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Truckers' protest urges Congress to stop subsidizing oil industry and build new refineries

A Rock Hill teenager is in jail, accused of trying to poison her family by putting bleach in sodas.

REPORT : Second wives are relatively common in China and are often looked down upon by society. Forbidden under Chairman Mao, the practice of having concubines is once again becoming popular among the upper class.

The killing of a Reuters Camera man

A look at how the US media has been covering the Democratic nomination race.

An Olympic High School teacher is accused of having sex with one of her students.

The father of four children killed in Gaza is rejecting denials from Israel that it was responsible. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has expressed deep sorrow, but says the Hamas tactic of launching rocket barrages from densely populated areas is to blame. Ahmed Abu Meg-teg lost four children and his wife as his house in the Gaza Strip was torn apart by a huge explosion. He described to Al Jazeera, what happened. However, Israel has a different version of events. David Chater has been trying to piece together what really happened in Beit Hanoun.

Austrian police say the man who kept his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered seven children with her did not build secret hiding places at his other properties.

The mother of a young woman murdered by a gang of thugs has told Sky News she will return to her job as a youth worker. Sylvia Lancaster told Sky's Kay Burley that society needs educating in diversity to prevent similar deaths.

One day before a Charlotte hotel was set to close, local and federal agents conduct a raid, looking for evidence of drug conspiracy and money laundering.

When it comes to medical care getting information on the cost of procedures isn't as easy as it sounds.

Colombia's internal conflict with Farc rebels is spilling into neighbouring countries and has already brought Ecuador and Colombia to the brink of war, as Bogota alleges the Farc is using Ecuador territory to launch attack. But, as Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez discovers, it is also creating a refugee crisis.

A new government report finds that the Environmental Protection Agency has faced massive delays in its research of toxic chemicals, which could leave many in the U.S. at risk.

Senator Barack Obama's longtime pastor says the outcry of criticism surrounding his controversial sermons is an attack on the black church. Rev. Jeremiah Wright addressed the Washington media today. He said the black church is merely misunderstood by the dominant culture in the U.S. Wright also rejected those who labeled him unpatriotic, saying he served six years in the military. Video clips of Wright's sermons have circulated on TV and the Internet and affected Obama's campaign.

A brawl involving Manchester United players and Chelsea staff after a title showdown match is being investigated by the Football Association. Sky's Jon Desborough explains the background to the fight.

Emily Corio reports on a panel's findings that WVU officials were wrong to retroactively award an eMBA degree to Heather Bresch, the COO and Mylan Inc. and daughter of Gov. Manchin.

Pepe Escobar: Real story behind September air strike has never been investigated

Police in Austria say a woman who went missing in 1984 was found over the weekend and told investigators that she had been held by her father in a cellar, where she was repeatedly raped and gave birth to at least six children

Four siblings and their mother have been killed in an Israeli raid in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza. An Israeli rocket came through the ceiling. The oldest child was just years old. Two other people were killed in the strike on the house. One was a boy passing by, on his way to school. The seventh person killed was a member of Islamic Jihad. David Chater's report for Al Jazeera contains distressing images

Its been exactly twenty years since Valery Legasov -- one of the Soviet Union's highly acclaimed scientists -- commited suicide. He headed the scientific group involved in the clear-up of the Chernobyl blast in 1986 and threw himself into finding what caused the disaster. However he met a lot of difficulties in his path, which -- as some say -- broke him . Russia Today's Alexey Yaroshevsky brings an XL report about Valery Legasov's life.

The parents of a 2-year-old child are caught on surveillance tape leaving their child alone in a car while they shop at the Arden Fair Mall.

Mexican and US officials are concerned about the growing number of children who enter the United States with no immigration documents. About 8,000 immigrant minors are caught trying to cross the US-Mexico border on their own each year. Franc Contreras went to the northern border town of Reynosa to find out what becomes of these deported children.

A day after rejecting a truce offered by Hamas, Israel has carried out two airstrikes on Gaza. A 14-year-old girl - said to be the daughter of a Hamas leader - was also killed during an Israeli incursion into the town of Beit Lahiya. At least eight others were wounded. From Gaza, David Chater reports.

Suspected Taliban militants attacked a ceremony attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday, unleashing automatic weapons and rocket fire. At least nine people were wounded but the president escaped without injury.

"I never expected he'd be dumb enough to try to have me killed," April Timmons says about her postmaster ex-husband, who was just convicted of plotting her murder.

Africa, Latin America to be short 500K tons of rice as Brazil becomes latest country to ban rice exports

It is 22 years since the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant in Ukraine exploded. A blast in the reactor released tonnes of radioactive material into the atmosphere causing, what was later described, as history's biggest man-made disaster.

Clashes between Iraqi, US forces and militiamen kill 13 as UK freezes troop withdrawals

Hundreds of illegal immigrants have walked out of their jobs in France, protesting over their state of legal limbo and demanding official papers. President Nicolas Sarkozy has acknowledged foreign workers are important for the French economy, but says existing laws must be followed. From Paris, Estelle Youssoufa reports.

What happens when teens text while driving?

Katie Couric takes a behind-the-scenes look at Barack Obama's frenetic presidential campaign and speaks with the key players in his bid to win the presidency. (CBSNews.com

Katie Couric gets a behind-the-scenes look at the nerve center of Barack Obama's campaign and meets the people hard at work to help him win the U.S. presidency. (CBSNews.com)

A radical Russian nationalist group has published a so-called "revenge list" on the internet. It contains personal information on dozens of anti-fascist campaigners and experts working on race and hate crimes in Russia.

The exhumed body of Padre Pio, a saint considered a miracle worker by his devotees, has attracted thousands of pilgrims after going on display in a southern Italian town 40 years after his death. He is said to have the stigmata, the wounds of Jesus's crucifixion on his hands and feet.

Combining a mongoose and robot could be a more effective way of finding landmines.

It was the day a builder turned demolition man. Nigel Gray got so fed up waiting to be paid £15,000 for a construction job he decided the only answer was to destroy his own handiwork. Sky's Nick Wallis reports.

NYTimes.com - The Dervaes are living the green life in Pasadena, Calif.

Pepe Escobar: Democrats are fighting amongst themselves instead of fighting the Republicans

WCNC goes undercover to find out how easy it is to purchase ammonium nitrate, which a South Carolina teen planned to use in a school bomb plot.

Basking in her Pennsylvania win, Hillary Clinton asked supporters for financial assistance to compete "with an opponent who outspends [her] so massively." (CBSNews.com)

The struggling US economy was on the minds of Pennsylvanians as they headed to the polls for the state's primary contest. A resident of Pittsburgh shared his personal story of financial pressures.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says a time limit for foreign troops in Iraq will be debated at a regional conference in neighbouring Kuwait. Iraq, its neighbours and permanent members of the UN Security Council are attending.

Police say a man shot and killed a bartender at a Kansas City, Kan., bar because she asked him for his ID. The victim of the shooting early yesterday was 49-year-old Lori Reynolds.

Hillary Clinton told a crowd in Harrisburg that with all the problems facing the nation, voters must be cautious when they decide who would make the best president

Speaking at a campaign event in Pittsburgh Monday, Barack Obama told the crowd that as a child growing up in Hawaii he adopted the Steelers as his favorite pro football team

Democrats in the Keystone state have a chance to vote in the Pennsylvania primary today, lining up before the polls opened at 7 a.m.

Aljazeera travel to Arkansas and Alabama to look at the rise of race hate groups in America.

Kristin Volk with a UPI Headline Update. Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are making one last push ahead of Pennsylvania's Democratic primary tomorrow. Both candidates have focused their attention on the state for more than a month. Pennsylvania is the biggest contest remaining in the race, with 158 delegates up for grabs. Obama leads Clinton in the overall delegate count while Clinton has a slight edge over Obama in superdelegates.

Al Jazeera's Jonah Hull reports on a controversial technique in Russia, the so-called leg-lengthening procedure. It was originally designed to correct deformed and badly broken bones, but is now being used, on otherwise healthy people, to make them taller for aesthetic reasons.

A medic based at Fort Benning in Georgia is being held on child pornography and sexual abuse charges. Authorities say he abused 2 young girls at his home.

Indonesia's policy of sending drug users to prisons instead of rehabilitation centres has resulted in about 70 per cent of inmates reportedly dying of AIDS-related illness mainly spread through the sharing of dirty needles by drug users.

Kimberly Dozier speaks with PFC Jonathan Norrell, a U.S. army medic who, despite being diagnosed with PTSD, was denied a medical discharge.

Real estate agents in the NYC area hardest hit by foreclosures are preparing for a more challenging market this year as more sellers than buyers prepare for the peak spring selling session.

A federal judge declared another mistrial Wednesday against six men accused of plotting to spark an anti-government war by toppling Chicago's Sears Tower and bombing FBI offices.

Arcane rituals of exorcism have been brought out into the open in Chechnya and are a subject of government policy. Local authorities have given the go ahead for plans to build a centre dedicated to demonic possession.

Both US Democratic presidential candidates vowed to support Israel against any possible Iran attack in Wednesday's presidential debate, although Barack Obama adopted a softer stance, as Al Jazeera's Nick Spicer reports.

Inside Story examines the country's government and opposition as the economy worsens.

What will the British-American relationship look like once the Bush administration is gone? How can Gordon Brown contend with Tony Blair's legacy?

Latest spate of bombings undermines US assertion that Sunni insurgency waning

Like dozens of villages across the country, Xiditou is heavily polluted by local factories operating day and night. In the last few years, 10% of the population has died from cancer.

The Iraq war has cost US taxpayers $526 billion in direct costs and about $1.3 trillion to the economy, and with fears of a recession looming the war's economic impact is causing concern amongst US voters. Al Jazeera's Sebastian Walker reports.

Rumours of a black market in kidneys and hearts have put off many potential donors, who say they have lost faith in the system.

'Alcalde' is considered one of the best bulls in Spanish arenas, but his glory days are behind him. His owners hope to keep him around by cloning him. (Report: A. Percept)

To deal with the gas shortage caused by Israel's blockade, Gaza's population is using kitchen gas for their cars and police have started riding horses.

"I was over the moon that Allah has given me this opportunity to lead this blessed operation" - the words of the alleged ringleader of a plot to explode transatlantic aircraft in the martyrdom video played to Woolwich Crown Court today.

Voters in the US state of Pennsylvania are to go to the polls for the latest Democratic presidential primary on April 22nd, with both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton promising economic reform, however many in the state, which has been hit hard by the economic slump, remain unconvinced, as Al Jazeera's Rosalind Jordan reports.

Friends and family are devastating after an auto shop owner is shot and killed.

Sex and nudity sell -- that's the old advertising adage being used to full affect by some Russian companies. Female staff are being asked to strip off to help their companies bottom line. Zeldis is one firm not afraid to show their staff in their birthday suits.

Sir Paul McCartney has put his high profile divorce battle behind him to concentrate on a new project involving his first and late wife Linda. Ten years after she died, he is staging a major exhibition of her photographic work.

Sen. Barack Obama's comments about small-town voters being bitter have created a political storm one week before the Pennsylvania primary.

Geese fighting is a centuries-old tradition in Russia and is still enjoyed by many in the country. However, it is coming under increasing pressure from animal rights activists who say it's a cruel and unnecessary sport.

It's difficult enough being a journalist in a politically divided country and it's even more dangerous when the TV stations are owned by rival parties. That's the case in Lebanon where news teams are routinely attacked as Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr explains from Beirut.

The Doomsday cult's leader has regained consciousness a little more than a week after allegedly trying to kill himself. In November last year Pyotr Kuznetsov inspired 35 people to hole themselves up in a bunker in Russia's Penza region awaiting the Apocalypse. Nine cultists still remain underground and two are believed to have died.

What started as a demonstration against women's rights after Friday prayers, turned into a full blown riot. About a thousand protestors, most members of the Anti-Koran Law Resistance Committee, which advocates Sharia law, expressed their anger over the government's plans to give women more rights. Al Jazeera's Hannah Belcher reports.

A former Charlotte priest is being extradited to the Queen City to face charges that he molested a teen a decade ago.

Silvio Berlusconi, two-times former Italian prime minister, is Italy's richest man and the founder of three commercial television channels. It comes as little surprise then that the Italian media has played a crucial role in the country's upcomming election. Al Jazeera's Barbara Serra reports from Rome on the voters response to the media battle.

Sky News got rare access to China's Olympic athletes in a desperate attempt to turn attention away from the worldwide protests that have followed the torch relay.

The teens are scheduled for their first appearance in court today.

The top U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, says he certainly shares in the nation's frustration over the length of the Iraq war. But, he says, it's too soon to schedule additional troop withdrawals.

A Marine suspected of killing a pregnant colleague is now in police custody. Authorites arrested Cpl Cesar Laurean yesterday in Mexico after a three-month international manhunt. His fellow Marine's remains were found in January in the backyard of his home in North Carolina. Laurean told police he slept in fields and survived by eating fruit that he found.

Kenya's first conjoined twins scheduled for risky operation at Kenyatta Hospital.

Congress is investigating whether officials at the Centers for Disease Control put politics ahead of public health concerns when they scaled back a major study of deadly toxins. Armen Keteyian reports. (CBSNews.com)

Eight Russian men have been jailed, some for life, after a court found them guilty of raping and murdering at least 14 young women. Many of the victims have not been found and the youngest was just 13 years old.

As part of Al Jazeera's "In My View" series, former US Muslim chaplain for the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba talks about his experience after being accused of spying and the abuse he alleges occurred at the camp.

A peaceful start to San Francisco's Olympic torch relay... but all along the relay route, massive security and a change in course aimed at avoiding chaos. But pro-Tibet protesters weren't the only ones there to make their voices heard. They clashed with pro-China demonstrators there to voice their support for the country hosting the Beijing's Olympic games.

Oppressed under Saddam Hussein, Iraq's Shia should have benefited most from his fall in 2003. But tensions are growing inside the community. L. Menget, G. Martin et M. Ibrahim report.

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain pushed their positions on the Iraq war yesterday at a high-profile congressional hearing. The hearing included the top U.S. general in Iraq, David Petraeus as well as the ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker. Senator Clinton said it would be irresponsible to continue a failed policy in that country. Senator Obama took a similar position, calling the invasion a massive strategic blunder. But on the Republican side, Senator McCain said that success in Iraq is within reach, and Congress must not choose to lose there.

Colombia's war against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc), left-wing anti-government rebels, is fought on many fronts, usually in rural areas where civilians are constantly caught in the crossfire. Nearly three million people are internally displaced in Colombia, the second largest humanitarian crisis in the world after Sudan. In the jungle region of Guaviare, the escalation of military operations have caused at least 15,000 people to leave their homes this year. Mariana Sanchez reports

As the war continues, many U.S. soldiers face a third or even fourth tour of duty in Iraq. Katie Couric says that soldiers should be allowed to complete their service with dignity and return home.

Texas officials allege sexual abuse at polygamist ranch; presidential candidates question Petraeus; Indian girl born with 2 faces; Olympic torch relay in San Francisco.

The chaos and bloodshed that followed the fall of Baghdad have left some Iraqis ambivalent about the loss of their leaders. Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel Hamid speaks to one man instrumental in bringing down Saddam's statue

Randy Pausch's final lecture brought together students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and now it is doing the same across the world.

The top US military leader in Iraq has urged Congress to suspend troop withdrawals until after July. General David Petreaeus says security in Iraq has improved, but the country remains in a fragile state and recent gains could be lost

American Airlines says it's canceling up to 500 of its flights today to check the bundling of wires in some planes. American says the cancellations could spill into Wednesday and beyond.

On patrol, searching for a deadly hidden enemy, US troops in Baghdad have one of the most dangerous jobs, specifically looking for the improvised bombs that are now the biggest killer of American forces in Iraq.

Eight teenagers have been arrested after filming the beating of another teen and threatening to post the video on the Internet, Florida police said.

Georgian tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili's estate -- the opposition TV station Imedi -- is in the center of a big battle. The row is between his widow Inna Gudavadze and mysterious American businessman Joseph Kay, claiming to be the oligarch's step cousin.

There has been fierce fighting on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital. Security forces have been battling fighters suspected of having links to al-Qaeda. Clayton Swisher reports on the recent unrest in the country.

The Olympic torch is now in the U.S. The flame arrived in San Francisco early this morning and taken to an undisclosed location. High security measures are being taken following protests over China's human rights records. A leg of the torch's journey in Paris was canceled yesterday because of demonstrations. Protesters also posted signs on the Golden Gate bridge in preparation for today's stop. They're expressing concern over China's policies towards Tibet and Sudan.

A shark attacked and killed an Australian teen Tuesday while the boy and a friend were bodyboarding off the nation's eastern coast. (April 8) (more) Added: April 08, 2008 A shark attacked and killed an Australian teen Tuesday while the boy and a friend were bodyboarding off the nation's eastern coast.

REPORT : In this market in Yopougon, it's not just consumers who are angry. The shopkeeper has never seen prices surge like this before. The government is trying to help but it's not clear how succesful they will be.

Israel has launched a large-scale civil defence exercise that will include simulated chemical and biological attacks on the Jewish state. This has provoked a rise in tension along Israel's northern border with Syria and Lebanon. Is Israel preparing for a new war and might the recent exercise provoke Hezbollah?

Three cosmonauts have successfully blasted into space aboard Russia's Soyuz rocket. The launch in Kazakhstan was on-time and without any obvious hitches. South Korea's first person in space and two Russian cosmonauts are bound for the International Space Station.

Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia released video of a man with robbing a convenience store. The suspect is wanted for robbing three 7-11's. He is described as a man in his early 20's, weighing aro... (more) Added: April 08, 2008 Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia released video of a man with robbing a convenience store. The suspect is wanted for robbing three 7-11's. He is described as a man in his early 20's, weighing around 140 pounds, 5-feet-10-inches tall

Three protesters climb suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge to hang signs as part of an advance protest to this week's Olympic torch relay in San Francisco.

The remaining portion of the Olympic torch relay is canceled in Paris today after massive protests. Earlier today, authorities had to extinguish the torch three times. Thousands of demonstrators have protested this year's Olympic host, China, and it's human records record as well as its recent clampdown on Tibet. Today's protests in France followed similar protests yesterday in London.......

Hundreds attend a vigil for murdered college student Brittany Zimmerman. The 21-year-old was found inside her off-campus house last week. No arrests have been made

After 6 months, 7 million pounds and lots of details, a jury returned a 9-2 verdict of unlawful death.

Olympic torch procession through London is marred by protests, which continued as the torch made its way through Paris. In Paris, the torch had to be extinguished because of all the protests.