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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il was absent on Tuesday The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, "almost certainly" has health problems, a South Korean government official has told the country's Yonhap news agency. The official said Mr Kim had collapsed, but did not say when or how serious his condition was. He said he had ... | An official portrait of Kim Jong Il. Unnamed officials from the United States have stated that the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Il may have suffered a "serious" stroke. Officials state that the rumors of his illness began to spread Tuesday after he failed to make an appearance at the nation's 60th anniversary lent c... |
Shift Toward Skepticism for Civil Rights Panel By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD New York Times KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec. 9 - It is not that the new chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights doubts racial discrimination still exists, as his detractors have charged, it is that he is not quick to see it. He is not sure ... | A report documenting the civil rights record of the Bush administration has been removed from the Commission's website. The report was submitted to the administration in December by a committee, chaired by Mary Frances Berry, who has served as chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for nearly 25 years. The report... |
By David Clarke and Thomas Grove DAHUK, Iraq/CIZRE, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkish warplanes attacked a village in northern Iraq on Wednesday, an Iraqi Kurdish security official said, but Turkey said it wanted to hold back from a major incursion to give diplomacy a chance. The Iraqi official, speaking on condition of anony... | Map of Kurdish-inhabited area, circa 1992 According to reports, Turkey has today launched airstrikes against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) bases near the border to Iraq. F-16 fighter jets and helicopter gunships are said to have bombed targets on both sides of the border. Turkish officials said that a major incursion w... |
Dr. Martin Skidmore, chief of pediatrics at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Bacterial outbreak shuts down T.O. neonatal unit CTV.ca News Staff Expectant mothers may have to travel out of the city to deliver their babies, after a severe bacterial infection led a Toronto neonatal intensive care ward to close. Hospital ... | Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Canada. An outbreak of methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus'' (MRSA) in a wing of the Women's College Hospital in Toronto, Canada has resulted in the temporary closure of the hospital's High Risk Perinatal Service in the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The NICU, opera... |
Powell was back to his best after his Osaka disappointment Powell, bronze medallist at the recent World Championships, set the new record in the second of two heats. The race was run with a strong following wind but it was within the limits set by athletics's governing body, the IAAF. "That's what happens when I start ... | Powell at the World Championships in Osaka, 2007 has broken the world record at the IAAF Grand Prix Rieti. The Jamaican set the record of 9.74 seconds in one of two heats, after setting the previous record in Athens in June 2005, and meeting it twice in Gateshead and Zurich. The race took place under a strong followin... |
In Depth Canada's Food Guide A nutritional juggling act The new guide is expected to recommend that Canadians eat foods with little or no added salt, though it's not clear whether a low-salt diet provides added benefits for healthy people. (CBC) The last major revision to Canada's Food Guide came out in 1992 — long bef... | A new version of ''Canada's Food Guide'' was announced by Canadian Health Minister Tony Clement on Feb. 5, 2007. The guide has helped Canadians with healthy eating habits since 1942 but was last updated in 1992. It is the Canadian government's most-requested publication after income tax forms. Changes to the Food Guide... |
(Adds confirmation, updates death toll)MOSCOW, March 26 (Reuters) - Fourteen people were killed and four injured early on Thursday when a bus burst into flames after colliding with a lorry east of Moscow, Russia's Emergency Ministry said."According to our latest information, 14 people died -- the driver of the truck an... | Fourteen have died and four more have been injured after a bus and a truck collided near Moscow, Russia. The bus caught fire in the accident. "According to our latest information, 14 people died -- the driver of the truck and 13 people on the bus," said a spokeswoman for the . The crash occurred in , a district 100 kil... |
By Alan Boyle Science editor MSNBC The scientists behind NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander mission now know that they had their first close-up look at Martian ice — because it has vanished from the picture. Days ago, streaks and bits of whitish material were spotted at the bottom of a trench dug by the lander's robotic scoop,... | White 'chunks' that were photographed by the Phoenix lander on Mars on June 15 after digging a trench, have disappeared, leading scientists to believe they most certainly found ice on the Red Planet. "It must be ice. These little clumps completely disappearing over the course of a few days, that is perfect evidence tha... |
The incident occurred on Monday evening at a private school in Xiangtan city, in Hunan province. A stampede at a school in central China has left eight students dead and at least 26 others injured, state media says. According to reports, a group of students were leaving evening study sessions when one fell on the steps... | State media reported earlier today that a stampede in a school in China has killed at least eight people and injured an additional 26. The accident occurred at 21:10 local time at the Yucai Middle School, a privately-run institution in city of Xiangxiang, located in the Hunan Province. Reports say that several students... |
Hilary Weston named Ireland's richest person 03/04/2005 - 10:48:14 Ireland's richest person is Hilary Weston, the wife of Canadian Galen Weston, who owns Brown Thomas, A-Wear and BT2 in Ireland. The Sunday Times rich list estimates her fortune to be around €7.5bn. It is her first time to appear on the list after the ru... | The annual Sunday Times Rich List published today showed that Ireland now has six euro billionaires, up from four last year. The combined wealth of Irelands 250 wealthiest is €42.3bn. Topping the list was the new entrant Hilary Weston with a fortune estimated at over €7.2bn. Weston was excluded in previous lists becaus... |
An entire museum burnt to the ground, complete with all of its exhibits: it is a nightmare that has become reality for the director of the Armando Museum in the Dutch town of Amersfoort. As if this wasn't bad enough, works on loan from other museums and collectors have also gone up in flames. For Armando, the Dutch art... | A huge fire set the Armando museum in Amersfoort, Netherlands in flames around 1:00pm (local time). The museum was having a special exhibition and had borrowed many paintings from other museums and individuals. The museum was being worked on by painters, though there is no evidence that that was the cause. Armando is a... |
By Steve Pass Last updated: 3rd April 2008 Arshavin: First goal Zenit St Petersburg took a massive step towards the semi-final of the Uefa Cup after a 4-1 demolition of Bayer Leverkusen in Germany. After the two sides shared the spoils in the first period, three quick second-half goals make next Thursday's second-leg i... | First legs of the UEFA Cup quarter finals were played out on Thursday. Germany is the only country with two clubs remaining in the competition with Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich both playing at home to Zenit St. Petersburg and Getafe respectively. Dutch Eredivisie leaders PSV Eindhoven traveled to Italy to take on... |
They are part of a group of eight held in France earlier this week, reports quoting police officials say. Three other men have since been released. The men are believed to be members of a support network for al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb (AQLIM). The AQLIM has said it was behind bomb attacks on UN offices... | Location of Algiers within Algeria. French police have today confirmed that they are holding five suspects in the . The bombings killed at least 37 people, including 17 United Nations staff members. The men were arrested with three others, who have since been freed, in a raids on Tuesday in Paris and . They are believe... |
For release at 3:00 a.m. EDT Today, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank are announcing coordinated measures designed to address the continued elevated pressures in U.S. dollar short-term funding markets. These meas... | Stock indexes around the globe reacted favorably after several national banks announced a joint effort to pump more money into the markets. At 0800 UTC, the Bank of Canada, the Bank of England, the European Central Bank (ECB), the United States Federal Reserve, the Bank of Japan, and the Swiss National Bank jointly ann... |
By Tim Cocks ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara rejected on Wednesday the incumbent leader's offer of an international investigation into a disputed election as a political "game". Laurent Gbagbo on Tuesday invited an international committee to re-examine the results of the presid... | Map highlighting location of the Ivory Coast. The French government has urged its citizens to leave the Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) as the United Nations (U.N.) warned that the country was heading towards a civil war. According to the U.N., there has been an increase in the use of intimidation methods by elements of th... |
All contents Copyright 2006 The Denver Post or other copyright holders. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed for any commercial purpose. ||||| Iraq: U.S. Raid Kills Women, Children U.S. Disputes Reported Death Toll Of 11; Raid Targeted Suspected Qaeda Supporter ... | Map of Iraq A U.S. raid near Balad on Wednesday resulted in the deaths of between nine and 13 civilians. An Associated Press photographer recorded pictures of the bodies of two men, five children, and four covered corpses reported to be women. The victims had bits of rubble tangled in their hair and were covered in dus... |
Dentists, put away your drills. Synthetic tooth enamel can seal tiny cavities without the pain, and with less damage to the patient's teeth. Cavities form when acid produced by mouth bacteria starts eating away at the tooth's protective enamel layer. Early on, these lesions are too small for fillers such as resins to s... | A paste containing synthetic tooth enamel can seal small cavities without drilling. Kazue Yamagishi and colleagues at the FAP Dental Institute in Tokyo say that the paste can repair small cavities in 15 minutes. Currently, fillers don't stick to such small cavities so dentists must drill bigger holes. Hydroxyapatite cr... |
News Chandrayaan-1 successfully enters Moon orbit Pallava Bagla ( New Delhi ) India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 successfully entered moon orbit on Saturday. With this development, India's moon mission has been declared successful. When India's first mission to the moon took off nearly a fortnight ag... | India's first lunar mission Chandrayaan-1 (meaning 'moon craft' in Sanskrit) has completed the tricky manoeuvre of entering the lunar orbit at 5:15 PM Indian standard time. This was an important milestone for the Indian mission to the Moon, which was launched on October 22 from Indian spaceport Satish Dhawan Space Cent... |
The missiles were mounted on the wings of a B-52 bomber Three colonels, a lieutenant colonel and 66 other personnel were punished following the incident at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, on 29 August. Maj Gen Richard Newton said ground crews had failed to follow procedures. The incident has been described as one o... | 2nd Bomb Wing. According to Pentagon officials, nearly 70 United States Air Force personnel and high ranking officials have been relieved from command and or duty after an incident on August 30 when a U.S. B-52H bomber plane flew from Minot Air Force Base located in North Dakota to Louisiana with six armed AGM-129 ACM ... |
Unlikely allies Russia and U.S. push Afghan enemies to accept interim government Russia hosts a summit on Thursday to revive the Afghan peace process, the first in a series of meetings that make unlikely allies of Washington and Moscow as they try to pave the way for an interim government in Kabul and end the bloodshed... | Nintendo's newly released Wii console The Wii with the control in front. Nintendo has released its newest video game console in North America. Known as the Wii, the system and games have an MSRP of US$249.99 and US$49.99 respectively. The North American release is to be followed by the December 2nd launch in Japan and ... |
Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies in bags Mexican police officers blocked the road following the discovery of the bodies Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found wrapped in plastic bags near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey. The bodies of 43 men and six women were found dumped on a road 110 mile... | President Felipe Calderón initiated the Mexican Drug War in 2006.Authorities in Mexico have discovered 49 headless and dismembered dead bodies abandoned on the side of a road at the entryway to San Juan, a town located within municipality. The bodies, six female and the other 43 male, were discovered by police at appro... |
Quebecers have elected a minority Liberal government — the first minority in the province in 130 years — while party leader Jean Charest personally prevailed after a seesaw race in his home riding of Sherbrooke. Jean Charest, casting his ballot in Sherbrooke on Monday, won his riding and the party leader's Liberals for... | According to preliminary official results, Jean Charest's Parti libéral du Québec have won a minority government in today's Quebec general election with 48 seats in total. The Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) are currently in second with 41 seats, the Parti Québécois (PQ) are in third place with 36 seats. About 63 s... |
Please register or log in The feature you requested is available only to registered members. Registration is FREE . E-mail: Password: If you do not remember your password, click here. If you are not a registered baltimoresun.com user click here to register. Important note: The login for the mySun system is separate fro... | Rafael Palmeiro, the Havana, Cuba born left-handed first baseman for the Major League Baseball team Baltimore Orioles, returned to play following a 10-game suspension after testing positive for banned steroids. Orioles interim manager Sam Perlozzo had Mr. Palmeiro wait three days in the dugout after his suspension befo... |
A pensioner from Lifford has died following a serious road accident on the N15 Donegal town to Ballybofey road this afternoon. A female passenger in the car he was driving is understood to be very seriously injured. A two car collision occurred at Ardnawark, Barnesmore circa 3.40pm when a car travelling from Donegal to... | Map of Ireland with highlighted in dark green. A two-vehicle road traffic accident in in Ireland has left one person dead and injured two others. The accident occurred when a camper van collided with an oncoming car on the between the towns of and at approximately 1540 (1440 ) on Monday. The fatality was reportedly a m... |
Gardaí have issued an appeal for information about an overnight armed raid on a pub in Co Westmeath. The raid was carried out on Paddy Ryan's pub in Horseleap at about 3am this morning. Four masked men entered the premises and held staff who were cleaning up hostage before getting away with cash and mobile phones. Gard... | A major Garda hunt has begun in the Irish Midlands for four armed robbers who held up a pub at gunpoint on Monday morning. The pub, ''Paddy Ryans'', is located in Horseleap, County Westmeath. ''Paddy Ryans'', a family pub, was robbed by the four men at 2am on Monday morning as staff were cleaning up and preparing to cl... |
In Stockholm, candles were lit in memory of the dead Five hundred and forty three Swedes were among around 2,400 foreigners who died on 26 December 2004. Official ceremonies were being held in Sweden, and hundreds of Swedes attended ceremonies in Thailand. Around 20,000 holidaymakers from Sweden were in the region when... | One year on from the , the world's grief and compassion returned to the tsunami-battered coastlines of the Indian Ocean, where at least 216 000 people lost their lives. Under a clear sky and before a gentle sea, the world commemorated those lost their lives, in one of the worst natural disasters that the modern world h... |
Thaksin Shinawatra has been living in the UK Thailand's fugitive ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to two years in prison by the Thai Supreme Court. In a landmark ruling, he was found to have violated conflict of interest rules in helping his wife buy land from a state agency at... | Thaksin Shinawatra from 2005 Ousted, and a fugitive seeking political asylum in the United Kingdom, Thailand's ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra now faces a two year jail sentence if, or when, he returns to the country. The Thai Supreme Court found him guilty of corruption in a 5-4 ruling by the Criminal Division for Holde... |
Definitive ...is available from today and will be launched by the Prime Minister on Thursday. JOHN Howard says the refugees he falsely accused of throwing their children in the sea deserve no personal apology because they did the next worst thing - "they irresponsibly sank the damn boat, which put their children in the... | The "Children Overboard" controversy of 2001. Australian Prime Minister John Howard says the refugees he falsely accused of throwing their children into the ocean deserve no apology because they did the next worst thing - "they irresponsibly sank the damn boat, which put their children in the water". The "children ove... |
One News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver and Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. File photos / NZ Listener, Greg Bowker KEY POINTS: A TVNZ journalist has been sent home from Fiji amid a row over the New Zealand Government's refusal to grant a visa to the son of a senior Suva official. Fiji's self-appointed p... | A New Zealand journalist has been deported from Fiji. ONE News Pacific Correspondent Barbara Dreaver was detained at Nadi airport on Monday night, as she flew into Fiji to cover deteriorating diplomatic relations between Fiji's military regime and the New Zealand government. She was reportedly taken to a detention cent... |
Advertisement Search CBS News The Web • » Jet Engine Fire Forces Landing, Evacuation Chicago-Bound American Airlines MD-80 Lands Safely in St. Louis, No Reports Of Injuries An engine of American Airlines Flight 1400 from St. Louis to Chicago caught fire; the plane landed in Lambert Field, St. Louis, and all aboard were... | This SAS MD-80 series aircraft is similar to the aircraft involved. An American Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-80 carrying 142 people was forced to return to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport after an engine caught fire shortly after takeoff. Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting (ARFF) personnel doused down the number... |
Police and the fire service are involved in the investigation into the crash Five people have been killed in a mid-air collision between two light aircraft in Warwickshire. The pilot of one plane, described as like a microlight, crashed into a field close to Coombe Abbey, Brinklow, near Coventry Airport at around 1130 ... | Police closed roads surrounding the scene A Cessna 402 Five people have been killed when two light aircraft collided near to Coventry Airport in Warwickshire, England. One of the aircraft, a Cessna 402 carrying four people, crashed near Brandon Woods whilst the other, a smaller single engine aircraft with only the pilo... |
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. The shuttle Discovery glided to a hazy Florida landing on Saturday, leaving the International Space Station behind in orbit with a complete set of solar arrays and a repaired water recycling system. Running one orbit late because of high winds and low clouds, the shuttle commander, Col. Lee... | STS-119 lands successfully in Florida The space shuttle ''Discovery'' landed at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday, ending its thirteen-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft's landing was delayed for two hours due to low-lying clouds and heavy winds. ''Discovery'' had been se... |
MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- A powerful bomb preceded by a warning call exploded in Spain's northern city of Bilbao, the largest Basque city, early Thursday, injuring numerous police officers. Officials blamed the attack on the Basque separatist group ETA. Spanish police inspect damage caused when a bomb exploded at the Soci... | A powerful bomb preceded by a warning call exploded in the Basque city of Bilbao, in northern Spain, injuring seven police officers. Basque separatist group ETA was blamed. The blast occurred outside an office of the ruling Spanish Socialist Party, and happened after a telephone warning. The building was seriously dama... |
AUSTRALIAN OPEN FINAL - Murray v Federer Venue: Melbourne Park Date/time: 0830 GMT, Sun 31 January BBC coverage: Live on BBC One, HD, BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live. Highlights on BBC One on Sunday at 2255 GMT Murray is the first Briton to reach two Grand Slam singles finals since 1938 Andy Murray says he must ... | Roger Federer today defeated Andy Murray 6–3 6–4 7–6 (13–11) in the final of the Australian Open, winning the tournament for a fourth time. The Swiss Federer, who is ranked world number one in men's tennis, has now won a total of sixteen Grand Slam titles. Going into the final Murray had won six of the ten matches wher... |
Students Starved Of Spotify At Oxford Uni Josh Halliday, Sky News Online Oxford University has banned students from using music sharing website Spotify because it uses up too much bandwidth on the campus network. Spotify uses up too much bandwidth, Oxford University says The university's IT department took the decision... | Spotify music service logo The University of Oxford is preventing students from accessing the legal, peer-to-peer online music service Spotify. Officials in the university's Computer Services department (OUCS) say too much of the network's bandwidth is taken up by people using such services, slowing down the network fo... |
Earthquake Summary Earthquake Summary Poster Felt Reports According to official estimates, 222,517 people killed, 300,000injured, 1.1 million displaced, 97,294 houses destroyed and188,383 damaged in the Port-au-Prince area and in much of southernHaiti. At least 4 people killed by a local tsunami in the PetitParadis are... | Two women walk by the body of a dead man, in the streets of the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Bel-Air. As reported the United Nations, January 12 Haiti earthquake left exactly 222,570 deaths, 1,300,000 refugees in harbours, 766,000 displaced people, 310,000 injured and 869 disappeared. The report also mentioned econom... |
By Charles Haviland BBC News, Nepal Mount Everest seen from above base camp in Nepal The government of Nepal has expelled the BBC from the base camp on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest. The Nepalese authorities have imposed a complete communication ban on journalists from the base camp upwards. The move comes as the ... | Mount Everest Journalists are no longer allowed to go any higher than base camp on Mount Everest when visiting the Nepalese side of the mountain, which is the world's highest. This comes after new regulations from the Government of Nepal restricted access to the mountain for all journalists. "We knew there were restric... |
NEWS ANALYSIS Army chief walking a tight rope Plot thickens as Army chief rejects Chavalit's call for a coup, criticizes the government, and enrages PAD all at the same time The People's Alliance for Democracy turned against Army chief Anupong Paochinda Friday night following his pledge not to intervene in the politica... | Thailand's People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) announced a planned rally this coming Monday at the national stadium and march to police headquarters in protest at action taken against demonstrators last Tuesday. Tuesday's protest, where attempts were made to block MPs access to and from parliament, turned ugly when p... |
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday confirmed the first human case of bird flu in Bangladesh, a baby boy who has recovered, bringing the number of countries which have recorded human infections to 15. Bangladesh authorities announced the case on Thursday, and the WHO said it had been confir... | Bangladesh reported its first human case of the H5N1 strain of Avian flu on Thursday. According to a representative of the Bangladesh health ministry, the 16-month old boy initially tested negative for the disease. His virus culture tested positive in tests performed by the United States Centers for Disease Control and... |
GO TO EARLIER STORY GO TO THE NEWS INDEX GO TO NEXT STORY Button hopeful Honda will find buyer By Steven English Jenson Button is hopeful that a buyer will be found for the Honda F1 team and that they will be on the grid next season. Speaking at tonight's Autosport Awards in London, he said that with the strength of th... | Jensen Button driving one of the two 2008 Honda F1 cars at the Malaysian Grand Prix More details have emerged over the weekend after the surprise announcement last week of Honda's intention to sell its Formula One racing team, Honda Racing F1. The team management, Nick Fry and Ross Brawn, have already announced confide... |
NYPD: Deadly fire investigated as murder-suicide - boy, 14, may have cut 3 siblings' throats Cops believe C.J. Jones, 14, (top left) slashed the throats of his siblings Brittany, 9, Jermaine, 2, and Melanie, 7, in a murder-suicide. Wenig/AP The scene of the fire in Port Richmond, Staten Island. Related News Articles Te... | Five people were killed early Thursday morning in a fire in the New York City borough of . The fire destroyed most of the home in the neighborhood. The five killed are 33-year-old Leisha Jones and her four children. Neighbors said that the fire began at approximately 4 a.m. (0800 ). Two officers noticed the fire and ra... |
‘‘Hanging upside down, their legs are already brittle, and we’ve got footage as well where their legs have actually ripped off from their bodies ... and the legs have been tossed around,’’ Ms Hurst said. ‘‘You can see a total disrespect of these animals. There are scenes where they’ve put the music up very, very loud, ... | Inghams logo Anonymous people submitted a video depicting employees of , an Australian poultry producer, to . The video displays at an Inghams plant in , , south-west of Sydney. The video was recorded without the employees' knowledge over a two-week period in February. Animal Liberation maintains that the footage is le... |
Denmark hands over responsibilities to British military in Iraq BASRA, Iraq: Denmark has handed over its ground force responsibilities in southern Iraq to the British military, but it sent four helicopters that will remain to support the operations, officials said Wednesday. The Danish Parliament decided on June 1 to r... | Royal Danish Air Force AS 550 Fennec helicopter at Karup Air Force Base in 2005. On Tuesday, Denmark formally withdrew its forces from Iraq. Responsibilities were turned over to British in a ceremony. Defense minister Søren Gade was there, having secretly flown into Iraq for the event. During the ceremony, there was a ... |
Siniora heads the new government as the prime minister [AFP] Siniora heads the new government as the prime minister [AFP] Fouad Siniora, reinstated as Lebanon's prime minister, announced the new cabinet following a meeting with Michel Sleiman, the president, in Beirut on Friday. Lebanon has announced a new 30-member na... | Prime Minister Fouad Siniora heads the new cabinet. Lebanese political leaders have agreed to the formation of a 30-member national unity government, in which paramilitary group Hezbollah and its political allies hold effective veto power in the new cabinet. The announcement came seven weeks after the Doha Agreement, w... |
JERUSALEM Israeli forces operating in Gaza killed at least nine Palestinians on Thursday and blew up the houses of some known militant commanders, as the Palestinians fired a Katyusha rocket from Gaza that landed in northern Ashkelon, a city of 120,000 people. The rocket landed in an open field and did no damage, but... | At least nine Palestinians have been killed during Israeli missions in Gaza; four gunmen and five civilians during air and ground raids. Israeli troops moved in to the Khan Younis area early Thursday where clashes with militants took up the majority of the fighting. The deadliest attack by a tank shell reportedly kille... |
BEIJING (Reuters) - A survivor was pulled alive from the rubble of China's earthquake 266 hours after the big tremor hit, state television reported on Sunday. Xiao Zhihu, an 80-year-old partially paralysed man, was rescued in Mianzhu city on Friday. He had been trapped under a collapsed pillar of his house, and survive... | Eleven days, or 266 hours after an earthquake in Sichuan Province in China which killed over 60,000 people, a survivor has been rescued from the rubble of his own house in the city of Mianzhu. Map highlighting location of Mianzhu. Xiao Zhihu, 80, who is said to be in stable condition at a local hospital, was paralyzed... |
Senate Democrats Unite to Advance Key Health Care Reform Bill The Senate has voted by 60 to 40 to close debate on landmark health care reform legislation backed by U.S. President Barack Obama and fiercely opposed by Republican lawmakers. Now, the divided chamber appears to be heading towards a vote to pass the bill on ... | The US Senate has voted by 60 to 40 votes to close debate on landmark health care reform legislation backed by President Barack Obama but unanimously opposed by Republican lawmakers. Now, the divided chamber appears to be heading towards a vote to pass the bill on Thursday. All 100 senators were gathered in the Capitol... |
YouTube offers to help Thais block offending pages Printer Friendly Top News Thousands of Hindus begin Amarnath trek Flash flood kills more in storm-hit Pakistan Nuclear scientists to monitor USS Nimitz Norway says ready to help revive Sri Lanka talks Former French PM Rocard "stable" following surgery Nopporn Wong-Anan... | 125px YouTube, a popular video hosting website, has been banned by the government of Thailand after at least 3 videos insulting Thailand's King, Bhumibol Adulyadej were uploaded to the site. The first video which was "removed by user," has turned up again, uploaded from a different user than the first posting, claiming... |
000 WTNT45 KNHC 151432 TCDAT5 Post-Tropical Cyclone Theta Discussion Number 23 NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL302020 300 PM GMT Sun Nov 15 2020 Theta has run out of theta-e. The cyclone has been without significant deep convection for many hours now and has been gradually spinning down today. It no longer mee... | The U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) has declared an area of disturbed weather north of Puerto Rico Tropical Storm Danny today, skipping the tropical depression stage. 5-day forecast track map A statement by the NHC said "a general northwestward motion with a decrease in forward speed is expected today and Thursday... |
BY JENNIFER PELTZ ASSOCIATED PRESS A guard stands in front of the Mind Scrambler ride at Rye Playland, which remains closed for the rest of the summer following the death of a 20-year-old park employee. Police escort the victim's sisters, Ruby Garin and Maria Devenney, and her brother-in-law Jason Devenney at Rye Playl... | A young woman was killed Friday night after an accident occurred on a gyrating ride at the Playland amusement park in Rye, New York in the United States. The woman, Gabriela Garin, was a worker at the amusement park, and had worked there for the past seven years. The accident occurred near the end of Garin's shift; as ... |
Select text size: Around 4,000 voters in Nauru will go to the polls later this month to elect a new government. So far, 83 candidates have registered their intention to contest the 18 parliamentary seats. Registration for potential candidates closes on Saturday. It is reported that the recent campaign to overhaul the c... | Position of Nauru in Oceania. The tiny island nation of Nauru is to hold parliamentary elections next week, on August 25. The current government, which has been stable since 2004 after much political turbulence early in the early 2000s, wants to make changes in the way the parliamentary republic is governed, but wants ... |
Indonesian Earthquake Kills More Than 700 See additional information and more stories in our Special Report on the Asia Disasters Indonesian officials say the death toll from Wednesday's powerful earthquake continues to rise, and thousands remain trapped under collapsed buildings on the island of Sumatra. So far at lea... | Indonesian officials have said that at least 770 people have been killed and thousands more feared trapped under collapsed buildings, following a powerful earthquake on Wednesday. Padang, Indonesia (2007) The 7.6-magnitude quake struck off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, and officials are trying to deter... |
(CNN) At least 60 people died in a prison riot in Brazil over the weekend, state-run media reported Monday. The 17-hour uprising started Sunday afternoon as part of a rivalry between two criminal organizations at the Anísio Jobim Prison Complex in the city of Manaus, Agencia Brasil reported, citing the country's Public... | At least 56 inmates, mostly of rival drug gangs, were killed during a Sunday riot in Anisio Jobim Penitentiary Centre, a state prison located in , Brazil, according to official report. Some of those killed were decapitated. { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": { "type": "Feature", "properties": {}, "... |
Appeals court turns away lawsuit seeking Obama birth certificate By Ken Kobayashi POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 08, 2011 The state appeals court has affirmed the dismissal of a California man's lawsuit seeking to inspect and review President Obama's birth certificate. In the unanimous ruling yesterday, a three-judge pan... | Andy Martin U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate of Illinois took some time to answer a few questions from ''Wikinews'' reporter William S. Saturn. Martin has questioned the validity of the birth certificate released by Barack Obama, and is best known for his role in the spreading of rumors that Obama is a Musl... |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Media@dcaclu.org WASHINGTON - The American Civil Liberties Union today sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asking him to open an investigation into possible perjury by Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the theater commander at the outset of the Iraq War. The ACLU said that a memo s... | The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) claims that a recently obtained 18-month-old memo shows that a top U.S. commander of armed forces in Iraq was untruthful when he testified before the United States Congress last year on Iraqi prison abuse. The September 14, 2003 memo was among government documents concerning th... |
Up to 50,000 people were displaced by Felix The storm hit land in north-east Nicaragua on Tuesday as a maximum strength category-five hurricane before dissipating to a tropical depression. Felix destroyed thousands of flimsy homes on the Central American country's low-lying Caribbean coast. It comes just two weeks afte... | Hurricane Felix approaching Central America Hurricane Felix has left at least 21 people dead and over 200 missing after it passed through Nicaragua. The Category 5 storm destroyed many poor houses in the country leaving a trail of destruction in it's wake after it hit land with wind speeds of up to 160 mph. As many as ... |
coronavirus Patients whose vaccine appointment cards were lost in the post have been told they will have to wait another three weeks for the jab. Everyone over the age of 65 was due to receive a vaccine by early March but one GP practice in Fife disclosed that they had been “inundated” with calls from patients who had ... | A United States Congressional panel has passed a resolution describing Turkey's killing of Armenians in World War I as genocide, over objections from the White House. The panel, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, passed the resolution, which calls on President Barack Obama to "characterize the systematic and delibera... |
In his acceptance speech, he said: "I want to say directly to the people of Scotland, I know Labour has a lot of work to do to win back your trust. ||||| Anas Sarwar has won the Scottish Labour leadership contest after a snap election triggered by the surprise resignation of Richard Leonard six weeks ago. Sarwar, a for... | Anas Sarwar in 2017. Today, has been elected as leader of Scottish Labour ahead of Scottish Parliament elections scheduled for May 6. Sarwar, a Member of the Scottish Parliament from Glasgow, beat out with a vote of 57.6% to Lennon's 42.4%, the BBC reported. The leadership election was triggered by the resignation of .... |
Photo: AP Jankovic, the world No 5, won the $2-million title against the Russian who was playing in her eighth final of a season that has seen her emulate her brother, Marat, in rising to the top of the rankings. The Serbian, on the other hand, began the year as No 1 but has seen her ranking slip after a poor set of re... | Janković playing earlier this year Serbian tennis player Jelena Janković has won the women's tournament of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, commonly known as the Cincinnati Masters. The world number five defeated number one Dinara Safina of Russia. Janković started out this year as ... |
Moon may be shrinking, but very, very slowly WASHINGTON — The moon may be shrinking. Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won't be disappearing any time soon. New research indicates cracks in the moon's crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the last billion years or so. That means th... | The moon, as seen in 2006 New research identifies cracks over the 's crust that may have been created by the cooling and shrinking of it over the past billion or so years. Scientists have discovered landforms littered across the moon's surface called lobate that have apparently resulted from the moon's shrinking very s... |
A STATEMENT FROM CHRIS SIMON After watching the tape the morning after Thursday's game, I was disgusted. There is absolutely no place in hockey for what I did. I want to apologize to Ryan Hollweg. I was grateful to learn that Ryan is okay and that he returned to the game. My hope is to reach out to him in the near futu... | Chris Simon of the New York Islanders. The National Hockey League (NHL) has handed down a season-long suspension, including the playoffs, to Chris Simon of the New York Islanders. The suspension, for a minimum of 25 games, is a ruling for a hit Simon laid on Ryan Hollweg of the New York Rangers during a March 8 game at... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Some of Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, kept for decades by a family friend, have been scattered off the South African coast. The ashes were sprinkled on to the Indian Ocean in a Hindu ceremony attended by about 200 people to... | Mahatama Ghandi inspired movements for freedom and civil rights worldwide. Some ashes from Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi have been scattered off the coast of South Africa to mark the 62nd anniversary of Gandhi's death. Two hundred family and friends attended the Hindu ceremony, conducted by the South Afric... |
GREENSBURG, Kan. Emergency crews called off the search for more victims of a tornado that killed at least nine people and devastated this southwest Kansas town as fresh rounds of severe weather threatened the area. The National Weather Service said it had numerous reports of tornadoes making brief touchdowns Saturday... | Radar image of Greensburg supercell when the tornado was located near the town (Courtesy of NWS Wichita, Kansas) At least nine people were killed and another 60 were injured after a tornado swept through the town of Greensburg, Kansas in the United States. The tornado, which meteorologists described as a 1.4 mile wide ... |
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Jackson announced his long-awaited comeback on Thursday, telling hundreds of screaming fans he would perform in London this summer and calling it his "final curtain call" in the city. Wearing a military-style black jacket decorated with silver sequins and punching the ai... | Dubbed as the 'King of Pop music', Michael Jackson says he will go one last concert tour in the United Kingdom beginning in July. Jackson had said after a performance at the O2 Arena in London, England on Wednesday that he calls the tour his "final curtain calls". "These will be my final shows ... performances in Londo... |
Congressional leaders of both parties called for hearings and issued condemnations yesterday in the wake of reports that President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 allowing the National Security Agency to spy on hundreds of U.S. citizens and other residents without court-approved warrants. Bush declined to discuss th... | logo In 2002, as a part of ongoing anti-terrorist operations, President Bush secretly authorized the National Security Agency (NSA) to spy on Americans and others in the United States making contact with persons in other nations. According to a ''The New York Times'' report, the NSA monitored the international telephon... |
M E D I A Appellate Tribunal determination on Women Bishops The Anglican Church’s highest legal authority, the Appellate Tribunal, has cleared the way for the consecration of women as diocesan bishops across Australia. In a majority decision the Tribunal has ruled that there is nothing in the Church’s Constitution that... | The Anglican Church in Australia has cleared the way for women to become diocesan bishops. In a majority decision the Anglican Church’s highest legal authority, the Appellate Tribunal, found that there was nothing in the Church Constitution to prevent a female priest from being consecrated as a Bishop. The decision mea... |
Canadian convoy attacked twice in Kandahar KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN A Canadian convoy was ambushed twice late Sunday by Taliban fighters armed with rocket propelled grenades and small arms, a Canadian military official said. The resulting firefights saw one Afghan National Police officer killed and a civilian mistakenly... | As the Canadian Forces were assuring the nation that they felt the Taliban incapable of launching a spring offensive, and talked of launching a new strike against insurgent forces in Afghanistan, a convoy of Canadian Coyotes and Nyalas was ambushed in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Two separate RPG attacks were made by the Ta... |
By Arshad Mohammed - Analysis ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush has set himself the Herculean task of shepherding an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal by the end of next year, but doubts remain about his commitment. As Bush proudly beamed behind them, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Pale... | George W. Bush reads the joint statement, flanked by Ehud Olmert (left) and Mahmoud Abbas (right). At the conclusion of the Annapolis Conference, United States President George W. Bush read a statement of joint understanding by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and President Mahmoud Abbas. Commenting on the statement, Presid... |
Major Snowstorm Hits Washington and Nearby States A major winter storm has paralyzed Washington D.C. and dumped record-setting amounts of snow in states surrounding the U.S. capital. The heavy snow was accompanied by powerful winds producing blizzard conditions that left hundreds of thousands of homes without electrici... | A major winter storm, which has been nicknamed by some as "Snowmageddon", has pummeled parts of the U.S. Middle Atlantic region, dumping up to 19 inches (50 centimeters) of snow in some parts of the Washington area. The National Weather Service is predicting as much as 24 to 30 inches (60 to 75 cm) of snow for the Wash... |
update The body of missing CNET editor James Kim has been located, authorities announced Wednesday. Remembering James "In my eyes, as a father, and in the eyes of his family, he is a true hero. He took the difficult but at the same time easy decision to risk his life to save the lives of those he loved the most...Rest ... | CNET reporter James Kim has been found dead in the southwestern Oregon wilderness after getting lost with his family on November 25. Kim, 35, was found at 12:00 noon Wednesday, half a mile away from the Rogue River. His wife Kati Kim, 30-years-old, and her two young children were found alive on December 4 after they wa... |
Go to: Guardian Unlimited home UK news World news Comment is free blog Newsblog Podcasts ---------------------- Archive search Arts Books Business EducationGuardian.co.uk Film Football Jobs Life and health MediaGuardian.co.uk Money The Observer Politics Science Shopping SocietyGuardian.co.uk Sport Talk Technology Trave... | Flag of Canada In a 158 to 133 vote of the held Tuesday night, Canadian MPs have approved the legalization of in Canada. Assuming the passes and the gives , Canada will become the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex weddings after the Netherlands, Belgium, and Spain. The bill presented to the House of Comm... |
The United States and Britain closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures come after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government. The U.S. embassy's website said the threats come from al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, the group lin... | The United States and the United Kingdom closed their embassies in Yemen Sunday, pointing to ongoing terrorist threats. The closures came after the two nations pledged to boost counter-terrorism support to the Yemeni government. The American embassy's website said the threats come from , the group linked to the failed... |
Fire fighters work at the scene after a devastating fire in Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh, early June 4, 2010. (Xinhua/Cheng Zhang) The firefighters rushed to the spot soon and brought the fire under control after three hours of relentless efforts. The DC said the rescue operation finished Friday morning. "We'll pay 20,... | At least 114 people have been killed by fires in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka. According to local fire official Nazrul Islam, the fire started in an apartment complex when an electrical exploded. The fire that started at about 20:45 local time on Thursday then spread to six or seven other buildings in the densely popu... |
LIMA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- A Boeing 727 plane carrying more than 150 passengers crash-landed Friday in a flooded region on the outskirts of the Bolivian city of Trinidad with no death reported, according to news reaching here from La Paz, Bolivia. One of the pilots suffered a clavicle fracture and some passengers suffere... | A file photo of an LAB Boeing 727-200. At least 151 passengers and an unknown number of crew on board a Lloyd Aereo Boliviano (LAB) Boeing 727-200 have escaped after the aircraft crash landed in swampland in Bolivia. Local airline LAB had been operating the chartered passenger flight from La Paz to Cobija on behalf of ... |
(CNN) -- A television station in Georgia triggered a panic when it broadcast a mock half-hour report about a Russian invasion of the country. Emotions are still raw in many parts of Georgia after Russian tanks, troops and armored vehicles advanced into the former Soviet Republic in August 2008. That invasion was trigge... | A Georgian television station sparked panic today when it broadcast a report containing a simulation of events that might occur if Russia invaded Georgia in an event similar to a war that took place a year and a half ago. The fake report came only 18 months after a war between Georgia and Russia, and the broadcast, run... |
Colin McRae and his five-year-old son Johnny Profile of a sporting legend Strathclyde Police released the names of the four people they thought were on board the crashed aircraft on Saturday. Mr McRae, 39, his son Johnny, the youngster's friend Ben Porcelli and family friend Graeme Duncan, 37, were all thought to be on... | An Ecureuil AS350B2 helicopter, the same type that crashed. An AS350B2 helicopter registered to former champion World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae has crashed near his home in Lanarkshire. Known to be a keen helicopter pilot it has been revealed that McRae was at its controls when it crashed, and burst into fl... |
APEC leaders commit to Doha talks Posted Updated The APEC summit in Sydney has wrapped up with the leaders pledging to work together to reinvigorate the stalled Doha round of world trade negotiations. In the final leaders' declaration they have also said they will look at strengthening regional economic ties and contin... | Leaders present their final declaration at the APEC meeting in Sydney. Australian PM John Howard announces the APEC leader's final declaration at the APEC meeting in Sydney. APEC Australia 2007 has officially closed in Sydney, with Australian Prime Minister John Howard delivering APEC's final declaration. The final lea... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The Sri Lankan president has declared a military victory over the Tamil Tigers after 26 years of bloody civil war. Speaking on a visit to Jordan, Mahinda Rajapakse said he would return home to a nation totally free from the "barbaric acts" of t... | Sri Lankan president declared victory over the (LTTE) rebels on Saturday, after a lasting 26 years. "I will be going back to a country that has been totally freed from the barbaric acts of the LTTE. This freedom comes after 30 long years," Rajapakse said. "My government's precise and well coordinated humanitarian opera... |
Robert Edmonds with wife Theresa outside court in 2005 after Ontario Lottery threw in the towel and agreed to compensation. Yesterday, Theresa Edmonds remembered her husband of 49 years as a man who “stood up for what was right.” Robert Edmonds with wife Theresa outside court in 2005 after Ontario Lottery threw in the ... | Robert 'Bob' Edmonds, who sued the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), died Monday in hospital at age 83 of cancer. "He'll be remembered as the guy who just wouldn't go away," said Ontario Ombudsman André Marin speaking of the loss. "I was the speakerphone and he was the speaker – I merely amplified what he h... |
Police in the Western Isles have launched their first murder inquiry in more than 40 years after a missing teenager was found dead in a derelict house. Northern constabulary said they were treating the death of Liam Aitchison, 16, as murder after a postmortem examination. His body was recovered from an empty RAF buildi... | In Scotland, the are now treating the death of a man in the Western Isles as murder, having performed an . The police force has now launched a murder inquiry. Aitchison died on the Isle of Lewis, seen here from satellite. The body of sixteen-year-old Liam Aitchison was discovered in an abandoned building in the village... |
Tip of the Day Widescreen displays are great, but sometimes you need more vertical space. Move the Dock to the side or automatically hide it by using the options in the Apple menu. Or, if you're looking for a temporary fix, just use Option-Command-D to turn hiding on and off. ||||| It's time to go back, folks. Waaay ba... | The AT&T Logo Today, after two years of waiting, American iPhone users are finally able to send and receive MMS messages. This long awaited feature has caused Apple and AT&T a great deal of grief from its user base. Originally the grief was directed at Apple for the lack of inclusion on the device, but as time progress... |
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation Recipients 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 1998 Laureates Denton A. Cooley, M.D. Texas Heart Institute, Texas Medical Center For his inspirational ... | Dennis Ritchie (right) being awarded the Japan Prize The programming language creator and co-developer of the operating system died at home on October 8 after an extended illness, at the age of 70. Former colleague first publicly announced the death, which then confirmed. Ritchie, born in on September 9, 1941, joined i... |
Over 4 million "Aqua Dots" craft kits are being recalled because colored beads in the sets are coated with a chemical that can turn toxic if ingested, causing children who swallow the beads to possibly become comatose, develop respiratory depression, or have seizures. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ... | The banned beads come in sets. ''Bindeez beads'', a children's toy from Australia and manufactured by Moose Enterprise in Hong Kong, is being pulled off toy store shelves in the United Kingdom after traces of an illegal drug, which is converted into gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) when ingested, was found inside the to... |
Camels were brought to Australia in the 1840s for transportation The woman was found dead at the family's sheep and cattle ranch near the town of Mitchell in Queensland. The woman had been given the camel as a 60th birthday present earlier this year because of her love of exotic pets. The camel was just 10 months old b... | A file photo of a camel. An unnamed woman from Mitchell, Queensland, Australia has died after her pet camel knocked her down to the ground, stomped on her, and then laid on top of her, in what police suspect was an attempt by the camel to mate with her. The woman was found at 18:30 (AEST) by her husband after he finish... |
One plane crashed near a farm in Admaston Police at crash site One of the planes crashed into a field near Blithfield Reservoir in Staffordshire, and ambulance crews confirmed two people in the plane died. The other aircraft managed to land at East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire where the three people on board scra... | East Midlands Airport, UK. Two people are believed to have been killed when two light aircraft collided in mid-air, near East Midlands Airport in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. One of the aircraft crashed while making an emergency landing at the airport after suffering damage to its landing gear. The second has crashe... |
Many parts of Victoria have lost electricity supplies and authorities say they might not be restored for several hours. The power crisis was sparked when fire at Tatong near Benalla in the state's north-east burnt a 330 kilovolt interconnector. Power continues to be out to more than 100,000 customers across the state w... | Large parts of Victoria were hit with power outages after bushfires near Benalla knocked out power transmission lines connecting the state to the national electricity grid at approximately 4:00 p.m. local time. Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo were all affected. Paul Price from the national electricity grid sup... |
Associated Press China Criticizes U.S. Over Textile Makers China on Tuesday criticized a U.S. plan to try to re-impose textile quotas in order to protect American manufacturers, calling it unfair and a violation of free trade. Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said Washington was trying to blame its trading partners ... | "This is not reasonable," Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang told reporters. "This is unfair. This is protectionist." China is questioning a decision by the U.S. Commerce Department that seeks to re-impose trade quotas on Chinese textiles. The three-decade long system of quotas was lifted on January 1. "This is not re... |
Story Highlights • NEW: Two employees injured in disturbance, corrections spokeswoman says • State, county and local police rush to scene • TV pictures show fires burning at New Castle Correctional Facility • Medium-security facility east of Indianapolis now houses about 1,600 inmates Adjust font size: NEW CASTLE, Indi... | New Castle, Indiana looking east. A prison riot occurred at the New Castle Correctional Facility near Indianapolis, Indiana. The incident began at about 2:00 pm and order has since been restored. Two prison employees have sustained injuries. Local newspaper reports also say for a short time inmates took over the prison... |
Helpful information Text of bill First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house. Prepared if the b... | A package of six media reform bills introduced last week before Australia's Parliament — including one proposing appointing a Public Interest Media Advocate (PIMA) to monitor print and online sectors — was shelved yesterday by the , with only two passed before a seven week break for the country's legislative body. , th... |
The first openly homosexual Church minister in Scotland has entered into a civil partnership. The Rev Scott Rennie, who has been at the centre of the row over gay clergy in the Church of Scotland, announced the news of his civil ceremony with David Smith to his congregation at Queen’s Cross Church, in Aberdeen. The new... | The last remaining members of the Russian doomsday group True Russian Orthodox Church emerged from a cave outside Penza Friday, after enduring the toxic stench of rotting corpses from two deceased members of their group. Interfax quoted authorities who said that fumes from the corpses in the cave threatened the nine re... |
Nation's oldest known World War I vet dies TOLEDO -- J. Russell Coffey, the oldest known surviving U.S. veteran of World War I, died Thursday. He was 109. Gaye Boggs, nursing director at the Briar Hill Health Campus, where Coffey had lived for the last few years, said Friday that his health began failing in October. Ad... | J. Russell Coffey, the oldest surviving United States veteran of First World War (WWI), has died. He was 109. Coffey's death was announced by the Smith-Crates Funeral Home in North Baltimore, Ohio. According to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA), he is the last remaining veteran of the war in Ohio... |
President Barack Obama speaks about his fiscal 2010 federal budget, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden is at left, and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is at center. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Ob... | United States President Barack Obama unveiled his administration's 2010 United States federal budget on Thursday. The budget calls for a record US$3.6 trillion in spending. President Obama announces the 2010 US federal budget. The new budget will use a $1.75 trillion deficit, which would be nearly four times greater th... |
The Hawaiian ship Hokule'a arrived today at Yokohama port, near Tokyo. The crew completed a five-month journey of more than 8,500 miles across the Pacific. The vessel was met by the sounding of conch shells, hula dancers and a crowd of several hundred. ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Hawaiian ship Hokule'a arrived today at Yokoham... | More than five months after setting off from Hawaii, the Polynesian voyaging canoe ''Hokulea'', reached Yokohama, Japan today. The 62-foot (19-meter) doubled-hulled canoe, rigged with two sailing masts, completed a journey of 8,450 miles (13,600 kilometres). Bruce Blankenfield, captain of the 10-member crew, said the j... |
Pakistani Militant Chooses Death over Arrest Pakistani officials say a militant commander has blown himself up with a grenade to escape capture during a police raid. They say four police officers were wounded when the militant, identified as Irfan, committed suicide in Peshawar. Also Saturday, Pakistani officials said ... | Pakistani officials have said that a militant commander has blown himself up with a grenade, apparently to escape capture during a police raid in Peshawar earlier today. The authorities said that four police officers were wounded in the blast. Local TV reports said that police, tipped off by an intelligence report, rai... |
Kenyan Brigid Kosgei Smashes Women's World Record At Chicago Marathon Enlarge this image toggle caption Quinn Harris/Getty Images Quinn Harris/Getty Images Kenya's Brigid Kosgei won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday with a time of 2 hours 14 minutes 4 seconds, breaking the previous world record by 81 seconds. At 25, the K... | Yesterday, of Kenya won the and broke the long-standing marathon for women competing in mixed-sex marathons. Kosgei was the Chicago Marathon defending champion. Countryman won the men's division. The race was held in the United States city of Chicago, Illinois. Kosgei at the In setting the new record, Kosgei finished ... |
Story Highlights • U.S. ambassador to Iraq apologizes for arrest of Ammar al-Hakim • Four U.S. soldiers died in separate incidents in Iraq • Police captured a suspected insurgent with ties to al Qaeda • Police found tortured bodies in Baghdad Adjust font size: BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. ambassador to Iraq has issu... | is the leader of the Shiite party (SCIRI). The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, , apologized today to , leader of the largest political party in the , for the detention of his son. "I am sorry about the arrest.We don't know the circumstances of the arrest and we are investigating ... but he is being released," the U.S. ambassa... |
KATHMANDU (Reuters) - A 13-year-old American boy on Saturday became the youngest climber to conquer Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, a climbing website said. U.S. | Lifestyle | COP15 Jordan Romero from Big Bear, California, scaled the 8,850 meter (29,035 feet) summit from the Tibetan side, on the same day a... | Mount Everest , a thirteen-year-old alpinist from , California, is the youngest person to have summited , according to reports circulated by the Associated Press quoting a spokesman based in the United States. The expedition included the boy's father, stepmother, and three Sherpa guides. Romero ascended 8,850 (29,035 )... |
Many students were injured in Wednesday's attack All schools and universities have been closed across Pakistan a day after suicide bombers attacked an Islamic university in the capital, Islamabad. Four people died and at least 18 were wounded in the twin blasts at the International Islamic University. The Taliban claim... | International Islamic UniversitySchools and universities throughout Pakistan have been closed a day after suicide attacks at the in Islamabad. The two bombings by suspected militants killed eight people and injured at last eighteen, creating fear amidst a major offensive against the . All but one of the deceased were s... |
The number of coronavirus infections linked to Chilean Antarctic bases has risen by almost two thirds to 58, health authorities and the country's military say. Key points: Chilean authorities say there are now 58 coronavirus cases linked two two Antarctic bases and a Navy ship Chilean authorities say there are now 58 c... | On Sunday, Chilean military authorities reported 36 infections with COVID-19 at in , Antarctica. A first outbreak on the continent, it reportedly followed an outbreak on a naval supply ship that had travelled there. On Thursday officials reported the number of cases in the outbreak rose to 58. O'Higgins base; photo fro... |
The fire has prompted fears of an explosion. Thousands of travellers have faced disruption while hundreds of residents have been told they may not be allowed back to their homes until Wednesday. A 200m exclusion zone was set up as firefighters tried to cool the "extremely dangerous" cylinders. Rail firm GNER said it wa... | A fire close to the King's Cross railway station in London, England has led to the station being evacuated because of fears that the fire could cause the explosion of fuel close to or in the station area. London's subway, or "tube", system is still functioning normally. At this time, one person has been injured from bu... |
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