Archive for November, 2008
CNN Middle East News: 29 November 2008
November 30th, 2008 • CNN News, Middle East, World
- Official: Female bomber was disabled
Two bombings, including one outside the heavily fortified Green Zone, killed at least 18 people in Baghdad on Monday, officials said. - No prison for Dubai ’sex-on-beach’ couple
A British couple convicted for having sex on a public beach in Dubai will not face jail after a judge suspended their prison sentences, their lawyer said Tuesday. - Kuwaiti Cabinet quits amid power struggle
For the second time this year, Kuwaiti Cabinet ministers resigned Tuesday after a continuing power struggle with parliament. - Iran claims arrest of Israeli Mossad spies
Three alleged spies who are accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency were arrested by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, the semi-official Fars News Agency reported Tuesday. - Iran claims nuclear progress
Iran has 5,000 “running centrifuges” in its main nuclear site at Natanz, according to Iranian news reports quoting a top official. - 8 die in attack in Shiite mosque
At least eight people were killed and 15 others wounded Friday when a suicide bomber detonated explosives in a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said. - ‘Idealist’ tried to halt Kurdish slaughter
Years before the first Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was slaughtering Iraq’s Kurds with bombs, bullets and gas. - Rocket attack near U.N. site in Baghdad kills 2
At least two people were killed early Saturday in a rocket attack near a U.N. compound in Baghdad’s Green Zone, an official with the United Nations’ Iraq mission said.
CNN Europe News: 28 November 2008
November 30th, 2008 • CNN News, Europe, World
- Dad rapes daughters for 27 years
A 56-year-old British man was jailed Tuesday for raping two of his daughters and fathering nine children over 25 years — a case with echoes of Austria’s Josef Fritzl. - Greenland votes to loosen ties with Denmark
Voters in Greenland went to the polls on the frozen, sparsely populated island Tuesday to decide whether to loosen their ties with Denmark, with which it has been linked since 1721. - Mayor killed in troubled Russian Caucasus
The mayor of the capital of Russia’s North Ossetia region was killed Wednesday when his car came under gunfire, officials said. - Aubry declared French opposition leader
Read full story for latest details. - Politician ‘ordered’ death of Russian reporter
Read full story for latest details. - Western journalists kidnapped in Somalia
Two journalists were kidnapped Wednesday in the Somali port city of Bosasso, a Somali official told CNN. - UK witness in Mumbai ’splattered with blood’
Dripping with another man’s blood and seized by terror, British businessman Alan Jones says he was just seconds away from possible death as gunmen responsible for a wave of carnage in Mumbai stormed towards him. - EC pushing $256B in spending to battle crunch
Read full story for latest details. - UK govt. takes majority stake in RBS
Read full story for latest details. - Search teams hunt for crashed airliner
Search and rescue teams worked through the night to find the remains of an Airbus jet that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea with seven people aboard, the jet’s owner, Air New Zealand, said Friday.
Fox News Entertainment Headlines: 30 November 2008
November 30th, 2008 • Entertainment, Fox News
- Ellen to Mariah: You’re Pregnant!
Is Mariah Carey pregnant with hubby Nick Cannon’s baby, because Ellen sure thinks so - Brooke Burke is ABC’s ‘Dancing’ Queen
Season stand-out Brooke Burke takes home trophy on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ - Playboy’s Sexiest Celebrity Covers
Here’s our list of our favorite celebrity cover models over the years — sexy or not, here they come. - Gordon Ramsay’s TV Show on Hold Amid Sex Scandal Rumors
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s U.S. version of ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ shelved amid sex scandal rumors - Axl Rose to Dr. Pepper: You Owe Me an Apology
Axl Rose is accusing Dr Pepper of botching a soda giveaway tied to Guns N’ Roses’ new album. - ‘Miracle Worker’ Playwright William Gibson Dies at 94
Playwright William Gibson, whose “The Miracle Worker” has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller’s rescue from a world of ignorance, has died at 94. - Batman Killed by Own Father in New Storyline
Bruce Wayne who by night is Batman gets murdered by a man claiming to be the father he thought was dead in a controversial new comic book storyline. - Madonna’s Documentary to Air on World AIDS Day
Madonna’s awakening to the crisis in Malawi an impoverished African nation where one million children are orphaned by AIDS had many consequences. - Poet John Paul II’s Words Remixed Into Papal CD
A new album of songs based on poems by the late Pope John Paul II and performed by Placido Domingo goes on sale in Italy. - Singing For Supper in Downturn Leaving Broadway Lean
It’s been a weird, schizophrenic couple of months on Broadway as the theater prepares for the holidays in the middle of an economic downturn and what, in the past, have been some of the most profitable weeks of the season. - ‘Lois Lane’ Stage Actress Patricia Marand Dies of Cancer
Actress Patricia Marand, who played Lois Lane in the Broadway musical “It’s a Bird … It’s a Plane … It’s Superman,”‘ has died. She was 74. - New Voice of ‘Dora’ Talks Acting, Magical Backpacks
Caitlin Sanchez, who has been acting professionally for nearly five years, does the English- and Spanish-speaking parts for Dora. She has long been a fan of “Dora,” and feels honored to be a part of the show. - The Killers’ Third Album an Exploration of Oddness
The Las Vegas quartet’s third studio album “Day & Age” sees them tapping into a little of their hometown’s oddness in both new image and sound. - Whitney Denies Reports Bobby Brown’s Back
Whitney Houston has issued a statement denying the rumors of a reunion with Bobby Brown. - Australian Actress Among Guests in Mumbai Hotel Attack
Separated from her boyfriend, Australian actress Brooke Satchwell hid herself in a bathroom closet in Mumbais Taj Mahal while terrorists stormed the hotel, killing foreigners and taking hostages Wednesday. - Former Spitzer Prostitute Pursuing Career in Music
An insider tells the New York Post’s Page Six that the former high-end prostitute has signed a manager to help guide her career. - WRKP in Cincinnati … For Real This Time
A low-power TV station has changed its call letters to WKRP, the same as the fictional radio station in the 1970s hit series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ - TomKat Spends Thanksgiving With the Beckhams
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes spent Thanksgiving in New York with longtime pals Victoria and David Beckham. - FOX411: Is Mariah Carey Expecting?
Is Mariah Carey expecting something? Yes! Grammy nominations. But what about a baby? It seems not, at least for the moment.
