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WASHINGTON – Within hours of polls closing in New Hampshire, three Democratic presidential candidates called it quits, leaving behind a field with only one candidate of color and a solidified group of top contenders. Entrepreneur Andrew Yang and Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., ended their campaigns nearly an hour after m... | On Tuesday, United States Senator Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump won the Democratic and Republican New Hampshire primaries respectively. The Democratic and Republican parties use the primaries to select their nominees for the 2020 United States presidential election. Both Trump and Sanders also won the prima... |
200 British Combat Deaths In Afghanistan Katie Cassidy, Sky News Online A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in Afghanistan - the 200th death in combat since the start of operations in 2001. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe dow... | Helmand Province, AfghanistanThe Ministry of Defence has announced that a British soldier has been killed in an explosion in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. With this announcement, the total number of military personnel that has been killed in Afghanistan has now increased to 231. The man was killed on Saturday af... |
Mr Bush is facing a decision on whether to accept the ISG report Former Secretary of State James Baker said the 79 points they put forward were not a "fruit salad" to be picked over, but a comprehensive strategy. Mr Bush has said that he would "seriously consider" the report. However, he appears already to have ruled o... | When introducing the Iraq Study Group Report to a Senate Committee, former Secretary of State James Baker emphasized that all the 79 recommendations in the report complemented each other and had to be taken together. This was not a “fruit salad" from which one could pick and choose. Despite this, President Bush is givi... |
All Indonesian airlines have been banned from flying to Europe in a safety crackdown that has also placed several carriers from Russia, Ukraine and Angola on an aviation blacklist. The ban was imposed following a series of accidents involving the country's aircraft that have included two fatal crashes since the New Yea... | The European Union banned all of Indonesia's air carriers yesterday, none of which presently operate services to Europe, as well as several from Russia, Ukraine and Angola. They are the latest additions to the already extensive List of air carriers banned in the EU. The ban is scheduled to come into effect on July 6. J... |
Releases Timeline Of Near-Miss Incident, Runway Photo In its continuing investigation of a September 2008 runway incursion in Allentown, PA involving a general aviation aircraft and a Chicago-bound regional jet airliner, the National Transportation Safety Board issued the following updated factual information Wednesday... | The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an update in its investigation of a serious runway incursion in Pennsylvania in September. A regional jet with sixty people on board aborted takeoff and swerved to avoid a light plane, missing it by an estimated ten feet. The swerve marks on the l... |
Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Malta in this Nov. 27, 2005 file photo. Gunmen stormed into a coastal village in Guyana early Saturday and shot 11 people to death, the worst mass killing in this small South America nation in more than 30 years. (AP Photo/Martin Cleave... | Georgetown, the nation's capital. Gunmen have killed 11 people in the village of Lusignan on the coast of Guyana, in what is said to be the country's worst mass shooting in 30 years. The unidentified gunmen reportedly kicked down the doors of five houses and fired shots inside. The dead include five children, four men,... |
"We knew there were plenty of skeptics out there," Coakley said in her victory speech at the Boston Sheraton, referring to those who doubted her ability to raise money or to win as an attorney general, a move that others before her have failed to make. "They said that women don't have much luck in Massachusetts politic... | Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley Massachusetts and who represents the Norfolk, Bristol & Middlesex District have won their parties' respective primaries amid low voter turnout to of the late who died after losing his battle with brain cancer last August. Coakley won out by 47 percent over three other can... |
It has been a tough few months for well-known retailers UK menswear retailer The Officers Club has gone into administration and 32 of its 150 shops will shut immediately, while the remainder have been sold. The retailer was put up for sale by administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers as it fell victim to the downturn. They... | Four UK retailers The Officers Club, Whittard of Chelsea, Zavvi and Adams Childrenswear have called in administrators during the Christmas week in 2008. On Tuesday, December 23, the menswear retailer The Officers Club's administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers decided to close 32 of the 150 stores immediately. Pricewaterh... |
'Arizona gunman' appears in court A man charged with trying to assassinate a US congresswoman in a shooting that left six people dead and more than a dozen wounded has appeared in federal court in Phoenix, Arizona. Jared Loughner, 22, faces several charges over the attack on Saturday. Representative Gabrielle Giffords,... | Jared Loughner, a 22-year-old former college student, has appeared in federal court following the shooting on Saturday at a supermarket in Tucson, Arizona. The shooting killed five people including , a federal judge, and injured 19 including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Loughner has been charged in federal court w... |
Former school teacher Eric Justin Toth added to list of FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Eric Justin Toth, a former private-school teacher and camp counselor, has been on the run since warrants for his arrest were issued in Maryland and the District of Columbia in 2008. New Top Ten Fugitive Child Pornographer Added to ... | Eric Justin Toth added to FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List Ex-Washington, D.C. teacher , who worked at the National Cathedral's Beauvoir school, was officially added to the top of the FBI's yesterday, replacing Osama bin Laden, who was killed by US Navy Seals last May. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) began inve... |
Cable damage hits 1.7m Internet users in UAE By Asma Ali Zain (Our staff reporter) 5 February 2008 DUBAI — An estimated 1.7 million Internet users in the UAE have been affected by the recent undersea cable damage, an expert said yesterday, quoting recent figures published by TeleGeography, an international research Web... | Route map of the SEA-ME-WE 4 cable link Service to millions of Internet users in the Middle East and Asia has been disrupted, following damage to undersea cables. The cables, SEA-ME-WE 4 and FLAG, which provide communications services for various countries — including India, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — are beli... |
BRUSSELS As a former journalist who made his name by bashing Brussels but was sometimes accused of twisting the facts, Boris Johnson knows there's no easier way to hook readers than to lead with Hitler. ||||| The courageous vote Thursday by the Assembly pushes California back toward the forefront of the anti-smoking mo... | A bomb exploded at 7:24 pm on Tuesday at the PayPal headquarters, a subsidiary of eBay, located in San Jose, California, causing the evacuation of employees from the building. Authorities stated that the explosion was "not an accident." Spokespeople for eBay said that the incident was "isolated" and that there were no ... |
Undated file photo provided by the Pakistan Tourism Office in Islamabad July 26 2004, shows the world's second tallest peak K-2 in northern area of Pakistan. A Pakistani tour operator says nine climbers are feared to have died in an avalanche after scaling the world's second-highest mountain, K-2. Nazir Sabir says 22 c... | The Associated Press (AP) and CNN reported about midday UTC that the death toll in the Sunday's accident on K2 has risen to eleven. Two Dutch climbers have been rescued by helicopter, the AP also said. CNN reports that two of the people killed were climbing up the mountain in an attempt to assist others. AP says that a... |
During Operation Cast Lead, Israeli forces killed Palestinian civilians under permissive rules of engagement and intentionally destroyed their property, say soldiers who fought in the offensive. The soldiers are graduates of the Yitzhak Rabin pre-military preparatory course at Oranim Academic College in Tivon. Some of ... | During a seminar with students at the Mechinat Rabin in Oranim, Israeli veterans of the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict revealed accounts of the deaths of unarmed civilians. This has prompted new allegations of war crimes and a review and investigation into the rules of engagement within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).... |
Command of the Nato force rotates every six months The move is part of Nato's plan to take charge of security in areas outside the capital, Kabul, where US-led coalition forces currently operate. The announcement came as a new Italian unit took command of the Nato-led peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Afghan parliam... | right NATO has confirmed today that it intends to expand its presence in Afghanistan by sending forces into the south and east of the country in 2006. The move will see NATO take the lead role in Afghan security. Presently, much of NATO's 8,000-strong International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) is based in the capit... |
Story Highlights • Palestinian Interior Minister al-Qawasmi resigns as Hamas-Fatah truce collapses • Cease-fire began early Monday; ends as gunbattle erupts in Gaza City • 2 gunmen dead, 10 wounded in fighting; follows deaths of 4 militants Sunday Adjust font size: (CNN) -- An Egyptian-brokered truce ended within hours... | A ceasefire between armed factions of the Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas broke down hours after it came into effect, prompting the Interior Minister Hani Qawasmi to offer his resignation. Hamas and Fatah officials said Sunday that the cease-fire would begin at 1:00 a.m. local time. The ceasefire between their armed... |
Thousands of angry Han Chinese armed with poles, meat cleavers and other makeshift weapons stormed through Urumqi Tuesday as the flashpoint city riven by ethnic tensions descended into chaos. Heavily armed security forces fired tear gas at the crowds and ordered a night curfew in an effort to restore calm in Urumqi, ca... | Uyghurs are involved in China's largest ethnic clash since March 2008, involving at first perhaps 1,000 and up to 3,000 protestors. Xinhua, the official news agency, reports that 156 people were killed and 1,080 other people are injured. Ürümqi is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in northwestern China ... |
ON Wednesday night, after a week-and-a-half of mayhem in our cities, President Thabo Mbeki deployed the SA National Defence Force to help police stop South Africans killing foreigners. Then he left the country. Sending in the army was a serious step, one that Mbeki acceded to only after much pressure from the ANC, oppo... | Thabo Mbeki A front page editorial in South Africa's largest weekly newspaper, ''The Sunday Times'', criticizes President Thabo Mbeki's "incompetent" handling of the country's ongoing anti-immigrant violence, and urges him to resign from office. "Either he will not lead or he cannot lead. Whichever is the case, the con... |
By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - U.S. home prices plunged at a record pace in January while consumer confidence held just above record lows in March, according to data on Tuesday that showed no signs of a bottom for the lengthy recession. Home prices nationwide have lost around 30 percent of th... | According to data released on Tuesday, home prices in the United States plunged at the highest rates ever recorded in January. The S&P/Case Shiller index of home prices in twenty major cities in the US announced that values of homes have slumped over 30% since their peak in 2006 across the country. Regional variations ... |
Iraqi Parliament Approves New Electoral Law After Raucous Debate The Iraqi parliament has approved a long delayed electoral law, amid bitter quarrels among Arab, Kurdish and Turkomen politicians. The electoral law is necessary for parliamentary elections to be held close to their original scheduled date on January 16th... | Iraq's parliament has passed a long-delayed election law required for national elections to be held next January. The law won approval on Sunday from 141 of the almost 200 Iraq lawmakers present after a tense, day-long debate. The lawmakers overcame a key dispute about how to conduct the election in northern Iraq's eth... |
WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama on Tuesday honored former President George H.W. Bush, author and civil-rights activist Maya Angelou, famed investor and billionaire Warren Buffett and others with the 2010 Medal of Freedom. In a ceremony at the White House, Mr. Obama hailed the winners as among the most extraordinary m... | The Presidential Medal of Freedom Barack Obama presented the to fifteen people Tuesday, including former US President and current Angela Merkel. The award—the US's top civilian medal—is given to those who have made "an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world... |
Vatican: Pope's condition serious after suffering heart failure Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement that on Thursday afternoon the pope's heart stopped momentarily during treatment for a urinary tract infection. "This morning the condition of the Holy Father is very serious," the statement said.... | Several sources report Pope , who was receiving nutrition from a tube inserted through his nose, is no longer using the tube. The tube was inserted shortly after the pontiff appeared at his window overlooking and was only able to speak several words. The tube used was threaded down the nose and throat into the stomach.... |
The page may have moved or expired from our site. If you were trying to access a bookmarked page, please consult ourand update your links. If you are having trouble finding what you are looking for please email us at ||||| House votes not to reopen same-sex marriage issue OTTAWA Same-sex marriage is here to stay. A C... | + '''Votes in the House of Commons''' Group For Against Did not vote Total Conservative cabinet 19 6 0 25 Conservative backbench 92 6 1 99 Liberal 13 84 4 101 Bloc Québécois 0 48 3 51 NDP 0 29 0 29 Independents 0 1 1 2 Speaker 0 0 1* 1* Totals 123 175 10 308 The Canadian House of Commons has voted 175 to 123 to defeat ... |
Altantuya murder trial: Court rejects application to replace judge SHAH ALAM: The murder trial of a Malaysian political analyst in the slaying of a Mongolian woman took a new twist Monday when her family's lawyer asked the judge and a defence lawyer be replaced because they are related by marriage. The surprise stateme... | A trial in the murder of Mongolian-born model and interpreter got under way today in , Malaysia, with a former adviser to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak as one of the defendants. The prosecutor said political consultant , 47, plotted the October 19, 2006, murder with two police officers, Chief Inspector Azilah H... |
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Post-menopausal Chinese women who eat a Western-style diet heavy in meat and sweets face a higher risk of breast cancer than their counterparts who stick to a typical Chinese diet loaded with vegetables and soy, a study found. The researchers, writing on Tuesday in the journal Canc... | Avocado Salad Roll. A diet high in vegetables and low in meat and dairy is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer. Results published on Tuesday which are part of the Shanghai Breast Cancer Study add to the evidence about an epidemiological link between cancer and a diet high in meat, dairy, and other common West... |
Information dated 08.06.2007 While attention is focused on Darfur, an emergency situation is unfolding in eastern Chad © Olivier Jobard/Sipa Press Listen to a report from Dogdoré, Chad: Some 150,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) lack assistance. MSF aid is hindered. © Olivier Jobard/Sipa Press The displaced in ea... | Map of Chad showing border with Sudan. The non-governmental aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, warned of a humanitarian crisis developing in the eastern region of Chad in central Africa, issued a press release Friday. Chad, which shares part of its eastern border with Sudan, ha... |
The man browsing the shelves in the discount store on Streatham High Road seemed to be taking his time. Wearing a zipped up camouflage jacket and grey jogging bottoms, he didn’t say a word to the member of staff in the Low Price Store serving behind the counter. He had been in the shop the week before and bought nothin... | On Sunday in London, England, according to witness accounts and authorities, a man wearing a fake suicide vest entered a store, grabbed a large knife, ran outside with it and began to stab people. Reportedly he injured a man and two women on , London. Armed plainclothes officers, already surveilling him for counter-ter... |
Vitaly Ginzburg, a Russian physicist who survived Stalin's purges by working on the Soviet atomic bomb project and later won the Nobel Prize for physics, died in Moscow late on Sunday after a long illness.He was 93. Ginzburg won the 2003 Nobel physics prize for developing the theory behind superconductors, materials wh... | Nobel Prize winner, prominent Russian Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and theoretical physicist Vitaly Ginzburg has died on Sunday at the age of 93 years. Ginzburg reads his Nobel lecture in MSU (2004) Ginzburg was one of the fathers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb together with Andrei Sakharov, and the head... |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska has been "cleared" by the Justice Department's request to dismiss his federal corruption convictions and drop all charges against him, his lawyer said Wednesday. Former Sen. Ted Stevens, 85, of Alaska lost his re-election bid in November. Prosecutors accu... | Ted StevensThe United Stated Department of Justice has asked for corruption charges against former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens to be dropped because evidence was withheld from the defense team by the original prosecutors. The Justice Department has stated that they will not retry Stevens. In a statement, said, "After c... |
Microsoft today has announced that Windows Phone 7 code has been locked down, and it is ready to go onto consumer handsets this fall. In short it has reached its RTM (Release to Manufacturing) stage. All quirks have been washed out, new features have been added, and all that’s left right now is for manufacturers to fin... | Microsoft Windows Phone 7 On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that the next version of OS series, , had been after more than 6 months of its development. The announcement outlined some of the changes in this version, and was generally positive about the milestone. The term "release to manufacturing", also known as "going... |
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 — The federal government is failing to supervise properly a greatly expanded network of public and private laboratories handling deadly agents like anthrax and Ebola, Congressional investigators and public health experts testified on Thursday. At a five-hour hearing called by a House panel looking in... | An electron micrograph of the Ebola virus. According to recent investigations by the Associated Press and Congressional investigations, the United States federal government is not properly handling serious biohazards such as Ebola in labs. Since the September 11, 2001 attacks the United States has increased by a factor... |
China protest in Guangdong's Wukan 'vanishes from web' Images supplied by villagers show large rallies in Wukan Continue reading the main story Related Stories China's internet censors have blocked searches relating to an ongoing protest in the village of Wukan, web users say. Users of Sina Weibo, the country's Twitter... | Villagers in the Chinese town of are now in open revolt as, in the fourth month of their land dispute with the government, they expelled all officials. Last Sunday they also repelled an attempt by around a thousand police to retake the town using tear gas and water cannons. Logo of Country Garden (Holdings) Ltd., who b... |
Israel has kept up attacks on Lebanon for a seventh day In a BBC interview, he urged Hezbollah to release two captured Israeli soldiers but said Israel's response to the crisis had been disproportionate. The UN is evacuating all non-essential staff, joining tens of thousands of foreigners fleeing the crisis. Fresh Isra... | One week has passed since Israel responded to a Hezbollah attack along the Lebanon-Israel border. There is no immediate end of the conflict in sight as Israeli airborne, naval and ground units have pounded a wide array of targets in Lebanon. Hezbollah in turn has launched rocket and missile attacks on northern Israel. ... |
advertisement Israel, Mideast Foes in Historic Handshake at Vatican JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's president said he shook hands with the leaders of Syria and Iran at a Vatican funeral Friday when in his death Pope John Paul brought together Middle East foes as no man alive ever had. Gathered with hundreds of internati... | In controversial reporting by the Israeli media, , the President of Israel, reportedly shook hands with two Mideastern leaders, the Iranian President Mohammad Khatami and Syrian President , during his trip to the Pope's funeral on April 8. If true, it is a notable incident and the first time leaders of the two anti-Zio... |
By Martinne Geller and Lisa Baertlein NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) reported a quarterly profit that handily topped Wall Street estimates, but said it saw growth in some overseas markets soften as a U.S.-led recession went global. Shares of the world's largest hamburger chain were down 0.5 pe... | A McDonald's store in the United Kingdom American fast food chain McDonald’s is set to open up 1000 more stores during 2009 as part of its expected capital spending of US$2.1 billion. While global same-store sales rose 7.2%, revenue fell marginally, due to the strong US dollar. McDonald’s net income fell 23% from US$1.... |
Detroit Red Wings win Stanley Cup Nicklas Lidstrom (5) and the Detroit Red Wings celebrate winning the Stanley Cup. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) Nicklas Lidstrom (5) and the Detroit Red Wings celebrate winning the Stanley Cup. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images) The Detroit Red Wings held off a last-gasp rally by the Pittsbur... | Mellon Arena in PittsburghThe Detroit Red Wings won their 11th Stanley Cup in National Hockey League (NHL) history on Wednesday. The Red Wings won the sixth game of the championship finals by a 3-2 score against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh. The Conn Smythe Trophy, an individual player award, w... |
(CNN) -- Police met a wayward jet that overshot the runway by 150 miles -- while not responding to control tower communications -- and said the pilots were "cooperative, apologetic and appreciative." Authorities are reviewing the plane's cockpit voice recorder as well as its flight data recorder. The Minneapolis-St. Pa... | The MSP International Airport is one of the largest in the United States. The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are all probing an incident in which a Northwest Airlines jet flew 150 miles past its desti... |
Related links Cristiano Ronaldo has pledged his future to Manchester United by signing a new five-year contract. The Portuguese winger's form has been nothing short of sensational this season and he has been instrumental in keeping United in the hunt for honours both domestically and in Europe. His form has impressed c... | Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new five-year deal with Manchester United. He will now stay in the club until at least 2012. Spanish clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid have been showing interest in the Portuguese midfielder for months, and the deal is sure to quiet transfer rumours for the time being. ... |
EU transport ministers are to hold emergency talks by video conference on easing the air travel crisis caused by a volcanic ash cloud in Europe's skies. More than 6.8 million passengers have been affected so far, as the crisis enters its fifth day. Airports and airlines are questioning the need for curbs said to be cos... | File:Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash 19 April 2010.png|thumb|Approximate depicition of the ash cloud at 18:00 UTC on 19 April 2010. The current forecasts were updated at the London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre's website (Met Office, UK). Approximate depiction of the ash cloud at 18:00 UTC on 17 April 2010. The current fo... |
Nigeria’s parliament today voted to hand Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the powers of president, a move intended to fill the vacuum left by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua's hospitalization in November. Johannesburg, South Africa Nigeria’s Senate and House of Representatives today voted to give Vice President Goodluck ... | Goodluck Jonathan, vice-president of Nigeria, has become the country's acting president after president travelled to Saudi Arabia last November to receive medical treatment for a heart condition. File photo of President Umaru Yar'Adua, reportedly in Saudi Arabia for medical treatment. In a televised address, Jonathan c... |
Chelsea Clinton to wed Marc Mezvinsky on elite estate Chelsea has grown up in the media glare The only child of former US President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to marry her boyfriend at a lavish wedding. Chelsea Clinton is to wed investment banker Marc Mezvinsky on the exclusive Astor Cou... | Chelsea Clinton, the only daughter of former US William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton and current US Hillary Rodham Clinton, wed long-time boyfriend and investment banker on Saturday evening. The ceremony occurred in , New York amidst a flurry of secrecy and speculation surrounding the event. Not much was known about the we... |
A large spacecraft destined to be Earth's next robotic emissary to Mars has completed the first leg of its journey, a cargo- plane ride from Colorado to Florida in preparation for an August launch. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is an important next step in fulfilling NASA's vision of space exploration and ultimate... | The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was delivered in two large containers from Lockheed Martin to Cape Canaveral on an Air Force C-17 cargo plane. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in its aerobraking stage NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), the latest robotic spacecraft destined for Mars, arrived at Kennedy Space Cent... |
'); //--> Associated Press White House Criticizes Pat Robertson The White House sharply criticized Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson on Friday for suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's stroke was divine punishment for "dividing God's land." "Those comments are wholly inappropriate and offensive and re... | Pat Robertson (right, front) and the rest of ''The 700 Club'' hosts. Christian televangelist Pat Robertson has come under fire for recent comments he made, suggesting that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's recent stroke was "divine retribution" for pulling Israelis out of the Gaza Strip. Robertson made the comments... |
Security checks are carried out in Baghdad after the abduction Jalal Sharafi, the embassy's second secretary, was abducted from his car on Sunday in central Karrada district by men wearing Iraqi army uniforms. Iran condemned the kidnapping and said it held the US responsible for his life. A US military spokesman said n... | The national Flag of Iran Jalal Sharafi, An Iranian diplomat has been kidnapped by men wearing Iraqi army uniforms who also had official Iraqi defense ministry ID badges. The abduction took place outside the Iranian state-owned Bank Melli in Baghdad. Several men who were also in possession of official ID badges for the... |
Atom-smasher sets energy record The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiment on the French-Swiss border has set a new world record for energy. The LHC pushed the energy of its particle beams beyond one trillion electron volts, making it the world's highest-energy particle accelerator. The previous record was held by the ... | Fermilab, an American laboratory specializing in particle physics. The world's Large Hadron Collider accelerated its protons to an energy of 1.18 TeV at 00:44 GMT+1 today. This set a new world record, surpassing the 0.98 TeV record set at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory's Tevatron collider, which was commissi... |
SCIENCE First Cloned Dog Has Its Day The arrival of Snuppy, a cloned Afghan hound, heralds both scientific import and deep symbolic significance. A lot of U.S. researchers are muttering "doggone it" today: South Korean scientists have won the international race to clone a dog. A team led by Seoul National University’s ... | Seoul National University’s has reported his findings in the Journal after being involved in producing the first cloned . The dog, named , was born on April 24. He is an . The issue presents a whole host of ethical questions for researchers in the field. Companies like are interested in the technology, as is accounted ... |
Six people are dead and at least 17 others were injured after a truck plowed through a crowd leaving a pre-wedding celebration in B.C.'s Fraser Valley on Friday night, police say. The dead include three males and three females, whose ages ranged from the mid-teens to the 50s. Police have not released any identities. A ... | A pickup truck crashed into a traditional Indian wedding procession in Abbotsford, British Columbia on Friday. Six people are dead and at least 17 more were injured. The crash occurred on Lefeuvre Road near King Road where the pedestrians were heading towards the bride's house. Reports indicate the truck driver was tra... |
Mr Upward, who lived latterly in a care home in Pontefract, Yorkshire, was born in Romford, Essex, on September 9, 1903.He was a legendary figure among the Auden generation of young writers in the 1930s, when he wrote the book for which he is best known, The Railway Accident, later published as a classic by Penguin.Mr ... | British writer Edward Upward has died at the age of 105. Upward died on Friday, February 13 in Pontefract, England. He was believed to be the UK's oldest living author. Upward was born Edward Falaise Upward on September 9, 1903 in Romford, England. He attended Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where, in 1924, he was... |
Email this story to a friend | Printable Version 'Fockers' sets New Year's mark at the box office By Greg Risling Associated Press Moviegoers embraced the dysfunctional family comedy "Meet the Fockers" for a second straight week as the star-studded sequel earned $42.8 million to retain its No. 1 slot at the weekend box... | After two weekends of box office domination, Universal Pictures' ''Meet the Fockers'' will be challenged for the top spot by horror film ''White Noise'', also from Universal, which opens in wide release Friday. To be considered in wide release, a film must open or play in at least 1,000 theatres throughout the U.S. an... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A luxury tourist train has derailed near the South African capital, Pretoria, killing at least two people and injuring at least 25 more. The dead include a woman and her baby, who was born moments after the derailment, reports AFP news agency. ... | A luxury train derailed in South Africa outside the capitol of Pretoria yesterday, killing at least two people and leaving 25 injured. The train had been entering a station in Pretoria when seventeen cars derailed, apparently during a switch between steam and electric locomotives, although the exact cause is not known.... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement At least 132 people have been killed and 520 injured in two car bomb attacks in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The blasts hit the ministry of justice and a provincial government office near the heavily fortified Green Zone. They came in quick su... | At least 132 people were killed on Sunday after two car bombings struck the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Over 500 were hurt in the attacks, which were the worst to strike the country in over two years. The attacks occurred at the Justice Ministry building and a provincial government office close to the high-security Green... |
1980s carmaker DeLorean dies at 80 John DeLorean in 1987 (CNN) -- John DeLorean, developer of a futuristic sportscar that captured the country's attention in the 1980s, has died. He was 80. DeLorean died Saturday at the Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey, from complications from a stroke, said Paul Connell, owner ... | DeLorean's namesake car was made famous in the movie Back to the Future Automobile industry pioneer, John DeLorean, died Saturday in a New Jersey hospital by complications from a stroke. DeLorean was born in 1925 in Detroit, Michigan to European immigrant parents. He received an education in automotive engineering and ... |
Associated Press Steve Fossett is helped out of the aircraft Saturday upon landing at Bournemouth, England, Saturday. Fossett , who declared an emergency after a loss of electrical power, completed the longest nonstop flight in aviation history, going 26,389 miles in about 76 hours. MANSTON, England – Fighting through ... | Steve Fossett, 61, has broken the record for flying the longest nonstop flight in aviation history and has landed safely in England although, Steve Ridgeway chief executive of Virgin Atlantic, the company sponsoring Fossett's record bid said, "he burst two tires on landing and the poor GlobalFlyer had to be dragged off... |
As international protests against the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip continue, Israel is facing a fresh round of condemnation from around the world. The protests followed on the heels of the UN Security Council's failure to issue a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire despite hours of closed-door talks. O... | Qalqilyah is north west of Jerusalem, close to the 1967 boundary with Israel.During a Palestinian rally in Qalqilyah in the West Bank against Israeli attacks on Gaza, Mufid Saleh Walweel, 22, was shot and killed Sunday by Israeli forces, according to Palestinian medical officials. Meanwhile protests around the world to... |
Danger and the Dakar Rally have been synonymous. Dozens have died racing across some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain . But the epic race has been cancelled because the threat of an al-Qaeda-linked attack pushed the element of risk to “ unacceptable levels”. The 550 competitors were to have embarked yesterday f... | The threat of terrorism has caused the cancellation yesterday of the , due to start today. The race, which was to be the 30th consecutive rally, was to start in Lisbon, Portugal and end on January 20 in , Senegal having crossed the . The endurance event is the world’s biggest off-road rally and Paris-based organisers h... |
Kennedy brother-in-law Sargent Shriver dies Mr Shriver, shown with wife Eunice Kennedy, ran President Lyndon Johnson's anti-poverty programme Continue reading the main story Related stories Sargent Shriver, the first US Peace Corps director, Democratic vice-presidential candidate and brother-in-law to President John F ... | Sargent Shriver: 1915-2011 , the 21st US Ambassador to France, died Tuesday at the age of 95 in Maryland, of complications from . He served as the ambassador to France under US Presidents and . Shriver was born Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr. on November 9, 1915 in , Maryland. He also served in the US Navy during World War... |
By Nick Thorpe BBC, Sofia If Bulgaria sees a large turnout of voters this year, it may not necessarily be an indication of an electorate keen to engage with national politics. It may also have something to do with a special election lottery, where the top prize on offer is a car. Former King Simeon was exiled throughou... | Elections were held in Bulgaria for the 240 members of the Assembly today. According to exit polls, the Leftist Coalition for Bulgaria has a lead with around 31%, but without majority, neccesating creation of coalitions. The National Movement for Simeon II which is currently ruling is in the second place, with around 2... |
Iran said on Friday that it has designed and tested the country's third generation of domestically-built centrifuges as the nation celebrated its nuclear energy achievements. The new centrifuges, each 200 millimeters in diameter, are ten times as powerful as the ones operating in the Natanz uranium enrichment plant. Th... | Ali Akbar Salehi, Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced on Friday that Iran had successfully tested its third generation centrifuges. The new 200 millimeter diameter tubes are ten times as powerful as the ones operating in the Natanz uranium enrichment plant and are capable of spinning 900 times per sec... |
THE Iemma Government faces the condemnation of a furious city after yet another train breakdown on the Harbour Bridge paralysed Sydney's transport system for the second time in four months last night. Hundreds of thousands of wind-blown city workers were forced to trudge across the Bridge or wait hours for a handful of... | Sydney Harbour Bridge Sydney's transport systems fell into chaos on Friday after gale force winds caused damage to an overhead train line on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Services on the North Shore Line were cancelled, leaving commuters stranded in the city. Just after 2:30 p.m. AEST (UTC+10), a maintenance hatch blew fr... |
Lord Callaghan was Britain's oldest former prime minister He passed away at home in East Sussex, just 11 days after his wife Audrey died aged 91. Lord Callaghan, who leaves a son and two daughters, was the longest living former British PM in history. He entered Downing Street in 1976 after the resignation of Harold Wil... | '''London''' – The former British prime minister Leonard James Callaghan, the Baron of Cardiff has died at the age of 92, just a day before his ninety-third birthday. He died at his home in East Sussex, leaving two daughters and a son. His wife, Audrey, died just eleven days ago. James Callaghan was prime minister from... |
ABC News Shiites Win Nearly Half of Iraqi Votes Shiites Win Most Votes in Iraqi Election but Not a Majority for 275-Member National Assembly Farid Ayar, left, spokesman for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), and the IECI's Chief of Electoral Office Adel al-Lami give the final election results, in Bagh... | Interim Prime Minister Allawi's list came in third in the polls Iraq – The Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates have won at least 132 of 275 seats in the Iraq National Assembly, according to the results announced Sunday. Capturing 48.1% of the national vote, the UIA is the largest single block in the Assembly. ... |
NEWS CENTRAL/S. ASIA Violence flares in Pakistan Chaudhry was forced to abandon plans to address a rally in Karachi [Reuters] Fierce gun battles between rival Pakistani political activists have killed 27 people in the worst violence since the country's most senior judge was controversially suspended two months ago. "Th... | Violence erupted in Karachi, Pakistan as recently suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reached the city to address a rally of supporters. Clashes erupted in the streets between rival political factions. Members of the pro-government party, Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), clashed with supporters of Chaudhr... |
Third Test, Perth: India 330 & 294 v Australia 212 & 65-2 (stumps, day three) Match scorecard VVS Laxman maintained his superb record against the Aussies Australia face a tall order to win a world-record 17th consecutive Test after ending day three in Perth on 65-2, chasing 413 for victory. India were in trouble when S... | India defeated Australia by 72 runs in the third test at the WACA, Perth, Australia yesterday. India resumed their second innings on 1/52 at the beginning of the third day. Virender Sehwag (43) was bowled by Stuart Clark, and Rahul Dravid was caught behind off Brett Lee in the following over, having scored just three r... |
Advertising Read more Montevideo (AFP) Uruguay's Spanish language academy on Friday joined a racism fray to defend the word that got Manchester United forward Edinson Cavani banned for three matches and fined £100,000 ($137,000). On Thursday, the Football Association in England announced the sanction over the 33-year-o... | On Friday, the Uruguay language academy shared a statement rejecting football player Edinson Cavani's ban of three matches and a 100,000 (US$137,000) fine ruled by (FA) in England. Edinson Cavani, from file, 2008. The sanction was made on Thursday based on a comment on that the Uruguayan made to a fan who congratulated... |
Brazilian rescue workers scour land and sea for missing plane carrying 4 British businessmen SAO PAULO, Brazil: Brazilian authorities on Sunday resumed their search for a small plane that went missing off the northeastern Brazilian coast carrying four British businessmen and two local pilots. The twin-engine Cessna 310... | A similar Cessna 310 Rescuers in Brazil are seeking a plane that disappeared Friday carrying six people, two local pilots and four British investors interested in a possible new housing development. The dual-engined Cessna 310, operated by Aero Star, lost contact with Air Traffic Control (ATC) eight miles (13km) off th... |
Possibility of an Earth Impact in 2029 Ruled Out for Asteroid 2004 MN4 Don Yeomans, Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office December 27, 2004 Over the past week, several independent efforts were made to search for pre-discovery observations of 2004 MN4. These efforts proved successful toda... | '''December 29''' United States - According to NASA's Near Earth Object Program, 2004 MN4's assessed risk has been corrected downward to zero on the Torino scale. The Torino scale is the current method by which astronomers classify the likelihood of an impact with a near-Earth object. A score of zero means that the po... |
Why do Scientologists hate psychiatry so much? Who cares, it just makes them look amusingly craz(ier). In this clip from a cheapo Scientology TV show, a real Scientology doctor proves that psychiatry caused 9/11!: This fella's name is Dave Figueroa, with an outfit called C.C.H.R. in Florida, and he calmly explains why ... | In an interview on a television show called the ''No Drug Show'', hosted by Larry Byrnes, the Church of Scientology blamed both the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States and on psychiatrists and the drugs they prescribe their patients. Scientology considers psychiatry to be barbaric and a violation of human r... |
Nuclear power ... the Australia Institute has kicked off the debate about location. A new study has identified several areas on Australia's east coast, including Wollongong, where a nuclear power plant could be built if the Federal Government decides that a nuclear industry is the way of the future. The Australia Insti... | 150px An internal government committee has been created to look at Australia's nuclear energy role. The Federal Government has admitted it has set up a "secret committee" to examine the economics and science of nuclear power. During a Senate estimates committee, the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet's deputy sec... |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency News Release NEW CASE OF BSE DETECTED OTTAWA, January 11, 2005 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency ( CFIA ) today announced that Canada’s national surveillance program has detected bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE ) in an Alberta beef cow just under seven years of age. As part of... | Another confirmed case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or "mad cow disease") was reported today to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The infected cow was found in the province of Alberta, where two previous cases of BSE have been reported in the past year. The cow itself was born in March of 1998, m... |
King George Tce – Oak Bay and Saanich Police Investigating Multiple Deaths: Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at 3:06 am Oak Bay Police officers were dispatched to a home in the 300 block of King George Tce. Officers responded to a 911 call that originated from a single family home on King George Tce. Police officers arrived... | Location of Oak Bay within British Columbia. Police in , British Columbia, a suburb of the provincial capital , report that five bodies were found in a home after having been summoned there on a 911 emergency call. The 911 call came in at approximately 3 a.m. local time, but police were not able to enter the home until... |
GOMA (DR CONGO): Fierce fighting on Saturday in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo among local militias, the army and rebels loyal to a renegade general forced thousands to flee, the UN and Congolese army said. "Very violent attacks" were reported early Saturday, army commander Colonel Delphin Kahimbi said, adding th... | Democratic Republic of the Congo. Thousands of civilians fled their homes on Saturday amid fierce fighting between local militias and Tutsi-dominated rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to the U.N. peacekeeping mission there. Congolese Army Colonel Delphin Kahimbi said that "very violent attacks"... |
More whale deaths Posted Updated Wildlife officers have put down three whales that again beached themselves after being herded out to sea yesterday on Western Australia's south coast. Six whales washed up at Ledge Point, east of Augusta this morning. Three of them died and the other three have been put down. Ten whales... | Six have died after becoming stranded on a southwest Australia beach, one day after conservation officials attempted to rescue them. A pod of about 90 were stranded on Tuesday. More than 70 of the mammals died, along with four , but about 10 whales were guided back out to sea by officials from the Australian . Six of t... |
BISHKEK, March 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Kyrgyzstan's newly formed interim government is taking measures to restore order in the Central Asian country after two days of unrest that left the government collapsed and three people dead. Kyrgyz opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev in front of the Parliament building in Bishkek Marc... | Hunne'' A 6:00 p.m.-6:00 a.m. curfew was imposed in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek on Friday night as policemen and some 2,000 voluntary civilian militia members patrolled the streets. They were authorized to shoot into the air to disperse the looters. Three to six people were killed as sporadic gunfire was heard in the... |
Nearly 60 oil platforms and rigs have been damaged or displaced The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) said its member countries would release two million barrels a day to help ease the crisis. All 26 IEA member countries backed the measures which will take effect for an initial period of 30 days. US light c... | The announced that its member states will release 60 million barrels from their strategic reserves next month. "All 26 member countries will take collective action", said the agency in its statement. The announcement was in response to the crude price surge after disruption of oil supply in the Gulf of Mexico caused by... |
David Cameron was said today to be "pretty hacked off" after having his bike stolen while he was shopping for salad at his local Tesco. The Conservative leader was reported to have chained the bike to a short bollard, allowing the thief to lift it clear. Pictures of him after the incident showed him stranded on Portobe... | David Cameron Conservative Party leader David Cameron was last night a victim of crime following the theft of his bicycle. The Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom was out shopping in West London when the incident happened at around 6:30 last night. He was said to have chained the bike to a short bollard whil... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Three people have been killed and about 10 injured in an attack on a military parade in Kabul attended by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Security forces whisked Mr Karzai and away and hundreds fled as shots rang out. An MP and a 10-year-old child were among ... | White House. At least one person was killed and nearly a dozen were injured after six Taliban militants opened fire during a celebration in an assassination attempt on the life of the president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. Karzai was taken away by body guards and was uninjured in the attack which happened in Kabul. Se... |
Shiite leader in Pakistan killed YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Pakistan or or Create Your Own LAHORE, Pakistan (CNN) -- A prominent Shiite leader has been killed in a suicide bombing near his home, police said. The bomber detonated as Hassan Tarabi was leaving his home in the Abbas Town neighborhood of Karachi, authorities said F... | A suicide attacker detonated a bomb near the home of a prominent Pakistani Shia Muslim cleric in Karachi yesterday, killing the cleric and two other people, police said. The death of Allama Hassan Turabi is likely to raise tensions in Karachi, which is often the scene of violence between Shias and Sunnis. Allama Turabi... |
N.Korea agrees to disable nuclear program in 2007 Printer Friendly (Page 1 of 2) GENEVA (Reuters) - North Korea agreed in weekend talks with the United States to fully account for and disable its nuclear programs by the end of this year, negotiators said on Sunday. "We had very good, very substantive talks," U.S. Assis... | A case file photo of a US Nuclear test.North Korea has agreed to both identify and dismantle all of their nuclear facilities by the end of this year, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill. This is a step that will help normalize relations between the two governments, said Hill. On February 13, 2007 No... |
"The Simpsons" is finally going HD—and, in what some fans might consider an even bigger development, getting a new opening title sequence as well. Both events will take place Sunday, Fox said during a promo for "The Simpsons" that aired as part of Wednesday night's "American Idol." The network actually made a low-key a... | Bart writing "HDTV is worth every cent" in the "chalkboard gag." The American cartoon series "The Simpsons" will today be broadcast for the first time in high definition (HD). Today's show will also introduce a new title sequence. Today's episode, named "Take My Life, Please" (20x10), also makes references to HDTV in t... |
Taoiseach resigns Last Updated: 02/04/2008 11:07 ireland.com reporters Bertie Ahern is to step down as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fáil on May 6th, he announced this morning. Amid mounting pressure about his personal finances, Mr Ahern said he was proud of his political achievements but denied any wrongdoing. Flanke... | Bertie Ahern Bertie Ahern has today announced that he intends to stand down from the office of Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) on the 6th of May. Mr. Ahern made the announcement today at a press conference in Government Buildings in Dublin. Ahern's imminent resignation comes on the back of over a year of controversy s... |
El Corte Inglés de Eibar se convertirá en un gran almacén de venta online ANDREA ARRIZABALAGA | AINHOA LENDINEZ El Corte Inglés de Eibar dejará de ser una tienda física abierta al público para convertirse en un gran centro de almacenaje y distribución de pedidos online de productos de alimentación. ||||| NEWS EUROPE Ex... | A series of explosions have hit an Albanian arms depot near Tirana, leaving at least 155 people injured. Five are reported to be in comas. Four are known as dead. Juela Mecani, spokesperson for Albamian PM Sali Berisha, said to ''Reuters'' "We do not know the exact number (of casualties) but we fear the worst for the t... |
Evangelist's Wife Sentenced in Pensacola Tax Fraud Case Posted: 11:54 AM Jun 29, 2007 Last Updated: 11:54 AM Jun 29, 2007 PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The wife of a Pensacola evangelist who founded a now-defunct creationist theme park is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a tax fraud case. Jo Hovind was convicted on 44 of t... | Jo Hovind, wife of Kent Hovind, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for 44 counts of evading bank reporting requirements. In November 2006 Jo was convicted of 44 counts and Kent was convicted of 58 counts, and both decided not to present a defense at trial. Kent Hovind, self-styled as ''Dr. Dino'' despite l... |
South Korean exports fell 1.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009 [EPA] South Korean exports fell 1.8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2009 [EPA] The country's gross domestic product grew just 0.2 per cent in the three months ending December 31 compared with the previous quarter, the Bank of Korea said on Tuesday. ... | According to data from South Korea's national bank, the country's economy grew by 0.2% in the last quarter of 2009. The rise is now 6%, year-on-year, but the quarterly growth was slower than the 3.2% in the third quarter, according to the Bank of Korea. That increase was the best quarterly gain seen in over seven years... |
For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 5, 2007 Press Gaggle by Dana Perino Aboard Air Force One En route Rostock-Laage Airport, Germany 6:53 P.M. (Local) MS. PERINO: All right. We're on our way to Germany, the start of the G8. Just a recap, the President said he very much enjoyed his trip to Prague, m... | 150px Today, Tuesday, United States District Judge Reggie B. Walton, presiding at the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse in Washington, D.C., sentenced I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby to 30 months in prison. He also fined Libby US$250,000. Judge Walton chose not to delay the sentencing of Libby until an appeal sought by ... |
Austrian police say man killed in-laws with flame-thrower October 5, 2008 - 9:18AM A man killed his parents-in-law by setting them on fire with a homemade flame-thrower, Austrian police said today. - Elderly couple killed - 'Burned alive' - Homemade flamethrower The 48-year-old man used a flame-thrower he had created f... | Map highlighting location of the state of Styria. An Austrian man is in jail after authorities say he used a flamethrower to burn his two elderly in-law parents to death as they slept in their home located in Hartberg in the state of Styria. The man, 48, is said to have first doused the bedroom with gasoline and then u... |
Johnston has been the BBC's reporter in Gaza for three years The corporation said it had been unable to contact Alan Johnston, but did not comment on Palestinian reports that he had been kidnapped. Johnston's car was found abandoned in Gaza City shortly after he left his office to drive home. Several journalists and ai... | The BBC says it is concerned for the safety of its correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Alan Johnston. The BBC said it had been unable to make contact with Johnston , however it did not make any comments on Palestinian reports that he had been kidnapped. Johnston's car was found abandoned in Gaza City shortly after he left... |
BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, believed to be the last surviving member of the inner circle of plotters who attempted to kill Adolf Hitler in 1944 with a briefcase bomb, died Thursday. He was 90. Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, pictured in 2004, provided explosives for a 1944 bid to kill Adol... | Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager, the last surviving member of a cabal that on July 20, 1944 attempted to kill Adolf Hitler with a briefcase bomb, has died at the age of 90, according to a statement released Friday by the German Bundeswehr. Von Boeselager, then a Major in the German Wehrmacht, was one of a number of off... |
Blaming the Victim Progressives whitewash theocratic fascism. In recent months, there have been growing and legitimate concerns that in the patriotic fervor inspired by Sept. 11, differences of opinion on the proper response to terrorism may be branded as anti-American. While I generally agree with the conservatives wh... | John Reed: "A kid who reads a book and says, 'This isn't for me. It doesn't have anything to do with my time period; I don't know why I'm reading it. Literature is completely removed from my experience.' They're right! There's no reason to have that kid reading books that are removed from their experience." It can be d... |
The ancient shoe was preserved under a layer of sheep dung The ancient shoe was preserved under a layer of sheep dung The oldest example of a leather shoe has been discovered by archaeologists in a cave in Armenia. At 5,500 years old, the well preserved cow-hide shoe pre-dates Stonehenge by 400 years and the Pyramids o... | village as seen from What is believed to be the world's oldest leather shoe, over 5,500 year old, has been found in a cave in Armenia by a team of archaeologists. The is in a perfectly preserved condition and is a few hundred years older than the one found on , making it the oldest piece of leather footwear in the worl... |
Mr McKinnon could face a lengthy jail sentence in the US McKinnon's reaction The decision means Mr McKinnon will face trial in America for what the US has called "the biggest military hack of all time". Although he has admitted hacking US military networks, Mr McKinnon said he was motivated by curiosity not malice. The... | McKinnon took advantage of weak security Gary McKinnon was today told that he would be extradited to the US pending appeal. McKinnon stands accused of having caused $700,000 worth of damage to US military computer systems. Describing himself as a "bumbling hacker," McKinnon said his intention was to look for UFOs and i... |
The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, has agreed to undergo scientific and forensic tests and intends to "vigorously" defend himself against charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid, his lawyers said. Strauss-Kahn's court hearing was delayed and he remained in jail after consenting... | File photograph of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund, remained in jail last night after being charged with sexually attacking a chambermaid at a New York City hotel. Strauss-Kahn has agreed to undergo screening before he appears in court, and has vowed to "vigoro... |
letzte Änderung: Weitere baz-Artikel 21.03. 21.03. Links Demonstrant im Koma: Vorwürfe gegen französische Polizei Paris. DPA/baz. Nach der lebensbedrohliche Kopfverletzung eines Gewerkschafters bei der Massendemonstration in Paris am Samstag gerät die französische Bereitschaftspolizei CRS in die Kritik. Augenzeugen ber... | Protests against the CPE at the Université Paris 6 During the large demonstration against the impending so-called First Employment Contract law (in French: Contrat de Première Embauche - CPE) on Saturday in Paris, one of the demonstrators was perilously injured in the head. Now, allegations have been brought against th... |
The Taepodong-2 may be able to reach Alaska The seven missiles included a long-range Taepodong-2, which the US said failed shortly after take-off. The US called the tests "provocative", and urged a resumption of multilateral talks. Japan went on to announce a range of sanctions against Pyongyang. The UN Security Counci... | 250 px The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) has test fired seven ballistic missiles including the long-range Taepodong-2 on Tuesday. The tests were criticised by officials from several countries, particularly Japan, Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the United States. The UN Security Council held a... |
National Uganda is to benefit from a $100 million (aboutShs200billion) new funding to fight malaria in endemic countries. The new funding was announced yesterday at the World Economic Forum that opened in the Tanzanian city of Dar el Salaam. A press statement from the UN Secretary General’s adviser on malaria, Mr Ray C... | The African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), consisting of leaders of 26 African countries, are beginning a drive to eradicate malaria from the continent by distributing medication, insecticides, and bed nets. US$100 million worth of funds will be given out to battle the disease in endemic nations; the budget was annou... |
Joseph Kearins jailed for killing Jordan McGuire Continue reading the main story Related Stories A man who fatally stabbed his friend during a fight at a flat in Glasgow has been jailed for eight years. Joseph Kearins stabbed Jordan McGuire, 23, through the heart at the flat in Shettleston Road on 1 October 2012. The 2... | A judge at the in Glasgow, Scotland yesterday sentenced Joseph Kearins to eight years in prison after he pled guilty to . The 23-year-old fatally injured his friend, 23-year-old Jordan McGuire, when he stabbed him in a Glasgow apartment on October 1, 2012, according to ''''. The court was told of how Kearins had got in... |
Interpol media release 05 February 2006 Interpol Issues Urgent Global Security Alert After Al Qaeda Prisoners Escape Secretary General Requests More Information From Yemen After Jail-Break LYON, France – Interpol has issued an urgent global security alert, known as an Orange Notice, following the escape on Friday from ... | Picture of USS Cole bombing mastermind, Jamal Ahmed Badawi Among 23 militants that broke out of a jail in Sanaá, the capital of Yemen, were 13 Al-Qaeda members, two of which were convicted for the bombings of the USS ''Cole'' and the French supertanker ''Limburg'', said Interpol. Interpol released a "urgent global secu... |
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(VG Nett) Den omstridte Scientologikirken er blokkert fra Wikipedia etter en lengre disputt mellom det religiøse samfunnet og kritikerne. SCIENTOLOGI-KONTORET: Dette er Scientologikirkens lokaler i Nice, Frankrike. Foto: JØRGEN BRAASTAD Scientologibevegelsen ble grunnlagt i 1951 som et alternativ til psykoterapi av sci... | The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses. State Secretary Rigmor Aasrud said that the activities in question might be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of existing he... |
Article from: Agence France-Presse PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has pressed the UN Security Council to call for an "immediate and full cessation of Israeli aggression" in the Gaza Strip and for the lifting of the "suffocating siege" of the territory. VIDEO: Israeli shells hit Gaza schools Schools run by the Unit... | 200px Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has urged the United Nations Security Council to call for Israel to immediately cease aggression in the Gaza Strip. He also called for the lifting of the "suffocating siege" of Gaza. Israel began ground operations in Gaza on Saturday. "I call on the council to take the first ne... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A $14bn (£9.4bn) bail-out deal for the US car industry has failed to get Senate support, raising fears of job cuts and a possible industry collapse. Bipartisan talks on the rescue plan collapsed over Republican demands that the United Auto Workers (UAW) unio... | A billion bailout package deal for the "Big Three" United States automakers — , , and General Motors — has been rejected in the United States Senate after failing a procedural vote. Senate Majority leader Harry Reid. Image: U.S. Senate.The bill was rejected after bipartisan discussions on the bailout broke down when le... |
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