Castro Close to Death; U.S. Officials Meet on Cuba

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:08 AM EST (Reuters)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Bush administration officials met this week to discuss Cuba's political future, with U.S. intelligence reports predicting that ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro may not have long to live.

world-news, bush, united-states, washington, cuba, castro, havana

Arsenal Thrash Blackburn 6-2

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:05 AM EST (BBC News)

Three goals in the last eight minutes handed Arsenal a majestic victory over Blackburn at the Emirates. Shabani Nonda put Rovers ahead from the spot after three minutes before Gilberto Silva headed home a corner.

sports, arsenal, emirates, rovers, blackburn, gunners, van-persie, hleb, adabayor, ashburton

Israel releases Palestinian cash

Seeded on Sun Dec 24, 2006 1:03 AM EST (BBC News)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has agreed to release $100m (£51m) in frozen Palestinian funds at talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. The talks in Jerusalem were their first formal meeting.

world-news, israel, money, palestine, gaza, hamas, west-bank, funds, olmert, abbas

Fiery debate over China's dragon

Seeded on Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:34 AM EST (BBC News)

Chinese internet users have stirred a heated debate over the status of dragons, seen as a national symbol. The problem, some academics allege, is that Chinese people and Westerners have very different concepts of dragons.

world-news, china, debate, icon, dragon

Gunners deny Chelsea

Seeded on Sun Dec 10, 2006 3:43 PM EST (ESPN.com)

A pulsating last 20 minutes at Stamford Bridge saw champions Chelsea gain only a point from Arsenal but it could have been more. Mathieu Flamini scored in the 78th minute before Michael Essien smashed in a superb long-range equaliser.

sports, arsenal, chelsea, ashley-cole, barclays-premiership, michael-essien, matthieu-flamini

Cubs land lefty Lilly, edge out Yankees

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 2:42 PM EST (MLB.com)

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Jim Hendry and agent Larry O'Brien finalized a deal for free agent Ted Lilly on Wednesday night while the Cubs general manager was in the hospital undergoing an EKG.

sports, yankees, cubs, major-league-baseball, ted-lilly, jim-hendry

Ebola Epidemic Wiping Out Gorilla Populations

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 2:40 PM EST (Sciam)

In parts of the Republic of Congo in equatorial Africa, nearly all the gorillas are gone. Since 2001 gorilla and chimpanzee remains have showed up near and in the Lossi Sanctuary, close to the Gabon border. Just what was killing these great apes was unclear.

science, africa, virus, killing, congo, gorilla, ebola

Fiji suspended from Commonwealth

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 2:38 PM EST (The Times)

Fiji has been suspended from the Commonwealth following an emergency meeting in London this morning which was called to respond to the military coup in the South Pacific nation this week.

world-news, coup, suspended, fiji, commonwealth

Beatles on iTunes? Coming soon.

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 2:36 PM EST (XLR8R.com)

Let's be honest, the important thing here is to give props to the designer over at gizmodo for whipping up this sweet Abbey Road/iPod mash-up illustration. It's so much better than the pic in the original article. Good work guys!

entertainment, itunes, steve-jobs, beatles, agreement, apple-records

"Borat" lawsuit takes aim at forthcoming DVD

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 1:03 AM EST (Reuters)

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge on Thursday said he would consider a request by two U.S. college students to have a scene cut from the hit movie "Borat" that shows them guzzling alcohol and making racist remarks.

entertainment, college, lawsuit, dvd, south-carolina, drunk, racist, borat, sex-tape, fraternity

Russian Tied to Ex-Spy Also Ill From Radiation

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 12:52 AM EST (The Washington Post)

MOSCOW, Dec. 7 -- A Russian businessman who met with a former Russian domestic intelligence officer in London the day the man fell ill from radioactive poison has himself become suddenly and seriously sick, Russian news organizations reported Thursday night.

world-news, london, spy, russian, radiation, kgb, poisoned, scotland-yard, litvinenko, kovtun

Microsoft sued for Xbox 360 update issues

Seeded on Fri Dec 8, 2006 12:47 AM EST (Gamespot)

When Microsoft released the Fall Update for the Xbox 360 on October 31, reports that it was "bricking" some systems--rendering them unable to play games or even boot up properly--quickly flared up online.

technology, microsoft, lawsuit, xbox-360, brick, fall-update

Want to Clog Your Heart with Trans Fats? Not in NYC!

Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:44 AM EST

New York City has voted in favor of banning trans fats in the city, beginning July 2007. Apparently it is legal for a city to do so, or else the Board of Health would not have approved such legislation, I assume.

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health, food, new-york-city, ban, trans-fats, fried, trans-fat-ban

Nintendo Wii debut for UK gamers

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:41 AM EST (BBC News)

Nintendo's Wii videogames console goes on sale at midnight on Thursday to UK gamers with all pre-orders snapped up. Gamers started queuing outside HMV on Oxford Street in London on Tuesday and Nintendo expects the console to sell out on day one.

technology, united-kingdom, nintendo, wii, debut

Shevchenko reveals Chelsea doubts

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:39 AM EST (BBC News)

Andriy Shevchenko is ready to leave Chelsea if Jose Mourinho decides he does not fit into his plans. The Ukraine star, 30, has scored just three league goals since his £30.8m summer move and has been linked with a return to AC Milan.

sports, chelsea, champions-league, jose-mourinho, andriy-shevchenko

MySpace to 'block sex offenders'

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:36 AM EST (BBC News)

Social networking website MySpace says it will release tools to identify and ban US sex offenders from its service. The company said the new service will be the first national database that brings together about 46 US state sex offender registers.

us-news, myspace, sex-offenders, child-expolitation

Arsenal Edge Through to Knockout Stage

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:35 AM EST (ESPN.com)

Arsenal successfully negotiated a potentially fraught trip to Porto but endured a few heart-stopping moments before clinching their place in the Champions League knockout stages.

sports, arsenal, champions-league, porto, group-g

N.Korea says U.S. has nuclear bomb in South: Tass

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:31 AM EST (Reuters)

North Korea believes Washington has atomic weapons deployed in South Korea and it will not halt its nuclear program as long as this threat persists, Itar-Tass news agency quoted a North Korean source as saying on Thursday.

world-news, united-states, north-korea, south-korea, atomic, nuclear-bomb

Turkey moves to break Cyprus trade deadlock

Seeded on Thu Dec 7, 2006 9:28 AM EST (The Times)

World News Times Online December 07, 2006 Turkey moves to break Cyprus trade deadlock Philippe Naughton and agencies

world-news, eu, turkey, trade, greece, cyprus, negotiations

Barack Hussein Obama doesn't hide middle name

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 3:21 AM EST (Chicago Sun-Times)

Barack Hussein Obama. The blogosphere and talk radio, even C-Span, has chatter about the middle name of the Illinois Democrat.

politics, barack-obama, democrat, illinois, prejudice, barack-hussein-obama

Hitler's race car could break record

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 3:15 AM EST (CNN)

A rare 1939 German sports car commissioned by Adolf Hitler is expected to command the highest price ever paid for any automobile at auction, according to Christie's, which will conduct the auction in Paris in February 2007.

odd-news, auction, hitler, porsche, race-car

Aronofsky's The Fountain - Bring your thinking cap... it's worth it!

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 3:03 AM EST (fangasm.com)

What if you could live forever? What if there was something out there that could prolong our lives for a while if not indefinitely? What if you were reincarnated in a later life to fulfill a purpose from a past one? To what ends would you go to secure eternal life and save the on …

entertainment, hugh-jackman, rachel-weisz, darren-aronofsky, the-fountain

Cubs accelerate in drive for pitching

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 2:59 AM EST (MLB.com)

Cubs general manager Jim Hendry stepped up his efforts to add some starting pitching on Tuesday when he talked with the agents for pitchers Ted Lilly, Gil Meche and Jason Schmidt. Lou Piniella got into the act, too.

sports, major-league-baseball, lou-piniella, ted-lilly, gil-meche, jason-schmidt, jim-hendry

Champions League: Barca brush off Bremen

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 2:56 AM EST (ESPN.com)

Barcelona showed no sign of nerves to dismiss Werder Bremen 2-0 in their must-win final Champions League Group A match on Tuesday night.

sports, chelsea, champions-league, barcelona, ronaldinho, barca, group-stage

Musharraf raises hope of lasting peace with offer to give up claim on Kashmir

Seeded on Wed Dec 6, 2006 2:52 AM EST (The Times)

President Musharraf offered yesterday to abandon Pakistan's longstanding claim to the disputed region of Kashmir, which has caused three wars since 1947, and to supervise it jointly with India.

world-news, india, pakistan, peace, musharraf, kashmir, withdraw

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