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Spain are the European Basketball Champions Rudy Fernández (left) fights for control of the ball with the Serbian player Nenad Krstic - EFE The Spanish won the Gold medal for the very first time by beating Serbia in the final in Poland, 85-63 Readers' comments: Spain has won the final of the European Basketball Champio... | Spain has won the final of the 2009 European Basketball Championships (also known as EuroBasket) in Poland by beating Greece in the semi-final on Saturday by 82-64, and then going on to beat Serbia in the final on Sunday night by 85-63. It’s the first time that Spain has won the Gold medal despite being in the final on... |
Suicide Bombings Kill at Least 16 in Northwest Pakistan Damaged cars seen at site of bomb explosion in commercial district in Peshawar, Pakistan, 26 Sep 2009 Two powerful suicide attacks struck different areas of northwestern Pakistan Saturday, apparently targeting the country's security forces. In the first attack, th... | Two powerful suicide attacks struck different areas of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, apparently targeting the country's security forces. In the first attack, a bomber killed at least six people and wounded more than 60 others outside a police station in Bannu. Northwest Pakistan Shortly thereafter, in Peshawar's c... |
Natural Balance Pet Foods recalled two kinds of pet food after receiving reports of animals vomiting and experiencing kidney problems, the Food and Drug Administration said Monday. The recall includes all date codes of Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison & Green Pea Dry Cat Food. The company does not know the... | Cat food Natural Balance Pet Foods has recalled some of its wet and dry food for cats and dogs after several owners said that their pets were becoming sick. The company urges owners to stop feeding their pets the food immediately. The brands recalled include Venison & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food and Venison & Green Pea Dry... |
--Provinces--- Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador N.W.T Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario --- NCR-Ottawa P.E.I. Quebec Saskatchewan --- Training Academy Yukon UPDATE - Shooting leaves four RCMP Officers dead The ongoing investigation has confirmed the four RCMP Officers were fatally sho... | Four Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers were shot and killed while raiding a house in the rural town of , Alberta. The suspected shooter, James Rosko, 46, also died in the raid. The RCMP reported that he committed suicide after killing the four officers with his own rifle. The officers were carrying out a co... |
From the section Image copyright Getty Images Volkswagen says it has uncovered "inconsistencies" when determining carbon dioxide emission levels, which could affect around 800,000 cars in Europe. The firm said preliminary estimates of the economic risks of the problem amount to about €2bn (£1.4bn). Brands including VW,... | A 2010 VW Golf TDI with "Clean Diesel", one of the cars affected by the scandal. The Volkswagen emissions scandal continued yesterday with the company announcing 800,000 mainly diesel vehicles may also be affected by emissions problems. The company stated "the safety of the vehicles is in no way compromised". They esti... |
Astronomers' mental image of Titan, the solar system's second-largest moon, used to be that of a vast swimming pool. But maybe they should have imagined a water bed instead. Last year, researchers reported that radar mapping of Titan by the Cassini spacecraft had found a peculiar shift in landmarks on the moon's surfac... | This graphic depicts a cross-section of Saturn's moon, Titan. NASA's Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on Saturn's moon Titan. "We believe that about 100 kilometers (62 miles) beneath the ice and organic-rich surface is an internal ocean... |
The Met Office believes easterly winds could be carrying the smells A foul smell detected in parts of England and Wales is being blamed on easterly winds bringing farming or industrial smells across the Channel. Labelled "Euro-whiff" by the Met Office, the source of the smell - alternately described as sulphur and manu... | A map of the stink's journey from its roots in continental Europe to southern and eastern areas of England. Stagnant air spread today across southern and eastern parts of England including the capital city, London. The police, fire and water services as well as the Met Office were all asked to give an explanation for t... |
Javascript is disabled in this browser. This page requires Javascript. Modify your browser's settings to allow Javascript to execute. See your browser's documentation for specific instructions. ||||| Politics & Society ANDREJ Kiska will be the president of Slovakia for the next five years. Kiska, who is the first-ever ... | An independent candidate won Slovakia's presidential election with 59.38 percent of the vote, official results published Sunday by the Statistics Office say. Andrej Kiska (middle) voting together with his father and daughter His rival, incumbent Prime Minister and the official candidate of ruling (Direction – Social De... |
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Medical staff take a blood sample from a suspected Ebola patient at the government hospital in Kenema, July 10, 2014. FREETOWN/ACCRA (Reuters) - Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine epicentres of Ebola on Thursday, joining Liberia in imposing tough controls to curb the worst eve... | Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan died from on Tuesday afternoon at treatment centre in . Dr. Khan led the response in Sierra Leone to the current Ebola outbreak there and treated dozens of patients. On Thursday, Sierra Leone declared a state of emergency, quarantining Ebola epicentres. Electron micrograph of Ebola virus. The pre... |
Adjust font size: BANGKOK, Thailand (Reuters) -- Thailand's army-backed government says it will seize 21 bank accounts with assets worth 52.9 billion baht ($1.53 billion) held by ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife. The announcement Monday from the Assets Examination Committee (AEC), established after... | Ousted prime minister and former Thai Rak Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra had his cash assets in Thailand frozen. Ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had about US$1.5 billion in cash assets in Thailand seized today by the Assets Examination Committee. Calling Thaksin "unusually rich," the committee said Thaksi... |
BRASILIA, June 26 (Xinhua) -- After 26 days of operations in the Atlantic Ocean, the Brazilian army announced on Friday that they have ended their search for passenger bodies and wreckage of flight AF 447. At a press conference held in Recife, northeastern Brazil, Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Munhoz, spokesperson of the Br... | A similar aircraft Brazil has ceased searching for floating debris and bodies from . The crashed into the 26 days ago, on June 1. 51 bodies from the 228 passengers and crew have been recovered, with most remaining unidentified. 600 pieces of wreckage have also been pulled from the sea. However, the said that the chance... |
NASA's Swift Satellite Catches First Supernova in the Act of Exploding Image right: NASA’s Swift satellite took these images of SN 2007uy in galaxy NGC 2770 before SN 2008D exploded. An X-ray image is on the left, the right is in visible light. Click image for unlabeled enlargement. Credit: NASA/Swift Science Team/Stef... | SWIFT images galaxy NGC 2770 with SN 2007uy before SN 2008D, with X-ray view (left) and visible light (right).In upper right of the galaxy image is SN 2008D in X-ray image (left) and visible light (right). Astronomers have for the first time watched a supernova explosion break out of the surface of the parent star. Pre... |
facebook blocked Ban follows arrest of man over 'cartoon' of Hasina, Khaleda; members of popular social network angrily react to govt decision Regulators yesterday "temporarily" blocked access to Facebook, a popular social networking site. The decision came after the arrest of a youth for uploading satiric images of so... | Facebook logo. Bangladesh temporarily blocked the social networking site Facebook on Saturday, after a man was arrested for uploading content onto it deemed offensive. Other users had reportedly posted other kinds of potentially offensive content, including anti-religious and pornographic materials. (RAB) arrested Mahb... |
USGS The quake was centered near Los Angeles. The quake was centered near Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — Scattered minor damage and a few minor injuries have been reported in the aftermath of an earthquake that was strongly felt across Southern California. The magnitude-5.4 jolt struck at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday and was felt fr... | According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck southern California in the Chino Hills area (San Bernardino County) near Los Angeles California, east of Highway 142. It occurred at about 11:42 a.m. (PDT), and lasted approximately one minute. Map highlighting possible areas of ... |
Erica Powell, civil servant: born Brighton, East Sussex 15 March 1921; Private Secretary to the Governor of the Gold Coast 1952-54; Private Secretary to Kwame Nkrumah (Prime Minister of Ghana 1957-60, President 1960-66) 1955-65; MBE 1958; OBE 1960; Private Secretary to Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone 1970-79; ... | OBE, who was the Private Secretary to , and later to , President of Sierra Leone, died last month at the age of 86. She died at on June 5, 2007. She was made an in 1958 and in 1960. Erica was born on March 15, 1921 at in Sussex England into a middle class family. She trained as a secretary and then as a teacher. She wo... |
(CNN) -- A mechanical failure on a roller coaster at an amusement park in Santa Clara, California, on Monday afternoon left 24 people stranded for hours on the ride, some as high as 80 feet off the ground, authorities said. A mechanical failure left 24 people stranded for hours on a Santa Clara, California, roller coas... | 24 people had to be rescued by fire fighters after a mechanical fault caused a roller coaster to stop mid journey at the California's Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California, United States. Invertigo roller coaster at the California's Great America Theme Park in Santa Clara, California The Invertigo roller ... |
Qantas plane makes emergency landing after fuselage rupture Posted Updated A Qantas 747 has made an emergency landing in the Philippines capital Manila because of a large rupture in the plane's fuselage. The flight with 365 people on board was flying from London to Melbourne, via Hong Kong when it was forced to land. N... | Qantas Boeing 747-400 A Boeing 747-438, Qantas airways flight number QF30 from London, England to Melbourne, Australia, had to make an emergency landing at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila after a door panel popped open, creating a massive hole in the plane's fuselage. After a brief stopover in Hong Kong, p... |
The runway was closed during a controlled explosion of the bag Aerial footage Eyewitnesses told the BBC armed police surrounded the man on the north runway. Police said a man was arrested and a controlled explosion of a bag found nothing suspicious. They later said the incident was not terrorism-related. The alert, whi... | A map of London Heathrow Airport, showing the North runway at the top At around 14:00 UTC today, a man climbed over the perimeter fence and made his way onto the North runway, 27R, at London's Heathrow Airport, the United Kingdom's largest airport. The man, who was carrying a rucksack, then attempted to run in front of... |
Nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare Group Inc. was ordered Tuesday to pay more than $670 million in damages for understaffing at its 22 assisted-living facilities in California.The verdict against the Foothill Ranch company came in Humboldt County Superior Court in a class-action lawsuit brought by patients and fa... | Logo of Skilled Healthcare A California jury in a courthouse ordered nursing home operator Skilled Healthcare (SH) to pay 671 million (about 531 million) in a lawsuit from patients of SH's 22 California facilities and their families. The jury found that SH failed to properly staff its facilities to comply with Californ... |
A 17-year-old girl has died after a car plunged into a swollen river as storms wreaked havoc across Britain. The 4X4 vehicle she was travelling in overturned in the Llyn Briane Resevoir area of Powys in Mid-Wales. Three people were airlifted to Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth. Two were suffering from hypothermia, and... | The United Kingdom, much of which was placed on flood alert.The United Kingdom's government weather agency, the Met Office, has put much of the UK on flood alert with severe weather warnings for the majority of England and Wales and much of Northern Ireland. The office has said that a total of ten regions have a greate... |
F.A.Q. What’s the weather like in Hawaii? The Hawaiian Islands only have two seasons – summer, from May to October, and winter, from November to April. As the locals say, winter is when it is warm and summer is when it is hot. In other words, the weather is always pleasant here and you can wear a T-shirt and shorts at ... | Rainbow and sulfur dioxide emissions from Halemaumau vent.|thumb|300px 300px What began as a new gas vent (fumarole) in Halemaumau crater sometime between March 10 and March 12 2008, has progressed to be the first explosive eruption in Halemaumau Crater since 1924, and the first lava erupted from the crater since 1982... |
E-mail: Password: Remember me on this computer Forget your password? Services: You're already registered! Use your e-mail address and existing password. Members ofServices:Use your e-mail address and existing password. Register for free access to Boston.com Up-to-the-minute breaking news Sports news and features Boston... | Sam Brownback: "What I've said is that if we don't finish fourth or better in Iowa that we'll pull out." The ''Associated Press'' is reporting that Republican Kansas Senator Sam Brownback is expected to drop out of the presidential race on Friday in a speech scheduled in Topeka, Kansas. "I know Senator Brownback enjoye... |
Police said about 20,000 people participated in the event, which began on Saturday at Grosvenor Square, while organisers put the turnout at above 40,000. Thousands of people have marched through central London calling for a deal on climate change at next week's conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organisers, Stop Climat... | Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through London earlier today, calling for a deal to be made at this week's Copenhagen Climate Conference in Denmark. Similar such marches were held in Belfast, Dublin, and Glasgow. According to the London Metropolitan Police, twenty thousand people attended the march. Organise... |
Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 21, 2006; Page A25 On his third trip to Iraq, in September 2005, Rep. Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) knew the American mission was imperiled. "We were up in Tikrit and went to a hospital, and it was guarded with guns and security to the point they were pushing weapons into women's ... | 24 years ago Iraq and Syria severed diplomatic relations because Syria accused Iraq of giving support to the Muslim Brotherhood who were causing disorder in Syria. Now, as an outcome of meetings between Walid Moallem the Syrian Foreign Minister, the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, rela... |
Earthquake Summary Earthquake Information for Utah A shallow seismic event, magnitude 3.9, was recorded on stations of the USGS Advanced National Seismic System at 02:48 AM MDT on August 6, 2007. The event was located in the vicinity of the Crandall Canyon Mine in the Wasatch Plateau coalfield of east-central Utah. Abu... | Locator map of Salt Lake City, Emery County and Huntington At least six miners are trapped approximately 1700 feet underground in a coal mine in Utah after portions of the shaft collapsed. The mine is owned by Utah American Energy and is close to the town of Huntington, Emery County, 160 km south of Salt Lake City. Rob... |
People who paid $1,500 for ringside seats had to have been a little disappointed. And Frank Sinatra and Oprah Winfrey missed the action by arriving too late. There was a global TV audience of 10 million. Although the fight was memorable, it was far from Frank Cappuccino's greatest moments. The legendary referee was the... | Frank Cappuccino pictured in 2004 Long-time boxing referee has died at the age of 86. Cappuccino, who died in , Pennsylvania on Monday, was suffering from . He started his career in the 1950s and officiated on some of the most famous fights in boxing history; these included 94 world championship fights. Pennsylvania St... |
Strong volcanic activity expected in Sumatra region Mumbai, Sept. 14 (PTI): Strong volcanic activities are expected in the Sumatra region in the wake of the major earthquake measuring 8.2 on the Richter scale that struck off the coast of Bengkulu in Indonesia, volcanologists and earth scientists said Thursday. Experts ... | 230px According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a large magnitude 6.4 quake has struck Indonesia, the seventh such major earthquake in two days. The Meteorology Agency of Indonesia recorded the quake at a magnitude 6.9. The epicenter was located 164 kilometers (102 miles) west, southwest of Bengkulu, Suma... |
Man Nails Eye-fecta After 'Monticello Miracle' Accidental Bump With Horse Restores Worker's Eyesight MONTICELLO, N.Y. (CBS) ― Don Karkos brushed his fingertips across his friend's nose and laughed."Oh, he likes to be rubbed on the nose," Don said with a smile.His friend, a Standardbred horse at Monticello Raceway, pawe... | Veteran Don Karkos was impaired in the December 7, 1941 attacks on Pearl Harbor when the tanker USS Rapaden exploded, sending shrapnel into his face, above his right eye. Don Karkos awoke in a military hospital in Iceland. The doctors told him that he would not be able to see out of that eye again. Life was extremely d... |
LAKE ELSINORE – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake rattled southern California at 10:29 Sunday, and was centered under the Santa Ana mountain range about 50 miles southwest of the Los Angeles Civic Center. Automated seismographs reported that the earthquake's tentative epicenter was estimated to be eight miles west-northwest o... | Shake map of the quake, epicenter marked by the star. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a moderate earthquake occurred in southern California at 10:29 a.m. (Pacific time) (17:29 UTC) Sunday morning. The magnitude 4.7 quake occurred 13 kilometers (8 miles) west, northwest of Lake Elsinore with a de... |
A Paris court has found the French branch of the Church of Scientology guilty of fraud and fined it a total of 600,000 euros ($890,000), but has stopped short of banning the religious group. Two branches of Scientology's French operations - the Celebrity Center and a book store - were ordered to pay fines of 400,000 eu... | Scientology was convicted of organized fraud in France, in a ruling issued on Tuesday by a court in Paris. According to French law the Scientology organization is regarded as a sect in the country, and not a religion. The organization is heavily monitored by the government of Germany, and has been prosecuted in multipl... |
PICHILEMU.- El cuerpo de un menor fue hallado la tarde de este domingo por pescadores en la playa de Pichilemu. Podría tratarse de una víctima del maldito tsunami. Los trabajadores del mar recorrían el borde costero en el sector de Chorrillos, cuando a eso de la una de la tarde cacharon el cuerpecito de una persona. In... | House in front of the Main Beach of Pichilemu, after the earthquake and tsunami that hit Chile in February 27. Pichileminian fishermen found the body of a child on Sunday evening on the beach of Pichilemu. It is another victim of the earthquake and tsunami combo that hit Pichilemu, and many other areas of Chile, in Fe... |
Apple surpasses Wal-Mart as No. 1 music retailer in U.S. Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store vaulted past Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in February to become the top overall music retailer in the United States, a market research firm said Thursday. Best Buy Co. was ranked behind Wal-Mart and iTunes, with Amazon.com and Targe... | Five years after its launch, Apple Computer's iTunes downloadable music service in February passed Wal-Mart to become the No. 1 music seller in the United States, according to figures released April 3 by NPD Group, a market research firm. The firm said more than 4 billion songs had been downloaded from the iTunes store... |
BP chief Tony Hayward 'negotiating exit deal' Mr Hayward has been with the company for 28 years BP's chief executive Tony Hayward has been negotiating the terms of his exit, with a formal announcement likely within 24 hours, the BBC has learned. Mr Hayward has been widely criticised over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. B... | Hayward at the World Economic Forum in 2008 Chief Executive is negotiating the terms of his departure and will stand down from the company; effectively taking responsibility for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the , according to journalists. The ''New York Times'' cites an anonymous source "close to the board", and... |
Video shop fire kills 15, injures 10 Dead all believed to be male customers Store had 32 rooms for private viewing of videos FIRE broke out in a video shop in the western Japanese city of Osaka early today, killing 15 men and injuring 10 other people. Firefighters received an emergency call at about 3am from a clerk at... | Osaka City, where the fire occurred A seven story concrete apartment building in the Naniwanaka Naniwa Ward of Osaka, Japan was set ablaze, killing at least 15 people. The fire started early in the morning on October 1st in the Video DVD Cat sex shop on the first floor. At least eight people were rescued from the build... |
Vídeo O presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defendeu nesta quarta-feira (14) a democracia da Venezuela, reiterou a importância do país tornar-se membro pleno do Mercosul e evitou tomar partido na polêmica entre Hugo Chávez e o rei da Espanha, Juan Carlos de Bourbon. “Podem criticar o Chávez por qualquer outra coisa. I... | Hugo Chávez and Lula walk to the official photo shoot of the 17th Ibero-American Summit (Valter Campanato / ABr). In statements to the press on November 14, the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, defended the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, and minimized the incident between him and the , during the 1... |
Jan. 14: The model's excited for the new "Project Runway," but is her memory of taping the show clouded by "pregnant brain"? Jan. 13: In an emotional statement, Conan O’Brien says that he will not be a part of the planned move of “The Tonight Show” to a later time. NBC’s Lee Cowan reports. LOS ANGELES - “Tonight Show” ... | Conan O'Brien in 2007 On Tuesday, United States television personality Conan O'Brien announced in a statement that he will no longer serve as the host for NBC's ''The Tonight Show'' if the network's attempt to move his program to the post-midnight time slot comes to fruition. This move, NBC has said, would be done to a... |
AP Photo LON809 LONDON (AP) - Police in northwestern England on Monday tested a tiny airborne drone fitted with a closed-circuit TV camera that will be used to spy on criminals. The battery-operated drone, which resembles a miniature helicopter, will be operated by officers using a remote control. Made by German compan... | Police in the United Kingdom are now testing the use of "spy drones" in the skies over the country in a bid to stop criminal activity. The drone will be equipped with cameras linked to CCTV, and will be only one meter in width and will weigh 2 to 3 pounds. The camera will be able to take images of the surrounding area ... |
An Apple Inc. manager was indicted by a federal grand jury in California for wire fraud and money laundering, accused of taking at least $1 million in kickbacks from Asian suppliers. Paul Shin Devine, a global-supply manager, was named in a 23-count indictment unsealed Aug. 13 in federal court in San Jose, the court do... | A global supply manager for Apple Inc. was arrested Friday in California and indicted for and , after accepting over US$1 million in kickbacks. The manager, 37-year-old Paul Shin Devine, used a system of international bank accounts and a in order to receive the payments, reported the ''''. Andrew Ang, of Singapore, was... |
While the birth rate for U.S. teenage girls between ages 15- and 19-years-old declined for a second year in 2009, the historic decrease remains nine times higher than at least 13 other industrialized countries, according to July report America's Children In Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010 from the U.... | The US government has released a report with mixed news on the health of American children, ranging from a fall in the rates of teen births, premature births, deaths from injury, and binge drinking, to a rise in the rates of drug abuse, poverty, and obesity. The report, named ''America's Children: Key National Indicat... |
Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition Support ends on July 11, 2006 Final customer notification about the end of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition Extended Support Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition (Me) e... | A typical Windows 98 desktop. As Microsoft had previously announced, they will stop supporting three older versions of their flagship Windows operating system software, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows Millennium Edition (Me). On July 11, 2006 technical and public support and critical security updates ... |
Mr Blair says the new Iraqi government is a big step forward Mr Blair said this was a "new beginning" which would allow Iraqis to "take charge of their own destiny". He was speaking at a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki after landing in Baghdad on Monday. Meanwhile violence continued across the co... | Iraq coat of arms Britain says it expects all foreign combat troops to withdraw from Iraq by 2010. It is the first solid statement from Britain on a firm date for troop withdrawal. Prime Minister Tony Blair says the new Iraqi national unity government offers "new hopes for the country." He was speaking at a news confer... |
To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. GARNER, N.C. – Officials say they’ve recovered and identified all three bodies that were missing after the ConAgra plant exploded in Garner Tuesday, causing part of the ro... | After an explosion Tuesday at a ConAgra Food plant in Garner, North Carolina in the United States, three employees were unaccounted for as search teams carefully worked through the rubble. The search was hampered by stormy weather, darkness of night, and the instability of the partially collapsed building. The bodies o... |
Scottish Conservatives have launched their campaign for the forthcoming General Election, based around the theme "Are you thinking what we're thinking?". Shadow Scottish Secretary Peter Duncan MP and Scottish Conservative Leader David McLetchie MSP launched 5 posters in Edinburgh with real statements from real people e... | There are only two days left for all remaining legislation to be passed. The United Kingdom Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Tony Blair PC MP, at 09:00 UTC today formally requested the Queen to dissolve Parliament on April 11, thereby confirming May 5 to be the date for the next General Election. Mr Blair had delay... |
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Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Five bombs have ripped through busy shopping areas of India's capital, Delhi, within minutes of each other, killing at least 20 people, police say. The explosions, which also injured about 90 people, are not thought to have been very powerful b... | At least five bombs exploded in crowded markets and streets in the heart of India's capital New Delhi on Saturday killing 30 while injuring more than 100 people. The blasts at Ghaffar market in Karol Bagh, at Connaught Place and Greater Kailash took place in a quick succession. In an e-mail sent to a local television n... |
By Ellie Tzortzi BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic won re-election on Sunday against nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic in a vote that will determine the country's future ties with the European Union. The election commission said it was a narrow victory for Tadic, with a projected 51 ... | Boris Tadić Supporters of Tadić gather to hear him give a victory speech. Incumbent Boris Tadić has narrowly defeated nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolić in the second and final round of Serbia's presidential election. Tadić received 50.5% of the vote and Nikolić garnered about 47.9% according to CeSID, a vote monit... |
There have been a host of theories surrounding Mr Woolmer's death The apparent verdict follows work by a UK Home Office pathologist, who flew to Jamaica to probe Mr Woolmer's death. Bob Woolmer's widow Gill said she had heard nothing new from the Jamaican police about her husband's death. Mr Woolmer was found dead in h... | Bob Woolmer. Scotland Yard detectives, who went to Jamaica to probe Bob Woolmer's death, came to the verdict of the murder investigation saying Bob Woolmer died of heart failure and was not murdered. Reports said the Jamaican detectives would announce at a press conference the following week that they were no longer tr... |
If elected, Andrei Lugovoi would be granted immunity from prosecution Andrei Lugovoi denies any involvement in former Russian agent Mr Litvinenko's death from poisoning in London in November 2006. He has said he will run for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) of the Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky. If elected... | , one of the main suspects in the murder case of Russian intelligence agent , is to run as a in the Russian elections on 2 December. If he is elected, Lugovoi will be immune from prosecution. This is worrying for the British government, who want to arrest Lugovoi. Lugovoi is to be a candidate for the . The LDPR current... |
The Associated Press Published: October 25, 2006 CANBERRA, Australia The Australian government announced Wednesday it will help build the largest solar power plant in the world as part of a new strategy to combat global warming. The government, under fire for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse g... | ''Note: All dollar figures are in AU$ unless otherwise stated.'' Victorian Premier Steve Bracks and federal Treasurer Peter Costello unveiled the project to build world's largest solar plant on October 25. The $420 million plant will sit on 900 ha of land and produce 154 megawatts. It will use mirrored panels to concen... |
Earlier in the day Mr Chen was dramatically led away in handcuffs A court proceeding against Taiwan's former President Chen Shui-bian has been suspended after he asked to be taken to hospital. Mr Chen told the judges he needed treatment after being pushed earlier in the day, opposition lawmaker Lai Ching-teh told repor... | Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian has been detained on charges of money laundering, embezzling government funds, taking bribes and forging documents. Television coverage showed him shouting "political persecution" while being led away in handcuffs. "The KMT and the Chinese Communist Party see me as their number... |
The scientists behind the research believe that milk from herds of genetically modified cows can provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies, which is often criticised as being an inferior substitute. Human milk contains high quantities of nutrients that can help boost the immune system of b... | A team from the China is reporting success after transferring human genes into a herd of 300 dairy cows. The cows now produce milk containing proteins associated with human breast milk. Human milk is beneficial to infants due to its high nutrient concentration. offers an alternative to breastfeeding, but critics feel i... |
Bang Showbiz Faithless are splitting up. The 'Insomnia' dance group announced they will go their separate ways after 15 years together after their preset tour ends on April 8. In a statement on their website, singer Maxi Jazz wrote: "After 15 years and six albums I think we've probably made our collective point by now ... | , an electronica band from the United Kingdom, have made the announcement that they are to separate at the end of their current tour. Their current tour is expected to conclude at the on April 8, 2011. In a statement, , a singer from the group said that "after 15 years and six albums I think we've probably made our col... |
Man abandons 9 children at Neb. hospital OMAHA, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A man who left all nine of his children, ages 1 to 17, at a Nebraska hospital will not be charged due to the state's "safe haven" law, officials said Thursday. The unidentified man left his children at Omaha's Creighton University Medical Center Wednesda... | A man has abandoned his nine children at a hospital emergency room in Nebraska, but will not be prosecuted under Nebraska state law. The children, whose ages range from 1 to 17 years old, were dropped off by their unnamed father at Saint Joseph Hospital at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha on Wednesday eveni... |
by Casey Grove and Jennifer Castro Saturday, April 4, 2009 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A day after the Alaska Volcano Observatory lowered the alert level for Mount Redoubt, the volcano exploded again Saturday, spewing ash to some of its highest levels yet. The AVO recorded a "significant explosion event" at Redoubt that sent ... | Redoubt the morning on April 4. The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) reported today a "significant explosive event" had occurred at Mount Redoubt in Alaska. Lightning was observed within an ash cloud that formed over the volcano. As a result the AVO raised the alert level to 'warning' and level 'red' for aviation. The ... |
Sign-up to receive the weekly top stories, contest and promotion announcements every Tuesday Thanks for signing up! A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it please check your junk folder. The next issue of Canada.com Newsletter will soon be in your inbox. ||||| Sign-up to receive the weekly top stories, conte... | Michael Chong, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Minister of Sport, and MP for the riding of Wellington—Halton Hills, has resigned over Stephen Harper's Quebec motion. The motion asks MPs if Quebec is a nation "within a united Canada". Chong opposed the vote saying that it was akin to ethnic nationalism, which he ... |
The vote, which took place on Wednesday, June 18, proved to be one of the most divisive in Sweden in recent years. Critics slammed the bill as an attack on civil liberties in a country that prides itself on its liberal attitudes. Initially scheduled for early Wednesday, it was delayed after more than one-third of MPs v... | On June 18, 2008 the Parliament of Sweden approved a bill that permits the interception and recording of data traveling through and within Sweden's borders beginning on the first day of 2009. The proposition was passed in a 143 to 138 vote, with one abstention. It was passed with an addendum to be reviewed this fall. T... |
Bolton Wanderers allow 15 players to leave after relegation Fifteen players have left Bolton Wanderers following their relegation from the Premier League, while Kevin Davies has signed a new one-year deal. The striker and defender Sam Ricketts, who has agreed a two-year deal, are the only players to commit to the club.... | The Reebok Stadium, home of Bolton Wanderers A total of fifteen players have left after the club was relegated from England's at the end of the season. Eleven of the players were released after their contracts expired while activated a clause in his contract that allowed him to leave the club. A further three players e... |
Home > News > World > Asia Pakistan: Terrorists killed in U.S. strike An Afghan soldier, left, stands guard as Pakistani soldier check the belongs of an Afghan man before entering in to the Afghanistan in Nava Pass 300 Kilometers (180 miles) northeast of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 16, 2006. Just a few hours walk ... | Map highlighting Pakistan. Reports from Pakistan say that at least four or five terrorists were killed in last Friday's airstrike. The attack took place in the village of Damadola in the semi-autonomous agency of Bujar, a tribal region bordering Afghanistan. According to unnamed Pakistani intelligence officials, top Al... |
LatestNews Stock Watch Market Data IPO Watch Today's Paper Industries Malaysia to go to polls on March 8 Published: 2008/02/14 MALAYSIA'S general elections will take place on March 8, the Election Commission said today a day after parliament was dissolved. The EC has fixed the nomination date for February 24 and polli... | __NOTOC__ Following are some of the recent developments in the upcoming general election in Malaysia. ===Date for election set=== Malaysia's Election Committee announced last Thursday that parliamentary elections will be held on the 8th of March. The registration of candidates is to commence on February 24, leaving 13 ... |
denver & the west Threats by religious group spark probe at CU-Boulder University of Colorado police are investigating a series of threatening messages and documents e-mailed to and slipped under the door of evolutionary biology labs on the Boulder campus. The messages included the name of a religious-themed group and ... | On Friday, anonymous threats were sent to the evolutionary biology labs at the University of Colorado at Boulder by email and workers returned to their labs Monday morning to find threatening messages slipped under their doors. The threats mention a group affiliated with creationism, but police did not release the name... |
JOHN HOWARD led his Government to a humiliating defeat last night and was poised to lose his own seat as Kevin Rudd became Australia's 26th Prime Minister. Families and Indigenous Affairs Minister Mal Brough was another high-profile scalp on a night in which Australia called a definitive end to Mr Howard's 11-year reig... | Kevin Rudd, Australia's Prime Minister-elect. Kevin Rudd is set to become Australia's 26th Prime Minister after his Labor party defeated John Howard's Liberal/National coalition on Saturday. Mr Howard was the Australian PM for 11 years. Mr Rudd easily secured the 16 seats Labor needed to win in the House of Representat... |
Polaroid is best known for inventing instant photography Camera-maker Polaroid has filed for US Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid allegations of fraud by the founder of its parent group. Polaroid has been owned by Petters Group Worldwide since 2005, which was established by Tom Petters. Mr Petters is now "under inv... | left Camera company has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States. The firm, famed for the introduction of , says alleged fraud by the founder of their parent group is to blame. Owned since 2005 by , Polaroid says that the group's founder is "under investigation for alleged acts of fraud that have compromise... |
Ukraine's Yulia Tymoshenko to end hunger strike Yulia Tymoshenko accused prison guards of beating her in March Continue reading the main story Related Stories Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko will end her 19-day hunger strike, says her daughter. Yevgenia Tymoshenko said her mother would be moved to h... | Yevgenia Tymoshenko has announced her mother, former Ukrainian Yulia Tymoshenko, is to end her hunger strike after nineteen days. Yulia's lawyer, Serhiy Vlasenko, cited "what is happening in the country and what is happening to her in prison" as reasons for her commencing her fast. The politician is serving a seven-yea... |
Energy demand has been rising in Europe as winter nears An overload in Germany's power network triggered outages leaving millions without electricity on Saturday night. Romano Prodi said there was a "contradiction" in having a unified power network but no central authority. Power failed first in Cologne, Germany, befor... | A sudden cold snap across Europe caused a surge in demand for electricity. Two high voltage power lines in Germany failed. This triggered a cascade of cuts as automatic safety devices cut millions of customers in order to prevent a total blackout of the continent. Parts of Germany, Belgium, France (including parts of P... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Six London Underground stations were closed as trouble flared when thousands of people marked the banning of alcohol on London transport with a party. Four tube drivers, three other staff members, and two police officers were assaulted, and the... | The underground was very crowded as a result of the event Seventeen people have been arrested after a party, attended by hundreds of people, took place on the London Underground to mark the last day that drinking alcohol was legal while travelling on the Tube. There was a heavy police presence at the scene. The new ban... |
MOSCOW, April 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian carrier rocket has delivered the second satellite for Europe's Galileo navigation system into orbit, Russia's Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Sunday. The experimental satellite, Giove-B, was put into orbit by a Soyuz carrier rocket launched from the Baikonur space center in K... | At 22:16 GMT yesterday (04:16 today local time), a Russian / carrier rocket was launched from the in Kazakhstan, carrying the European experimental . The launch was conducted by , a Russo-European organisation which commercially markets Soyuz-FG and launches. GIOVE-B was successfully deployed into a at 02:01 GMT this m... |
From LATWiki Welcome to the Los Angeles Times Wiki A wikitorial is by its nature a collaborative effort among readers. For that reason, when you enter the wikitorial area, you are acknowledging that the Los Angeles Times is not, and cannot be held, responsible for the words or actions of other readers on these pages. A... | The Los Angeles Times has launched a web site where readers can collaboratively edit and respond to certain editorials from the paper. The site, called Wikitorial, uses a type of software known as a wiki. Registered users over 13 years of age may edit and contribute to designated "Wikitorials". On Friday, the Times pos... |
Lebanon's Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Aridi show underwater photographs of parts of the crashed Ethiopian airlines plane during a news conference in Beirut February 6, 2010. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Search teams retrieved on Sunday flight recorders belonging to an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed off th... | Depsite the nickname, black boxes are usually painted orange to aid in their recovery after a crash. The from an flight that crashed into the Mediterranean several weeks ago, killing all on board, has been found by search crews. The had been recovered earlier in the day. The bodies of eight victims were recovered from... |
By Tom Mitchell in Hong Kong, Mure Dickie in Beijing and Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington The Chinese government on Thursday reversed its decision to bar a US carrier group from visiting Hong Kong, but the about-face came too late to save the Thanksgiving holiday for 8,000 American sailors and airmen and their familie... | USS Kitty Hawk CV-63 The United States aircraft-carrier USS Kitty Hawk CV-63, along with the other ships that comprise the carrier-group, were scheduled to make a port visit to Hong Kong on the November 21 for the Thanksgiving holiday. However, China initially denied entry to Hong Kong. After some publicity, China reve... |
Over the past several days we have grown from an Early Team of 30 to a Main Team of 58 members. This surge was facilitated by a private charter on 11 January, which brought in most of the new crew, as well as the 12 January arrival of an Antonov-124 aircraft carrying our THOR 5 spacecraft, equipment and a handful of ad... | right In the sixth orbital launch of 2008, an International Launch Services Proton-M/Briz-M rocket has launched from area 200/39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with the Norwegian Thor 5 communication satellite aboard. Liftoff of the 53 metre long Russian rocket occurred at 11:33 GMT, and the launch ended wit... |
'Voice of rugby' McLaren dead at 86 LONDON — Legendary rugby union television commentator Bill McLaren has died at the age of 86, the BBC announced on Tuesday. The BBC said McLaren had died at 1030GMT on Tuesday in the community hospital in his hometown of Hawick in the Scottish Borders. McLaren became known as the "vo... | Rugby union commentator Bill McLaren died yesterday aged 86. The British Broadcasting Corporation made the announcement that he had died at 1030 GMT in Hawick, in the Scottish Borders — his chosen home town. McLaren started rugby commentating on a BBC radio station in 1953 while he was a reporter with ''The Hawick Expr... |
Muhammad Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion who proclaimed himself ‘The Greatest’, defied the US government over the Vietnam war, and later became one of the most well-known – and loved – sportsmen in history has died, his family spokesperson has said. He was 74. Ali was admitted to hospital on Thursday with a re... | Legendary boxing great died on Friday aged 74 in a hospital in , in the . A family spokesperson said Ali had been admitted with respiratory problems. The former heavyweight champion lived with for decades, diagnosed in 1984. thumb Born on January 17, 1942 as Cassius Marcellus Clay, he changed his name to Muhammed Ali a... |
McMahon's trademark introduction is known worldwide Ed McMahon, Jonny Carson's sidekick for 30 years on NBC's The Tonight Show, has died at the age of 86. Best known for his enthusiastic catchphrase "Here's Johnny!", McMahon was also familiar as the host of TV talent show Star Search. His publicist, Howard Bragman, sai... | Ed McMahon in 2005 Ed McMahon, the long time announcer of ''The Tonight Show'', has died age 86. McMahon, who joined ''The Tonight Show'' in 1962, died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center shortly after midnight on June 23. Made famous by his “Here’s Johnny!” catchphrase, McMahon worked with ''Tonight Show'' host J... |
Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq BAGHDAD, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- The levels of U.S. troops in Iraq will fall by 5,000 starting from late in this month, a U.S. military spokesman said on Saturday. "Current conditions allow for a withdrawal of the first unit, the Grey Wolf Brigade, starting on Nov. 27," U.S. milita... | According to the United States military in Iraq, at least 5,000 U.S. soldiers are going to be withdrawn from the country. The 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division of the U.S. Army are stationed in Iraq's Diyala Province. When they finish their withdrawal in December, they will not be replaced by another division. The mili... |
Tesco Gets Poison Blackmail Threat; Briton Arrested (Update3) By Anuchit Nguyen June 8 (Bloomberg) -- Executives for Tesco Plc were threatened with blackmail by a British citizen living in Bangkok, who demanded 2 million pounds ($3.96 million) in exchange for not poisoning products of the U.K.'s biggest retailer, polic... | A Tesco market in St. Albans, England. A British man, held in Thailand for e-mailing threats to executives of United Kingdom retailer Tesco, has admitted to the scheme and apologized. "What I did was very misguided, a silly idea that I took so far," Alexander Winstone's statement reads. "I would like to stress that it ... |
Mr Kasparov is among the Kremlin's fiercest critics Mr Kasparov said his Other Russia bloc had faced difficulty arranging for its supporters to meet in Moscow - an official requirement for his candidacy. The former chess player has frequently accused President Vladimir Putin's government of throttling opposition. A Put... | Garry Kasparov (second from right) and other 'The Other Russia' leaders at a rally on June 9, 2007. Garry Kasparov, the world champion chess-player turned political activist, says he will not contest the 2008 presidential election in March. Kasparov says that he is forced to withdraw from the race because his political... |
The state-owned nuclear power generating monopoly Rosenergoatom and Sevmash shipyard have signed a contract to built the worlds first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), the Russian nuclear agency said Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports. Sergey Kiriyenko, the head of the Federal Agency for Nuclear Power, said at a confere... | Russia has chosen the remote town of along Russia's northern White Sea coastlines for the world's first floating nuclear power station. The station will float on a river flowing through the town and into the . The plant will look like a 10-storey building and weigh 21,000 tonnes. In five years it'll generate enough ele... |
Apple said Thursday that it will control the sale and distribution of all iPhone software created by independent developers. The software will be distributed via a new program on the iPhone called App Store, as well as on Macs and PCs via a new section of the iTunes Store. Unveiling App Store during Thursday’s iPhone b... | iPhone at MacWorld 2007 During a media event held at its Cupertino headquarters, Apple released the long awaited iPhones Software Development Kit (SDK) and the associated iTunes "App Store" and iPhone Developer Program. The SDK will allow third party software developers to create applications for the iPhone and then di... |
President Bush and Congressional leaders from both political parties have reached agreement on $150 billion in tax relief in an effort to help stimulate the U.S. economy. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns has the story. President Bush, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (l), tells reporters that ... | Bush delivers a statement on the agreement with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson looking on. U.S. President George W. Bush and Congressional leaders from both political parties have reached agreement on US$150 billion in tax relief in an effort to help stimulate the United States economy. VOA White House Correspondent S... |
Residents of Bogota slum facing eviction despite quarantine Hundreds of people expected to be evicted from their hillside homes in a slum of Colombia's capital Bogota on Friday, despite having nowhere to go during the country's coronavirus lockdown. ||||| Autopsies showed their vital organs were working when the plane ... | The first findings from the preliminary investigations into Sunday's air disaster have been released. All 121 on board a Helios Boeing 737 died when it crashed near Athens after flying from Cyprus. A text message, reportedly sent from the doomed aircraft, has also been revealed as a hoax. Greek Chief Coroner Philippos ... |
The strike was called in a row over new rotas About 40 out of 275 stations had closed due to a lack of staff and Northern Line services were delayed during the action, Transport for London said. Underground bosses praised staff as about 200,000 people defied the strike, which began at noon on New Year's Eve, and saw in... | 2006 is greeted with fireworks in Bratislava, Slovakia. Millions of people celebrated the arrival of the new year as the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2005, throughout the world's time zones. ===Sydney=== Sydney, Australia led the way with red lights on the Harbour Bridge and over 80,000 fireworks over the wate... |
Demonstrators pelted police with missiles as they tried to save a dying man during violent London demonstrations, police said as they imposed a lockdown around the Group of 20 summit on Thursday. Police manned barriers and checkpoints around the ExCeL centre in east London where world leaders met to thrash out a respon... | Marxist protesters outside the Bank of England. According to reports, a man protesting the G20 Summit in London, England has died after collapsing at a protester camp. Sky News says the man collapsed on the street inside a camp close to the Bank of England and when found he was still breathing, but efforts by paramedic... |
By Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he would end U.S. combat operations in Iraq in 18 months but leave up to 50,000 troops there to provide stability, a decision that riled Democrats who favored a larger withdrawal. "We are leaving Iraq to its peo... | U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled an 18-month plan to end combat operations and troop withdrawal in Iraq. He was quoted as saying "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," to marines at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Obama stated that the 50,000 troops not invol... |
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Protesters across Iraq Tuesday urged government authorities to free the TV correspondent who threw his shoes at President Bush. TV reporter Muntadhar al-Zaidi, shown in a file photo, was jailed after throwing his shoes at President Bush. Hundreds of students at Diyala University in Baquba carried... | An Iraqi journalist has been arrested, and allegedly beaten, by police after he threw his shoes at United States president George W. Bush during a press conference on Sunday in Baghdad. Dargham al-Zaidi, the brother of Muntadar, the 28-year-old journalist who gave Bush 'the boot', says that he received severe injuries ... |
News Putin Promises Politkovskaya Investigation By Catherine Belton and Oksana Yablokova Staff Writers President Vladimir Putin vowed Monday to track down the killers of Anna Politkovskaya, while her colleagues at Novaya Gazeta pledged to continue her work despite dangers. In a telephone conversation with U.S. Presiden... | A Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya, who received wide acclaim and prominence for her critical coverage of the Chechen war and opposition to the Putin administration, was found shot dead at her apartment building in Moscow today. Coincidentally, October 7 is the birthday of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Anna P... |
Maybe Glenn Beck raped and murdered a young girl in 1990, and maybe he didn't. Wherever the truth lies, it's clear that the World Intellectual Property Organization has decided that he can't stop the internet from asking the question. Because he is an idiot, Glenn Beck tried in September to shut down glennbeckrapedandm... | ''Wikinews'' interviewed the creator of a parody website satirizing American political commentator Glenn Beck, about his thoughts after prevailing in a domain name dispute brought by Beck before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Florida resident Isaac Eiland-Hall created the we... |
Feb 6, 2006 National Party leader Don Brash told the dawn service at Waitangi that all New Zealanders have failed to deliver on what the Treaty of Waitangi promised. There was a peaceful start to Waitangi Day with Ngapuhi elders exerting tight control at the traditional dawn service commemorating the signing of the Tre... | Today marks the 166th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document, in 1840. Although this is New Zealand's national day, the commemoration has often been the focus of protest by Maori activists, and is often marred by controversy. This year, the morning celebrations at Waitangi... |
En sentral kilde sier til Dagbladet at saken kan ha enorme dimensjoner. Ifølge avisen er mistanken basert på avslørende informasjon tilflytt Kripos, men statsadvokat Petter Mandt vil ikke si fra hvem. Forsvarets sikkerhetstjeneste har ansvaret for datasikkerheten i Forsvaret og for å sørge for at sensitiv og hemmeligst... | Yesterday, Norwegian news outlets reported that Defense Security Service (Forsvarets sikkerhetstjeneste FOST) had conducted illegal surveillance against the prime minister’s office and other government offices. Kripos, a division of the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police, did a police search of the Norwegian... |
Ahogy arról már említést tettünk, Doro Pesch énekesi pályafutásának 25. évfordulóját ünnepli, és eme jeles esemény kapcsán… …december 13-án Düsseldorfban hatalmas bulit csap. Már nagyon sokan jelezték fellépési szándékukat a metal királynő estjén, de vannak, akik most jelentkeznek az ünnepségre. Így van ezzel Tarja Tur... | Tarja onstage in Belgium Tarja Turunen, a Finnish artist best known for being the former frontwoman of band Nightwish, has been scheduled to appear at the 25th anniversary concert of heavy metal vocalist . Pesh, like Turunen, first gained fame fronting a band, in her case . Doro Pesch performing in Holland Doro and Tar... |
Teen flashed laser light at chopper: police Posted Updated A teenager has been charged over a laser attack on a police helicopter in Sydney's north-west last night. PolAir was flying over Bella Vista about 6:00pm (AEDT) when a green-coloured laser light was shone into the cockpit. The crew was momentarily disorientated... | Laser pointers, such as the one above, are claimed to be dangerous to pilots.A 19-year-old man from the Sydney, Australia suburb of Bella Vista has been charged with interfering with a crew member while in an aircraft after a laser stunned the crew of a police helicopter last night. The helicopter was flying at about 6... |
New species of crocodile newt identified in Vietnam Mar 21, Biology/Plants & Animals Full size image Tylototriton ziegleri. Credit: Tao Thien Nguyen (Phys.org) —A new species of crocodile newt has been identified by a team of Japanese researchers—based on study of a specimen held at Japan's National Museum of Nature an... | The species natural habitat larvae DNA sequencers A curved calipers A photo of the field study In February, Japanese herpetologists Kanto Nishikawa, Masafumi Matsui (of the ), and Tao Thien Nguyen (of the ) discovered Ziegler's crocodile in Vietnam. The new species, called ''Tylototriton ziegleri'', is characterised b... |
The New York Philharmonic played in Pyongyang, North Korea, in a unique moment of unity. The show - the first of its kind - has come at a time when North Korea is stalling over demands to hold to its side of an international disarmament deal and confess to its development of nuclear weapons. "We feel this opportunity w... | Lorin Maazel conducted the orchestra. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra has performed a concert in Pyongyang, North Korea in an effort to improve relations between the communist country and the Western world. At the same time, an anonymous North Korean official revealed that Eric Clapton has been invited to play Pyon... |
(CNN) Yemen's former President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in the capital Sanaa, dealing a blow to hopes of an end to the country's protracted conflict. Saleh died after days of intense street fighting between his forces and Houthi rebels, a senior aide to Saleh told CNN. CNN has also seen footage and video that... | File photo of Ali Abdullah Saleh, 2004. On Monday, former President was killed in a shooting attack by rebels near the capital city , Houthi-controlled Interior Ministry in Sana'a confirmed. A statement issued by the interior ministry read, "The militias of treason are finished and their leader has been killed". Recent... |
New York (CNN) -- City officials will formally challenge the Census Bureau's data for New York City, which Mayor Michael Bloomberg said understated the number of residents in Brooklyn and Queens and overstated the number of vacant housing units in the city. Although New York was named the most populous city in the coun... | New York City officials plan to dispute the Census Bureau's data, after it was discovered that the 2010 Census reported only minimal growth in New York City and in the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. On Sunday, NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg stated "that can't be possible," and announced that the city would formally chal... |
Chicago, which has never staged an Olympics, joins several other cities hoping to be handed the Olympic flame after London in 2012. Madrid, Prague, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo may be joined by Azerbaijan and Qatar in the candidates' list. Final bids have to be submitted to the IOC in September, and its members will ... | The Olympic Flag The City of Chicago has been chosen as the United States Applicant City for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) chose Chicago, which has never hosted an Olympics, over the 1932 and 1984 hosts Los Angeles. "On behalf of the United States Olympic Committee, we would ... |
RIYADH/MADINA – There have been no major attacks in Saudi Arabia since February 2006, when suicide bombers tried but failed to attack an oil facility at the Abqaiq oil complex, the world’s largest oil processing facility, in eastern Saudi Arabia. But the name list of the most wanted 85 terror suspects has sent a signal... | Detainees at Camp X-Ray. On February 3, 2009, the Government of Saudi Arabia released a list of 85 most wanted suspected terrorists. In the days that followed, close to a dozen former Guantanamo captives were identified, among those were 85 men and boys. Guantanamo has held 129 Saudi captives. 113 of the Saudi captives... |
DURAIJ, Sudan (AP) -- A large force of rebels stormed an African Union peacekeeping base in Darfur, killing at least a dozen soldiers and wounding several others in the biggest attack on the mission so far, the AU said Sunday. African Union peacekeeping soldiers guard an area near al-Salam camp in North Darfur, on Sept... | A force of 1,000 rebels believed to be from the Sudan Liberation Army attacked one of the African Union's peacekeeping bases in the Darfur region of Sudan, said AU officials Sunday. They added that more than 50 AU pacificators and military personnel are MIA since the attack on the base, although the figure could not be... |
Amazon agrees to Kindle suit settlement SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com has agreed that it won't remove e-books from U.S. users' Kindle electronic readers without their permission, as part of a proposed settlement of a lawsuit over the online retailer's deletion of a George Orwell novel from a high school student's e-reader... | Amazon Kindle in a 2008 file photo Parties to a lawsuit against Amazon.com agreed September 25 to a proposed settlement resolving claims that Amazon unlawfully deleted content from users' Kindle reading devices. Justin Gawronski, a Michigan high school senior, and Antoine Bruguier, a California engineer, had sued on Ju... |
England forward Michael Owen is one of Newcastle's top stars The offer came after the retail entrepreneur said he had bought a 41.6% stake in the Premiership team from Sir John Hall's family for more than £55m. Newcastle have been trying to improve their position in the Premiership and fans have been getting increasing... | Newcastle United FC crest Newcastle United received a £133.1m ($263m) offer from English billionaire businessman Mike Ashley on May 23, 2007 to buy the club. Ashley said in a statement "Newcastle United has a wonderful heritage and the passion of its fans is legendary. I am sure that, like me, they are already excited ... |
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