http://www.netnewspublisher.com World News, Headline and Breaking News Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:00:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The August 31 Independence Day celebrations are canceled in Kyrgyzstan as the country grieves over victims of a deadly airplane crash on the outskirts of Bishkek last Sunday. Kyrgyzstan is to honor 68 victims of what officials called the worst air disaster in the country’s history with a moment of silence. A ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/kyrgyzstan-cancels-independence-celebrations-to-mourn-victims-of-air-crash/ Alaska Airlines has completed its transition to an all-Boeing 737 aircraft fleet with the retirement of its last MD-80 series airplane, part of a two-year plan to increase the airline's operational efficiency and improve fuel conservation. "With the last of our MD-80s retiring today and scheduled deliveries of additional new Boeing ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/transition-to-all-boeing-fleet-completed-by-alaska-airlines/ San Francisco resident Bernard V. Ward, 57, who previously worked as a radio station talk show host, was sentenced today to serve 87 months in prison, followed by a lifetime of supervised release, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division has announced. On May 8, 2008, Ward pleaded ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/former-talk-radio-host-distributing-child-pornography/ Somali pirates have released the Oman-flagged cargo ship seized off the Somali coast at the end of January, elders who negotiated the deal said on Thursday. "The vessel was released on Wednesday around 8 pm local time. No conditional ransom was paid but the pirates demanded the negotiators refund $ ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/somali-pirates-release-oman-flagged-ship/ The Government of Indonesia is to double the size of a national park that is one of the last havens for endangered Sumatran elephants and tigers. Tesso Nilo National Park was created in 2004 with 38,000 hectares of forest. Today’s declaration will see that figure increase to 86,000 by the ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/indonesian-government-to-double-the-size-of-tesso-nilo-national-park/ Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has today given the go ahead to Thor Cogeneration Ltd to construct a 1,020MW gas-fired combined heat and power station at Seal sands, Teesside. He has also given deemed planning permission for the development having agreed planning conditions with Stockton on Tees Borough Council. Combined heat and ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/new-combined-heat-power-station-to-be-built-at-seal-sands-teesside-ne-england/ Mr. Ehud Arny, an Israeli staff member of Gilmore Engineering Limited, a construction company based in the Niger Delta, has been kidnapped, police said, Wednesday in Port Harcourt, capital of the Rivers state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Rita Abbey confirmed the kidnap, adding that Arny was believed to ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/gunmen-abduct-israeli-worker-from-the-niger-delta/ Walmart has announced its game plan to completely transform more than 1,700 of its Garden Centers into "Game Time(SM) Headquarters," customized for supporters of local college or professional football teams. Beginning this week and running through September 30, Walmart will feature everything from team merchandise and decor to favorite game-time ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/walmart-converting-more-than-1700-garden-centers-into-game-timesm-headquarters/ The world's third-tallest skyscraper has been unveiled in Shanghai, where tourists will be able to survey the city from the highest observation deck in the world, the Chinese news agency reported Thursday. Xinhua said the 492-meter-tall building, constructed in the Lujiazui area of Pudong District by the Shanghai Construction Group, would ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/highest-observation-deck-in-the-world-unveiled-in-china/ Soldiers in the British Royal Logistic Corps are to get a boost to their driving skills thanks to a hi-tech virtual training computer package, which will test their ability to cope under fire. Under a contract potentially worth some £2M the Joint Combat Operation Virtual Environment (JCOVE) uses the commercial ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/uk-ministry-of-defence-uses-computer-games-to-save-lives/ The survival chances of the albatross, now officially the most threatened seabird family in the world, have been improved following a new report released by WWF-South Africa. At least 28 species of albatross and petrel have been caught by South African fisheries, of which 13 are threatened with extinction. The ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/survival-chances-for-the-albatross-improve/ The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has indicated that it may be forced to use a voters’ register from the 2006 presidential and general elections in the forthcoming presidential election that is expected to elect a successor to the late President Levy Mwanawasa. The poll has to take place before ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/zambias-elections-body-may-be-forced-to-use-old-voters%e2%80%99-register-in-coming-presidential-election/ BBC World Service has launched a special news and current affairs program for audiences in the Southern and Eastern regions of Afghanistan. Stasu Narray, from the BBC Pashto service, will bring 30 minutes of news and in-depth analysis to Pashto-speakers, including those on the Pakistan border, every day at 2100 ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/bbc-launches-stasu-narray-a-news-program-aimed-at-audiences-in-afghanistan/ The International Space Station's (ISS) orbit has been adjusted to avoid a cluster of space garbage, Russia's Mission Control Center (MCC) said on Thursday. "Information on a possible collision was received from Russian and American services...and was used by the MCC specialists to perform calculations for an ISS orbit adjustment," ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/international-space-stations-orbit-has-been-adjusted-to-avoid-space-rubbish/ Americans tend to use an inaccurate measure of their economic well-being, GDP, to gauge the heath of the economy. The GDP was expected to grow by 2.7 percent in the second fiscal quarter of 2008, but the data revealed significantly more growth than previously thought with an impressive 3.3 percent. ... http://www.netnewspublisher.com/america%e2%80%99s-economic-%e2%80%9cgrowth%e2%80%9d-seeing-isn%e2%80%99t-always-believing-political-opinion/