Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

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  Mexico pursues appeal to stay executions in US AP - 2 hours, 27 minutes ago

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Mexico made an emergency appeal to the U.N.'s highest court Thursday to block the execution of its citizens on death row in the U.S.

• SF court protects privacy of work communications AP - 32 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - A federal appeals court in San Francisco has made it more difficult for employers to legally access e-mails and text messages sent by their workers on company accounts.

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  Yahoo addresses e-mail concerns with new domains AP - 55 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - Yahoo Inc. is offering free e-mail accounts under two new designations in an effort to attract Web surfers unhappy with their current addresses.

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  Rapper Young Jeezy charged with DUI in Atlanta AP - 1 hour, 38 minutes ago

  ATLANTA - Rapper Young Jeezy was charged with driving under the influence and speeding after he was pulled over on an Atlanta highway early Wednesday.

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  Easley gets Manuel first win as Mets manager AP - Thu Jun 19, 5:37 AM ET

  ANAHEIM, Calif. - Almost 4 1/2 years passed between Jerry Manuel's 500th victory as a big league manager and his 501st. Now that he has it, maybe he and the New York Mets can put all the turmoil surrounding Willie Randolph's firing behind them and focus on catching the Philadelphia Phillies.

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  Mississippi flood levees strain, Bush to visit Reuters - Thu Jun 19, 2:02 AM ET

  QUINCY, Illinois (Reuters) - Volunteers and relief workers fortified levees on the rising Mississippi River on Thursday to prevent more flooding that has caused billion-dollar losses and ignited global food inflation fears.

• Two former Bear Stearns managers arrested: report Reuters - 9 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former hedge fund managers at investment bank Bear Stearns were arrested Thursday morning, according to an NPR report on its website on Thursday.

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  Ardent Clinton supporters eyed in election Reuters - 41 minutes ago

  CINCINNATI (Reuters) - Homemaker Mary Mardis, 52, liked U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but now she's not sure who she'll vote for in November. Maybe Barack Obama, who beat Clinton to win the Democratic nomination. Maybe Republican John McCain.

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  Israel-Hamas truce begins but duration in doubt Reuters - 52 minutes ago

  GAZA (Reuters) - Israel and Hamas halted fighting in the Gaza Strip on Thursday but, with wider peace prospects hazy, both sides voiced doubt over how long the Egyptian- brokered ceasefire might hold.

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  Taliban driven from south Afghan district: governor Reuters - 42 minutes ago

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led forces cleared out Taliban militants from the outskirts of Kandahar city on Thursday, killing or wounding hundreds of the insurgents, the provincial governor said.

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  Mexico asks World Court to halt U.S. executions Reuters - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago

  THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Mexico asked the World Court on Thursday to take urgent steps to stop imminent U.S. executions of five Mexicans on death row who were denied their rights to consular assistance.

• Nigerian navy says U.S. captain taken by gunmen Reuters - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  ABUJA (Reuters) - The U.S. captain of an oil supply vessel operating off Nigeria was kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday, shortly after they attacked Royal Dutch Shell's main offshore oilfield, the Nigerian navy said.

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  Zimbabwe vote cannot be fair: regional ministers Reuters - 29 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's run-off presidential election on June 27 is very unlikely to be free and fair, a group of southern African ministers said on Thursday, in the strongest regional condemnation yet of pre-poll violence.

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  Fragile Gaza truce comes into force AFP - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  GAZA CITY (AFP) - A fragile truce between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas came into force in the Gaza Strip on Thursday amid scepticism over how long the Egyptian-brokered deal would hold.

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  Afghan district cleared, hundreds of Taliban casualties: governor AFP - Thu Jun 19, 5:23 AM ET

  ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (AFP) - Afghan and NATO forces cleared Taliban militants from villages near Kandahar on Thursday, killing or wounding hundreds of rebels in a major operation, a provincial governor said.

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  Iraq forces hunt Shiite fighters in new crackdown AFP - 13 minutes ago

  AMARA, Iraq, June 19, 2008 (AFP) - Iraqi police and soldiers swept house to house through the southern city of Amara and surrounding Maysan province on Thursday in a new crackdown on Shiite fighters and illegal weapons.

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  More political violence in Zimbabwe amid talk of unity government AFP - 1 hour, 57 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabe's opposition said Thursday four more of its supporters had been killed in political violence, amid growing calls to cancel next week's presidential run-off in favour of unity government talks.

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  Seven arrested in protest on Suu Kyi's 63rd birthday AFP - Thu Jun 19, 3:42 AM ET

  YANGON (AFP) - Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday spent her 63rd birthday alone and locked under house arrest, while seven of her supporters were detained for shouting for her freedom.

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  US Air Force to review 'significant errors' in tanker deal AFP - Wed Jun 18, 10:14 PM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Air Force said Wednesday it would review criticisms of its award of a 35 billion dollar aerial refueling tanker contract to EADS and Northrop Grumman after congressional investigators said there were "significant errors" in the deal.

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  British bank HBOS on course for 'resilient' 2008 AFP - Thu Jun 19, 5:12 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - British bank HBOS forecast on Thursday that it would deliver a "resilient" performance this year, despite the ongoing impact of the global credit crunch and slowing economic growth.

Most Popular Top Stories

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  Market full of oil, price trend "fake": Ahmadinejad Reuters - Tue Jun 17, 2:59 AM ET

  ISFAHAN, Iran (Reuters) - The market is full of oil and the rising price trend is "fake and imposed," Iran's president said on Tuesday, partly blaming a weak U.S. dollar which he said was being pushed lower on purpose.

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  Can McCain deliver his home state? The Christian Science Monitor - Wed Jun 18, 4:00 AM ET

  Phoenix - For a senator who consistently gets 80 percent approval ratings from Arizonans, it seems strange, bizarre even, that John McCain would not be a shoo-in to win his home state in November's presidential election. Some in-state analysts say chances are fair, in fact, that Arizona will end up in the Democratic column.

• Prospect of gay Lutheran bishop divides Germans Reuters - Tue Jun 17, 9:05 AM ET

  BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany could elect its first openly gay Lutheran bishop next month, a move conservatives say would alienate many Christians and open divisions in the Church.