Win or bust: Hillary Clinton risks all on one last throw of the dice 2008-04-24 05:45 - Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face nine more contests in their marathon nominating battle, but both know that there is just one that has the power and significance to decide the race: their next showdown in Indiana.
Pope caught in row over who should pay for Australia visit 2008-04-23 06:01 - This year’s papal visit to Australia is already sorely testing the country’s
commitment to the virtues of peace and goodwill as politicians and the Roman
Catholic Church wrangle over the cost to the taxpayer.
World in Brief: five arrested during on Malaysian leg of Olympic torch... 2008-04-23 06:01 - <b>Kuala Lumpur</b> The Malaysian leg of the Olympic torch relay passed off
largely without incident under a heavy security presence. Police arrested
three members of a Japanese family after they waved a Tibetan flag and
detained a British woman and a Buddhist monk.
Madonna: more clout than the Beatles, all by herself . . . and wearing... 2008-04-23 06:01 - When Madonna’s <i>4 Minutes</i> <a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article3789058.ece">went
to No 1</a> on both sides of the Atlantic this weekend, it marked her 23rd
Top Ten single, her 13th No 1 and 25 years of <i>Zeitgeist</i>-bothering
since she released <i>Holiday</i> in 1983.
Russian jet ’shoots down’ Georgian spy plane 2008-04-23 06:01 - Georgia today accused Russia of an “unprovoked act of aggression” after a
Russian jet allegedly shot down an unmanned Georgian reconnaissance plane, <i>Alexi
Mostrous writes</i>.
Hamas ’ready to accept’ Israel as peaceful neighbour 2008-04-23 06:01 - Hamas is ready to accept the right of Israel to exist as a “neighbour, next
door, in peace" if a peace deal is approved by Palestinians, Jimmy Carter,
the former US president, said today.
Victory alone is not enough for trailing contender 2008-04-23 06:01 - WHEN is a win a loss? That’s the question that will enthral America when the results of the Pennsylvania Democratic primary roll in some time today.
Summit to ’kickstart’ action on world food price blow-out 2008-04-23 06:01 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to host a summit of policymakers and experts, including the head of the UN food agency, to kickstart a plan to tackle rising food prices worldwide.