set: US Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire, US media reported on Thursday, a development that would give President Barack Obama his first chance to make an appointment to the nation's highest court.

set: US Supreme court justice Souter to retire: reports


set: Navneet Kaur Dhillon was yesterday night crowned Femina Miss India 2013 in a star studded grand finale of the 50th edition of the beauty pageant.


set: A vehicle linked to a missing Nebraska family was found in the central Black Hills, where authorities on Wednesday resumed a search.The Pennington County sheriff's office said a car registered to Matt Schade, of Creighton, Neb., was found Tuesday in the Pactola Lake/Silver City area west of Rapid City.Schade, his wife Rowena and two children ages 11 and 8 were last seen March 20.Rapid City police and Pennington County Search and Rescue joined the sheriff's department in the search.

set: Vehicle linked to missing Neb. family is found


set: British parents deny killing children Updated: 08:42, Tuesday December 18, 2012 The parents of six children killed in a fire at their home in England have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges.


set: Hitachi Ltd. said Friday that its net profit tumbled 97% in the three months through June as the lingering impact from the March 11 disaster hurt domestic production.


set: Saorsat, the free-to-air satellite companion to Ireland's DTT service Saorview, is slated to launch this February or March.


set: LEND Lease has announced a $100 million contract to deisgn pricing, delivery and commissioning of the first Pacific National coal rolling stock maintenance facility near Nebo in Queensland.

set: Lend Lease announces $100 million contract


set: South Korea is losing patience with North Korea and probably will take military action, former US national intelligence director Dennis Blair said.


set: Myanmar said Monday that more than 10,000 people had been killed in the cyclone that tore into the impoverished and secretive Asian nation at the weekend, and tens of thousands more may also have died.

set: Myanmar says more than 10,000 killed in cyclone


set: SanDisk has suffered a quaterly loss and now it has planned to cut down its prices of its memory chips.


set: By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment CorrespondentWASHINGTON - A major offshore Arctic oil spill could severely challenge the Coast Guard, with no available infrastructure to base rescue and clean-up operations, the Coast Guard commandant said on Monday.

set: Arctic oil spill would challenge Coast Guard


set: SEC leaders met Monday for their regularly scheduled fall meeting but took no action on expansion.


set: The Pattaya Fire Brigade received a call on the evening of the 22 nd September that a fire had broken out at a curtain store on the Pattaya Naklua Road.


set: The 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution and the achievements of the Cuban people in the past five decades were celebrated during this past weekend in several countries around the world.

set: 50th anniversary of Cuban Revolution celebrated around the world


set: Weyerhaeuser Co., one of the world's largest lumber and packaging producers, said Friday it swung to a fourth-quarter loss as the deteriorating US housing market cut into demand for lumber.


set: South Wales Scorpions announce that they have signed second-row forward Tom Morgan from Swansea rugby union club for the 2012 season.

set: South Wales Scorpions sign forward Tom Morgan from Swansea rugby union club


set: Chief Minister Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said that life and property of people will be protected at all cost and anti-social elements would not be allowed to disrupt and terrify the peaceful citizens.

set: Life and property of people will be protected at all cost:


set: OPEC is going to raise its oil production quota a slight degree next week, Trend cites the head of the Oil Market Department of the Energy Security Analysis Institute, Rick Mueller, as saying.


set: ``Problems in relations with the United States, and the lack of progress in Turkey's efforts to secure membership of the EU, led commentators to speculate that Turkey and Russia could form an 'axis of the excluded' in Eurasia,'' reads the report by British Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House, titled ``Turkey, Russia and the Caucasus''.

set: Turkey and Russia could form 'axis of the excluded' in Eurasia:


set: Remarketing experts are calling for an industry-wide vehicle description and grading guide to be introduced.

set: Remarketing experts call for grading guide


set: And amazing research shows Johnny Depp may have a real royal link -- being related to the Queen.

set: Johnny Depp could be related to the Queen


set: Phil Mickelson, who won at Augusta the last time he tried it, confirmed yesterday that the warm forecast for the tournament, which means the ball will fly further, had persuaded him to go with the unusual strategy.

set: Phil Mickelson won at Augusta the last time he tried it


set: A car crashes into a home on Briery Lane in West Mifflin around 10:30 pm Sunday.


set: Several University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and graduate students received recognition at the 2010 North Central Branch meeting of the Entomological Society of America March 14 to 17 in Louisville, Ky.

set: University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and graduate students receive recognition


set: RPattz fans may recall that the next film Robert is starring in, titled Remember Me, is hitting theaters this March.

set: Rob pattinson to executive produce Remember Me


set: A 3-year-old bear in Minnesota has given birth to two cubs before an Internet audience.


set: ``I think they are still learning... it was only Audie Cole's second game and Dwayne had a little experience next year.


set: The Sensex opened on a positive note tracking firm Asian shares, whereas Nifty is trading above 5,000 mark.


set: Tom Queally believes he has matured in tandem with Frankel as they face their biggest test yet in the Juddmonte International at York.


set: A building engineer is reportedly facing criminal perjury charges in connection with a fire in the Bronx that killed two firefighters.

set: Engineer reportedly to face perjury charges in connection with Bronx fire


set: SEARCH teams scouring the shoreline of Secretary Island on foot have found no sign of two fishermen missing off Doubtful Sound in New Zealand's Fiordland.


set: THE Brisbane Bandits have lost their series opener in Adelaide, falling 6-1 to the Bite in the opening game of the Australian Baseball League's final regular season round.

set: Brisbane Bandits lose series opener to Adelaide Bite 6-1


set: Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger denied an allegation that he sexually assaulted a woman last year in a Lake Tahoe hotel room, calling the accusation ``reckless and false.''


set: BJP on Thursday urged the chief electoral officer in Manipur for setting up election control room, particularly in Thoubal assembly constituency, where their candidate Oinam Indira is pitted against Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh.

set: Bjp for setting up of election control room


set: Okmetic adjusts its estimate of the net sales and operating profit for the first half of 2011.

set: Okmetic adjusts its estimate for the first half of 2011


set: Toyota plans to hire up to 4,000 contract workers in Japan as it looks to make up for the lost production as a result of the impact of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

set: Toyota plans to hire 4,000 contract workers


set: NEW YORK_Digital home entertainment company Macrovision Solutions Corp. said Wednesday it agreed to buy Muze Inc., a provider of entertainment product information for stores and online retailers, for $16.5 million in cash.

set: Macrovision to buy Muze for $16.5 million cash


set: Lorenzo Hamilton and Howard Delanie don't exactly fit in either group, but are among those whose reputations in the community gives them considerable influence.


set: The Thomson Corporation announced that it has completed its acquisition of Reuters Group PLC, forming Thomson Reuters, the world's leading source of intelligent information for businesses and professionals in the financial, legal, tax & accounting, scientific, healthcare, and media markets.

set: Thomson completes acquisition of Reuters


set: Prior to Wednesday, the Madison Memorial prep girls swimming team already had impressive history:


set: It was raining eggs March 15 at George Pierce Park where more than 25,000 plastic Easter eggs littered the football field for the largest egg drop and hunt in Suwanee.

set: More than 25,000 eggs dropped in Suwanee


set: Israeli forces rolled into the eastern Gaza Strip Wednesday morning and exchanged fire with Palestinian militants, witnesses and Hamas movement said.


set: US Ambassador Timothy J Roemer on Thursday, Sep 17 said it is 'extremely important' that Pakistan should put 26/11 perpetrators behind bars.

set: Pak should put 26/11 perpetrators behind bars:


set: McNabb will start Sunday as the Eagles host the Buccaneers, ESPN reported.


set: Nearly 35 million netbooks will ship this year, rising to 139 million in 2013, predicts ABI Research.


set: Voter turnout in Wake County for the municipal elections and school board runoff Tuesday surpassed turnout in last month's elections, according to the Wake County Board of Elections.

set: Voter turnout surpasses last month's election


set: Jennifer Aniston named her puppy after 'Sophie's Choice' because she had such a hard time choosing which homeless dog to adopt.

set: Jennifer Aniston - jennifer Aniston named puppy after 'Sophie's Choice'


set: One Sports Illustrated writer thinks Detroit Lions offensive tackle Riley Reiff is poised to have a breakout season in 2013.


set: The Uganda police have launched the mobile command vehicle to fight crimes and improve community policing in and around Kampala.


set: Miami junior cornerback Brandon Harris has declared for the NFL Draft and is leaving the 'Canes football program early.


set: Stocks on Wall Street flipped between small gains and losses in early trading Thursday.


set: LONDON -Italian player Giorgio Galimberti was found guilty Monday of betting on tennis and was suspended for 100 days and fined $35,000.

set: Galimberti found guilty of betting on tennis


set: Tripoli, Apr 6 NATO today said it would form a ``sea bridge'' to the besieged Western Libyan city of Misruta to rush aid and supplies after it was cut off by Muammar Gaddafi''s forces, as the rebels lashed out at European military grouping for being ``indecisive'' in their support.

set: NATO to form ``sea bridge'' to besieged Misruta to rush aid


set: One Direction had a big night at The BRIT Awards, where they won Best Single for ``That's What Makes You Beautiful''.


set: Diablo Cody, the writer behind Juno and United States of Tara, will make her directorial debut with Lamb of God, a Mandate Pictures comedy she also wrote.

set: Diablo Cody to make directorial debut with 'Lamb of God'


set: Last night Jarome Iginla was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins from the Calgary Flames for Ben Hanowski, Kenny Agostino and a 2013 1st round draft pick.

set: Jarome Iginla traded to Pittsburgh Penguins:


set: American tennis player Robert Kendrick had a one-year suspension reduced to eight months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.


set: A NIGHTMARE neighbour has been evicted from his Basingstoke home following incidents of anti-social behaviour and suspected drugs activity.


set: Shurat HaDin Israel Law Center is threatening legal action against Teachers Insurance Association over resolution boycotting Israel.

set: Shurat HaDin threatens legal action over bds resolution


set: Russia says its foreign minister has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad.

set: Russian foreign minister arrives in Syria


set: Coty division Calvin Klein Fragrances has announced an interactive digital campaign for the launch of its men's fragrance Encounter Calvin Klein.

set: Calvin Klein Fragrances announces interactive digital campaign


set: China and Japan will hold their 12th strategic dialogue later this week, the Foreign Ministry announced in Beijing on Wednesday.


set: German carmaker BMW recalled 9,200 cars on Monday to check their turbochargers, the company's third recall this year.

set: BMW recalls 9,200 cars to check turbochargers


set: Haryana men and women dominated the boxing ring today winning five gold medals while hosts Jharkhand followed with four gold in different weight categories in the 34th National games at JRD Tata Sports complex on Thursday.

set: Haryana men and women dominate boxing ring


set: An Old West gun battle re-enactor has pleaded not guilty to a federal weapons charge stemming from an incident that injured three South Dakota tourists when live ammunition was fired instead of blanks.

set: Re-enactor pleads not guilty to weapons charge


set: THE Under-9Bs clinched the Division Three title with a solid display away to Northallerton.


set: Tycoon Stanley Ho has dropped legal action against members of his family accused of seizing control of his casino empire, according to press reports.


set: Police are investigating after shots were heard in the 600 block of Valour Road Sunday morning.


set: Michael Castle, a former US congressman from Delaware who lost a Senate primary to Tea Party advocate Christine O'Donnell, joined law firm DLA Piper LLP's government affairs practice as a partner.

set: Former Delaware congressman Castle joins DLA Piper law firm


set: Students protested the possible removal of some journalism and graphic professors of the School of Journalism and Graphic Communications Tuesday afternoon.


set: Feb. 4, 2008 09:46 AM Daniel Craig binged on junk food and booze after shooting the last James Bond film.

set: Daniel Craig binges on junk food and booze


set: Plymouth-based renewable chemistry company BioAmber Inc. said it secured $45 million in venture capital financing.

set: BioAmber secures $45 million in venture capital


set: Five people were wounded when an improvised bomb exploded in a southern Philippine town, a regional military spokesman said Saturday.

set: Five people wounded in bombing in southern Philippines


set: Fire investigators in Pharr are looking into the cause of a warehouse fire.

set: Investigators looking for cause in warehouse fire


set: Uniloc has filed a patent infringement suit against Mojang for Minecraft, in which the firm claims the Android version of Mindcraft uses claim 107 of patent #6,857,067 without its expressed permission.

set: Uniloc files patent infringement suit against Mojang


set: Australia has sacked veteran winger Lote Tuqiri, one of the country's highest-paid players.

set: Australia sacks veteran winger Lote Tuqiri


set: The Third Armed Police Force national open lawn tennis tournament began here on Sunday.


set: THE US Senate has passed a nearly $1.2 trillion stimulus package that President Barack Obama called ``only the beginning'' of his efforts to rescue the crippled economy.


set: Radivoje Pavicic Italian actress Monica Bellucci says her next movie will be filmed in Bosnia by Serbian director Emir Kusturica.

set: Bellucci says next movie will be filmed in Bosnia


set: Gautam Rajadhyaksha, one of India's leading fashion photographers, passed away early today after a heart attack.

set: Photographer gautam Rajadhyaksha passes away


set: Reiki, a form of energy work often practiced by massage therapists, reduced pain, depression and anxiety in older adults, according to new research.

set: Reiki reduces pain, depression and anxiety


set: Joe Cole insists he is fully focused on England's World Cup campaign despite the uncertainty surrounding his club future.


set: North Dakota State University has been approved as an active, certified member of NCAA Division I. The announcement was made today by the NCAA Management Council.

set: North Dakota state university has been approved as a member of NCAA Division I


set: A Southland man who had explosives and an arsenal of weapons strategically placed inside his home threatened to kill a police officer when being questioned, says a judge.

set: Man with arsenal threatened police officer


set: President Robert Mugabe, campaigning for re--election in a presidential runoff June 27, warned he would not cede power to Western--backed opponents, the state media reported Monday.


set: Vancouver police were ill prepared for the riot that followed June's Stanley Cup final, a review has found.

set: Vancouver police 'ill prepared for riot'


set: Former World No. 1 Rafael Nadal says he is not hot favorite to clinch the ongoing BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, as he was playing first hard court match of the season this week.

set: Rafael Nadal says not favorite at Indian Wells


set: The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has demanded the return of Afghans held prisoner by the UK military in Helmand, giving London a two-week deadline that is legally impossible for the government to meet.

set: Karzai demands return of all Afghans held prisoner by the UK in Helmand


set: SPURS boss Harry Redknapp refused to use the poor Wembley pitch as an excuse after today's FA Cup semi-final defeat against Portsmouth.

set: But Redknapp refuses to use pitch as an excuse


set: Brendon Ayanbadejo joins OTL to discuss why he spoke out in support of same sex marriage.


set: The Hornets signed free agent swingman Devin Brown to an undisclosed contract, the Times-Picayune reported on Friday.


set: Word broke Thursday that the Orioles are raising single-game ticket prices in 2011.


set: This evening in New York City, Calvin Klein Collection presented the women's Fall 2009 runway show designed by Francisco Costa, Women's Creative Director, Calvin Klein Collection.


set: Cork could lose as many as 54 psychiatric nurses to the Government's early retirement scheme this month, prompting fears that the development of community mental health services will be abandoned.


set: The New Orleans Saints have announced today that they are placing the exclusive rights franchise tag on quarterback Drew Brees.

set: New Orleans Saints place exclusive rights franchise tag on Drew Brees


set: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has ruled out of any possibility to order a CBI probe in the illegal mining case.

set: Yeddyurappa rules out CBI probe in illegal mining


set: 2011 NFL Draft results are in for the Minnesota Vikings, and I still have no idea what they were thinking.


set: May's near-record rainfall of 8.92 inches in Brainerd was a stress reliever for trees and other greenery according to Mark Mortensen, program forester for the DNR.


set: A man in his 30s died after being pulled from Lake Michigan at Belmont Harbor this afternoon.

set: Man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan


set: Europe must not remain a military ``dwarf,'' French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday, as EU leaders vowed to boost military resources so the bloc can live up to its security ambitions.

set: Europe must not remain a military 'dwarf':


set: Justin creates 'music you can see' Updated: 14:11, Wednesday February 6, 2013 Justin Timberlake thinks people can 'see' the music on his new album.


set: Life sciences tools maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc will buy privately held transplant diagnostics firm One Lambda for $925 million in cash.

set: Thermo Fisher to buy transplant diagnostics firm for $925 million


set: Nagarjuna Fertilisers and Chemicals Limited, India's second largest urea player by volume, will spend Rs 4,500 crore on capacity expansion, eyeing an increase in total urea production to 2.9 million tonnes in the next two years.

set: Nagarjuna Fertilisers to spend Rs 4,500 crore on expansion


set: Travel class of Albert Lea met at The Village Cooperative May 18 for their spring luncheon and annual meeting.


set: RV) A British man is scheduled to be executed in China on charges of drug smuggling.


set: ``I am always under the producer's pressure to do such things to promote films.

set: I am always under pressure to promote films:


set: The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has opened its Michigan campaign headquarters in Livonia.

set: Romney opens campaign headquarters in Livonia


set: St. Louis has unveiled a new urban sculpture garden downtown, which city leaders hope will become one of the nation's great public places.

set: St. Louis unveils urban sculpture garden


set: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Punjab President Ahsan Rasheed said that the PPP and the PML-N are hoodwinking the nation.


set: Senegal coach Henri Kasperczak has resigned with immediate effect following his team's poor showing at the Africa Cup of Nations in Ghana.


set: Portuguese mobile telephony operator TMN has launched the SMS location service, which allows users to locate themselves on a map and add that information to a text message, e-mail or social networks.


set: Bea Arthur, who starred in the comedy series ``The Golden Girls'' has died of cancer.


set: On July 12, 2012, the First Circuit affirmed dismissal of a securities fraud suit alleging that Boston Scientific Corporation and several of its officers made materially misleading statements in 2009 and 2010 in violation of Section 10.

set: The First Circuit affirms dismissal of a securities fraud suit against Boston Scientific Corporation


set: > WINNIPEG, June 3 /CNW/ - Red River College proudly announced today a renewal of their strategic alliance with MTS Allstream, a five-year relationship worth approximately $1 million dollars.

set: Red River College announces renewal of strategic alliance with MTS Allstream


set: Lucknow , Apr 4 Cases have been filed against an independent nominee from Firozabad and BJP candidate from Amethi for alleged violation of model code of conduct, home department sources said here today.

set: Cases filed against independent nominee from Firozabad


set: This is what's in the news for Monday, April 11th.


set: Younger men feel threatened by sexually experienced women, while older men consider them more desirable and arousing, says a new study.

set: Younger men threatened by experienced women


set: Men prepare to bury the body of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi at a cemetery in Janzour, 17 km west of Tripoli, May 21, 2012.

set: Men prepare to bury the body of Megrahi at a cemetery in Janzour


set: The Chinese mainland is striving to set up bar exam halls in Taiwan, says Zhang Sujun, deputy minister of Justice, on Wednesday, chinataiwan.org reported.

set: Mainland may set up bar exam halls in Taiwan


set: Business tax accounting software can really help you handle your company affairs in the best possible way.

set: Business tax accounting software for handling your company affairs


set: The Cabinet today approved extension of medical facilities to beedi workers under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana.

set: Cabinet approves extension of medical facilities to beedi workers


set: It seems more and more Aussie businesses are planning for the future, if the results of a new workforce planning survey are anything to go by.


set: Rascal Flatts have lined up a batch of TV appearances this month behind their upcoming studio album, Unstoppable.


set: A new smart phone application will enable the users to detect toxins, proteins, bacteria, viruses and other molecules.

set: A smart phone application to detect toxins, viruses


set: Showers/storms continue moving southeast through parts of the ArkLaTex this morning.


set: Cuba and haiti extend collaborations to different areas.


set: Just over a year ago, we reported that Aston Martin was up for sale, even though AML were emphatic the company was doing well and not seeking a new owner.


set: The Prince of Wales is to visit Shropshire on Monday, the Royal visit follows a Summer visit by The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh in July.

set: Prince Charles to visit Shropshire on Monday


set: A purse subsidy deal has been struck in New Jersey that will see the state's casinos give $90 million over three years to bolster purses at racetracks and support the breeding industry in the Garden State.


set: JetBlue said it's now charging customers for pillows and blankets.


set: The BJP has said it would ensure that the Lokpal bill, if brought forward in the Monsoon session of Parliament by the UPA, is passed without any hassles.

set: 'Will ensure that Lokpal bill is passed'


set: A Maywood man was shot to death as he got into his car in a parking lot behind an apartment building in the west suburb Thursday night, authorities said today.

set: Maywood man shot to death while getting into car


set: A three vehicle crash on Memorial Drive has sent one person to the hospital.

set: Crash on Memorial Drive sends one to the hospital


set: Jack White is releasing his first solo album ``Blunderbuss'' on April 24.


set: Maria Sharapova was crowned the new queen of Roland Garros after she kept her poise to outwit and outpower diminutive Italian Sara Errani 6-3 6-2 to complete her collection of grand slam trophies on Saturday.

set: Sharapova crowned queen of Roland Garros


set: In the wake of the TRC recommendations, President Sirleaf has clarified that she is not deterred in her quest to rebuild Liberia.


set: South Africa will start pilot programs for its National Health Insurance plan from April next year, the Ministry of Health said.

set: S. Africa to start pilot program for National Health Insurance


set: Sony laptops could overheat due to a glitch.


set: A student was injured when force personnel opened fire at him in this frontier district on Friday, locals said.

set: Student injured as force personnel open fire


set: US Airways is warning passengers about fraudulent email messages that notify customers about travel plans they never made.


set: Aifa and F&C will both host ethical investment seminars as part of National Ethical Investment Week.

set: Aifa, F&C to host ethical investment seminars


set: Lauren Conrad is expanding her business empire -- in the most sustainable way.

set: Lauren Conrad expands her business empire


set: Samsung has introduced the new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, which aims to rival Apple's iPad mini.

set: Samsung introduces new Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet


set: Pattaya Police received a sad report on the evening of 25 th April that a man had committed suicide at his home.


set: DealerTrack has acquired ClickMotive, a provider of interactive marketing solutions for the automotive retailing industry.


set: Serbian authorities have stopped that traffic through the Oltomantsi border checkpoint in the direction to Bosilegrad, FOCUS News Agency reporter informs.

set: Serbian authorities stop traffic through Oltomantsi border checkpoint


set: It hardly comes as a surprise, but we finally have confirmation that Colorado Buffaloes guard Shannon Sharpe will transfer out of the program this summer.

set: Buffaloes guard Shannon Sharpe to transfer


set: A fraudster who posed as a police officer from the Criminal Investigations Department was ordered by a Magistrate's Court to refund more than €53,000 to Joseph and Maria Vella and their daughter Maria Sciberras.


set: New Delhi, Oct 4 A woman was robbed of her valuables and jewellery in a moving DTC bus by four persons today morning in a west Delhi locality here.

set: Woman robbed off valuables in moving DTC bus


set: An apparent smoke bomb was thrown over the White House fence during Occupy Congress protests on Tuesday.

set: Smoke bomb thrown over White House fence


set: The crimson haired Woody Woodpecker is all set to get a big screen outing.

set: Woody Woodpecker to get a big screen outing


set: CARSON, Calif. - Chivas USA announced on Thursday that it has signed Michael Umaña, a Costa Rican defender and veteran of the 2006 World Cup, as an international player.

set: Chivas USA signs Costa Rican defender Michael Umaña


set: And, it strikes like a poisonous snake, sniffing out life in a matter of hours by damaging body parts beyond repair.

set: Like a poisonous snake, it sniffs out life


set: TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. Strong storms have pounded the area around Twentynine Palms in San Bernardino County, causing widespread flooding, road closures and power outages.

set: Strong storms pound San Bernardino County


set: - Masters champion Trevor Immelman withdrew from The Players Championship on Thursday morning because of an illness.

set: Immelman withdraws from Players Championship


set: South African President Jacob Zuma, today 30 September 2009, congratulated his German counterpart Angela Merkel on her re-election as the German Chancellor for the second term.

set: South Africa - President Jacob Zuma congratulates German Chancellor, Angela Merkel on her re-election


set: Former ANC chairman Mosiuoa Lekota on Sunday said the planned national convention to test support for a breakaway party from the ANC would be held on November 2 in Bloemfontein.


set: WASHINGTON -His work as an interim coach complete, Ed Tapscott will remain in the Washington Wizards organization.

set: Tapscott will remain in Wizards' organization


set: A new procedure is in place for Iraqi oil terminals, to include securityÂ sweep on all vessels/oil tankers while en route to the terminals.

set: New procedure is in place for Iraqi oil terminals


set: A MAN hijacked a bus in Guangzhou and forced the driver at knifepoint to drive for nearly one hour before he stopped and was confronted by police, Guangzhou Daily reported today.


set: Toyota Motor Corp, the world's most profitable carmaker, cut its 2009 vehicle sales forecast by nearly 7 per cent due to a severe downturn in Western markets driven by high fuel prices and a credit crunch.


set: Deputy Gov. Sheila Nix is leaving the Blagojevich administration after almost four years on the job.

set: Deputy Gov. Nix leaving Blagojevich administration


set: Governor Edward G. Rendell has ordered the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to activate its Emergency Operations Center so that state agencies can assist local governments and residents as they deal with heavy rainfall in many parts of the state.

set: Governor Rendell activates Emergency Operations Center;


set: Sacramento native Derrek Lee homered twice in his Pittsburgh Pirates debut on Monday.

set: Sacramento's Derrek Lee homers twice in Pirates debut


set: Andre Dawson was the only player elected to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday.


set: Abbott and Reata Pharmaceuticals recently announced that they have entered into a collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize bardoxolone methyl, which is currently in late Phase 2 trials for the treatment of chronic kidney disease.

set: Abbott and Reata Pharmaceuticals announce agreement to develop


set: Former 5,000m world record holder David Moorcroft tells Channel 4 News sports reporter Keme Nzerem that Mo Farah is ``the real deal''.


set: Oil prices fell sharply on Friday, dampened by an unexpected fall in a US consumer sentiment and fraud charges slapped on top Wall Street investment firm Goldman Sachs.


set: Quebec police shot two cows to death in a rather inhumane manner.


set: Willie Nelson has gone back to his roots for his new album Country Music, produced by T-Bone Burnett.


set: Apple today unveiled Siri for iOS 5, a voice-activated tool that will allow you to control many aspects of your iPhone and which can perform tasks automatically.


set: Aravind Adiga, winner of this year's Man Booker prize for his debut novel ``The White Tiger'', says India needs to deal with issues of inequality before it emerges as the next powerhouse.


set: B. Todd Jones, US Attorney for the District of Minnesota, announced that a 37-year-old man was charged today in federal court with allegedly orchestrating a $190 million Ponzi scheme.

set: Man charged with orchestrating $190 million Ponzi scheme


set: A gang robbed four men in separate attacks, which have been linked by police.


set: GROWTH in the UK's powerhouse services sector surged last month after the snow and VAT-related setback at the start of the year.

set: Growth in the services sector surged last month


set: The Canadian dollar fell against a stronger US dollar Wednesday, as oil prices dropped from their record highs, thwarting the currency's bid above parity with the greenback.


set: Kazakhstan is offering a seven per cent interest rate subsidy to Malaysian investors interested in investing in the country, International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said.

set: Kazakhstan offers seven per cent interest rate subsidy to Malaysian investors


set: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel topped the three practice sessions of the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix with the fastest time yet again.

set: Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel tops all practice sessions of Chinese Grand Prix --


set: AT&T Inc. and Deutsche Telekom AG have entered into a definitive agreement under which AT&T will acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock transaction currently valued at approximately US$39 billion.

set: AT&T to acquire T-mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom


set: The Jackson school board on Thursday night approved a $232 million budget but left unresolved several expenditures, including for school nurses, new buses and new textbooks for three schools that are under construction.


set: Ohakune police are investigating the unexplained death of a nine year-old boy that was discovered deceased at his Raetihi home early this morning.

set: Police investigating unexplained death of nine year-old boy


set: Ken Griffey Jr. had a tough night at the plate in Friday's 6-0 loss to the Indians, as he went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts.


set: CNBC, the business and financial news channel, has announced the launch of a new global 10-part segment series on clean energy called People, Planet, Profit.

set: CNBC launches new segment series on clean energy


set: NASA said its Near-Earth Object WISE mission has discovered 20 comets and more than 33,000 asteroids in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter, in addition to 134 near-Earth objects.

set: NASA discovers 20 comets, more than 33,000 asteroids


set: BMO Bank of Montreal announced today it is decreasing its residential mortgage rates, effective April 4, 2009.

set: BMO Bank of Montreal decreases mortgage rates


set: The APGFCU hosted the annual free document shredding event at its area branches earlier this month.


set: Pakistan is not seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan, foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar said, claiming that Islamabad favours a strong, stable and prosperous neighbour in its west.

set: Pak not seeking strategic depth in Afghanistan:


set: President Kgalema Motlanthe will announce the election date next week, presidential spokesman Thabo Masebe said on Thursday.


set: Oscar-winning film producer Lord David Puttnam is to deliver online education modules to university students outside Ireland from his home in Skibbereen, Co Cork.

set: Lord Puttnam to deliver online education from Skibbereen


set: CICERO,Ill. ― A man was found dead and apparently stabbed inside a car at an intersection in west suburban Cicero on Monday morning.

set: Man found dead, stabbed in car in Cicero


set: The International Vaccine Institute yesterday said a new low-cost oral cholera vaccine developed by the organization has been licensed in India.


set: Banking sector is set to consolidate globally with only five or six lenders emerging as major players and Deutsche Bank should be among them, co-CEO of Germany's largest lender Anshu Jain said as he kicked off the five-year term at the helm.


set: Khloe -- who's married to sportsman Lamar Odom -- says Kris and Bruce are still together, but they like to live in different houses, and it would never work for her, but it works for them.

set: Kris Jenner, Bruce Jenner live in different houses


set: Tara Reid has reassured her fans she is ``good and healthy'' after she was hospitalised with suspected acute pancreatitis in France.

set: Tara Reid reassures fans after being hospitalised


set: Three Westwood tributes are scheduled for Sept. 21 to honor Sylvia Levin, a volunteer who helped register thousands of California voters before her death in June at age 91.

set: Three Westwood tributes scheduled to honor Sylvia Levin


set: On Friday, Floyd, who spent the previous seven seasons in San Diego mostly as a backup, re-signed with the Chargers.


set: An area couple faces charges, after they're accused of trashing a man's home.


set: THE Meppershall Messenger magazine is holding its annual meeting and is looking for new committee members.


set: Former health secretary Alan Milburn is to stand down as an MP at the next election.


set: A combination photo shows the Beijing skyline, July 26 to 29, 2012.


set: National astronaut Datuk Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor Sheikh Mustapha Thursday said it was high time for Malaysia to produce its first female astronaut.

set: High time for Malaysia to produce its first female astronaut


set: ZURICH -World champion Spain still leads the FIFA rankings, and 2022 World Cup host Qatar was the biggest climber in the standings.


set: BANGKOK // The actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series ``Kung Fu'' who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.


set: Another Kampala bound Gateway bus has been ambushed by Jie warriors.


set: Broadleaf Commerce, LLC : , a privately held company that provides an enterprise open source eCommerce solution, has announced that The Container Store : , the nation's leading retailer of storage and organization products, has selected Broadleaf Commerce as its eCommerce solution.

set: The Container Store®, a national retailer, selects Broadleaf Commerce as its eCommerce solution


set: Two Langley veterinarians will appear in Surrey court Friday on charges of animal cruelty after the discovery of six emaciated horses last December.

set: Two Langley veterinarians charged with animal cruelty


set: LIC Housing Finance today said it has launched a new home loan product christened Freedom on a floating rate basis.

set: LIC Housing Finance launches new home loan product - Freedom


set: US pop star Pink is beating Britpop icons Oasis to the number one slot in the UK singles chart, according to midweek sales figures.


set: Serena Williams, playing in her first tournament since the United States Open in September, sprained her left ankle while serving for the match and later withdrew from the Brisbane International in Australia.


set: Kraft Foods shareholders have approved the name Mondelez International as the new name for the company's global snacks business after it splits into two separate companies later this year.

set: Kraft shareholders approve ``Mondelez International'' name for global snacks business


set: The Hull jail lockdown ended peacefully Wednesday evening after the 16 inmates who refused to go back into their cells surrendered to police.


set: Google buys out Gizmo5, iPhone app allows calls over IP, and Jajah heads for $400m sale.


set: Tech-savvy Iranians have turned to Twitter to spread the word and pictures on post-election protests amid a government crackdown on traditional media.


set: ``I am disappointed that 'Kidnap' didn't turn out well.


set: Now, you can expect more state buses to link Mumbai to religious destinations across Maharashtra.

set: Now, expect more state buses to religious destinations


set: More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the broader trend in layoffs points to a slowly healing job market.


set: The German economy grew by a solid 0.5% during the third quarter, largely thanks to higher consumer spending, official figures showed.


set: Digital advertising and services provider YuMe has acquired Crowd Science, which offers the Citrus audience measurement and targeting platform.


set: Braves ace John Smoltz still has inflammation and discomfort in his right shoulder, leaving him unsure when he'll be able to pitch again.

set: Smoltz still has inflammation, discomfort in shoulder


set: The Bangladesh mission in Tokyo has been asked to relocate either to Hiroshima or Nagasaki immediately for fear of radioactive leaks from exploded reactors at a nuclear power plant in Japan.


set: Demi Lovato is to serve as host of the Teen Choice Awards show, Fox announced Monday.

set: Demi Lovato to serve as host of Teen Choice Awards show


set: A winter storm predicted to hit central Idaho this weekend could deliver accumulations of much-needed snow to Sun Valley Resort's two ski mountains.


set: Russian authorities announced new fraud charges against US-born investor William Browder, escalating pressure in a politically charged case that has fueled tensions between Moscow and the West.

set: Russia announces new fraud charges against Browder


set: JAPAN has confirmed that one of its navy destroyers has collided with a Korean boxship off southern Japan, starting fires on both ships.

set: Japanese destroyer collides with south Korean boxship


set: Umanosuke Ueda, who worked in North American as Professor Ito and Mr. Ito, has died at the age of 71.

set: Umanosuke Ueda - Professor Ito - dies at 71


set: Turkey has locked down a border crossing with Syria following a deadly twin blast on the southern border, which killed 51 people.


set: ``I have not been guilty of anything,'' Mr Macdonald declared to the press outside the commission on Friday morning.


set: Singer Joss Stone, who was the victim of an attempted kidnapping recently, has said she is ``hated for being rich,'' but is that really why she was targeted?


set: The rupee stayed flat against the greenback on Thursday with demand and supply more or less counterweighing each other, currency dealers said.


set: A car exploded in southern Tel Aviv on Saturday night, injuring two people, in what police suspect was a criminal underworld attack.


set: KATY Perry has ``made a move'' on newly single Robert Pattinson, providing him with a welcome distraction from Kristen Stewart's affair, the Metro reports.

set: Katy Perry ``makes a move'' on Robert Pattinson


set: An interstate manhunt has ended in Connecticut with the arrest of a Bronx man who originally escaped police custody in New Jersey by driving in handcuffs.


set: Sadar Police Station cops have arrested one person with 200 grams drug powder and a case has been registered against him.


set: WASHINGTON -With jobs and federal aid at stake, dozens of US cities are lining up to contest their 2010 census counts as too low.

set: Dozens of US cities line up to contest 2010 census


set: Southpaw learns how to make homemade ice cream in Sauder Village


set: Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday.


set: NSW govt remains firm on education cuts Updated: 15:29, Sunday November 18, 2012 NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli says a protest in Sydney over education cuts will do nothing to change the government's mind.


set: Sega of America is closing its San Francisco studio, which created the game based on the movie ``Iron Man.''

set: Sega of America closes San Francisco studio


set: Five people were injured in an HRT bus accident in Norfolk Thursday afternoon.


set: An 18-month-old baby boy today accidentally fell into an open storm water drain near Pulimau locality in the city while he was playing there, police said.


set: LONDON - Boxing promoter Frank Maloney, who was taken to the hospital after finding Olympic bronze medalist Darren Sutherland hanged at home, had a heart attack three days earlier at a contested heavyweight fight.

set: Maloney had heart attack at heavyweight fight


set: White House hopeful Mitt Romney will vow to ``restore the promise of America'' in a key speech on Thursday as he accepts the Republican presidential nomination, according to excerpts released in advance.

set: Romney vows to restore 'promise of America' in key speech


set: A man was found dead this morning at the Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, at the foot of his parents' crypts.

set: Man found dead at the foot of parents' crypts


set: ``The top leadership of Kyrgyzstan has to keep down their appetite for ensuring own safety,'' the head of the parliamentary Committee on Legal Order, Legality and Clean-Up Turatbek Madylbekov stated at the Committee's session today.

set: The top leadership of Kyrgyzstan has to keep down their appetite for ensuring own safety --


set: The European Union has contributed to UN relief effort in Kyrgyzstan by providing urgent shelter assistance to the earthquake-hit Central Asian country, a news release from the EU said Monday.

set: EU contributes to UN relief effort in Kyrgyzstan


set: Seminar on competitiveness and leadership on basis of economical production will be held in Astana on April, 28, reported Kazakhstan center of assistance to investments press office.

set: Seminar on competitiveness and leadership to be held in Astana in April


set: A new Norfolk, Mass. elementary school will be dedicated this weekend and formally named in part for a Norwich University alumnus and Norfolk native, Adam Kennedy, who was killed in Iraq in 2007.

set: Mass. elementary School to be named for Norwich University alumnus killed in Iraq


set: A Lewis County man died Saturday evening after a small fire filled his home with smoke.


set: Jamshedpur, July 29 Myanmar military ruler, Senior General Than Shwe accompanied bya high-level delegation visited Tata Motors plant here today.


set: Authorities say a Richard Stockton College student died in a motor vehicle crash on campus one day before his birthday.

set: Richard Stockton College student dies in crash on day before birthday


set: Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister, said that saints, sages and spiritual orators had been bringing about social reforms in the country which was for the betterment of the society as a whole.


set: A high sense of integrity is crucial in maintaining the trust and confidence of the public, said Universiti Malaysia Sabah Board of Directors chairman Tan Sri Hamid Egoh.


set: Gearbox Software has confirmed that it is the highest bidder and will acquire the 'Homeworld' franchise from THQ.

set: Gearbox Software acquires Homeworld franchise from THQ


set: London Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has received intimidating threats since the premiere of her directorial debut ``In The Land Of Blood And Honey''.

set: Angelina Jolie receives threats over directorial debut


set: A Salem woman who tried to hide from police early this morning was arrested after a police dog tracked and bit her.

set: Salem woman arrested after police dog bite


set: German regulators raided the offices of major coffee importers on Thursday, making public an inquiry into alleged collusion to fix the price of Germany's most popular hot beverage.

set: German regulators raid major coffee importers


set: WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange is in ``fighting spirit'', his lawyer said as the Australian national holed up in Ecuador's London embassy prepared to address the world's media.


set: TurkPower Corporation, announced today that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Ouro do Brasil to merge with ODB's majority-owned subsidiary Zinco do Brasil Mineracao Ltda..

set: TurkPower signs Letter of Intent to merge with Zinco do Brasil Mineracao


set: With politicians and straphangers already groaning at the proposal, the MTA is expected to formally propose a fare hike to its board when it presents its preliminary 2009 budget today.

set: MTA to formally propose another fare hike


set: Man suspected of shooting NYPD sergeant in custody Police say a man suspected of shooting an NYPD sergeant in the legs last month is in custody.


set: The national soccer team Harambee stars could face Guinea Bissau yet again in the first round of the 2014 world cup qualifiers matches after the pots for Saturday's draw in Brazil were revealed.


set: A Delaware man accused of shooting and killing his roommate last week was indicted Thursday on a single murder charge.


set: A Fairbanks man has been sentenced to more than three years in jail for identity theft.

set: Fairbanks man sentenced for identity theft


set: On Monday, Taylor ISD's students with special needs got a special treat.


set: A 41-year-old Livingston County man was arrested Monday on drug charges after his his kindergarten-age son went to school wearing clothes that smelled like marijuana, Livingston County Sheriff's officials said.

set: Livingston County man arrested on drug charges


set: May 4, 2008 -- - IR Summary -A big news to millions fans of Shoaib Akhtar that he is now allowed to play in the IPL and the IPL Chairman Lalit Modi has welcome the suspension of ban against Shoaib Akhtar and invited him to join the ongoing Twenty20 tournament.


set: 08:02 GMT, May 23, 2012 US President Barack Obama on Tuesday said having a large footprint in Afghanistan can be ``counterproductive'' in the long run and that it was time to pull back troops and turn attention to domestic woes, as the NATO alliance agreed on a 2014 end to the Afghan mission.

set: Large footprint in Afghanistan can be counterproductive:


set: Lucas will replace the suspended Cooper for the clash against the Sharks.


set: Anna Bligh has quit politics after what she says was Labor's annihilation at the ballot box.


set: West Monroe police arrested a woman Sunday afternoon after she reportedly drove drunk, drove the wrong way on a one-way street, and had someone else blow into a breathalyzer interlock device on her car so she could drive.

set: West Monroe police arrest woman reportedly driving drunk, wrong way


set: In an interview with critic Elvis Mitchell, actor Joaquin Phoenix recently called the Oscars ``bullshit''.

set: Joaquin Phoenix calls the Oscars bullshit


set: And Assemblyman Guy Houston, R-San Ramon, is aptly demonstrating that he knows how to leverage his status, although he's using it to run for an office other than the one he holds.


set: Fans of Torchlight will be disappointed to learn that Torchlight II has been delayed until July.


set: A man who strangled his longtime girlfriend just hours after getting out of jail for beating her up was convicted Tuesday of second-degree murder, false imprisonment and assault with a deadly weapon.

set: Man who strangled longtime girlfriend convicted of murder


set: New student immigration system launches on Wednesday in the United Kingdom.

set: New student immigration system launches in UK


set: Student loan rates are set to soar later this year after official figures today revealed a bigger-than-expected leap in inflation.


set: World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao announced Wednesday that he was ready to fight Floyd Mayweather for his last professional bout after securing a seat in the Philippine Congress.


set: Kozhikode was on Friday declared the first e-literate city in Kerala, thanks to a special scheme that aims at making at least one member of each family computer literate.

set: Kozhikode declared first e-literate city in Kerala


set: Little Mix have secured some ``big money deals'' even if they do not win this year's X Factor finals.


set: Global warming has started affecting the Indian coastline with statistics suggesting a rising trend of 2.5 mm/year in the sea level in the region.

set: Global warming affecting Indian coastline:


set: Ms. Ferrero-Waldner briefed the RA President on EU assistance programs in Armenia and voiced hope that the activities of a new-founded EU consultation group in the republic will give an impetus to implementation of the ENP action plan.

set: Benita Ferrero-Waldner briefed RA President on EU assistance programs in Armenia


set: The Google Nexus One is ``brought to life'' by a powerful 1GHz Snapdragon processor, according to one reviewer.

set: Google Nexus One ``brought to life'' by processor


set: A central Kentucky farmer mowing his pasture made a grisly discovery when he ran over a human body hidden in the tall grass.

set: Farmer mowing pasture runs over human body


set: New push at OAS for US to alter anti-drug approach Latin American countries frustrated by the United States' refusal to change its drug war strategy are pushing the US government to look at alternatives to a fight that has killed tens of thousands in a region beset by drug cartels.


set: Martinsville, VA - Ryan Newman denied Hendrick Motorsports its milestone 200th win in NASCAR's premier series by taking Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.


set: PALMDALE, Calif. The leader of an Hispanic breakaway religious sect was hospitalized Sunday for a mental evaluation, after she and 12 other members of her group went missing and left behind evidence that they were awaiting the rapture or some catastrophic event.

set: Leader of us religious sect hospitalized


set: AUSTRALIAN swimming sensation Eamon Sullivan will hit Cottesloe beach this Saturday as a part of WA's attempt to set a new world record.

set: Australian swim sensation Eamon Sullivan hits Cottesloe


set: FMG boss plans for fall in iron ore Updated: 16:39, Sunday June 3, 2012 The head of Fortescue Metals Group says the miner has planned for the price of iron ore to drop to as low as $US110 a tonne but doubts it would dip much further.


set: A new UK study will provide better diagnoses for children with developmental disorders caused by changes in their genetic makeup.

set: New study to provide better diagnoses for children with developmental disorders


set: Australia's Simon Gerrans won the Tour Down Under for the second time Sunday, giving newly formed Australian GreenEDGE its first victory in a World Tour event.


set: New Jersey-based security services provider, Securitas, signed a seven-year lease for 8,750 square feet on the 11th floor at 111 Livingston St. in Brooklyn, NY.

set: Securitas signs lease in Downtown Brooklyn


set: Search engine giant Google officially announced on Tuesday that it has launched its anticipated cloud storage service Google Drive.

set: Google officially launches cloud storage service Google Drive


set: Jazz singer Lena Horne, the first black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio, died late Sunday at the age of 92, The New York Times reported.


set: Half of all Irish adults have private health insurance, according to figures published today by the Health Insurance Authority.

set: Half of Irish adults have private health insurance


set: From the beginning of the marketing year, grain exports from Ukraine totaled 23 mln tons, an increase of 6.2 times compared to the index during the whole previous marketing year, declared Julia Timoshenko, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, on June 3.

set: Grain exports from Ukraine totaled 23 mln tons


set: Better Mus' Come is a dramatic film set in a turbulent 1970's Jamaica and inspired by the actual Green Bay Massacre in1978.


set: Adam Scott won the Australian Open for his first pro victory in Australia, shooting an even-par 72 on Sunday to beat Stuart Appleby by five strokes.

set: Adam Scott wins Australian Open for first pro victory in Australia


set: A Connecticut gasoline supplier is suing the head of an industry group who told a gas station owner that the supplier was overcharging him.

set: Gasoline supplier suing head of industry group


set: Hurricane Earl is still expected to pass east of southwestern Connecticut Friday evening, leading the tropical storm watch for coastal Connecticut west of New Haven to be lifted Friday morning.

set: Earl expected to pass east of southwestern Connecticut


set: Reality TV star Tila Tequila has won a new restraining order against the photographer who accused her of kidnapping his girlfriend.

set: Tila Tequila wins new restraining order against photographer


set: A frustrated father stole a pushchair from a Lincoln store after his benefits payment failed to come through on time.


set: On Thursday afternoon, TI pleaded guilty to several federal weapons charges, as part of a plea deal that could send the rapper to prison for a year, reports The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.


set: Delphi has developed a new NOx control for diesel engines with a new selective catalytic reduction system that improves the performance, packaging and reliability of the system as well as reduces vehicle CO2 emissions by up to 1g/km over any comparable system.

set: Delphi develops NOx control for diesel engines


set: Feminisim is in crisis after a 10 year research study has concluded men are better than women at everything.


set: While this is little to be proud of, the Marlins will not finish last in home attendance once again.

set: Marlins will not finish last in attendance


set: Kenyans dominated the Aviva British Grand Prix in Gateshead at the weekend, to set the pace for the 17th Africa Senior Athletics Championships set for Nairobi later this month.

set: Kenyans dominate Aviva British Grand Prix


set: Finance Minister KM Mani has announced that 12 new taluks will be formed in Kerala.


set: A judge has ordered the foreclosure sale of the historic Riverton Houses, a middle-class Harlem apartment complex that plummeted in value amid the housing downturn.

set: Judge orders foreclosure sale of Riverton Houses


set: Unica Corporation, the recognized leader in marketing software solutions, today announced financial results for its third quarter fiscal 2010, ended June 30, 2010.

set: Unica announces financial results for the third quarter fiscal 2010


set: Most sex offenders, including a level three offender who moved to Wadena, know their victims, said several law enforcement officials.


set: National flag carrier Air India has lost a lease deal for three wide-body aircraft to rival Jet Airways Ltd, two people familiar with the deal said.

set: Air India loses lease deal for three aircraft to Jet Airways


set: Edward Jones, a St. Louis-based financial advisory firm, is planning to hire 54 additional financial advisers in Houston this year to add to its collection of about 200 advisers in the city.

set: Edward Jones hiring 54 financial advisers in Houston


set: The Treasury Department said it will begin selling the stake it owns in Citigroup Inc., which could result in a profit to the government of about $7.5 billion.


set: A rogue Afghan soldier was on the run Wednesday after shooting and wounding three Australian troops, days after a similar incident left three Australians dead, the defence department in Sydney said.

set: Rogue Afghan soldier shoots three Australians


set: The new President did call for the end of materialism and selfishness that drove the country to ruin.

set: New President calls for end of materialism and selfishness?


set: Local realtors Lisa Howitt and Bill Donohue of Century 21 Sexton & Donohue, Inc. of Melrose recently earned the ASP designation --


set: The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation has started distributing developed industrial plots to land affected persons impacted due to development projects.

set: Maharashtra industrial development Corporation starts distributing industrial plots to land affected persons


set: A recent study suggests that younger drivers are at a greater risk of having an accident with teen passengers with them.

set: Study suggests younger drivers are at risk with teen passengers


set: Judea and Samaria police found no evidence to back up a claim by a Palestinian shepherd that he was shot at by settlers from Yitzhar, in Samaria, on Tuesday morning.

set: Police find no evidence that Palestinian was shot at


set: Today, she reportedly filed for divorce from Schwarzenegger after 25 years of marital bliss, citing ``irreconcilable differences.''


set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov and Edward Nalbandian and discussed with them the Nagorny Karabakh conflict, APA US bureau reports.

set: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers


set: Japanese stocks fell, reversing earlier gains, as the yen strengthened against the euro and dollar threatening to curb exporters' revenue.

set: Japanese stocks fell as yen strengthens;


set: NEW YORK Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it is temporarily suspending its stock repurchase program, citing the economic environment and instability in the credit markets.

set: Wal-Mart suspends stock repurchase program


set: World number one Roger Federer said he is expecting ``something special'' at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

set: Roger Federer expects ''something special'' at London Olympics


set: Tampa Bay Lightning left winger Martin St. Louis celebrates with teammate Victor Hedman, of Sweden, after St. Louis scored a second-period goal against the New York Islanders during an NHL hockey game Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, in Tampa, Fla. Boston Red Sox minority owner Jeff Vinik agreed to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday, taking on the challenge of turning around a franchise that has struggled since winning the Stanley Cup in 2004.


set: Hull KR's Super League prospect Dave Petersen wants to see out the season at Derwent Park and help Workington Town win promotion after renewing his dual registration with the Championship One outfit.

set: Petersen wants to see out season with Workington Town


set: Real estate major DLF on Thursday approved a buyback plan of up to Rs 600 per share.

set: DLF approves buyback up to Rs 600 per share


set: Tamil Nadu has not devolved 29 powers outlined in the 73rd amendment of the Constitution to rural local bodies, according to experts on local government.


set: Myanmar has released more than 500 prisoners, including some of the country's remaining political detainees and a number of foreigners.


set: German sprinter Gerald Ciolek won the snow-hit Milan-San Remo classic one-day race.


set: European stocks mixed, mainly weaker Updated: 05:12, Tuesday March 12, 2013 European stock markets have closed with mixed but mainly weaker results as disappointing Chinese economic data offset positive job numbers out of the United States.


set: US stock futures gained ground Wednesday morning as a slight bounce in Europe markets and strong results from technology-giant Oracle helped give investors sentiment a lift ahead of housing market data.

set: US stock futures gain ground ahead of housing market data


set: Track inspection found problems before Conn. crash A track inspection found problems two days before a train derailed in the state and injured more than 70 people, the National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday.


set: SilverTowne, LP, one of the largest coin and precious metals dealers in the United States, has announced the launch of a new monthly silver giveaway in which one lucky subscriber of the SilverTowne Email Registry will be chosen at random to receive a free silver bar or medallion.

set: SilverTowne announces monthly silver giveaway


set: An EU-funded study has confirmed the link between regular paracetamol use and asthma in European adults.

set: Study confirms link between paracetamol and asthma


set: The chancellor has frozen fuel duty in his Autumn Statement today, meaning the scheduled rises scheduled for January and April next year will no longer take place.

set: Chancellor freezes fuel duty in Autumn Statement


set: Afghan national security forces, assisted by coalition forces, disrupted a number of insurgent activities in eastern Afghanistan during the past week while conducting operations in support of the security and stability of the country.

set: Afghan national security forces disrupt insurgent activities in eastern Afghanistan


set: Spartan volleyball players received awards for their season during the volleyball banquet Thursday at Boathouse Cantina.


set: Dan Uggla rips a single to right in the eighth to extend his hitting streak to 28 games


set: Veteran diplomat Ranjan Mathai took over as India's new foreign secretary on Monday.


set: Detectives were today continuing to hunt a sex attacker who assaulted a teenager in a Preston park.

set: Detectives continue to hunt sex attacker


set: FMCG majors are widening their health food portfolio to cash in on the rich, urban, health conscious Indian.


set: The New Mexico Land Office has collected $114 million during the third quarter, with more than 90 percent of that coming from oil and natural gas operations on state trust lands.

set: Land Office collects $114 million in third quarter


set: A BSF jawan was Tuesday injured in an IED blast triggered by Naxals in Maoist-hit Kanker district of Chhattisgarh.


set: Janae Klarich scored 12 points and Ashlee Reddout added 10 as fifth-ranked Granger upended No. 3 Lynden Christian 47-32 on Thursday in the Class 1A girls quarterfinals.


set: The Town Clerk's office wants to remind residents that it's time to license your dog.


set: Local Harvest is expanding yet again, opening today in Kirkwood.


set: Parents are being urged to vaccinate their children following a measles outbreak in West Cork, the HSE has said.

set: Parents urged to vaccinate children after measles outbreak


set: DRDGold , South Africa's fourth-largest gold producer, said on Thursday that it was suspending financial assistance to its troubled Blyvoor mine which it has also been trying to sell.


set: Barack Obama appears in the Beano next month as part of Dennis the Menace's 60th anniversary celebrations.


set: Phoenix post hardcore quintet Greeley Estates have entered the studio, with the aim of releasing new material by the middle of the year.


set: South Korea held off Austria to win the ski jumping team event at the 24th Winter Universiade here on Wednesday.

set: South Korea wins ski jumping team event at Winter Universiade


set: Slovakia's recorded a trade surplus of SKK4.1 billion in May, reversing a deficit of SKK6.76 billion in April, the statistical office said Friday.


set: A roadside bomb killed 10 people in northwest Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday, the latest civilians to die during the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha.

set: Roadside bomb kills 10 in Afghanistan: officials


set: Harry Redknapp has revealed he expects to find a new job within the next two weeks and insists he would consider relocating from his home on the south cast.

set: Redknapp expects new job within two weeks


set: Pfizer has announced that it has been able to achieve its five-year greenhouse gas reduction targets a year ahead of schedule.

set: Pfizer achieves greenhouse gas reduction target


set: An elderly woman who struck a police officer with her car last Sunday as she was leaving church turned herself into authorities Friday night, March 5, police said.

set: Woman who struck officer turns herself in to police


set: Sri Lanka military unleashes chemical warfare against Tamils in the northeastern Mullathivu district of the Island according to rebel and civilian sources in the area.

set: Sri Lanka unleashes chemical warfare against Tamils


set: As per reports and information,Malaysian crude palm oil was steady on Friday, supported by gains in soybean and uncertainty over grains crop harvests due to adverse weather which would slow global vegetable oil supplies.

set: Malaysian crude palm oil was steady on Friday, supported by gains in soybean and uncertainty over grains crop harvests...


set: -Sumacha'hot rallied late to win the $200,000 Maryland Million Classic at the Jim McKay Maryland Million on Saturday.

set: Sumacha'hot wins Maryland Million Classic


set: Police officers, firefighters and city officials will take the polar plunge Saturday in Brown's Lake to support Iowa's Special Olympic programs.

set: City officials will take the polar plunge Saturday


set: Houston Rockets center Yao Ming left Wednesday's game with the Washington Wizards with a strained tendon in his left leg.

set: Houston Rockets' Yao Ming leaves game with strained tendon in left leg


set: Dr Jefferts Schori had met bishops from the Church of the Province of the Sudan in Salisbury, and found that ``We can always get beyond sexuality if we're talking about alleviating human suffering.''

set: Dr Jefferts Schori: ``we can get beyond sexuality''


set: TechCrunch reports that Apple will hold a media event later this month in New York, confirming a previous report from Kara Swisher at All Things Digital.

set: Apple to hold media event in New York city


set: A chorus of world leaders have called on Russia and Georgia to declare ceasefire in South Ossetia and warned about the flare-up of a full-scale war in the Caucasus.

set: World leaders call on Russia, Georgia to declare ceasefire


set: In a recruiting coup, former Republican Sen. Dan Coats said Wednesday he's preparing to challenge Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh of Indiana in November, a potential matchup already generating tough talk.

set: Former GOP Sen. Coats says he's preparing to challenge Democratic incumbent Bayh in Indiana


set: Blackburn defender Gael Givet has dismissed any suggestion he refused to play in Saturday's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Swansea.


set: While stocks have moved mostly lower over the course of morning trading on Tuesday, the major averages are turning in a mixed performance on the day, as strong gains by some blue chip stocks are contributing to a modest gain by the Dow.

set: Major averages turning in mixed performance


set: A Chinese naval frigate has run aground while patrolling disputed waters in the South China Sea, the defense ministry said today.

set: Chinese frigate runs aground in disputed waters


set: A Jewish extremist group vandalized a Muslim and Christian cemetery in Jaffa on Friday, destroying graves and spray painting ``Death to Arabs.''

set: Jewish extremists vandalize Muslim and Christian cemetery in Jaffa


set: Communist rebels waging a decades-long insurgency in the Philippines killed 10 soldiers as the troops were returning to camp to observe a Christmas truce, the military said Wednesday.

set: Communist rebels in Philippines kill 10 soldiers: military


set: Al Qaeda has warned Britain against handing over an Islamic cleric to Jordan after his release from prison, saying such a move will open the ``door of evil'' for the British government and its people, according to an extremist website.

set: Qaeda warns uk against handing over cleric to Jordan


set: Scotiabank has announced the launch of two new banking products - the Scotia Moneyback Account and the Scotia Momentum VISA Infinite Card.

set: Scotiabank launches two new banking products


set: The Coast Guard has reopened the Mississippi River to vessel traffic in both directions after finishing the cleanup of thousands of gallons of oil from a leaking barge.


set: London , Mar 15 After converting new love interest, Jesus, to her religion of Kaballah, Madonna has now put him on a macrobiotic diet.


set: 21-year-old Viivi Pumpanen from Vantaa was crowned Miss Finland 2010 during a live television broadcast from Helsinki on Sunday.

set: Viivi Pumpanen crowned Miss Finland 2010


set: NYSE Amex is adding ``jelly roll'' strategies to its strategy cap program in order to boost liquidity.


set: Supposedly, Gene--who claims to have bedded 5,000 women and has said he would never get married--proposes to longtime partner Shannon Tweed, who he has been with for 28 years.


set: Amanda Bynes ``obsessively hates`` Lindsay Lohan and often rants about her fellow former child star, according to reports. ``She obsessively hates Lindsay,'' UsMagazine quoted a friend of Bynes as saying. ``She rambles about ``that bitch Lindsay`` all the time.`` Bynes, who made a name for herself as a child star on Nickelodeon`s sketch comedy show, All That, is currently facing a DUI charge from an April arrest, two hit-and-run charges, as well as a charge for driving on a suspended license. However Lohan, 26, took to her Twitter page to complain about, in her opinion, the lack of punishment received by Bynes. She wrote: ''Why did I get put in jail and a nickelodeon star has had NO punishment so far?``


set: THE lawyers on Saturday observed Black Day on the sixth anniversary of the sacking of Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry by former Gen Pervez Musharraf on March 9, 2007.The legal fraternity to denounce the military dictator's action against superior judiciary boycotted the courts proceedings.


set: Nearly 3,000 children will be born in the NKR this year.


set: Guns N' Roses are said to be planning a new world tour which will begin in March next year.

set: Guns N' Roses said to be planning world tour


set: Dallas, Texas-based AT&T Inc. is reportedly planning to expand its Wi-Fi hotspots in both New York City, New York and San Francisco, California in order to keep some load off its 3G network -- which as everyone knows, it is at its worst in the two aforementioned cities.

set: AT&T to expand Wi-Fi hotspots in New York City and San Francisco


set: Lionel Pincus, founder and chairman of New York-based private equity firm Warburg Pincus, has died, according to a spokesman for his longtime partner, Princess Firyal of Jordan.

set: Lionel Pincus, founder and chairman of private investment firm Warburg Pincus, dies


set: A devastated Armley cat owner who had his beloved 14-year-old pet put down has hit out at out-of-hours vet fees.


set: Vodafone has said that it will spend EUR500 million over the next five years upgrading its Romanian network, with some of the investment going towards a planned LTE network.

set: Vodafone has said that it will spend EUR500 million to upgrade Romania's network


set: A Milwaukee man is accused of shooting a woman with a pellet gun at a Red Box movie dispenser because of her race.

set: Milwaukee man accused of shooting woman because of her race


set: A FALMOUTH woman was left ``gobsmacked'' to discover that a paperwork mix-up meant she was still married -- seven months after getting divorced.

set: Still married - seven months after divorce


set: Malaysia and Algeria have agreed to sign an air services agreement soon, the Ministry of Transport said today.

set: Malaysia, Algeria to sign air services agreement


set: The I'm A Celebrity campmates were challenged to sing for their supper last night, as they attempted to win stars for dinner.


set: New Delhi, Jan 14 India Thursday strongly protested against Chinese stapled visas for residents of Arunachal Pradesh saying it was ``unacceptable''.


set: Nelson Mandela returns to Johannesburg on Sunday while his home in his childhood town -- where he's been living since last year -- undergoes repairs.


set: Hunstanton echoed to the sound of powerboats on Sunday when it hosted the third round of the British Water Ski Championships.

set: Hunstanton echoes to sound of powerboats


set: Fellow Republican Ron Paul said no when Senator John McCain's office called asking for an endorsement this week.


set: Rosetta, the largest independent digital marketing agency in the US, has acquired Wishbone for an undisclosed sum.


set: Waterford Wedgwood, the Irish crystal and china maker, is planning to sell German porcelain business Rosenthal, and may fetch up to €200 million in the deal, according to reports.

set: Waterford Wedgwood to sell off Rosenthal


set: Shopper numbers fell 8.7 percent over the weekend compared with the corresponding days last year, signalling consumers are still holding back on spending with just three shopping days left to Christmas, a survey showed on Monday.


set: The new Delaware recycling law went into effect Dec. 1, WGMD News reports.


set: ``Signs of shifting balances in the Caucasus have been sending alarming signals to Armenia , strengthening its feeling of isolation as the result of new moves by key regional players Russia , Turkey and Azerbaijan ,'' the daily reads.

set: Signs of shifting balances in the Caucasus send alarming signals to Armenia:


set: The global economy has shown encouraging signs that point to steady growth next year, a senior Canadian official said on Thursday.

set: Global economy showing encouraging signs - Canada


set: Industrial conglomerate Siemens says it is cutting 16,750 jobs worldwide because of the slowing economy.


set: Huntsman Corp. said Tuesday that it has halted design and feasibility studies for a new methylene diphenyl diisocyanate plant in the Netherlands.

set: Huntsman halts studies for new plant in the Netherlands


set: The government will deliver a ``fundamental rewiring of power'', the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.

set: The government will deliver a ''fundamental rewiring of power''


set: Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Monday that he, and his senior staff, will be taking a 5% pay cut.


set: Lincoln International, a leading global mid-market investment bank, announced today that it has opened an office in Tokyo, Japan.


set: Gemcraft Homes, a development firm that has built 16 residential communities across Delmarva, has filed for bankruptcy.


set: Brett Favre has touched down in New York, and is already rubbing elbows with the city's top official.


set: The US Navy will christen the newest guided-missile destroyer, Michael Murphy, May 7 during a 10 am EDT ceremony at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

set: US Navy to christen guided-missile destroyer...


set: Reuters reported that China will raise warehouse fees for imported iron ore from June 1st 2008 at Tianjin as the government moves to cut iron ore stockpiles that are clogging Chinese ports.


set: The Panthers announced they've re-signed backup defensive end Antwan Applewhite to a one-year contract.

set: Carolina Panthers re-sign Antwan Applewhite


set: A new finding from researchers suggests obesity prevention starts in the womb.


set: Singer Celine Dion has revealed she was initially expecting triplets, but lost one of the babies at the beginning of her pregnancy.


set: US Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today spoke on the Senate floor where he praised the progress US troops are making in Iraq, highlighting his recent visit to Iraq this month to meet with Georgia troops.

set: Isakson praises progress of US troops in Iraq


set: A former Dallas police narcotics informant has pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and immigration charges after serving time for his role in the fake drugs scandal, according to a newspaper report.

set: Former informant pleads guilty to counterfeiting


set: ``Where Life Is Celebrated'' is now the motto of Maryland Heights and will be the theme of a marketing strategy.


set: Strong wind gusts of up to 40 mph can be expected today and tonight, possibly followed by a strong cold front in Northwest Oregon, according to a hazardous weather warning by the National Weather Service.

set: Wind gusts of up to 40 mph expected today and tonight


set: Canadian stocks fell for a fourth day, led by industrial and financial companies, on speculation a slowing economy and slumping credit markets will hurt profits.

set: Canadian stocks fall, led by industrials;


set: Sana'a, May 28 Five huge explosions were heard late Friday in the ceasefire area in downtown Sana'a followed by heavy gunshots, Xinhua reported.

set: Five explosions heard in ceasefire area in Sana'a


set: The UAE has pulled out of the proposed GCC monetary union and will keep its currency pegged to the dollar, it has been announced.


set: The fight against meth may soon be a little easier if some Kentucky lawmakers get their way.

set: The fight against meth may soon be easier


set: Nicholas Cage will return as a treasure hunter in a third installment of National Treasure.

set: Nicholas Cage returns for 'National Treasure 3'


set: The nation celebrates Independence Day today with enthusiasm and commitment to safeguard the country against any threat and rededication towards nation building as per the vision of the founding father Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

set: Nation to celebrate Independence day today


set: Greece is not at risk of leaving the euro zone and will resume talks with EU, IMF and ECB inspectors next week as planned, governemnt spokesman Ilias Mosialos told reporters on Thursday.


set: When you are struggling to pay the monthly mortgage bills, a mortgage refinance with bad credit could be the best option to end your financial woes.


set: New Delhi, Oct 25 The industry has said the 25 basis point rate hike by the Reserve Bank will further weaken economic growth, but expressed relief at the central bank''s hinting at a pause in pushing up the lending rates.


set: The Toronto Stock Exchange pared early triple-digit losses but still closed lower Tuesday as North American traders returned from the Labour Day holiday focused on persistent concerns about a global slowdown.

set: TSX pares earlier losses, but closes down


set: Saudi Arabian Oil Co., the world's biggest oil company, said Wednesday it opened a new office in India to target new business opportunities in the fast-growing economy.


set: First she was hospitalized in Switzerland for unknown reasons, then she fell during a live show in France this week.


set: Our ability to adapt to the changing world in which we now find ourselves is the great challenge of our time.

set: Ability to adapt is our greatest challenge


set: France has officially revived its traditionally neutral policy on Quebec independence that was temporarily interrupted under the resolutely pro-Canadian-unity era of Nicolas Sarkozy.

set: France revives neutral policy on Quebec independence


set: Alfredo Simon and Brian Matusz will start the split-squad exhibition openers on March 5.

set: Simon and Matusz to start exhibition openers


set: The Fire Minister, Shahid Malik, argued that the Fire and Rescue Service has a central role to play in tackling inequality, promoting opportunity and improving fire safety to bring down accidental fires in all communities.

set: Fire and Rescue Service has central role in tackling inequality


set: A federal judge in California ordered Google to comply with an FBI national security investigation after the search giant launched a protest against the bureau's request.

set: Judge orders Google to comply with FBI national security investigation


set: AOL was upgraded today by analysts at UBS and the stock is now at $20.00, up $1.03 on volume of 2,820,031 shares traded.


set: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is expected to announce later today it is endorsing Barack Obama for president.


set: The Minister of Education is assuring teachers of the government's early childhood care centres that their concerns will be addressed.


set: The gold price has hit another high today, touching $1,278, as it rose to a record level for the second time this week.


set: Pacific National workers to go on strike Updated: 13:19, Tuesday February 5, 2013 Workers at one of Australia's largest coal haulage operators will strike on Friday after pay negotiations broke down.


set: Even more US troops will likely be needed in Afghanistan beyond the 68,000 who will have deployed there by the end of this year, the top US military officer said yesterday.


set: Midfielder Oliver Norwood has left Manchester United and signed a three-year deal at Huddersfield Town.

set: Oliver Norwood leaves Manchester United for Huddersfield Town


set: Elizabeth Hurley was not having a ``great day'' on Sunday after announcing that she and husband Arun Nayar had separated.

set: Elizabeth Hurley and Arun Nayar separate


set: Yesterday, on PBS's NewsHour, I debated MIT health economist Jonathan Gruber on whether the individual mandate in President Obama's health plan is a tax.


set: Rep. Steve Kagen, who is in a tight re-election race, is calling for more domestic oil drilling in a new television ad that began airing Monday.

set: Kagen calls for domestic drilling in new ad


set: Mujandjae Kasuto's hopes of an Olympic medal disappeared on Thursday when he lost 16-7 to Zoltan Harcsa of Hungary in a second round fight.


set: Chicago teachers were looking Sunday at a new contract that could end their weeklong strike, union officials said.

set: Chicago teachers to look at new contract


set: ABC has announced it is canceling the drama ``Life On Mars'' at the end of its 17-episode first season.


set: Radiohead drummer Phil Selway has paid tribute to Scott Johnson, the drum tech who was killed over the weekend in a tragic stage collapse.

set: Radiohead's Phil Selway pays tribute to Scott Johnson


set: Manmohan Singh may be a septuagenarian but Congress leader Rahul Gandhi thinks he is a ``youthful' Prime Minister with the mind of a ''very young man who looks to the future``.


set: A Soldier who has been fighting in Afghanistan has been accused of dangerous driving.Robert Penning from Newent, who has just returned from a six-month tour of duty, allegedly tried to overtake a vehicle on the B4221 Gorsley to Newent road last July.


set: Pop superstar Lady Gaga has revealed that she would consider having cosmetic surgery in the future.

set: Lady Gaga would consider cosmetic surgery in the future


set: Former Union Minister and senior CPI leader Chaturanan Mishra passed away on Saturday following prolonged illness.

set: Former Minister Chaturanan Mishra passes away


set: Ethiopia's Haile Gebrselassie, the marathon world record-holder and a two-time Olympic 10,000-meter champion, will race in the New York Half-Marathon in March, race organizers announced Wednesday.

set: Haile Gebrselassie to race in New York Half-Marathon


set: A 24-year-old Kansas City man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting death of his girlfriend.

set: Man charged in accidental shooting death


set: Luka Modric admits he can play better, but feels there are no problems with morale in the Tottenham Hotspur squad.


set: Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein has announced the State has decided to indict Haaretz journalist Uri Blau.


set: Hooker John Ulugia is set to make his Waratahs debut against the Cheetahs on Saturday night as one of several changes to the starting line-up that lost to the Crusaders a fortnight ago.


set: Controversial Senegalese forward El Hadji Diouf has left Blackburn Rovers by mutual consent, the Premier League club said on Thursday.


set: Former US Ambassador to Morocco, Marc Ginsberg, tells VOA's Carol Castiel and Cecily Hilleary that Morocco should carefully weigh the pros and cons of the GCC invitation to join the GCC.

set: Should Morocco join the gulf cooperation council?


set: An average Kazakhstan citizen is ready to spend $16 thousand on a car, President of Kazakhstan Car Business Association Andrey Lavrentyev told Tengrinews.kz.

set: Average Kazakhstan citizen ready to spend $16 thousand on car


set: The significant role of women in the agriculture sector in Ghana was acknowledged during the 3rd European Forum on Rural Development held in Palencia, Spain on March 29.

set: The role of women in agriculture in Ghana acknowledged


set: European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said today that he opposes ``disorderly''currency moves as the euro rose above $1.40 for the first time since last February.

set: Trichet opposes ``disorderly'' currency moves as euro rises above $1.40;


set: The Mariners have signed left-hander James Paxton, their fourth-round pick from the 2010 draft.


set: Holmen is planning to cut some 150 jobs at its Hallsta mill. The company says negotiations on the cuts are to begin this week.

set: Holmen planning to cut jobs at Hallsta mill.


set: Sales on the UK high street have fallen for a seventh consecutive month in October and retailers see no respite in November according to the latest CBI report.


set: That was easy to see on Wednesday in Kalamazoo, where nearly 100 people lined up for a handful of job openings at a new restaurant called Happy's Pizza.

set: Nearly 100 people line up for jobs at new restaurant


set: Kourtney Kardashian and her baby daddy Scott Disick took their daughter to a pediatric care facility for a doctor's appointment today in Miami, and the mom-of-two seems to have adopted her boyfriend's preppy style!

set: Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick Take their daughter to the doctor


set: Asian markets are mixed at mid-day as China exchanges reverse direction from early gains in the morning despite Wall Street's strong close overnight yesterday.


set: British actor Tom Hardy is set to bring popular video game Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell to life on the big screen after he was cast as the lead character.

set: Tom Hardy to bring Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell to big screen


set: Latvians have failed to win the constitutional right to oust the Baltic state's parliament after too few people turned out in a referendum, but an overwhelming ``yes'' vote was a rebuke for the government.

set: Latvians fail to win constitutional right


set: I'M still sleeping with my ex because I'm not confident enough to find another girlfriend.


set: Gucci failed with a central attack on a ``G'' trade mark filed by the Cofra group in Switzerland.

set: Gucci fails with central attack in Switzerland


set: Oil prices fell back Wednesday in Asia after hitting a record near $$127 a barrel in the previous session on concerns Iran may consider cutting oil production.Iranian officials denied in later news reports that production cuts were imminent but acknowledged a reduction has been discussed.Light, sweet crude for June delivery dropped 35 cents to $$125.45 a barrel in electronic trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midafternoon in Singapore.

set: Oil prices fall back in Asia after record near $$127


set: Fertilizer, seed selection and residue removal are methods to handle heavy corn residue without tillage.

set: Methods for handling corn residue without tillage


set: Linebacker Joey Porter and two other injured Miami Dolphins defensive players have returned to practice.


set: Former Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman announced on Friday that he's considering a run for Arizona governor.


set: Broadcom announced Monday that it will acquire networking chip maker NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion in a deal that is Broadcom's largest acquisition in its 20-year history and the communications hardware company's first-ever acquisition of a public company.

set: Broadcom acquires NetLogic Microsystems for $3.7 billion


set: Macy's has sued Martha Stewart Living in a bid to block a licensing deal between the housewares company and JC Penney.


set: Defense Sec. Robert Gates recommended on Monday that Gen. Norton Schwartz be the next Air Force chief.

set: Gates recommends Schwartz as next Air Force chief


set: New Delhi, Sep 11 India and Israel are exploring new partnerships in culture and education to consolidate bilateral ties.

set: India, Israel explore new partnerships in culture and education


set: A father and daughter were ordained together as Presbyterian ministers in a ceremony in western Pennsylvania.


set: US President Barack Obama has vowed to use all his power to stop gun massacres like the slaughter of 20 children at a Connecticut school, saying ``these tragedies must end''.


set: Mexican voters have punished President Felipe Calderon for a deep recession and rampant crime with a defeat to the ruling party in mid-term congressional elections.

set: Mexican voters punish president Calderon


set: Denmark plans to set up an Arctic military command and task force as the melting of the ice cap opens up access to the region's resources...


set: Journal Communications Inc, publisher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, posted a quarterly loss, hurt by an impairment charge and decreased advertising spend by customers, and said it continued to see revenue declines across all its businesses in the first quarter.

set: Journal Communications posts quarterly loss on charges


set: MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC-- - Cogeco Diffusion, the radio broadcasting subsidiary of COGECO Inc., was granted an interim injunction today by the Superior Court of Québec against two former employees, Sébastien Lavoie and Jean-Pascal Lemelin, respectively the former Program Manager and Music Director and former Assistant Program Manager and Music Director for Québec City radio station CFOM and the Québec City and regional CKOI radio stations.

set: Cogeco Diffusion granted interim injunction against two former employees


set: Democrats walked out of the Statehouse today in a dispute over a number of bills, including one that unions have blasted as unfair for working men and women.


set: A climber has died on Mount Hood after she was hit by large chunks of falling ice and fell about 400 feet down the mountain.


set: Country singer Faith Hill will release her very first Christmas album later this year to be titled, Joy to the World.

set: Faith Hill to release first Christmas album this year


set: A Zanesville man was sentenced to two years in prison for burglary and theft.


set: Hong Kong shares will open little changed on Tuesday, as lower crude oil prices pressure energy counters, offsetting gains in index heavyweights.


set: The Cumbrian News & Star reports that a UK coroner has ruled that a 51-year-old former Deutsche and JPMorgan investment banker died after accidentally overdosing on heroin after drinking tea made with crushed opium seeds he bought on the internet.

set: Investment banker died after accidentally overdosing on heroin tea


set: Zimbabwe striker Benjani Mwaruwari joined Sunderland from Manchester City on loan until the end of the season after the Premier League rubber-stamped the deal on Tuesday that was held up on transfer deadline day.


set: Lady Gaga has said that due to heavy dye, her hair is falling out fast.


set: Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Thursday as investors took profits on recent gains, but Thailand and the Philippines rose, helped by continued foreign demand.


set: Alyssa Milano and Dave Bugliari, an agent at the Creative Artists Agency, are expecting their first child together.

set: Alyssa Milano, caa agent Dave Bugliari expecting first child


set: Bayhealth's speech pathology department is now offering a new monthly support group for current and past patients with communication deficits.

set: Bayhealth speech department offers monthly support group


set: Alison Steadman is upset life appears to stop at 35 on TV and hopes to redress the balance with her next role in 'Love And Marriage', in which she stars as a woman in her 60s.


set: But now the California State Athletic Commission has changed the result of Evangelista's fight with Mike Aina to a no contest, making Evangelista undefeated again.


set: Motorola, a major US seller of mobile phones, said Wednesday that it was cutting 4,000 more jobs as the economic slump erodes consumer spending.


set: Johnson Controls has made a strategic investment in Azure Dynamics, the result of which will give the company a 3.4% stake in the developer and production of hybrid electric and electric components and powertrain systems for commercial vehicles.

set: Johnson Controls makes strategic investment in Azure Dynamics


set: Kenny Shiels has left Kilmarnock with immediate effect by mutual consent, the Scottish Premier League club have confirmed.


set: Rocker Vince Neil has been released from jail after serving just 10 days of his 15-day sentence for a DUI charge.


set: Normalcy has returned to Calabar, the Cross River State capital, after a week-long devastating fuel crisis.

set: Normalcy returns to Calabar after fuel crisis


set: Veteran actress Shabana Azmi, who came for the premiere of 'The Japanese Wife' despite a fractured foot, believes director Aparna Sen is the true inheritor of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

set: Aparna is true inheritor of Satyajit Ray:


set: A back injury could rule women's 800m world champion Caster Semenya out of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, her coach said Monday.

set: Back injury could rule Caster Semenya out of Commonwealth Games


set: ARLINGTON, Texas -- ``Glee'' star Lea Michele will sing ``America the Beautiful'' before the Super Bowl on Feb. 6 in Texas.

set: 'Glee' star Lea Michele will sing 'America the Beautiful' before Super Bowl


set: A 19-year-old Winona man died when his car accidentally rolled over him after he got stuck.


set: The Cavaliers have waived forward Samardo Samuels, who played in just 18 of 35 games this season.

set: Cleveland Cavaliers waive forward Samardo Samuels


set: The state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would allow out-of-state health care professionals to provide services to Ironman competitors in Lake Placid.

set: Senate passes bill for out-of-state health care professionals at Ironman


set: Heavy rains caused flash flooding in some parts of the region Wednesday.


set: AUSTRALIA'S current account balance narrowed in the June quarter, but economists were surprised by estimates that it will detract from economic growth.


set: Britain form new Hong Kong trade ties Updated: 11:41, Monday January 23, 2012 China claims Britain beat Australia to the mark in the creation of a new financial hub.


set: More rain is expected to come our way on Tuesday.


set: Tyco Electronics Ltd. today reported better-than-expected second quarter results and increased its earnings guidance for the year.

set: Tyco Electronics reports second quarter results, increases guidance for year


set: Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it acquired travel search startup Farecast Inc. for an undisclosed amount.

set: Microsoft acquires travel search startup Farecast


set: Ireland takes over as the probation department comes under intense scrutiny for its scandal-filled, patronage system.


set: Even as the ongoing slugfest between her arch rival Samajwadi Party and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government at the centre hogs headlines, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is quietly working on a ``comeback plan'', gearing for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.


set: Fifty years after the 1961 UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs was launched, the global war on drugs has failed, and has had many unintended and devastating consequences worldwide.


set: A CYCLIST was seriously injured in a hit and run collision in Foxton last weekend.

set: CYCLIST injured in hit-and-run collision in Foxton


set: Pinkberry, a frozen yogurt chain that helped start the nationwide fro-yo craze, is closing its Citrus Park location at 7002 Gunn Highway.

set: Pinkberry frozen yogurt to close Citrus Park location


set: The Kansas City Star has endorsed Democratic challenger Jim Slattery in the Senate race in Kansas.


set: Jammu, June 13 Describing those opposing the women's reservation bill as 'masters' unwilling to share power, union Minister for Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah Saturday said 'no one can stop' women from getting their share in legislative bodies.

set: 'No one can stop' women from getting their share:


set: Space shuttle Endeavour and a crew of seven blasted into the night sky yesterday, bound for the international space station and the most extreme home makeover project ever attempted by astronauts.

set: Space shuttle Endeavour blasts into night sky