News. Ingter.net http://news.ingter.net Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:08:33 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Prosecutors-say-man-to-plead-guilty-in-ricin-case.html LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A man believed to have poisoned himself with toxic ricin in his Las Vegas motel room will plead guilty to federal charges, prosecutors said Monday.... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:18:52 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Ohio-inmate-says-he-s-too-fat-for-execution.html COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:17:46 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Gay-couples-use-weddings-to-wage-ballot-fight.html LOS ANGELES (AP) -- When Pamela Brown got married, the two bride figurines atop her wedding cake celebrated her newfound right in California to marry another woman. But one of the figurines had a tiny sign over its head with something more to say: "Vote No on 8."... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:14:06 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Gay-couples-use-weddings-to-wage-ballot-fight-AP.html AP - When Pamela Brown got married, the two bride figurines atop her wedding cake celebrated her newfound right in California to marry another woman. But one of the figurines had a tiny sign over its head with something more to say: "Vote No on 8." U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:14:05 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Tropical-Storm-Edouard-heads-for-Texas-La.-coast.html GALVESTON, Texas (AP) -- Residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts prepared Monday for Tropical Storm Edouard, which was rolling through the warm waters of the Gulf and threatening to reach near-hurricane strength before making landfall.... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:11:52 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Tropical-Storm-Edouard-heads-for-Texas-La.-coast-AP.html AP - Residents along the Texas and Louisiana coasts prepared Monday for Tropical Storm Edouard, which was rolling through the warm waters of the Gulf and threatening to reach near-hurricane strength before making landfall. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:11:48 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Immigrants-kids-even-less-active-than-U.S.-born-AP.html AP - Immigrant children of all backgrounds get even less vigorous exercise than their U.S.-born counterparts, the largest study of its kind suggests. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:08:28 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./In-era-of-pills-fewer-shrinks-doing-talk-therapy-AP.html AP - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a museum. A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. psychiatrists. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:06:53 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/Bush-trip-to-Asia-a-mix-of-sports-and-politics-AFP.html AFP - US President George W. Bush left Monday on a three-nation trip to Asia during which he will attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony clouded by concerns over China's human rights record. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:05:58 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Wales/Bellamy-limps-off-during-friendly.html Wales captain Craig Bellamy limps out of Monday's pre-season friendly with Ipswich after less than 30 minutes on the pitch. UK - Wales Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:05:15 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/11-feared-dead-after-K2-avalanche-3-men-rescued-AP.html AP - A helicopter plucked two frostbitten Dutch climbers from K2 on Monday after an avalanche and exposure left at least 11 people presumed dead on the world's second-highest mountain. An Italian who was also stranded made his way down the slope with a rescue team after telling a colleague, "I am surely not going to give up now." World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:04:38 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Scotland/Air-stewardess-up-on-drink-charge.html An air stewardess appears in court charged with drinking alcohol before working on a plane. UK - Scotland Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:01:41 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/Solzhenitsyn-death-leaves-complex-legacy-in-Russia-AP.html AP - Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Putin could have seemed like natural enemies — a writer plagued by the secret police and a president who started his career with the KGB. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:57:50 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Wales/-Clean-woman-s-sentence-let-off.html An 18-year-old woman is let off community service in a charity shop because of her obsession with cleanliness. UK - Wales Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:52:15 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/Attack-kills-16-police-days-before-the-Olympics-AP.html AP - In an audacious and deadly attack just days ahead of the Beijing Olympics, two men from a mainly Muslim ethnic group rammed a truck and hurled explosives at jogging policemen in China's restive far west Monday, killing 16. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:50:05 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/England/Dolphin-pinger-devices-trialled.html A sonic "pinger" designed to keep dolphins away from fishing boats is being tested off the Cornish coast. UK - England Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:48:39 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/England/Alert-as-snake-escapes-from-home.html People are urged to keep their doors and windows shut after a boa constrictor escaped from a home. UK - England Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:43:33 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Business/Business/Treasurys-sluggish-ahead-of-auction.html Treasury prices slipped slightly Monday in anticipation of $27 billion of new government debt to be issued this week. Business - Business Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:43:06 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Technology/Technolgoy/Building-affordable-solar-water-heaters.html In spring 2007, University of California Berkeley Energy and Resources Group professor Ashok Gadgil challenged students in his Design for Sustainable Communities class to come up with an affordable and efficient solar water heater that could be used in low-income households. Technology - Technolgoy Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:39:25 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Robert-Novak-retiring-after-brain-tumor-diagnosis.html CHICAGO (AP) -- Conservative political commentator Robert Novak announced his immediate retirement Monday because of his diagnosis of a malignant brain tumor.... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:35:43 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Edouard-could-be-hurricane-at-landfall.html Tropical Storm Edouard moved across the northern Gulf of Mexico on Monday and has a 20 percent chance of hitting the Texas-Louisiana coast as a hurricane, forecasters said. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:35:25 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Middle-East/Middle-East/Bin-Laden-driver-trial-nears-end.html Closing arguments are heard in the case of Osama bin Laden's former driver, in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. Middle East - Middle East Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:51 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Americas/Americas/US-states-braced-for-Gulf-storm.html Tropical Storm Edouard could gain near-hurricane strength winds before reaching Texas or Louisiana, US forecasters say. Americas - Americas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:20 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/Gaza-clansmen-exiled-as-Hamas-grabs-Fatah-bastion-AP.html AP - Hamas claimed Monday to have "uprooted" the last major pocket of armed resistance to its 14-month rule in the Gaza Strip, saying it seized mortars, grenade launchers and other weapons from a once powerful clan allied with the rival Fatah movement. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:28:34 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Americas/Americas/Morgan-Freeman-seriously-injured-after-crash-in-Mississippi.html The actor was driving east on Highway 32 when his car skidded off the road and flipped several times Americas - Americas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:25:35 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/At-least-9-dead-in-violent-Honduran-land-dispute-AP.html AP - The Honduran government on Monday sent federal police to investigate the killings of at least nine people in a long-standing land dispute along the country's northern coast. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:24:25 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Northern-Ireland/Headmaster-co-opted-onto-council.html A former headmaster is co-opted onto Newry and Mourne District Council following the sudden death of a former mayor. UK - Northern Ireland Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:19:16 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Kosher-slaughterhouse-owners-surrounded-by-scandal.html NEW YORK (AP) -- Two decades ago, the Rubashkin family of Brooklyn opened up a kosher slaughterhouse amid the cornfields of Iowa - not exactly a center of Jewish culture.... U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:49 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Kosher-slaughterhouse-owners-surrounded-by-scandal-AP.html AP - Two decades ago, the Rubashkin family of Brooklyn opened up a kosher slaughterhouse amid the cornfields of Iowa — not exactly a center of Jewish culture. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:16:41 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/South-Asia/South-Asia/Bush-running-out-of-time-on-nuclear-deals.html President Bush is rushing the clock and running out of time as he tries to stare down nuclear threats on three fronts, India, North Korea and Iran. South Asia - South Asia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:15:15 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Wales/Bothroyd-completes-Cardiff-move.html Jay Bothroyd signs a three-year deal with Cardiff City. UK - Wales Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:14:37 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Health/Health/Awake-patient-reads-aloud-during-brain-surgery.html One night last spring, Conor Mather-Licht was celebrating the end of his freshman year in college. Out to dinner with friends, he started to read the menu, but couldn't. Health - Health Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:13:42 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Business/Business/Oil-falls-to-3-month-low.html Oil prices sank to a near 3-month low Monday as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico turned to miss oil facilities. Talk of political compromise on further off-shore drilling also weighed on crude prices. Business - Business Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:09:50 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/England/Police-and-eco-protesters-clash.html Officers in riot gear and protesters clash at the Climate Camp near Kingsnorth power station in Kent. UK - England Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:08:18 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Business/Business/Stocks-mixed-Cheaper-oil-vs.-shaky-economy.html Stocks were mixed Monday as falling oil prices offset concerns about the health of the nation's economy. Business - Business Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Business/Business/Falling-oil-prices-The-downside.html Oil prices are falling sharply, and that's good news. But not nearly as good as you might think. Business - Business Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:04:55 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Americas/Americas/Storm-relief-sends-oil-below-$120.html Oil prices drop below $120 a barrel as Tropical Storm Edouard appears unlikely to hit oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. Americas - Americas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:04:25 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Europe/Europe/Turkey-investigates-27-infant-deaths.html Turkey's Health Ministry launched an investigation Monday into the deaths of more than two dozen newborn babies at a hospital in Ankara during the past two weeks. Europe - Europe Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:03:01 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/South-Asia/South-Asia/Indian-court-rejects-plea-to-abort-sick-fetus.html An Indian court on Monday rejected a woman's petition to abort her 25-week-old fetus with a congenital heart problem, saying the law does not permit such late-term abortions. South Asia - South Asia Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:59:57 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Americas/Americas/Morgan-Freeman-hurt-in-car-crash.html Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in a serious condition in hospital after being injured in a car accident, US officials say. Americas - Americas Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:58:50 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Africa/Africa/SA-president-denies-bribe-claims.html The office of South African President Thabo Mbeki denies report claiming he was paid millions to approve an arms deal. Africa - Africa Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:52:54 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/South-Africa-s-Zuma-bids-to-have-charges-dropped-AP.html AP - The man expected to become South Africa's next president pressed Monday for the dismissal of corruption and fraud charges against him in a case testing the strength of the country's democracy and political stability. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:46:48 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/World/World/Iraq-bombs-kill-11-including-2-U.S.-soldiers.html Roadside bombs killed two U.S. soldiers and at least nine Iraqis Monday in Baghdad and surrounding areas, officials said. World - World Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:41:32 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Another-guilty-plea-in-O.J.-Simpson-case.html A fourth person pleaded guilty Monday in the O.J. Simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case, agreeing to testify against the Hall of Fame football player and one remaining co-defendant. U.S. - U.S. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:37:46 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Wales/Families-devastated-by-killings.html The families of a couple shot during their honeymoon in Antigua say they are 'absolutely devastated' by their loss. UK - Wales Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:37:04 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/England/Missing-guide-a-natural-leader.html An expedition leader who was swept out to sea in South Africa trying to help a group of youths was a natural leader, his brother says. UK - England Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:36:50 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/England/Madeleine-police-files-go-public.html Thousands of pages of evidence gathered by Portuguese police in the Madeleine McCann case are made public. UK - England Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:34:49 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/UK/Scotland/Referees-yet-to-agree-pay-deal.html Scottish officials have not ruled out the possibility of strike action ahead of the new Premier League campaign. UK - Scotland Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:33:45 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/Europe/Europe/North-France-tornado-kills-three.html A tornado wreaks havoc across a swathe of northern France, killing three people and injuring nine. Europe - Europe Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:32:01 +0100 http://news.ingter.net/index.php/U.S./U.S./Obama-calls-for-tapping-into-oil-reserves.html Barack Obama's campaign released a television ad Monday that calls for a windfall profits tax and accuses John McCain of being in the pocket of big oil. 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