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Inside Israel Clinton, Peretz Speak at Rabin Memorial Rally 13:46 Nov 13, '05 / 11 Cheshvan 5766 By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu Former U.S. President Bill Clinton told crowds gathered at the annual Rabin memorial rally to stop memorializing and continue Rabin's policies. "There is enough of all this [expression of] missing," Cl... | Former US president Bill Clinton was the guest of honor in a memorial ceremony attended by some 200,000 Israelis in Tel Aviv to mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. The rally was delayed one week due to Clinton's schedule. Clinton opened his speech with some words of r... |
Oct 16, 2005 A moderate earthquake jolted Tokyo and its vicinity on Sunday afternoon, causing buildings in the capital to shake, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of damage. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 and was centred in southern Ib... | An earthquake that rated 5.1 on the Richter scale hit north of Tokyo, Japan on 16 October. The quake was centered 40km underground, in the southern Ibaraki Prefecture. The high-rise builidings shook but no major damage was reported and only two people were injured. No tsunami warning was issued Local and bullet train s... |
By James Dall Last updated: 8th April 2008 Gerrard wheels away after belting home his penalty Liverpool burst into the semi-finals of the UEFA Champions League as Rafa Benitez's side claimed a 4-2 second-leg success over Arsenal in a dramatic encounter at Anfield. A fascinating fixture - the third of the recent trilogy... | English sides Liverpool and Chelsea will face off in the UEFA Champions League semi-finals after both teams won their second leg matches on Tuesday. Chelsea were defeated 2-1 in their first leg by Turkish side Fenerbahçe and needed a win to advance, while Liverpool had tied fellow English side Arsenal 1-1 in their firs... |
"This is not a panacea," Obama said at a news conference where he straddled nearly every issue. The president called the meeting a "turning point in our pursuit of global economic recovery" and heralded steps agreed to by the Group of 20 leaders as both "critical" and "necessary." But, he cautioned: "Whether they're su... | The G20 Summit held in London, England concluded Thursday with an injection into the economy of US$5 trillion by the end of 2010. Global trade would be supported by $250 billion (169.5 billion pounds). "We are going to act decisively to kickstart international trade. We will ensure availability of at least $250 billion... |
A wildcat strike by thousands of prison officers in England and Wales has been called off after the Government offered fresh talks in a bitter row over pay. Analysis: Are prison officers right to strike? Your view: Do we value our prison officers enough? The Prison Officers Association said 20,000 of its members took p... | Wormwood Scrubs Prison entrance. Prison officers in England and Wales are on strike today as part of a continuing dispute over pay rates with employers, the Ministry of Justice. The Prison Officers' Association (POA) announced the strike, the first in its history, at 0600 (BST) on the morning of the 29th of August, jus... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The Conservatives have won the final seat of the new Parliament - Thirsk and Malton- in an election delayed by three weeks after the death of a candidate. Their coalition partners, the Lib Dems, came second in the new seat - created from Tory-held seats Ryed... | The Conservative Party has won the last seat of the , taking the seat of with a majority of over 11,000. Voting in the constituency had been delayed by the death of the United Kingdom Independence Party candidate in the run-up to the original polling date of May 6, 2010. The new MP, , took over 52% of the vote, with th... |
The co-executive producer of the hit NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation" was found dead Thursday in his Los Angeles home from a reported drug overdose. Wittels' assistant found him at his home in the Los Feliz area around noon, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, police officer Rosario Herrera told the Associated Pr... | , an executive producer on the comedy television series '''', has been found dead. The 30-year-old was found unresponsive at his home in Los Angeles by his assistant on Thursday. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have announced they are investigating the possibility of a drug overdose. Wittels had a history o... |
A Cassini image show a plume of water vapour erupting from Enceladus' surface. (Photo: NASA) Enceladus is a satellite of Saturn, its snow-covered surface visible here. (Photo: NASA) Icy moon's hot core could support life Brian Jackson , DiscoveryChannel.ca A moon of Saturn had a radioactive, explosive start that causes... | Plumes of icy material extend above the southern polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus, as imaged by the Cassini spacecraft in January 2005. Scientists at NASA say that new satellite images of Saturn's moon Enceladus taken in 2005, has shown that the moon has begun to spew geysers which contain liquid water, and that... |
Jackass star Ryan Dunn was twice over the legal alcohol limit when he died in a car crash on 20 June. Dunn's Porsche was travelling at speeds of up to 140mph when it came off the highway in Philadelphia before it was engulfed in flames. The 34-year-old, who was previously cited for driving under the influence in 2005, ... | Televison star was twice over the legal at the time of last Monday's car accident that killed him and a friend. The pair died when Dunn's left the road and crashed into a tree causing the car to burst into flames. Police have determined that the vehicle was travelling at speeds between 132 and 140 mph. The accident occ... |
The MoD said there was "a suspected improvised explosive device" A "suspected improvised explosive device" which caused an alert at an airbase in Wiltshire turned out to be residue on a vehicle. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said staff at RAF Lyneham were alerted to a vehicle by a sniffer dog. An explosives ordnance te... | Map highlighting location of Wiltshire. The British Royal Air Force gave the all clear at the Lyneham air base in Wiltshire, England after an earlier bomb scare. It had earlier been reported that an improvised explosive device (IED) was found inside a vehicle by a bomb sniffing dog. According to BBC News, the vehicle w... |
Toyota recalls 19,000 UK cars over fuel system concerns The Japanese transport ministry said slight cracks could appear in fuel pipes Continue reading the main story Related stories Car manufacturer Toyota is recalling nearly 19,000 cars in the UK over concerns about possible problems with fuel systems. Hundreds of Toy... | A file photo of a Toyota Avensis. Car manufacturer Toyota is to recall almost 1.7 million cars in two simultaneous recalls, that include the and , after concerns over fuel systems, which, if combined, amount to the biggest Toyota recall for six years. Japan's transport ministry stated it was possible for slight cracks ... |
Italy asks pilgrims to stay away ROME (Reuters) - Italian authorities have appealed to pilgrims to stay away from the centre of Rome, saying it was saturated and any newcomers would have no chance of seeing Pope John Paul's funeral. Guido Bertolaso, head of crowd control for the funeral, told reporters well over 1 mill... | Wikicommons File photo'' As many as four million pilgrims are expected to flock to Rome for the Pope's funeral Friday. Italian authorities have in response urged visitors to avoid entering the centre of Rome and instead use a special camp open on the outskirts of the city. Already one million people have arrived to see... |
PM shuts down Parliament until March Tories trying to 'shut down democracy,' Liberal MP Goodale says Prime Minister Stephen Harper is shown outside Ottawa's Rideau Hall on Dec. 4, 2008, after Gov. Gen Michaëlle Jean approved his recommendation to prorogue Parliament. (Tom Hanson/Canadian Press)The Conservative governme... | Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has received approval from Governor General Michaelle Jean to prorogue the Canadian Parliament for about two months, up until the end of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the Prime Minister's Office has announced today. Under the prorogation, Parliament will resume on March 3... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Conservative leader David Cameron has become the UK's new prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown. Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will be his deputy after they agreed to the UK's first coalition government in 70 years. Mr Cameron, who at 43 is the yo... | Cameron had only been in Parliament for nine years before becoming Prime Minister David Cameron was today appointed the new British Prime Minister. This follows five days of negotiation after the May 6 general election resulted in a . While the Conservative Party won the largest number of seats, they lacked enough for ... |
North Korea may be readying ICBM test Preparations could be a 'bluff,' officials say From CNN State Department Producer Elise Labott WASHINGTON (CNN) -- North Korea appears to be preparing to test-launch a ballistic missile with the range to reach the United States mainland, U.S. and South Korean officials said Tuesday... | South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon says that North Korea is prepared to test an with an estimated range of 3,500 miles. The missile, , could with such a range reach the mainland. On Tuesday, Lee Tae-sik, South Korea's ambassador to the United States, confirmed the reports saying, "preparations did appear to be u... |
Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007 to Start on the First Spring Day Thu, 01 March 2007 The 1st of March, 2007 will mark the beginning of the Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007 event. The first day of spring will bring the inauguration of the new mobile free-ride contest for experienced snowboarders and skiers. The ... | The Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007, an innovative format of mobile free-ride event for snowboarders and skiers in the Alps, will start on March 1, 2007. The initial stage of the event will open in the Swiss resort of Laax and finish in Innsbruck, Austria on March 10. Eight world-class snowboarders and eight top i... |
Gates remain locked at Chicago's United Center NHL commissioner Gary Bettman broke the news after a final deadline for resolution passed on Wednesday. "I have no choice but to cancel the 2004-05 season - this is a sad, regrettable day that all of us wish could have been avoided," said Bettman. This is the first time a ... | Gary Bettman, the NHL commissioner, today announced that the 2004/2005 season of the National Hockey League has been canceled. The announcement served only as official comfirmation of what was generally expected as wild speculation had raged during the past few days. The dispute centered around player pay caps, which w... |
Tributes as former Scottish Conservative leader announces she will stand down 25 Jun 2015 Former Scottish Conservative leader Annabel Goldie has announced she is to stand down as an MSP in 2016. Following her elevation to her peerage two years ago, Baroness Goldie will devote her time to her duties in the House of Lord... | , Scottish Conservative Party leader from 2005 to 2011, has announced she will stand down as an MSP at the . Goldie, who has been an MSP for the (previously ) electoral region since the Scottish Parliament's formation in 1999, said she intends to focus on her role in the House of Lords, where she has been a since 2013.... |
RAWA reporter, November 29, 2006 Warlords gang-rape a woman in Badakhshan Husband of the victim: "my children were crying one of them peed in their mouth" Brig. Sayed Habib Saeedkhili: "Drug-trafficker Mujtaba and his 11 men raped the woman and fled" Brig. Sayed Habib Saeedkhili: "Drug-trafficker Mujtaba and his 11 men... | A local commander and his 11 men are alleged to have gang-raped a 22-year-old woman in Shahre Buzurg district of the northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on November 28. The crime was reported to have been committed in the Shah Dasht village by a local warlord called Mujtaba who belongs to Jamiat-e-Islami Af... |
Deadly home-brewed liquor kills 17 in Kenya Many Kenyans drink home-distilled liquor because they cannot afford commercial brands Poisonous moonshine has killed at least 17 people and blinded a dozen more in Kenya's largest slum. Police said the home-distilled drink may have contained traces of methanol. Many of those ... | Poisoned liquor, locally known as '''', killed seventeen and blinded a dozen in Kenya's largest slum. Many of the people who died were found in their homes, in Nairobi slum . Police said the changaa "may have contained traces of methanol", BBC News reported. The woman who distilled the liquor was arrested. Authorities ... |
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade said on Monday he would pull his country’s troops out of Darfur if it was determined that African peacekeepers who were killed at the weekend were not equipped to defend themselves. African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) peacekeepers evacuate wounded soldiers ... | Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, who threatened troop withdrawal from Darfur Monday. Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade pushed for an immediate investigation into the deaths of 12 African Union(AU) troops who were killed in a raid on a peacekeeping base in the Darfur region of Sudan. He stated that he would remove... |
BRUSSELS - A kestrel falcon was blamed Monday for the crash in May of a US-owned Boeing 747 cargo plane as it took off from Brussels airport, breaking apart but causing no injuries. The bird was sucked into one of the four engines on the massive Kalitta Air jet, stopping it from taking off, said senior transport offici... | Amsterdam's Schipol Airport Belgian official Etienne Schouppe has announced that the final report into the wreck of a Kalitta Air Boeing 747 cargo plane crash at Brussels Airport will blame a bird strike. Kalitta 747 N704CK, bound for Bahrain, was taking off from Brussels and was four seconds past V1 speed when a bird ... |
Jacques Chirac, former French president whose later years were blighted by corruption scandals, has died aged 86. He served two terms as French president and took his country into the single European currency. One of his major political reforms was to cut the presidential term of office from seven to five years. This b... | Chirac at in Paris, 2006 This morning Jacques Chirac, who served as for twelve years, died at home in Paris, France, surrounded by family. He was 86. The news came from his son-in-law, , and came after a long period of health problems. He had not made public appearances since 2014, which his wife said was due to memory... |
Swaziland serial killer David Simelane faces hanging Simelane is to appeal against the verdict and the sentence A serial killer responsible for at least 28 deaths in the southern African state of Swaziland has been sentenced to death by hanging. A judge handed down the sentence nine days after David Simelane was convic... | Most of the victims were found in the outskirts of . A convicted has been by in the African country of Swaziland; his death will be the first execution in the country since 1983. David Simelane was sentenced to death by a judge nine days after being convicted of the murders of 28 people. Simelane's lawyers said they wo... |
Deadly Suicide Blast Rips Through Hotel in Somalia The blast targeted a university graduation ceremony being attended by a number of government officials; at least 19 killed. Photo: AP A deadly hotel bombing in Mogadishu has killed at least 19 people, including three Somali Cabinet ministers. Some reports say the death... | A deadly hotel bombing in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, has killed at least fifteen people, including three Somali Cabinet ministers, earlier today. Some reports say the death toll could be higher. The blast targeted a university graduation ceremony being attended by a number of government officials. The Shamo Hot... |
U.S. Fiddles Over ICC While Darfur Burns U.N. Security Council Should Reject U.S. Scheme for Ad Hoc Court (New York, January 31, 2005) - The Bush administration is creating a deadly delay for the people of Darfur by attempting to block the U.N. Security Council from referring Darfur atrocities to the International Crim... | US based has criticised the United States attempts to block the UN from referring atrocities in the region to the (ICC). The US favours setting up an ad hoc tribunal instead. HRW claims that the resulting delay will lead to the loss of more innocent lives. The US has long opposed the ICC, because of concerns over poli... |
Hundreds evacuated as California braces for storm LOS ANGELES — Hundreds of homeowners in fire-ravaged areas were ordered to evacuate Wednesday as Californians braced for a powerful storm threatening torrential rain, flash floods and possible mudslides. The storm, the third to hit into the region since Monday, was expe... | Map of Los Angeles County reddened on a map of California. A storm in the Los Angeles County, California area has caused reasons for residents in 2009 Station Fire burn areas to evacuate. Californians in these area braced themselves from mudslides and flash floods due to the expected 25 cm (10 in) of rain yesterday. Th... |
Provisional edition The dangers of creationism in education Resolution 1580 (2007)1 1. The aim of this report is not to question or to fight a belief – the right to freedom of belief does not permit that. The aim is to warn against certain tendencies to pass off a belief as science. It is necessary to separate belief f... | A Museum of Creation and Earth history. The Council of Europe Parliamentary assembly (CoE) urged its member states to only teach creationism as nothing more than belief. The CoE stressed the potential threat to human rights that may result from creationist doctrines. The adopted resolution targeting creationism is a re... |
Emirates Team New Zealand wins race two Emirates Team New Zealand wins race two - it's squared up at the America's Cup Match Valencia, 24 June, 2007 - Emirates Team New Zealand came from behind to beat Alinghi on Sunday afternoon, squaring the score in the 32nd America's Cup Match. Each team has one win, going in to Mo... | Alinghi on display on August 30, 2006. The America's Cup Trophy. . Team New Zealand have defeated Swiss syndicate Alinghi in the second race of the 32nd America's Cup Challenge on Sunday, making the overall score equal with one win for each team. Team New Zealand, racing with NZL-92, crossed the start line three second... |
Kylie Minogue, the Australian pop singer, is to receive an OBE in the New Year Honours List published today. New Year Honours List in full [pdf] In pictures: 2008 New Year Honours Your view: Who should and should not have recieved an honour? The 39-year-old, recognised for services to music, said she was "deeply touche... | In an annual tradition, Queen Elizabeth II gave out honours in the 2008 U.K. New Year Honours list today. Chat show host is to be , Australian singer was made a member of the Order of the British Empire (for services to music), and actor (who played in the trilogy) joined the exclusive , which is limited to only 65 mem... |
Recently Apple presented its financial results regarding its first quarter, which ended on 30th of December. The results are positive – the company gained revenue of 7.1 billion dollars and its profit reached 1 billion dollars. In comparison with last year, Apple significantly increased its profit and revenue indicator... | iPod nano from Apple. The American computer company Apple has reached 78 percent increase in its profits during the last quarter, which ended December 30, 2006. This fact is explained by great demand enjoyed by Apple's iPod digital music players during the Christmas and New Year sales period. As a result of successful ... |
The Government may increase the powers of debt collectors despite concerns that the industry is poorly controlled. The new rules, allowable under legislation already passed by Parliament but not yet enacted, would give bailiffs the right to restrain or pin down householders. Bailiffs are expecting a big increase in bus... | The United Kingdom Parliament is planning to expand the powers of bailiffs in pursuit of unpaid debts. While the new measures are not yet officially active, bailiffs are expected to soon be able to use force in entering debtors' homes and restraining them. The preemptive crackdown was introduced with predictions of hun... |
DPA Malaga (Spain), April 20 (DPA) Nine Finnish tourists were killed and 35 others injured Saturday night when a bus they were travelling in collided with another vehicle in southern Spain, police and rescue authorities said. The 46 people on the bus were part of a tour group from Finland being taken to Malaga’s airpor... | A bus accident near the Spanish coastal resort town of Benalmádena has killed nine passengers and injured 35, all of whom were Finnish, police said Saturday night. The bus collided with a sport utility vehicle on a highway along the Spanish coast, causing the bus to veer off the road and overturn. The driver of the SUV... |
Washington (CNN) Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Friday he won't seek reelection in 2016, and endorsed New York Sen. Charles Schumer as his successor for his leadership post. The fifth-term Nevada Democrat has spent months denying retirement rumors, which grew louder after he suffered serious injuries in an exer... | Reid is the current Senate minority leader Harry Reid, Democratic Senator and current , announced on Friday he will not run for re-election next year. Reid has represented the state of Nevada in the Senate since 1987. He has endorsed Senator of New York to replace him as Democratic senate leader. The announcement follo... |
Four TV workers were arrested after the 42-year-old actor's face and jacket were drenched with water from a fake microphone on Sunday. Channel 4 has apologised to Cruise for the stunt, filmed for a comedy show. All four men have been released on police bail and are due to return to a London police station on 4 July. Ch... | Four members of a filmcrew have been arrested on suspicion of assault after squirting water at movie star Tom Cruise at the London premiere of the War of the Worlds on Sunday evening. The crew were freelancers filming a new comedy show for Channel 4. Channel 4 has no production facilities itself; all television program... |
On 6 April 2012, at around 07:00 (French time), ASN received confirmation from EDF that the leak had stopped on the Penly NPP reactor n°2 primary pump. The ASN regional office in Caen performed an inspection, on April 6, at the Penly NPP. After further assessment of the incident, ASN, accordingly to its obligation of t... | Exterior of the Penly nuclear site. According to press releases from the (ASN), Unit 2 of the in France shut down Thursday afternoon after operators were alerted to "small quantities of burning oil." The plant is operated by (EDF). Emergency crews were dispatched to the 1,330-megawatt French reactor following an alarm... |
INTEGRATION - SOUTH AMERICA : One Giant Step - and 32 Small Ones Humberto Márquez The South American community that will be born this week in Peru -- the most ambitious integration initiative in the region's history -- will mark its debut with 32 physical infrastructure projects with a combined cost of over 4.2 billion... | '''December 2004''' South American nations began the creation of an international economic and legislative bloc by a declaration made at the Third South American Summit on 8 December. Named the South American Community of Nations, the organization is a step toward greater coordination among South American states. Two e... |
Student charged with murder in fatal stabbing at suburban school Related Links VIDEO: Statement from DA Gerry Leone FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Moments after a 15-year-old student was stabbed to death Friday at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School, a 16-year-old classmate blurted out, "I did it. I did it," to police, a prosec... | Emblem of the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School In the United States, a stabbing at the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury, Massachusetts has left a 15-year old student dead. The stabbing happened around 7:20 am EST, before classes had started. A fight broke out in a boys' bathroom between the 15-year o... |
Justin Bieber to publish his memoirs Good morning! USA TODAY's Cindy Clark here with some more fuel for Justin "Bieber fever": The teen singing sensation is about to share his life story — what he's had so far, that is — in a new book from HarperCollins. The official illustrated memoir from the multi-platinum selling 1... | File photo of Bieber in 2009. Canadian pop and R&B singer Justin Bieber has announced he will publish a memoir. Titled ''Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story'', the hardcover book features several photos and will cover the sixteen-year-old's "journey to superstardom". In a statement issued through HarperCollin... |
At least three people have died and 22 remain missing after a ferry sank in waters south of the Philippines capital, Manila, the coast guard says. The vessel was carrying almost 90 people when it went down near Batangas City. Ships in the area rescued more than 60 passengers. It follows another ferry disaster in the Ph... | Map of the Philippines. In two separate ferry incidents, more than 40 people are feared dead in the Philippines. The first accident on Thursday involved a wooden ferry near colliding with a large fishing boat, the ''Nathalia''. 46 people were rescued, four confirmed dead. The BBC reports as many as 24 may still be miss... |
ESPN Brazil's Rubens Pozzi expresses just how big a loss Chapecoense is to the world of football. (4:56) Colombian club Atletico Nacional have asked CONMEBOL to award fellow finalists Chapecoense with the Copa Sudamericana title after a plane carrying the Brazilian team crashed en route to Colombia on Monday night. A c... | On Monday local time, a chartered flight carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members crashed on the outskirts of the city of , Colombia. The Colombian police has indicated only five people on board survived the crash. The was flying from Brazil to Colombia via Bolivia. The plane reported facing electrical problems nea... |
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Solid gold toilet stolen in Blenheim Palace heist A second man has been arrested as police continue to hunt for a solid gold toilet stolen from Blenheim Palace. The artwork, valued at $6m (£4.8m), was stolen in a raid at the stately home in Woodstock, Oxfordshi... | The toilet seen installed at the in New York, New York, 2016 Yesterday, said they had arrested a second man in connection with the theft of a gold toilet. The toilet, an artwork, was stolen on Saturday from in , England. Another man, who was was arrested on the day of the theft, was released on bail. The toilet has not... |
Important Information Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, to help provide you with the best experience we can. By continuing to use this website you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with our policy ||||| The Times newspaper said it had seen documents suggesting a boost to the club's revenues... | The intentions of Manchester United's new owner, U.S. sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer, for the club have been revealed. Although spokespersons for Mr. Glazer (including his son) have stressed that nothing has been finalised, it appears that he intends to raise ticket prices, income, profits whilst capping spending on play... |
404 Error - Page Not Found Sorry, the server can not find this page. Please check the URL and try again. ||||| * 88 million nonsmokers unprotected from secondhand smoke * Southern states lag nation in enacting smoke-free laws By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO, April 21 (Reuters) - More than half of U.S. states have enacted ... | No smoking logo Government officials have predicted that by 2020, all US states will have bans on indoor smoking in private sector bars and restaurants, the chief sources of , if the current rate of progress in enacting smoking bans continues. In a press release issued yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Pre... |
We've noticed you're adblocking. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Thank you for your support. ||||| The skull of a crocodile last seen roaming the eart... | The fossilised skull of a Cretaceous crocodile has been unearthed from the coast of Dorset, United Kingdom. The 58 cm skull, which belongs to an animal called a ''Goniopholis'', was discovered by Richard Edmonds, earth science manager for the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site team. "It's only the second crocodile skul... |
Zarein Ahmedzay had earlier entered a plea of not guilty A New York man has pleaded guilty to terror charges in connection with a plot to set off suicide bombs in the city's subway system. Zarein Ahmedzay admitted conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction and providing support to al-Qaeda, in a plea entered in a co... | Zarein Ahmedzay, a man from New York, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to blow up subway trains in New York City along with two other men, in a plea entered in federal court in the city. He admitted to having flown to Pakistan in the summer of 2008 with two friends, one of whom has plead guilty, for training with al-Qa... |
Grady Coppell/Getty A weakness in the main security mechanism that protects wireless networks may not be fixed for several weeks, depending on the software a device is running. But its ramifications will be felt for much longer than that. The WPA2 security protocol has been a mandatory requirement for all devices using... | On Monday, digital security researchers Mathy Vanhoef and Frank Piessens of Belgium's KU Leuven university publicly disclosed a security vulnerability in the (wireless local-area networking) protocol, which they called (for '''K'''ey '''R'''einstallation '''A'''tta'''ck'''). Their study claimed KRACK affects every mod... |
09/26/2012 Reported News Briefs Tishrei 10, 5773 , 26/09/12 Tishrei 10, 5773 , 26/09/12 Syrian Rocket Hits Golan Heights in 2nd Attack For the second time in two days, a Syrian rocket has hit Israel. The incident occurred Wednesday afternoon. The rocket hit an open area in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria. ... | In the past two days, at least two rockets fired from Syria have landed in northern Israel, according to the Israeli military. Both rockets landed in the neighborhood of Israel, which shares its border with Syria. At least two shells also hit the same area yesterday. No damage to buildings was reported and no one was i... |
Harrington Beats Garcia in Playoff at British Open (Update2) By Dex McLuskey July 22 (Bloomberg) -- Padraig Harrington beat Sergio Garcia in a playoff to win the 136th British Open and end Europe's eight-year wait for a major champion after his rival blew a three-shot overnight lead. Harrington had a final-round 67 tod... | Pádraig Harrington at the 2004 Ryder Cup After what was almost certain defeat, Ireland's Padraig Harrington has come back to win the 136th British Open in playoff after Spain's Sergio Garcia missed what should have been a game winning putt. Harrington originally was knocked out of the game when he landed his ball twice... |
By Rob Taylor CANBERRA (Reuters) - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was in a serious but stable condition on Tuesday in an Australian hospital, but medics were planning more surgery for up to three gunshot wounds, a senior doctor said. Ramos-Horta was critically wounded at his home in Dili on Monday in an assassin... | José Ramos-Horta in 2006. José Ramos-Horta, President of East Timor, has been shot by rebel soldiers in an attack on his home near the capital of Dili. He is now undergoing treatment at the Royal Darwin Hospital's intensive care unit in Darwin, Australia. The military is blaming the shooting on rebel leader Alfredo Rei... |
Serbest bölgede bir yıllık kadın grevi 26 Eylül'de bir yıl doluyor: Grevin 352. günü, grev hakkını tırpanlayan 12 Eylül'ün de yıldönümüydü. Grevin birinci yılının dolacağı 26 Eylül'de ülkenin dört yanından ve yurtdışından yüzlerce kadının Antalya'ya gelerek grevci kadınlara destek vermesi bekleniyor. FOTOĞRAFLAR: ERTUĞ... | __NOTOC__ In a free trade zone in Antalya, Turkey, 80 women workers of FMC Novamed are in strike for almost a year now, since September 26th, 2006. They allege not only low wages but also severe abuses on FMC's part. Novamed, founded in 2001, is a factory managed by Turkish capitalists and located in the free trade zon... |
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... | Metropolitan Police headquarters, New Scotland Yard The British government has announced the appointment of Sir Paul Stephenson to head London's Metropolitan Police Service. Stephenson said his priorities as Commissioner would be knife crime and teenage murders. ''The Times'' quoted him as telling reporters that his ag... |
(Updates, adds port situation) VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A storm packing heavy rain and high winds slammed into Canada's already soggy Pacific coast on Wednesday, uprooting trees, disrupting travel and possibly causing a building to collapse. The steel frame of a four-storey building under constru... | Currently, there are blackouts, heavy rain, and high winds in British Columbia. Over 220,000 BC Hydro customers have no power. Buildings have already collapsed and trees have been knowed down. Five Vancouver rivers were in danger of flooding, which rain fell at 10 mm an hour for more than six hours at midday. The steel... |
China's state media says some of the snowfall may have been induced through cloud seeding [AFP] China's state media says some of the snowfall may have been induced through cloud seeding [AFP] The 38 deaths reported so far were mostly due to traffic accidents by those attempting to travel in the terrible weather, accord... | Heavy snowstorms in northern China have killed at least 32 people today, according to officials. More than 15,000 buildings had collapsed due to large amounts of snow and 300,000 hectares of winter crops were destroyed, according to the Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs. The ministry estimated that 9.6 million people w... |
In this early 1970s file photo released in New York by 60 Cycle Media, Isaac Hayes is shown. Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, has been found dead at home. He was 65. The Shelby County Sheriff's Office says a family member found Haye... | DE:Isaac Hayes ist verstorben Grammy Award and Academy Award winning musician and vocalist Isaac Hayes was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee in the United States. Hayes in 1973. According to initial police reports, his wife found him collapsed near a treadmill exercise machine in their home after she returne... |
An amateur Australian astronomer looking through his backyard telescope has discovered that a large comet or asteroid has crashed into Jupiter, creating a hole the size of the Earth in the planet's atmosphere. Anthony Wesley, 44, a computer programmer who lives in a small town outside the capital, Canberra, discovered ... | The bright white spot on bottom left of this infrared photo is the site of the impact A black spot about the size of the Earth that appeared on the upper cloud surface of the planet Jupiter on July 19 has been confirmed to be the result of a massive object, probably a comet or asteroid, crashing into the planet, accord... |
The Australian opposition leader, Kevin Rudd, was declared the clear victor after a televised election debate last night, turning up the pressure on Prime Minister John Howard ahead of polls on 24 November. Political analysts and body language experts said Mr Rudd, the Labour leader, gave a better performance in what i... | With Australian Prime Minister, John Howard and Labor leader Kevin Rudd facing off in a leader's debate on Sunday night, political analysts and body language experts declared Mr Rudd the clear victor. Experts said that Mr Rudd came across as believable and enthusiastic while Mr Howard appeared too negative. The focus o... |
R rating of video games comes into force PARENTS will be better informed on what computer games to avoid after the introduction of an R18+ classification yesterday. The system brings the classification of computer games into line with movies and comes after years of debate. Games that are deemed to be suitable for adul... | Logo for the rating system used in Canada and the United States, which operates on a voluntary basis. A new Australian adult classification, R18+, came into effect starting yesterday. The new rating brings greater consistency between Australia's systems of video game ratings and film ratings. Previously video game clas... |
NASA Television provides real-time coverage of Agency activities and missions as well as resource video to the news media, and educational programming to teachers, students and the general public. NASA Television is broadcast on AMC-2, transponder 9C, C-Band, located at 85 degrees West longitude. The frequency is 3880.... | ''Endeavour'' rolls out after landing The Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' landed on runway 15 at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida at 00:39 GMT this morning. ''Endeavour'''s landing marks the completion of the STS-123 mission, which saw two new components installed aboard the International Spac... |
Residents said most of the 62 people killed in the clashes were civilians [AFP] Residents said most of the 62 people killed in the clashes were civilians [AFP] Residents hid in their homes as mortar bombs fired by fighters from al-Shabab, the group battling to remove the government, hit the city on Friday. At least 24 ... | At least 22 people were killed as Somali government and African Union troops battled Islamist rebels in Mogadishu over the past two days. The attacks started when the insurgent group al-Shabaab, which is trying to overthrow the government, started firing mortar bombs in the capital on Friday. The onslaught was apparent... |
William Hague today insisted that the alleged behaviour of Liam Fox and Adam Werritty was not “generic” across the Government but that the inquiry into their activities would be a springboard for an examination of the vexed issue of lobbying. Sir Gus O’Donnell, chief of the Civil Service, is due to publish on Tuesday h... | Russia yesterday celebrated , to commemorate the since Nazi Germany surrendered. The logo for the celebrationIn a first for the annual celebrations, soldiers from other countries joined in the parade, including those from former Soviet allies in the war: the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Poland. Leader... |
BOSTON The New Hampshire legislature approved revisions to a same-sex marriage bill on Wednesday, and Gov. John Lynch promptly signed the legislation, making the state the sixth to let gay couples wed. The bill had been through several permutations to satisfy Mr. Lynch and certain legislators that it would not force ... | After both the New Hampshire House of Representatives and Senate of New Hampshire voted to legalize same-sex marriages, the state's Governor, John Lynch signed the legislation into law on June 3. This makes New Hampshire the sixth state in the United States to legalize same-sex marriages. The other five states are Conn... |
Yukos faces a huge Russian tax bill Yukos filed for Chapter 11 protection in Houston in an unsuccessful attempt to halt the auction of its Yugansk division by the Russian authorities. The court ruling is a blow to efforts to get damages for the sale of Yugansk, which Yukos claims was illegally sold. Separately, former ... | The Russian oil giant ''(Юкос)'' has lost its bid for protection by a court. Yukos sought Chapter 11 protection, to prevent the forced sale of the subsidiary by the Russian authorities. Judge Letitia Clark said that the oil company didn't have a strong enough presence in America to warrant Chapter 11. The sale was made... |
Scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Match home - Bulletin - Article index (6) - Photo index (15) ODI no. 2544 ICC World Cup - 14th Match, Group C Kenya v New Zealand 2006/07 season Played at (neutral venue), on 20 March 200... | New Zealand beat Kenya by 148 runs in Group C of the World Cup at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. This victory qualifies New Zealand for the Super 8 phase. Toss: Kenya won, and elected to field first. Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Vincent, 0.4 ov), 2-105 (Fleming, 20.1 ov), 3-192 (Taylor, 33.4 ov), 4-274 (Styr... |
Ni quitrà, ni plomes! Els nostres recorreguts estan estudiats per tenir un mínim d'asfalt. Els participants no estaran decepcionats; tenim tarifes assequibles i per a cada cursa en cas de molt mal temps, tenim preparat (com cada any) un recorregut alternatiu de característiques similars, en distància i desnivell, amb a... | On Saturday, Francesc Solé reached the finish in as winner of the after 170 over an altitude range of 13,500 and 31:09 hours. Between 7am on Friday and 8am on Saturday, over 1600 competitors started in four races between single and quadruple . The Andorran Ultra Trail lead, for the seventh time now, on tracks through ... |
Cheerleaders and band majorettes in Texas could soon be barred from performing bump-and-grind routines in an effort to make Friday night football games more "family friendly". A bill to bar "sexually oriented" performances is working its way through the state legislature. Representative Al Edwards of Houston proposed l... | Texas representative proposes to outlaw 'sexy' cheerleading , Texas representative proposed a bill last week to ban "sexually suggestive" in Texas , , and . The movements typical to cheerleading are sexual, said Edwards, and send out the wrong message, especially as youth should be encouraged to be more reserved where ... |
MEDIOS | SE MULTIPLICAN LAS QUEJAS Mariotto acudió a la Justicia para que vuelva a funcionar Canal 7 en Mendoza 2008-01-24 00:00:00 El subsecretario de Medios de Comunicación de la Nación y decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora trabaja para revertir la suspensión de la... | Canal 7. The Argentinian federal judge Olga Arrabal ordered closure of public rebroadcasting station in Mendoza Province at request of Vila-Manzano Group, a monopolistic media conglomerate. The judge ordered the cessation of broadcasts by the local relay transmitter of Canal 7 television station in Mendoza's capital. T... |
Home | Nation Republican presidential hopeful, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his campaign for president effectively giving the nomination to Sen. John. McCain. Mitt Romney suspended his faltering presidential campaign today, effectively sealing the Republican presidential nomination for John McCain... | Romney McCain Huckabee Ron Paul - Former Massachusetts governor and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, 60, has announced his intentions to "suspend" his presidential bid. Romney spent millions of his own money during the campaign. "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch... |
It's becoming increasingly clear we're past the point where you could subscribe to just one or two streaming services and watch most of what you wanted. More and more companies are creating their own exclusive services, but you have to have the content to justify that. CBS All Access, at least as it exists right now, d... | On Sunday, US television station aired "", the premiere episode of ''''. The episode is slated to be the only one of the series broadcast on conventional television, with future installments exclusive to platform . ''Discovery'' continues the long-running '''' franchise with the first series in the franchise to feature... |
The British public needs to get rid of the "Band Aid" portrayal of Africa as a hopeless continent if they are to help with its problems, Oxfam says. The charity says Africa's negative image in Britain is undermining efforts to bring an end to hunger on the continent. The aid agency has revealed that three-fifths of peo... | , an international organisation intending to eliminate poverty, has criticised the way in which Africa is depicted to United Kingdom (UK) audiences. In a press release, the charity said the continent was being portrayed in an "overwhelmingly negative" way which is "undermining popular support for efforts to bring an en... |
Libi is thought to have directed recent suicide attacks News of his death emerged on a website used by Islamist groups. Ekhlaas.org said he had "fallen as a martyr". Pakistan says it cannot confirm reports that Libi was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan on Tuesday Libi is believed to have behind an attack at an... | Map showing the North and South of Waziristan, al-Libi was killed in the Northern part. Abu Laith al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, was reported killed on Islamist website Ekhlaas.org, saying: "Libi was martyred with a group of his brothers in the land of Muslim Pakistan....Though we are sad for his loss, he ... |
In response to the catastrophic I-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis, ASCE is playing a significant and proactive role in providing authoritative information and technical expertise to the public on our nation's infrastructure crisis. Although the cause of the collapse is unknown at this time, it appears the bridge fai... | Army Corps of Engineers footage of the collapse. Richard Stanek addressed reporters in a news conference on Friday morning, officially revising the death toll from the collapse of the I-35W bridge to five, up from four. This fifth victim was pulled from the wreckage of a tractor trailer rig which had been engulfed in f... |
A child from the Palestinian Hammuda family prepares to spend the night amid the rubble Anger in Britain as broadcasters refuse to air Gaza appeal LONDON (AFP) — Britain's Sky News television channel on Monday joined the BBC in refusing to broadcast a Gaza charity appeal despite heavy pressure, saying it risked comprom... | A televised appeal for victims of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be shown by the BBC or by British Sky Broadcasting. The BBC had announced last week that the appeal, from the thirteen-strong charity coordination body Disasters Emergency Committee, would not be shown, leading to a media storm and intense crit... |
Coast Guard confirms burning oil platform was in production; unclear where sheen comes from Published: Thursday, September 02, 2010, 2:24 PM Updated: Thursday, September 02, 2010, 3:54 PM Share this story The Mariner Energy platform burning off Vermilion Bay was in fact producing oil and gas when it caught fire Thursda... | Map highlighting location of Deepwater well and Vermillion 380 platform. An oil platform owned by has exploded in the throwing thirteen people into the water, reports indicate. All thirteen men who fell into the water have been accounted for, according to the . No injuries were reported. Smoke was billowing from the oi... |
By Jonathan Amos Science reporter, BBC News, San Francisco The UVIS instrument sees the rings in the ultraviolet New data from the Cassini probe shows these thin bands of orbiting particles were probably there billions years ago, and are likely to be very long-lived. It means we are not in some special time - the giant... | Artists impression of the particles making up the rings of Saturn. Recent scans on the planet Saturn by the space probe Cassini–Huygens have shown that the planet's rings are much older than previously thought. Recent data says they may be as old as the solar system itself. The new scans have indicated that the rings a... |
These are the first suicides at the base, despite dozens of attempts The inmates, two Saudis and a Yemeni, hanged themselves in their cells. The camp commander said the deaths - the first at the camp - were planned in "an act of warfare". Rights groups said they were driven by despair. President George Bush expressed "... | Camp X-Ray, January 2002 Three inmates hung themselves with nooses made from their bedsheets at the U.S. base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. According to the U.S. Military, the time of death is not yet clear; the men were "found unresponsive and not breathing in their cells by guards." Two of the men are reported to be Saudi... |
Media comment on Egypt-Israel gas rift Egypt has been supplying about 40% of Israeli gas needs since 2005 The decision by the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company to cancel a controversial deal which supplies Israel with natural gas at below-market prices dominates Egyptian and Israeli media comment, with all commentat... | leftAccording to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the termination of a contract between Egypt and Israel is a business matter and not a political issue between the two counties. Netanyahu's statement on Monday backs away from other officials' earlier responses to the action. announced Sunday, April 22 that it... |
Islamic leader vows to keep fighting for control of Somalia Somalia's Islamic leader vowed Friday to continue the fight against Ethiopia, a day after troops from that country helped Somalia's interim government retake control of the capital Mogadishu. "We will not leave Somalia," Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the executive... | 200px After being driven out of Mogadishu by Ethiopian troops, the Council of Islamic Courts continues to struggle for power over Somalia. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, the executive leader of the group, told the media that the Council of Islamic Courts has no intention of fleeing the country. "We will not run away from ou... |
Photo: BBC Actress Lacey Turner was told just 30 minutes before the special episode, broadcast to mark the soap's 25th anniversary, that she was the killer. Archie, played by actor Larry Lamb, was bludgeoned with a bust of Queen Victoria in the Albert Square pub on Christmas Day after alienating many of the residents. ... | The BBC have broadcast the first ever live episode of television soap-opera EastEnders, a fictional programme set in London, England. The show, celebrating 25 years since the broadcast of the first episode, was aired on BBC One at 8pm UTC on Friday. Over 400 camera shots were taken by thirty-six camera operators, inste... |
Ctg fire fighters unable to douse flames beyond sixth floor Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) transports garbage on an open truck at daytime, violating its own rules. The photo was taken from Dampara Road on Monday.Photo: Zobaer Hossain Sikder Fire fighters in the port city would have nothing to do but to watch helples... | Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Following the Pilkhana massacre which occurred February 25 and 26 leaving 74 dead and the inferno at the Bashundhara City shopping mall complex March 13 leaving seven dead, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said security measures are being tightened countrywide across Bangladesh. Fire drills wil... |
© (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Question: What’s blue, white and green, and decidedly unpopular? Answer: The Vancouver Canucks’ new hockey jersey.Immediate fan reaction to the newly redesigned home and away uniforms — featuring the team’s original colours, the old hockey stick logo on the shoulders, a leapin... | Vancouver Canucks players model the team's new uniforms at General Motors Place, August 29, 2007. The Vancouver Canucks, hockey team to Vancouver, British Columbia, unveiled it's new home and away uniforms today. Keeping the trade-mark Orca, the jersey has remixed the colors as well as adding a green stripe for both th... |
Add a location to your Tweets When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location history. Learn more ||||| Add a location to your Tweets When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can sw... | Emails allegedly hacked from Syrian government accounts, leaked onto the Internet, indicate Iran and Syria are supplying weapons made in Ukraine and Belarus to Hamas in Palestine. Romanian citizenship. The online activist group known as Anonymous takes responsibility for the leak, which comprises over 2,000 emails and ... |
To complain so candidly while still in office is unusual, but Obama highlights what historians may come to see as his major flaw in international affairs ||||| Senior U.S. and North Korean diplomats will meet in New York next week to discuss initial steps toward normalizing relations. The creation of the bilateral U.S.... | According to the United States Department of State, officials for the U.S. government and the North Korean government are going to meet in New York on March 5 to the 6 to discuss "organizational issues and agenda-setting issues," said spokesman for the State Department, Sean McCormack who also added that no agreements ... |
At least five people have died in a tour bus crash on the Monterey Peninsula, officials said this morning. The bus was carrying French and Canadian tourists when it flipped and rolled Tuesday afternoon on a U.S. 101 overpass near Soledad, authorities said. Thirty-six people were on the bus, including the driver and the... | Multiple passengers were injured and five were killed when their crashed and rolled on the overpass near , , California. There were 34 French tourists, an American driver and a tour guide on board the bus when it overturned. On Tuesday afternoon about 3:30 P.M., at the Camphora Gloria Road overpass, the bus rolled, and... |
By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website Livestock production has a bigger climate impact than transport, the UN believes People should consider eating less meat as a way of combating global warming, says the UN's top climate scientist. Rajendra Pachauri, who chairs the Intergovernmental Panel on Cl... | Rajendra Pachauri: "Give up meat for one day initially, and decrease it from there" Rajendra Pachauri, the chair of the UN-run Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said that eating less meat is a good way to reduce damage to the climate. Pachuari said that "the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)... |
nation and world briefs WASHINGTON — A congressman has announced the first public hearing on the salmonella outbreak that is being blamed on peanut butter. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., said he wants the Feb. 11 hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee to focus on the Georgia peanut processing plant at the... | In what the Food and Drug Administration is characterizing as one of the largest recalls in recent history, numerous types of products containing peanuts are being recalled in the United States. The FDA issued a recall on Wednesday on food items with peanut paste and other peanut products made after January 1, 2007 at ... |
Sony Corp. Corporate Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Nobuyuki Oneda reacts during a press conference in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009. Sony said Thursday its net profit plunged 95 percent in the October-December quarter from a year earlier as poor sales of TVs, digital cameras a... | One of the world’s largest media conglomerates Sony has announced that its net profits have plummeted by 95% in the months of October and December quarter. Sony also stated that its revenue fell too by 25%, from $31.64 billion to $23.78 billion. Sony’s most popular products: TV, digital cameras, mobile phones, and comp... |
Wayne Rooney netted a stunning goal in stoppage-time to lift Manchester United to a 3-2 win over Milan. The Rossoneri threatened an upset when Kaka scored twice to cancel out Cristiano Ronaldo's early goal, but the second half turned into the Rooney show as he bagged two fine goals to hand The Red Devils victory in the... | A stoppage time goal by Wayne Rooney lifted Manchester United to a 3-2 win over AC Milan at in . United have never defeated Milan over two legs, having lost twice to them in semi-finals, and once in the round of sixteen previously. With injuries mounting for United, they were forced to play an extremely altered back li... |
Kabila's Kinshasa rally will conclude his campaign Campaigning is prohibited on Saturday and voting is due to start on Sunday. The elections will be DR Congo's first democratic polls in more than 40 years, and are the culmination of a process aimed at ending a long civil war. Armed opposition supporters clashed with go... | Map of the Democratic Republc of Congo The month long election campaign in the run up to this weekend's elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo has ended, with a one day break before voting can begin Sunday. The fiercely fought campaign began on June 29th and involved no less than 9,707 parliamentary candidates a... |
denver & the west E-mail threats cast "wide net" at CU-Boulder In addition to evolutionary biology profs, the chancellor and others got messages. An individual who sent threatening packages and e-mails to several University of Colorado evolutionary biology professors also e-mailed messages to CU-Boulder chancellor G.P.... | The Young Earth Creationist who sent threatening emails and letters to biologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder also sent threatening letters to the University chancellor G.P. Peterson as well as the vice-chancellor of undergraduate education and others. The man who had sent the threats has been identified a... |
AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- Lady Bird Johnson, who was first lady during the 1960s and in her later years became an advocate for beautifying public landscapes, died Wednesday, family spokesman Tom Johnson said. She was 94. Lady Bird Johnson's real name was Claudia. more photos » She was the widow of Lyndon Baines Johnson, s... | Lady Bird Johnson at the rear of the White House (circa 1960s) Former First Lady Lady Bird Johnson nee Claudia Alta Taylor, wife of United States President Lyndon B. Johnson, has died at her home in Austin, Texas. She was 94. Mrs. Johnson's official White House portrait. She died of natural causes about 4:18 p.m. CDT (... |
Charlie Francis, the disgraced former coach of the Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, died yesterday in a hospital in Toronto after a five-year battle with cancer, his family said in a statement. He was 61. Johnson won the 1988 Olympic 100 metres but was stripped of his gold medal and world-record time after he tested posi... | Canadian coach has died at the age of 61. The cause of death was announced as cancer by his family. Francis had been battling the disease for five years. Francis had worked with several athletes including disgraced runner . Johnson won a gold medal at the but was later disqualified after testing positively for steroid ... |
MONTREAL — Rapper Paul Frappier, known as Bad News Brown, has been found dead. His body was discovered by a passerby in the southwestern part of Montreal by the Lachine Canal near abandoned buildings, police said. Police spokesman Oliver lapointe said there was evidence of violence at the scene. "We do not know the mot... | Bad News Brown in 2010 Canadian rapper has been found dead in southwestern Montreal. Brown, whose real name was Paul Frappier, was found by some abandoned buildings near the by a passerby. He was 33 years-old. Oliver Lapointe, a police spokesman, said Frappier's upper body had "clear signs of violence". He added "We do... |
JACKSON, Tennessee (CNN) -- Tornadoes and storms in the mid-South have killed 55 people since Tuesday evening in the deadliest tornado outbreak in the United States in more than 20 years. A police officer walks past destroyed cars on the Union University campus in Jackson, Tennessee, Wednesday. more photos » The storms... | NOAA storm report for February 5. Red dots indicate locations of Tornadoes Tornadoes have been reported across the southern United States, with some sources saying as many as 48 have died. The NOAA have reported that several buildings have been damaged in the tornadoes, including a hospital in Arkansas. At least 69 to... |
Mar 19, 2007 06:30 PM Associated Press WASHINGTON – As many as one in six animals died in tests of suspect dog and cat food by the Canadian manufacturer after complaints were received that the products were poisoning pets around the United States, the U.S. government said today. A federal investigation is focusing on w... | At least 10 pets, 9 cats and 1 dog have died as a result of eating contaminated pet food, says the United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA. The contamination caused cats and dogs to both go into kidney failure. At least 51 brands of cat food and 40 brands of dog food have been recalled. The manufacturer of t... |
ABC News Israeli Parliament Rejects Gaza Referendum Israeli Parliament Rejects Proposal for Holding National Referendum on Gaza Strip Pullout Israeli Jewish settlers and supporters participate in a demonstration in front of the Israeli Knesset against Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to remove settlements fro... | Ariel Sharon's controversial plan calls for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and civilians from the Gaza Strip and some parts of the West Bank. Israel's parliament, the Knesset, voted against a bill calling for a referendum on Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's controversial plan to withdraw Israeli forces and civilians fro... |
An international team of astronauts will be living and working at a permanent moon base to be built at one of the resource-rich lunar poles within two decades, NASA announced Monday. Earth's first off-world colonists will cruise the surface in a lunar lander that will function like a low-gravity pickup, possibly journe... | NASA has unveiled plans to set up a self-sustaining settlement at the South Pole of the Moon by 2020. The plan calls for four-person crews to begin the construction on a rotating basis with week-long stays, advancing toward a permanent presence by 2024. Initial infrastructure would be brought to the Moon from Earth; as... |
The men planned to use liquid explosives smuggled aboard the jets disguised as soft drinks [AP] Three men found guilty of planning to bring down transatlantic planes using liquid explosives have been sentenced in London to between 32 and 40 years in jail. Abdulla Ahmed Ali, 28, the ringleader, was sentenced to a minimu... | Three men convicted of plotting to blow up seven transatlantic passenger jets were sentenced and sent to jail on Monday. The trio's ringleader, Abdulla Ahmed Al, 28, received a minimum of 40 years in prison. Assad Sarwar, 29, received a sentence of at least 36 years and Tanvir Hussain, 28, at least 32 years. All three ... |
Exclusive: Venezuelan ministers were informed of deal 'Citgo Six' were jailed for, documents show Six executives of U.S. refiner Citgo have been jailed in Caracas on graft charges since 2017, but court documents seen by Reuters show that top Venezuelan officials were made aware of the deal that the country's top prosec... | Cambodia Gunmen stormed a Cambodian school today taking kindergardeners and teachers hostage. The men entered Siem Reap International School, a Cambodian elementary school in Siem Reap (near Angkor Wat), earlier today. The gunmen killed one Canadian boy of an unknown age, apparently after he would not stop crying. Poli... |
Story Highlights • NEW: Discovery crew climbs aboard space station at 6:54 p.m. ET Monday • NEW: Crews to examine shuttle's left wing for possible damage • Orbiter's heat shield appears undamaged so far • Discovery mission includes repair work at international space station Adjust font size: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP... | The Space Shuttle Discovery The United States Space Shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station today at 5:12 p.m. ET. After a two-day journey, the space shuttle reached the space station for a week long stay to rewire the orbiting lab, install a new addition and rotate out a crew member. Astronaut Su... |
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