http://musmula.net world wide web! Wed, 28 May 2008 07:21:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reuters - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called a surprise news conference on Wednesday, raising speculation he will demand Prime Minister Ehud Olmert step aside after damaging testimony from a U.S. businessman in a corruption case. http://musmula.net/barak-calls-surprise-news-conference-in-olmert-case-reuters AP - A French skydiver's latest attempt to set a new free-fall record ended Tuesday when his ride to the sky left without him. http://musmula.net/skydivers-helium-balloon-takes-off-without-him-ap AP - The State Department has begun to identify diplomats who could be forced to serve in Iraq next year unless enough volunteers come forward to fill about 300 positions, The Associated Press has learned. http://musmula.net/diplomats-eyed-for-possible-forced-service-in-iraq-ap AP - Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers are one win away from returning to the NBA finals. Bryant had 28 points and 10 rebounds and the Lakers beat the San Antonio Spurs 93-91 on Tuesday night to take a 3-1 lead in the Western Conference finals. http://musmula.net/bryant-leads-lakers-to-3-1-series-edge-over-spurs-ap AP - Microsoft Corp. said Tuesday that its next operating system will be made for touch-screen applications, an alternative to the computer mouse, and its top executives reaffirmed interest in joining forces with Yahoo Inc. http://musmula.net/microsoft-demos-future-windows-with-touch-screen-ap Reuters - China has evacuated more than 150,000 people living below a swollen lake formed by this month's devastating earthquake amid fears it could burst and trigger massive flooding, state media said on Wednesday. http://musmula.net/china-quake-lake-fears-force-new-evacuation-reuters Sex and the City finally came home. After a round of premieres and press in Europe, Sarah Jessica Parker & Co. hit Radio City Music Hall in New York City tonight for the movie's... http://musmula.net/a-glorious-night-of-sex-in-new-york-city AP - Sharon Stone's "karma" comment is having an instant effect on her movie-star status in China. http://musmula.net/sharon-stone-was-china-quake-bad-karma-ap-2 Reuters - Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says in a new book that President George W. Bush "veered terribly off course" and was not "open and forthright on Iraq," Politico.com reported on Tuesday. http://musmula.net/bush-was-not-forthright-on-iraq-ex-spokesman-reuters Reuters - There is no evidence of a direct threat from al Qaeda or that the group has obtained weapons of mass destruction, U.S. intelligence officials said on Tuesday, despite reports that al Qaeda will release a new video urging jihadists to use such weapons to attack the West. http://musmula.net/no-new-evidence-of-al-qaeda-threat-despite-report-us-reuters