Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Japan quake rescuers fight aftershocks AP - Sun Jun 15, 5:38 AM ET

  KURIHARA, Japan - Soldiers fought their way through a torrent of mud and rocks at a hot spring Sunday, where several people were believed buried after a magnitude 7.2-earthquake hit the mountains of northern Japan, killing at least seven and injuring more than 200.

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  Sensitive China quake photo removed AP - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago

  JUYUAN, China - A photograph hinting at shoddy school construction was pulled from an exhibition about last month's devastating earthquake, an apparent indication of rising government sensitivity over an issue that has already prompted angry protests from parents of children killed.

• Petrol prices pinching post office AP - 2 hours, 56 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Soccer moms and commuters aren't the only ones feeling the bite of rising fuel costs — every time the price of gasoline goes up a penny it costs the Postal Service $8 million.

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  Pearl Jam wows Bonnaroo with 3-hour performance AP - 2 hours, 16 minutes ago

  MANCHESTER, Tenn. - Pearl Jam wowed the Bonnaroo crowd with a three-hour performance late Saturday night, returning the band to the grand stage of a music festival.

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  Mild weather aids Northern California firefighting AP - Sun Jun 15, 1:46 AM ET

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Milder-than-expected weather on Saturday gave fire crews hope that they could rein in a series of Northern California wildfires that have destroyed dozens of homes and forced thousands of residents to evacuate.

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  Carly Fiorina woos Clinton supporters for McCain Reuters - Sat Jun 14, 11:04 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain enlisted the high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get women behind his campaign for the White House.

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  Iran defiant in nuclear row despite sanctions threat Reuters - Sun Jun 15, 5:04 AM ET

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Western powers are warning Iran of more sanctions if it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic is showing no sign of backing down.

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  Karzai threatens cross-border pursuit into Pakistan Reuters - 35 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send troops into neighboring Pakistan to kill Taliban militants if they pursued cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.

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  Mugabe says ready to hand power to a party faithful Reuters - 50 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was quoted on Sunday as saying he would be willing to hand power to a ruling party ally when he was sure the country was safe from "sellouts" and from British interference.

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  Reuters seeks answers from Israel over killing Reuters - Sun Jun 15, 4:39 AM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Two months after an Israeli tank shell killed one of its cameramen in the Gaza Strip, Reuters has urged the army to release immediately the findings of its internal investigation in the interests of journalists' safety.

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  Concern over detentions in China quake zone: groups Reuters - Sun Jun 15, 1:32 AM ET

  BEIJING (Reuters) - Two human rights groups expressed concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist who friends fear was detained for offering support to families of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.

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  Bush urges Brown not to set Iraq pullout timetable Reuters - 2 hours, 11 minutes ago

  LONDON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday not to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

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  Israeli settlement building could hurt talks: Rice Reuters - Sun Jun 15, 5:12 AM ET

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday Israel's continued settlement building could hurt Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.

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  EU looks to pick up the pieces after Irish treaty shock AFP - Sat Jun 14, 10:40 PM ET

  BRUSSELS (AFP) - European foreign ministers gather Monday to take a first look at the EU's battered reform plans after Ireland's stunning rejection of the Lisbon Treaty.

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  Newly independent Kosovo's constitution enters force AFP - 36 minutes ago

  PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo's constitution entered into force Sunday, four months after it split from Serbia, opening the way for majority Albanians take over from a nine-year-old UN mission under European guidance.

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  Rice warns settlements could harm Mideast peace talks AFP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday warned that Jewish settlement expansion could harm peace talks as she made a new bid to inject impetus into the faltering Middle East peace process.

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  Japan troops hunt for survivors as quake toll hits nine AFP - 30 minutes ago

  KURIHARA, Japan (AFP) - Troops on Sunday pulled the bodies of three people from the muddy rubble of an earthquake-ravaged resort hotel in Japan as aftershocks and landslide fears hampered the search for survivors.

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  More rain heads to flood ravaged Iowa AFP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

  IOWA CITY, IOWA, June 15, 2008 (AFP) - More rain was headed to flood ravaged Iowa Sunday where tens of thousands of residents had been forced to flee their homes and officials struggled to reinforce breached levies and stem the rushing waters.

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  US, China set for talks to address economic concerns AFP - Sun Jun 15, 12:09 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - With their economies in crisis, top policy makers from the United States and China hold talks this week in a bid to ease currency concerns, counter protectionist pressures and boost energy security.

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  G8 finance chiefs send message to oil speculators: analysts AFP - Sun Jun 15, 1:58 AM ET

  OSAKA (AFP) - Group of Eight finance chiefs sent a warning signal to oil speculators this weekend, highlighting the inflation threat to the global economy in an attempt to cool red-hot energy prices, analysts said.

Most Popular Top Stories

• Petrol pricey? Japanese invent car that runs on water Reuters - Fri Jun 13, 5:44 AM ET

  TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Tired of petrol prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water.

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  Saudis to increase oil production by half-million barrels: report AFP - Fri Jun 13, 11:14 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - Concerned that skyrocketing oil prices might induce a worldwide economic slump, Saudi Arabia is planning to increase oil production next month by about a half-million barrels a day, The New York Times reported on its website late Friday.

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  Iowa flood evacuations rise, losses seen in billions Reuters - Fri Jun 13, 3:07 PM ET

  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain.