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2008-01-27 13:22	Reuters, International	Kenya clashes kill at least 10, Annan meets Odinga NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday, overshadowing a meeting between former U.N. chief Kofi Annan and opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis....
2008-01-27 13:20	UPI Newstrack	Celebrities set to attend SAG Awards
2008-01-27 13:15	Reuters UK	Baros joins Portsmouth for rest of season
2008-01-27 12:55	UPI Newstrack	Hackers disrupt Swedish Web sites
2008-01-27 12:47	AP International	Asia-Pacific leaders remember Suharto JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Asia-Pacific leaders recalled the late Indonesian dictator Suharto's strengths on Sunday, praising him for modernizing his country and promoting regional unity — despite his deeply flawed human rights record....
2008-01-27 12:45	Reuters UK	SocGen reveals how it was duped by trader
2008-01-27 12:45	UPI Newstrack	Canada prison on lockdown
2008-01-27 12:40	Reuters UK	SocGen reveals how it was duped in trading scam
2008-01-27 12:40	UPI Newstrack	Ledger remembered with LA, NYC events
2008-01-27 12:35	UPI Newstrack	Minister: Normal U.S.-Iran ties tenable
2008-01-27 12:32	AP International	Media: 9 dead in Turkish train accident ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A passenger train derailed in Turkey early Sunday, killing at least 9 people and injuring 24, possibly due to ice on the tracks, authorities and media reports said....
2008-01-27 12:32	AP Top News	Lead Linked to Aging in Older Brains Lead Linked to Aging in Older BrainsNEW YORK (AP) - Could it be that the "natural" mental decline that afflicts many older people is related to how much lead they absorbed decades before? That's the provocative idea emerging from some recent studies, part of a broader area of new research that suggests some pollutants can cause harm that shows up only years after someone is exposed....
2008-01-27 12:30	UPI Newstrack	Kremlin critic barred from running
2008-01-27 12:30	UPI Newstrack	Jackson eyeing Super Bowl comeback
2008-01-27 12:25	UPI Newstrack	Israeli group says anti-Semitism rising
2008-01-27 12:25	Reuters UK	Man walking in M61 motorway hit by car
2008-01-27 12:22	AP International	South Korean college to work with NASA SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top state-run science college in South Korea has forged a research partnership with the U.S. space agency NASA, the school said Sunday....
2008-01-27 12:15	Reuters UK	Tough challenges ahead for Clinton and Obama
2008-01-27 12:15	UPI Newstrack	Cold spell in China kills 12
2008-01-27 12:12	AP Top News	French Bank Accuses Trader of Hacking PARIS (AP) - Societe Generale detailed Sunday how a young trader evaded all its controls to bet some $73 billion - more than the French bank's market worth - saying he hacked computers and used other "fraudulent methods" to cover his tracks, causing billions of dollars in losses. The bank says the trader, Jerome Kerviel, did not appear to have profited personally from the transactions and seemingly worked alone - a version of events reiterated Sunday by Jean-Pierre Mustier, chief executive of the bank's corporate and investment banking arm. But, in a conference call with reporters, Mustier added: "I cannot guarantee to you 100 percent that there was no complicity."...
2008-01-27 12:07	AP International	Key Suharto dates and events (AP) - Key dates in the life of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto:...
2008-01-27 12:07	AP Top News	Iraqi Reinforcements Reach Mosul BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraqi soldiers reached the northern city of Mosul on Sunday for an operation against al-Qaida in Iraq, days after some 40 people were killed in a house explosion followed by a suicide attack against a senior police official. The American military, meanwhile, reported two soldiers killed in separate bombings in Baghdad - one on a foot patrol Saturday near the northwestern area of Kazimiyah and another whose vehicle was struck Sunday by a roadside bomb in the city's northeast....
2008-01-27 12:07	AFP	Ronaldo double helps Man Utd see off Spurs MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Cristiano Ronaldo's double completed Manchester United's fight-back in a 3-1 win against 10-man Tottenham in the FA Cup fourth round here at Old Trafford on Sunday....
2008-01-27 12:00	Reuters UK	Glamour returns to Hollywood with SAGs
2008-01-27 11:55	Reuters UK	McDonald spares Celtic's blushes at Falkirk
2008-01-27 11:47	AFP	French police extend trader's detention as bank reveals $73 bln gamble PARIS (AFP) - French investigators on Sunday extended the detention of accused rogue trader Jerome Kerviel over a seven billion dollar fraud as Societe Generale revealed he had been gambling with more than 73 billion dollars in deals when caught....
2008-01-27 11:42	AP International	Egypt tries to control Gaza border chaos RAFAH, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian forces brandishing electrified batons stopped Gaza cars from crossing the breached border Sunday and tightened security at checkpoints to try to confine Palestinians who moved freely into Egypt for a fifth straight day....
2008-01-27 11:42	AP International	UK's Ashdown will not be UN Afghan envoy LONDON (AP) - British diplomat Paddy Ashdown said Sunday he had withdrawn from consideration for a U.N. post as a so-called "super envoy" to Afghanistan after Afghan officials said he was not their preferred candidate....
2008-01-27 11:42	AP International	Regional leaders remember Suharto JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Asia-Pacific leaders recalled the late Indonesian dictator Suharto's strengths on Sunday, praising him for modernizing his country and promoting regional unity — despite a flawed human rights record....
2008-01-27 11:42	AP International	Afghans hunt for kidnapped American KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan police tightened security in the southern city of Kandahar on Sunday as officials searched for an American aid worker, her Afghan driver and their kidnappers....
2008-01-27 11:42	AP International	7 killed in clashes in western Kenya NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) - People were burned and hacked to death Sunday in ethnic clashes in Kenya's western Naivasha town, the latest flashpoint of violence over the disputed presidential election. At least seven people died....
2008-01-27 11:40	Reuters UK	Ronaldo double sends Man Utd on in FA Cup
2008-01-27 11:32	AFP	Man Utd's Ronaldo ends Spurs's FA Cup quest LONDON (AFP) - Cristiano Ronaldo's personal goalspree this season continued as he scored twice to help overturn an early deficit as Manchester United beat Premier League rivals Tottenham 3-1 to advance into the last 16 of the FA Cup at Old Trafford here Sunday....
2008-01-27 11:32	Reuters, International	Annan meets Odinga, Kenya clashes kill at least 10 NAIVASHA, Kenya (Reuters) - Ethnic clashes killed at least 10 people in Kenya's Rift Valley on Sunday as former U.N. chief Kofi Annan met opposition leader Raila Odinga to try to resolve a month-long crisis that has claimed 750 lives....
2008-01-27 11:25	Reuters UK	Ronaldo leads Man Utd win over Spurs
2008-01-27 11:22	AP International	US offers condolences on Suharto death JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - The U.S. offered its "sincere condolences" on Sunday on the death of Suharto, a Cold War ally whose 32 years of brutal rule saw up to a million political opponents killed....
2008-01-27 11:22	AP International	Family of 3 stabbed to death in Baghdad BAGHDAD (AP) - A former city official was stabbed to death along with his wife and daughter in their home in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, officials said Sunday....
2008-01-27 11:22	AP International	Key dates in Suharto's rise and fall (AP) - Key dates in the life of Indonesia's former dictator Suharto:...
2008-01-27 11:15	Reuters UK	Ronaldo double gives Man Utd win over Spurs
2008-01-27 11:12	AFP	Indonesia's former president Suharto dead at 86 JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's former president Suharto, whose iron-fisted rule became a byword for corruption and bloody repression but also brought economic growth, died Sunday after a long fight for life....
2008-01-27 11:10	UPI Newstrack	Afghans search for missing U.S. aid worker
2008-01-27 11:07	AP International	Rogue French trader accused of hacking PARIS (AP) - A young trader blamed for losses that cost France's Societe Generale more than $7 billion hacked computers and used "several techniques of fraud," the bank said Sunday, as judicial officials said the man would remain in custody a further 24 hours....
2008-01-27 11:07	AP International	Latest Kenya ethnic clashes kill 69 NAIVASHA, Kenya (AP) - Gangs armed with machetes and bows and arrows burned and hacked to death members of a rival tribe in western Kenya Sunday, as the death toll from the latest explosion of violence over disputed presidential elections rose to 69....
2008-01-27 11:07	AP International	Kremlin critic barred from election MOSCOW (AP) - The most vocal Kremlin critic in Russia's presidential contest was barred from the ballot Sunday by election authorities who said tens of thousands of signatures on his nominating petitions were faked....
2008-01-27 11:07	AP International	9 dead in Turkish train derailment ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - A passenger train derailed in central Turkey early Sunday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, possibly due to ice on the tracks, railway authorities said....
2008-01-27 11:07	AP International	Egypt tries to contain chaotic border RAFAH, Egypt (AP) - Egyptian forces moved to close the breached border with the Gaza Strip by stopping vehicle traffic Sunday and tightening a security cordon around Rafah in an effort to confine Palestinians crossing freely into Egypt for the fifth day in a row....
2008-01-27 11:07	AP Top News	3rd Avalanche Victim Found in California 3rd Avalanche Victim Found in CaliforniaLOS ANGELES (AP) - Winter storms continued to soak Southern California on Sunday and meteorologists warned that wetter weather was on its way. Up to 2 inches of rain fell overnight in valley and coastal areas and about double that in the mountains, National Weather Service specialist Stewart Seto said....
2008-01-27 10:52	AP International	Ship tracking Japan whalers back to port TOKYO (AP) - A Greenpeace vessel trying to disrupt Japan's annual whale hunt in waters near Antarctica has run low on fuel and is returning to port, the group said....
2008-01-27 10:52	AP International	Mexico: Arrest in cardinal's 1993 murder TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - An alleged drug cartel hit man who is among the suspects in the 1993 slaying of a Mexican cardinal was arrested in the border city of Tijuana, authorities announced on Saturday....
2008-01-27 10:52	AP International	Ex-Indonesian dictator Suharto dies JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Former dictator Suharto, an army general who crushed Indonesia's communist movement and pushed aside the country's founding father to usher in 32 years of tough rule that saw up to a million political opponents killed, died Sunday. He was 86....


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