China seeks N Korea breakthrough BBC News - 11 hours ago (Web promotion)

China seeks N Korea breakthrough BBC News - 11 hours ago (Web promotion)

China seeks N Korea breakthrough
BBC News - 11 hours ago Diplomats are discussing a Chinese attempt to break the deadlock in talks on North Korea's nuclear programme. As six-nation talks enter a fifth day in Beijing, China has asked for a decision by 1500 (0700 GMT), the Russian news agency Interfax reports.

German Candidates Break Election Tradition
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago By DAVID RISING. BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and his conservative challenger both broke with long tradition against campaigning on election eve Saturday, heading to Germany's most populous state

Sprint Introduces PPC-6700 Pocket PC Phone Edition With High Speed
Geekzone - 18 hours ago Spring is today launching the Sprint PCS Vision Smart Device PPC-6700, the first converged handheld device in the US with Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 software direclty from an operator. The PPC-6700 operates

NASA to replace shuttle
PhysOrg.com - 20 hours ago NASA's plan to replace the space shuttle with a spacecraft to take astronauts to the moon and Mars has been approved, US officials said. When Is A Space Rock More Than Just A Space Rock? Just one week ago, on Sept.

Red Cross tracks double dipping
Montgomery Advertiser - 2 hours ago By Deitrich Curry. Red Cross worker Christina Chacon has turned away three Hurricane Katrina victims seeking financial assistance this week at the American Red Cross of Central Alabama office in Montgomery.

Nomination of Chief Justice Heads to Committee Vote
Voice of America - 12 hours ago This week in Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Judge John Roberts. President Bush has nominated him as the seventeenth chief justice of the United States. Federal judges serve for life. The committee is expected to vote on Thursday.

Nicolas Cage Is 'Lord of War'
FOX News - 12 hours ago Taking an inside look at the seedy world of arms-dealing, "Lord of War" (search) straps on the Uzi this weekend and hopes to make a killing at the box office. Nicolas Cage (search) plays a wily dealer, trying

Drug treatment order for rock star
Scotland on Sunday - 3 hours ago Courtney Love has been sentenced to 180 days at a US drug treatment centre for violating probation in three criminal cases. Superior Court judge Rand Rubin credited the 41-year-old singer-actress for the 28

Post-Katrina, Overpreparedness Will Be Norm
ABC News - 9 hours ago Water and sand from Hurricane Ophelia are removed from Highway 12 as a utilities worker makes repairs at right in Hatteras, NC, Friday, Sept. 16, 2005. Other than some sound-side flooding, the Outer Banks was slowly returning to life as usual.