sneaking into a clinic for a health check up. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359938/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:00:09 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359938/cs/1/ Human activity is responsible for a lot of the nitrogen finding its way into the sea from the atmosphere and influencing the nitrogen cycle, according to the latest findings by an international team of scientists. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359880/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:42 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359880/cs/1/ The World Bank has approved a $600 million credit to support to India's Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), a nationwide centrally sponsored programme designed to provide education to all children aged 6 to 14. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359876/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:34 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359876/cs/1/ In the world of Indiana Jones, things may have been tough, but at least they were simple. The good guys were good, and the bad guys were so bad that you didn't even need to use criminal profiling to uncover them. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359864/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:06 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359864/cs/1/ Strikes by union groups upset by Greek government privatisation plans and pension reforms disrupted air transport, bank and state services Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359860/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:16 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359860/cs/1/ The US House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday calling for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of 2009, while rejecting a spending measure of $163 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359858/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:11 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359858/cs/1/ Moscow, May 15 (RIA Novosti) Russia has shut down its third reactor at the Leningrad nuclear power station, located in north-western region of the country, state-controlled nuclear power corporation Rosenergoatom said Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359838/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:13 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359838/cs/1/ Iran and a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) finished their three-day talks here without reaching any new results, Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog told ISNA news agency Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359835/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:11 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359835/cs/1/ Manjula Sood, an Indian-born councillor, Thursday made history by becoming the first Indian woman to be made a Lord Mayor in Britain - appropriately, in a city dubbed Little India. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359820/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:22 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359820/cs/1/ Jeev Milkha Singh set the course ablaze with his first round flawless six-under 66 to take early lead in the Irish Open here Thursday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359799/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:03 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359799/cs/1/ The authorised biography of Sir V.S. Naipaul that said his infidelity and mental cruelty may have contributed to his wife's death is tipped to win the richest prize in non-fiction writing. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359744/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:01:02 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359744/cs/1/ The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who arrived here Thursday on a five-day tour of Germany, called for 'genuine autonomy' in his native Tibet but stressed that he did not want the territory's complete independence from China. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359725/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:01:34 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359725/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council's elite panel of umpires might face a crunch if the highly-rated Simon Taufel decides to call it a day, tired of the constant travel. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359711/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:56 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359711/cs/1/ South Korea said Thursday that it was ready to hold talks with North Korea on sending food aid to its impoverished neighbour as the United Nations and aid agency warned it was facing famine. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359703/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:29 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359703/cs/1/ Beijing, May 15 (Xinhua) Heads of states and international aid organisations Thursday offered condolences to the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China's southwestern province of Sichuan Monday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359650/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:22 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359650/cs/1/ Bangalore, May 16 (ANI/Business Wire India): Outsource Partners International, Inc. (OPI), a leading provider of finance, accounting, and tax business process outsourcing (BPO) as well as related services, announced the opening of its new, 280,000 square feet Shared Service Center in Bangalore. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360042/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:35 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360042/cs/1/ Washington, May 16 : A new research by an international team of scientists has found that as much as a third of the nitrogen entering the world's oceans from the atmosphere is man-made. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360024/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:18 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360024/cs/1/ Paro/Thimphu, May 16 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, was given a rousing welcome on his arrival at Paro International Airport on Friday morning by both Bhutanese dignitaries and locals. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360011/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:00:09 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/360011/cs/1/ London, May 16 : Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will be welcoming their twins into the world on August 19 this year, and the couple are seriously considering having their babies in France, the native place of the actress' beloved late mother. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359922/cs/1/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:00:14 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359922/cs/1/ New Delhi, May 15 : Exercise Aman Sena, an elaborate multinational table top exercise on Integrated United Nations Peace Support Operations conceptualized by Integrated Defence Staff, will be conducted at the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad for officers of the Armed Forces from 17 countries including India from May 21 to 29. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359737/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 10:00:08 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359737/cs/1/ London, May 15 : Leakage of credit card and bank account details on the internet has been a regular scenario, but the latest entrant in this virtual world of identity frauds involves hackers tapping into voice-over IP telephony accounts. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359706/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:00:42 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359706/cs/1/ New York, May 15 : American actress Ashley Judd, who travels the world as a global ambassador for YouthAIDS, has revealed that she never had an easy childhood. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359689/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:01:31 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359689/cs/1/ New Delhi, May 15 : A little known militant group Indian Mujahideen has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's blasts in Jaipur through a mysterious e-mail to various television channels and warned India to stop supporting the US in the international arena or else will face more attacks at other important tourist places. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359644/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:03 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359644/cs/1/ South Korea has said it is ready to hold talks with North Korea on sending food aid to its impoverished neighbour as the United Nations and aid agency warned North Korea is facing famine. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359844/cs/1/ Thu, 15 May 2008 19:10:31 -0400 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/359844/cs/1/ KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Clashes in eastern and southern Afghanistan left eight militants dead, and a roadside bomb killed an Afghan soldier, officials said Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866320/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:55 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866320/ A US military court has sentenced a US Marine to four years in prison for sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl. But the court on southern Okinawa island - home to more than half of the 40,00... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866083/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:42:07 -0400 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866083/ BAGHDAD (AP) — Gunmen ambushed an Iranian Embassy convoy in Baghdad, wounding three Iranians, including two diplomats, and an Iraqi, a spokesman said Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864928/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:29:26 -0400 USA Today http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864928/ CANOVANAS, Puerto Rico (AP) -- For thoroughbred racehorses in Puerto Rico, success can be a matter of life and death. Many losers don't make it off the racetrack grounds alive. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866315/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:00 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866315/ London, May 16 (ANI): Researchers from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have revealed that obese people consume 18 percent more food energy than their leaner counterparts. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867001/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:34:08 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867001/ UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The world economy is "teetering on the brink" of a severe downturn and is expected to grow only 1.8 percent in 2008, the United Nations said in its mid-year economic projections... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866321/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:57 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866321/ BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders head for Qatar on Friday aiming to end a protracted political conflict that pushed the country to the brink of a new civil war. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865972/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:58:42 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865972/ DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh said on Friday that militant group Harakat-ul-Jihad al Islami (HuJI), which Indian police suspect could be involved in bombings this week in a tourist city, had been margi... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865970/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:58:41 -0400 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865970/ The deepening credit crisis in affluent countries triggered by the continuing housing slump, the declining value of the United States dollar, persisting global imbalances and soaring oil and commodity... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864943/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:17:21 -0400 Novinite http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864943/ ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News The Seventh International Kemer Underwater Days event held for the international promotion of natural and archaeological values on the coasts of the Mediterranean city of... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864927/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:45:10 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864927/ PARIS (AP) -- A French police official says authorities in France, Germany and the Netherlands have detained 10 people in a probe into suspected Islamic terror financing. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866319/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:54 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866319/ LUOSHUI TOWN, China (AP) -- Troops dug burial pits in this quake-shattered town and black smoke poured from crematorium chimneys elsewhere in central China as priorities began shifting Thursday from t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866313/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:03 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866313/ NEW YORK, NY, May 15, 2008. The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd., the prestigious luxury hospitality organization, has launched a sophisticated and alluring new website, designed to educate and engag... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864931/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:40:57 -0400 Hospitality Newswire http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864931/ CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Osama bin Laden says in a new message that al-Qaida will continue its holy war against Israel and its allies until it liberates Palestine. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866318/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:56 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866318/ LONDON (MarketWatch) - European shares moved higher in early trading on Friday, paced by the construction sector, with other standouts including British Airways after it produced solid first-quarter e... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864822/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:39:01 -0400 Market Watch http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864822/ AUSTRIAN kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has appeared in court to defend her mother against charges she helped orchestrate her daughter's abduction in 1998. "We hope this absurd theory will be d... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866082/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:42:09 -0400 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866082/ Edition 1 American supermodel Marisa Miller has knocked actress Lindsay Lohan from the top of men's magazine Maxim's list of the 100 hottest women in the world, the magazine said. It was the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864933/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:26:46 -0400 Cape Argus http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864933/ Oklahoma city, but he's trying to keep his priorities straight.Juggling calls from people around the country Thursday, he took an important one from his mother. She wanted to know what time he would b... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865596/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:31:09 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865596/ JERUSALEM (AP) - President Bush says he looks for the day when there will be peace throughout the Middle East. The president met with young people on a shady lawn in Jerusalem today as he wrapped up ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864738/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:08:03 -0400 WLOX http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864738/ JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Bush put the finishing touch on his celebrate-and-be-celebrated Israel stay, leaving the Holy Land Friday with no movement on Mideast peace but hoping to fare better in Sau... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866312/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:20:02 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866312/ www.fullsail.edu ) students, Chris Adams, Joshua Knight and Max Miller, won second place out of 193 entries in the College Feature/Shorts and Documentaries category at the 13th Annual Palm Beach Inter... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864922/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:47 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864922/ CARACAS, Venezuela - The United States and Colombia have long been wary of Venezuela's peacetime military buildup, suspecting the weapons could end up in the hands of drug-trafficking Colombian rebels... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865597/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:31:08 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865597/ Sources: Eight people killed, 90 wounded after explosion in Sri Lankan capital Police: Blast when three-wheel scooter taxi loaded with explosives rammed a bus Most victims were members of a police rio... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865228/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:36 -0400 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865228/ Diamond Resorts International® (DRI), a global leader in the vacation ownership industry, was awarded five Gold ARDY Awards at the American Resort Development Association's 2008 convention he... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864921/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:43 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864921/ Washington, May 16 (ANI): A research team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology has reported the development of bacteria-resistant films applied to medical devices and other surfaces to ward off ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867002/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:34:08 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867002/ Economists at Commerzbank revised their forecast for growth in Germany to 2.4 percent this year from 1.8 percent, paving the way for Europe's largest economy to enjoy only its third soft landing since... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864821/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:11:38 -0400 Business Report http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864821/ MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- At least eight bank employees and a security guard were lined up and shot dead in the head Friday in a bloody Philippine bank robbery, police said. Another employee was in ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866322/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:57 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866322/ Sitemasher Corporation plans to join other tech industry stakeholders in Beijing next week for the British Columbia Technology Summit, an exclusive program to introduce Canadian companies with Chinese... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864857/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:21:50 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864857/ COLUMBUS, Ohio — Republican John McCain declared for the first time Thursday he believes the Iraq war can be won by 2013, although he rejected suggestions that his talk of a timetable put him on... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864934/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:24:38 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864934/ WASHINGTON -- Republican John McCain, in a speech forecasting what the country would look like after his first term in office, said today that he expects the war in Iraq to be won and most troops to b... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864936/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:03 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864936/ COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- A bomb blast blamed on Tamil Tiger rebels killed six policemen and wounded 50 people, including civilians, in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Friday, the military said. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866323/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:58 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866323/ A proposal by the Dutch deputy prime minister Wouter Bos to crack down on golden handshakes might be adopted by other European countries. The finance ministers of the eurozone countries say they will ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864828/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:11:29 -0400 Radio Netherlands http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864828/ According to the FAO World Food price index issued by the United Nations, in April this year, grain prices dropped for the first time in 15 months. FAO expert Abdolreza Abbassian, in an exclusive inte... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864710/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:59:56 -0400 People's Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864710/ Intelligent Software Solutions has been awarded a task to support the deployment of their multi-intelligence fusion system known as "Predictive Awareness and Network-centric Analysis for Collabor... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864929/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:20:46 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864929/ By Stephen Collinson Washington - The explosive issue of how to handle America's enemies detonated into the US election campaign on Thursday after President George Bush implied Democrats want to ap... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866648/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:26:32 -0400 IOL http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866648/ TDN with wire dispatches Turkey has no intention of using water as a weapon, said Vural Altay, deputy director general at the Foreign Ministry, during a meeting Tuesday promoting the fifth World Water... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864941/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:45:54 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864941/ CAPITOL HILL (AP) - A $163-billion measure covering President Bush's funding request for the Iraq war has suffered a surprising defeat in the House. Anti-war Democrats voted against the measure and 1... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864682/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:07:44 -0400 WISH TV8 http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864682/ In the world of President John McCain, most U.S. troops will be back home from a safer, democratic Iraq by January 2013 – the first date he’s mentioned for ending the war. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864925/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:05:38 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864925/ Athens - Greece on Friday extradited Australia's most wanted fugitive, Tony Mokbel, to face a murder investigation and serve out a 12-year drugs sentence imposed by an Australian court. Police said... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866647/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:26:29 -0400 IOL http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866647/ WASHINGTON -- After launching their candidacies with opposite positions on the Iraq war, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama seem to be edging toward a middle ground between them. McC... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864930/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:48:02 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864930/ BEIJING, China (CNN) -- President Hu Jintao arrived in southwestern China on Friday to observe the country's devastated earthquake zone, state-run media reported. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864761/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:37 -0400 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864761/ DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- More than a dozen Jewish rabbis, including two from Israel, were in attendance this week as this conservative Muslim sheikdom opened one of the Gulf's first scholarly centers dedic... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866316/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:19:59 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14866316/ Shania Twain, husband splitting after 14 years of marriage Details surrounding the couple's breakup not known Twain known for hit songs, "Man! I Feel Like A Woman!" and "You're Still th... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865033/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:34 -0400 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865033/ California begin making plans to tie the knot, opponents are redoubling their efforts to make sure wedding bells never ring for gay couples in the nation's most populous state.A conservative group sai... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865595/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:31:11 -0400 Newsday http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14865595/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864826/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:22:46 -0400 Finfacts http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864826/ May 16 2008 Relief supplies pushed into Burma by the international community remain far below the needs of up to 2.5 million victims of the devastating cyclone, the United Nations said. In its lates... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867167/ Fri, 16 May 2008 05:03:45 -0400 IC Wales http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14867167/ U.S. Marine pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact with a child under 16 Staff. Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott is sentenced to four years confinement The Marine Corps withdrew several other charges, includin... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864787/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:33:35 -0400 CNN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864787/ Eastern Europe is growing in popularity for many stags, with the help of professional stag weekend organisers such as Release Travel. In the last six months demand has grown in places such as Brno, Kr... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864825/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:58 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864825/ By the results of the "Central & Eastern Europe IT Outsourcing Review '2007", conducted by Ukrainian Hi-Tech Initiative with the support of information portal ITONews.eu, Baltic Out... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864819/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:37 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864819/ The Rose Petal Shop announces their debut on the World Wide Web. The Rose Petal Shop is a division of The Grower's Box, LLC and provides wholesale, retail, hospitality, and consumer markets with ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864940/ Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:20 -0400 PR Web http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14864940/ Supremes: Ballard, Ross and Wilson Mary Wilson told Sky News that she was happy to meet demands for the girl group to reform but said it "all breaks down to when Diana Ross wants to do it"."If she... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14863491/ Fri, 16 May 2008 03:27:52 -0400 Sky News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14863491/ Zurich - The assisted suicide group Dignitas in Switzerland was told on Thursday it had done nothing illegal and would not face further action. The canton of Zurich was responding to calls for it t... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14863753/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:37:59 -0400 IOL http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14863753/ See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14862389/ Fri, 16 May 2008 02:34:48 -0400 Finfacts http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/14862389/