http://www.allvoices.com/ en-us The Bank of England yesterday announced unprecedented steps to prevent the deepest slump since the 1930s when it unveiled plans to inject up to £75bn into the economy over the next three months. Alarmed by signs that the UK's malfunctioning... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2661015-bank-begins-printing-money-to-fight-slump Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:52:57 -0800 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded on Thursday that Tehran immediately release an Iranian-American freelance journalist jailed in Iran for the past month. Iran's judiciary said this week Roxana Saberi, a 31-year old who was born in the United... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2660951-clinton-urges-iran-to-release-us-journalist Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:47:13 -0800 Lt. Col. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa retired from the Army after two decades in uniform. A year later, he moved to Los Angeles and began working in IT. In 2001, he heard President Bush declare that "you're either with us or against... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2660880-how-us-war-on-terror-emboldened-sri-lankas Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:40:48 -0800 The easy part may be over now that international donors generously pledged to pump almost $4.5 billion to revive the Palestinian economy and rebuild the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The rest will not be that simple. Delegates from 71 countries and... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2660846-mission-rescue-gaza Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:36:21 -0800 Former President Pervez Musharraf will leave for India on Friday (today) to participate in the `India Today' Conclave. During his visit, he will likely to hold meetings with several prominent figures including Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Dalai... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2656999-musharraf-to-leave-for-india-today Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:23:34 -0800 An Israeli soldier was reportedly killed today in an attack near the Gaza border, amid the worst outbreak of violence in the territory since a ceasefire came into force nine days ago. A local Palestinian man, believed to be a... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2361331-gaza-truce-breached-israeli-soldier-and-palestinian-killed Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:39:05 -0800 A bomb rigged to a bicycle exploded in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 5 people and wounding 20. The explosion occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, near the Waziristan tribal areas, which are insurgent strongholds. In Datta Khel, a... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2361265-pakistan-bicycle-bomb-kills-5 Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:27:58 -0800 As Americans get ready to turn the page on George W. Bush, the president offered his own first draft of history, saying that while his policies have been unpopular there can be little debate about the results: "America has gone... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2264494-in-farewell-speech-bush-says-he-kept-nation-safe Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:50:47 -0800 The U.N. General Assembly president opened an emergency meeting of the 192-nation world body on Israeli actions in Gaza on Thursday by angrily blocking Israel's attempt to halt what it called a "hateful" session.Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann argued that the assembly,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2264489-un-assembly-holding-emergency-session-on-gaza Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:37:10 -0800 The Israeli military took about a dozen foreign reporters on a rare foray into the Gaza Strip Thursday, a day when a bombardment killed the Hamas security chief and an Israel shell landed on the United Nations headquarters there.But the... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2264487-israel-controls-access-message-in-gaza-assault Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:35:25 -0800 A cool-headed pilot maneuvered his crippled jetliner over New York City and ditched it in the frigid Hudson River on Thursday, and all 155 on board were pulled to safety as the plane slowly sank. It was, the governor said,... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2264473-all-155-survive-as-pilot-ditches-plane-in-hudson Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:17:20 -0800 A s Europeans watch the humanitarian disaster in Gaza unfold on nightly news bulletins, many may wonder why this crisis seems to have left their governments groping in such apparent fumbling disarray. The answer is that it is the result... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2258938-gaza-a-pawn-in-the-new-great-game Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:49:15 -0800 A top Afghan army general was killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in western Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said.Gen. Fazaludin Sayar was one of the Afghan army's four regional commanders, in charge of the entire west of the country.The MI-17... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2257557-top-afghan-army-general-killed-in-chopper-crash Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:30:13 -0800 Israeli artillery shells struck the U.N. headquarters in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, setting a food warehouse ablaze and drawing a sharp rebuke from the visiting U.N. chief who called it an "outrage." Another Israeli bombardment killed Hamas' head of... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2257065-breaking-news-un-headquarters-in-gaza-struck-by-israeli-shells Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:18:36 -0800 People who drink more than seven cups of coffee a day tend to hallucinate more than less caffeine-driven colleagues, according to a study published Wednesday.Those with a high caffeine intake are three times more likely to have heard a non-existent... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2256630-research-big-coffee-drinkers-hallucinate-more Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:23:37 -0800 Iraqi police say the country's minister of higher education escaped injury when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in central Baghdad.Police say no one in the convoy of Minister Abed Theyab was injured in the Thursday morning attack but... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2256615-iraqi-cabinet-member-escapes-bomb-in-baghdad Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:21:08 -0800 A former transit police officer has been charged with murder for the fatal shooting of an unarmed and allegedly restrained black man in a racially charged case that has outraged residents and community leaders and set off violent protests.Newly released... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2255957-excop-charged-with-murder-in-shooting-incident Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:17:56 -0800 Witnesses say Israeli ground troops are advancing into crowded residential areas of Gaza City and thousands of terrified residents are fleeing their homes.Israeli troops backed by helicopter gunships, tanks and heavy guns thrust deeper into the city than ever before... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2255863-israeli-troops-are-advancing-deep-into-gaza-city-by-every-momment Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:08:38 -0800 The United Nations says the death toll from Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 2,106. The World Health Organization says more than 40,448 people have been infected by the disease since the outbreak began in August. The figures released Wednesday... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2246228-cholera-has-till-now-killed-2106-in-zimbabwe Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:49:40 -0800 The Orlando Magic established a National Basketball Association record by hitting 23 three-pointers as they crushed the Scramento Kings 139-107. Orlando, which won its fifth straight, had nine players connect from the arc. Jameer Nelson hit five-of-five from long range... info@allvoices.com http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/2245859-magic-beats-kings-and-set-nba-3point-record Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:55:10 -0800