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By John Whitesides WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won U.S. Senate approval as secretary of state on Wednesday despite renewed Republican concerns about potential conflicts of interest created by her husband's foreign fundraising. On a 94-2 vote, the Senate easily approved Clinton's nomination by President Barac... | The United States Senate has, in a 94–2 vote yesterday, approved Hillary Clinton as the next United States Secretary of State. She is now the 67th person to hold that position and succeeds Condoleezza Rice. Hillary Clinton takes the oath of office. During the Senate debate, the issue of the foundation of Hillary's husb... |
After an aborted run for the presidency and a Senate Republican primary loss in 2002, Bob Smith said he had no intention of returning to the political arena. He left New Hampshire for Florida, spent time working for a foundation devoted to the Everglades, took a spot on the board of directors of a bank and tried his ha... | Earlier this month, former Republican U.S. Senator Bob Smith announced his candidacy for Florida's open Senate seat in the 2010 midterm election. Smith, who was one of New Hampshire's senators for two terms — which amounts to twelve years — said he is running for office in his recently adopted home state due to his dis... |
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A barrage of 17 rockets landed near a military base hosting U.S. forces in northern Iraq on Friday but caused no injuries or major material damage, an Iraqi military statement said. A security source said the rockets landed near the Qayyara military base. The statement and the source did not say who... | On Friday, the released a statement saying an attack that day on an Iraqi air base housing U.S. military personnel near Mosul produced no casualties. A spokesperson told the '''' the attack took place at about 7:45 p.m. "No Coalition troops were injured. We appreciate the Iraqi Security Forces immediate response and in... |
Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts… In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the community. Occasionally we step in to remove stories that violate our terms of use... | The popular social news site Digg.com was suffering from what appears to be a user revolt in response to the deletion of several articles revealing the encryption keys for HD-DVD, which would allow individuals to remove the encryption from HD-DVDs. Users are posting articles with links to the codes. At approximately 1:... |
Engineer felt things wrong at Vodafone Family sues for possible murder The family of Costas Tsalikidis, the Vodafone software engineer who allegedly committed suicide two days after spy software was discovered in the company's central system, yesterday filed a lawsuit against «those responsible» for complicity in his s... | Costas Karamanlis The phones of more than 100 people including the Prime Minister of Greece Costas Karamanlis and key ministers were tapped for a period of almost a year starting before the 2004 Olympics. The illegal wiretapping was carried out by spy software installed in phone provider Vodafone's central system and d... |
Polish Drug Companies operated unregulated. Warsaw, Poland 12 November 2006. The Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, in a high profile personal visit to the site, ordered a pharmaceutical company, Jelfa Drug Company, in Poland shut down because it had put onto the market a product that did not contain the medicat... | Polish Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński has ordered the pharmaceutical company Jelfa to halt production following revelations that Jelfa had placed mislabelled medication on the market, whose use could be potentially fatal. Jelfa distributed vials labelled as Corhydron, a hydrocortisone used to treat allergies and inf... |
The party that led Mozambique’s independence war against Portugal is set to retain power after a much criticised election process. According to preliminary results from polls that took place on Wednesday Frelimo, or the Mozambican Liberation Front, is on course to win about three-quarters of the votes, a bigger margin ... | Partial results from Mozambique's Wednesday elections indicate that the incumbent FRELIMO, or the Mozambican Liberation Front party, will win around three-quarters of the votes, giving it a comfortable victory. Armando Guebuza Preliminary results released by the National Electoral Commission indicated that Armando Gueb... |
The Food and Drug Administration let politics cloud its judgment when it denied teenage girls over-the-counter access to the Plan B morning-after pill, a federal judge said Monday as he ordered the FDA to let 17-year-olds obtain the medication. In a thorough denunciation of the Bush administration, U.S. District Judge ... | A federal judge ruled Monday that the controversial morning-after pill Plan B must be made available without a prescription to girls as young as 17, citing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) willingness to concede to the Bush administration's conservative influences by setting the age limit to 18 in 2006. Plan B... |
Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Indonesia are wrestling with a proposal that would allow developing nations to earn billions of dollars through carbon trading by leaving idle forests such as those in Borneo, the Amazon and Congo basins. Chad Bouchard reports from Bali. Ministers, senior off... | Inside the conference centre. Delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Indonesia are wrestling with a proposal that would allow developing nations to earn billions of dollars through carbon trading by leaving idle forests such as those in Borneo, the Amazon and Congo basins. The news comes on the sa... |
Al-Qaida's Zawahiri Calls for Attacks Against US, Israel Ayman al-Zawahiri's video with picture of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in background Al-Qaida's number two leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has called for attacks on Israeli and American targets in revenge for Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip. In an audio recording ... | Ayman al-Zawahiri in an FBI photo Al-Qaeda's second in command, Ayman al-Zawahiri has released a new audiotape calling for Muslims to attack Israeli and American targets in revenge for Israel's recent offensive in the Gaza Strip. The tape was posted on the internet and on it, Zawahiri urges strikes against Jewish and A... |
WestConn to present Ben Folds, Julia Nunes DANBURY, CONN. — Popular singer, songwriter and pianist Ben Folds will perform with guest Julia Nunes at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 9, in the Feldman Arena at the William O’Neill Convocation Center on the Western Connecticut State University Westside Campus, Lake Avenue Extension i... | Ben Folds performs at WCSU on May 9, 2008. Friday, May 9, Ben Folds played at Western Connecticut State University (WCSU) in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. ''Wikinews'' was there for the concert. Billed as the main event for WCSU's annual "West Fest", the concert took place in the Feldman Arena, which is part of ... |
Palestinian delegates voiced objections to settlement growth Arguments revolved around plans for new building work in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, officials said. A Palestinian negotiator said the only positive outcome was that the two delegations had agreed to meet again. It is a fortnight since the two sides' lea... | Mahmoud Abbas (left) and Ehud Olmert (right) with George W. Bush on November 27, 2007. The first formal meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators since last month's Annapolis, Maryland peace conference, ended in acrimony Wednesday with both sides accusing each other of acting in bad faith on a host of issues.... |
By KITSEPILE NYATHI, NATION Correspondent, HARARE Zimbabwe was thrown into constitutional crisis on Friday after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party pulled out of the unity government, citing President Robert Mugabe’s reluctance to fully implement their power sharing agreement. Mr Tsvangirai made the announcement ... | Morgan Tsvangirai in June 2009Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of the Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the country's Prime Minister, has pulled out of the coalition government, accusing Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe of being "dishonest and unreliable". Tsvangirai and his MDC party said that they wo... |
The BA flight crash-landed at Heathrow Airport Enlarge Image All 136 passengers and 16 crew escaped from the British Airways flight BA038 from Beijing. Eighteen people have been taken to hospital with minor injuries. An airport worker told the BBC the Boeing 777 pilot, named later as Peter Burkill, 43, said he had lost... | The scene of the crash A British Airways flight from Beijing to London with 152 people on board has landed short of the runway at Heathow airport near London. One hundred and thirty six passengers and sixteen crew have been evacuated from the plane and thirteen people are reported to have sustained minor injuries. Repo... |
The arrivals in New York and Los Angeles were historic Airbus in flight The superjumbo, carrying about 500 people, arrived in New York from Frankfurt, and was greeted by a large crowd of enthusiastic spectators. The flight was billed as the first time it has carried a near-normal number of passengers, though most were ... | The A380 on its maiden flight. The Airbus A380, the world's largest passenger plane, was set to land in the United States of America on Monday after a test flight. One of the A380s is flying from Frankfurt to Chicago via New York; the airplane will be carrying about 500 people. It is being billed as the first time it h... |
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- TV icon Bea Arthur’s most famous was role may have been her part as Dorothy Zbornak on the Emmy-winning series “The Golden Girls” – and now, her on-screen roommates, Rose (played by Betty White) and Blanche (Rue McClanahan) have looked back at their time together with the late star, who passed aw... | Arthur in 1987. Beatrice Arthur, an American actress, died at the age of 86 on Saturday morning at her home in Los Angeles, California, according to a spokesperson. Arthur had been suffering from cancer for some time. "She was a brilliant and witty woman. Bea will always have a special place in my heart," said Dan Watt... |
Barack Obama, the US president, hailed the numbers as a positive sign for the economy. The US economy created 290,000 new jobs in April, the largest one-month gain in more than four years, according to new data from the US government. "This is the largest monthly increase in four years... [and] we’ve now seen job growt... | Latest figures from the US government say that the country's economy gained 290,000 jobs in April, the largest single-month gain since March 2006. According to the , excluding temporary workers for this year's census, the number of non-farm jobs increased by a seasonally adjusted 224,000. The unemployment rate, meanwhi... |
PARIS, April 22 -- French voters Sunday chose ruling party candidate Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Ségolène Royal to compete in the French presidential runoff in two weeks, with a massive voter turnout backing a generational shift of the country's leadership. Sarkozy, the tough-talking former interior minister and cand... | As voting began in the first round of the presidential elections, French voters showed up at polling stations at a brisk pace on Sunday. The Interior Ministry reported that by noon local time, turnout had reached 31.2%, a level not seen since 1981 and ten percent higher than the last election for President of France. V... |
A new study shows that "baby" stars produce staggering quantities of water, which is then blasted out into space at speeds more than 80 times that of a speeding bullet. In perhaps one of the most important scientific findings of all-time, astronomers have discovered a young star that is blasting massive amounts of wate... | Perseus constellation map. According to Dutch astronomers at , a distant star is "shooting" water bullets into space. Astronomers say the amount of water released from the young sun-like is 100 million times what the produces every second. "If we picture these jets as giant hoses and the water droplets as bullets, the ... |
Have you ever been in the process of creating a video and just needed that one perfect clip to make it pop? Maybe you were creating your own music video and needed an aerial video of Los Angeles at night to spice it up. Unless you had a helicopter, a pretty powerful camera and some fierce editing skills, this would hav... | YouTube's Video Editor now features Creative Commons videos YouTube on Thursday announced that a new section of its free online video editor is now hosting content released under Creative Commons licenses. Videos licensed under Creative Commons may be reused by anyone, including for commercial purposes, so long as the ... |
Advertisement The worst drought since 1988 has gripped a large portion of the Midwest, shriveling corn yields and producer profits. The drought, along with extremely high temperatures, extends into the Mid-South and has been particularly damaging to dryland corn production in west Tennessee. The drought and heat could ... | National Weather Service graphic showing drought outlook for most of the continental United States Over half of the United States is experiencing drought conditions, according to a report released Thursday by the . The report, addressing the period through this coming September, predicted many states will see these con... |
LOS ANGELES — A man armed with an AK-47 assault rifle opened fire Tuesday morning on a group of uniformed National Guard members as they ate breakfast at an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev. He hit all five Guard members, killing three of them, and killed another woman and wounded five other people before taking his... | Seven people have been shot and five killed in an diner in , Nevada. Three members of the National Guard are dead as well as a woman in the restaurant and a motorcyclist who was shot outside the restaurant. The gunman also shot himself and then died in a hospital in Reno. Three people died at the scene and six were tra... |
Young children who watch a lot of television are more likely to become bullies, a new study reveals. The authors suggest the increasingly violent nature of children’s cartoons may be to blame. Previous studies have linked television to aggressive behaviour in older children and adolescents. But a team led by Frederick ... | '''April 17, 2005''' In an ''Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine'' report, economist Frederick J. Zimmerman Ph.D. and colleagues at the University of Washington, in Seattle, found there is a statistically significant relationship between bullying behavior by adolescents and the amount of TV they watched. While... |
SAVE | EMAIL | PRINT | MOST POPULAR | RSS | REPRINTS Discrepancies Popping Up Over Cialis Web Site February 02, 2006 NEW YORK -- A blog war has broken out over Lilly ICOS's Cialis brand. On Wednesday, John Mack, who writes the widely read Pharma Marketing Blog, ripped into what he described as a Lilly ICOS blog for Cia... | Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company is currently engaged in a war of words with John Mack, editor of the monthly newsletter ''Pharma Marketing News''. Mack and Eli Lilly are debating the origin of the Cialis Blog, a long-running Web site containing information about the popular anti-impotence medication Cialis. ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. There are new calls for a wide ranging upgrade of Wales's railways, including faster trains, better stations, new carriages and urban light rail systems. The assembly's enterprise and learning committee says it believes Wales is not getting its fair share of... | A file photograph of a Welsh train service in Cardiff A committee of Welsh Assembly politicians has called for an extensive programme of works to upgrade the railways in Wales, saying that Wales is not being treated fairly in comparison with other parts of the United Kingdom. However, one academic who gave evidence to ... |
Equine Influenza Hotline: phone 1800 234 002 (8am-8pm daily) If you suspect equine influenza in your horse(s) phone the national 24hr Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888. It is an offence not to report. These web pages contain information on the national response to the outbreak of equine influenza in Aust... | The Honourable Peter McGauran, Federal Minister for Agriculture, has issued a 72 hour Australia wide travel ban on all Equine horse species. The ban followed confirmation that 16 horses from two separate Sydney locations have been infected with Equine Influenza. This follows earlier restrictions placed on horses in New... |
Investigations by an aviation auditing firm that advises major firms about the risks of flying in other countries has found that Yogyakarta Airport was in breach of its major safety obligations -- and therefore effectively unlicensed -- when a Garuda jet crashed there on 7 March 2007 killing 21 people, including five A... | An Australian air safety group claims that Yogyakarta International Airport was opearating illegally with no license when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, crashed at the airport, killing 16 Indonesians and five Australians. Flight Safety Pty Ltd had been asked to carry out an independent investigation by an a... |
The images are to be introduced on 1 October The UK will next week become the first European country to introduce graphic images on cigarette packets to warn about the dangers of smoking. The 15 different images will include pictures of a diseased lung and heart surgery being performed. They will start to be introduced... | The current warning messages on packets The United Kingdom is set to become the second European country to place graphic images on cigarette packets. 15 different images are to be placed on the packs of all brands of cigarettes. They will be introduced on October 1. The images will be introduced onto all other forms of... |
Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman Khan denied handling explosives A Pakistani man has been detained under anti-terror laws in Chile after traces of explosives were found on him at the US embassy in Santiago. Officials said Mohammed Saif Ur Rehman Khan, 28, was invited to the embassy to be told his US visa had been revoked. Mr Kh... | The U.S. Embassy is in Chile's capital, Santiago A Pakistani man, identified as , 28, was arrested in Chile on Monday after he was found with traces of explosives in the US Embassy. Chilean police say that traces of , used to help detonate explosives, were detected. Yesterday a judge ordered Khan's continued detention ... |
TOKYO, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Pirates on Sunday fired on a cargo ship operated by Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines in the waters 900 km east off Somalia, local media reported on Monday, citing the transport ministry. None of the 18 crew members aboard, all Philippine nationals, were wounded when pirates in two boats fired on ... | A cargo ship owned by a Japanese company has escaped an attack by off the coast of Somalia. The ship outran two pirate boats that opened fire on her yesterday. The ship, owned by and flagged in the Cayman Islands, came under attack at around 4 p.m. (+3) as gunfire came from two small pirate boats. The vessel, with a cr... |
AGEN, FRANCE - A US construction equipment maker has agreed to pay extra money to laid-off workers at a French branch who had threatened to blow up gas canisters at the plant, officials said Friday. Staff at JLG Industries, a subsidiary of US firm Oshkosh that makes lifting equipment and work platforms, were the third ... | Following similar threats by workers at New Fabris and Nortel, workers at JLG in Tonneins, France, threatened to blow up several platform cranes. The JLG factory announced in April 2009 that it will fire 53 of its 163 workers by the end of 2009, while the remaining 110 jobs will not be secure over the next 2 years. JLG... |
ABC News Volunteers to Patrol Arizona-Mexico Border Volunteers Register to Patrol Arizona-Mexico Border for Illegal Immigrants and Smugglers Chris King, left, of Phoenix, wears a badge he bought before signing up for the Minuteman Project in Tombstone, Ariz., Friday, April 1, 2005. At least 100 people had registered by... | Volunteers for the Minuteman Project arrived in , Arizona on Friday. Volunteers from across the United States and some foreign countries gathered Friday to start an unofficial border patrol project. They converged on the town of , Arizona to take part in what organizers call the Minuteman Project. Many came with perso... |
Guantanamo inmates to be sent to Illinois prison Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. US President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay. The move is a key part of Mr Obama's plan to close the Cuba-based jail.... | Location of Thomson in Illinois The White House is expected to announce today that some of the inmates from the United States' controversial detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba are to be relocated to a prison facility, to be acquired by the Federal Government, on the US mainland. The Thomson Correctional Center in n... |
The mother of Natasha Coombs, the 17-year-old found dead last month, has been killed by a train on same stretch of track in Essex where her daughter died. The body of Joanne Coombs was discovered last night at Manningtree, where her missing daughter's body was found in undergrowth near the railway line. Mrs Coombs, 40,... | Map highlighting location of Manningtree in Essex. Yesterday the body of Joanne Coombs, 40, was found in the same location as her daughter Natasha Coombs, 17, who was found dead on a railway line near Manningtree Station in Essex, England on August 10. Police stated that the mother's body was found after freight train ... |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis skipped its landing opportunities Thursday because of showers and clouds at Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle moves away from the space station after undocking Tuesday. more photos » The showers were within 34 miles, and there were clouds within 8,000 feet of the l... | The planned landing of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' earlier today has been postponed due to poor weather conditions in the vicinity of the landing strip at the Kennedy Space Center. The shuttle is currently on STS-117, a mission to the International Space Station. According to NASA, there were showers within a 34-mile ra... |
Ban Ki-moon wants to a bridge-builder and harmoniser The South Korean former foreign minister is the organisation's eighth leader and succeeds Kofi Annan, who was at the helm for 10 years. Mr Ban faces a number of global crises as well as reform of the UN itself. He has vowed to be a bridge-builder and a harmoniser and... | New UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon Ban Ki-moon, South Korean foreign minister, officially assumed his post as United Nations Secretary-General today. Ban, the eighth UN Secretary-General, is also the first Asian to serve in this office in 35 years. Ban, 62, grew up on the Korean peninsula in the midst of the Korean W... |
Full scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - 3D animation - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Career averages - Match home - Bulletin - Article index (42) - Photo index (174) Test no. 1842 - 3rd Test England v India 2007 season Played at , on 9,10,11,12,13 August 2007 (5-day match) Result Mat... | India have drawn the third Test cricket match against England at The Oval, London, England. The draw means that India win the Test series in England 1-0. This is India's first series win in England since 1986 and England's first home series loss since 2001. In the first Test at Lord's, England started off the match wit... |
Hockey fans celebrate the return of NHL hockey in Winnipeg, Manitoba May 31, 2011. Canada reclaimed one of its lost NHL franchises on Tuesday when the Atlanta Thrashers were sold to True North Sports and Entertainment and relocated to Winnipeg, triggering wild celebrations in the Prairie city. Photograph by: Fred Green... | Fifteen years after the left the province of Manitoba, Canada, an announcement on Tuesday made official what ice hockey fans have been anticipating: The 's (NHL) are moving to . The Thrashers, who have been a target for relocation rumors amid the ownership struggles and financial losses, will leave Atlanta after eleven... |
Adjust font size: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- This is probably not what President Bush had in mind when he stressed bipartisanship after the Democratic Party's midterm elections sweep. A key Senate Republican has joined Democrats in opposing one of Bush's initiatives for the lame-duck Congress: John Bolton's nomination as U.S.... | The confirmation of John Bolton as the US Permanent Representative to the United Nations is in doubt as Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee joins Democrats in opposing his nomination. John Bolton was first nominated to the position by President Bush in March 2005, but his appointment was opposed at that time when the Dem... |
Broadcast Dreams: Courses and seminars with TV industry insiders and execs. Controversial Conservative Bill Bennett Becoming CNN Political Analyst In '06 First on TVNewser: Controversial conservative talk show host Bill Bennett will become a CNN political analyst early in 2006, TVNewser has learned. departure of Bob No... | right American cable news network CNN has began to implement more personalities into its lineup, with the hirings of three prominent conservative commentators as contributors. On January 5, the weblog TVNewser reported that Bill Bennett had been hired by the network as a political analyst. Bennett, a Republican activi... |
This is a rush transcript from "America's Election HQ," September 22, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. MARTHA MACCALLUM, HOST: U.S. intelligence officials are warning of an Al Qaeda October surprise attack — an attempt they say to possibly influenced our upcoming election. This comes aft... | Last month, US intelligence intercepted Al-Qaeda communications warning operatives to be ready for instructions in October. The terrorist group is thought to be planning what has been called an "October surprise" possibly in order to influence the 2008 US elections, just as it did in 2004 when it bombed Madrid commuter... |
By Andrew Benson Raikkonen celebrates his unexpected title victory Hamilton could finish only seventh, ending his attempt to make history by winning the title in his maiden season. Problems with his McLaren put Hamilton to the back of the field early on. His team-mate Fernando Alonso's hopes were dashed as he finished ... | File photo of Kimi Räikkönen (2008) Interlagos Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen wins the FIA Formula-1 2007 Grande Prêmio do Brasil at Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil. ''Iceman'' smiled on the first place of the podium as the 2007 Championship in full went to his team. Finally, the highly controversial and e... |
MUMBAI: Thunderstorm and lightning disrupted Central Railway ( CR ) services on Wednesday evening, as all trains on the line were more than 30 minutes late. The delays started around 7 pm and the ripple effect continued till the time of going to press. Plunging visibility from the bad weather also delayed the flights b... | Several people were killed by lightning after thunderstorms struck Mumbai, India on Tuesday evening. Mumbai (2009) Three people, including a woman, were killed and a twelve-year-old boy was hurt by the lightning in Navi Mumbai. The woman had been injured while selling lampshades on the street, and a third victim was al... |
Violence in Afghanistan increased last year to its highest level since the 2001 US-led invasion [AFP] Violence in Afghanistan increased last year to its highest level since the 2001 US-led invasion [AFP] The blast ripped through a civilian vehicle near Bagram airfield, the main base for US-led military troops in Afghan... | The Bagram airfield as seen from the air traffic control catwalk An Afghan official reported that an explosion on a road near the main base for United States troops in Afghanistan has claimed the lives of six civilians, including two children. One other child was also wounded. The explosion tore through a civilian vehi... |
Polio is on the march once again in Africa. So far this year, 19 countries on the continent have witnessed outbreaks of the disease. In 2008, the number was 13. The disease, which affects both children and adults, can leave victims paralysed. Speaking at a conference on inoculation in Zimbabwe, representatives of the W... | The World Health Organisation (WHO) said earlier today that polio has reemerged in several countries in Africa. WHO Africa regional director Luis Gomes Sambo made the announcement at the beginning of a Zimbabwe conference regarding child immunisation. "Several polio-free countries have suffered setback in polio eradica... |
Scotland fans booed during the Liechtenstein national anthem The Scottish Football Association has hit out at the "disgraceful" booing of the Liechtenstein national anthem. A section of Scotland fans jeered the anthem - which has the same tune as God Save The Queen - before their side's 2-1 victory in the Euro 2012 qua... | The logo of the Scottish Football Association The has apologised after fans booed the during their national anthem at last night's . A section of the Scottish fans started to jeer the anthem due to its similarity to ''''. Acting chief executive said in a statement that "I was embarrassed and extremely disappointed by... |
Coordinated Bombings Kill 127 in Iraqi Capital Reports say three blasts were coordinated, taking place within several minutes of each other Photo: AP A wave of car bombings rocked the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Tuesday morning, killing at least 127 people and wounding more than 400 others. It was the worst violence to hit ... | Iraqi police say a series of car bombings across the capital, Baghdad, killed at least 127 people, wounding hundreds of others. Reports say three of today's blasts were coordinated. The first occurred at 10:25 local time (07:25 GMT), the others following within minutes. One of the bombs targeted the busy Shourja Market... |
Correction to This Article A Nov. 5 article about the deportation of a Canadian citizen to Syria misstated the location of the Center for Constitutional Rights. It is based in New York. Deported Terror Suspect Details Torture in Syria Canadian's Case Called Typical of CIA Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, Novemb... | President Bush at podium White House reporters used their first "prime time" chance in over a year to pepper U.S. President Bush with questions during a nationally televised press conference. Bush talked about the a wide range of topics including the threat of North Korea, Social Security solvency and his support for p... |
A New York judge has issued a temporary restraining order restricting the transfer of Facebook Inc.'s assets, following a suit by a New York man who claims to own an 84% stake in the social-networking company. Paul D. Ceglia filed a suit in the Supreme Court of New York's Allegany County on June 30, claiming that a 200... | Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Last month, Paul D. Ceglia filed suit against Facebook, the world's largest social network, claiming that he rightfully owns 84 percent of the company. The lawsuit, filed in the , bases its claims on a 2003 contract between Ceglia and Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. T... |
Roman Polanski lost a battle Tuesday in his effort to get a 1977 child sex case against him thrown out, but in delivering the bad news, a judge suggested the acclaimed director may be a plane ticket away from winning the larger war. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza told a packed courtroom that he found t... | Judge Peter Espinoza has today rejected a motion by lawyers for French film director to have charges of unlawful sex with a child dismissed. In 1977, Polanski was arrested charged with sodomy, sexual assault and rape of a 13-year-old girl at 's house in California, United States. Polanski agreed to plead guilty to unla... |
U.S. moves to take charge of relief in earthquake-ravaged Haiti By The Associated Press January 14, 2010, 8:30PM PORT-AU-PRINCE -- President Obama and the U.S. moved to take charge in earthquake-ravaged Haiti today, dispatching thousands of troops along with tons of aid to try to keep order as well as rescue the suffer... | Rush Limbaugh at CPAC 2009. American radio host and conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh and televangelist Pat Robertson have drawn criticism from the White House for comments made on Thursday criticizing the relief efforts for Haiti following Tuesday's earthquake there. When asked by a caller on his radio ... |
Genentech today said it is seeking federal permission to have its cancer-fighting drug Avastin given accelerated approval to treat people with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration already has approved Avastin for use in combination with chemotherapy to treat colon and breast cancer.... | The most common type of brain tumor, glioblastoma, may be getting a new FDA-approved treatment soon. Yesterday the pharmaceutical firm Genentech announced that it is requesting accelerated approval for its drug Avastin (bevacizumab) as a glioblastoma treatment. Avastin is already approved for use on lung, colon and bre... |
Mahmoud Abbas, seen as a moderate, is the frontrunner Early indications suggest former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas is well ahead of his six rival candidates. Analysts say he needs a wide margin of victory - and high turnout - to push his agenda of peace talks and an end to the armed Palestinian uprising. Polling close... | Palestinians are going to the polls in order to elect a new leader after the death of Yasser Arafat last year. Hundreds of international monitors are over-seeing the elections. There are six candidates: * Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) * Mustafa Barghouti * Tayser Khalid (DFLP) * Bassam al-Salhi (leftist) * Sayyed Baraka Abdul ... |
PARTY DISSOLUTION Pro-govt protesters up pressure on Constitution Court Red-shirt leaders hint the court might be besieged ahead of crucial rulings Leaders of a pro-government rally hinted Sunday protesters might surround the Constitution Court which is set to rule on party dissolution cases on Tuesday. The rally, whic... | Suvarnabhummi Airport (also referred to as Bangkok International Airport) With dire warnings that the number of stranded tourists in Thailand could rise as high as 300,000, thousands are attempting to leave the country via U-tapao airport in Rayong, around 150 km southeast of the capital Bangkok. The blockade of the tw... |
News B'dos arson attack: stiff penalties wanted Six killed in weekend attack on clothes store BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Former prime minister Owen Arthur is calling for stiff penalties for persons responsible in the deadly fire at a clothing store over the weekend. Six persons were killed when robbers set the Campus Trend... | Violent crime is a rare occasion in Barbados Six people have died after a clothing store was set on fire during an armed robbery in , Barbados. Two men entered Campus Trendz Clothing Store wielding and demanded money. The pair then set a fire and fled the scene. Three employees and three customers headed to the back of... |
TBILISI, Georgia (CNN) -- The Russian military advanced into Georgia on two fronts Monday, heading toward cities outside the breakaway provinces that have been the centers of fighting. A Georgian armored personnel carriers burns on the road from Gori to Tbilisi. more photos » From the flashpoint South Ossetia, the Russ... | According to Georgian officials and scattered news reports, Russian soldiers and South Ossetian paramilitaries have marched into the Georgian city of Gori. This comes one day after a truce was made by both nations to put an end to the six-day war that has killed many and uprooted thousands. Gori, as viewed from the Gor... |
Suharto was in power for more than 30 years Mr Suharto, 86, was taken to hospital on Friday with symptoms of anaemia and low blood pressure. He deteriorated that night but has since stabilised. He has been put on kidney dialysis and needs a second pacemaker operation. Mr Suharto took power in 1966 and ruled Indonesia w... | Former Indonesian President Suharto, 86, is in a Jakarta hospital in critical condition. Doctors say he is suffering heart problems. Chad Bouchard reports from Jakarta. The former president was admitted to a hospital on Friday with swelling throughout his body. Doctors say Mr. Suharto's heart has become too weak to pum... |
Cricket | Simon Wilde “It was one of those occasions when the fact that it was being played at all was more important than who won. Certainly, I can’t remember any other Test match in which I felt so completely at peace and at ease with myself throughout the game. It was an absolute pleasure to be on the cricket pitch,... | A policeman from the United Kingdom pleaded guilty to the murder of his fiancée, a female police constable. PC Martin Forshaw, 27, used a steel hammer to bludgeon WPC Claire Howarth, 31, before placing her in her car and staging an accident. Forshaw's intent had been to convince police that Howarth had died behind the ... |
Tonga's new king is a flamboyant character whose extensive business interests have been the focus of unprecedented criticism in the Pacific nation. Crown Prince Tupouto'a, 58, was sworn in as the new king on Monday after the death in Auckland on Sunday night of his father, 88-year-old King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV. A bachel... | Tonga According to an official news release on the Tongan Royal Palace website, His Majesty King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV passed away peacefully at 11.34pm local time (2334 UTC), on Sunday, 10th September at Mercy Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand aged 88. King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV was the ruler of Tonga following the death ... |
George Stephanopoulos is anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America." He is also the network's chief political correspondent, reporting on political and policy stories for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms. « Previous | Main Exclusive – Biden: White House to Hold Line on Taxes in 2012; 'Inevitability' of National Consen... | In an interview on the United States television show '''' today, U.S. vice president Joe Biden said that a positive consensus on is "inevitable" as the country "evolves." "There is inevitability for a national consensus on gay marriage. I think the country's evolving. And I think you're going to see, you know, the next... |
Mexican Airman Dies in Chopper Crash MEXICO CITY – One man was killed and two others injured Wednesday when a military helicopter crashed in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico’s defense department said, attributing the accident to an unspecified “mechanical failure.” The 10 air force personnel aboard the chopper we... | This file photo shows a similar aircraft performing forestry work in California. A soldier identified as flight mechanic Sgt. Dan Neftali Botello Ramos has died after the helicopter he was travelling in crashed yesterday in Guerrero, Mexico. Two other airmen among the ten on board have been hospitalised with serious in... |
Half a century after the Soviet Union beat the United States to outer space, China blasted off its first lunar orbiter Wednesday, catapulting the Asian nation onto the front lines of a new space race aimed at giving it bragging rights as a rising world power. The Chang’e 1 satellite, named after a mythical beauty who f... | Computer model of the Chang'e 1 spacecraft. The People's Republic of China today launched its first moon orbiter as part of the country's lunar exploration program. At 18:05 hours local time (10:05 UTC) the rocket Chang'e 1 lifted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China. The name of the probe ref... |
iPod touch images Apple Unveils iPod touch Revolutionary Multi-touch Interface & Built-in Wi-Fi Wireless Networking SAN FRANCISCO—September 5, 2007—Apple® today introduced the new iPod® touch featuring Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch user interface that enables users to find and enjoy all of their music, videos and m... | Apple CEO Steve Jobs Credit: mylerdude Apple have released several re-designs of their popular iPod range. In addition to the iPod Classic, Nano and Shuffle, they have announced the brand new iPod touch, a media player which mimics the iPhone's touch-screen capabilities. The new iPod Classic design features a larger me... |
Up to ten companies are facing a judge-led investigation into their tax settlements amid growing concern over the way Revenue & Customs polices the City. Next week, the taxman will be accused of letting down the public through systematic management failures, after signing questionable deals with Vodafone and Goldman Sa... | Rupert Grint, best known for playing Ron Weasley in the ''Harry Potter'' films, has now recovered from the H1N1 swine flu virus after missing some days on the set for the latest installment of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Rupert Grint best known for playing as Ron Weasley has now recovered from the H1N1 swine ... |
13 November 2006 by axxxr Mr Ang Chuang Yang, 16, a student from Raffles Institution, clocked 41.52 seconds - a timing faster than the current world record - in a bid to smash the time of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook in July this year. SingTel will be submitting the time recorded by Chuang Yang to Guinness fo... | Sixteen-year-old student Ang Chuang Yang of Singapore has earned a place in the record books, thanks to his fast thumbs. Yang typed a 160-character SMS message in just 41.52 seconds, beating the previous record by seven-tenths of a second. The student was competing in a competition organized by SingTel. The record was ... |
By Steve Holland and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats on Wednesday failed to override President George W. Bush's veto of Iraq war funding legislation that would force a troop pullout timetable, prompting the start of tense negotiations on a compromise. Bush welcomed somber Democratic leaders to the White ... | George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer meet in the Oval Office on November 9, 2006 United States President George W. Bush is to meet with Democratic congressional leaders today. The two sides will try to find a compromise on a US$124 billion supplemental appropriations bill that would provide funding for US opera... |
The rain and threat of flooding eased in B.C.'s Lower Mainland on Sunday, but according to the Greater Vancouver Regional District, that doesn't mean its water problems are over. Officials were warning about increased turbidity in drinking water as a result of the heavy rainfall on the steep terrain above the district'... | Water at different levels of turbidity. The rain has stopped in the Lower Mainland in British Columbia, but the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) says the region's water worries are not over. Some residents in the area had to leave their homes after a mud slide came down Friday evening. About 21 consecutive da... |
Exceptional field for 2009 Tim Hortons Brier March 3, 2009...An incredible field is ready to battle at the Tim Hortons Brier, presented by Monsanto, March 7-15 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta. Many are calling this year's line-up the best in the 80 editions of the Canadian men's curling championship. An... | 2009 Scotties Tournament of HeartsThe 2009 Tim Hortons Brier and the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts are hosting premier Canadian curlers in a competition for the right to advance to the World Curling Championship. The champions will also have a chance to compete at the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials for the p... |
Jol thinks Defoe should be in the squad Jol said: "I think it is amazing that Jermain is not in the squad. "But with the situation with Wayne Rooney and Michael Owen's fitness I still believe he will be in there." Another Spurs player, defender Ledley King, missed out through injury and Jol added: "It is all about fitn... | 17 year old striker is the biggest surprise in England national team coach 's preliminary pick for the in Germany. Injured is also one of the players in the squad. Theo Walcott hasn't yet played a game but Eriksson thinks that the team needs players with Walcott's pace. Eriksson decided this morning to pick Walcott ahe... |
Sophie Lancaster died in hospital two weeks after the attack The call, lasting about 13 minutes, was made near the end of the attack on Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby in Bacup, Lancashire, last year. Sobbing and crying throughout, the tape played to Preston Crown Court begins with the girl detailing the attack. "We... | A case is currently being tried in England over the alleged assault of a 'Goth' couple, resulting in the death of the female victim. A fifteen-year-old youth, who was one of a gang of five, is charged with having kicked and stamped the 20-year-old woman to death in Stubby Lee Park, Bacup, Rossendale in Lancashire on th... |
International Cairo bombing death-toll climbs to three Cairo, Egypt 08 April 2005 01:40 An American tourist died on Friday from wounds sustained in a bomb blast that rocked a Cairo bazaar popular with foreigners, a United States Embassy spokesperson said, taking the death toll in the Egyptian capital's first such attac... | '''April 8, 2005''' Apparent suicide bombing near al-Azhar mosque Visitors to popular tourist spots are warned to avoid large groups, the US Embassy in Cairo said in a statement issued today. A bomb blast yesterday in a Cairo bazaar killed 3 and injured 18. Police are still investigating the cause of the blast which a... |
OSLO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Norway mounted an intense effort on Saturday to clean up and contain a fuel spill from a Cypriot-registered cargo ship that ran aground on Friday on the west coast, north of Bergen, officials said. The entire 25-man crew was rescued by helicopter on Friday evening from the 180-metre Greek-owned... | Sotra, January 13, 2007. It was brought to the base, but sunk before the mission was completed. Cypriot cargo ship "Server" went down in Norwegian territory of the North Sea near the Norwegian city Bergen around 6pm local time on January 12. The ship broke into two parts and the accident is described as a catastrophe f... |
TV pictures showed the air thick with teargas Some protesters hurled petrol bombs, sticks and stones in return. A Greek Communist leader accused Ms Rice of drumming up support for an attack on Iran, which the US accuses of trying to build a nuclear bomb. Ms Rice met Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis before going o... | File picture of Secretary Rice with President Bush Greek leftist groups of masked youth demonstrators clashed with Greek police and riot squads in Stadiou Avenue, in Athens, during American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meetings with Greek officials. Anarchist mobs hurled Molotov cocktail bombs and the police-r... |
Home Weather UK Forecast UK: severe weather warnings Updated: 1801 on Sat 2 Dec 2006 REGION Select a region Orkney & Shetland Highlands & Eilean Siar Grampian Strathclyde Central, Tayside & Fife SW Scotland, Lothian Borders Northern Ireland Wales North West England North East England Yorkshire & Humber West Midlands Ea... | A map showing the weather warnings as of 13:45 UTC yesterday The southern United Kingdom has experienced heavy rains and strong winds, with approximately 10,000 homes now without power. In addition to damage to property, many journeys have been disrupted, as a result of cancelled flights, in addition to closed roads an... |
Felipe Massa needed a win in Bahrain, and all weekend he looked like a man who had come to get it. When the red lights went out at the start, he lit off from the front row of the grid, and that was all she wrote as he dominated in style for Ferrari. BMW Saubers Robert Kubica lost second place to Kimi Raikkonen on the ... | __NOTOC__ File photo of Felipe Massa (2005) Bahrain International Circuit Robert Kubica driving for BMW Sauber (2007) Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the FIA Formula One 2008 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain. Massa was also the previous year winner. His Ferrari teammate, dri... |
By Patrick Jackson BBC News New jokes are still being made about Stirlitz (right) and Mueller Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov, who immortalised a fictional wartime spy called Stirlitz in a 1973 Soviet TV series, has died in Moscow at 81. Tikhonov, more familiar to Western audiences as Prince Andrei in an epic Soviet ... | Famous Soviet and Russian actor Vyacheslav Tikhonov died Friday aged 81. Born in 1928, he made his film debut in 1948. The first fame came in 1968, when he featured in Sergei Bondarchuk's Oscar-winning War and Peace as Andrei Bolkonsky and in ''We'll Live Till Monday'' in the leading role of a history school teacher. H... |
Trident will reach the end of its scheduled life in 2024 Trident statement The prime minister outlined plans to spend up to £20bn on a new generation of submarines for Trident missiles. He said submarine numbers may be cut from four to three, while the number of nuclear warheads would be cut by 20%. Mr Blair said altho... | UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is at 3:30pm to present a White Paper in the House of Commons today indicating the Government’s plans to replace the Trident missile system with a similar system but on a reduced scale. The speech is called : ''Statement: Trident - The Future of the UK Nuclear Deterrent.'' The Trident defen... |
Hurricane IKE Public Advisory Home Public Adv Fcst/Adv Discussion Wind Probs Maps/Charts Archive US Watch/Warning Storm Surge 000 WTNT34 KNHC 080858 TCPAT4 BULLETIN HURRICANE IKE ADVISORY NUMBER 29 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092008 500 AM EDT MON SEP 08 2008 ...IKE WEAKENS AS IT MOVES INLAND OVER CUBA... | Ike on September 7, just East of Cuba. According to the , has made landfall on Cuba, with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and above, making it a category three hurricane on the . At 8:00 p.m. () Ike was centered approximately 60 miles North of and made landfall around 11:00 p.m. in the town of Cabo Lucrecia. Mill... |
“The Caucus,” the political blog of the New York Times, notes that Bob Barr and Ralph Nader usually “get little coverage” of their campaigns, but last Sunday both of them appeared political talk shows. Barr appeared on “Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace,” and Nader appeared on ABC News’ “This Week.” Why this sudden bu... | June in the United States 2008 presidential election rolled by as a month with many similarities to the 2004 election. The Clintons were sent to the sidelines again, old faces took new roles and some took the same. An issue was raised that once again could drive conservatives to the Republicans and attacks on a candida... |
Smoking and a high-cholesterol diet can lead to the narrowed arteries seen in this X-ray of a diseased heart Middle-aged male smokers with high blood pressure and raised cholesterol levels face dying about 10 years before healthier counterparts, a study warns. The UK study looked at more than 19,000 civil servants aged... | A study carried out in the United Kingdom revealed that the life expectancy for men could be reduced by 10–15 years after the age of 50 due to smoking. Two cigarettes. The British Medical Journal carried out a study over a time period of 38 years in the United Kingdom which examined the health of 19,000 men aged 40–69.... |
Thousands of copies of the Standard were burnt Armed and masked men stormed the HQ and printing presses of the Standard group, owner of the Standard newspaper and the Kenya Television Network. Thousands of copies of the paper were burned, but the TV station is now back on air after being shut down for hours. The newspa... | right The offices of Kenya's second largest TV and newspaper companies were raided simultaneously this morning by groups of masked police officers. The TV station was taken off the air for 13 hours, and the newspaper's press was damaged and its uncirculated copies burned. The Kenyan government is characterizing the inc... |
A Canada earthquake shook Toronto and Ottawa at approximately 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time today, June 23, 2010. The USGS reports the quake had a magnitude of 5.0. Numerous reports flooded Twitter, including from the National Post in Toronto, which tweeted about heavy shaking to its building about 30 seconds after similar re... | Shakemap of the earthquake. An earthquake with a of 5.0 occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the Ontario-Québec region, Canada, at 17:41:41 (01:41:41 PM local time), USGS reported. The earthquake had a depth of 16.4 , and the epicenter was located 49 km north of , 52 km north of , Québec, 58 km northeast of Hull and 61 k... |
Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said Friday night that Air Self-Defense Force Chief of Staff Gen. Toshio Tamogami will be dismissed over his essay justifying Japan's wartime aggression in Asia and urging the country to exercise its right to collective defense. Tamogami's essay — titled "Was Japan an Aggressor Nation?"... | Chief of Staff Toshio Tamogami of Japan Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) was dismissed on last Friday. General Tamogami, age 60, lost his post after his essay for a contest was made public on that day to show his views contradicting the government's official standpoint, as to Japan's deeds during a period of its imperiali... |
Selecao comeback ends U.S. dream JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Clint Dempsey sobbed as the Americans walked up to get their second-place medals, unable to hide the pain and the disappointment any longer. The euphoria of knocking off Spain last week dissolved Sunday in the Confederations Cup final when Brazil unleashed its "Beau... | Lúcio's goal (83') helped clinch the Brazilian's comeback victory. After being down 2–0 at halftime, Brazil defeated the United States 3–2 in the final round of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, claiming their third FIFA Confederations Cup finals victory. The match was held at Coca-Cola Park in Johannesburg, South Afri... |
Mr. Obama rejected suggestions that he denounce the church, which is one of Chicago’s largest and most socially active black churches, with a wide array of respected social programs. Several of the most prominent black theologians in Chicago attend the church. “I’m not denouncing the church, and I’m not interested in p... | Presidential candidate Barack Obama Jeremiah Wright in 1998. Presidential candidate Barack Obama withdrew from his church of twenty years, where his affiliation had become a political issue following a revelation of controversial comments made by former pastor Jeremiah Wright. His exit from the church's congregation ca... |
Female circumcision has been attacked as painful and dangerous At a conference on the subject in the Egyptian capital Cairo, the scholars said governments should enforce existing laws against the practice. Earlier, the top religious authorities in Egypt said religion offered no justification for the procedure. Female g... | Egyptian Muslim theologians seek to change the Islamic position on female circumcision at a conference at Cairo's Al-Azhar University. The theologians decided that female circumcision is forbidden by Sura 95, Verse 4 of the Koran: "We have created man in the most perfect image." It represents a major shift in the posit... |
Shuttle manager Wayne Hale requested the program looked at launching STS-123 as early as March 9, due to a range conflict with a Delta II launch. However, given no contingency days remain in the flow, the launch was under threat of moving to the middle of the month. **The most comprehensive collection of Shuttle, Ares,... | The ''Columbus'' module (foreground) attached to the ISS. Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' can be seen in the background. Two astronauts have performed the third and final spacewalk, or Extra-vehicular activity (EVA), of the STS- 122 mission. Rex Walheim and Stan Love began the spacewalk at 13:07 GMT, departing the Quest air... |
SHAH ALAM, Malaysia -- A Malaysian judge and court officials wore face masks and surgical gloves in court Wednesday as samples were admitted as evidence of where VX nerve agent was found on the body and clothing of the murdered half brother of North Korea's leader. On the third day of the trial of two women accused of ... | On Wednesday, pathologist Mohd Shah Mahmood testified before Malaysia's high court in the trial of and , who stand accused of killing Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Mohd Shah, an employee of the Malaysian government, testified that , by international treaty a weapon of mass... |
NICOLE Kidman has made a public stand against terrorism. The actress, joined by 84 other high-profile Hollywood stars, directors, studio bosses and media moguls, has taken out a powerfully-worded full page advertisement in today's Los Angeles Times newspaper. It specifically targets "terrorist organisations" such as He... | Nicole Kidman In a full-page ad in the ''Los Angeles Times'', 85 top actors, directors and other Hollywood notables accused Hezbollah and Hamas of being terrorist organisations and blamed them for the deaths of all the civilians in Lebanon and Israel; including the civilians that were killed by Israel's bombing of Leba... |
With millions of U.S. viewers still apparently unprepared for the nation's switch to digital TV, nearly 500 full-power television stations across the nation are preparing to move ahead with the transition and drop traditional over-the-air broadcasts next Tuesday. The loss of signals in those markets means that some vie... | Despite legislation enacted by Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, more than one-third of television stations in the United States are planning to move ahead with the transition to digital television, according to reports. The transition, which was scheduled for February 17, has been pu... |
© (c) CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. HALIFAX - A former Halifax police dog widely credited with being a 9/11 hero for his rescue work in the rubble of the World Trade Center collapse may soon be sniffing out a new life.The dog has been selected by a bio-tech company for cloning after his owner - ex-cop turned act... | A German shepherd who recovered the last survivor of the September 11, 2001 attacks is to be cloned. His owner, James Symington, a former police officer from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada entered an essay writing contest about why his dog should be cloned. Trakr, the 15 year old German shepherd suffering from degenerati... |
By Louis CharbonneauUNITED NATIONS, May 16 (Reuters) - Myanmar's U.N. envoy accused France on Friday of sending a "warship" towards the cyclone-ravaged country, a charge the French ambassador to the United Nations vehemently rejected.French Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert said the heated exchange came as he addressed th... | State run television in Myanmar has reported that the death toll from the recent cyclone has increased dramatically to 77,738. In addition to this, 55,917 people are still officially missing. In what are admittedly rough estimates, the United Nations (UN) estimates that more than 100,000 have died, while the Internatio... |
November 16, 2007 Dozens of Indonesian airlines today signed an agreement with the government to bring aviation safety in line with international standards, ahead of a review of a European Union ban on the country's carriers. The agreement was signed by 45 commercial and charter operators and cargo companies, and will ... | 45 of Indonesia's 51 air carriers as well as some airport management companies signed a safety deal with the Indonesian government yesterday. The deal will be delivered to the European Commission ahead of a November 19 meeting in Brussels to review the placement of all 51 of Indonesia's airlines on the list of air carr... |
Abuja Nigeria, 30 January 2005 - Statement from the Secretary-General on the Iraqi Elections Reports indicate that, despite significant attempts at violent disruption, Iraqis have turned out in large numbers to exercise their right to vote. It will be some days before final results are known, but current indications ar... | An Iraqi citizen, turning his head to protect his identity, proudly displays the indelible ink on his finger as proof he has voted in Iraq's first free election. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has noted that the Iraqi people turned out in large numbers to vote in the January 30 ballot. Voters were deciding who to elec... |
Chinese Display Help If you're having trouble getting the Chinese characters (Big5 code) in our stories to display, try using chnews as the base URL instead of news. This adds an HTML meta-tag which marks all pages as being Big5 code. Note: for Chinese Windows, this doesn't seem necessary, but may help with TwinBridge,... | President Bush has declared space to be essential to US defense in a new National Space Policy document published on September 14. Not only has the United States declared that it has rights in space, but also said it will ''"deny, if necessary, adversaries the use of space capabilities hostile to U. S. national interes... |
TheStar.com | Business | Suncor, Petro-Can to merge Suncor, Petro-Can to merge JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Suncor Energy CEO Rick George waits to address shareholders at the company's annual meeting in Calgary, April 24, 2008. Mar 23, 2009 05:33 PM Lauren Krugel THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY – The merging ... | Sunoco station in Toronto, Ontario.Two of Canada's largest energy companies are merging, with Suncor Energy making a CA$19.2-billion bid to take over Petro-Canada. Suncor shareholders purchased $19.2 billion in stock and now own about 60% of Petro-Canada. Petro-Canada shareholders own the remaining 40%. Petro-Canada ga... |
Public transport was paralysed by the strike Public transport came to a standstill in nearly 100 towns and cities and many municipal offices were closed. The government wanted to change the holiday to a normal working day and use the extra tax revenue to pay for care for the elderly. Disgruntled trade unions are holdin... | In France, workers by the millions stayed at home during the Whit Monday holiday despite the government's cancellation of the traditional Pentecost public holiday. Some acted in defiance of the government's decision, while some took leave or were put on forced leave by their employers due to uncertainties of public tra... |
THE pilot who crashed a Garuda plane attempting to land at Yogyakarta Airport last year has quit, after an ultimatum from the airline to resign or be sacked. Garuda's ultimatum came as police sources confirmed to The Age that they have recommended negligent manslaughter charges against Marwoto Komar in a case report ha... | The pilot of the Boeing 737 which crashed on March 7 upon landing at Yogyakarta Airport after a domestic Indonesian flight, has been forced by his airline to resign. The crash of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 killed twenty-one people, most being Indonesian nationals and five being Australians, following a visit by then A... |
News CENTRAL/S. ASIA Blast hits Pakistan police station The explosion outside Peshawar damaged the police station, a mosque and nearby shops [AFP] A suspected suicide bomb attack has killed at least two people in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province, police say. The explosion targeted a police station in Badaber, ab... | At least four people have been killed and another 26 wounded after a suspected suicide bomb attack near Peshawar, Pakistan killed four people today, according to police. The explosion occurred at a police station in Badaber, located about twelve kilomtres from Peshawar. The blast damaged the station and a mosque, and c... |
Mr. Mukasey was initially hailed by Democrats as a leader who would bring welcome change to the Justice Department. His nomination had been recommended to the White House by Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, a member of the party leadership familiar with Mr. Mukasey from his service on the bench in New ... | United States Department of Justice. On Friday, Michael Mukasey was confirmed by the United States Senate as the next Attorney General, succeeding Alberto Gonzales. Mukasey took the oath of office with his family attending in a private ceremony that was administered by Assistant Attorney General Lee Lofthus. The nomina... |
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