World News
 Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself
The Sydney News.Net
A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.  Israeli girl hurt in car stoning
The Sydney News.Net
A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.  Islamists allowed to go free in Libya
The Sydney News.Net
Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.  Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia
The Sydney News.Net
The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.  Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play
The Sydney News.Net
US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. In Delaware, GOP insurgent O'Donnell storms Castle
Washington Times
Senate seat in November - announced plans for a major ad buy targeting his own "tea party"-backed rival ahead of the Sept. 14 primary.Mr. Castle, a moderate who has long faced complaints from the part... Justice files suit against Ariz. sheriff
Washington Times
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against "America's toughest sheriff," Joe Arpaio in Phoenix, accusing him, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office and the county of refusing to fully coop... Amtrak hired private lawyers for executives
Washington Times
** FILE ** In this file photo of Nov. 17, 2005, a skycap stands next to an Amtrak train waiting for passengers a platform in New York's Penn Station.VRE will have a new operator after being run by Amt... GOP wary of peaking too soon, despite lead
Washington Times
With recent polls showing Republicans poised for major congressional gains this fall, party leaders are wary of appearing overconfident and peaking too soon, playing down for now the prospect of winni... Bernanke out of moves, critics say
Washington Times
Fed -watchers say the central bank, despite its dwindling options, has proved adept recently at manipulating markets to generate at least a psychological boost - perhaps all the economy needs if it is... Eastern Seaboard hunkers down as hurricane nears
Washington Times
BUXTON, N.C. | The last ferry left for the mainland, and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 115 mph winds Thursday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer B... Conviction overturned for leaving water for illegals
Washington Times
In a test case with border-wide implications, a federal appeals court on Thursday reversed the littering conviction of a man who left gallon jugs of water on a national wildlife refuge to help illegal... Preciado captured in Mexico
Washington Times
Preciado , in a phone interview Thursday called her capture "a tremendous relief." He said he found out about the arrest the day after his 63rd birthday this week, adding "it's the best birthday prese... 4 in Jewish security force shot in B'klyn
New York Post
Four members of a volunteer Jewish security force were shot in Brooklyn earlier tonight, police said. A man believed to be the shooter was in police custody, cops said. All of the victims, whose names... NY state Senate candidate accused of stalking
New York Post
Democratic New York state Senate candidate David Mejias has been charged with three counts of stalking a former girlfriend.Mejias, an attorney and former Nassau County legislator, appeared in court Th... Builders of NYC mosque face financial hurdles
New York Post
The developers planning to build a $100 million Islamic center near the World Trade Center site still have financial hurdles to clear: They haven't finished buying all the property they want for the p... North Korea Appears Ready to Extend Dynastic Rule
International Herald Tribune
Kim Jong-il , the North Korean leader, is expected to convene a rare congress of the ruling Workers’ Party in coming days to pave the way for his son to succeed him, a feat of political engineer... Rape Victims in Congo Raid Now More Than 240
International Herald Tribune
KAMPALA, Uganda — The number of rape victims from a four-day rebel attack in eastern Congo a month ago has risen to more than 240 and will likely go higher, aid officials said Thursday. Tamaulipas, Mexico's Black Hole
IPS
MEXICO CITY, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - Tamaulipas state has become the black hole of organised crime in Mexico. But there are few accounts of the rapid social breakdown that the northeastern border state ha... 3 dead dead in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay
Canadian Business
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New Zealand Herald
A shark attack in a remote area of the Solomon Islands has left an Australian man with severe cuts to his face and neck. The 34-year-old, unofficially named by media as Sydneysider Benjamin D'Emden, ... Bones may unlock grisly Milat mystery
New Zealand Herald
SYDNEY - The discovery of human bones, especially a skull, in the forest where serial killer Ivan Milat did his gruesome work is sure to revive fascination in the grisly "backpacker murders". One of ... NZ to spend $3.5m on Pacific tsunami system
New Zealand Herald
The Government will spend $3.5 million on improving tsunami preparedness and warning systems across the Pacific in a programme which Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully describes as a major upgrad... 3 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- A small plane that crashed into a shallow lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing three people, belonged to the founder of a local steel company who was believed to... Dems in power could be in peril, poll says
USA Today
congressional candidates face a political landscape even rockier than those in 1994 and 2006 that ended with election upheavals that changed control of Congress, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds. Settlers reveal deep disdain for events in Washington
The Independent
Yaniv Mor, 30-year-old father of a one-month-old baby girl, and a settler was blunt: "We don't care about Washington. Nothing will come out of it, like always. This is a war of religions – we wa...
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