Is the MDA admission into the Red Cross really a victory?
Ha'aretz - 1 hour agoMany people and organizations were taking credit yesterday for the admission of Israel's emergency services into the International Red Cross and Red Crescent movement - from which it was excluded for 58 years because of Arab and Muslim opposition - and ...

Televisa hits Univision bid hurdle
MSNBC - 35 minutes agoBy Joshua Chaffin in New York. Televisa was on Thursday relying on Bill Gates to help salvage its bid for Univision, the largest Spanish-language media company in the US, after three private equity firms quit its consortium. ...

Study: Earth hottest in 400 years
CNN International - 8 hours ago-- The National Academy of Sciences studied tree rings, corals and other natural formations, in part, to conclude that the heat is unprecedented for potentially the last several millennia. -- Human activities ...

Italy and Ghana advance
International Herald Tribune - 43 minutes agoNUREMBERG Italy and Ghana advanced to the second round of the World Cup as the United States crashed out of the tournament Thursday at the bottom of Group E. The Czech Republic, an early favorite, was also sent packing. ...

Zawahiri call to rise up against 'infidels'
Guardian Unlimited - 11 hours agoAyman al-Zawahri, al-Qaida's second-in-command, calls for an uprising against foreign forces in Afghanistan. Photograph: AP. Al-Qaida stepped up its propaganda war against foreign troops in Afghanistanon today ...

Reese Witherspoon sues Star
Canada.com - 22 hours agoReese Witherspoon is suing Star magazine for a cover story that claimed she is pregnant with her third child. According to the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Witherspoon is ...

US Senate Rejects Proposals to Withdraw Troops from Iraq
Voice of America - 3 hours agoBy Deborah Tate. The Republican-led US Senate has rejected two Democrat-sponsored proposals to begin withdrawing American troops from Iraq this year. As expected, Republicans backing President Bush to stay the course in Iraq prevailed. ...