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Most popular news on 27 October 2007 |
Despite Progress, California Fires Still Pose Threat - New York Times
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26 - Small fires began, larger fires inched closer to containment, and a handful of the more than 20 blazes that have burned across Southern California for six days remained serious threats on Friday.
A Missed Moment In Iraq - Washington Post
By Henri J. Barkey The Bush administration has only itself to blame for the quandary it faces with Turkish forces poised to intervene in northern Iraq.
Iranians Dismiss New US Sanctions - New York Times
By NAZILA FATHI and HELENE COOPER TEHRAN, Oct. 26 - Iran?s chief nuclear negotiator today dismissed the sweeping new sanctions announced by the Bush administration against an elite unit of the Revolutionary Guard in Iran as insignificant and said they ...
Photo of 2nd Bhutto bomb suspect released in Pakistan - Reuters
By Imtiaz Shah KARACHI, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Pakistani police released a photograph of the reconstructed face of a second man suspected to have been involved in a suicide attack on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that killed 139 people, ...
Burma regime 'frees 70 detainees' - BBC News
At least 70 people detained in Burma during recent anti-government protests have been released, an opposition party official has said.
Court frees US teen jailed 10 years for oral sex - Reuters
By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA (Reuters) - A Georgia man sentenced to 10 years in jail without parole for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17 walked free on Friday after the state's top court ordered his early release.
US disaster agency apologizes for fake 'reporters' - Reuters
By Randall Mikkelsen WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - The main US disaster-response agency apologized on Friday for having its employees pose as reporters in a news briefing on California's wildfires that no journalists attended.
Bush Adviser Weighs In on Climate and Health - New York Times
By Andrew C. Revkin As Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups continue to complain about Bush administration edits of Senate testimony on health risks from global warming, the White House today took the unusual step of having President Bush?s ...
Icahn criticises BAE over Oracle bid - MSNBC
By Richard Waters in San Francisco Activist investor Carl Icahn turned up the heat on BEA Systems on Friday, pressing the embattled software company to let shareholders decide on a $6.7bn bid from Oracle if no better offers emerge.
Microsoft Surges After Sales, Profit Beat Estimates (Update5) - Bloomberg
By Dina Bass Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. shares soared to their highest level in six years after first-quarter sales beat projections by more than $1 billion, proving the new version of Windows has reinvigorated growth.
Merrill Lynch Mulls Change in Leadership - New York Times
By LANDON THOMAS Jr. and JENNY ANDERSON The board of Merrill Lynch, its frustration mounting over the brokerage firm?s credit losses and the decision-making of its embattled chief executive, E. Stanley O?Neal, has begun to actively consider whether to ...
In Construction Mode, Astronauts Add to Station - New York Times
By JOHN SCHWARTZ Working both outside the station and within it, the astronauts moved the Harmony module, which will serve as a connection point for two new laboratories, to a temporary location.
Apple's Leopard arrives in San Francisco - CNET News.com
As Yogi might say, it was deja vu all over again on Stockton Street as Apple released Mac OS X Leopard to the general public. It wasn't exactly iPhone Day, but hundreds of people lined up on Stockton Street Friday outside the San Francisco Apple store ...
Facing Competition, Guitar Hero III Cranks Gameplay to 11 - Wired News
By Chris Kohler 10.26.07 | 3:00 PM Forget about Xbox vs. Wii. This Christmas, the fiercest videogame rivalry is a battle of the bands.
Ortiz to Start at First; Youkilis Takes a Seat - New York Times
By JACK CURRY DENVER, Oct. 26 - David Ortiz of the Red Sox looked more like a rap star than an occasional first baseman as he practiced at his old position Friday at Coors Field.
Ryan Makes a Statement - New York Times
By Adam Himmelsbach BLACKSBURG, Va. - Boston College Coach Jeff Jagodzinksi was the Green Bay Packers? tight ends coach from 1999-2003, and last year he was their offensive coordinator.
Relieved Chargers head home - SportingNews.com
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) -- Chased from their homes and practice fields by deadly wildfires, the San Diego Chargers headed home Friday night and will play the Houston Texans at Qualcomm Stadium on Sunday as scheduled.
Review: Carell shines in fine 'Dan in Real Life' - CNN
By Tom Charity (CNN) -- So far as I can see, Steve Carell is a rather unremarkable fellow -- which makes him quite an unusual movie star.
Lawyer Says Spears Custody Bid on Hold - Forbes
By LINDA DEUTSCH 10.26.07, 10:53 PM ET Britney Spears arrived in court giggling on Friday but was later heard swearing during a break in a closed hearing that ended with no decision on her bid for shared custody of her two young sons with Kevin ...
Rapper TI released on bail in weapons case - Reuters
By Matthew Bigg ATLANTA (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning rapper TI was ordered released from prison on $3 million bond on Friday and will be allowed to remain at home under strict supervision in a weapons case that could see him jailed for up to 30 ...
Student's death probably caused by staph infection - CNN
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A seventh-grade student from Brooklyn has died, possibly from the staph infection MRSA, New York City Health Department Associate Press Secretary Sheryl Goodwin said Thursday.
Canadian agencies look for E. coli links - CTV.ca
Canada's Public Health Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are looking into the possibility that there may be links between E. coli outbreaks throughout the country earlier this summer.
Judy Mazel, Creator of Best-Selling ?Beverly Hills Diet,? Is Dead ... - New York Times
By DENNIS HEVESI Judy Mazel, author of the 1981 best-selling book ?The Beverly Hills Diet,? which recommended eating nothing but fruit, and lots it, for the first 10 days of a six-week regimen, and which drew strong criticism from medical authorities, ...
Fighting Escalates Near Stronghold of Pakistani Cleric - New York Times
By ISMAIL KHAN PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Oct. 26 - Pakistani security forces exchanged heavy gunfire with militants at the sprawling seminary of a powerful cleric in the troubled North-West Frontier Province on Friday, a day after a suicide bomber killed 20 ...
Yet Another Photo of Site in Syria, Yet More Questions - New York Times
By WILLIAM J. BROAD and MARK MAZZETTI The mystery surrounding the construction of what might have been a nuclear reactor in Syria deepened yesterday, when a company released a satellite photo showing that the main building was well under way in ...
Empty Seats Add to Worry on Eve of Darfur Talks - New York Times
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN SIRTE, Libya, Oct. 26 - On the eve of the much anticipated peace talks for Darfur, United Nations and African Union officials on Friday expressed disappointment that several rebel leaders had not showed up, but they said the talks ...
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