Stocks tumble after sales of existing homes fall
NEW YORK - Wall Street abruptly ended an earnings-driven rally and closed sharply lower Thursday after a steeper-than-expected decline in existing home sales and worries about the financial sector chilled the market's recent optimism. The major indexes fell about 2 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which lost more than 280 points.
Nations:Germany Japan France Activities:U.S. Markets Source:(AP)
2008-07-24
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes
SINGAPORE - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years.
Nations:North Korea Russia Japan People:Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis North Korea-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-07-23
No survivors so far found following B-52 crash
HONOLULU - The Air Force continued to hold out hope of finding survivors Tuesday in the crash of a B-52 bomber off Guam, but a brigadier general said there was no evidence that any of the airmen were alive.
Nations:U.S. Japan Source:(AP)
2008-07-22
Rescuers search off Guam for crew of crashed B-52
HONOLULU - Rescue crews were searching a vast area of floating debris and a sheen of oil Monday for crew members of an Air Force B-52 bomber that crashed off the island of Guam, officials said.
Nations:U.S. Japan Source:(AP)
2008-07-21
'Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M
LOS ANGELES - Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes.
Nations:Brazil Mexico Australia People:Christopher Nolan Heath Ledger Colin Firth Christian Bale Meryl Streep Pierce Brosnan
2008-07-20
Stocks soar on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
NEW YORK - Wall Street at least temporarily shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 276 points, or 2.5 percent, posting its best daily gain in three months.
Nations:U.S. Germany Japan France Activities:U.S. Markets
2008-07-16
Liu says 'Kung Fu Panda' is an improv adventure
TOKYO - Lucy Liu had some trouble learning her lines for the hit summer animated film "Kung Fu Panda." But that wasn't her fault -- a lot of the time, she said, there weren't any lines to learn.
Nations:China Japan People:Lucy Liu Jack Black Angelina Jolie Dustin Hoffman Jackie Chan Source:(AP)
2008-07-15
Miss Venezuela is Miss Universe 2008
NHA TRANG, Vietnam - Miss Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2008 on Monday in a contest marked by the spectacle of Miss USA falling down during the evening gown competition for the second year in a row.
Nations:Venezuela Colombia Mexico El Salvador Argentina Russia People:Riyo Mori Melanie Brown Donald Trump Activities:2008 Miss Universe Source:(AP)
2008-07-14
North Korean nuclear talks lead to agreement
BEIJING - Negotiators from six nations agreed Saturday on steps to verify North Korea's nuclear disarmament, opening the final phase in tortuous efforts to rid the North of nuclear weapons.
Nations:Russia Japan South Korea North Korea People:Christopher Hill George W. Bush Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-12
Developing economies don't back G-8 climate goal
TOYAKO, Japan - A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact by 2009. The major economies said they supported longterm and midterm goals for greenhouse-gas reductions, but endorsed no targets.
Nations:India Japan China Germany Italy Russia People:Ban Ki-moon George W. Bush Source:(AP)
2008-07-09
Iran test-fires missiles in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran test-fired nine long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday during war games that officials said aimed to show the country can retaliate against any U.S. and Israeli attack, state television reported.
Nations:Israel Afghanistan Turkey Pakistan Bulgaria Japan People:Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Condoleezza Rice Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis
2008-07-09
Bush: 'Significant progress' on climate change
TOYAKO, Japan - President Bush on Wednesday hailed the move by G-8 leaders to coalesce behind a broad climate-change strategy, saying in a valedictory to summitry that "significant progress" has been made on global warming.
Nations:India Russia Japan Denmark Zimbabwe Brazil People:Dmitry Medvedev Hu Jintao Activities:Group of Eight
2008-07-09
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