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This is an English translation of the original Finnish press release at Electronic Frontier Finland (Effi) demands the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of Finland to explain why it has censored a net site that criticises Internet censorship. NBI maintains a secret blocking list of web sites allegedly containing c... | Screenshot showing DNS-server is updated to point one domain to the police censorship page, but another domain is not treated the same. The Finnish police have added Finnish hacker Matti Nikki's website lapsiporno.info criticizing Internet censorship to Finland’s new national child porn filter. The blacklisting was not... |
France has taken steps to try to stop the virus reaching its poultry The bird's remains had been undergoing tests since it was discovered in marshland last Monday. France - Europe's largest poultry producer - is the sixth country in the EU to suffer the deadly virus. The H5N1 strain has killed at least 90 people around... | The strain of bird flu lethal to humans, H5N1, has been confirmed to have infected a dead wild duck, found on Monday, in marshland near Lyon in the east of France. France is the seventh country in the European Union to suffer this virus; following Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy. Suspected cases ... |
For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary July 3, 2008 President and Mrs. Bush to Travel to the Republic of Korea, Kingdom of Thailand, and People's Republic of China In South Korea, President Bush and President Lee will discuss regional and global security issues as well as their commitment to getting their ... | The opening ceremony will take place in Beijing National Stadium. United States President George W. Bush is scheduled to attend the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing on August 8, the White House said Thursday. The visit will be part of an August trip to China, South Korea, and Thailand, where he w... |
Unison branch secretary Vik Chechi suspended: Urgent solidarity needed! October 18 Vik Chechi, the Unison Branch Secretary of Queen Mary University in east London has this afternoon been suspended by his employer. We suspect that this is with a clear view to sack him because management wants to weaken the union and the... | Occupy London protest on Saturday. Tents outside St Paul's cathedral. Protestors holding up a sign reading 'Capitalism IS Crisis'. In solidarity with the and other , activists set up camp outside in London on Saturday, and they plan to remain indefinitely. The protest thus far has been described as "largely peaceful" b... |
Usain Bolt (left) and his former coach Pablo McNeil moments after he won the World Junior 200m race in 2002 at the National Stadium. Usain was then a student of William Knibb High School in Trelawny. (File photo). Usain Bolt (left) and his former coach Pablo McNeil moments after he won the World Junior 200m race in 200... | Jamaican Olympic athlete and coach has died at the age of 71. The cause of death was a long illness he suffered since a stroke in December 2007. A sprinter since childhood, McNeil competed at two Olympic Games. In the he reached the semi-final of the 100 meters, finishing sixth. He also appeared in the 100 meters at th... |
Buildings in Bangkok were evacuated but no damage reported The quake measured magnitude 6.1 and struck not far from the northern city of Luang Prabang, the US Geological Survey reported. Buildings swayed in both the Thai and Vietnamese capitals. People reportedly fled shopping centres and buildings were evacuated in Ba... | Shake map of the earthquake. According to the USGS a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the Luang Namtha province of Laos at approximately 3:56 p.m. local time 4:56 a.m. eastern time. The quake was felt as far as Bangkok. The epicenter was reported to be 165 km 105 miles west, northwest of Luang Prabang, Laos at a depth o... |
A small -town rumor that sparked world -wide interest about a mouse burning down a house has been found to be untrue. After 81-year-old Chano Mares's house burned down Saturday in Fort Sumner, news services picked up the quirky story. "Flaming Mouse Burns Down House" read the headline over an Associated Press story tha... | Early media reports got it wrong in the case of a New Mexico man's house that burnt down after he tried to destroy a mouse he caught by burning it in a trash fire behind his home. The wacky story was picked up by news agencies reporting that the burning mouse escaped the fire and scurried back into the home of Luciano ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The US military is reviewing a video of a controversial helicopter attack on a group of people in Iraq in 2007, officials say. The review comes after footage of the attack was published online by the website WikiLeaks, gaining 4.1 million YouTu... | "Collateral Murder", edited by the Wikileaks organization from onboard footage from one of the two AH-64 Apache helicopters involved in the incident.:wikisource:July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike transcript|Full audio transcript Other video clips including the full 38-minute footage and clips corresponding to the Army re... |
Select Minister or Govt Spokesperson Rt. Hon Helen Clark Hon Dr Michael Cullen Hon Jim Anderton Hon Steve Maharey Hon Phil Goff Hon Annette King Hon Trevor Mallard Hon Pete Hodgson Hon Parekura Horomia Hon Mark Burton Hon Ruth Dyson Hon Chris Carter Hon Rick Barker Hon David Benson-Pope Hon Lianne Dalziel Hon Damien O'... | The publication titled ''New Zealand Threat Classification System list'' was updated today and replaces the first edition done in October, 2002. In the new publication the New Zealand Department of Conservation updates the classification of 5819 plants and animals native to New Zealand. Around half of those 5,819 plant... |
The Waco-McLennan County Public Health District says the number of flu cases in the county has risen over the past three weeks. During the last week of November, 29 cases were reported. During the first week of December 113 cases were reported, and last week another 344 cases were reported, the health district said. Fl... | File photo of a syringe. With current flu levels classified as "high" around the state, officials in Texas are encouraging citizens to seek vaccination. While many officials anticipated the flu season to peak in January, it has seemingly arrived much earlier in many parts of the state. Health officials are urging citiz... |
US balks at backing condemnation of anti-gay laws UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Alone among major Western nations, the United States has refused to sign a declaration presented Thursday at the United Nations calling for worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. In all, 66 of the U.N.'s 192 member countries signed the nonbi... | The United States — along with Russia, China, and many Arab countries — has stirred up international tensions by refusing to sign a United Nations declaration that condemns anti-gay laws and demands international decriminalization of homosexuality. The historic declaration was crafted in conjunction with the anniversar... |
The summit of more than 70 African and European Union nations has opened in Portugal with an acknowledgment that conflicts, human rights violations and poverty continue to pose challenges. VOA's Scott Bobb reports from Lisbon that Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates opened the summit on Saturday, calling it a meeti... | The summit of more than 70 African and European Union nations has opened in Portugal with an acknowledgement that conflicts, human rights violations and poverty continue to pose challenges. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates opened the summit on today, calling it a meeting of equals in a community of nations that ... |
Rangers fans banned by Uefa Uefa imposes a two-match away ban - one suspended - after club is found guilty discriminatory behaviour by fans. Armitage charged again over Myler clash England and London Irish full-back faces RFU hearing having only recently returned from a long ban. ||||| Mr McDowell said three senior SF ... | The Irish Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Michael McDowell, TD, announced yesterday that he understands that Gerry Adams, Martin McGuinness and Martin Ferris, senior members of the Irish republican party Sinn Féin, have resigned from the Army Council of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Mr. McDowell... |
Three simultaneous grenade attacks on public places in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, have left one person dead and another 18 wounded, national public radio has reported. Five of the injured were in a serious condition following Friday's attacks on a train station, a restaurant and a building housing city centre busines... | According to reports, at least one person has been killed and a further eighteen wounded after multiple grenade attacks in , the capital of the African country of Rwanda. The attacks occurred at a train station, restaurant, and building housing businesses. According to the Al Jazeera news agency, five of those hurt wer... |
Woman Who Threw Cat In Wheelie Bin Charged David Williams, Sky News Online A woman who was caught on camera tossing a cat into a wheelie bin has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe download websi... | Map of England with highlighted in red. A woman who was recorded throwing a cat into an outdoor rubbish bin has been charged with two counts of animal cruelty. 45-year-old Mary Bale, from , , England, United Kingdom, was recorded on a security camera allegedly giving the tabby cat — Lola, aged four — a stroking and loo... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Motorists on Canada's biggest highway ended up with a bee in their bonnet after a truck transporting 12m of the insects overturned. The lorry was carrying 330 crates of honey bees when it tipped over on a ramp in St Leonard, New Brunswick. Bee ... | A truck on the Trans-Canada Highway in New Brunswick, Canada, carrying 12 million bees has overturned. The truck was carrying 330 crates of bees when it tipped on a ramp in Saint-Léonard. The bees were used to help pollinate blueberries, and were heading back to Ontario. The accident happened in the morning hours. Bee ... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| New Zealanders will soon be able to enjoy more summer days. The Government has decided to extend daylight ... | New Zealanders will have more time for sunbathing with the extension of daylight saving. The New Zealand Government has announced that the daylight saving period has been extended by three weeks. Clocks will be brought forward by one hour for 27 weeks in a year beginning a week earlier on the last Sunday of September a... |
QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY Belfast is to shed over 100 of its academic staff as part of a controversial cost-saving exercise aimed at bringing the college into the table of the top 100 universities in the world. Vice-chancellor Prof Peter Gregson said yesterday that the university’s governing body, its senate, voted in favour ... | Queen’s University of Belfast, Northern Ireland has agreed to cut 103 members of staff and to close its German department. The ruling body agreed with the cuts claiming that it would save money and also increase the school's chances of entering the world’s top 100 universities. Originally announced as a staffing reduc... |
Three Euroviisut related albums in the Top-5 is quite uncommon in Finland but it happens this week. Teräsbetonis new album enters the album chart at number one. This is their first number one album as both previous albums only made it to number two. In the singles chart Teräsbetonis Missä miehet ratsastaa failed to m... | Teräsbetoni performing at Germany's Wacken Open Air in 2005 ''Myrskyntuoja'', the third album from Finnish heavy metal band Teräsbetoni, has topped the charts in the Nordic country. The album was produced by the famed Hiili Hiilesmaa, whose past credits include HIM, Apocalyptica, The 69 Eyes and Lordi. Both of Teräsbet... |
Home > News & Policies For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary November 14, 2006 Comparing the Coverage: London Vs. Washington Reporting on Prime Minister Blair's Remarks Setting the Record Straight "There is a fundamental misunderstanding that this is about changing policy on Syria and Iran." - Prime Minis... | UK Prime Minister Tony Blair flies tomorrow to meet President Bush. High on the agenda will be the situation in Iraq. The No. 10 press office said yesterday that it was a happy coincidence that the report of the Iraq Study Group would be published during his visit, but that he was not likely to meetJames Baker or Lee H... |
HUNDREDS of thousands of students, workers and left-wing politicians took to the streets across France overnight to press the conservative government to scrap a new law they fear will erode job security. Pleased with the turnout, student and trade union leaders said President Jacques Chirac and Prime Minister Dominique... | French uprising. Image from UK Indymedia Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France this weekend to pressure the conservative government to discard a new law, which they say will erode job security. The marches were mostly reported as festive and peaceful. Other reports indicate that youths... |
In response to Elizabeth Dole's fabricated and pathetic ad, Kay Hagan says this should be a campaign about how we fix our economy. ||||| Religion jabs lead to lawsuit in NC Senate race RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, who speaks often about prayer and faith, is gambling her re-election bid by r... | Elizabeth Dole Kay Hagan, a North Carolina State senator and the Democratic challenger for Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole's U.S. Senate seat, has filed a lawsuit accusing Dole of defamation and libel. The lawsuit spawns from an ad recently aired by the Dole campaign which accuses Hagan of attending a fundraising e... |
IntroductionJupiter is the fifth planet from our Sun and the largest planet in the solar system. Jupiter's stripes and swirls are cold, windy clouds of ammonia and water. The atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and helium, and its iconic Great Red Spot is a giant storm bigger than Earth that has raged for hundreds of years. ... | In March, a study conducted by astronomer Anthony Boccaletti and other researchers reported potential signs of formation of an exoplanet around the star . Exoplanets are those planets which are outside the . This image shows the disc around the young star AB Aurigae, where ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) has spotted s... |
The ‘mosquito’ is used to deter gangs of youths hanging around outside shops. Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Observer A device that uses high-frequency sound to disperse teenage gangs is illegal under human rights law and is "degrading and discriminatory" to youngsters, a report this week claims. An investigat... | A device known as the , set to be trialed in New South Wales (NSW), Australia by in a bid to deter vandals from areas frequently the target of , is attracting criticism. ''Wikinews'' reached out to several people about the trials. The units work by emitting a high-pitched buzz, similar to that of a , which is generally... |
APPENDIX F June 14, 2005: A Case Study in Tsunami Warning and Response At 7:51 PDT (0251 UTC) on June 14, 2005, an earthquake occurred 90 miles northwest of Eureka, California, that was felt in communities in both California and southern Oregon. The preliminary magnitude of the earthquake was M7.4 and the location was ... | __NOTOC__ People in American Samoa were given only eight minutes warning that a tsunami, which killed 32 people in the unincorporated territory, resulting from the , was approaching. A report published by the United States Congress admits that the warning was issued sixteen minutes after the 8.0 magnitude earthquake st... |
The armed group said on Sunday that food distributed by the UN agency had disadvantaged local farmers and accused the WFP of being politically motivated. "Given the problems caused by the food WFP distributed, the movement of Shabab Al-Mujahideen banned the operations of the agency in Somalia generally starting from to... | Al-Shabaab, the Somali opposition group, has said it will stop food operations by the United Nations' (WFP) in the country, accusing the agency of being politically motivated and disadvantaging local farmers. Al-Shabaab said that the agency was ruining local farming, as the quantity of the food aid didn't allow farmers... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Police say it is a "miracle" no-one was killed or injured in a car bomb explosion at Newry courthouse. Officers were evacuating the area when the bomb went off in New Street at about 2200 GMT on Monday. The explosion damaged the gates of the co... | A bombing outside the courthouse in Newry, Northern Ireland has been blamed on republican dissidents. The car bomb went off at around 10PM (2200 GMT) on Monday night, while police were evacuating the area following coded warnings. A senior police officer said it was a "miracle" that no one was killed or injured. Local ... |
ONE-in-100-year rainfall has hit the state's Mid-North Coast, with some places recording more than 300 millimetres in six hours. Flash flooding warnings were in place from the North Coast to Sydney. Last night a thunder storm was looming over Coffs Harbour and Nambucca Heads, said the senior forecaster with the Bureau ... | Map of Australia highlighting New South Wales 300 millimeters (11.8 inches) of rain fell in six hours resulting in flash flooding on the New South Wales mid-north coast in Australia trapping thousands. "We're looking at a flood that is around the one in one hundred year flood level," said Phil Campbell, State Emergency... |
To recognize and encourage outstanding achievement in particle theory. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the prize is to be awarded, and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. It will be presented annually. Deadline: Sunday, June 1, 2008... | The American Physical Society has awarded its 2010 J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics to six scientists for their contributions to theories on the origin of mass, including the key concepts of the Higgs boson and Higgs mechanism. The recipients are: * C. R. Hagen, University of Rochester * Gerald Gura... |
Obama-Biden transition site Change.gov now under a Creative Commons license Change.gov, the website of US president-elect Barack Obama’s transition team, has undergone some important and exciting changes over the past few days. Among them is the site’s new copyright notice, which expresses that the bulk of Change.gov i... | In a move to open up government and embrace modern thinking on copyright, U.S. President-Elect Barack Obama's transition team website, ''Change.gov'', has adopted the Creative Commons licenses for all content and user contributions. This will allow anyone to take material from the site and reuse it, without any concern... |
January 04, 2008 THE CANADIAN PRESS The Canadian Press, 2008 KITCHENER, Ont. - Goaltender Steve Mason will join a different Ontario Hockey League team when he returns from playing for Canada at the world junior hockey championship in the Czech Republic. The London Knights have shipped Mason to the Kitchener Rangers for... | Steve Mason. On the morning of January 4, 2008, while at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, 19-year-old goalie Steve Mason received a phone call from Canada informing him that he was traded by the Ontario Hockey League's London Knights to the Kitchener Rangers. In a press release Friday, Kitchener Rangers ... |
Rocker Lenny Kravitz is reported to have signed on to play Jimi Hendrix in a biopic about the legendary guitarist's life. Producer and longtime Hendrix family friend Elle Von Lear says the movie will expose new details about the performer's death in 1970. NEWS Actor CHARLIE SHEEN has claimed that the 9/11 terrorist att... | Charlie Sheen, appearing on cable television news network station ''CNN'' on March 24, questioned the credibility of the theory that 19 hijackers caused all of the destruction to the World Trade Center. Sheen said; "''It seems to me like, you know, 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and ... |
Login Enter your details below to login Email address Password Keep me logged in information Keeps you logged in for a rolling 15 days or until you logout Forgot your password? ||||| KHAWAZAKHELA, Pakistan A top Pakistani general said Friday that the military had succeeded in clearing two militant strongholds in uppe... | According to officials in Pakistan, they have succeeded in driving back from two key strongholds in the . After a two week battle, which reportedly left hundreds dead, the militants were dislodged from the mountain ridge Biny Baba Ziarat. "It was very difficult to dislodge them even with the support of helicopter gunsh... |
Yoko Ono, Filmmakers Caught in 'Expelled' Flap Word Count: 681 Having ruffled feathers in the scientific community, the filmmakers behind a documentary questioning evolution theory have now incurred the wrath of one of the most powerful figures in the popular music business, Yoko Ono, and have generated a blogosphere m... | ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'' A new intelligent design creationist movie, ''Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed'', starring Ben Stein, is scheduled to debut April 18, but several different sources have accused the film's producer of copyright violations. Though the movie has been criticized by Dr. Richard Dawkins... |
PETER LEONARD, Associated Press BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan — Astronauts from the U.S., Russia and Italy blasted off into the darkness early Thursday, casting a warm orange glow over the chilly plains of Kazakhstan with their Soyuz spacecraft as they began a mission to the International Space Station. Russia’s Dmitry Kondraty... | A photo of the Expedition 26 launch The Expedition 26 crew, comprising of Russian, American and Italian astronauts, launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from the in Kazakhstan on Thursday at 1:09 am local time (19:09 UTC). The crew, which comprised of Russian Dmitry Kondratyev, American Catherine Coleman a... |
Jeremy Hinzman U.S. army deserter loses bid for refugee status CTV.ca News Staff The Immigration and Refugee Board has denied refugee status to Jeremy Hinzman, the U.S. soldier who fled to Canada to avoid the war in Iraq. Hinzman, 26, fled military service because he calls the Iraq war illegal. He had been seeking poli... | '''March 24, 2005''' The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada is scheduled to release its decision on Jeremy Hinzman's application for political refugee status. The case is being closely watched as it will directly affect at least 8, and possibly more, U.S. military deserters in Canada, and could further strain rela... |
Occupy Waterford camp cleared CONOR KANE in Waterford and LORNA SIGGINS in Galway Gardaí cleared out the largely abandoned Occupy Waterford camp in the city this morning. The camp had been in place since last October as part of the global anti-capitalist Occupy movement and up to 40 people were living there at its heig... | in two Irish cities have been cleared in the last two days. 's was cleared by police while the local council cleared the abandoned Occupy site. Occupiers on Dame Street last year. The early hours of Thursday saw the Dublin site raided and cleared by (police). Gardai cited health and safety concerns over the camp, with ... |
The cryptocurrency market is confounding but worth over $1 trillion. NFTs can be crazy and big business at the same time. ||||| Cassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's Geyser Moon Media contacts: Carolina Martinez 818-354-9382 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. carolina.martinez@jpl.nasa.gov Dwayne Brown 2... | Heat radiating from the entire length of 150 kilometer (95 mile)-long fractures is seen in this best-yet heat map of the active south polar region of Saturn's ice moon Enceladus. The Cassini–Huygens spacecraft has discovered "organic material" and water spewing from a geyser on one of Saturn's moons, Enceladus. Accordi... |
Severe drought and ongoing conflict bring millions to the brink of starvation in the Horn of Africa. ROME - An estimated 11 million people in the Horn of Africa “are on the brink of starvation” because of severe drought and war, with some deaths already being reported in Kenya, the United Nations said Friday. People in... | Millions may starve in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Djibouti in East Africa, because of extreme drought, combined with inequalities built into mechanisms for distributing food, according to the analysis made by Amartya Sen, who was awarded the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998. War in parts of the regi... |
Some 288,000 people were displaced when the conflict with separatist Tamil Tigers ended in mid-May [AFP] Some 288,000 people were displaced when the conflict with separatist Tamil Tigers ended in mid-May [AFP] The Tamil National Alliance, said in its platform for April 8 parliamentary elections that it would accept a "... | Percentage of ethnic Tamils in each district of Sri Lanka. Regular numbers are from 2001 census, italic numbers from 1981 census. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the chief political party of the ethnic Tamil group in Sri Lanka, has said in its manifesto for upcoming elections that it would accept a "federal structur... |
Allard Beutel Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-4769) Kylie Clem Johnson Space Center, Houston (Phone 281/483-5111) April 11, 2005 MEDIA ADVISORY: M05-058 NASA Announces TV Coverage for Space Station Crew Change The launch of the next and return of the present International Space Station crew will be broadcast o... | Orbiter Discovery on the tarmac at Cape Canaveral NASA has announced a special daily video feed of its two upcoming missions. One of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The coverage, which began earlier on Monday on the program, "The STS-114 Return to Flight Gallery," will air daily at 1 to 3 p.m. EDT featuring video related ... |
Germany have stated their case for a place in the last 16 of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007, Heiko Herrlich's side defeating Ghana 3-2 in their second Group F match at the Cheonan Sports Complex on Thursday 23 August. The young German side put the Africans under pressure from the first whistle and were rewarded for... | Cheonan, South Korea Germany have qualified for a place in the Round of 16 at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup by defeating Ghana 3-2 in their 2nd Group F match at the Cheonan Sports Complex today. The Germans put the Africans under pressure from the first whistle and were rewarded for their positive attitude by a 5th minu... |
Ugly brawl leads to four indefinite suspensions An official tries to separate Ben Wallace and Ron Artest. Allen Einstein/Getty Images SI.com's Marty Burns Friday's Pistons-Pacers melee will go down in NBA history as one of its lowest moments. Right there with Kermit Washington-Rudy Tomjanovich. Or Vernon Maxwell going ... | Four National Basketball Association players have been suspended indefinitely for their actions during a brawl at the end of the Friday, November 19th game between the Detroit Pistons and the Indiana Pacers. Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of the Pacers and Ben Wallace of the Pistons learned of the leng... |
It was the first opportunity for the old Etonian and former member of the SAS to address the court in the steamy capital of Equatorial Guinea and he used it in an effort to persuade judges that he was just one of many players in a coup plot that involved Western powers and even members of their own government. Dressed ... | Simon Mann, a former United Kingdom SAS officer, told an Equatorial Guinea court that he was one of the "junior" members of a 2004 attempt to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, and not the mastermind as the prosecution claimed. In his address to the court, Mann named several others involved in the plot includin... |
68 die in Kyrgyzstan plane crash: ministry 08-24-2008, 16h44 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) A passenger plane bound for Iran crashed shortly after take-off from the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek on Sunday, claiming the lives of 68 people onboard, the health ministry said. The Boeing-737 with 90 people onboard went down a fe... | Manas International Airport, Kyrgyzstan An Itek-Air Boeing 737 flight 6875, operated by Aseman Airlines and traveling to Iran has crashed in Kyrgyzstan only 10 minutes after taking off. It is unclear how many were on board, but reports say there were at least 90 people on the plane with the crash killing 68. At least 2... |
IAEA board approves suspending technical aid to Iran The board of governors of the UN's nuclear watchdog has approved the suspension of nearly two dozen technical aid programmes to Iran. The move comes as part of a UN sanctions draft imposed on Iran for its defiance over its nuclear program. Of the 22 suspended program... | Governors of the United Nations nuclear agency IAEA approved cuts in technical aid to Iran in accordance with UN sanctions. The move reflected UN Security Council 17-37 passed last December that bans the transfer of technology or expertise that might aid in producing nuclear fuel. The 35-nation board, which is often sp... |
Box > Tigers can't hang on in Twins opener Robertson, Zumaya combine to give up four-run eighth This time, though, the lead went with it. A pair of two-run singles, including the go-ahead pinch hit by Joe Mauer, turned what had been a two-run Detroit lead into a 5-3 Tigers loss to the Twins on Friday night at Comerica ... | Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan The Minnesota Twins faced the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park Friday in a AL Central Division match-up. Twins starting pitcher Ramon Ortiz gave up five hits and two runs in the six innings he pitched. Tigers starter Nate Robertson allowed one run in seven innings, but was charged with... |
By Mike Celizic TODAYShow.com contributor Television talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw violated the trust of Britney Spears’ parents by making public statements about his hospital visit with the troubled pop star after a standoff with police last week, a family spokesperson said in an exclusive interview Wednesday. “This ... | A spokesperson for the parents of Britney Spears went on ''The Today Show'' to speak out against television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, whom they feel exploited the family's trust. Lou Taylor went on the NBC morning show to say that when they "extended trust" to "Dr. Phil", as he's known, it was as a medical professi... |
Sudanese Army Kills 300 Rebels in Clashes Sudan's army says it has killed at least 300 rebels in clashes this week, while losing more than 70 of its own troops. Sudanese state media on Saturday quoted General Al-Tayeb al-Musbah Osman as describing the fighting with the Darfur region's Justice and Equality Movement. The... | The Darfur region of Sudan is a war torn region. According to the UN, 300,000 people have been killed and 2.7 million people displaced. The Sudanese Army said it killed over 300 rebels in the Darfur region of the country, and lost 75 of its own in clashes during the past week. General Al-Tayeb al-Musbah Osman was quote... |
Login Enter your details below to login If you are an existing member of The Times and The Sunday Times enjoying the full benefits of thetimes.co.uk, then simply enter your Times+ login details below and press 'Enter' Enter your details to login Email address Password Keep me logged in information Keeps you logged in f... | The ''Arcadia'' leaving Southampton in 2006 Cocaine with a street value of £1.2 million (US$2 million) was seized as the United Kingdom P&O Cruises' ship ''Arcadia'' arrived in its home port of Southampton, on the south coast of England, early yesterday. Seven people from the Manchester and Birmingham areas of the coun... |
U.S., Iraqi forces open joint operation against 'al-Qaida in Iraq' fighters BAGHDAD - The U.S. military launched a countrywide offensive Tuesday against efforts by "al-Qaida in Iraq" to regroup and intensify suicide strikes on civilians who side with the Americans against the group. But the latest U.S. blitz brings mor... | A suicide bomber in Iskandariya, Iraq, a town just south of the county's capital Baghdad, blew himself up killing at least 40 people and injuring at least 60 others on Sunday February 24. Iraqi officials say that the bomber was wearing a vest and then blew himself up after entering a pilgrim 'comfort station' off a mai... |
30 Afghan Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing Local officials in southern Afghanistan say a roadside bomb blasted a passenger bus Tuesday, killing 30 civilians and wounding at least 39 others. The latest violence comes days after a U.N. report declared August the deadliest month of the year for civilians in Afghanista... | Local officials in southern Afghanistan say a roadside bomb blasted a passenger bus Tuesday, killing 30 civilians and wounding at least 39 others. The latest violence comes days after a UN report declared August the deadliest month of the year for civilians in Afghanistan. Kandahar (February 2009) The Afghan governmen... |
The 16-18ft (5m) northern bottle-nosed whale, which is usually found in deep sea waters, has been seen as far upstream as Chelsea. A rescue boat has been sent to protect the whale and rescuers have been trying to keep it away from the river banks. Specialist equipment, including inflatable tubes to re-direct the animal... | Crowds watching the rescue operation Battersea Bridge watching the rescue A 15ft (4.5 meter) northern bottle-nosed whale has been spotted swimming in the river Thames in Central London, UK. The "Thames whale" managed to swim up past the Thames barrier and under many bridges, reaching as far as Chelsea before it turned ... |
(Updates with woman injured, adds details) MAKHACHKALA, Russia, March 27 (Reuters) - Fire broke out at an oil depot in Russia's Caspian Sea region of Dagestan on Thursday, leaving a large part of its capital covered by thick smoke. A female worker from the oil depot was taken to hospital with burns covering her entire ... | An oil depot in Russia is burning after an explosion at the facility near the Caspian Sea in Dagestan. A female worker has been hospitalised with burns covering her entire body. A 10,000 tonne oil reservoir has been burning since the explosion at 4:10 p.m. local time (13:10 GMT). Eyewitnesses describe thick plumes of s... |
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story. WOODS CROSS -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announce... | Federal investigators with the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) of the United States have declared that a recent explosion that damaged homes alongside a Woods Cross, Utah refinery was triggered when a pipe burst. The revelation comes as locals begin questioning the decision to build houses near the facility. The explosion ... |
Dora Maar With Cat was one of Picasso's last portraits The 1941 masterpiece Dora Maar With Cat was sold to an anonymous buyer at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. Sotheby's said Dora's "sculptural presence" and the "gorgeous palette of colours" made it worth so much. Its value ranked it behind another Picasso piece, ... | Pablo Picasso's famous portrait of his lover has been auctioned for $95.2 million at Sotheby's in New York on Wednesday. 1941 masterpiece "Dora Maar with cat/ Dora Maar au chat" was sold to an anonymous buyer. This is the second highest amount ever paid in an auction. The highest amount paid so far for a painting is $1... |
The spacecraft is now in a stable, circular orbit Three Chinese astronauts orbiting the Earth are about to take part in their country's first space walk. One astronaut will leave the vessel for 20 minutes to conduct experiments while a second will don a spacesuit but remain in the spacecraft as back-up. The operation w... | Zhigang was holding the Chinese flag while in SpaceA Chinese taikonaut (Chinese astronaut) today became the first taikonaut to walk in space when he left his space craft for a total of fifteen minutes. The entire event, which marks a new stage in China's space program, was broadcast live on national TV. The walk starte... |
On a related front, American officials moved to reassure Pakistan that a new aid package did not impinge on its sovereignty. That program, giving $7.5 billion over five years, requires assurances of civilian control of Pakistan’s security forces, but House and Senate leaders released a joint statement clarifying its in... | Map highlighting location of Afghanistan. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that an additional 500 British troops will be sent to Afghanistan. The UK currently has around 9,000 troops on the ground in Afghanistan. "I believe the decision we are announcing is consistent with what the Americans will decide," Brown... |
Money belonging to North Korean depositors has been transferred from a Macao bank, potentially removing a key obstacle to the implementation of a landmark February nuclear deal to shut down Pyongyang's nuclear programme. "The affair has come to an end for Macao," Francis Tam, Macao's economy and finance secretary, said... | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has received US$25,000,000 frozen in 2005 as part of the general crackdown on the communist state. The funds had been frozen in a Macau bank after the United States earlier alleged that the money was gained from activities including money laundering and counterfeiting. T... |
Neil Entwistle, appeared before Bow Street magistrates' court in an initial extradition earlier today. He said he would not consent to be extradited to the US "at this stage". During the five-minute hearing at the magistrates' court, Mr Entwistle spoke to confirm his name, age and address, which he gave as Worksop, and... | Map highlighting Hopkinton M.A.. Neil Entwistle was named as a "person of interest" by authorities for the murder of his wife Rachel and nine-month-old baby daughter Lillian in their Hopkinton, Massachusetts home. Both were shot to death and found under a pile of blankets in the bedroom. The family had just moved into ... |
A Dinka boy from Warrap state at a cattle camp. At least 139 people were killed in the area on Saturday when armed Nuer attacked Dinka herders. Photograph: Tim McKulka/AFP/Getty Images At least 139 people have been killed in the latest outburst of tribal violence that is threatening the stability of southern Sudan. Arm... | According to local government reports, at least 139 people were killed in Sudan recently after clashes between tribes. CattleThe violence started when armed men from the Nuer group reportedly attacked herders from the Dinka tribe in , a remote region in the , and took about 5,000 cattle. "They killed 139 people and wou... |
Mystery woman found at Woodbridge mall identified by Susan K. Livio/The Star-Ledger Sunday March 22, 2009, 4:41 PM A security guard found her on Nov. 2, 1994, wandering through the Woodbridge Center mall, well-dressed and clean but lost and disoriented. She carried no identification in her purse, and in broken English ... | A Jane Doe who had been living in a New Jersey psychiatric home for 15 years has finally been identified. The 74-year-old woman, who has been staying at a Hunterdon County psychiatric hospital since she was found wandering lost and disoriented in Woodbridge Township in 1994, has been identified as Elba Leonor Diaz Socc... |
The suspect in the fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta indicated he had issues with sexual addiction and the shootings may have not been motivated by racial hatred, law enforcement officials said. ||||| ABC News China and Russia Object to Iran Statement China, Russia Object to Security Coun... | United Nations Flag IAEA Flag A draft U.N. Security Council statement backed by the United States, Britain, and France calling for a report in two weeks on Iran's compliance with demands that it suspend was objected to by China and Russia on Tuesday. Russia and China prefer a six-week deadline and want the report to go... |
Fowler joins Australian A-League club Fury SYDNEY (AFP) — Former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler has signed a two-year deal with new Australian A-League side North Queensland Fury, according to the club. The 33-year-old forward, whose goal-scoring exploits once saw him idolised on the red half of Merseyside... | Australian A-League football (soccer) club North Queensland Fury announced the signing of former Liverpool FC striker Robbie Fowler for their debut season. Fowler will be their marquee player—meaning his wages fall outside the salary cap—as announced at a press conference held by their owner and chairman, Don Matheson.... |
Poland beats Finland 1-0 In a friendly football match in Pafos , Cyprus , Polish national representation defeated Finland 1:0 (1:0). The only goal was scored in the 43rd minute by Adam Kokoszka. The fixture with Finland was a chance for team to show their abilities before the Euro 2008 finals. “This was a fine test,” s... | The Polish national football team has defeated the Finnish equivalent in a friendly football match in Paphos, Cyprus. The match was held as part of a four-nation, five-day tournament in front of 600 people, mostly supporters of Poland. The latter side was largely experimental as coach Leo Beenhakker is using the tourna... |
OK, series over. Nothing to see here. Move along. Well, that’s probably quite the overstatement but when you realize that Lakers Coach Phil Jackson is 47-0 when his team has won the first game of a series, then it’s not great news for fans of the Boston Celtics. The Lakers’ 102-89 victory over the Celtics in Game 1 of ... | In basketball, hit a three-pointer late in the fourth quarter to lift the to a 102–89 victory over the in Game 1 of the Thursday night in Los Angeles, California. Bryant scored 30 points in the game to lead all scorers. scored 30 points in Game 1 of the . Bryant was backed-up by a 23-point, 14-rebound effort from and 1... |
7 hours, 12 mins ago Taliban accused of 'grave' violations in Afghanistan The Taliban committed grave violations during their brief occupation of a key northern Afghan city this month, Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission said. 9 hours, 40 mins ago Newborn baby left in UK hospital by mother British police ... | Logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Bertie Ahern Tony Blair The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Peter Hain, has announced that next month, the Prime Ministers of both Ireland and the United Kingdom will meet with the parties of the Northern Ireland Assembly before the summer break. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern an... |
The Arctic island of Greenland is assuming self-rule, in the latest step towards independence from Denmark. The move follows a referendum on greater autonomy in November. It will see Greenland take a greater share of revenues from its natural resources. The local government is taking control of the police and the court... | Greenland, population over 57,000, assumes the national right of self government today. The occasion will be honoured in the nation's capital, Nuuk, by the Danish monarch Queen Margrethe II, the current Head of State. Nuuk, Greenland With the ceremony, Kalaallisut becomes the official language of the mainly Inuit islan... |
Former Vice President Dick Cheney rallied conservative activists today during a brief yet surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Anti-Obama energy fires up the Conservative Political Action Conference. "I think 2010 will be a phenomenal year for the conservative cause and I think Barack Ob... | File photo of Dick Cheney Former Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney, said that "I think 2010 will be a phenomenal year for the conservative cause and I think Barack Obama is a one-term president," at the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Other speakers at the conference included the ne... |
CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2008 Press Release CAMRA National Pub of the Year 2008 Issued: Friday 20 February 2009 Status: For immediate use ||||| A ONCE semi-derelict "backstreet boozer" in Sheffield is being named today as the national Pub Of The Year. Real ale enthusiasts have chosen the Kelham Island Tavern as t... | The Kelham Island Tavern, seen in 2005 A Yorkshire pub affected by flooding in 2007 has been named CAMRA's National Pub of the Year for 2008. The Kelham Island Tavern in Sheffield's Kelham Island Quarter was in a "semi derelict" state when it was purchased in 2001. After it was re-opened in 2002 by licensee Trevor Wrai... |
The lorry was found near a disused cafe on the side of the A605 A nine-year-old girl was found strangled in a lorry cab shortly before police discovered a man hanged in nearby woodland. Police had been alerted after the truck's owners reported the vehicle missing on Saturday afternoon. The Spar delivery vehicle was the... | On Saturday 1400 BST, Northamptonshire Police were alerted by an HGV company that a Spar delivery vehicle had gone missing because it had not come back to base. A map of England and Wales with Northamptonshire in red. A search discovered the truck on the A605 near Warmington, England. The truck was found in a lorry par... |
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Less-than-purr-fect Thai police to sport Hello Kitty armbands as punishment BANGKOK, Thailand: Thai police officers who break police rules will be forced to wear hot pink armbands featuring "Hello Kitty," the Japanese icon of cute, as a mark of shame, a senior officer said Monday. Police officers caught littering, park... | Thai police officers are being punished by being forced to wear large, bright pink ''Hello Kitty'' armbands. The armband, which features ''Hello Kitty'' sitting on top of two hearts, will be worn by police officers who commit minor offences. These include littering, lateness and parking in a prohibited area. The office... |
MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanish police detained more than 20 senior members of an outlawed Basque party that is considered to be the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA on Thursday, officials said. The Batasuna party officials were arrested in the northern town of Segura on the order of Spain's National Cour... | Location of the Basque Country. Spanish police have arrested the entire leadership of the Basque separatist party, Batasuna, detaining 22 people in the town of Segura. Police seized the town and raided a building where 22 members of Batasuna's leadership were meeting, following orders issued by judge Baltasar Garzon. A... |
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden tightened his grasp on the Democratic nomination Tuesday, racking up significant wins in ways that could make it almost impossible for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to catch him in the coming weeks. Biden collected the biggest prize – Michigan – delivering a symbolic blow to Sanders while denying h... | Yesterday, the United States Democratic Party held primary elections in the US states of Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington. By reports, former of the United States Joe Biden won the primary elections in Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi. As of early today local time, the Associated ... |
Drought, heat predicted to plague Tx As heat records continue to fall, forecasters predict drought may continue through 2012 AUSTIN, Texas (UPI) | August 24, 2011 Texas climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon says it's likely at least parts of the state will have severe drought again next summer, and maybe beyond that. Niels... | A public boat launch on (in Henderson county) shows signs of low water levels An area of Lake Palestine near its northwestern-most section Extreme drought conditions this summer have reduced many of Texas' freshwater lakes to a fraction of their usual water levels. Central Texas, home to Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis, ... |
Mathematician John Conway has died after suffering from COVID-19. Conway, 82, had most recently served as a Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, earning the John Von Neumann emeritus title. According to the local Planet Princeton, Conway took ill with the virus last week and died on Saturday following a brief st... | English mathematician died on Saturday at his New Jersey home, reportedly due to COVID-19 complications. Princeton University professor stated that Conway developed a fever on Wednesday before his death on Saturday. Conway was 82 years old. File photo of John Conway Conway is known for devising a known as . Cellular au... |
MEXICO CITY, March 17 A fiery leftist who shook Mexico with weeks of street protests in 2006 looked set to take another step toward a political comeback as a close ally took the lead in the main opposition party's leadership race. Alejandro Encinas, former mayor of the capital, was ahead in exit polls in the early hour... | Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez Mexico's main opposition party, the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), voted for its new leader Sunday. Preliminary results received on Monday indicate that the election was won by Alejandro Encinas Rodríguez, former Head of Government of the Federal District. The party's Elec... |
TRENTON, Sept. 24 — A state judge ruled on Monday that a $450 million bond proposal to finance stem cell research must stay on the November ballot, dealing a blow to abortion opponents. Judge Neil H. Shuster of Superior Court in Mercer County ruled that abortion opponents who challenged the initiative on the grounds th... | Human stem cellsSuperior Court Judge Neil Shuster ruled that a New Jersey ballot proposal to fund stem cell research would stay on the November 6 ballot. Under the proposal, previously approved by the state Senate and Assembly and signed by the governor Jon Corzine, New Jersey would borrow US$450 million over a ten-yea... |
Edit - Delete Back and Next - Back and Next Back and Next - Back and Next « SOMALIA: No longer able to live on 100 d... 3 ambassadors present credentials » Edit - Delete Show Media Item - Magistrate firm on 72-hour detention Show Media Item - Magistrate firm on 72-hour detention Magistrate firm on 72-hour detention afr... | Ayoub John Njie, a magistrate in , Gambia, has said that he will acquit all people detained for 72 hours without charge, due to the fact that he believes detention for more than three days is unconstitutional. Section 19 (1) of the Gambian constitution says that "no one shall be subject to arbitrary arrest or detention... |
Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat said he accepted the ruling A Thai court has ruled that PM Somchai Wongsawat must step down over election fraud, a ruling he has accepted. His governing People Power Party and two of its coalition partners have been ordered to disband and the parties' leaders have been barred from polit... | Today's ruling from Thailand's Constitutional Court sees the Prime Minister, Somchai Wongsawat, removed from office, barred from politics, and the People's Power Party (PPP) dissolved. The allegations leading to this were of vote buying in the last election. The decision has already eased tension in the country, with t... |
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Taser subdues Chilean team member Police outside of Team Chile's Bus TORONTO (CP) - A member of the Chilean soccer delegation was subdued by taser during a scuffle with police and security guards that involved several Chilean players on Thursday night after the semifinal of the FIFA U-20 World Cup, according to witness... | Logo of FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007. A representative of Chile's Under 20 team was subdued by taser after their match against Argentina in Toronto. The problem started as the Chile delegation entered the team bus. Nathan Denette, a CP photographer, was quoted, "All of a sudden we looked over and there was a big bra... |
ANKARA, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Most of the passengers on the hijacked aircraft of the AtlasJet which was heading for Istanbul from the northern Cyprus, managed to flee from the plane at Antalya Airport in southern Turkey on Saturday, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Sources were quoted as saying that Turki... | A Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Atlastjet Airlines and traveling from Lefkosa (Nicosia), Cyprus to Istanbul, has been hijacked by two men claiming to be al-Qaeda terrorists with bombs. According to reports, the plane landed at an airport in Antalya, Turkey. At least 136 passengers and six crew members were on the plan... |
22:01 Goodnight That’s all from me for the evening. See you again soon. More » 21:57 Weather forecast Lots of warning of extreme weather in the North West - but the heavy snow warning appears to be for further north. This is the Liverpool forecast as of a couple of hours ago Rain overnight low 3c. Friday rain about aga... | thumb Antony Gormley's artwork Another Place is to stay on Crosby Beach. Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council changed its mind after revised plans were put in relocating some of the statues in order to reduce impact on wildlife and danger to visitors. Bootle Town Hall was packed for the meeting of the planning committee... |
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - Page updated at 09:05 AM E-mail article Print view Don Brownlee's first glimpse of his comet-dust catcher wasn't encouraging. "I didn't see anything," the University of Washington astronomer said Tuesday by phone from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. Then a technician flipped the co... | Donald Brownlee, Stardust principal investigator with the University of Washington, flashes a victory sign for the successful arrival of Stardust material. Stardust, a NASA space probe, returned with more than scientists bargained for. "I didn't see anything," said University of Washington astronomer, Don Brownlee, fro... |
I think you are correct on both A & B (none / 0) If you tune into any Fox news program, all you hear is how right(meaning correct) this President and his Administration is on everything. Hell, they have for years now, since Ari Fleicher starting calling suicide bombers "Homocide Bombers", call them the same, even their... | right Since the United States presidential election in November of 2004, viewership in the 25-54 age bracket of Fox News has fallen from over 1,000,000 in October to under 450,000 in April, according to the ''Daily Kos'', a liberal weblog. Ratings for cable news stations have fallen globally since the election, but mos... |
Albert Pujols is hitting just .197 with one home run so far this season. Reuters ANAHEIM -- One day in spring training, when working in the marketing department for the Angels was as gloriously easy as being a meteorologist in Aruba, manager Mike Scioscia sat behind his desk and gave me his definitive plan for how he w... | Pujols hit a home run in Sunday's baseball game between the Anaheim Angels and the Toronto Blue Jays Dominican baseball player earned his first home run after joining the . Besides hitting his 446th Major League home run, Pujols ended a personal drought by claiming his first regular-season long ball after 33 games and ... |
Ancient climate change cornered the woolly mammoth into a shrinking habitat, but humans delivered the final blow by hunting the species into extinction, a new study suggests. Climate change and hunting have long been blamed for forcing the mammoth into decline at the end of the Pleistocene era about 10,000 years ago. T... | The preserved baby woolly mammoth named Dima (Lucerne, Switzerland). New research suggests that the extinction of Woolly mammoths may have been caused by the combined effect of both climatic change and human hunting. Scientists suggest that climate change during the end of the Pleistocene caused their habitat to shrink... |
Musician David Byrne is suing the Republican governor of Florida for using a Talking Heads song without permission, according to reports. He has filed the legal action over the 1985 single Road to Nowhere being used as part of Charlie Crist's online campaign for the senate. The star is seeking $1m (£700,000) in damages... | David Byrne performing in concert in 2009. , the former lead singer of 1980s band , is suing Florida governor over the latter's use of the Talking Heads song "" in an election commercial. Byrne alleges that Crist made use of the song in a campaign commercial without the artist's permission, and that if permission had b... |
Northern Rail operates services throughout the north of England Thousands of rail workers across the north of England are to be balloted for strike action over a "comprehensive breakdown" in industrial relations. The Rail Maritime and Transport union (RMT) claims relations with management at Northern Rail have plummete... | The Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) is to ballot staff on strike action at the largest British rail franchise after industrial relations suffered what it calls a "comprehensive breakdown". The RMT say that private rail contractor Northern Rail, which runs commuter rail services in the north of England, has bee... |
/ Front page / News + Enlarge this image Fiji's Head of State, Ratu Josefa Iloilo Update: 11:35AM THE President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has abrogated the 1997 Constitution and appointed himself the Head of State. In an address to the nation at 11.30am, he revoked all judicial appointments and announced that all existing law... | Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has abrogated the country's constitution and signalled the appointment of a new interim government. The move comes in response to yesterday's Court of Appeal decision declaring the removal of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and the appointment of military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama ... |
World – Yahoo! India News Iran has missiles that put Europe in range - report JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Iran has received a first shipment of missiles from North Korea that are capable of reaching Europe, Israel's military intelligence chief was quoted on Thursday as saying. Known in the West as BM-25s, the Russian-designe... | Israel's intelligence chief Major General Amos Yadlin was quoted by the Haaretz newspaper as saying that BM-25 missiles from North Korea had arrived in Iran. Earlier, a German diplomat confirmed that his country's intelligence sources had recovered information about such an Iran-North Korea missile deal. The BM-25s (wh... |
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen fields media questions after the opposition leader and others were stripped of parliamentary immunity. [Reuters] Asia's Tsunami Disaster ...view our photo gallery » The Cambodian National Assembly has stripped the parliamentary immunity of opposition leader, Sam Rainsy, and two other me... | February 3, 2005 National flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia, Kampuchea Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition party in the Cambodian National Assembly, and two other members of his party, Chea Poch and Cheam Channy, have been stripped of parliamentary immunity. Rainsy has left the country, while Channy has been arrested. A... |
Researchers have found a gene that could explain why we developed language and speech while our closest living relatives, the chimps, did not. The gene called FOXP2 is a transcription factor, meaning it regulates other genes. Past research has suggested this gene remained relatively unchanged along mammal evolution unt... | Researchers have found a crucial genetic difference between humans and chimps that could help explain our language and speech abilities. The difference lies in a gene called FOXP2 which encodes for a protein of the same name. This acts as a transcription factor, controlling the activity of other genes. A rendering of t... |
Fred: Saddam had WMD Posted: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:05 PM by Domenico Montanaro Categories: , From NBC's Lauren Appelbaum and NBC/NJ’s Adam Aigner-Treworgy In Newton, IA this morning, Thompson said Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction at some time prior to the United States' involvement in Iraq. "We can't... | Fred Thompson In October United States Presidential candidate for 2008 Fred Thompson said about Iraq, "We can't forget the fact that although at a particular point in time we never found any WMD down there he clearly had had WMD." However, the several different investigations, including the Iraq Survey Group headed by ... |
Two people killed after 50-ton boulder falls on home as family watched TV By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 1:48 AM on 28th January 2010 A father and his 18-year-old daughter were killed today when a 50-ton boulder broke off a cliff and landed on top of their home, police said. Two more people - the man's wife an... | Two people were killed and two others were seriously injured yesterday when a boulder collapsed onto a house in the German town of Stein an der Traun, south-east of Munich. A family of four were said to have been watching television together in the lounge when a large lump of rock, about 50 tons, broke off from a 50 fo... |
Last updated: 8th October 2007 Dida: Facing probe Uefa have confirmed they have opened disciplinary proceedings against Milan and Dida following the incident involving the goalkeeper and a Celtic fan during last week's UEFA Champions League clash. Celtic's dramatic 2-1 win at Parkhead was marred by the incident involvi... | Map highlighting UEFA member states. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has investigated Milan and their goalkeeper Dida over the incident with the Celtic fan that led to his substitution against Celtic. A fan ran on to the field immediately after Celtic striker Scott McDonald scored the eventual winnin... |
Fighting in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people since 2007 and displaced another 1.5 million [AFP] Fighting in Somalia has killed at least 21,000 people since 2007 and displaced another 1.5 million [AFP] Police said the fighting erupted on Saturday in the Hamarjajab district in the south of the capital after an a... | Heavy fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu between government troops and local police has killed at least thirteen people and injured another fourteen. The clashes began yesterday in the Hamarjajab district when a dispute started between the police and army. Abdullahi Mo'alim Kerow, a police officer, described t... |
Scientology leader 'violent', former officials LiveNews | Jesse Perez Several former high ranking officials for the controversial Church Of Scientology have come forward to attack its leader, David Miscavige, alleging he is prone to physically violent outbursts and engages in a range of bizarre intimidation practices. ... | The Florida newspaper ''St. Petersburg Times'' published a series of investigative articles on Scientology on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, including exclusive interviews with former high-ranking executives within the organization. Four former Scientology executives stated that they witnessed the Church of Scientology's ... |
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