eo.st - Actualité et News en direct - L'actu en continu - 14/04/2009

LIBYA: Tripoli turns into party zone as Gaddafi marks 40 years in power
Fireworks and festivities in the Libyan capital of Tripoli starting Tuesday mark ...

POLAND - RUSSIA: Putin moves to calm war of words for WWII anniversary
As Poland commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Nazi invasion in 1939 which marked ...

JUSTICE: France’s investigating magistrates face the chop
On Tuesday, a government report on the reform of the justice system is set to call ...

USA: Authorities estimate two weeks to control wildfire
The six-day-old wildfire burning out of control in the Los Angeles foothills and ...

IRAQ: August was the deadliest in 13 months
With more than 450 people killed across Iraq, the month of August has proved to be ...

KOREAS: Border traffic between North and South resumes
Cross-border traffic between North and South Korea resumed Tuesday after Pyongyang ...

GABON: Troops deploy as three candidates declare poll victory
As the votes are counted after Sunday's presidential elections in Gabon, troops have ...

Soldiers in Colorado slayings tell of Iraq horrors (AP)
AP - Soldiers from an Army unit that had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted ...

4 cousins, mom, 3 others die in NY wrong-way crash (AP)
AP - Police say a car crash on a parkway in suburban New York City has killed eight ...

Palin steps down as Alaska governor (AP)
AP - Sarah Palin stepped down Sunday as Alaska governor to write a book and build ...

Past donors giving up on Ky. Sen. Bunning (AP)
AP - Political contributors who donated thousands to Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning's ...

Analysis: What they saw during the Gates arrest (AP)
AP - Henry Louis Gates Jr. felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up as he ...

Dillinger's derringer nets $95,600 at auction (AP)
AP - A gun once carried by bank robber John Dillinger has brought $95,600 at a Texas ...

Police: Ex-boxing champion Forrest killed in Ga. (AP)
AP - Vernon Forrest, a former two-division champion who gained stardom when he became ...

School budgets dip, class sizes grow
Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes ...

Gates says it's time to ‘move on’
Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest ...

4 kids, 4 adults die in N.Y. wrong-way crash
A family's minivan going in the wrong direction crashed into two cars on a suburban ...

Defense secretary wins big on weapons cuts
Politically savvy Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has scored big legislative wins ...

100 canaries seized in bird fighting ring
Police in Connecticut say they've seized more than 100 canaries and arrested 19 people ...

Suspect in abortion killing faces hearing
The man accused of killing one of the nation's few late-term abortion providers will ...

Mexico detains 4 in U.S. border agent’s slaying
Police in Mexico have announced the arrests of four men in connection to the killing ...

Gates' Daughter Calls Cop Uncooperative
Along With Cambridge Mayor, Proposes Officer Meet With Her Father to Discuss Arrest, ...

Porn Star's Husband Out of a Job
Fired Town Manager and Wife Appear on "The Early Show"; He Says He Tried to Resign, ...

Black, White Cambridge Cops Back Officer
Man Who Arrested Henry Louis Gates Taught Racial Profiling Class; No "Rogue Cop," ...

Expert: Andrews Nude Video an Inside Job
Private Investigator Patrick Malkmes Says Video of Sportscaster Was Taken By "Somebody ...

Schieffer on the Real Teachable Moment
An Arrest Incident Becomes a Lesson Not in Race But in Humility

Wedding Vid Wows 'Em on Web
Couple, Wedding Party Dance Down Aisle Before Ceremony; World Takes Notice

Public Official Fired over Porn Star Wife
Fla. Town's Mayor Says he was Trying to "Maintain Order"

Steroids, Baseball and the Hall of Fame
The Hall of Fame will have to accept the steroid era.

Gates-Flap Beer Summit May Be on Tap Soon
Obama adviser: President hopes to get 'dialogue going,' beer chat to happen soon. ...

Palin Tweets of Less-PC Future
Sweet on tweets, soon-to-be ex-Alaska gov. will let her fingers do the talking.

2-Year-Old Shot at Wedding Reception
Toddler shot in head, critically injured at Ind. wedding reception; mother, 1 other ...

4 Arrested in U.S. Border Agent Killing
Police in Mexico identify main suspect in shooting death of US Border Patrol agent ...

Ex-'Idol' Contestant Killed by Car in N.J.
Pa. woman who unsuccessfully tried out for 'American Idol' struck, killed by car ...

Clinton: 'No, Never' on White House Bid
Hillary Clinton says 'no, never' to another White House bid, then leaves tiny crack ...

U.S. May End 8-Year Anthrax Probe
US on verge of closing anthrax killings investigation; dead scientist still seen ...

Pain Spreads as Credit Vise Grows Tighter
Lenders have become even less willing to part with their money, further crimping ...

For Rivals, Finance Crisis Is Posing on-the-Fly Tests
The presidential race has turned into an audition for who could best handle a national ...

Drug Label, Maimed Patient and Test for Court
At issue is whether plaintiffs have the right to sue when the products that hurt ...

After Impasse, New California Budget Agreement
California legislative leaders and the governor have come to an agreement on the ...

California Bans Texting by Operators of Trains
After investigators said an engineer in last week’s collision had been texting ...

Political Memo: Given G.O.P. Predicament, Rangel Opts to Ride Out the Storm
Democrats believe that a long list of Republican lawmakers with legal troubles makes ...

Panel Proposes Broad Changes in Federal Financial Aid for College
The recommendations included a simpler application, Pell grant maximums linked to ...