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8:07pm (UK) Sri Lankans Urged to Flee Coast By Louise Barnett, PA in Sri Lanka The Sri Lankan authorities have urged islanders near the coast to move at least two kilometres inland, according to reports. A local news bulletin which interrupted the usual programming schedule read: “An earthquake 8.2 on the Richter scale... | After a magnitude 8.7 earthquake rocked late Monday, local populations were reminded of the devastating , that killed 273,000 people as they scoured the shores and seaside areas of countries exposed to the , although three hours later with only one small tsunami observed the threat had passed. Still, according to repor... |
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Bankrupt automaker General Motors Corp. announced Friday that it will sell its Saturn unit to car dealership operator Penske Automotive Group. Penske (PAG, Fortune 500) is owned by former race car driver Roger Penske, who owns NASCAR and IndyCar racing teams. The deal gives Penske the rights ... | General Motors Corporation (GM), an American automaker which has filed for protection, announced on Friday that the (PAG) was selected to purchase . The transaction should be completed in October. The purchase includes rights to the Saturn brand, its five current models and its dealership network. Two models would be d... |
Office News News Archive Speeches Archive About the Leader Biography Leadership & Law Leadership & Imam Khomeini Leader's Office Multimedia Photo Gallery Travel Album Contact Sending Letter Links President Parliament Judiciary Publising Center Workers community called on to foster production 30/04/2007 Islamic Revoluti... | Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a public address before Labor Day wherein he commended the workforce for its contribution to the economic growth of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The address ensued the Minister of Labor Mohammad Jahromi presentation of an economic report. Khamenei claimed th... |
Presidential hopeful Senator. Barack Obama addressing supporters at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Photo: AP Should John Howard butt out of US politics? Vote now. Prime Minister John Howard is refusing to back away from his attack on US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, whose Iraq policy he says will create ch... | Australian PM, John Howard Australian Prime Minister John Howard has attacked US presidential candidate Barack Obama on his pledge to introduce a bill that would withdraw American troops from Iraq by March 2008. On Sunday, Prime Minister Howard said the move would hand victory to insurgents in Iraq. "I think that would... |
Fire forces Ariz. towns to prepare for evacuation SPRINGERVILLE, Ariz. (AP) — Wind, lightning and continued dry conditions are expected to make matters worse in eastern Arizona, where a raging wildfire shows no signs it's done feasting on forestland in an area that has long provided a cool summer getaway from the nearb... | Satellite image of smoke from the Wallow Fire. Smoke from eastern Arizona's has drifted into New Mexico and Colorado, where officials have issued a health advisory. The wildfire in Arizona continued to burn Tuesday night when weather conditions settled down, although conditions will likely become worse Wednesday. Cover... |
Dog mauls baby to death in Brooklyn An 8-month-old boy was attacked and killed by the family's pet Doberman Pinscher in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, police said. The 3-year-old dog, a neutered male named Mackabee who had been a member of the Stein family since he was a puppy, set upon Andrew Stein after he touched the ... | A Doberman. An eight-month old boy, Andrew, was attacked and killed by a Doberman pinscher in Brooklyn, New York. The dog was a three-year old named Mackabee, who is also neutered. The grandmother was babysitting the boy. While she was in the kitchen she heard the boy scream and ran next door to a neighbor for help. Th... |
Turbulence on US-bound plane injures 47 TOKYO (AFP) — Forty-seven people were injured Friday when a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747 hit turbulence on the Manila-Tokyo leg of a US-bound flight, airport officials said. Ambulances took the injured to local hospitals after the jet with 408 passengers and 14 crew landed at Na... | A Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-400, similar to the one involved in the incident 47 people were injured on Friday after a Boeing 747-400, operated by Northwest Airlines, encountered severe turbulence on the Manila-Tokyo leg of a flight bound for Los Angeles. The aircraft was carrying 408 passengers and 14 crew members.... |
GEO World Al-Qaeda issues new threats on KSA Updated at: 1724 PST, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 DUBAI: AL-QAEDA has threatened further attacks inside Saudi Arabia following a suicide bomber's failed attempt to kill Riyadh's deputy interior minister last month, the SITE Intelligence Group said. 'If you can flee with your... | Militant-activist group Al-Qaeda has recently issued new threats to Saudi Arabia of more attacks, incidentally following what appeared to be a suicide bomber's unsuccessful attempt to kill a Ryadh interior minister last month, Prince Mohammad bin Nayef. A Middle East-based Al-Qaeda leader by the name of Abu Baseer al-W... |
Real Madrid win the European Cup for the 11th time and second in three seasons Cristiano Ronaldo converts the winning spot kick in the shoot-out Half-time substitute Yannick Carrasco equalises for Atlético Madrid Sergio Ramos, who levelled in the 2014 decider against Atlético, puts Madrid ahead; later voted UEFA Man of... | On Saturday, Spanish football club Real Madrid defeated their city rivals Atlético Madrid 5–3 in a penalty shootout decider in the UEFA Champions League final played at the stadium in Milan, as the match ended in a 1–1 draw after 120 minutes. This was Real's eleventh European title — ''La Undécima''. Ronaldo scored the... |
Sept. 19, 2008 -- Plants make aspirin when they need an immune boost, according to new research, sending a form of the compound airborne to signal a health problem to the rest of the tree or to other trees. The finding may help growers more readily identify plants under stress by monitoring for the airborne distress si... | Methyl salicylate molecule Researchers at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have found that stressed plants produce an aspirin-like chemical, methyl salicylate. Methyl salicylate is also known as oil of wintergreen. This semi-volatile plant hormone was detected in the air above the plants in the experiments ... |
More than a year before the anthrax attacks that killed five people in 2001, Bruce E. Ivins told a counselor that he was interested in a young woman who lived out of town and that he had "mixed poison" that he took with him when he went to watch her play in a soccer match. "If she lost, he was going to poison her," sai... | A 2003 photo showing Dr. Bruce E. Ivins, participating in an awards ceremony. ''The Washington Post'' has reported that the lone anthrax killer, Bruce Ivins, reportedly edited Wikipedia under the username Jimmyflathead. The contributions from the Jimmyflathead account reveal a few hundred edits were made from December ... |
Published: 12 June 2008 Fear and bacteria: Possible ways of controlling the cane toad Scaring cane toads and targeting their bacteria are two control strategies that will be suggested by a Queensland scientist at today's (June 12) Australian Vertebrate Pest Conference in Darwin.Professor Rob Capon from the Institute fo... | The cane toad Scientists from the Northern Australian region Queensland have said that the population of cane toads could be limited by scaring them. The toads are non-native, imported invasive pests in the parts of Australia they inhabit. The scientists have reported that scared tadpoles will transform into toads prem... |
Family of Amanda Knox Plans for Appeal in Italian Court Controversy remains in case of a British student who was killed in the university town of Perugia Photo: AP After more than two years, much controversy remains in the case of a British student who was killed in the central Italian university town of Perugia. Two s... | After more than two years, much controversy remains in the case of a British student who was killed in the central Italian university town of Perugia. Two separate trials have been held for the three suspects. All three have been convicted and are in prison serving sentences of 30, 26 and 25 years. But all three contin... |
Indian commandos freed hostages from Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel today but faced continued resistance in other parts of the city from Islamist militants still holding between 50 and 200 of hostages and demanding the release of extremists held in Indian jails. The commandos stormed two buildings in the late afternoon, seiz... | Detail map showing the eight attack sites in Mumbai According to police, at least 151 people were killed and over 300 wounded in yesterday's attacks in Mumbai, India. The attackers, who were reportedly armed with AK-47 assault rifles and hand grenades, have taken hostages at three locations. It is still unclear how man... |
'); //--> AFX News Limited RadioShack CEO resigns CHICAGO (AFX) - RadioShack Corp., reeling from a plunge in fourth-quarter earnings and a management credibility scandal, said Monday that CEO David J. Edmonson has resigned. In a conference call Friday, Edmondson apologized to investors and analysts both for the company... | David Edmondson CEO of RadioShack Corp., David Edmondson resigned Friday after admitting to lying in the contents of his resume. Claiming to have two college degrees, a theology diploma called a ThG, and four years of education, Mr. Edmondson only attended two semesters at a college known now as Heartland Baptist Bible... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A big blob of molten rock appears to be pushing up remnants of an ancient volcano in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, scientists reported on Friday. They say no volcanic explosion is imminent -- that already happened 642,000 years ago, creating the volcanic crater known as a caldera where pa... | NASA Recent satellite pictures of Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming from 2004 through 2006 are showing that an ancient volcano is starting to rise once again. Molten rock is currently pushing up the remains of the volcano's caldera, which sits over the top of Yellowstone lake, but scientists are stressing that there... |
ZCZC MIATCPAT4 ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM BULLETIN Hurricane Humberto Advisory Number 14 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092019 1100 PM EDT Sun Sep 15 2019 ...HUMBERTO BECOMES A HURRICANE... SUMMARY OF 1100 PM EDT...0300 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.4N 77.6W ABOUT... | In an advisory issued late Sunday night, the (NHC) upgraded Tropical Storm Humberto to hurricane status, making it the third hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season. Humberto, now officially , is a , and as of Sunday night had no associated hurricane watches or warning. The NHC's ''Hurricane Humberto Advisory N... |
Jurors Ask to Review Ebbers Testimony NEW YORK (AP) -- Jurors reviewed testimony from former WorldCom chief Bernard Ebbers for the first time Tuesday but failed to reach a verdict in their third day of deliberations at his fraud trial. The jury of seven women and five men asked in an afternoon note to see transcripts o... | A federal jury found Bernard Ebbers guilty of all nine counts in the indictment brought against him. The verdict was handed down by a New York jury after 8 days of deliberation on the former WorldCom CEO and mastermind behind the accounting scandal that brought down the telcom giant. AP writer Erin McClam reports, "Ebb... |
Health authorities in China have announced that the father of a man who died from the H5N1 strain of bird flu last week also has the lethal virus. The man, a 52-year-old from Nanjing the capital of the eastern province Jiangsu, apparently became ill with a fever on Thursday and tests on samples from his respiratory tra... | A 52-year-old man, said to be the father of a man who died of the H5N1 Avian Flu virus in China on December 2, 2007, has also contracted the virus and Chinese officials are now concerned about human to human transmission. The father, who along with his deceased son has only been identified by his last name of ''Lu'', i... |
Monday, September 26th, 2005 FBI Assassinates Puerto Rican Nationalist Leader Filiberto Ojeda Rios Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3 Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD For the past four decades Filiberto Ojeda Rios had been a leadin... | Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, a leading figure in the Puerto Rican Independence movement in Puerto Rico, died September 23rd. An autopsy showed that this was due to blood loss from a single gunshot wound, obtained during a confrontation with FBI agents in the municipality of Hormigueros, Puerto Rico. The 72-year-old has been w... |
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Nov. 12 -- An American aid worker shot dead here Wednesday morning by Taliban gunmen was employed by a Silver Spring-based contractor and was working on a project intended to bring economic development to Pakistan's troubled tribal region. Pakistani and other officials identified the aid worker as S... | Militants stand astride captured Humvee On Monday, the Pakistan branch of the captured a supply convoy of thirteen trucks and two armored bound for NATO troops, without incurring a single fatality. They made off with millions of dollars worth of sophisticated military equipment, according to ''''. Approximately 60 mask... |
Fears of dollar collapse as Saudis take fright By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor Last Updated: 10:14pm BST 21/09/2007 Saudi Arabia has refused to cut interest rates in lockstep with the US Federal Reserve for the first time, signalling that the oil-rich Gulf kingdom is preparing to break the dol... | Front of the U.S. $100 Federal Reserve note. The U.S. economy and its currency as an instrument of world trade has suffered a series of major setbacks in recent months. Some analysts say that the Federal Reserve's September 18th dramatic rate cut to 4.75% from 5.25% may be a case of "too little, too late", or that it w... |
(March 22, 2007) -- Marshall Faulk is expected to announce his retirement from the NFL at a press conference March 26 at the NFL's annual meeting in Phoenix. Marshall Faulk starred for several years in St. Louis, winning a Super Bowl championship. Faulk issued the following statement, "It has been an honor and pleasure... | Marshall Faulk is calling it quits after 13 seasons. Marshall Faulk, the National Football League's 9th all time rushing yards leader is expected to announce his retirement from professional football March 26th at the NFL's annual owners meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. The St. Louis Rams runningback released this statemen... |
Owl Monkeys Need Moonlight For Nocturnal Activity Posted on: Monday, 6 September 2010, 08:48 CDT An international collaboration led by a University of Pennsylvania anthropologist has shown that environmental factors, like temperature and light, play as much of a role in the activity of traditionally nocturnal monkeys a... | Argentinian monkeys studied are in the same nocturnal genus, '''', as the Panamanian owl monkey pictured Researchers led by a scientist have discovered that moonlight increases the nocturnal activity of owl monkeys in South America. The researchers say this is the first long-term study showing that heat and light can a... |
Unidentified armed men speak with local residents in downtown Andijan Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has flown to the Eastern Uzbek town of Andijan after a prison break overnight sparked clashes that left nine people dead and 34 others injured. In a separate incident in the capital, Tashkent, a security guard at ... | Protesters in the city of Andijan, Uzbekistan have been fired on by government troops after taking over the Mayor's office and releasing some 2,000 prisoners overnight. ''Voice of America'' news is reporting nine dead, and 34 injured, while ten police officers are being held as hostages. Uzbekistan president Islam Kari... |
In the recording a child, who sounds seven or eight years old, can be heard saying to a pilot: "Jet Blue 171, cleared for takeoff". A man is then heard telling the plane: "Here's what you get, guys, when the kids are out of school." If the pilot was annoyed, he didn't let on. On the tape he chuckled and said, "Wish I c... | JFK's air traffic control tower, located next to Terminal 4. A US air traffic controller and his supervisor have been placed on administrative leave and are under investigation after a small boy was apparently allowed to direct passenger airplanes at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. A probe was started... |
Red Wings to face Penguins for Stanley Cup Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk scores his club's second goal in a 4-1 win to clinch the NHL's Western Conference championship. (L.M. Otero/Associated Press) Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk scores his club's second goal in a 4-1 win to clinch the NHL's Western Conference championship. (L.M. O... | Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, where the Stanley Cup finals begin on Saturday North American ice hockey's major championship, the Stanley Cup playoffs, is down to a contest between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Red Wings. Detroit defeated the Dallas Stars on Monday with a 4-1 score to win the Western Conference ... |
This week Google's very famous on-line video-sharing website YouTube is expected to presents its awards for the best videos uploaded during 2006 by the site's fans. On Monday users of YouTube may start voting for their favorites. The site offers seven genres, which in fact are seven categories that include certain vide... | 125px This week Google's on-line video sharing website YouTube launches its own awards ceremony. The site will present the best user-generated videos posted during 2006 in seven categories. The starting point is Monday and users will end voting on Friday. Winners will get their trophies on March 26. The categories that... |
Two connector ramps of the Bay Bridge MacArthur Maze (map) , located near Emeryville, collapsed Sunday morning after an explosion and fire.Heat from the fire, which reached temperatures estimated at up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, caused the metal bolts and girders on the highway connector ramp above to melt. The overp... | A tanker truck carrying approximately 8,600 gallons of unleaded gasoline caught on fire on the Interstate 80/880 interchange in Oakland, California early Sunday morning around 3:40 AM. The fire resulted in the collapse of at least two sections of bridges at the interchange, including one carrying I-580. The multi-level... |
Cult comedian Mitch Hedberg dies on tour Comedian Mitch Hedberg, one of the most popular stand-up acts today and a cult figure on college campuses, is reported to have died Wednesday while traveling between gigs on the East Coast. He was 37. As of Thursday night, his cause of death remained unconfirmed, although some h... | Stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg was found dead Wednesday in his hotel room in New Jersey. The comedian, originally from the St. Paul, Minnesota region, was on an east coast tour of the USA. Hedberg started his career in South Florida, and later worked in Seattle. While the cause of Hedberg's death is yet unconfirmed, H... |
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. ||||| Spacecraft nears home with cargo of comet-tail dust After a seven-year journey through t... | Artist's Impression Stardust, a NASA space capsule carrying precious comet samples from deep space, is scheduled to return to earth January 15, 2006. Scientists hope to discover new meaning to the beginning of our solar system. Stardust's 2.9 billion mile round-trip mission took it halfway to Jupiter to catch particles... |
Afghan officials say more than 20 people have been wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of vehicles near a U.S.-run NATO military base in Kabul. People look at vehicles destroyed in a suicide bomb near Camp Phoenix, outside Kabul,13 Nov 2009 NATO says nine of its soldiers and 10 civilian contractors were am... | NATOAfghan officials said more than twenty people have been wounded today in a suicide car bomb attack on a convoy of vehicles near Camp Phoenix, a US-run NATO military base in the capital of Kabul. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing. NATO said nine of its soldiers and ten civilian contractors were amon... |
Release date: 19 July 2010 BP today provided an update on developments in the response to the MC252 oil well incident in the Gulf of Mexico. Subsea Source Control and Containment BP continues to work cooperatively with the guidance and approval of the National Incident Commander and the leadership and direction of fede... | As many as four leaks have been detected in the Deepwater Horizon well cap in the Gulf of Mexico, according to live footage shot by one of BP's ROVs (). The leaks were detected early this morning, just after 4:00 (). The HOS SUPER H ROV 1 made the discovery while performing an "integrity survey" of the well and well ca... |
Andrei Lugovoi has denied involvement in the murder The four must leave Russia within 10 days, and Moscow is to review visa applications for UK officials. UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband said he was "disappointed" by what he called a "completely unjustified" move. But Russian President Vladimir Putin said he though... | UK Foreign Secretary David Milliband. Russia has today expelled four UK diplomats in the ever escalating row over the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi, the chief suspect in the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned with Polonium 210 in London, November 2006. This move comes three days after the ... |
Five months after elections failed to produce a government many Belgians are beginning to feel that life might just be better without politicians. The Belgian state is experiencing its worst political crisis for 177 years as it marks 149 days of failure to produce a coalition government after elections on June 10. But ... | A voter during the federal elections of June 10, 2007. 149 days later, there is still no new coalition. After federal elections on June 10, 2007, coalition talks in Belgium have still failed to result in compromises on the main electoral issue. The previous record from 1988 was broken today after 149 days without a new... |
Posted Wed, 02 Mar 2016 13:10:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe lists for leading nations in annual growth dont often include Central Asia. The slow but steady investment in private enterprise and international partnerships with aid have brought some environmental improvements and greater water security in the dry, extreme ... | Boeing 737-400 flown by British Airways. Exposed nature of the wheel well is clearly visible. Boeing 737-300 flown by Virgin Express. Another view of the exposed wheel well characteristic of a Boeing 737. A Russian teenager has accomplished an unprecedented feat in the history of world aviation. He flew a distance of 1... |
Celebrity birthdays, highlights in history, plus more facts about this day Oct. 16: It took America 139 years to reach the 100 million population milestone. 100 years sooner than that, we've exploded from 200 to 300 million. NBC's Mike Taibbi reports on what's changed. Oct. 16: It took America 139 years to reach the 10... | U.S. population clock as it hits the 300 million mark On Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 7:46 A.M. (EDT), the estimated population of the United States crossed the 300 million mark. The United States population reached the 100 million mark in 1915 and the 200 million mark 52 years later in 1967. Only 39 years later, it ha... |
Justiça manda desocupar sede da Guarda MAS OFICIAIS NÃO CONSEGUEM CUMPRIR MANDADO DE REINTEGRAÇÃO DE POSSE DADO À PMB A juíza Rosileide Maria Costa Filomena, da 21ª Vara Cível, concedeu ontem à Prefeitura de Belém mandado de reintegração de posse contra os dirigentes da associação dos Guardas Municipais e ainda cerca d... | Gunmen murdered an American Catholic nun, Sister Dorothy Stang, 73, in Pará, Brazil. The crime occurred Saturday, Feb. 12, at 9:00 a.m. Her attackers shot Stang six times: once in the head, three times in the back, while she was carrying a Bible. Another shot, at her neck, was fatal. The crime occurred in Anapu, Pará, ... |
QA: What’s Intel’s take on GPU computing?: “we’re not taking issues on GPUs…” “GPUs are the correct architectural response to a traditional view on visual computing. We have to move beyond raster graphics…” “multi-core CPUs can outperform GPUs at ray-tracing”. There you go, here’s a new round of controversy in the maki... | Intel also showcased Vpro technology at Microsoft TechEd 2008 in Orlando, Florida in the same day. The "2008 Research @ Intel Day" showcased conceptual innovations in the fields of visual computing, wireless, health care, environment, and life sciences. Last Wednesday, Intel said it is investing some of its $6 billion ... |
TOKYO — Scrambling to corral a widening crisis, engineers linked a power cable to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station early Saturday as they struggled to restart systems designed to prevent overheating and keep radiation from escaping. The Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs the plant, said it hop... | Aerial view of the Fukushima I plant area in 1975 As the nuclear crisis in Japan's crippled appears to worsen, raised their assessment of its severity from to on the 7-level , the same rating given the 1979 crisis. Japan's Prime Minister, , said bluntly that the situation at the nuclear power plant was "very grave". We... |
Netanyahu paid tribute to 'rock solid' ties between the US and Israel. Many Israelis are worried about how the frosty first-term relationship will affect Obama's actions during his second term. Benjamin Netanyahu was quick to congratulate President Obama on his reelection by paying tribute to an US-Israel alliance that... | Barack Obama Leaders from around the world have congratulated re-elected President on his success at the ballot box. leader stated that he "will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens" and described relations between the U.S. and Israel as "rock solid". Some other... |
Ambulance crews pronounced the pair dead after finding them at Barlows scrapyard, Uttoxeter, on Friday night. A 29-year-old man was arrested at the scene by police and is being held in custody at Burton police station. The bodies of the couple, who are believed to have lived locally, are still at the scene, which has b... | Staffordshire, England. Bodies of an elderly couple have been found in Barlows scrapyard in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, United Kingdom. ''BBC'' reports the bodies were found on Friday night. A 29-year-old man was the only person at the scrapyard when police and ambulance crews arrived and has now been arrested as a suspe... |
Fabrice Muamba 'critical' after collapse in Spurs-Bolton match Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba is critically ill after collapsing during an FA Cup quarter-final tie against Tottenham. The 23-year-old is being treated in the intensive care unit of the heart attack centre at the London Chest Hospital. Medics s... | Fabrice Muamba in 2007 The quarter final tie between and was abandoned after Bolton player Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the pitch. Muamba collapsed around the 41 minute mark with no players around him and was reported to have stopped breathing. The game was being played at Tottenham's home ground, . After being treated ... |
For the first time since the Obama administration reversed an 18-year-old ban on news coverage of returning fallen soldiers, the military allowed media to cover the arrival tonight of an airman killed in Afghanistan. For the first time since the Obama administration reversed an 18-year-old ban on news coverage of retur... | The media were allowed to cover the return of an airman killed in Afghanistan on Monday, ending an 18-year ban that had prevented the publication of images of American . The military allowed media access to the service in in Delaware for the return of the body of Air Force Staff Sergeant Phillip Myers of Hopewell, of V... |
Putin is expected to offer Palestinian security forces help He offered to help re-build Gaza's economy, train security services and sell helicopters to the Palestinians. The last stage of his Middle East tour took Mr Putin to the West Bank where he met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. It was Mr Putin's first time in t... | Today in Ramallah Russian President Vladimir Putin promised to aid Palestinians. In a press conference held after talks with Mahmoud Abbas, Putin said that Palestinians cannot fight terrorism with slingshots and stones. He pledged to give airplane equipment, helicopters, communications equipment and to train security f... |
Even this morning, Mr. Bush held last-minute talks with Mr. Olmert and Mr. Abbas, while outside the room, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice buttonholed her Israeli and Palestinian counterparts, Tzipi Livni and Abu Alaa, to wring agreement on the wording of the accord. In making the announcement, Mr. Bush read aloud t... | President George W. Bush addresses the participants at the Secretary of State’s dinner Monday evening, November 26. Senior officials from nearly 50 countries and international organizations have gathered in Annapolis, Maryland near Washington, D.C. for a conference aimed at launching final-status peace negotiations bet... |
Gyanendra became king after the notorious 2001 palace massacre Under the deal, Nepal will be declared a republic after a general election has been held next year and a new constituent assembly established. The Maoists pulled out of the government in September, demanding an immediate end to the monarchy. The latest deal... | A sketch of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The principal political parties of Nepal have decided to abolish the , headed by King , and turn the country into a republic. The insurgent would be allowed to return to the government. The Maoists, a military group who want a socialist republic, left the government in September dem... |
By James Pearson Last updated: 2nd April 2008 Kazim-Richards: Crucial leveller Fenerbahce fought back from a goal down to claim an unlikely 2-1 success over Chelsea in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League clash. Avram Grant's side had been in firm control of the contest early on courtesy of Deivid's own goal fr... | The second half of first leg action took place in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. In an all-English battle Liverpool travelled to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal. This will be the first of three consecutive games between the two clubs, with a Premier League fixture sandwiched between their Champions Lea... |
Garth Turner appears on Canada AM on Wednesday morning. Tories boo Turner during question period debut Canadian Press OTTAWA -- Renegade MP Garth Turner was greeted by hoots and a rude gesture from his former Tory colleagues on Wednesday when he made his question period debut as a Liberal. His new comrades gave him a s... | Garth Turner made his question period debut Wednesday in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal. Garth Turner—(Image from House of Commons) Turner, again, asked the prime minister to put byelections in David Emerson's riding of Vancouver Kingsway and Wajid Khan's Mississauga—Streetsville. Emerson accepted an offer ... |
SAN FRANCISCO Google and Facebook are on a collision course in the increasingly competitive market for social networking services. On Tuesday, Google introduced a new service called Google Buzz, a way for users of its Gmail service to share updates, photos and videos. The service will compete with sites like Facebook... | Google Buzz logo On Tuesday, Google introduced a new service called Google Buzz, a new feature to share updates, photos and videos. The service is built into Gmail, which already has 176 million users, according to comScore. Buzz's features will be available on Android operating system based phones as well as the iPhon... |
(Mark Segraves/WTOP Radio) WASHINGTON - After fires destroyed two historic buildings in the District, the city was looking at paying as much as $40 to $50 million to rebuild. But WTOP Radio has learned there is now some good news. The fire at the Georgetown Library was caused by contractors doing renovations, according... | The Georgetown branch of the District of Columbia library is currently on fire in the United States capital of Washington, DC. In addition to books, the Georgetown Public Library has a large collection of historic documents and paintings that are part of the Peabody Collection. Firefighters are attempting to salvage so... |
George Steinbrenner, owner of New York Yankees, has died in Tampa at age of 80 after heart attack O'Meara/AP New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner suffers a massive heart attack in Tampa and has died. George Steinbrenner, a towering and intimidating figure who dominated the New York sports scene for 35 years, winn... | , businessman, owner and former principal executive of the , died at 6:30 a.m. (1030 ) Tuesday of a massive heart attack at St. Joseph's Hospital in , , at age 80. His family issued a statement saying, "It is with profound sadness that the family of George M. Steinbrenner III announces his passing. He was an incredible... |
Rice likely pick as Powell's successor Would be first black woman ever tapped as secretary of state WASHINGTON (CNN) -- National security adviser Condoleezza Rice is President Bush's choice to succeed Secretary of State Colin Powell, two senior administration officials tell CNN. Rice's nomination could be announced as ... | Colin Powell Colin Powell submitted his long-expected resignation as of Monday, November 15, and his resignation was accepted by George W. Bush. His resignation letter was sent to the President on Friday. Powell has said that it was always his intention to serve only one term. The '''' said that Powell often had dispu... |
Mr. Biden is Roman Catholic, giving him appeal to that important voting bloc, though he favors abortion rights. He was born in a working-class family in Scranton, Pa., a swing state where he remains well-known. Mr. Biden is up for re-election to the Senate this year and he would presumably run simultaneously for both s... | Senator Barack Obama from Illinois, the of the Democratic Party, announced Joe Biden as his running mate. The announcement came via text message early Saturday morning, to people who had signed up to receive the announcement on the official website. Obama and Biden after the announcement on August 23rd Friday afternoon... |
Representatives of more than 180 nations gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali today to kick off a United Nations-sponsored conference on global climate change. The U.N. hopes the meeting will conclude with a road map toward a new agreement on reducing the types of air pollution many scientists believe are driving ... | The Conference entrance Representatives of more than 180 nations gathered on the Indonesian island of Bali today to kick off a United Nations-sponsored conference on global climate change. The U.N. hopes the meeting will conclude with a road map toward a new agreement on reducing the types of air pollution many scienti... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Oil firms could be given the chance to explore for reserves off the US coast for the first time in decades, under plans outlined by President Obama. The White House says drilling will be allowed off Virginia and considered off much of the rest of the Atlanti... | US President Barack Obama has announced that he will ease the country's ban on offshore oil drilling, which has been in place since the 1980s. According to the plan, offshore drilling would now be allowed in parts of the , from Delaware down to 125 miles beyond the shoreline of Florida, in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. T... |
Amber alert over green taxes By Caroline Muspratt and Stephen Seawright Last Updated: 1:11am GMT 31/10/2006 The Institute of Directors has warned that Britain’s competitiveness will suffer if the country tries to address climate change unilaterally. Responding to the Stern Review on global warning, Miles Templeman, dir... | Reactions to the review of the economic implications of climate change include optimism about the commercial opportunities and apprehension about possible fiscal repercussions. The Stern Review of the Economics of Climate Change, commissioned by the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, points to the need ... |
Babies' day out India did well to overcome the tough conditions to finish with a crushing win. It was Dravid who struck the winning runs but the youngsters around him can take heart from a satisfying day out ||||| By Jamie Lillywhite One-day international, Glasgow: India 212-3 (39.5 ovs) bt Scotland 203-9 (46 ovs) by 7... | India defeated Scotland by seven wickets in a One-Day International at Titwood, Glasgow, Scotland. Scotland were reduced to 49-4 after losing the opening batsmen cheaply followed by the loss of Watson and Haq in quick succession. However a rain delay shortened the Scotland innings to 46 overs. Scottish batsmen Gavin Ha... |
The two leaders say the sacked chief justice must be reinstated Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he had agreed "a common agenda" with the party of assassinated opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. He had been in talks with Ms Bhutto's widower, Asif Zardari, the new leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP). Such ... | Nawaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and former Prime Minister. Pakistan's two major opposition parties, the Pakistan Peoples Party and the Pakistan Muslim League (N), have announced they will work together to form a new government after defeating allies of President Pervez Musharraf in Monday's parli... |
By Nayanima Basu Helsinki, May 15 (IANS) Nordic airline Finnair is in talks with leading airlines in India for a partnership in order to strengthen its position in the local market there. “We are in partnership talks with the leading airlines of India. We need this in the long run. This would simply make our connection... | Moomin characters. The airlines intends to phase the aircraft out in favour of more fuel-efficient airliners. Finnish air carrier Finnair has entered talks with major Indian airlines concerning a possible partnership deal to feed Finnair's international operations with domestic connecting flights, said president and CE... |
Greece turns down Finnish firefighting aid package 29.8.2007 at 7:51 The Greek government told the Finnish one on Tuesday that Greece did not need the firefighting helicopters and 25 firefighters that had been offered by Finland to combat the wildfires ravaging the country. Responding to a request for aid from Greece, ... | Greece has declined Finland's offer of three firefighting helicopters and 25 firefighters. The offer had been made as a result of a request by Greece for aid with the forest fires Greece is currently experiencing. Greece had stressed at the time that the most urgent need was for fixed-wing aircraft with water-bombing c... |
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Copenhagen today as part of a global protest to demand governments across the world agree a binding new global deal to tackle climate change. The march and rally in the Danish capital, the world's largest ever protest about global warming, comes at the halfway point of... | Copenhagen Summit Logo Almost a thousand protesters at The Copenhagen Climate Change Summit were arrested yesterday for unruly conduct. Although most of the protests were peaceful, one group began destroying windows of nearby buildings. Tens of thousands of protesters held multiple rallies throughout the Danish capital... |
Mozambique Holds National Elections An unidentified woman gestures after casting her ballot for the presidential, parliamentary and provincial assemblies elections in Maputo, Mozambique, 28 Oct 2009 Voters in Mozambique went to the polls Wednesday in national elections for president, parliament and provincial assemblie... | Armando Guebuza Voters in Mozambique headed to the polls yesterday to elect a president, parliament, and provincial assemblies. Officials report voting was largely orderly and peaceful. Lines at polling stations across the country began forming before dawn, as voters turned out early to elect their next government. Pre... |
JAKARTA, July 21 The trial will begin this week of a Garuda Indonesia pilot over a crash in 2007 that killed 21 people when the plane he was flying skidded off the runway at Yogyakarta airport, a prosecutor and lawyer said on Monday. Captain Marwoto Komar, who was arrested in February, would be charged under Indonesian... | The trial of Captain Marwoto Komar is set to begin this week. The first pilot to be prosecuted over an aircraft accident in Indonesia, he is being charged over the March 7, 2007 crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 at Yogyakarta International Airport, a disaster which killed 21 people. The final report by the National ... |
(CNN) A baby born with her heart outside her body has survived surgery to insert it back into her chest. Vanellope Hope Wilkins, now three weeks old, was delivered by a team of 50 medical professionals at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester, UK, on November 22. Born with ectopia cordis, a rare congenital condition causing ... | On Tuesday, parents of baby Vanellope Hope Wilkins and representatives of in , reported to the press that Vanellope has survived three weeks after being born with her heart outside her chest, a rare birth defect known as . She has been operated on three times, initially less than an hour after her birth on November 22,... |
JAKARTA: An explicit pornographic video was broadcast on a public billboard in broad daylight in Jakarta , with police and cyber crime specialists on Saturday searching for the culprit behind the gaffe.The offending clip of a couple engaged in a steamy tryst beamed at peak hour on Friday, shocking and amusing motorists... | Authorities in initiated an investigation after a film was illicitly screened on a 24- (roughly 260-) LED billboard in the capital city of on Friday, in full view of rush hour commuters. The film, depicting a couple engaged in explicit sexual activity, appeared on the screen for several minutes — five, according to — d... |
Passengers flee from a burning China Airlines Boeing 737-800 on Monday. The fire may have been caused by a hole in the plane's fuel tank. Photo: AP August 24, 2007 A hole in the fuel tank of a China Airlines airliner could explain why it burst into a fireball moments after landing, investigators in Japan say. All 165 p... | The burnt-out wreckage of the aircraft. Investigators have discovered a hole in the fuel tank of the China Airlines jet that caught fire and exploded on August 20 on the island of Okinawa, Japan. Investigators from Japan, Taiwan and the United States have all been examining the wreckage of China Airlines Flight 120 sin... |
Autoeuropa vai produzir novo modelo em 2008 Afábrica da Autoeuropa foi escolhida pela Volkswagen para produzir um novo modelo. O anúncio foi feito ontem, ao início da manhã, pela casa-mãe, em Wolfsburgo. A escolha deixou trabalhadores e administração "satisfeitos". Poucas horas depois da comunicação, Emílio Sáenz, dire... | The Volkswagen main factory in Wolfsburg. Volkswagen announced the Palmela, Portugal factory - Autoeuropa - has been chosen to produce a new car model beginning the first quarter of 2008, but did not specify the model to be produced. "The decision to produce a new model in Autoeuropa is the result of the competitive co... |
Spanish court rules Scientology can be listed as a religion MADRID (AFP) — A court in Spain has ruled in favour of listing the controversial Church of Scientology among the nation's official register of religions, according to a decision obtained by AFP Thursday. The administrative tribunal of Madrid's High Court ruled... | Madrid. On 31 October 2007 the National Court in Madrid issued a decision recognizing that the National Church of Scientology of Spain should be entered in the Registry of Religious Entities. The administrative tribunal of Madrid's High Court ruled that a 2005 justice ministry decision to scrap the church from the regi... |
President Pervez Musharraf suspended Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry on Friday. Lawyers have boycotted courts across Pakistan in protest against what they say is an unlawful suspension. The judge is noted for his firm line on government misdeeds and human rights abuses in the country. They are ab... | Iftikhar Chaudhry was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan from 2005 to 2007, when he was suspended. Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry arrived to court to appear in front of a panel of previously subordinate judges to answer charges filed against him by the President General Pervez Musharraf. The... |
Canada Opposition Parties Ask Obama To Free Guantanamo Detainee Wednesday February 11st, 2009 / 18h18 OTTAWA (AFP)--The leaders of Canada's three opposition parties on Wednesday asked U.S. President Barack Obama in a letter to return Canadian Omar Khadr from Guantanamo. Khadr was 15 when he was arrested for allegedly k... | Edney addresses the media. The Coalition to Repatriate Omar Khadr held a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday, where Khadr's lawyer Dennis Edney unveiled his reintegration strategy for the sole Western citizen still held at Guantanamo Bay, in hopes that he can be returned to Canada. Edney presented his "plan of rei... |
Paul Wolfowitz says he has been the victim of a smear campaign After lengthy talks with the bank's board, Mr Wolfowitz said he would quit the global lending body on 30 June. He had faced widespread calls for his resignation after being accused of a conflict of interest over a pay rise given to ex-bank employee Shaha Ri... | Paul Wolfowitz' Official Department of Defense Photo. The Executive Directors of the World Bank have issued a statement to the effect that Paul Wolfowitz is to resign as President of the World Bank Group effective 30th June 2007, and that further meetings will take place tomorrow to deal with arrangements for the inter... |
BOSTON | BOSTON (Reuters) - While bullies and their victims traffic in threats, taunts and fights in the schoolyard, a report on Thursday showed those on both sides are also more likely to live with violence at home. Violent family encounters were most common among youth who identified as someone who has both bullied a... | School bullying Both and their victims are linked with an increased incidence of violence in the home, according to a report on Massachusetts middle and high school students released on Thursday. In a survey of 5,807 students in 138 schools covering incidents in the past year, about 25 percent of middle school students... |
A fugitive who has been living in Cuba for four decades to avoid prosecution for his role in an airline hijacking surrendered to federal law enforcement authorities in New York on Sunday, ending his distinction of being one of the F.B.I.’s longest-known fugitives. Louis Armando Peña Soltren, 66, was arrested at 1:30 p.... | Luis Armando Peña Soltren surrendered to United States law enforcement at 1:30 Sunday, at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). John F. Kennedy International Airport, aerial view (1994) Soltren had arrived on a flight from Havana, Cuba, where authorities say he has resided 41 years to avoid pros... |
Aug 19, 2007 1:02 am US/Eastern (CBS) CASTRIES, St. Lucia Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean's path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In Santo Domingo, the capital of the D... | Hurricane Dean 2 a.m. (EDT) update on August 18, 2007 courtesy of NOAA. The in Miami now says that the Atlantic's first hurricane has reached Category 4 status, with winds up to 140 mph (225 km/h). is now being called a "major hurricane." While the storm is currently moving west through the Caribbean, additional streng... |
Mesut Oezil Goal Sees Werder Bremen Win DFB Pokal It was a happy farewell for both Frank Baumann and Diego as they crowned their final game for Werder Bremen by winning the DFB Pokal. May 30, 2009 3:56:11 PM Bayer Leverkusen 0-1 Werder Bremen After a goalless first-half shaded by Werder Bremen, the Green and Whites sco... | German team Werder Bremen won the DFB-Pokal (Germany's equivalent of the FA Cup) on Saturday night by beating Bayer Leverkusen 1–0. The win guaranteed Werder a place in the first Europa League and was their only piece of silverware this season. Werder has broken a streak of bad luck that was started by losing UEFA Cup ... |
On the plane back to the Vatican from his historic visit to Brazil, the pope talked about homosexuality and the role of women in the church. The pontiff called for a bigger role for women and said it's not his place to judge faithful Catholic priests who are gay. SEE: Pope Francis says he won't judge gay priests The ca... | Cardinal George at the Chicago 2011 Mayor Inauguration Opening Prayer Chicago politicians this past weekend asked not to pull funding from immigration campaign groups who support legal recongition of same-sex marriage. Groups that potentially could lose funding of between $25,000 and US$30,000 a year include organizati... |
UN backs action against Gaddafi Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The UN Security Council has backed a no-fly zone over Libya and "all necessary measures" short of an invasion "to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas". In New York, the 15-member body voted 10-0 in favour, with five... | The United Nations Security Council has approved the establishment of a over Libya after a vote on Thursday evening. A meeting in New York City resulted in the approval of a resolution that would mark the beginning of "all necessary measures short of an occupation force to protect civilians and civilian-populated area... |
Palestinians carry body of Al-Aqsa Martyrs commander Ahmad Sanakra, 24, killed by Israeli army in military operation 18 Jan 2008 An Israeli missile strike has destroyed the Hamas Interior Ministry building in Gaza City, part of an Israeli military offensive this week that has killed about 30 people, mostly militants, i... | Israel has sealed its borders with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after a surge in cross-border attacks this week. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's bureau, the move is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis in the impoverished territory. Israel has closed all border crossings into Gaza, in response to an escalation in P... |
Officials: At least three businesses damaged in late-night fire No one was inside at the time and no injuries were reported in the blaze, fire and police officials said. LI pizza chain opens new location in Oyster Bay It's the smallest location to date, but the menu remains nearly as big. Georgia massage parlor shootin... | Mount Diablo buckwheat Taxonomic name: Eriogonum truncatum Mount Diablo buckwheat is a small pink flower that was only known to grow on Mount Diablo in remote Contra Costa County, California. The University of California, Berkeley announced that one of its graduate students, Michael Park, rediscovered on May 24 the Mou... |
The 29-year-old former Gunners captain has signed a five-year contract after passing a medical in Turin. "I'm really proud, I'm really happy today, because it's a really special day," the France midfielder said. "For me, in the last few years, Juventus has always been at the top, not only in European football but also ... | Serie A champions Juventus have confirmed the $24,000,000 (£13,700,000, €20,000,000) capture of Arsenal captain . The central midfielder, who will now partner Brazilian - Emerson, has signed a 5 year contract at the . Juve had been in talks for the 29-year-old for the last few weeks and a deal has been completed. Vieir... |
Standoff at Russian Embassy in Costa Rica ends as man surrenders SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) A 20-year-old Kazakhstan man turned himself over to police on Friday, ending a three-hour standoff and safely releasing a captive he held inside the Russian Embassy in Costa Rica, police said. Roman Bogdanyants covered his face... | Police say Roman Bogdanyants, 21, from Kyrgyzstan, entered the Russian Embassy in Costa Rica and took at least one other male hostage at gunpoint, before authorities were able to end the standoff peacefully after four hours. "It all ended without violence, without loss of life. All the embassy staff are just fine," sai... |
Holocaust Remembrance Day Silence, memorial services mark day By Haaretz Staff and Agencies Israel fell silent as a two-minute siren wailed across the country yesterday morning in commemoration of Holocaust Memorial Day. The siren followed memorials at the Knesset and the Yad Vashem Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remem... | The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. Yom HaShoa, the Holocaust Memorial Day was marked in Israel yesterday. In Israel, a two-minute siren brought life to a standstill at 10 a.m. as Israelis observed an annual moment of silence in remembrance of the victims of the Nazis and their collaborators. Pedestr... |
Published Date: 26 January 2010 IT WAS once regarded as one of the biggest environmental threats to the planet. Now there is mounting evidence that the ozone hole above the Antarctic has been protecting the southern hemisphere against global warming. The bizarre side-effect of ozone depletion has been studied by scient... | The ozone hole over Antarctica in September 2006, when it was at its largest recorded size. Scientists from the UK's University of Leeds and the University of Kuopio in Finland report that the hole in the Earth's ozone layer over Antarctica may have offset some of the effects of climate change, and that as it heals, w... |
CNN name, logo and all associated elements ® and © 2020 Cable News Network LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. All rights reserved. CNN and the CNN logo are registered marks of Cable News Network, LP LLLP, displayed with permission. Use of the CNN name and/or logo on or as part of NEWS18.com does not derogate from the int... | A Delhi court has convicted Union Coal Minister Shibu Soren and four other people for abducting and murdering his private secretary Shashi Nath Jha in 1994. According to CBI report, Jha's family memebrs told that he was apprehensive of the threat to his life from Soren and his family members. According to police, Jha w... |
By Chris Michaud NEW YORK (Reuters) - Four people, including a former member of Guyana's parliament, have been charged with planning to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, U.S. officials said on Saturday. This was "one of the most chilling plots imaginable," Roslynn Mauskopf, U.S. attorney for the... | The TWA flight building at JFK The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reported that four arrests have been made in a foiled plot to blow up jet-fuel supply tanks and pipeline at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), in New York City. The DOJ suggested the plot was interrupted in the early planning stages throu... |
Mr Zapatero's move has divided Spanish opinion The statement in parliament by Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a Socialist, was broadcast live on Spanish TV. "The government is going to start negotiations with Eta," he said. The group is demanding Basque independence. Eta declared a permanent ceasefire on 22 March. The gr... | Location of Basque Country, an autonomous community in the country of Spain “The Government is going to initiate talks with ETA" said Spanish President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero in a televised speech to Parliament, Thursday. The historic announcement meant Mr Zapatero's Socialist-led government were set to begin pea... |
Man and woman arrested over Glasgow flat death Mr Cunningham was found in his flat in Aberdour Street in Glasgow A man and a woman have been arrested after the death of man found in a Glasgow flat. The body of Paul Cunningham was discovered at the property in Aberdour Street, Dennistoun, on the evening of Monday 11 Feb... | The suspects are expected to appear in the Glasgow Sheriff Court today. In the United Kingdom, arrested a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman in relation to the death of a man in Glasgow, Scotland, reports said yesterday. Paul Cunningham, a 35-year-old male, was discovered dead February 11 at approximately 18:15 , ... |
Eight days ago a Japanese climber was rescued from Mt Cook An Australian climber has been rescued from New Zealand's highest mountain, Mt Cook, but his brother is presumed dead after falling more than 500m (1,600ft). Miles Vinar, 42, was rescued after two nights alone on a ridge without a tent or cooker, after Mark Vin... | Mark Vinar, an Australian climber from Perth, has been presumed dead after falling over half a kilometre from New Zealand's highest peak, Aoraki/Mount Cook. He is said to have lost his footing whilst descending the Zurbriggen Ridge. His brother, Miles Vinar, was rescued by an alpine rescue team after being stranded for... |
The following article has been retrieved from the archive and no longer contains the original video. Rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel this morning – just as a six-month truce between Hamas and Israel came to an end. Hamas declared the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire officially over at 4 a.m.... | Sderot, Israel Hamas declared a formal end to the six-month Israel-Hamas Egyptian-brokered truce at 4 a.m. GMT which was set to expire today. The pact had begun to fail weeks ago with tit-for-tat attacks across Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. The past six months have seen a dramatic drop in the number of rockets a... |
Waterhouse also wrote the Worzel Gummidge series for television Obituary: Keith Waterhouse Author and playwright Keith Waterhouse has died "quietly in his sleep" at the age of 80, a spokeswoman has announced. Waterhouse made his screenwriting debut on the 1961 film Whistle Down The Wind. But he remains best known for t... | English author and playwright Keith Waterhouse has died at the age of 80. His family issued a statement on Friday morning saying, "Keith Waterhouse, aged 80, died quietly in his sleep this morning." The spokesperson for his family said that he "had not been very well," but did not state his illness or cause of death. H... |
Swine flu deaths rise in Midlands FOUR more people in the West Midlands have died suffering from swine flu, it emerged today. The deaths brings the total of number of people in the region who have died to 19. West Midlands NHS revealed that 203 people were admitted to hospital with the disease this week, an increase of... | Four people from the NHS West Midlands in England have died after contracting the H1N1 swine flu virus. With these deaths, the number of people that have been killed in the West Midlands from the disease has now increased to 19. NHS West Midlands has said that the number of people admitted to hospitals in the region wi... |
The agreement breaks a political impasse since June elections Lebanon's political opposition has agreed to join a unity government under Prime Minister designate, Saad Hariri. Lebanon's Hezbollah movement says its alliance of opposition groups agreed to the move after talks on Friday. Hezbollah is expected to officiall... | Saad al-Hariri Lebanese opposition parties, including Hezbollah, have agreed to form a government under designated Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri. "The Lebanese opposition has approved the proposed unity government," said a senior source, after oppositions leaders met late last night. According to the source the new gov... |
Google says it is building a Wiki-replacement The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO -- Google Inc. is working on a new Internet encyclopedia that will consist of material submitted by people who want to be identified as experts and possibly profit from their knowledge. The concept, outlined late Thursday in a posting on G... | 200px On its official blog Thursday evening, under the title, ''Encouraging People to Contribute Knowledge'', Google announced the first phase of testing of a tool designed to facilitate the organisation of "authoritative articles" written by users. The tool, dubbed "knol" for ''unit of knowledge'', will be similar to ... |
Tim Pawlenty announced today his departure from the presidential race. The decision is understandable. In the Ames Straw Poll, Pawlenty went all in. He spent a fortune (maybe a million dollars). He received 2,293 votes, less than half the votes Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) did. He also got less than half the votes R... | Presidential candidates at the Ames Straw Poll. From left: Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Thaddeus McCotter, Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann Representative of Minnesota narrowly defeated fellow Representative Ron Paul of Texas to win the nonbinding on Saturday. The poll, held every four years in , Iowa is used as a gauge of... |
Today's Top Stories >> Wednesday September 05, 2007 17:19 Thaksin says Swiss money frozen BangkokPost.com from news agency reports Sukhumbhand Paribatra from the Democrat party is likely to be the newly elected Bangkok governor, according to an exit poll conducted by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University released after pollin... | Thaksin Shinawatra in 2002 Following on from the seizure of US$1.5 billion in former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Thai bank accounts, the ousted PM is claiming assets in Swiss bank accounts have been frozen. When queried, the Swiss embassy in Bangkok said that there had been no request for an asset free... |
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- TV stations say Taiwan's military has rescued about 130 people whose village has been consumed by a typhoon-spawned mudslide, but there is no word on the fate of hundreds of others buried by the disaster in the island's south. The mudslide touched off by Typhoon Morakot inundated the remote mountain v... | As many as six hundred villagers from the island of Taiwan are missing after torrential rains from Typhoon Morakot caused mudslides, according to state media. Taiwanese authorities said that approximately a hundred people were rescued after a portion of a mountain started to slump and flooded the village of Shiao Lin i... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement At least two people, including a woman from Jersey, have been killed by a landslide at a beach on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife. The Foreign Office has named the Jersey woman as Marion O'Hara, 57. Local officials said at least four oth... | At least two people have been killed in a landslide at the Playa de los Gigantes beach on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed the information today. The victims were both women. One of them was identified as a 34-year-old woman from the southern part of the island. The othe... |
View larger image Palestinian relatives mourn during the funeral of four family members, killed in an Israeli missile strike on Saturday, in Gaza City, Sunday, March 2, 2008. (AP / Khalil Hamra) View larger image An Israeli soldier covers the eyes of a Palestinian man, detained during an Israeli army operation in the G... | The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas has cut all diplomatic ties and relations with Israel including any and all communications. Abbas made his decision after recent Israeli crackdown on Palestinian militants has left over 100 people dead and dozens injured. On Saturday March 1, 70 Palestinians were killed in clas... |
Diana Krall Billy Talent K-os (CP PHOTO/Aaron Harris) Avril Lavigne leads 2005 Juno Award nominations CTV.ca News Staff February 7, 2005 2:31 PM ET It looks like Avril Lavigne will be having a "happy ending" this year. The rebel girl pop star from Napanee, Ont. leads this year's Juno award nominations, with five nods. ... | The stage has yet to be set, the lights haven't even been hung, but Juno fever is already starting to grip Canadians. The 34th annual Juno Awards honoring Canadian music is scheduled to take place at the MTS Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada April 3 and it appears that people want to be a part of the action. Five hu... |
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