Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

• Reports: 25 dead in Brazil prison fire AP - 13 minutes ago

  SAO PAULO, Brazil - At least 25 prisoners died early Thursday after inmates broke out of a cellblock and set a fire in an apparent attempt to settle scores with a rival gang, police said.

• 
  Fewer people sign up for jobless claims AP - 3 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Fewer people signed up for jobless benefits last week, an encouraging sign that businesses aren't taking major steps to scale back their work forces amid the ill effects of the housing slump and a painful credit crunch.

• 
  Bombers target Afghan police chief AP - 2 hours, 5 minutes ago

  KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents detonated a roadside bomb next to a convoy carrying the police chief in Afghanistan's violence-plagued Helmand province on Thursday, killing three civilians and wounding 13 others.

• 
  Paris Hilton defamation lawsuit settled AP - Wed Aug 22, 9:25 PM ET

  LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton can scratch her next court date from her calendar. A settlement in a $10 million defamation lawsuit was reached Wednesday between the hotel heiress-reality TV star and diamond heiress-actress Zeta Graff.

• 
  Rangers set records in 30-3 rout AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  The Texas Rangers rounded the bases at a dizzying pace and became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record Wednesday in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards.

• 
  Women, children taken in Iraq battle Reuters - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda fighters kidnapped 15 Iraqi women and children after rival Sunni Arab militants repelled their attack on two villages in a fierce battle on Thursday in which 32 people were killed, police said.

• 
  Hurricane Dean slams Mexico's Gulf coast Reuters - Thu Aug 23, 12:11 AM ET

  POZA RICA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Dean ripped into Mexico's Gulf coast on Wednesday with screaming winds and torrential rain that killed two people, flooded towns and forced thousands into shelters, but then weakened rapidly.

• 
  U.S. to screen aid groups for terror links: report Reuters - Thu Aug 23, 1:11 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to screen thousands of people employed by aid organizations that receive funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development looking for possible links to terror organizations, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.

• 
  China says export boom shows goods still welcome Reuters - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Foreign sales of some Chinese products have been shaken by reports of dangerous goods, but the country's fast-rising exports show most consumers remain untroubled, senior Chinese officials said on Thursday.

• 
  Indian communists adamant about U.S. nuclear deal Reuters - 25 minutes ago

  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's biggest communist party said on Thursday it did not want to pull the government down over a nuclear deal with the United States, but added that this depended on the pact not being pursued.

• 
  Reacting to Bush speech, Vietnam focuses on present Reuters - 23 minutes ago

  HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese fought for "a righteous cause" during the U.S. war but preferred to focus on the present, a government spokesman said on Thursday in reaction to President George W. Bush's speech comparing the Iraq and Vietnam conflicts.

• 
  Online "friends" could be pivotal in 2008 U.S. race Reuters - 48 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nineteen-year-old L.J. Tsunis has some advice for his favorite U.S. presidential candidate: start hanging out on Facebook already.

• 
  Diana conspiracy theories flourish Reuters - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - Two major investigations by French and British police concluded that Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash was a tragic accident, but 10 years on many remain convinced she was murdered in a sinister plot.

• 
  Infectious diseases are emerging faster than ever: WHO AFP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - Infectious diseases are emerging faster than ever before, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned in a report on Thursday, urging closer global cooperation to tackle the growing health threat.

• 
  Former Pakistan PM Sharif wins appeal against exile AFP - 29 minutes ago

  ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's Supreme Court said Thursday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif could return home after seven years in exile imposed by his embattled arch foe President Pervez Musharraf.

• 
  Myanmar protesters defy junta with new protest AFP - 1 hour, 17 minutes ago

  YANGON (AFP) - Pro-democracy supporters defied the junta in Myanmar to stage their third protest within a week Thursday, underlining what analysts say is deepening public anger at crippling economic hardships.

• 
  Bangladesh declares holiday, eases curfew to cool tensions AFP - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago

  DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's military-backed government on Thursday declared a public holiday and eased an indefinite curfew in a bid to cool rising tensions after three days of rioting.

• 
  Democrats attack Bush's Iraq speech AFP - 59 minutes ago

  KANSAS CITY, United States, (AFP) - US President George W. Bush has drawn heavy Democrat fire with his warning that a hasty withdrawal from Iraq would trigger a bloodbath like that in Southeast Asia after the US defeat and retreat from Vietnam.

• 
  Global stock market recovery picks up AFP - 13 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - Stock markets in Asia and Europe chased Wall Street higher on Thursday, winning back more ground as investors drew comfort from easing credit fears and the prospect of a US rate cut some time soon.

• 
  EU allows British meat, livestock exports to resume AFP - 44 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union nations on Thursday agreed to lift the export ban on British meat and livestock, imposed due to a foot and mouth disease outbreak, except from a small zone around the affected farms.

Most Popular Top Stories

• 
  Chopsticks picked up in new China scare Reuters - Wed Aug 22, 9:42 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing factory sold up to 100,000 pairs of disposable chopsticks a day without any form of disinfection, a newspaper said on Wednesday, the latest in a string of food and product safety scares.

• 
  EU urges Texas to halt executions before 400 mark Reuters - Tue Aug 21, 12:11 PM ET

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union urged the governor of Texas on Tuesday to halt all executions before the U.S. state carries out its 400th death sentence since reinstatement of the penalty in 1976.

• 
  Bush cites past conflicts to urge staying in Iraq Reuters - Wed Aug 22, 4:00 PM ET

  KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday argued for perseverance in Iraq by placing the unpopular war in the historical context of U.S. experiences in Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, but critics said he missed the mark.