AP - European and Latin American leaders pledged to fight poverty, global warming and high food prices on Friday, presenting a show of unity despite a feud between Colombia and Venezuela that threatened to disrupt their summit.
Sat, 17 May 2008 06:33:22 GMT
Kidnapped Pakistan envoy released by Taliban
(Reuters)
- Reuters - Suspected Taliban militants have
released Pakistan's envoy to Afghanistan more than three months
after he was kidnapped in Pakistan's Khyber tribal region, a
senior government official told Reuters on Saturday.
Sat, 17 May 2008 06:32:46 GMT
Canadian tourist shot dead in Mexico
(AP)
- AP - A Canadian tourist was shot and killed late Thursday inside his hotel room in the Mexican resort city of Cabo San Lucas, police said.
Sat, 17 May 2008 06:20:33 GMT
Allthelook Business News
American Axle and UAW reach tentative agreement
(Reuters)
- Reuters - The United Auto Workers and American
Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc reached a tentative
contract agreement late Friday aimed at ending an 11-week-long
strike that had triggered thousands of layoffs and cost General
Motors Corp at least $1 billion.
Sat, 17 May 2008 06:07:25 GMT
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Quake Unlikely To Derail China's Economy
(Investor's Business Daily)
- Investor's Business Daily - While China grapples with the devastating May 12 earthquake in Sichuan -- now thought to have killed 50,000 people, leaving 5 million homeless and property damage at $20 billion -- the economic toll may be mild, analysts say.
Fri, 16 May 2008 22:57:55 GMT
Reuters - The Los Angeles Lakers held off a
furious late fightback by the Utah Jazz to book their place in
the Western Conference final with a nail-biting 108-105 victory
in Game Six on Friday.
AP - Kobe Bryant scored 34 points and Los Angeles held off a furious rally by the Utah Jazz for a 108-105 victory Friday night, putting the Lakers in the Western Conference finals for the first time in four years.
AFP - An American tourist who survived China's deadly earthquake says he is not only lucky to be alive -- he had a "surreal" experience of sharing the moment with giant pandas.
Sat, 17 May 2008 02:14:37 GMT
Space Station Crew Welcomes New Cargo Ship
(SPACE.com)
- SPACE.com - Astronauts
aboard the International Space Station (ISS) welcomed the arrival of a new
Russian cargo ship filled with fresh food, water and other vital supplies Friday
after a flawless orbital rendezvous.
Fri, 16 May 2008 23:02:36 GMT
AP - A Russian supply ship docked to the international space station on Friday, delivering more than 2 tons of food, water, equipment and scientific experiments.
Fashion Wire Daily - Now in its seventh year, Village Care of New York's annual "Tulips and Pansies: The Headdress Affair" is not your average benefit fashion show - pair New York's top florists with the city's most creative fashion designers, and the end result? Floral headdresses akin to wearable rooftop gardens, that are so outrageous and over-the-top they could be their own float in the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
AFP - Claus-Dietrich Lahrs, the CEO of leading French fashion house Christian Dior Couture, was Thursday named head of German ready-to-wear company Hugo Boss, a statement from that company said.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.
AP - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Though Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz are keeping a tight lid on their nuptuals, it's looking like a wedding is imminent. Aerial photos posted Friday at several celebrity Web sites, credited to the Insight News & Features paparazzi photo agency, purport to show the Simpson family home near Los Angeles dotted with large white party tents.
