document stringlengths 631 51.7k | summary stringlengths 144 4.96k |
|---|---|
Fort Lauderdale: Esteban Santiago, handcuffed, shackled and wearing a red maximum-security jumpsuit, spoke in a monotone on Monday as he answered questions from a federal magistrate during a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes. Santiago, 26, who is accused of killing five people and wounding six others at Fort Lauderd... | Esteban Ruiz Santiago, 26, appeared in federal court in , , this Monday. Santiago stands accused of a shooting at on Friday at 12:55 p.m. local time (1755 ) at the lower level baggage claim area in Terminal 2 of the airport. The incident killed five people and injured six, with roughly another 40 people injured in the ... |
Protesters ransacked the offices of the ruling MPRP party during Tuesday's violence [AFP] Protesters ransacked the offices of the ruling MPRP party during Tuesday's violence [AFP] The MPRP, which ruled Mongolia in the communist era, won 47 of the 76 seats in parliament while its main rival, the Democratic Party, took 2... | Headquarters of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party, which was burned in the riots. Mongolia's ruling People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) has been declared winners of the country's legislative elections, two days after allegations of vote-rigging leveled against the ruling party sparked violent protests in the c... |
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. A gunman opened fire in the parking lot of a Colorado Springs church on Sunday, striking four people, the church's pastor said. The conditions of the people shot outside the New Life Church were not known, El Paso County Sheriff's Lt. Lari Sevene said. Lance Coles, a pastor at New Life Church,... | El Paso County, Colorado. Early afternoon saw a shooting in the church parking lot of New Life Church, an Evangelical Megachurch, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States. According to a report quoting the church's pastor four people were shot by a gunman in the car park. At this time it is unknown if there is any ... |
29 Noviembre, 2010 - 11:57 Credito: Notimex Foto:estrellasdelring.blogspot.com El luchador Ignacio Jiménez, quien se presentaba en las arenas como el Hijo de Cien Caras, fue asesinado anoche en la Ciudad de México. Aunque el gladiador de 33 años de edad no era familiar de los integrantes de la familia Reyes (Cien Caras... | Jimenez was shot dead in , . A Mexican professional wrestler has been shot dead after arriving in his hometown of , Mexico City. Ignacio Jimenez, 33 performed under the name . His death was announced by fellow wrestler over his Twitter page. Jimenez was killed along with Adela Luna, a women reported to be in her 40s. T... |
Gay marriage: Peers approve legislation Gay couples will be able to marry next year, if the bill passes into law Continue reading the main story Related Stories Same-sex marriage in England and Wales is a step closer to becoming law after the House of Lords approved the change. Peers backed a government bill paving the... | Members of the London Gay Men's Chorus outside Parliament to celebrate the passage at Third Reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill. A religious protester outside Parliament. Ice cream and cake being handed out at the demonstration celebrating passage. Yesterday, the United Kingdom's House of Lords passed the M... |
Stephen W. Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist and best-selling author who roamed the cosmos from a wheelchair, pondering the nature of gravity and the origin of the universe and becoming an emblem of human determination and curiosity, has died at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 76. A family spokesman an... | Stephen Hawking during a flight aboard a modified Boeing 727 aircraft in 2007. British Stephen Hawking died at his home in Cambridge, England, early on Wednesday morning, a family spokesman said that day. Hawking was 76 years old. His children released the following statement: "We are deeply saddened that our beloved f... |
Monks are absent, but people in Rangoon are going about their lives About 4,000 monks have been rounded up in the past week as the military government has tried to stamp out pro-democracy protests. They are being held at a disused race course and a technical college. Sources from a government-sponsored militia said the... | Monks Protesting in Burma, September 2007. Several reports coming out of Myanmar today suggest that thousands of monks involved in protests against the Burmese government will "be sent away" to prisons outside of the capital city of Rangoon. Other reports are stating that the number of monks killed by Burmese troops ar... |
Two Egyptian peacekeepers have been killed by gunmen in Sudan's Darfur region, the joint United Nations-African Union mission (Unamid) says. It says three other Egyptian soldiers were injured in an ambush near Edd al-Fursan, South Darfur. They were later airlifted to a Unamid hospital. No group has so far claimed respo... | Two peacekeepers from Egypt, working for the joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur, were killed in an ambush yesterday by gunmen, reports say. Three others were hurt when the incident happened near in . Kemal Saiki, a spokesman with the mission, commented on the incident in a statement: "Today, at about ... |
4.6 earth tremor rocks Melbourne No reports of injuries, major damage SES inundated with phone calls VIDEO: Earthquake rocks Melbourne Victorians were left shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale. 3/09 Sky News FRIGHTENED Victorians were left shaken by an earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter Scale... | Map of Greater MelbourneAn earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 shook the Australian city of Melbourne late Friday night, spanning more than two hundred kilometres. The epicenter of the quake was located just north of Korumburra, located in Southern Gippsland, but the earthquake was strong enough to be felt as far as Mel... |
The crash site has presented investigators with huge challenges The flight recorders from an Air France plane which crashed in the Atlantic last year have been located to within a 5km zone, a French official has said. But Gen Christian Baptiste told AFP that retrieving the boxes from the ocean floor might be impossible... | Air France A330-200 F-GZCP lands at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on March 28, 2007. The aircraft was destroyed in Air France Flight 447 when the plane hit and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 228 people on board.The and , or "black boxes", from an plane that crashed on June 1 last year in the Atlantic Ocea... |
Video shows deputy wounding Iraq war vet FBI investigates shooting for possible civil rights violations YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Los Angeles (California) California or or Create Your Own LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A videotape shows a sheriff's deputy shooting an unarmed Iraq war ve... | The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is currently investigating if a possible civil rights violation was committed by a sheriff's deputy of the San Bernardino County after the shooting of an unarmed U.S. Air Force Security Force officer. The military policeman, Senior Airman Elio Carrion, 21, was sho... |
One of Brazil's soccer superstars is under arrest for masterminding the murder of his former mistress -- a model and porn actress -- whose dismembered body was fed to dogs. Bruno Souza, 25, and six other people, including his wife Dayane, are being held in the grisly case. Souza, the goalkeeper for Brazil's championshi... | A professional football player from Brazil and a former police investigator are among seven people arrested in connection with a murder police called "barbaric". goalkeeper, and captain, is accused of hiring former policeman Marcos Aparecido dos Santos to kill his mistress. "Monster": Police believe the football star k... |
Error Sorry the page that you are looking for does not exist. Please use your browser back button to return to your previous page. Or alternatively visit one of our sky sites listed below. ||||| CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES Video: Arson suspect faces murder charges Photos: Esperanza wildfire kills 5 firefi... | The mother of a firefighter who died in his duties fighting the blaze in southern California, has pleaded to the arsonist responsible for the 40,450 acre inferno to give himself up, and that she will not judge him. Bonnie McKay, mother to 27-year-old Jason McKay, said "I firmly believe you didn't believe that things we... |
Meredydd Hughes was appointed chief constable in 2004 Meredydd Hughes, chief constable of the South Yorkshire force, was allegedly clocked by cameras driving along the A5 near Chirk in north Wales. He has been summoned to appear before Wrexham magistrates on 21 November. A spokesman for South Yorkshire Police confirmed... | A speed camera in England. United Kingdom's most senior traffic police officer faces charges of speeding at 90 mph in a 60 mph speed limit zone (the equivalent of speeding at 144 km/h in a 96 km/h zone). The Chief Constable of the South Yorkshire Police, Meredydd Hughes was allegedly caught speeding on the A5 road near... |
Tuesday, February 14, 2006; Page A13 How much is good press worth? To the Bush administration, about $1.6 billion. That's how much seven federal departments spent from 2003 through the second quarter of 2005 on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, media organizations and individuals, accordi... | A new 154-page Government Accountability Office (GAO) report says seven federal departments together spent US$1.6 billion on 343 contracts with public relations firms, advertising agencies, and media organizations, as well as individuals involved in such activities. Congressional Democrats requested the report after se... |
We often hear about the coming nanobot revolution, but just how are scientists planning on powering these future marvels? Well, researchers from Harvard and the University of Illinois may have found the solution in a 3D-printed battery: it's smaller than a grain of sand, yet has areal energy and power densities compara... | A 3D printer demonstrating the manufacturing technique used to create the battery. Scientists have successfully created a micro-battery the size of a grain of sand. A team of researchers from Harvard University and the University of Illinois were able to create the tiny battery using technology. In order to achieve thi... |
Germany are through to the quarter-finals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 after beating the USA 2-1 at the Cheonan Sports Complex on Thursday 30 August. The Germans made their customary bright start and created a number of chances in the opening stages of the match. US keeper Josh Lambo initially did well to keep... | Germany beat the Americans 2-1 to advance to the quarter-finals against England at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The Germans had a many chances in the 1st half of the match. The Americans managed to keep the Germans off the scoresheet at half time with save from the American goalkeeper along with German shots going wide, un... |
Supreme Court Overturns Convictions In 'Bridgegate' Scandal Enlarge this image toggle caption Richard Drew/AP Richard Drew/AP The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision Thursday, overturned the fraud conviction of a former top aide to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie who was convicted in 2016 for her role in the so-calle... | Yesterday, the United States Supreme Court overturned the criminal convictions of and for crimes relating to a 2013 incident involving allegedly politically motivated traffic chaos at a major bridge access from New Jersey to Manhattan. Kelly, then-New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's deputy chief of staff, and Baroni, ... |
Pakistani intelligence officials said that two missiles fired from a US aircraft hit a vehicle and a nearby compound in a village 20km east of Miranshah, the region's main town, on Wednesday. At least six Taliban fighters have been killed in a suspected US missile attack in Pakistan's North Waziristan region, security ... | Pakistani security officials have said that at least eight fighters were killed following a suspected US missile drone strike in the country on Wednesday. The drones struck the region of Pakistan, the fourth missile attack in the area since the beginning of the week, after the US decided to step up its offensive agains... |
For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary July 31, 2008 President Bush Discusses Iraq Colonnade In Focus: Iraq 8:04 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This has been a month of encouraging news from Iraq. Violence is down to its lowest level since the spring of 2004, and we're now in our third consecutive m... | Bush making the speech George W. Bush, the current President of the United States, yesterday claimed that the level of violence in Iraq has decreased to the lowest level since Spring 2004. In a speech made yesterday, Bush claimed that "Violence is down to its lowest level since the spring of 2004, and we're now in our ... |
Friday, February 2, 2007 For months, a devastating honeybee die-off has frustrated beekeepers, threatened growers and stumped bee specialists. Now, the affliction that has wiped out three-quarters of some Pennsylvania beekeepers' colonies has an official name -- Colony Collapse Disorder. Still, researchers say, they ar... | Honey-bee decline has accelerated in North America beyond the steady attrition of the past 25 years according to scientists and farmers. A relatively new term - "Colony Collapse Disorder" is being used to describe this poorly understood phenomenon. 222px Colony Collapse Disorder (or '''CCD''') is a syndrome evidenced b... |
TV broadcasts switch to digital in Finland HELSINKI, Finland: Finnish television transmissions switched to digital Saturday, when broadcasters turned off analogue transmitters, causing black screens for tens of thousands of viewers. The transition, preceded by a monthslong campaign advising viewers of the switch, does ... | The terrestrial analogue television broadcasts in Finland ended in September 1, 2007, at 04:00 local time, marking the transition to the digital DVB-T standard. DVB broadcasts were started in 2001, Users of terrestrial TV are no longer able to receive the formerly nationally available TV channels - YLE TV1, YLE TV2, MT... |
'Big Brother 11': Jordan Lloyd wins, goes on CBS 'Early Show' By James P Yates September 16, 2009, 11:07AM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Jordan Lloyd, who coasted through most of "Big Brother 11" with the help of her boyfriend in the house, Jeff, won the $500,000 grand prize last night in a surprising 5-2 vote. Jordan beat Ke... | 200px Jordan Lloyd has won the eleventh season of the American version of reality TV show Big Brother on Tuesday. Lloyd, 22, from Matthews, North Carolina, was a waitress prior to entering the Big Brother house. In a twist she was in the Popular clique with fellow HouseGuests Braden Bacha and Laura Crosby who were evic... |
Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) Country activities | Outbreak news | Resources | Media centre WHO > Programmes and projects > Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and Response (EPR) > Diseases covered by EPR > Avian influenza > Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Main content printable version Cumula... | Two people, a nine year old boy and a 23-year-old woman from Jakarta in Indonesia, have died from the H5N1 Avian Flu virus marking the country's 100th death from the disease. Both died on Sunday, January 27. "The woman died yesterday, but we just received the results that she's positive with bird flu. The total number ... |
Game’s up Woman DUMPED over Macca’s runs Secret runs to buy chicken nuggets have proved the catalyst for a brutal relationship crash, with a woman revealing how she was dumped by her vegan boyfriend over the ruse. ||||| Residents asked to curb gas use WA residents are being asked to cut back on unnecessary lighting, he... | The gas crisis in Western Australia continues to deepen with more businesses standing people down without pay. Businesses have been instructed to turn off non-essential items including limiting the number of lifts and reduced lighting; domestic customers are also urged to reduce energy use. In the Federal parliament to... |
About 8,000 workers demonstrated against mass layoffs and threatened to reject the outcome of the 2009 legislative elections during a rally to mark International Labor Day, or May Day, in Jakarta on Friday. Anwar Maruf, coordinator for the national working committee of the Alliance for Workers Demands (ABM) — an umbre... | Organized labor advocates worldwide held Friday demonstrations commemorating International Workers' Day, May 1st. Increased unemployment and financial hardship consequent to the ongoing global financial crisis led to larger demonstrations than in 2008, but violent incidents in some world cities marred the day of celebr... |
Fourteen die after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar Samples of the sardines have been sent for analysis Continue reading the main story Related Stories At least 14 people have died in Madagascar after eating toxic sardines. Officials say more than 120 people remain seriously ill after the incident in the south-weste... | More than 120 people remain ill from the sardines At least fourteen people have died after eating in Madagascar. The deaths occurred in the town of , with another similar situation happening 130 km (80.8 mi) away in . The sardines the victims ate belong to the family. As well as the dead, around 120 people have been t... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Police have arrested a man over an alleged assault on 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis at a book signing. A Scotland Yard spokesman said police were called to Waterstones book store at Piccadilly, London, but Lewis did not need hospital treatme... | British singer Leona Lewis has allegedly been assaulted at an autobiography signing event in the Piccadilly region of London, England. Leona Lewis in 2009. The singer, who rose to fame after winning series 3 of The X Factor UK, was at a Waterstone's book specialist store in the to sign copies of her new autobiography, ... |
Y! Nachrichten > Bundestagswahl 2005 Steuern und Arbeitsmarkt bei TV-Duell im Vordergrund Berlin (AFP) - Bei ihrem mit Spannung erwarteten TV-Duell haben sich Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder und Unionskanzlerkandidatin Angela Merkel eine scharfe Auseinandersetzung vor allem um die Themen Steuern und Arbeitsmarkt geliefe... | Gerhard Schröder German chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) and the Chair of the Christian Democrats (CDU), Angela Merkel, faced each other on Sunday evening in the first and only debate between them in this election campaign. The 90-minute long program, simulcasted on Germany's four major TV stations, focused on employm... |
Sonia's remarks show Patil the door 30 Nov 2008, 2026 hrs IST, PTI Print Email Discuss Share Save Comment Text: NEW DELHI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's adverse comments on the internal security situation was the proverbial last straw that saw the exit of Shivraj Patil as Union home minister. Gandhi had in fact set... | P. Chidambaram, India's new Union Home Minister The Union Home Minister of India, Shivraj Patil, has resigned a day after the Mumbai attacks came to an end. Patil submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, which was later accepted by the President of India. It was the first political reverberation that... |
AVONDALE, Ariz.—Jeff Gordon didn’t just drive to end hunger Sunday—he drove to end a famine. With a convincing victory in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 at Phoenix International Raceway, where he beat runner-up Kyle Busch to the checkered flag by 1.137 seconds, Gordon ended a 66-race winless streak dating to April 2009... | Jeff Gordon in 2007 driver , who qualified 20th, won the held on Sunday at in , Arizona, United States. This became his first Sprint Cup win of the . Throughout the course of the race there were eight and 29 lead changes among twelve different drivers. Phoenix International Raceway , the race track where the race was... |
The Prime Minister had earlier condemned those who had shown sympathy for the former nightclub doorman after he had shot three people - killing one of them. Mr Cameron had been urged by a Conservative MP to contact the social networking site to ask it to remove the RIP Raoul Moat group. And Downing Street indicated tha... | Social networking site Facebook was tonight refusing to remove pages set up in tribute to British killer , despite pressure from the highest levels of the UK government. A Downing Street official had earlier said that a complaint would likely be lodged with Facebook, following questions to Prime Minister David Cameron ... |
T O P S T O R Y RELATED LINKS Japanese splitting Pacific, says PM 20 June 2006 By HAYDON DEWES and MICHAEL FIELD Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused Japan of driving a wedge through the Pacific by using millions of dollars in aid to secure key votes toward a full resumption of commercial whaling. Four Pacific allies... | The International Whaling Commission New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has accused Japan of creating a rift between Pacific Countries. She accuses Japan of influencing the voting of some member nations of the at the International Whaling Commission by supplying vast amounts of aid to certain small pacific nations.... |
Russians are voting in a parliamentary election in which President Vladimir Putin leads the list of the ruling United Russia Party, though he is not a candidate. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports Mr. Putin's name on the ballot could explain pressure for a high voter turnout. Voters at election precinct in... | Voters across Russia are choosing a new parliament in an election nearly certain to be won by President Vladimir Putin's party. Polls opened in Moscow and other western cities Sunday, hours after voting began in frigid weather in Russia's far east. More than 100 million people are eligible to vote for legislators in th... |
WHO Starts Simultaneous Immunization Campaigns in Over 100 Countries Photo: AP The World Health Organization is kicking off simultaneous immunization campaigns on Saturday in 112 countries and territories across WHO's Regions of the Americas, Eastern Mediterranean and Europe. WHO says such cross-border activities can p... | Child receiving an oral polio vaccine (file photo) The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday began simultaneous immunization campaigns, in 112 countries and territories across its Americas, Eastern Mediterranean, and European regions. The unprecedented vaccination drive will last for a week. This is the first time ... |
NASA to detail plans for trip to moon By Traci Watson, USA TODAY BAR T BAR RANCH, Ariz. An aluminum buggy bristling with cameras and computers jolts across a rocky plain, kicking up clouds of red dust. Two passengers, clad in bulky spacesuits, steer the vehicle with a joystick. Despite all its high-tech gear, the bug... | NASA has announced plans for sending humans back to the Moon, as a first step to Mars. Two new launch vehicles, using Shuttle rocket technologies. (NASA) A 2018 lunar mission is proposed, where a crew of four would remain on the Moon for as long as a week. A minimum of two lunar missions a year is planned, with astrona... |
(CNN) — Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt has been rescued, the country’s defense minister said Wednesday. The Colombian military detailed an operation that resulted in the liberation of three Americans, Betancourt and 11 other hostages. The 46-year-old former senator was kidnapped by the Revolu... | According to Colombian defense minister Juan Manuel Santos, 15 hostages have been rescued, some of whom have been held for as long as six years by the FARC. Among them are former Colombian presidential candidate Íngrid Betancourt, three American contractors for the United States military and 11 military men. The operat... |
Ayaan Hirsi Ali back in Netherlands 1 October 2007 AMSTERDAM (dpa) - Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands, Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad reported on Monday. In August 2006, Somali born-Hirsi Ali, one of the Netherlands' most outspoken critics of Islam, accepted a position as researcher at the Washingt... | Former Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali returned to the Netherlands, from the United States because she can no longer be protected in that country. Ayaan Hirsi Ali The Dutch government has stopped paying for her protection in the U.S. as of October 1, and the American government is not willing to pay for her security .... |
Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006, left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known virus affects only Windows computers, and up to date an... | A fifth generation iPod Apple Computer, Inc. has recently discovered a Windows computer virus on more of their fifth generation iPod 'Video' products. "We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12, 2006, left our contract manufacturer carrying ... |
'Music church' settles case against Pa. county PITTSBURGH (AP) — A landowner who incorporated a non-denominational Christian church for people who love "jam band" music can hold a limited number of concerts each year under an agreement that settles his religious freedom lawsuit against a southwestern Pennsylvania count... | A Pennsylvania church that claims to worship through rock music may hold a limited number of concerts under a recent federal court settlement. In the face of complaints from neighbors about noise and traffic problems, the Fayette County zoning department found in 2005 that the Church of Universal Love and Music was ope... |
Didier Drogba Related Stories The week-long rumours of Didier Drogba’s probable withdrawal from the Cote D’Ivoire national team have been confirmed. The team’s new coach François Zahoui told reporters in Abidjan on Saturday, during his official presentation by the FA, that his recent meeting with the Premier League top... | Drogba while playing for It has been confirmed that footballer has quit the Cote D’Ivoire . The announcment has come after a week full of rumours that Drogba may leave the national side. His withdrawal was announced by new team coach . Zahoui said at a press confrence that he had a meeting with Drogba. Zahoui traveled ... |
Mock The Week has been screened since 2005 Satirical gameshow Mock The Week breached guidelines over comments aired about swimmer Rebecca Adlington, the BBC Trust has ruled. Panellist Frankie Boyle's remarks about the Olympic champion were "humiliating" and "risked offending the audience". The show, broadcast in August... | Comments made about Olympics swimmer Rebecca Adlington on British television programme ''Mock the Week'' "breached guidelines", the BBC Trust has said. Rebecca Adlington in 2008. Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle, at the time a panelist on the satirical gameshow, made the comments about the swimmer. The episode the comme... |
Sorry, we can't process your request Unfortunately, our server isn't able to resolve your request. You can check the URL that you typed in, or you can try one of the following options: Please try the following options: Click here to go the home page Use the Back button to go back and try again ||||| ACCUSED drug smuggl... | A 27-year-old former beauty student from the Gold Coast of Australia faces the death penalty. She was allegedly caught at Bali airport importing marijuana from Australia in October. Appearing before an Indonesian judge after authorities found 4.1kg of high-grade cannabis in her unlocked boarding bag, she could be sente... |
THE European Union has removed a ban on four Indonesian airlines, including the national carrier Garuda, from flying over its air space. The ban was imposed in 2007 after a slew of fatal accidents, including the Garuda crash in Yogyakarta that killed 21 people, including five Australians travelling to a media event hel... | Garuda are allowed back into Europe The European Union (EU) has allowed four Indonesian airlines back into their airspace. A blanket ban had been placed on Indonesian air carriers in 2007. The EU has now added every Zambian airline and all but one from Kazakhstan to their blacklist. The four airlines allowed to fly int... |
China, Russia offer plan for North Korea missiles UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- China and Russia will offer their own resolution regarding North Korea's latest missile tests as a counter to a draft Japanese resolution calling for sanctions against Pyongyang for launching several missiles last week, diplomats said Wednesday. ... | The flag of North Korea China and Russia have today put forward a jointly-crafted resolution regarding sanctions against North Korea. The document was released to counter a Japanese alternative, which was written in response to last week's Taepodong-2 missile tests. This Sino-Russian version, however, removes sections ... |
Bolt surges to gold in new record Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory. Jamaican Usain Bolt left his rivals trailing to win gold in the Olympic 100m final with a new world record. Bolt was well clear at 60m and although he eased down and started to celebrate 15 metres from the line, h... | Usain Bolt has set a new record in the 100 m sprint The Jamaican set a new world record in the final of the 100m sprint, which is often considered a very important event in the Olympic games, with his time of 9.69 seconds. BBC Sport reported that Bolt set the new world record even though "he didn't even try all of the ... |
(CNN) -- Deadly bushfires raged on in southeast Australia on Sunday despite cooler temperatures and scores of firefighters trying to control the flames. Firefighters battle a blaze in Labertouche, about 125 kilometers west of Melbourne. more photos » At least 35 people have died in the fires, authorities said Sunday "U... | Bushfires across the Australian state of Victoria have killed at least 108 people and have destroyed dozens of homes. These fires were caused by a severe heat wave affecting the country, combined with winds reported to have reached gale force. According to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the fires ... |
F-16s Were in Area Where UFO Reported FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fighter jets were training nearby the night dozens of Stephenville-area residents reported seeing a UFO this month, Air Force Reserve officials said Wednesday, backtracking on earlier statements. The announcement did little to satisfy residents of Texas dai... | An F-16 fighter jet ascends into the sky. The strange lights seen by dozens of Stephenville, Texas residents on the night of January 8 are now believed to have been F-16 fighter jets, according to a statement released by the Air Force Reserve. The press release states that ten F-16s from the Joint Reserve Base Naval Ai... |
The eelpout--a shallow water, bottom-dwelling fish--is an indicator species., or the one that gives birth to live young, rests near the top of its local food chain in the shallow waters of the southern North Sea, an area also known as the Wadden Sea. Although it is not commercially fished, records on its population go ... | Global warming has caused oceans around the world to rise in temperature making it increasingly difficult for fish to breathe, say scientists at Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research located in Germany. In the past 50 years, temperatures in the Baltic Sea have risen causing oxygen levels in the water t... |
A tiny island claimed for nearly 30 years by India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared beneath the rising seas, scientists in India say. The uninhabited territory south of the Hariabhanga river was known as New Moore Island to the Indians and South Talpatti Island to the Bangladeshis. Its disappearance ... | The island of New Moore, an uninhabited territory near the Bay of Bengal between India and Bangladesh, has vanished, according to Indian scientists. The island, located south of the Hariabhanga river, has been claimed by both Bangladesh and India for almost thirty years, since it first appeared in the seventies. The Sc... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Police in the Thai capital Bangkok are investigating the cause of the New Year's Eve fire at a city nightclub that killed 59 people. More than 200 people, including at least four Britons, were injured in the fire at the Santika club. There are ... | 2009 has been designated as the Year of the Earth Ox (牛) (by the Chinese calendar). A Thai inferno greeted the world and the Year of the earth Ox (牛) after a pyrotechnic display started a blaze which ripped through Santika, a three-story Bangkok nightclub, in Ekkamai Soi 9 (Sukhumvit 63), Ekkamai district, Thong Lor. P... |
A revolution in the fight against AIDS is at hand, philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates said during the keynote speech at the 16th International AIDS Conference opening ceremony in Toronto. Bill Gates urged scientists to accelerate research on drugs that prevent the acquisition of HIV by women. Bill Gates urged scien... | Twenty-four thousand delegates from over 132 countries are expected to attend the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto this week Delegates include scientists, politicians, health care workers, government and non-governmental officials, people with AIDS and celebrities. In attendance will be Bill and Melinda Ga... |
China says a North Korean border guard shot and killed three people near the countries' border last week. A fourth person was reportedly injured in the incident near the north-eastern border town of Dandong. China has made a formal complaint to North Korea, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry said. The two cou... | A view of North Korea from Dandong, showing the Friendship Bridge in the foreground The government of China has made a rare public protest over allegations that the North Korean border patrol shot three Chinese nationals dead and injured a fourth near the Chinese town of last week. Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese... |
KHARTOUM, July 13 (Xinhua) --- At least 23 people were killed in a stampede at a Sudanese football stadium in Khartoum's twin city of Omdurman Sunday, said police and hospital officials. The victims were among relatives attending a graduation ceremony for youth after their basic training before the onset of their one-y... | Bahri. 23 people have been killed and 36 injured by a stampede at a football stadium in Sudan's capital, Khartoum. The victims had been attending a graduation ceremony for young people who had completed training before beginning one year's military service. The victims had been attempting to enter the stadium when the ... |
Foreword (adapted for website) One of the most basic elements of ecology and conservation biology is knowing what species occur in what places. As conceptually simple as this may sound, it is an incredibly difficult and complex undertaking, although probably the single most important fact underpinning all of ecology. I... | A species of that was three years from being declared extinct was found in July in the tropical northeast of Australia. A Ph.D. candidate, Robert Puschendorf, along with volunteer researchers stumbled upon the ('''') while surveying a related species near , Queensland. The researchers thought they were catching a simil... |
Jan 9: During his weekly radio and Internet address, President Obama highlights some of the changes that would come in the first year and permanently ban "the worst practices of the insurance industry." WASHINGTON - Jean Biden, who raised her son Vice President Joe Biden to believe in what he called "America's creed ..... | U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden (Circa 2009) Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden, mother of United States Vice President Joe Biden and matriarch of the Biden family, died Friday evening after suffering from a brief illness – possibly related to a recent hip fracture. She was 92 years-old. In a statement to the Associate... |
3 workers dead after water pipe explosion at Salem power plant BOSTON -- Three workers at Salem Harbor Power Station were killed after a water tube on a boiler exploded, burning them with high pressure steam, authorities said Wednesday. Dominion, the Richmond, Va.-based energy company that owns the power station, said ... | Three power plant workers at the Salem Harbor Power Station in Salem, Massachusetts died overnight after being severely burned when a water tube they were near burst releasing high pressure steam which burned the men on the head, face, neck and hands just before 9 a.m. EST yesterday. According to Dominion Resources, th... |
The Prisoner of Conscience: Zhao Ziyang, 1919-2005 He carried China's democratic hopes but sacrificed his freedom at Tiananmen AFPGETTY IMAGES BAD TIDINGS: Zhao tearfully tells pro-democracy demonstrators at Tiananmen Square that their protests are useless The last time the world saw Zhao Ziyang, he had a bullhorn in ... | Zhao Ziyang, the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party who was purged for sympathizing with the student protestors in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 died on Monday in Beijing after 15 years of house arrest. He was 85. Zhao was a reformer within the communist party who acted against corruption, and cre... |
Court Upholds Bongo Win in Gabon Ali Bongo (Aug 2009 file photo) Gabon's constitutional court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's win in the August presidential election. Nine opposition candidates challenged those results alleging massive vote fraud. After recounting results from more than 2,800 polling stations, Gabon's const... | Gabon's constitutional court has upheld Ali Ben Bongo's win in the August presidential election. Nine opposition candidates had challenged those results, alleging vote fraud. After recounting results from more than 2,800 polling stations, Gabon's constitutional court confirmed the election of the son of the country's l... |
The City of Munich will not start its migration to Linux on the desktop until 2006, a year later than planned and three years since it decided to migrate to Linux. The migration of 14,000 desktops from Windows NT 4.0 to Linux and Microsoft Office 97 and 2000 to OpenOffice.org was originally planned to start in 2005, bu... | The German city of Munich has delayed the start of its planed migration to Linux till 2006. The migration was originally due to start this year, three years after the decision to migrate to Linux was made. Peter Hofmann, the project leader of the migration said the delay was because the "pilot was more important than w... |
The case of this missing page is still unsolved … but don't worry, we have our best investigative reporters tracking down leads. Stay tuned… ||||| Pit bulls' owner to face charges Prosecutor will ask grand jury to indict pit bulls' owner on charge of involuntary manslaughter Date published: 3/14/2005 Spotsylvania's top... | American Pit Bull Terrier Two dog attacks in a week puts Spotsylania County authorities in the spotlight to take action on pet owners for their dog's behavior. In unrelated incidences, an elderly woman was killed and another woman was bitten. Three dogs have been shot dead by police. An 82 year old woman was walking he... |
The north-south Wales route receives an £800,000 subsidy The company operating the north to south Wales air route says it hopes to restart online bookings. While flights continued, Highland Airways had suspended online booking after confirming that it was facing "difficult trading" conditions. But Liberal Democrats wan... | Highland Airways, which runs flights between Anglesey in north Wales and Cardiff in south Wales, has said today that it is business as usual, despite suspending online booking yesterday. Meanwhile, Liberal Democrats have called on the Welsh Assembly Government to withdraw the £800,000 annual public subsidy for the rout... |
Archives > Top Stories Fumo Found Guilty On All Counts, Bail Set At $2M Bail Set At $2M As Magid Calls Decision ‘A Resounding Verdict’ By Jenny DeHuff, The Bulletin Philadelphia — A jury of his peers found former State Sen. Vince Fumo guilty on all 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud, tax violations and obstruction of just... | Former Pennsylvania was found guilty of 137 counts of conspiracy, fraud, and on Monday. Fumo, a Democrat who previously represented , was found guilty of defrauding the Senate, a nonprofit organization and a museum out of more than US$3.5 million. Fumo also ordered state employees to do political tasks and personal er... |
Karadzic genocide trial opens in his absence THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The genocide trial of Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic opened in his absence before a UN court on Monday as he boycotted the hearing to insist on more time to prepare his case. "I note that the accused Mr Karadzic is not present," said pr... | Radovan Karadžić in 1994 The genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić began today at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Karadžić faces 11 charges, including genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, which relate to the Bosnian War of the 1990s. He d... |
Share | | Kyrgyz elections declared valid OSH: Kyrgyzstan’s authorities, flying in the face of violent protests in the south and international criticism, on Tuesday declared a disputed parliamentary election valid. Protesters kept up their pressure on President Askar Akayev, retaining control of two southern towns and ... | SKopp''Kyrgyz authorities declared 71 of the 75 seats elected to parliament valid on Tuesday as the opposition cemented control and attempted to maintain order of the country's south, including the cities of Jalal-Abad and Osh, by holding joint patrols with local policeman. President Askar Akayev, saying protests again... |
Prime Minister Paul Martin on the deal with the NDP: 'This agreement is fiscally responsible. It is progressive." Prime Minister Paul Martin has reached an agreement-in-principle with the New Democrats to earn support for his minority government's budget â a deal that includes a $4.6-billion boost in social program s... | The Canadian government may not have to enter a new election process as predicted earlier last week. Recently, Paul Martin, the current Prime Minister of Canada, made a plea on national television that a re-election ought to be delayed until a report concerning use of government monies was produced and published. A dea... |
Le ministre de l'intérieur et de l'aménagement du territoire, Vu le code électoral, et notamment son article L. 57-1 ; Vu l'arrêté du 17 novembre 2003 portant approbation du règlement technique fixant les conditions d'agrément des machines à voter ; Vu l'arrêté du 17 novembre 2003 fixant les conditions d'agrément des o... | An ES&S I-Votronic machine to be used in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Traditional ballot boxes are transparent (since 1988) and vote counting procedures are heavily codified. In France, voting has traditionally been a low-tech experience: voters isolate themselves in a booth, put a pre-printed sheet of paper indicating their c... |
Natalie Glebova reacts after being named 'Miss Universe' in Bangkok, Thailand. Natalie Glebova, of Canada, left, reacts to winning the Miss Universe 2005 title as Jennifer Hawkins, Miss Universe 2004, right, hold her hand Tuesday, May 31, 2005, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP / Rungroj Yongrit) Miss Canada Natalie Glebova is... | The 23-year-old Canadian delegate Natalie Glevoba was elected on Tuesday morning as the new Miss Universe, in a ceremony held at Bangkok's Impact Arena. Glevoba is a professional model, height 1.79 m (5'11"), who received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing at Ryerson University.... |
Why You Should Vote For Jack Fellure For President of the United States 2012 “ My Presidential Campaign Platform is the Authorized 1611 King James Bible. God Almighty wrote that Book as the supreme constitution and absolute authority in the affairs of all men for all time and eternity. It shall never be necessary to ch... | Retired West Virginia engineer won the nomination of the Prohibition Party yesterday at the party's National Convention in , Alabama. He won on the second ballot, defeating tax accessor of Pennsylvania, who initially ran unopposed. Party Chairman Toby Davis of Mississippi received the nomination. The Prohibition Party ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement At least 23 people have been killed and a number of others are missing after flash floods in north-west Turkey. The flooding struck districts in and around Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, swamping houses and roads. Cars were swept away and s... | Marmara Region of Turkey. Heavy overnight rains flooded Istanbul, Turkey, stranding motorists and flooding arterial roads. The floods led to the death of at least 31 people and the cost of damage has been estimated as being in excess of $70 million in northwestern parts of the country. The flood devastated businesses, ... |
"The beef and dairy in the American food supply is safe and USDA remains confident in the health of U.S. cattle. The systems and safeguards in place to protect animal and human health worked as planned to identify this case quickly, and will ensure that it presents no risk to the food supply or to human health. USDA ha... | This file photo shows a cow with BSE unable to stand. The (USDA) has confirmed that a case of '' (BSE) has been found in a dairy cow in central California. The disease is described as "atypical." None of the milk or beef from the cow made it to the consumption level. "It (the cow) was never presented for slaughter for ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi says he feels "invigorated" after Italy's constitutional court overturned a law granting him immunity whilst in office. The move opens the possibility that Mr Berlusconi could stand trial in at least three court cases, includ... | Silvio Berlusconi, photographed last year, now faces prosecution Italy's Constitutional Court has overturned a law that granted Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from being prosecuted. There are at least three court cases that can now proceed against him, including a corruption trial. There had been speculation... |
Kieu Ngoc Phan, mother of the children allegedly thrown by their father Lam Luong from the Dauphin Island Bridge, talks to the media Saturday Jan. 12, 2008 with the help of The Rev. Phi Vo, the family's counselor, after learning the body of one of the children was recovered in waters near Bayou La Batre, Ala. (AP Photo... | The Dauphin Island Bridge. The bodies of two of the four Alabama children allegedly thrown off a bridge by their father have been found. On Saturday, Danny Luong, the youngest of the children at four months old, was discovered by a duck hunter in a marshy area near Bayou la Batre, about 5 miles west of the 80 foot high... |
Car bomb kills 17 in Pakistani city of Peshawar PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A car bomb devastated a busy street in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least 17 people and injuring dozens more. Violence is spiraling in Pakistan's northwest just as the country faces rising tensions with India ... | Peshawar, shown on a map of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari: The bombers will be brought to justice A bombing has occurred the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 17 and injuring at least 47 others. Asif Ali Zardari, the acting President of Pakistan, strongly condemned the attacks. He has also stated that the perpet... |
Vince Cable to stay on as Business Secretary Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Continue reading the main story Related stories Business Secretary Vince Cable will stay in cabinet despite "declaring war" on Rupert Murdoch, says Downing Street. But he will be stripped of his powers to rule on ... | British Vince Cable British Vince Cable has tonight been reprimanded by Prime Minister David Cameron after saying he was "at war" with over 's attempts to take full control of . Cable will remain in , but he will have no further role in the takeover bid. A statement released by officials in said Cable's comments were "... |
Media mogul Sumner Redstone is planning to name National Amusements Inc general counsel Tad Jankowski to the seven-person trust that will determine the fate of both Viacom and CBS in the event of Redstone's incapacitation or death, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday. ||||| Former US president Bi... | Bill ClintonBill Gates On Tuesday, at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada, both former President Bill Clinton and Microsoft founder/chairman Bill Gates defended President George W. Bush and his Adminstation's PEPFAR program. Clinton said that the United States is spending more to fight HIV than any... |
Kilmarnock survived some desperate late pressure to retain their Clydesdale Bank Premier League status and send Falkirk down following a goalless but enthralling relegation decider at Rugby Park. Both sides gave everything going forward in an even first 70 minutes but neither goalkeeper was seriously tested and Falkirk... | were today relegated from the Scottish Premier League (SPL), after they failed to beat away from home. It was their final game of the season. The teams fought out a 0–0 draw at , a game which did not see many shots on goal with only nine in the whole game. It is the first time Falkirk have been in the second tier of Sc... |
NEW YORK – Not even grisly job losses could get in the stock market's way Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average clawed higher to end above 8,000 for the first time in nearly two months, and logged an impressive fourth straight week of gains. The last time the Dow rose for four consecutive weeks was between September... | United States stock indexes posted gains on Friday, marking a four-week long positive streak. This comes despite a report released by the US Labor Department on the same day, which said that the US economy shed 663,000 jobs in March, with the unemployment rate reaching 8.5%, the highest since 1983. The Dow Jones Indust... |
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police evicted two Palestinian families on Sunday from homes in Arab East Jerusalem and Jews moved in, despite pressure from Israel's main ally, the United States, to freeze settlements. Police said they were acting on eviction orders issued by an Israeli court, which uph... | Two Palestinian families who have been living in East Jerusalem since 1956, were evicted from their homes on Sunday after an Israeli court rejected their appeal filed against the eviction. The eviction comes after increasing international pressure on Israel to stop settlement activity and end home evictions. Israeli se... |
By MARY PEMBERTON, Associated Press Writer Sun Jul 13, 5:54 PM ET Aleutian Islands Alaska ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A fishing vessel rescued 10 people after a volcano erupted, sending rocks and ash down on a cattle ranch on a remote island in theof The Tara Gaila picked up the people Saturday evening after receiving an urgen... | A file photograph of the summit of Okmok Caldera A volcano named the Okmok Caldera in Alaska's Aleutian Islands archipelago erupted Saturday morning, spraying rock and ash across the immediate region. This occurred only hours after Alaska Volcano Center's seismologists began detecting tremors in the area. Geophysicist ... |
Print Mail wiki links Taiwan's design schools, students look to the future Young and aspiring designers from Taiwan and around the world are getting ready to show their work at YODEX 2008 By David Chen STAFF REPORTER Wednesday, May 14, 2008, Page 13 Shih Chien University student Spike Wang's futuristic dress PHOTO: COU... | Launch of the Opening Ceremony. ''2008 The 27th Young Designers' Exhibition'', opened on May 15 at the Taipei World Trade Center and closes Sunday May 18. It features participation by 87 academic groups in Taiwan and 20 groups from United States, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia to showcas... |
By Jonathan Head BBC News, Bangkok Anti-government protesters appear to be losing steam. Anti-government protests have entered a second day in the Thai capital Bangkok. The opposition People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) has sent thousands of people to the temporary cabinet offices based at the old international airpo... | Sondhi Limthongkul speaking at a rally in 2006. Billing their campaign of disruption as the 'King Taksin operation', the Thai anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) succeeded yesterday in having the day's parliamentary session cancelled. In moving into the second day of blockades and protests, they have ... |
Friday marked the beginning of Iran’s six-day Velayat 91 war games. There is nothing particularly novel about these drills; the Velayat 90 exercises were held just over a year ago, and Velayat 89 took place 19 months before that. Even the United States, Israel and their allies participated in war games in the area this... | Strait of Hormuz The Islamic Republic of Iran says it is conducting in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Iranian navy's Habibollah Sayyari, the "Velayat 91" drills — to be held for a six day period ending on Wednesday — are intended to showcase "the armed forces' military capabilities." Iran's state-run media rep... |
Photo by the Presidential Press Service Russia is not indifferent to the choice the Ukrainian people make, but it will respect this choice, whatever it may be. Meeting with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, President Vladimir Putin noted the positive developments taking p... | For the first time after the fall of the iron curtain Russia will host the – in 2014 the Winter Olympics will take place in , a resort town. The games are considered a matter of national prestige and generate more media attention than the recent changes in Russian government (Russia’s recently installed the new prime-m... |
Mother hit by car after pensioner lost control does not know her toddler died in crash By James Tozer Last updated at 9:35 AM on 11th February 2010 The mother who is seriously injured in hospital after a car crashed into her as she pushed her 18-month-old baby in a pram does not yet know her child is dead. Jackie Bloom... | England with Lancashire in red. Two have been killed and one seriously injured in a road traffic accident in Lancashire, England. The crash involved a driver in a green Rover mounting the pavement of a street in Accrington at 1500 GMT yesterday. Two pedestrians were hit by the Rover, travelling at approximately 30 mile... |
NEW YORK Barack Obama will be "nerd-in-chief" when he takes office as U.S. president this month, according to Marvel Comics, which is putting him on the cover of its next "Spider-Man" comic. The special edition of the weekly Spider-Man comic features a six-page story about the superhero saving the day when an imposter ... | Marvel Comics action hero Spider-Man meets with children at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on April 28, 2005. Todd Nauck at the New York Comic Convention in Manhattan, April 20, 2008. Marvel Comics announced Thursday that an upcoming issue of a Spider-Man comic will feature United States President-elect Barack Obama... |
We spoke to four people about the impact losing a loved one has had on them, and about their search for answers in a country with the worst death toll per capita of any of the world’s large economies ||||| Robbo: Dimma most uncelebrated coaching great ever Alastair Clarkson is widely considered a footy genius for chang... | Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef has been formally charged in Brisbane by the Australian Federal Police after being held without charge for the past 12 days in connection with the failed Glasgow Airport and London car bombings. Dr Haneef, a distant cousin of Kafeel and Sabeel Ahmed who are accused of plotting the attacks ... |
Ituri has long been plagued by fighting between rebel groups The attack happened on Friday morning in the north-eastern Ituri region, where 4,800 peacekeepers are deployed. A UN spokesman said the troops were ambushed by "unidentified armed elements" while they were on patrol. The UN force in Ituri also includes peacek... | Between 8 and 9 UN troops have been killed At least eight UN peacekeepers have been killed in an ambush by militiamen in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The attack happened in the morning and it is believed that the Lendus ethnic militia known as FNI are likely to be behind the attack. The peacekeepers are all believ... |
RIAA Sues Another 750 For File Sharing The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) files another 757 lawsuits against people accused of illegally copying digital music. Even as some file-sharing networks wave the white flag, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) kept up the pressure Thursday by ... | The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has filed 757 lawsuits against people who they alleged illegally shared music online. The vast majority of the lawsuits, 693, are against people who used peer-to-peer file-sharing networks such as eDonkey and LimeWire to exchange music files. Of the remaining lawsuit... |
NEW YORK (Reuters) - No bomb was found in a truck abandoned on New York City's Triborough Bridge on Wednesday night and the busy roads connecting the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx will reopen shortly, police said. U.S. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the bridge was shut down after a ... | File photo of a U-Haul truck. spokesperson Paul Browne said that New York City's Triborough Bridge was shut down after a truck with Arizona state license plates was found abandoned. The truck reportedly smelled of gasoline according to the toll booth operator. Officials reported that the police department's bomb squad ... |
Al-Shabab fighters have been pushing to oust the Somali government from Mogadishu Al-Shabab fighters have been pushing to oust the Somali government from Mogadishu Somali sources say at least 17 people have been killed and 61 more injured in fighting between government forces and opposition fighters. Government forces ... | According to reports, at least seventeen people have been killed in Somalia after clashes between opposition rebels and government troops, although some reports put the number as high as 24. 61 others were wounded. The violence started Wednesday in the capital, Mogadishu, when Islamist rebels started firing at the Vill... |
Brought to you by Griffin Hampson - Cartridge-Network - PRINTER, INK AND TONER INSIDER Consumers and businesses are sold printers and typically buy on price instead of matching needs with alternatives, let alone predetermining what the cost per page is. Yes, it varies widely. Know your needs. For consumers, home of... | At least 400 homes have been evacuated in Sierra Madre near Los Angeles, California after a wildfire which started on Saturday, began to threaten their homes. So far only five percent of the 350 acre fire is contained, with over 400 firefighters battling the blaze. Authorities say that it has been over 40 years since s... |
TEHRAN -- Iran closed a leading newspaper and magazine critical of the government on Monday, further silencing dissenting voices in the Islamic republic after months of anti-government demonstrations. The high-profile closures came a day after six journalists and opposition activists held for suspected involvement in t... | The Iranian government closed a newspaper and magazine critical of the government on Monday, citing that they went beyond "the limits of the press" and were "not committed to the constitution," respectively. The daily newspaper ''Etemaad'', which is the largest-circulation reformist paper, was banned by the Press Super... |
ISLAMABAD: Acting chief justice of Pakistan justice Javed Iqbal has taken oath of his office and senior judge of supreme court justice Abdul Hamid Dogar has administered oath to him. Oath taking ceremony was held in supreme court building. The ceremony started with the recitation of the Holy Quran. Law secretary Justic... | Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has suspended the country's top judge, Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry under section 209 of the constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan for "misuse of authority", the country's information minister Mohammed Ali Durrani has announced. Justice Javed... |
Ruth Turner has denied any wrongdoing Ms Turner was arrested in January and questioned in connection with the honours probe and on suspicion of perverting the course of justice. She answered her bail on Tuesday and was interviewed for a second time. Scotland Yard is investigating whether peerages were awarded by politi... | 10 Downing Street aide Ruth Turner was arrested by UK police for the second time on February 21 as part of an on going police investigation into the cash-for-honours scandal. Prime Minister Tony Blair has previously said that "Ms Turner, is a person of the highest integrity for whom I have great regard". |
Nature 455, 661-664 (2 October 2008) | doi :10.1038/nature07390; Received 21 May 2008; Accepted 8 September 2008 Michael Worobey1, Marlea Gemmel1, Dirk E. Teuwen2,3, Tamara Haselkorn1, Kevin Kunstman4, Michael Bunce5, Jean-Jacques Muyembe6,7, Jean-Marie M. Kabongo6, Raphaël M. Kalengayi6, Eric Van Marck8, M. Thomas P. ... | Scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1 An eight year study, published in scientific journal ''Nature'', claims the HIV-1 virus that leads to AIDS could have infected humans around 1908 in Africa. Scientists found traces of the HIV-1 genome collected in 1960 from a woman who lived in Léopoldville, presently called Kinsha... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A second adviser to the government has resigned in protest at Home Secretary Alan Johnson's sacking of his chief drugs adviser, Prof David Nutt. Marion Walker's departure from the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) followed the earlier resignatio... | The political fallout from the sacking of Professor David Nutt as chairman of the United Kingdom's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) by Home Secretary Alan Johnson on Friday is gathering momentum. Alan Johnson in 2007 Professor Nutt recently pointed out during the course of a lecture that a number of socia... |
The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men." He believed that it is the few, the powerful and the famous who shape our collective destiny as a species. That theory took a serious beating t... | Cover of TIME with the person of the year Set to hit newstands in the United States on Monday, the annual news feature by TIME magazine pictures on its glossy front page an Apple iMac-styled computer keyboard and monitor with a reflective monitor surface that reflects YOU as the most influential ''Person of the Year'',... |
CPSC Approves New Flammability Standard for Mattresses NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2006 Release #06-091 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908, Julie Vallese or Pat... | If you are in the market for new bedding, and not too concerned with the new United States guidelines for mattress fire resistance, now might be a good time to buy. Mattresses sold in the U.S. must meet new federal guidelines for flammability starting on July 1. The flammability of mattress sets sold in the U.S. is sub... |
IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn quits over sex charge Dominique Strauss-Kahn was denied bail at a hearing on Monday International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned following allegations he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York. In a statement, Mr Strauss-Kahn - who is being held in Rikers I... | File photograph of Mr Strauss-Kahn Dominique Strauss-Kahn has resigned as the head of the International Monetary Fund after he was arrested and charged with sexually attacking a chambermaid at a hotel in New York. In a statement to the executive board of the IMF, he said he was resigning from his position "with immedia... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.