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If you’re the proud owner of a cast-iron pan , then you already know what a good investment it is. Once well-seasoned, it can cook just about anything from pancakes to fried chicken, it can go from stovetop to oven with ease, it’s nearly indestructible, it’s inexpensive and it holds its heat like a dream. But if you’re... | On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States directed an appeals court to reconsider its ruling concerning the claims of four former British Guantanamo captives. The lower court had ruled that the four men were not entitled to bring senior Bush Presidency officials to court, because they were not citizens, and wer... |
GRAHAM, Wash. A man who fatally shot his five children and killed himself had just discovered his wife was leaving him for another man, authorities said Sunday. The bodies of James Harrison's children, ages 7 to 16, were found with multiple gunshot wounds Saturday in the family's mobile home, most of them in their be... | Map highlighting location of Graham, Washington. At least five children have been found dead in a home in Graham, Washington in Pierce County located in the United States. The bodies were found on Saturday after officials in neighboring King County found the body of their father who committed suicide by way of a self i... |
Add a location to your Tweets When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location history. Learn more ||||| LOS ANGELES — Disney’s witty and relevant “Zootopia,” the box-office smash tale of a rural rabbit and ... | On Sunday, Disney's '''' won the Oscars award for the Best Animated Feature Film at the 89th ceremony held at Los Angeles. Pixar's animated short '''' won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and Disney's won for Visual Effects. Others competing with ''Zootopia'' in the category were '''', '''', '''', and Disney's ''... |
Deliberations begin on fate of Thailand's main political parties Related News Thailand puts 15,000 troops on alert for court verdict Thaksin website blocked ahead of Thai court ruling Thai PM leaves for China amid security fears BANGKOK : Senior Thai judges began deliberating Tuesday on whether to dissolve the ki... | Deliberations by Thailand's Constitution Tribunal have begun to decide the fate of the former ruling party, Thai Rak Thai, and the main opposition Democrat Party. With authorities expecting supporters of the two parties to cause disturbances, security forces in the capital Bangkok are on high alert, with 15,000 troops ... |
Oil breaks through record $75 Continued fears over Iran and Nigerian supplies, reports of gasoline shortage in the U.S. lead to 2 percent jump. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Oil smashed through record highs Friday, cruising past $75 a barrel on continued fears of a supply disruptions in Iran and Nigeria and reports of spot... | Lack of spare capacity in oil production and refining are keeping prices high prices surged to a new record of over $75.00 a barrel on Tuesday closing at a price of $75.17. In Europe, rose to $74.59. In less than a month, prices have risen $10, back to the record highs set after Hurricane Katrina caused refineries to s... |
The Ottawa Senators are off to the Stanley Cup final. Captain Daniel Alfredsson scored 9:32 into overtime as the visiting Senators captured the NHL's Eastern Conference title with a 3-2 victory Saturday in Game 5 of their series against the top-ranked Buffalo Sabres. The Senators celebrate after Daniel Alfredsson's ser... | After scoring to tie the game on home ice in the third period, the Buffalo Sabres were defeated, Saturday afternoon, at the 9:32 mark in overtime on a goal by Ottawa Senators Captain Daniel Alfredsson. The win by the Senators knocked the Sabres out of the Stanley Cup race and sent the Senators to the finals for the fir... |
(04-15) 19:36 PDT LOS ANGELES, (AP) -- Ollie Johnston, the last of the "Nine Old Men" who animated "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,""Fantasia,""Bambi" and other classic Walt Disney films has died. He was 95. Johnston died of natural causes Monday at a long-term care facility in Sequim, Wash., Walt Disney Studios Vice ... | Ollie Johnston in 1993 American animator Ollie Johnston, the last of Disney's so-called "Nine Old Men", has died at the age of 95. Johnston died of natural causes on Monday in Sequim, Washington, according to Walt Disney Studios Vice President Howard E. Green. Johnston worked on many of the Disney's classic films, incl... |
El mapa revela que los mexicanos comparten 64% de haplotipos con los africanos, 74% con los asiáticos y 80% con poblaciones del norte de Europa. (Foto: http://diversity.inmegen.gob.mx) El mapa del genoma de los mexicanos, del que en los últimos días se ha hablado mucho como un gran paso en la investigación genómica del... | DNA molecule, which stores genetic information in chromosomes, which in turn make up an organism's genome. This image presents only 12 base pairs, while the human genome consists of over 3 billion base pairs. National Institute of Genomic Medicine of Mexico (Inmegen) Director Gerardo Jiménez Sánchez presented in Los Pi... |
630 Gazans enter Egypt as Rafah reopens for 2 days Published today (updated) 22/12/2014 16:48 Palestinians await permission to enter Egypt as they gather inside the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip on Dec. 21, 2014 (AFP Said Khatib) Tweet RAFAH (AFP) -- Around 630 Palestinians left Gaza and e... | File photo of Rafah border crossing, 2009. On Sunday, opened the for two days, allowing many people, who had been waiting since it closed two months ago following a terror attack in the , to cross the border with the in both directions. On Monday, Egyptian authorities announced they were opening the border crossing fo... |
The vote was broadcast on live television and ending after midnight Serbia's parliament has passed a landmark resolution offering an apology for the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 - the worst incident of the Bosnian War. The resolution says Serbia should have done more to prevent the tragedy. It was approved by a narrow m... | Srebrenica Potocari Memorial Serbia's parliament has approved a landmark resolution condemning the July 1995 Srebrenica massacre, in which 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were killed by Bosnian Serb troops. This tragedy is considered the worst atrocity carried out in Europe since the Second World War and a symbol of ... |
The M/S Explorer has been listing for hours Enlarge Image The M/S Explorer is now lying on its side close to the South Shetland Islands, in the Antarctic Ocean. Gap Adventures, which owns the ship, said 91 passengers, nine guides and 54 crew members were safely evacuated to lifeboats and then to another ship. The compa... | The ''MS Nordnorge'', the cruise ship to which ''Explorer'''s passengers and crew have been transferred. All passengers and crew from the stricken Canadian cruise ship ''MS Explorer'' are safe. Since broadcasting a call for help at approximately 05:24 UTC, a number of vessels in the area have raced to rescue her 156 pa... |
Mstislav Rostropovich, the cellist, conductor and champion of human rights who stood at the center of musical and international life for more than half a century, died Friday of cancer at a Moscow hospital. He was 80. Rostropovich was hospitalized in February with an unspecified illness, but seemed to have recovered so... | Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, performing at the White House on September 17, 1978. Azerbaijan-born cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich (nicknamed ''Slava'', Russian for glory) has passed yesterday at age 80, after having been admitted to a Moscow hospital in February this year, allegedly for intestinal cancer.... |
Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, April 16, 2005; Page E01 The Food and Drug Administration has ordered drug giants Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC to immediately pull a television ad for impotence drug Levitra, saying that the commercial does not adequately state the drug's potential side effe... | Levitra "reminder" ads pulled from TV The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has penned a stiff reminder to drug giants Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline PLC: pull your 15-second “reminder” ad for the erectile dysfunction drug, Levitra, off TV. FDA said there is no evidence Levitra is better than rival dr... |
An Iraqi man walks under the falling snow in Baghdad First snow for 100 years falls on Baghdad BAGHDAD (AFP) — Light snow fell in Baghdad early on Friday in what weather officials said was the first time in about a 100 years. Rare snowfalls were also recorded in the west and centre of Iraq, plunging temperatures to zer... | Snow has fallen in Baghdad, Iraq for the first time in approximately 100 years. Although Baghdad sometimes sees hail and sleet, snow has never been seen in living memory. Snow was also recorded in the western and central parts of the country, where it is also very unusual, and in the Kurdish north, which is mountainous... |
25 January 2010 10:20 David Abraham has been chosen as the new chief executive of Channel 4 following the departure of Andy Duncan.Mr Duncan stepped down from the top media job in November last year and the hunt for a replacement has been going on since then.It is not clear when Mr Abraham will step into his new post, ... | According to The Independent and The Telegraph, British television channel Channel 4 appointed David Abraham as the new chief executive of the channel on Friday. Abraham has been chief executive of UKTV, an organisation owned between BBC Worldwide and Virgin Media Television, since April 2007. He was also famous for cr... |
Story Highlights • Nancy Pelosi takes the gavel as speaker of the House • Pelosi, D-California, wins election by 233 votes to 202 • Cheers and applause echo around chamber as Democrats take control • First on agenda: Tighter restrictions on earmarks, lobbying, gifts and travel Adjust font size: WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Rep.... | Nancy Pelosi Californian Democrat Nancy Pelosi, 66-years-old, has been named the 60th United States Speaker of the House with the votes 233-202. She is the first female House speaker in United States history. The opening of the Congress in 2007 marks the first time in a dozen years that the Democrats have control of th... |
Peter Jennings dies of lung cancer Longtime ABC News anchor was 67 NEW YORK (CNN) -- Veteran newsman Peter Jennings was remembered Monday as an outstanding journalist, a hard worker and "a man of conscience and integrity." The longtime anchor of ABC "World News Tonight" died Sunday, some four months after he announced ... | Jennings conducting an interview. Peter Jennings, longtime anchor of ABC's ''World News Tonight'' died Sunday in Manhattan after a four month fight with lung cancer. From the anchor desk or from the field, Jennings covered more than 40 years of national and international news including the erection and destruction of t... |
Knife found at O.J. Simpson's former L.A. home studied by police LOS ANGELES Police said on Friday they were examining a knife purportedly found at the former home of O.J. Simpson, the onetime football star acquitted of stabbing to death his ex-wife and her friend in the "Trial of the Century" two decades ago. | Suprem... | Sharp declines in technology bellwethers Intel and Yahoo dragged down the tech laden Nasdaq Composite Index Wednesday. The index finished at 2279.64, a drop of 23.05 points or 1 percent. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 Index ended the day with losses of 0.38 percent and 0.39 percent to end at 10,854.86 and... |
Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to be sworn in on 11 February Zimbabwe's parliament has unanimously approved a constitutional amendment allowing opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to become prime minister. The move allows a power-sharing deal to go ahead with Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe remaining the president Mr Mugab... | Robert Mugabe The parliament of Zimbabwe has unanimously voted for a constitutional amendment allowing a coalition government to be formed between Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Under the bill, Mugabe would remain president of the cou... |
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A Taliban suicide bomber wearing an Afghan army uniform set off a huge explosion Saturday while trying to board a military bus in the capital, killing 30 people, most of them soldiers, officials said. An Afghan soldier guards the site of a suicide bus blast in Kabul, Afghanistan, as others co... | Map highlighting location of Afghanistan. A suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus carrying more than 50 people in Kabul, Afghanistan killing at least 31 and critically injuring 17 of the people on board. 28 were Afghan soldiers, and so far at least two civilians have been killed. "At this time I can tell you that 31,... |
AFP - Saudi forces battled Yemeni rebels for a fifth straight day on Saturday as medics said seven Saudis and an unknown number of rebels had been killed. Huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising above Jebel al-Dukhan, a 2,000-metre (6,600-foot) peak that marks the frontier near the border town of Al-Khubah, some 60 k... | Royal Saudi air force F-15 used in attacks Saudi Arabian military forces have continued their five-day attack against Yemeni rebels, leaving seven Saudis and an unknown number of Yemeni dead, according to the state news agency. The military has stated that only rebel forces on Saudi soil have been attacked, in contradi... |
Six killed as helicopters collide over Arizona LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Six people were killed and one critically injured Sunday when two medical helicopters collided mid-air over Flagstaff, Arizona, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said. Both helicopters were headed to the hospital when they collided, spokesman ... | Two medical helicopters en route to Flagstaff Medical Center reportedly crashed into each other near Flagstaff Arizona, United States, leaving six of the seven passengers dead, and one, a nurse, seriously injured. A Bell 407 helicopter on land At least one passenger of three on a Bell 407 helicopter operated by Air Met... |
Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive British musician who was best known for his time with the power trio Cream, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. Baker wielded his blues power and jazz technique to help break open popular music and become one of the world's most admired and feared musicians. With blazing ey... | Yesterday morning, English drummer died in a hospital at the age of 80. The news came from the Twitter account in his name and was independently confirmed by Associated Press with his daughter Nettie Baker. On September 25, it was reported Baker was hospitalized in critical condition. Baker was widely known as the drum... |
The construction industry has been particularly hard hit by the recession The Irish Republic's economy has suffered its largest contraction in recent decades. The economy shrank by 7.5% in the last three months of 2008 compared with the same period a year earlier, the official statistics office said. The construction i... | The economy of Ireland shrank by 7.5% in the last quarter of 2008 compared to the same period a year previously, according to official statistics. The decline is the worst in decades. For the entire period of 2008, the economy contracted by 2.3%, the first loss since 1983. The construction industry has suffered badly a... |
Paul the 'psychic' octopus in action during this year's World Cup – choosing winners with uncanny results. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters Death's inescapable tentacles have curled themselves around Paul the octopus, the cephalopod sage who won worldwide fame over the summer by correctly predicting the results of a... | Paul the Octopus correctly predicts a win by Germany over Uruguay in the of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Paul the Octopus, the who became famous for correctly predicting the winner of Germany's seven matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, as well as the final, has died of natural causes. During the football tournament in Sout... |
By John Nedy PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Two strong earthquakes killed at least 15 people and injured dozens on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday, and were felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore, where several buildings were evacuated. In the West Sumatra provincial capital of Padang, the first quake of magni... | Sumatra, Indonesia Two earthquakes, measuring 6.3 and 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the Indonesian island of Sumatra within the space of two hours, killing at-least 70 people. The death toll may rise as a large number of buildings were destroyed and the search for survivors continues. No tsunami warning was issued, a... |
'Sultanahmet'te köle muamelesi gördük' Kongolu H.R.M. ve Eritreli I.J., Papa'nın ziyareti sırasında gözaltına alındıklarını söyledi. FOTOĞRAF: İSMAİL SAYMAZ Bir grup Afrikalı sığınmacı, polisin kendilerini gözaltına alıp bariyer taşıttığı iddiasıyla Mülteci Destek Programı'na başvurdu: Kendimizi köle gibi hissettik 08/... | A group of African refugees complained to the Helsinki Citizen's Assembly (HCA) Refugee Support Program that they were taken under custody and that they were forced to work for the Turkish police. According to H.R.M., a 38 years old refugee from Democratic Republic of Congo who has been in Turkey for the last 16 months... |
Bush defends free-trade agreement with Mexico and Canada NEW ORLEANS (AP) — President Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderon strongly defended free trade across North America on Monday, fending off anti-trade remarks that Democrats running for the White House are using to lure working class voters. Opening a two-da... | George Bush with the Canadian Prime Minster yesterday Canadian Prime Minster Stephen Harper, US President George W. Bush and Mexican President Felipe Calderón met yesterday at the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America summit, held this year in New Orleans, Louisiana. The first meeting was between Bush an... |
SIA's historic A380 arrives in Singapore Related News First delivered A380 superjumbo takes off for Singapore Airbus to delay delivery of A400M military transport plane Riding on the A380 Singapore's A380 'has no first class' Airbus delivers A380 to launch customer SIA in glittering ceremony Picture Gallery... | The Airbus A380 Superjumbo in SIA livery, which was featured at the 2006 Asian Aerospace. It was a milestone in aviation history: the first Airbus A380 landed at Singapore's Changi International Airport at 6:40 p.m. (GMT+8) after a 12-hour flight from Airbus' Delivery Center. The aircraft was greeted by some 400 guests... |
ABC News Tropical Storm Alpha Forms in Caribbean Tropical Storm Alpha Forms in Caribbean, Sets Record for Most Named Storms in Hurricane Season A portion of the status board at the National Hurricane Center in Miami shows some of the names of tropical cyclones for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Saturday, Oct. 22, 2... | Image and projected storm track by . Tropical Storm Alpha formed Saturday in the Caribbean to break the record for most tropical storms in an ever, making it the 22nd storm of the year. It is also the first storm to be named with a letter of the Greek alphabet. Wilma exhausted the English alphabetic list as the 21st ... |
(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) It keeps going and going. NASA's Opportunity rover has logged a total of more than 30 kilometers (18.64 miles) of travel on Mars since 2004, thanks to a recent drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) that put it past the 30 km milestone. In a report, NASA noted the distance is "50 times the distance... | Artist's conception of a Mars Exploration Rover on the Martian surface. The has passed the 30-kilometer (18.64-mile) milestone in its travels over the Martian surface. ''Opportunity'' has been on Mars since 2004. It was during a small recent drive of 146.8 meters (482 feet) that the rover passed the distance milestone... |
Israel's ex-PM Ariel Sharon dies Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has died aged 85 after spending eight years in a coma following a stroke. He was a giant of Israel's military and political scene, but courted controversy throughout his long career.... | Ariel Sharon in 2001. Ariel Sharon, the former Prime Minister of Israel, died today at the just outside Tel Aviv after his conditioned worsened significantly over the last few days. Sharon had been in a coma since suffering a stroke in January 2006. Before becoming a politician, Sharon served in the army, having joined... |
Parvathy makes India proud! When the fingers were crossed across the world to hear the name of their country’s representative, Pantaloons Femina Miss India World’08 Parvathy Omanakuttan made Indians proud standing tall as the first runner-up at the Miss World 2008 contest. She was also the 2 nd runner-up at the Miss Wo... | - of Russia. of Russia, won the crown on Saturday, outshining 108 other international competitors. She was crowned by her predecessor , of the People's Republic of China. She pledged to "help people" and said, "I think I can help people and I want to help people and today if I walk away with this crown I will do that."... |
Britney Spears faces multi-million dollar lawsuit accused of 'ripping off' song lyrics for Hold It Against Me By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:04 PM on 20th February 2011 The video for her new single Hold It Against Me debuted just last week but Britney Spears and the first song from her new album has certainly... | Britney Spears performing at , in 2009. US pop and country duo are accusing singer Britney Spears — also from the United States — of plagiarism in her latest single "". The group believes that Spears is "ripping off" one of their songs, a 1979 track entitled ""; they are thought to be attempting to have Spears prosecut... |
Carly Fiorina is one of America's most successful businesswomen Ms Fiorina, one of America's most powerful businesswomen, said she was leaving after a dispute with the company's board over future strategy. The company has struggled to remain profitable since Ms Fiorina pushed through a controversial merger with rival C... | New York - Carly Fiorina was ousted by the board of directors of HP yesterday, much to the delight of Wall Street. Ms Fiorina's resignation was the result of a disagreement with the board over the future of the company. Often cited as America's most powerful businesswoman, Ms Fiorina presided over the multi-billion dol... |
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) Angel Cabrera claimed the second major championship of his career Sunday, winning the Masters on the second hole of a three-way playoff. Cabrera, the 2007 U.S. Open winner, pulled off a remarkable par at No. 18 after hitting his tee shot behind a tree. Kenny Perry also made par after his chip rolled... | Argentine Ángel Cabrera won the 2009 Masters Tournament Sunday with a second-hole playoff victory over Kenny Perry at the Augusta National Golf Club in the American state of Georgia. Cabrera, who gained international attentional with a win at the 2007 U.S. Open, shot a 12-under-par over 72 holes to force a playoff with... |
Posted Sat, 05 Mar 2016 10:50:00 GMT by JW DoweyFrom cougars to tree frogs and tiger to elephant, we protect the wild from many threats. It is not only orangutans that are affected by lack of planning and knowledge in wildlife reintroductions. The situation on the ground and in the labs that unearth genetic mistakes is... | The entrance to the Philharmonie. At least 170 firefighters in Berlin, Germany battled a fire on Tuesday at the Berliner Philharmonie, the building that is home to the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra. The fire broke out around 2:00 p.m. local time, while the orchestra was rehearsing, but all the members of the audience a... |
Although slightly less offensive than Santorum's unwelcome slang meaning, Mitt Romney will be furious to learn that according to spreadingromney.com, a website that now ranks among the top search results on Google for "Romney," the candidate's last name is a verb that means, "To defecate in terror." The link for terror... | A new website SpreadingRomney.com now appears prominently among Internet search results for Mitt Romney's last name and defines ''romney'' as: "to defecate in terror". ''Spreading Romney'' was inspired by the santorum neologism coined in Dan Savage's column '''' in response to comments made by former Pennsylvania Senat... |
THE NATION Last moments aboard the Columbia A NASA report details when the seven shuttle astronauts probably died and lists several equipment failures. Even though parts of the report were redacted to protect the astronauts' families, it represents the most graphic and harrowing account of the crew's final moments. Fix... | The remains of the shuttle NASA has issued a report on survivability during the Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disaster, entitled "Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report". Although the report finds the accident was impossible to survive, it still faulted a number of design issues with the astronauts' equipment. The ac... |
Police: Driver of stolen vehicle sought in deadly hit-and-run Philadelphia police say they have recovered the striking vehicle in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed an 18-year-old man in Hunting Park. ||||| More Crews Demolish Old City Establishment One Day After Four-Alarm Fire POSTED: 11:45 am EST February 3, 200... | Fire destroyed a building that hosted the Five Spot night club in Philadelphia’s historic Old City section. No one was injured in the blaze, Firefighters battled for two hours to control the flames and people were evacuated from nearly buildings. Reports indicate that at least one wall inside the group of buildings tha... |
POLICE have named the gunman who killed a 43-year-old solicitor and critically injured two others in a cold-blooded CBD shooting today. Christopher Wayne Hudson, 29, who has an involvement with the Hell's Angels, is being sought by police in connection with the shooting. The killer callously opened fire on an innocent ... | Police in Melbourne, Australia are on the hunt for a gunman who killed a man and injured two others in the city's central business district this morning. Officials warned all office workers to remain indoors, and train services to Flinders Street Station were temporarily on hold, as investigations were carried out on t... |
You could almost hear the world’s collective sigh of relief. This year’s U.S. presidential election was a global event in every sense. Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, represents to so many a living bridge—between continents and cultu... | Although Israel briefly lifted its blockade of crossings in the Gaza Strip today, United Nations (UN) officials warn that a further blockade could lead to dire consequences for some 750,000 Gazans who rely on UN food aid. Israel blockaded the Gaza Strip in early November, preventing access for UN aid workers and journa... |
Kyrgyzstan Sets June 26 Election Agencies, Arab News BISHKEK, 27 March 2005 — Kyrgyzstan’s ousted interior minister, warning of a risk of civil war, said yesterday he was leading thousands of demonstrators toward the capital to protest against the coup that overthrew President Askar Akayev. But the new leadership, whic... | Hunne''Ignoring ousted president Askar Akayev's refusal to resign, the former, pre-election, Kyrgyzstan parliament has scheduled a new presidential election for June 26. Acting President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said he would run in the election. Meanwhile, former interior minister Keneshbek Dushebayev, who was ousted along w... |
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. ||||| Cyclists had already passed when the blasts occu... | Authorities in Spain say that at least two explosive devices were found on a section of the Tour de France bicycle race just outside the Spanish town of Belagua. Authorities say that "a small amount of explosives", were placed inside plastic food containers then placed on both sides of the road. There are no reports of... |
Two foreign aid workers connected to a United Nations project were kidnapped in southern Somalia. The United Nations said the two men, a Kenyan and a Briton, were abducted by gunmen while they were working on a survey of local rivers. Kidnappings have recently increased here, partly because several Western organization... | Two foreign aid workers attached to a United Nations (UN) project were kidnapped in southern Somalia on Tuesday. The UN stated that the two men, one British and one Kenyan, were abducted at gunpoint while conducting a survey of local rivers. The men were taken hostage on a road leading to Bu'aale, in the southern Lower... |
Pavarotti's coffin was covered in his favourite sunflowers Applause rang out inside the cathedral in his home town of Modena as a recording of a duet the tenor sang with his father was played. Among the thousands of mourners were stars such as U2's Bono and the tenors Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. Pavarotti died o... | The Cathedral at Modena The family and friends of the world-famous opera singer Luciano Pavarotti have gathered in his hometown of Modena, Italy to pay their final respects. Pavarotti died on Thursday of complication from pancreatic cancer at the age of 71. The Roman Catholic service at the cathedral in Modena was atte... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Gordon Brown has apologised after being caught on microphone describing a voter he had just spoken to in Rochdale as a "bigoted woman". Sixty-five-year-old Gillian Duffy had challenged Mr Brown on a number of issues including immigration and cr... | File photo of UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now at the centre of controversy when, on Thursday, a live microphone caught him describing a voter he had talked to as being a "bigoted woman". The incident occurred after Brown, encouraged by his advisors to interact with ordinary people ... |
Sean Penn to endorse Kucinich Posted: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:32 PM by Domenico Montanaro Filed Under: , From NBC's Domenico Montanaro Sean Penn will endorse Kucinich this afternoon at a press conference in San Francisco, a source close to the Hollywood actor said. He will also be speaking on "the Constitution, the... | Sean Penn at Cannes Film Festival, 2000. Academy Award winning actor and political activist Sean Penn has just thrown his support in the 2008 US Presidential election behind Dennis Kucinich. In a San Francisco speech described by his PR people as "a blistering indictment of political leaders and an impassioned endorsem... |
It seems Madagascar’s slow-motion coup has at last come to a head with the removal of President Marc Ravalomanana, announced almost casually in a text message from one of his aides. The change has been a long time coming — the first outbreaks of violence were in January — and it’s all rather different from what many wo... | Leadership in Madagascar is unclear as Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana announced his resignation in favor of a military committee headed by Vice Admiral Hyppolite Ramaroson, only to have that resignation rejected by the Admiral, the military and opposition political groups. Admiral Ramaroson joined other militar... |
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Countess Andree De Jongh, who set up an escape route that helped hundreds of British airmen flee the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, has died. She was 90. De Jongh died Saturday, a former resistance organization said. No cause of death was given. De Jongh, a nurse, helped found the C... | Countess Andrée de Jongh, who as a young nurse founded the Comet Line, an escape route for Allied airmen during World War II, died Saturday in Brussels at the age of 90. The Comet Line went from Brussels to the Pyrenees through France to the British consulate in Madrid and on to Gibraltar. Andrée de Jongh and her fathe... |
Government calls for replay of match with France EMMET MALONE and RUADHÁN MAC CORMAIC in Paris THE GOVERNMENT intervened yesterday in the escalating row over France’s fiercely disputed win in the World Cup play-off against Ireland by calling for the match to be replayed. Minister for Sport Martin Cullen wrote to Fifa p... | FIFA - For the good of the game The Football Association of Ireland (FAI), Irish Minister for Sport, Taoiseach and Facebook social network groups are requesting a replay of the controversial FIFA World Cup play-off between Ireland and France in the interests of Fair Play. The FAI lodged an appeal with FIFA and also con... |
Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld are now species of slime-mold beetles -- but strictly in homage Drawing by Frances Fawcett, Ithaca, NY. ITHACA, N.Y. -- U.S. President George Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld may not all get a library, airport or highway named after them. But each has a... | While naming 65 new species of slime-mold beetles, entomologists Quentin Wheeler and Kelly Miller named three after U.S. President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Of the genus Agathidium, they are bushi, cheneyi and rumsfeldi. Wheeler, keeper and head of entomology ... |
Retired colonel claims U.S. military operations are already 'underway' in Iran Ron Brynaert Published: Saturday April 15, 2006 Print This | Email This During an interview on CNN Friday night, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner claimed that U.S. military operations are already 'underway' inside Iran, RAW STORY ... | Map of Iran On Thursday, the Internet news publication Raw Story corroborated claims that the U.S. is involved in acts of violence committed in Iran. It claims that these are being carried out by retrained ex-members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK) rather than by traditional US soldiers. A previous claim was ma... |
South Africa's Red Cross is rushing much-needed medicine to Zimbabwe The United Nations says 978 people have now been killed by the cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe, an increase of 25% from the last figure given three days ago. Another 18,413 suspected cases have been reported since August, the report said ahead of the UN ... | President Mugabe declared that the cholera outbreak has been contained The United Nations has reported that a total of 978 people have been killed by a cholera epidemic in the African nation of Zimbabwe, an increase of 25% from just three days ago. The UN also says that there have been 18,413 reported cases in the coun... |
Page 1 of 2 The award was founded in 1984 to recognize people who promote peace in Ireland and abroad. Tipperary is a major county in the Irish Republic. Bhutto, who was assassinated on December 27 after addressing a rally in Rawalpindi, is being honored for her courageous work on democracy and reconciliation in her co... | Reports say that the Tipperary Peace Convention located in Ireland will be giving its 2007 Peace Prize to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. "Benazir fought all her battles through dialogue and was an example to all those who do not use or surrender to terrorism. Her selection as Peace Prize recipient shou... |
Tony Blair and Christopher Hitchens on stage in Toronto. Photograph: BBC Christopher Hitchens walked on stage with the evidence of his cancer plain for the world to see. His dark suit jacket hung off a much-reduced frame and his head – now devoid of hair due to chemotherapy – shone under the arc lights. He shuffled slo... | Photo of Blair and Hitchens at the debate. Last Friday, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair debated the role of religion with atheist author and journalist Christopher Hitchens at the Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, Canada. Organised under the auspices of the 'Munk Debates', the motion was: "That religion is a force... |
The US deficit in 2008 stood at $459bn The US budget deficit hit a record $1.4 trillion (£877bn) in the year to 30 September, US Congress estimates say. Analysts had predicted a $1.6tn deficit but revised the estimate, which comes after the end of the US financial year. The deficit was equal to 9.9% of gross domestic p... | According to the US Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the US budget deficit reached a record $1.4 trillion in the fiscal year to September 30. The deficit was about 9.9% of the country's GDP, over three times the level in 2008 and the highest since the Second World War ended. Economical analysts had initially predicte... |
The ship's disappearance confounded experts for weeks Eight people have been arrested for hijacking the cargo ship Arctic Sea, Russia's defence minister says. Anatoly Serdyukov said the group of suspects included Russian, Estonian and Latvian nationals. The Arctic Sea went off the radar after passing through the Englis... | Reports are emerging that eight people suspected of hijacking the 4,000-tonne Maltese registered vessel MV ''Arctic Sea'' have been arrested by the Russian Navy, and are being detained on the frigate ''Ladny''. Artist's image of the MV ''Arctic Sea''. Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov confirmed that none of th... |
By Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. Senator and former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday entered the 2008 presidential race, officially joining a crowded field for her party's nomination. "I'm in. And I'm in to win," Clinton wrote on her Web site that reads "Hillary for President." The s... | Official Senate portrait of Hillary Clinton. Releasing a video on her website, Hillary Clinton announced today that she will be forming a presidential . "I'm in. And I'm in to win", the Senator for New York announced on her website today, confirming the widely held assumption that she will seek the U.S. presidency in 2... |
MISSION UPDATE — February 16, 2009 PROGRAM STATUS Observation of Frame-Dragging Processed data showing geodetic effect in all four gyroscopes. Processed data indicating frame-dragging effect in all four gyroscopes The latest GP-B results, detailed in the papers and NASA report described below, show substantial improvem... | A team of scientists at Stanford University claim to have detected a subtle, missing element of Einstein's theory of relativity. In a press release dated February 16th, Robert Kahn, Stanford University's Public Affairs Coordinator, announced the experimental confirmation of frame dragging, an effect in which the presen... |
By Clive Lindsay Rangers captain Barry Ferguson worked hard in midfield Goalkeeper Allan McGregor was Rangers' hero, twice denying Igor Burzanovic during the opening 45 minutes. Dusan Andjelkovic sliced over and then forced McGregor into another save. Jean-Claude Darcheville and Lee McCulloch went close for Rangers aft... | survived a testing match in Belgrade to progress through to the group-stages of the UEFA Champions League. was Rangers' hero twice in the opening 45 minutes denying striker, , twice in the first half. and shot close for Rangers in the second half, whilst McGregor denied to preserve the 0-0 draw, and the 1-0 lead on agg... |
Sáb, 13 Nov - 17h00 Presidente da China almoça churrasco com Lula Agência Estado O presidente da China, Hu Jintao, almoçou hoje com o presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, antes de embarcar para o Rio. Vestindo terno cinza claro e acompanhado da mulher, Jintao chegou à Granja do Torto pouco antes das 13 horas. Lula o l... | , the of the People's Republic of China had lunch today with the of Brazil, , at the ''Granja do Torto'', the President's country residence in the . Lunch was a traditional Brazilian with different kinds of meat. Some Brazilian ministers were present at the event: (Economy), (), (Agriculture), (Development), (), (Mines... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A driver was taken to hospital after his bus crashed into a sports shop on one of the main streets in Cardiff. The single-decker Cardiff Bus, marked with the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (Uwic) logo, veered off St Mary Street and into... | A public bus has crashed into a shop in , Wales. No one is believed to have been injured. The bus was nearly empty when it crashed into a closed, shuttered shop. The nearly-empty bus was leaving the Cardiff central bus depot in Wood Street at approximately 7pm local time when witness say it failed to complete a left t... |
MSNBC’s scouting report on candidates in the fight for the White House. July 30: Chief Justice John Roberts, 52, took a fall Monday that sent him to the hospital. NBC's Pete Williams reports. WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts suffered a seizure at his summer home in Maine on Monday, causing a fall that resulted i... | Chief Justice John G. Roberts, 2005. Chief Justice John Roberts was hospitalized after having a seizure in his summer home in Maine. A statement released by Supreme Court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg stated that Justice Roberts took a minor fall from the seizure, and has been transported to the Penobscot Bay Medical Center... |
Get a daily dose of showbiz gossip straight to your inbox with our free email newsletter Invalid Email Something went wrong, please try again later. Sign up Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Phil Collins yesterday revealed he will never play the drums again because of a s... | Former Genesis band member Phil Collins has announced that he will never play the drums ever again. Phil Collins singing in Dusseldorf, Germany. Collins says his decision is due to a spinal injury which makes it too painful for him to hold up his drumsticks. In an interview with British tabloid, the ''Daily Mirror'', C... |
AN Indonesian sailing ship which was stranded on a southeast Queensland beach for a week was today being towed to Brisbane for repairs. The Indonesian navy's 35m Arung Samudera was heading to Sydney for the APEC leaders' forum when it ran into a storm last Thursday and grounded at Inskip Point. Australian navy Commande... | ''Arung Samudera'', the Indonesian naval tall ship that was recently grounded off Queensland, Australia, has been salvaged from the beach at Inskip Point and is currently being towed to Brisbane for repairs. The 35m vessel has been stranded since last Thursday, when she was grounded whilst on her way to the APEC meetin... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States had cautioned Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf against declaring emergency rule and urged him on Saturday to stick to his pledge to hold free elections early next year. "This action is very disappointing," said White House National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe.... | Pervez Musharraf has invoked emergency rule in Pakistan according to state television. Independent stations have gone off the air. Pervez Musharraf has ruled Pakistan since 1999 Reports say that police have surrounded the Supreme Court of Pakistan, while the judges are still inside. The court is deciding whether Mushar... |
The maiden launch of Russia's new Angara carrier rocket could be postponed for at least one year due to shortage of funds from the Defense Ministry, the top Russian space official said Wednesday. The Angara rocket, currently under development by the Khrunichev center, is designed to put heavy payloads into orbit. The l... | Russian space officials have said that the launch of the new Angara carrier rocket might be delayed for about a year due to lack of funds. Anatoly Perminov, head of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos, made the announcement today. "There is a serious delay in the construction of launch facilities for Angara due to the s... |
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the only woman on the Supreme Court, had surgery Thursday for early stage pancreatic cancer, the Supreme Court announced. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has undergone two bouts of cancer since she joined the court in 1993. Ginsburg, 75, is at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer... | Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2006 United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 75, has undergone surgery for early pancreatic cancer today. The disease was spotted during a routine check-up. She is likely to be hospitalised for ten days. "Justice Ginsburg had no symptoms prior to the incidental discover... |
Josephine Calvi was the sixth person to die as a result of the crash. (File photo) (ABC) The Mildura community has farewelled the last of the victims of the road crash at Cardross in Victoria's north-west. About 3,000 people turned out for the funeral of 16-year-old Josephine Calvi, who died in Adelaide the day after f... | Six teenagers were killed in a horrific road accident near Mildura in north-western Victoria, Australia late at night on February 18. Cassandra Manners, aged 16, Stevie-Lee Weight, 15, Cory Dowling, 16, Shane Hirst, 16, and his sister, Abby Hirst, 17, died at the scene. Josephine Calvi, 16, was flown to the Royal Adela... |
NEXT STEP: State presses judge to lift block on election certification. The Alaska Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously on all counts against Joe Miller's challenge of last month's U.S. Senate election, saying Miller's interpretation of the law would erode the integrity of Alaska's election system. Click to enl... | File photo of Joe Miller. Yesterday, the Alaska ruled against Republican Senate candidate over the counting of votes in the November elections. Miller was challenging the state election authorities over their decision to allow misspelled write-in ballots in support of his opponent, . Murkowski—the incumbent Republican ... |
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Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has been Africa's deadliest in 15 years The cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe appears to have passed its peak, says the World Health Organization (WHO). The number of new cases recorded in the week to mid-March nearly halved to 2,000, against 3,800 the preceding week and 8,000 cases a week in Feb... | The World Health Organisation (WHO) has stated that the cholera outbreak that has struck the African country of Zimbabwe seems to have passed its peak. The WHO said that "while data collection and verification remain a challenge throughout the country with the effect that weekly statistics are not always accurate or co... |
The blast at the Roman Catholic church was the first such attack in Nepal [EPA] Police said the bomb ripped through the Church of the Assumption in the town of Lalitpur, south of Kathmandu, the capital, on Saturday. A bomb explosion has killed two people and wounded at least 12 others at a church in Nepal, hours before... | Police reports state that a bomb blast in a church in Nepal on Saturday has killed two people and injured at least a dozen more. The attack comes just hours before the national parliament was due to elect a new prime minister. The bomb detonated in the Church of the Assumption in the town of Lalitpur, located south of ... |
F-15 crashes in Knox County With so many unknowns about just what happened the night Lauren Spierer disappeared, her parents filed a civil lawsuit against the three former Indiana University students who were last to see Lauren. The parents of missing Indiana University student Lauren Spierer are trying a new tactic to... | United States Air Force F-15 Eagle. In the United States this morning, an F-15 Eagle fighter jet from the Missouri Air National Guard crashed near Vincennes, Indiana. Reports say that the pilot successfully ejected prior to the crash and walked to first responders under his own power. The crash occurred in a sparsely p... |
As conversações com o sequestrador não foram fáceis: o homem munido com uma pistola de 6,35 milímetros pouco falou com o negociador da PSP. Segundo o Intendente Magina da Silva, que perto das 5h30 da madrugada prestou declarações aos jornalistas, os «contactos foram esporádicos e muito curtos». Enquanto o sequestrador ... | A 13-hour kidnapping of four people by a bank robber in Setúbal, Portugal, ended at dawn Thursday as members of the special operations group stormed the bank facilities. The kidnapping started yesterday at about 1400 local time (1300 UTC), when a 57 year old man attempted to rob a Banco Espírito Santo's bank at the Rod... |
FDA Issues Alert on ‘Mama's Smoked Nova Salmon' in 8 Ounce Vacuum Packed Bags Category: Nutrition/Agriculture News Article Date: 10 Apr 2005 FDA is issuing a nationwide alert to consumers about Mama's Smoked Nova Salmon packaged in 8-oz vacuum-packed bags because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an... | The FDA is recalling "Mama's Smoked Nova Salmon". A nationwide alert for consumers to avoid the 'Mama's Smoked Nova Salmon' product in 8-oz. bags was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) when the threat of contamination with Listeria monocytogenes was discovered. Listeria is a bacteria organism which c... |
Thousands of Serbs protested for a fourth consecutive night on Friday, rallying against President Aleksander Vucic and his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators - who were defying a ban on mass gatherings amid a spike in virus infections - tried to storm the Serbian parliament in central Belg... | Friday night was the fourth night in a row that Serbians protested; the protest started out against the government's anti-COVID-19 measures but has reportedly expanded into more general anti-government protests. Police director said at least 71 people were arrested Friday night. Anti-government protests have been takin... |
Hyman will serve six months Bruce Hyman was jailed for 12 months at Bristol Crown Court, but will serve six before being released on parole. He was caught on CCTV sending a fake legal document to his opponents in a child custody case. The document was designed to show his client's opponent - the child's father - in a b... | Bruce Hyman, the UK barrister who pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice in August was sentenced to one year in prison at Bristol Crown Court yesterday. He is reported to be the only barrister ever to have been sentenced for such an offence. After having pleaded in mitigation to be suffering from agitated d... |
A Chinese protester holds up a card which reads: "French foreigner, China is not easily bullied!" during a protest outside a Carrefour supermaket in Hefei, central China's Anhui province, Saturday, April 19, 2008. China denounced a decision by the Paris city council to bestow honorary citizenship on the Dalai Lama, say... | A pro-Tibetan protester in Paris attempts to wrangle the Olympic torch from Chinese fencer Jin Jing, who has become a national hero to many because of the incident. After anti-France protests were held in major Chinese cities over the weekend, China and France are now attempting to smoothen relations. China has discour... |
Officials in Kenya say three foreign aid workers kidnapped by Somali gunmen in July in northern Kenya have been released. Authorities say the three were released Saturday and are expected to fly to Nairobi. After their abduction by gunmen in the Kenyan border town of Mandera, the three were taken into Somalia. It is no... | Officials in Kenya say three foreign aid workers with the aid group Action Against Hunger, that were kidnapped by Somali gunmen in July in northern Kenya, have now been released. Authorities say that the three were released on Saturday and are expected to fly to Kenya's capital of Nairobi. After their abduction by gunm... |
Non bio-degradable plastic is blamed for environmental problems A UN-backed study found that two million plastic bags were handed out each year in Nairobi alone - where only a quarter of daily waste is collected. Many bags are so thin they last only one shop, and have to be discarded. Backing action, Kenya's Nobel laur... | They are cheap, useful, and very plentiful, and that is exactly the problem, according to researchers. A report issued on Feb. 23 by a cadre of environment and economics researchers suggested that Kenya should ban the common plastic bag that one gets at the checkout counter of grocery stores, and place a levy on other ... |
OSLO, Norway - The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, received her award Friday to the beat of drums and dancers that broke with the usual stodgy ceremony, and she urged her audience “to embrace the whole creation in all its diversity, beauty and wonder.” advertise... | — The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to from Kenya. She is the first African woman to win the Peace prize, and the 12th woman to win the prize since its inception in 1901. The Nobel committee cited "her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" as the reasons for awarding the prize. It is ... |
The Serb turnout figures will be watched closely The people of Kosovo are voting in local elections - the first poll since the territory declared independence from Serbia last year. The Kosovan government says it is determined to organise a free and fair election in which both ethnic Albanians and the minority Serbs wi... | Fatmir Sejdiu Voting polls opened in Kosovo at 7am (0600 UTC); the first time since declaring independence from Serbia last year. Both ethnic Albanians and the minority Serb population may vote for local mayors and councillors, a move seen as testing the government's capacity to organise its own democratic elections. T... |
ISTANBUL—President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said Friday that Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi should step down and that those responsible for the killings in Libya, as well as people who now continue to cooperate with the regime, should face investigation and prosecution at the International Criminal Court. "Our sta... | French president Nicolas Sarkozy French president Nicolas Sarkozy has stated during a news conference that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi "must leave," calling the leader to step down. His comments were made during a press conference with the Turkish president Abdullah Gül in . Sarkozy also stated that military actio... |
Florida Governor Rick Scott speaks during an interview in New York, March 26, 2012. MIAMI | MIAMI (Reuters) - A federal judge in Miami has tossed out an executive order from Florida Governor Rick Scott requiring drug testing of state employees, saying it violated the constitutional prohibition on unreasonable searches ... | The US state of Florida has repealed an order by the state's governor to drug test all state employees and new hires to state agencies. The federal court has said that the order is unconstitutional, violating the . Last year, Governor ordered 80,000 drug tests on state employees. He is a former health care executive an... |
Thousands Flee Ethnic Violence in Northern DRC The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The UNHCR says the refugees crossed the Oubangui River into neighboring Republic of Congo to find safety after their villages were burned.... | Democratic Republic of the CongoThe (UNHCR) reports more than 16,000 civilians have fled ethnic violence in the northern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UNHCR says the refugees crossed the into neighboring Republic of Congo to find safety after their villages were burned. The UN refugee agency reported that... |
Chris Langham had pleaded not guilty to all the charges Langham, of Golford, Kent, said he was only studying the porn as research for a television drama - but he was convicted at Maidstone Crown Court. However, the 58-year-old actor has been acquitted of charges of indecently assaulting an underage girl and two counts ... | The British actor Chris Langham has been found guilty on 15 counts of downloading child pornography. A jury of four women and seven men took two hours and forty minutes to reach a verdict at Maidstone Crown Court. Judge Philip Statman said that Langham will remain in custody till his sentencing on September 14. Langham... |
condolence messge on the passing away of Shri RV by R.S. Kuppusamy on 2009-01-28 06:03:46.882908+05:30 A great personality of Tamil Nadu passed away. I cannot forget my last talk with him in the year 2006 at Malai Mandir in New Delhi. Inspite of his ripe age, he was kind to stop by and spent a few minutes with me. It i... | Ramaswamy Venkataraman The 8th President of India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman has died at the age of 98. Venkataraman served as President from 1987 to 1992, he was also the Vice President of India from 1984 to 1987. He was admitted to hospital on the 12th of January and stayed there until his death on the 27th. He was comp... |
American diplomats put heavy pressure on Spanish authorities to drop three investigations targetting the US and its soldiers, El Pais reported Tuesday citing documents released by WikiLeaks. The first investigation concerned the death of Spanish cameraman Jose Couso, who was killed by American shells in Baghdad in 2003... | __NOEDITSECTION__ The logo of whistleblowing website, ''Wikileaks'' Yesterday's release of more US diplomatic cables by ''Wikileaks'' covered pressure on governments, Spain's judiciary, and buying foreign assistance with detentions at Guantanamo Bay. '''', one of five mainstream papers partnering with Wikileaks' releas... |
One of the leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement on Friday said President Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories would only end up hurting Palestinians. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Palestinians who support the peace process say the time has come for hard negotiating with Israel. George Bush and Palestinia... | One of the leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement on Friday said President Bush's visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories would only end up hurting Palestinians. Hamas militants and their supporters in the Gaza Strip staged noisy demonstrations over the past few days as President Bush held talks with Israeli an... |
Stornoway’s Wee W faces closure 17/6/13 WeeW, which occupies one of the largest retail spaces in the heart of Stornoway town centre, is likely to close within weeks. The store will cease trading unless a last minute buyer for the business comes forward. The building on Cromwell Street is owned by Western Isles Council ... | The Wee W store, located in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, yesterday announced its intention to cease operating "in the next few weeks", subject to any potential acquisition of the company. The store, which is one of the largest retail buildings in , is located in a central part of the town. In a statement, the compan... |
PENANG: Malaysia’s Health Ministry has not decided on what to do next with the body of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un who was murdered at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Feb 13. The body was handed over to the Health Ministry on Friday (Mar 10), after police said they ... | On Friday, Malaysia's Inspector-General of Police spoke to reporters and confirmed the man murdered in Kuala Lumpur International Airport was indeed Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "We have fulfilled the requirement of the laws on his identification," he said. Malaysian authorities had be... |
Sarkozy: "A decisive moment for the future of a civilised internet" Those illegally sharing files will face the loss of their net access thanks to a newly-created anti-piracy body granted the wide-ranging powers. The anti-piracy body comes out of a deal agreed by France's music and movie makers and its net firms. The g... | After brokering a deal between record companies, film corporations, internet firms and itself, the French government has unveiled a new anti-piracy body formed to counter what President Nicolas Sarkozy has described as the growing use of the internet as a "lawless zone where outlaws can pillage works with abandon or, w... |
Former US Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker made the announcement in a commentary in Thursday's Wall Street Journal. BEIJING, Feb. 4 -- The chief investigator of the scandal-plagued UN oil-for-food program for Iraq has said that the program's procurement process was "tainted" and its former director Benon Sevan vio... | February 3, 2005 United Nations building in New York City Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker delivered a preliminary report of the investigation into the United Nation's Oil-for-Food program with Iraq under Saddam Hussein, which is sharply critical of the procurement process used and former program direc... |
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia pledged on Thursday to reduce forest fires by up to half this year, as Southeast Asian environment ministers met on Sumatra island to discuss ways to stop smoke billowing across their region. The "haze" from fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands spread across large areas of Southeast Asia fo... | Downtown Singapore blanketed by smoke from Indonesian forest fires in September 2006. Seeking to stave off the forest fires that have blanketed five Southeast Asian countries with choking haze for the past two years, Indonesian environmental and forestry officials said yesterday they would be able to reduce the number ... |
Unmanned sub touches deepest part of world's ocean Explores Mariana Trench, more than 10 kilometres below surface of Pacific Ocean Nereus was tested in the waters off the dock of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts in April before being sent to the spot known as Challenger Deep in the Pacific's Ma... | A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) remotely operated vehicle touched down 10,902 meters (35,767 feet) in the Mariana Trench near the island of Guam. Mariana Trench On Sunday, May 31, Nereus dove into the Pacific Ocean and began its descent into Challenger Deep the deepest area of the Mariana Trench. "It's th... |
On Friday, posters of of Singapore's most wanted man started appearing in many public places, such as MRT stations, shopping centres and mosques. -- ST PHOTO: EDWIN KOO View more photos INTERPOL on Friday issued an urgent worldwide alert for terrorist Mas Selamat Kastari, who is still on the run after escaping from a d... | Interpol has issued an "Orange Notice" for the leader of southeast Asian Jemaah Islamiyah, Mas Selamat bin Kastari, who escaped from a detention center Wednesday. Singapore Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng told his Parliament that a "security lapse" is what led to Mas Selamat's escape. While waiting to visit his fam... |
Leap of faith for live Honda advert Channel 4 has staged a live television advert involving an ambitious sky diving jump. The commercial was screened during the channel's dinner party series Come Dine With Me. The sky divers were given only three minutes and 20 seconds to spell out a message to viewers in a series of c... | The letter 'o' being formed in the advert The first ever live advert to be shown on British television was Broadcast today on Channel 4 at 19:10 UTC. The advert, created by car manufacturer Honda, showed people jumping from the sky and forming the individual letters of the word ''HONDA'' as a group while falling. The i... |
Peter Porter's career was studded with accolades Peter Porter, a winner of both the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the Forward Prize, has died at the age of 81 after being treated for cancer. The Australian-born poet, who moved to England in 1951, worked as a bookseller while he developed his literary career. His fi... | , an Australian-born British poet, has died at the age of 81 after suffering from for a year. The poet was born in Brisbane, Australia in 1929 and moved to London, England in 1951. His first collection of works, entitled "Once Bitten, Twice Bitten", was first published in 1961. He went on to become a broadcaster, revie... |
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