McCain fires warning shot: opponents soft on guns 2008-05-18 05:10 - John McCain warns gun owners that his Democratic opponents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton would threaten their right to bear arms.
Big Apple campaign targets knockoffs 2008-05-18 05:10 - New York City unveiling ad campaign warning people of human cost of indulging in knockoffs.
Gypsy shanty towns burn in Naples as Italian police swoop on illegal i... 2008-05-17 06:01 - Italian police began a nationwide round-up of nearly 400 illegal immigrants
from the Balkans and North Africa today in the midst of a series of arson
attacks on Roma gypsy camps in the suburbs of Naples.
Death toll in China could hit 50,000 as time runs out for rescue 2008-05-17 06:01 - The death toll in China’s deadliest tremor in 32 years could soar to 50,000,
state media reported yesterday, as time was running out to find survivors
trapped in the rubble.
Robert George puts parasites on the map with Atlas of the Fleas 2008-05-17 06:01 - Fleas are an irritation for many people, but for Robert George they are a
passion. For the past 58 years he has compiled detailed records of the
blood-sucking parasites to create an atlas of fleas.
Women in second bid for power 2008-05-17 06:01 - Kuwait City Kuwaiti women will participate in parliamentary elections
tomorrow for the second time in the conservative Muslim country’s history.
They hope to improve on their performance in 2006 when they failed to win
any seats.
China quake death toll rises by a third, as time runs out for miracles... 2008-05-17 06:01 - The search for survivors of China’s worst earthquake in 30 years became more
urgent today as the predicted death toll rose to 50,000 and Chinese
officials admitted that finding anyone still alive would be a “miracle”.
British tourists in China earthquake zone ’safe and sound’ 2008-05-17 06:01 - Fourteen of the 19 British tourists who went missing after the devastating
earthquake in southwest China are “safe and well” after they were evacuated
by army helicopter from the quake zone today.
China: the wall comes down 2008-05-17 06:01 - China’s Communist Party has responded to this week’s earthquake with unprecedented openness. Perhaps it had no other choice.
