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Leprechaun raider dies in shootout
A leprechaun bank robber and his getaway driver were killed in a shootout with police after a St Patricks Day raid in Tennessee. The man, wearing a cape and green leprechaun hat, held up the First State Bank in Galatin, outside Nashville, on Wednesday asmore
Biden wins laughs over disastrous Middle East trip
There has not been much for the White House to laugh about in recent months, so Joe Biden has taken to providing the laughs himself. This time, at least, the jokes were intentional: at a gala dinner hosted by Americas broadcast journalists this week,more
Porn stars face strict health and safety rules
Porn stars in California might soon be forced to undergo the same rigorous safety training as doctors and nurses under new rules being considered by the states Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board. The proposed rules would also prevent malemore
Clinton in Moscow for Mideast, nuclear arms talks
MOSCOW ? U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel andmore
Australia demands Rio trial access
Australia's prime minister has called on China to allow its diplomats to have full access to the trial of four mining company executives charged with industrial espionage. Stern Hu, an Australian executive with Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto,more
Rocket from Gaza kills foreign worker
JERUSALEM: A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip by Palestinian militants killed a foreign worker inside Israel yesterday, Israeli medics said, in the first death from such an attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year. Such rocket fire was once commonmore
Bishop faces new 'cover up' claim
Dr Seamus Hegarty's name was included in court papers The Bishop of Derry has been accused of being involved in a compensation deal to cover up alleged child sex abuse. Dr Seamus Hegarty was one of three priests named in a civil settlement after anmore
Obama denies crisis with Israel
The Ramat Shlomo area of Jerusalem is at the centre of the new homes row US President Barack Obama has denied there is a crisis in Washington's ties with Israel over its settlement plans, as a war of words continues. "Friends are going to disagreemore
Rio de Janeiro Is in Fight Over Brazil?s Oil Riches
RIO DE JANEIRO The battle over Brazils newfound oil riches is heating up. The lower house of Congress voted last week to share the portion of the countrys royalties from oil revenues that go to Brazils states equally among the states. The vote, part of amore
Marja Residents Report Taliban Intimidation
KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban have begun waging a campaign of intimidation in Marja that some local Afghan leaders worry has jeopardized the success of an American-led offensive there meant as an early test of a revised military approach in Afghanistan.more
World Briefing | The Americas: Haiti: Children Reunited With Families
The 33 Haitian children taken from their earthquake-damaged homes by American church members in January were reunited with their biological families on Wednesday, officials said. The children, who ranged in age from 4 months to 12 years, were cared formore
Change Comes to Myanmar, but Only on the Juntas Terms
The military junta in Myanmar is planning the first elections in two decades. A woman crossed the street in Yangon. PYAPON, Myanmar In the dried mud of the Irrawaddy Delta, workers are welding together the final pieces of a natural-gas pipeline that themore
Marja Residents Report Taliban Intimidation
KABUL, Afghanistan The Taliban have begun waging a campaign of intimidation in Marja, including at least one beheading, which some local Afghan leaders worry has jeopardized the success of the American-led offensive there, meant as an early test case ofmore
Thai 'red shirts' splatter blood at PM's home
Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand's prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections. Despite the fourth day of street rallies in Bangkok, Thai stocksmore
Rothschild claim rapist jailed
A man who claimed to be financier Edmund De Rothschild's illegitimate son has been jailed for 18 years for conning a woman and raping a girl. Alexander Marc de Rothschild-Hatton, 49 and from Cirencester, was found guilty of seven counts of obtainingmore
Brady ashamed of abuse 'failings'
Cardinal Sean Brady apologises over 'cover up' The head of Ireland's Catholics has apologised for his role in mishandling the case of a serial child abuser. As a priest in 1975 Cardinal Sean Brady was at meetings where children signed vows of silencemore
French policeman 'killed by Eta'
Police were deployed to search the area after the shooting Spain's prime minister has blamed the killing of a French policeman shot dead near Paris on the Basque separatist group Eta. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was quoted as calling themore
Porter arrested over 'poisoned soup'
Stowe School porter held over 'poisoned soup' A kitchen porter at a prestigious public school in Buckinghamshire has been arrested over allegations soup was poisoned, its head teacher has said. Stowe School contacted the police last week and a man, 58,more
Calderon calls for shared responsibility with US
Mexicos President Felipe Calderon has called for shared US responsibility in the fight against the countrys drug gangs, after two US consulate employees were killed in the deadly border city of Ciudad Juarez on the weekend. 'It's indispensable that themore
Thais take blood protest to PM's house
Thai protesters carry blood to Thai PM Abhisit's house Thai protesters and a stepped-up security presence have negotiated an end to a protest at the prime minister's house. A few of the red-shirt anti-government protesters were allowed to pour blood in amore
Thais spill blood at PM's house
Thai protesters carry blood to Thai PM Abhisit's house Thai protesters and a stepped-up security presence have negotiated an end to a protest at the prime minister's house. A few of the red-shirt anti-government protesters were allowed to pour blood in amore
Greek labor unions end one more day of protests
ATHENS, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Hundreds of Greeks gathered in central Athens on Tuesday evening and ended one more day of protests, vowing for more action against austerity measures in the following days. The protest organized by the umbrella union ofmore
Schools urge action on legal drug
Head teachers have called for urgent action over the legal drug mephedrone following the death of two teenagers. The National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) says it has the same dangers as any Class A drug and the government should consider a ban.more
US envoy postpones visit as riots erupt in Jerusalem
Riots broke out in Jerusalem and the West Bank yesterday as Palestinians staged a day of rage in protest at Israeli plans to build 1,600 new homes in the disputed east of the city. The announcement of the planned construction caused the worst diplomaticmore
Feeling Heat, Lawmakers Push the Rights of States
Whether its a correctly called a movement, a backlash or political theater, state declarations of their rights or in some cases denunciations of federal authority, amounting to the same thing are on a roll. In Utah, a bill by Representative Carl Wimmer,more
Obama battles to win over Democrats
After 14 months and more than 60 speeches President Obamas fight to win reforms of Americas health insurance system may have only four days to go. His fight to keep them on the statute books will then begin. As opponents of the reforms crowded on tomore
F.C.C. Calls New Broadband Plan Vital
The on Tuesday characterized its Congressionally mandated national broadband plan as a much-needed step for keeping the United States competitive. The proposal, which the agency sent to Congress on Tuesday, is necessary to meet the challenges of globalmore
Full visit to Indonesia still on agenda
THE visit by the US President, Barack Obama, to Indonesia has been delayed, but not truncated, a reflection of the region's emerging powerhouse status to US foreign policy in Asia and the Islamic world. While his trip to Australia has been shortened by amore