Russia celebrates WW II victory | Moscow: Russia’s parade on Red Square to celebrate the 63rd anniversary of its World War II victory was watched by President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. ... |
2000 Olympic Champion Diver Laura Wilkinson Aims For a Third Olympic Team| Wilkinson, 30, hopes to retire after going out on high note at Beijing Olympics in August |
U.S. trade deficit narrowed in March, but exports fell| The falling demand for imports is the latest indication that Americans are reining in their spending habits. |
BSF lodges protest with Pak over LoC firing| Following a border BSF post in Jammu coming under heavy firing on Thursday night from the Pakistani side, the force on Friday lodged a protest with Pakistani Rangers. |
Israeli PM denies taking illicit donations from American
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 | AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied fresh accusations that he illegally accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from a U.S. citizen, but said Thursday night that he will step down if he is indicted. |
New idea in mortuary science: dissolving bodies Federer falls to Stepanek in Rome | Tanvir picked up six wickets as Rajasthan Royals dished out a clinical performance to outclass Chennai Super Kings by eight wickets during their IPL match in Jaipur. |
Happy Mother's Day: Woman pregnant with 18th child
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 | AP - It's a happy Mother's Day for an Arkansas woman she's pregnant with her 18th child. |
Slap row: Nanavati satisfied| Mumbai Indians have a tough task in hand to stop the relentless march of Rajasthan Royals when the two teams cross swords in their IPL tie at the D Y Patil Stadium on Wednesday. |
LeBron bombs again as Celtics take 2-0 lead | Boston's Big Three of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen led the Celtics to a 89-73 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals. |
Sena MLA among 20 acquitted in riots case| MUMBAI: A special court on Friday acquitted the former Shiv Sena Minister Gajanan Kirtikar and 19 others in a 1992-93 Mumbai riots case. It was alleged that they instigated violence after the demolition of the Babri Masjid. Magistrate ... |
BSF foils infiltration bid in J&K| Samba: Border Security Force personnel foiled an infiltration attempt by 10-15 militants in the Suchetgarh-Gallard area in Jammu and Kashmir late on Thursday evening. A party of the 112 battalion deployed in Samba saw the militants ... |
Hundreds stranded as gas leak halts O.C. Metrolink service| The leak was caused by construction workers near the tracks in Irvine. Trains are expected to resume running early this afternoon. More than 700 train passengers were stranded this morning after workers cut into a natural gas line near the Metrolink tracks in Irvine, leaving trains on the central commuter rail line through Orange County at a standstill, officials said. |
Disk Drives Survived Columbia Disaster| Data-recovery specialist salvages info from disk in shuttle accident. |
Citigroup announces plans to sell $400 billion in assets| The ailing bank plans to shed assets including real estate, leveraged loans, complex debt tied to subprime mortgages, and structured investment vehicles. |
Plame seeks to resurrect lawsuit in CIA leak case
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 | AP - Former CIA operative Valerie Plame is trying to resurrect a lawsuit against those in the Bush administration she says illegally disclosed her identity. |
