BBC NEWS | Business | Bear Stearns gets emergency funds

BBC NEWS | Business | Bear Stearns gets emergency funds: "US bank Bear Stearns has got emergency funding, in a move that raises fears that one of Wall Street's biggest names is on the verge of collapsing."

6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran - News Desk (usnews.com)

6 Signs the U.S. May Be Headed for War in Iran - News Desk (usnews.com)

McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam

McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam: "Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a 'war' against the 'false religion' of Islam with the aim of destroying it."

U.S. drops China from list of top 10 violators of rights - International Herald Tribune

U.S. drops China from list of top 10 violators of rights - International Herald Tribune: "WASHINGTON: The State Department no longer considers China one of the world's worst human rights violators, according to its annual human rights report released Tuesday, a decision that immediately earned the ire of human rights groups."

John McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Calls For Destruction Of Islam - Politics on The Huffington Post

John McCain's "Spiritual Guide" Calls For Destruction Of Islam - Politics on The Huffington Post: "Senator John McCain hailed as a spiritual adviser an Ohio megachurch pastor who has called upon Christians to wage a 'war' against the 'false religion' of Islam with the aim of destroying it."

Rapid Report: Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?

Rapid Report: Pentagon Report on Saddam's Iraq Censored?: "ABC News' Jonathan Karl Reports: The Bush Administration apparently does not want a U.S. military study that found no direct connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda to get any attention. This morning, the Pentagon cancelled plans to send out a press release announcing the report's release and will no longer make the report available online."

Iraq violence sees spike - Yahoo! News

Iraq violence sees spike - Yahoo! News: "BAGHDAD - Violence appeared to be on the rise in Iraq after a day that saw at least 42 people die — numbers that cast doubt on the easing of sectarian violence following a surge of U.S. forces to the country last year."

UK top cop who led CIA probe found dead - Yahoo! News

UK top cop who led CIA probe found dead - Yahoo! News: "MANCHESTER, England - A city police chief who led an investigation into charges that Britain cooperated with secret CIA flights to transport terrorism suspects without formal proceedings has been found dead, his deputy said Tuesday."

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam, al Qaida - Yahoo! News

Exhaustive review finds no link between Saddam, al Qaida - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al Qaida terrorist network."

2008 The Year Of Global Food Crisis (from Sunday Herald)

2008 The Year Of Global Food Crisis (from Sunday Herald): "More than 73 million people in 78 countries that depend on food handouts from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) are facing reduced rations this year. The increasing scarcity of food is the biggest crisis looming for the world'', according to WFP officials."

Gang Members Get Trained in the Army - NAM

Gang Members Get Trained in the Army - NAM: "LOS ANGELES – While hundreds of Mexican soldiers are deserting the army to join drug trafficking gangs, California is facing the opposite problem: A growing number of gang members here have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces in order to receive military training."

Ethanol fuel is not so green | The Courier-Mail

Ethanol fuel is not so green | The Courier-Mail: "And making ethanol is a hungry process. It requires some 200kg of corn to produce between 90 and 100 litres of ethanol, enough to fill the fuel tank of a typical four-wheel-drive vehicle. That same amount of corn could supply enough calories to feed a person for a year."

Britain makes camera that sees under clothes | U.S. | Reuters

Britain makes camera that sees under clothes | U.S. | Reuters: "LONDON (Reuters) - A British company has developed a camera that can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people's clothes from up to 25 meters away in what could be a breakthrough for the security industry."

ABC News: He's 101 and Training for Marathon

ABC News: He's 101 and Training for Marathon: "Buster Martin is an unlikely candidate to set a marathon record. He drinks beer, smokes cigarettes and stays out late. And he's 101."

Belleville Intelligencer - Ontario, CA

Belleville Intelligencer - Ontario, CA: "'The distribution of drug paraphernalia, including crackpipes, to drug users in Ottawa and Toronto, as well as the presence of drug injection sites, is also in violation of the international drug control treaties, to which Canada is a party,' says a report by the UN's influential International Narcotics Control Board released in Vienna on Wednesday."

US Navy strike group responds to increasing Lebanon, Syria tension - Jane's Naval Forces News

US Navy strike group responds to increasing Lebanon, Syria tension - Jane's Naval Forces News: "A US Navy (USN) expeditionary strike group has been deployed to the eastern Mediterranean in the wake of increasing tensions between Lebanon and Syria.

The strike group is led by the Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship USS Nassau and includes the Austin-class amphibious transport dock USS Nashville, the Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship USS Ashland, the Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Ross. The six vessels left the United States on 19 and 20 February, the navy said.

The destroyer USS Cole - which was seriously damaged in a terrorist attack in Aden in 2000 - is already in international waters off the coast of Lebanon, accompanied by two refuelling ships."

NPR: AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water

NPR: AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water: "AP, March 9, 2008 - A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows."

Heathrow airport first to fingerprint - Telegraph

Heathrow airport first to fingerprint - Telegraph: "Millions of British airline passengers face mandatory fingerprinting before being allowed to board flights when Heathrow’s Terminal 5 opens later this month."