Philippines stops death penalty
BBC News - 3 hours agoBy Sarah Toms. Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has signed a law abolishing the death penalty just two weeks after Congress passed the legislation. As a result the sentences of the 1,200 inmates on death row will be now be commuted to life imprisonment. ...

Sunnis Complain Religious Leader Detained
Forbes - 33 minutes agoBy SAMEER N. YACOUB , 06.24.2006, 09:35 AM. Sunni groups complained Saturday that one of their top religious leaders was detained by American troops in Tikrit for several hours, while the US military said three ...

Cadbury says chocolate safe
Reuters.uk - 1 hour agoBy Tim Castle. LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Schweppes insisted on Saturday its products were safe despite waiting five months to inform health authorities it had discovered minute traces of salmonella at one of its UK chocolate factories. ...

Wedding g'day, mate!
New York Daily News - 5 hours agoBY MICHELLE CARUSO. Actress Nicole Kidman and her country singer beau Keith Urban are expected to tie the knot tomorrow in a Catholic ceremony in Sydney. Since the happy Aussie-raised couple arrived in Oz last ...

Officials On Sears Tower Plot: No Need To Worry
CBS2 Chicago - 1 hour ago(CBS) CHICAGO Two days after the news broke on a plot to attack the Sears Tower, national and local authorities have reminded everyone that there is no need to worry and the threat was never credible. Yet, as ...

More on iTunes and the movies
Playlist - Jun 22, 2006When last we met I offered up a few features I d like to see in the movies I eventually purchase from the iTunes Music Store a reasonable price, the ability to burn my purchases to a disc playable in my home DVD player, a format compatible with a ...

Not a pretty picture
Boston Globe - 6 hours agoBy John Powers, Globe Staff | June 24, 2006. HAMBURG -- While United States coach Bruce Arena acknowledges that his squad didn't get the job done in the World Cup, he thinks that FIFA, which runs this quadrennial show, made a hash of the draw. ...

Curtis maintains lead at Avenel
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - 5 hours agoPOTOMAC, Md. -- Ben Curtis wore the burgundy and gold of the Washington Redskins. Jos Coceres wore the blue and white of Argentina's soccer team. The American football fan took the lead over World Cup football ...

Brangelina ends suffering
National Post - 2 hours agoAre Brad Pitt's testes the new Mother Teresa? According to Entertainment Tonight, the late-blooming family man and Angelina Jolie, his partner in procreative philanthropy, have raised more than US$20-million ...

Poll: British Muslims Most Anti-Western In Europe
All Headline News - 1 hour agoLondon, United Kingdom (AHN) - A global poll published by the Washington-based Pew Global Attitudes Project claimed that British Muslims are the most anti-western in Europe. The poll also says the majority ...

East Timor ruling party to meet over political crisis
Reuters AlertNet - 7 hours agoBy David Fox. DILI, June 24 (Reuters) - Leaders of East Timor's ruling Fretilin party will meet on Sunday amid widespread speculation they might ditch embattled Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri. The party hierarchy ...

US FDA approves J&J's first HIV drug
Reuters AlertNet - 16 hours agoWASHINGTON, June 23 (Reuters) - The US Food and Drug Administration said on Friday that it has approved sales of Johnson & Johnson's first drug to treat HIV infection. The drug, Prezista, also known as TMC114 ...