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The police chief officer was shot in his car in Michoacan Gunmen stormed into a drug treatment clinic in northern Mexico, lined patients up against a wall and killed at least 17 of them, officials say. Several others were injured in the attack in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-US border, where more than 1,000 people have ... | Seventeen people have been killed after gunmen stormed a drug rehab centre in the city of Ciudad Juarez on the United States-Mexico border. Around a dozen gunmen entered the clinic and lined up patients against a wall before killing seventeen of them. Three others were injured in the attack. Around 1,400 people have be... |
6 killed, 1,000 injured in Bahrain Share | Email | Print An anti-government protester carries a sign in Arabic and English during a march with thousands of people to the Saudi Embassay in Manama, Bahrain on March 15, 2011. At least six Bahrainis have been killed and more than 1,000 others injured by government security... | Government security forces and Saudi Arabian troops have killed at least six protesters and injured around a thousand others in Bahrain. Protesters have expressed their objection to any foreign intervention within Bahrain. One protester said that security forces "fired tear gas and then opened fire. ... We lifted our a... |
Luis Suarez completes his hat-trick against Celta after Lionel Messi's audacious assist from the penalty spot Barcelona coach Luis Enrique has rejected suggestions that Barcelona's 'Cruyff' penalty was intended to embarrass Celta Vigo, claiming he had seen Luis Suarez and Lionel Messi produce moments of magic in traini... | Yesterday, Barcelona football star Lionel Messi made a risky pass from the penalty spot to , setting up the completion of a Suárez hat-trick against , and Barça defeated them 6–1 in a La Liga match at . Suárez climbed to the top spot for La Liga this season, scoring 23 goals, and FC Barcelona are unbeaten in their last... |
Mar 7, 2007 4:21 pm US/Eastern (AP) BALTIMORE There are just two winning tickets in the record $370 million Mega Millions jackpot — one sold in New Jersey and the other in Georgia, lottery officials announced Wednesday. One lucky player bought a Mega Millions ticket in Maryland that missed the big jackpot by just one n... | The Mega Millions logo. There are at least two big winners in Tuesday night's US$370 million ''Mega Millions'' lottery drawing which is held in 12 U.S. states. The two winning tickets were sold in Georgia and New Jersey, but lottery officials say that no one has come forward to claim their millions. One ticket was sold... |
30 feared killed, 100 hurt in explosions in MP 5 Jul 2009, 2147 hrs IST, PTI Print Email Discuss Share Save Comment Text: SINGRAULI: At least 30 persons were feared killed and another 100 injured in explosions in two factories of the Bairhan Industrial Area. Police said the first explosion occurred in the Ideal Explosi... | Two explosives factories in the town of , Madhya Pradesh, India exploded reducing the buildings to fragments on Sunday evening. Madhya Pradesh, India "The explosions were so severe that both the factories were reduced to rubble under which 30 people were feared dead," police said. Another 100 have been injured as a res... |
Bomb hits Pakistan minibus, 5 dead MIRAN SHAH, Pakistan (AP) -- A roadside bomb blew up a minibus in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border on Monday, killing five passengers, including a 5-year old boy, and wounding three others, security officials said. Meanwhile, security forces shot dead two suspected mil... | thumb thumb Five people are dead and three are injured after a roadside bomb blew up a minibus in rural Pakistan. According to a security officer, who has chosen to remain anonymous, a mother and her 5-year-old child are among the dead. They were travelling in a minibus, which was on a dirt track in the village of Tata... |
B.C. students buy sensitive U.S. defence data for $40 in Africa 'Donated' computers become toxic e-waste, documentary shows UBC graduate journalism students Heba Elasaad (far left), Krysia Collyer (second from left), Blake Sifton (centre) and Prof. Dan McKinney (far right) spent 10 days in February in Ghana shooting a ... | According to a documentary about journalism students at the University of British Columbia tracking electronic waste (e-waste), details of United States defense contracts and confidential military data were left on a donated hard drive which was purchased for US$35 in Ghana. The purchased hard drive was a donation by N... |
By Sahal Abdulle Mogadishu - Gunmen fired rockets near Mogadishu's airport on Wednesday, witnesses said, apparently heeding an Islamist call to fight African Union peacekeepers arriving to help the interim government restore order. Rival Islamist leaders, defeated in a brief offensive by government troops and their Eth... | Somalia. Ugandan troops arriving in Somalia as part of an African Union (AU) peacekeeping force, came under attack even before they went on patrol. The Ugandan troops, 400 of whom arrived on Tuesday and another 400 the day after, were deployed to the capital Mogadishu as replacements for Ethiopian troops to support the... |
Unions at the BBC are to ballot their members on strike action over plans to cut up to 4,000 jobs after talks with management broke down. Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus said the BBC director general, Mark Thompson, had failed to meet their demand that there should be no compulsory redundancies. For... | Trades unions are to ballot members on strike action following the announcement of 4,000 job cuts at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Formal notice of the strike ballot was sent to the public service broadcaster today by BECTU, the technicians' union, the manual workers' union Amicus and the National Union o... |
Mr Kabila enjoys most of his support in the east of the country The country's electoral commission announced Mr Kabila won 58.05% of the vote, ahead of ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba who got 41.9%. A member of Mr Bemba's camp has vowed to challenge the vote by legal means. But peacekeepers have deployed extra troops... | President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, when meeting with United States Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz at the Pentagon in 2003. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila has been declared the winner of the 2006 Presidential elections by the Independent Electoral Commission of the Democratic... |
A Bill seeking to empower the Senate to extradite foreigners granted asylum by Nigeria is now being considered by the upper chamber. When the Bill becomes law, the Senate will have powers to extradite persons on asylum to any requesting country to be tried for war crimes. Exiled former Liberian president, Charles Taylo... | The Nigerian legislature is considering a Bill that would permit the Senate to extradite persons granted asylum by Nigeria to other nations and organizations, such as the United Nations and the African Union, to face trial for war crimes. Under the law, the Senate would have the power to accept or decline applications ... |
By KIM GAMEL, Associated Press Writer Fri Jan 12, 6:56 PM ET BAGHDAD, Iraq - Five Iranians detained by U.S.-led forces were working in a decade-old government liaison office that was in the process of being upgraded to a consulate, the Iraqi foreign minister said Friday. Tehran condemned the raid in the Kurdish-control... | Erbil province in northern Iraq The U.S. armed forces detained five Iranians working at a "liaison office" located in Erbil, Iraq before dawn on Friday. Sources said that the U.S. forces first landed their helicopters around the building, then broke through the office's gate, disarmed the guards, confiscated some docum... |
SANTIAGO Masked youths threw stones at police who responded by firing tear gas and water cannon in the Chilean capital on Friday at the start of annual protests against the government and the country's free-market system. Dozens of youths, some in school uniforms, threw objects into the Santiago's main street, the Alam... | The protesters tried to march in front of the presidential palace, but it was cordoned off. Around 240 demonstrators in the Chilean capital of Santiago were detained Friday after anti-government protests held against the country's education system and increasingly free market policies. The annual protests, organized by... |
You can support quality journalism by turning off ad blocker or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to The Hindu. ||||| INDIAN-BORN doctor Mohamed Haneef was in a secret safe house in Brisbane last night after the case against him dissolved into fiasco, with Australia's chief prosecutor admitting it had been b... | Australian prosecutors have dropped charges against Dr Mohamed Haneef, the Indian doctor held in Australia in connection with last month's attack on Glasgow airport. The Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Bugg, said on Friday that a review he carried out found that there was insufficient evidence to suppo... |
An RAF jet has crash-landed at an airfield in North Wales, police have said. The Hawk plane came down at around 12.25pm at Mona airfield, in Valley, Anglesey. A spokeswoman for North Wales Police said initial reports suggested the pilot had ejected safely from the plane before it crashed. A spokesman for North Wales Fi... | BAE Hawk, similar to the one that crashed. An RAF Hawk training jet has crashed at Mona Airfield on Anglesey Island in the United Kingdom. The crash occurred at 12:25 p.m. local time. The pilot is reported to have ejected prior to the crash. No injuries are reported at this time. "I can confirm that a Hawk aircraft has... |
His last novel, unfinished when he died in 2001 at 49, was assembled from his computer hard-drive and published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002. It is this fish that swam into my stream of thought while watching the movie based on his most famous book. I realise that the original was a BBC radio series broadcast in 1978... | ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' movie based upon the popular book by Douglas Adams has been released. The movie was written by Douglas Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick, and stars Martin Freeman as Arthur Dent, Zooey Deschanel as Trillian, Mos Def as Ford Prefect and Sam Rockwell as Zaphod Beeblebrox. |
BALTIMORE – I'll Have Another captured a thrilling Preakness Stakes on Saturday to give him victories in the first two legs of the Triple Crown, with a chance to become the first horse since Affirmed in 1978 to win the coveted title when he runs in the Belmont Stakes on June 9. As he did in the Kentucky Derby, I'll Hav... | On the 138th running of The Kentucky Derby,I'll Have Another (Horse #19), did just that. He rounded the final turn and into the straight stretch to come from behind and cross the finish line, to win. The placement for first and second place at the 2012 Preakness Stakes could have been a replay of the earlier this month... |
Bangkok, 01 November, (Asiantribune.com): Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra Phone in speech today is expected to create a furore in Thailand. In the meantime newspaper reports reveal that Thakshin has changed his plan of phone in speech to a pre-recorded message to tens of thousands of his supporters expect... | Rajamangala National Stadium Around 1,500 police have been deployed to monitor and manage a mass pro-government rally in Thailand's Rajamangala Stadium. Another 2,000 officers are on standby in case of trouble following the rally. The event's highlight is expected to be a telephone address by ousted and now-fugitive ex... |
Accounts differ on how the Russian raid led to the rebel leader's death But spokesmen for the leader, killed in a raid on Tuesday, said the struggle against Russian rule would continue. It is unclear if the killing will boost Russia's grip in Chechnya, experts say. Moscow had blamed Maskhadov for being involved in a st... | After the recent killing of Chechen rebel leader , it was not clear who would take his place. His son Anzor Maskhadov, aged 29, has quickly emerged as the most likely candidate to carry on his father's work. Speaking at his home in , Azerbaijan, Mr. Maskhadov told the Reuters news agency ''"I will continue my father's ... |
advertisement UPDATE 3-Canada's Jetsgo grounds jets, strands thousands (Adds court filing, Ottawa, WestJet reaction, updates stock prices) By Robert Melnbardis MONTREAL, March 11 (Reuters) - Discount airline Jetsgo grounded its fleet and obtained court protection from creditors on Friday, stranding 17,000 passengers du... | Jetsgo, Canada's third largest airline, has ceased all operations because of spiralling oil prices and a federal safety investigation. The low-cost carrier had been expanding rapidly in recent months, having added four new routes in December alone. However, the sharp increase in oil prices has forced the airline to gro... |
RAAM champion Robic killed in traffic accident JESENICE, Slovenia -- Jure Robic, five-time champion of the Race Across America, died of injuries suffered in a traffic accident in his native country Friday afternoon. Robic, 45, won the solo men's of RAAM a record five times between 2004 and this past summer. He was in s... | Robič, five-time winner of the , the cyclist who won the five times, has died in a traffic collision at the age of 45. Robič died after colliding with a 55-year-old driver whilst riding down hill in . He was on a training ride in preparation for the . An investigation into the accident is underway. Robič was a five-tim... |
Schneider "Parks and Recreation" regular Paul Schneider will be leaving the NBC sitcom after this season, though he might recur on the series in 2010-11. Schneider's blossoming film career, in pics such as "Lars and the Real Girl," "The Assassination of Jesse James," "Away We Go" and "Bright Star," made his longterm fu... | The NBC comedy series ''Parks and Recreation'' will experience a shake-up in its cast as Paul Schneider, a regular cast member with the critically acclaimed series, will depart at the end of this season. Officials with the show have also announced this month that Rob Lowe will make an extended guest appearance on the s... |
Ugandan soldiers and police have clashed with rioters in the capital after fire gutted the site of the burial grounds of the former kings of the country's largest historic kingdom. Security forces used tear gas on Wednesday to disperse members of the Baganda ethnic group angry at the destruction of the tombs at Kasubi ... | At least two people in Uganda were killed on Wednesday, after clashes between police and protestors at a royal mausoleum. The incident occurred at Kasubi, near the Ugandan capital of Kampala, when protestors attempted to stop the country's president, Yoweri Museveni from visiting the tomb site, which was on fire. They ... |
BEIJING, December 29, SinoCast -- China is likely to surpass Japan to become the second largest economy in the world, predicted by Li Daokui, director of the Center for China in the World Economy of Tsinghua University. The director added that although the Japanese yen appreciated, but the Chinese economy grew rapidly,... | Harvard University The Chinese economy is likely to overtop the Japanese economy and become the second largest in the world. Li Daokui, Director of the Center for China in the World Economy (CCWE) at the Tsinghua University, states that there is no doubt about what the numbers or the statistics show. China's GDP growth... |
Examining Israel's `right to defend itself' IDF dances within accepted rules of engagement, says Michael Byers wo years ago, over lunch, I debated self-defence with the lawyer who advises the Israeli Defence Force. The lawyer in question is a colonel with a Harvard doctorate; the invitation came while I was a visiting ... | Michael Byers, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law at the University of British Columbia, revealed in Sunday's ''Toronto Star'' that while he was in Tel Aviv in 2004, he met with a lawyer who advises the Israel Defence Force about rules of engagement. Scenarios which were unfold... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. US singer Al Martino, who scored the UK's first number one record, has died at the age of 82. His song, Here In My Heart, took top spot when the New Musical Express introduced its chart in November 1952 and stayed there for nine weeks. Martino, who also play... | Al Martino from 2005 American singer and actor Al Martino died yesterday, aged 82. Martino was born as Alfred Cini in Philadelphia, US state of Pennsylvania on October 7, 1927. One of the ways in which he was best known was for his first single, "''Here in My Heart''", which became the first ever number 1 single in the... |
Gaza Strip (Redirected from Gaza strip) The Gaza Strip (Arabic غزة, Hebrew עזה) is a narrow strip of land in the south-west of Palestine. At the end of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, it was occupied by the Egyptians, under which it remained until it was claimed under international law by Israel during the Six-Day War of 19... | Israeli troops have begun implementing the historic pullout plan from the Gaza Strip by delivering eviction notices to the remaining settlers. They now have 48 hours, beginning this morning at 00:00 (UTC+3) to withdraw from their settlements before the army removes them by force. The Gaza Strip Many settlers have vowed... |
Accident Please join with us in praying for the families of the car that hit our bus last night. Our hearts break for their families. mm ||||| Christian Band Cancels Missouri Concert After Fatal Crash By KSPR News A popular Christian band has put a weekend concert in St. Louis on hold after a fatal bus crash. A car col... | A collision between Christian band MercyMe's tour bus and a car has killed two passengers in the car and the 18-year-old driver's unborn baby. The woman is in critical condition following the crash, which occurred in Fort Wayne, northeastern Indiana. The bus was headed to Six Flags St. Louis in Missouri for the band to... |
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (CNN) -- Former NFL star O.J. Simpson remained quiet and expressionless as he and his girlfriend brushed through a crush of reporters to an SUV early Thursday after flying in from Las Vegas, Nevada. O.J. Simpson arrives just after midnight Thursday at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport. Vide... | Mugshot of Simpson on Sept. 16. Former National Football League star O.J. Simpson returned to his home in Florida this morning after being released on a $125,000 bond. While Simpson is not talking to the media, his girlfriend, Christine Prody, said that he is "fine." Simpson left the Fort Lauderdale airport in a SUV wi... |
PRESIDENT Jose Ramos Horta spoke of his concern for the people of East Timor after waking up from a drug-induced coma in Royal Darwin Hospital's intensive care unit. The country's Deputy Prime Minister Jose Luis Guterres said after visiting the hospital yesterday that Mr Ramos Horta mentioned to his family to take care... | José Ramos-Horta in 2006. The President of East Timor, Jose Ramos-Horta, has woken from the induced coma he was put in following an assassination attempt. The President, who was shot by rebels on February 11, is still in a serious condition requiring more surgery, but is recovering, according to the doctors treating hi... |
At least 500 activists, opposition figures, journalists and students have been arrested in Iran in recent days in a growing crackdown aimed at "decapitating" the movement against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election. The round-up has included individuals once closely associated with the 1979 Islamic revolution but who hav... | According to ''Cyrus News Agency'' (CNA) in Iran, at least 16 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to join the "people's movement." Protests, riots and violence broke out in several cities in Iran on Saturday night following an election which many in Iran and the ... |
AN AUSTRALIAN has paid $10,420 for a rare video game that was auctioned online by a Canadian after deciding that his dope-smoking son did not deserve it as a Christmas present. The sale of Guitar Hero III took place after the father had spent two weeks searching for the video game for the Nintendo Wii gameboard. "I cam... | Newspapers and online sources today reported that a Canadian father sold a hard-to-find video game, which he bought for $90, for $9000 (Canadian), after finding his son smoking pot. The father had bought ''Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock'' for Nintendo Wii, which cost him $90, after scouring every store, to find it as... |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, a couple who stuck together throughout his long career in politics, announced on Tuesday they had decided to separate after 40 years of marriage. The Gores, in an e-mail message to friends confirmed by spokeswoman Kalee Kreider, said the decisio... | left Former Al Gore announced earlier today that he would separate from , his wife of 40 years. The Gores called the decision "mutual." In an to close friends, Al and Tipper Gore said that they would not make additional comments. The message was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Gore family. A family friend said, "Th... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A suicide car bomber has killed 18 people - including five US soldiers - and injured 52 more in the deadliest attack this year on foreign troops in the Afghan capital. Most of the victims were Afghan civilians caught in the blast when the bombe... | A car bomb attack this morning, which targeted a NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) convoy in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, has killed or wounded dozens of people. The death toll was not confirmed, and estimates range from ten to twenty deaths. 47 people were injured in the attack. The incident occurred at ... |
Cleanup efforts are under way in Schweitzer Hall on the University of Missouri campus, where a hydrogen explosion injured four people and shattered nearly 20 windows yesterday. That’s about all MU officials are saying at this point, as the investigation into the blast is ongoing, MU spokesman Christian Basi said. The C... | A pile of debris sits outside Schweitzer Hall as cleanup crews went through the building. Workers began replacing the building's windows on Tuesday. An explosion at the (Mizzou) on Monday afternoon left four people injured, authorities say. The explosion occurred in a science laboratory in Schweitzer Hall around 2:20 p... |
Internet News | Home The Zotob worm trail leads to arrests in Turkey and Morocco Posted on : Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:02:00 GMT | Author : Roland Waite News Category : Internet The Zotob virus that wormed its way through America’s corporate and government networks, resulted in the FBI chasing an electronic trail that has le... | Turkish and Moroccan authorities arrested two suspects who are believed to be the creators of the worm that took down '''' computer network and crippled other computers in the U.S. and worldwide earlier this month. The FBI traced an electronic trail that led to two men from the Middle East and North Africa. An 18-year... |
The police officers guarding the G8 summit in Gleneagles have been trained to expect anything from aggressive demonstrators to devious terrorists. What they probably have not been briefed on, though, is how to react when the most powerful man on earth comes hurtling towards you on a push bike. Such was the fate of one ... | U.S. President George W. Bush crashed his mountain bike into an unfortunate police officer in Scotland. Mr. Bush, who celebrated his 59th birthday last night was cycling on a bike around the Gleneagles Hotel, where he is staying for the 31st G8 summit, when he, perhaps partially due to the bad weather, crashed into one... |
Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution The Leader of the Islamic Revolution has said the bombing of the holy Shia shrines in Samarra is aimed at provoking sectarian violence. In a message on the recent bombing of the shrines of the two revered Shia Imams in the Iraqi town of Samarra, Ayatollah ... | Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's highest-ranking religious and political leader, blamed the intelligence services of the United States and Israel for the bombing of the Askari Mosque in Samarra, Iraq. According to him, On 13th of June 2007, Iraqi insurgents blew up the two minerets of the Askari Mosque. The shrine ... |
Konsternierte Behördenvertreter informierten am Donnerstag über den Vorfall im Oerliker Schulhaus Buhnrain. (Bild: Keystone/Eddy Risch) Kontext Steffisburg: Weiteres Opfer, weiterer Täter Info-Box Die Fälle in der jüngsten Zeit In immer kürzeren Abständen werden Fälle pulik, bei denen Kinder von Kindern sexuell missbra... | Oerlikon is a neighborhood of the banking city of Zürich A group of 13 teenage boys raped a 13-year old school girl in last weekend, reports the website of the German language newspaper ''''. The report says that the girl was raped repeatedly and the act was filmed on . Six of the suspects are Swiss nationals, two come... |
Received August 23, 2007 Reduction of a diazadiene chromium halide complex, [( H L iPr )Cr( -Cl)] 2 ( 1 , H L iPr = bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)diazadiene), with KC 8 gave a diamagnetic, bimetallic complex, ( H L iPr ) 2 Cr 2 ( 2 ). Complex 2 has been structurally characterized by X-ray crystallography and consists of a ... | Chemists from the University of Delaware, Newark, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, recently reported their preparation of a complex containing two chromium atoms connected by the shortest ever metal-metal bond, 1.8028 Å (0.2 nm) long. 1 Å is 1×10−10 meters or 1/10,000,000,000 meters. The scien... |
David Cameron wants to broaden the Tory party's appeal Mr Cameron will say teenagers who hide under hooded tops are trying to "blend in" rather than appear threatening. In a speech on Monday he will describe them as "a response to a problem, not a problem itself". And he will argue that while teenage criminals must be ... | In a speech regarding social justice tomorrow, Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to call for better understanding of teenagers who wear "hoodies". Mr Cameron will say that teenagers who wear hooded tops are trying to "blend in" rather than appear intimidating. "The hoodie is a response to a problem, not a p... |
By Geesche Jacobsen December 24, 2005 AN ATTEMPT by the accused terrorist Faheem Khalid Lodhi to have some of the charges against him dropped has failed, but the reasons cannot be made public. A NSW Supreme Court justice, Anthony Whealy, ruled against the application by Lodhi's lawyer, Phillip Boulten, SC. Mr Boulten h... | The Supreme Court Building of New South Wales Six media organisations, including Fairfax, are mounting a constitutional challenge to secret hearings in an upcoming terrorism trial in Australia. The trial involves Sydney man Faheem Khalid Lodhi, who is charged with committing acts in preparation for a terrorist attack. ... |
Medical staff treat one of the 10 victims wounded in the mine attack on Nation Building Minister D.M. Dassanayake in an ambulance in Ragama January 8, 2008. Medical staff treat one of the 10 victims wounded in the mine attack on Nation Building Minister D.M. Dassanayake at a hospital in Ragama January 8, 2008. A police... | The Colombo Fort area of the capital. A bomb exploded Tuesday night in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. The bomb may have targeted a high-profile individual, traveling through the high-security zone in the Colombo Fort area. Earlier in the day, a government minister was killed by a roadside bomb. This blast has been ... |
April 10: Five the Elephant has painted nearly 50 works of art in two years since she picked up the hobby. ST. LOUIS - Voters in the small northeastern Missouri town of Winfield re-elected their mayor for a fourth term on Tuesday, about a month after his death. Ballots had already been printed and absentee voting had a... | The town of Winfield, Missouri in the United States has re-elected its incumbent mayor for a third term nearly a month after his death. Mayor Harry Stonebraker died of a heart attack on March 11, yet came out on top over opponent Alderman Bernie Panther, with 90% of the vote. The ballots had been printed and absentee v... |
In a message to the UCLA campus community, Chancellor Gene Block mourned the loss of engineering professor William “Bill” S. Klug. To the Campus Community: I am saddened to share with you that the Los Angeles County coroner’s office has confirmed that the victim in Wednesday’s tragic shooting was Professor William “Bil... | 220px Two people were killed in an alleged murder-suicide at the , Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Wednesday. The shooting occurred on the fourth floor of the Engineering IV building. The university's campus was in for about two hours after the shooting from 10:00AM to noon local time. The (LAPD) have identified 39-year-o... |
MUMBAI: A year and half after it bought out its Indian JV partner and set up a fully-owned subsidiary in the country, open source software leader Red Hat Inc is making India the hub for its new services strategy. The firm, which is under threat from giants such as Oracle and Microsoft to keep its market share in the ex... | PepsiCo Inc. is in line to get its first female chief executive before the end of the year. Steven S. Reinemund, chairman and CEO of the U.S. soft drink and snack food giant, announced his retirement via press release effective in May, 2007. Reinemund, 58, said he was leaving to spend more time with his family. The sam... |
Winchester and Rushmoor councils have invested £3m in the banks Two Hampshire councils have investments totalling £3m in troubled Icelandic banks, they have revealed. Rushmoor Borough Council said the cash was in the form of a £2m investment with Glitnir, which was 5% of its total investments of £40m. Winchester City C... | Two local authorities in the English county of Hampshire have a total of £3 million invested with troubled Icelandic banks it was revealed today. Rushmoor Borough Council has a £2 million investment with Glitnir, while revealed it has £1m invested with Landsbanki subsidiary Heritable. Both district councils said the mo... |
Two Qatari Mirage interceptor fighters took part on Friday in the UN mission to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya, the French Defence Ministry said. Along with Qatar - the first Arab country to take part in the operation - the United Arab Emirates will send 12 warplanes to support the international coalition in Libya, F... | Mirage 2000 Qatar participated in a combat mission to enforce a over Libya on Friday, one day after NATO agreed to take command. Qatar is the first Arab country to take part in the operation against Moammar Gadhafi's regime. The said two Qatai flew Qatar's first sortie over Libya accompanied by a French jet. Besides Qa... |
Duckworth, part of a Trail Blazers goodwill tour, was scheduled to hold a basketball clinic on the Oregon coast when he died Monday night. The Depoe Bay Fire Department said it responded about 10 p.m. to a report of a man who was down and not breathing at Salishan Lodge at Gleneden Beach, north of Newport on the centra... | Former American National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball star Kevin Duckworth has died at age 44. The former Portland Trail Blazers center died on Monday of an apparent heart attack in his hotel room at Gleneden Beach, Oregon. He was in town for part of a free childrens basketball clinic being run by the Trail ... |
Darlene Etienne was rescued 15 days after the earthquake hit the capital [Al Jazeera/Adam Raney] Darlene Etienne was rescued 15 days after the earthquake hit the capital [Al Jazeera/Adam Raney] Darlene Etienne had just started studying at the school when the disaster struck. French rescuers have pulled a teenage girl o... | A sixteen-year-old girl, Darlene Etienne, was pulled out from underneath the rubble of a collapsed school in Haiti yesterday, fifteen days after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the country, devastating most buildings in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Etienne had been studying at school in the capital when the tremors s... |
U.S. Congressional Democrats are asking the Justice Department to investigate whether the CIA's destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogation of terrorism suspects amounts to obstruction of justice. VOA's Deborah Tate reports from Capitol Hill. CIA director Michael Hayden (file photo) The acknowledgment by Ce... | CIA Director U.S. Congressional Democrats are asking the to investigate whether the CIA's destruction of videotapes documenting the interrogation of terrorism suspects amounts to obstruction of justice. The acknowledgement by Central Intelligence Agency Director that his agency destroyed the interrogation videotapes in... |
Troops are blocking all entrances and roads to the mosque Ejaz-ul-Haq said the militants were "hardened terrorists" holding women and children hostage inside the Red Mosque. The Pakistani army has kept a tight grip on the mosque, also known as Lal Masjid, since fighting began last week. The mosque's leader, Abdul Rashi... | Since last Tuesday, following violent confrontations with Pakistan's army, up to 1800 clerics and students are still holed up in Islamabad's Red Mosque. Clashes began last week following mounting antagonism between the mosques hard-line leaders and the government lead by President Pervez Musharraf. The mosque has been ... |
Related Stories Last Updated 19/05/2005, 05:18:56 The Government of the Marshall Islands will go before a United States Congress hearing next week, demanding more than three billion US dollars compensation for the effects of nuclear testing. The nuclear test compensation petition was filed almost five years ago, and se... | The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is petitioning for $3 billion in additional compensation from the U.S. government, after receiving $270 million in an agreement which expired in 2001. The U.S. government performed a series of 67 tests of nuclear weapons in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958. Fallout f... |
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhuanet) -- The current visit of Kuomintang (KMT) Vice President Chiang Pin-kung is the first sign of a dialogue between the KMT and the Communist Party of China (CPC), said Chen Yunlin, director of the CPC Central Committee's Taiwan Affairs Office, Wednesday. Chen threw a welcome banquet in honor ... | KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kung is meeting with CPC officials in Beijing. A delegation of from the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT, or Nationalist Party), is meeting with Communist Party of China (CPC) officials in Beijing today, led by KMT Vice Chairman Chiang Pin-kung. "We hope the current crisis can be minimized," Chiang ... |
Hillary Clinton says she is intrigued, but unconcerned, by Britain's coalition By James Robbins Diplomatic correspondent, BBC News, in Washington The extraordinary pace of political events in Britain over the past few days forced William Hague to take an unconventional route to Washington for his first overseas trip as... | William Hague and Hillary Clinton meet for the first time since the UK election last week British Foreign Secretary William Hague travelled to Washington, D.C. on Friday to meet his opposite number, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the first time since the election ten days ago and the formation of a coalition... |
Bligh, Springborg sniping over oil spill response Posted Updated Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg has continued his attack on the State Government's response to an oil spill that has wreaked havoc on beaches in south-east Queensland. Mr Springborg says the Queensland Government took too long to find out the full e... | 2009 Queensland oil spill. 200,000 litres of oil leaked into waters off the coast of Brisbane from the ''Pacific Adventurer'' when their fuel tanks were damaged in rough seas on Wednesday. The figure is about ten times higher than the original estimate of twenty thousand litres of oil. The devastating diesel oil spill ... |
Sweden has a head start on many countries in its use of renewables The attempt is being planned by a committee of industrialists, academics, car manufacturers, farmers and others. The country aims to replace all fossil fuels with renewables before climate change damages economies and growing oil scarcity leads to price... | In the past year, Mona Sahlin, the Swedish Minister for Sustainable Development, announced plans to break the nation's dependency on oil by 2020, without building new nuclear plants. She stated that, “There shall always be better alternatives to oil, which means no house should need oil for heating, and no driver shoul... |
On a recent Saturday morning, the NDP candidate for Vancouver Kingsway, Don Davies, sparred with Liberal candidate Wendy Yuan on a Vietnamese radio talk show. In the evening that same day, Davies went to a dinner and dance event at the St. Patrick Recreational Hall on Main Street, upon the invitation of one of his Fili... | In Vancouver-Kingsway, David Emerson's old riding, the Conservatives aren't considered to really be in the running; the real competition is between the Liberal's Wendy Yuan and the NDP's Don Davies with Green's darkhorse candidate presumed to be not in the front. The history of the riding can, in some measure, be read ... |
In a sign the recession is spreading, private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in March, according to ADP’s national employment report released Wednesday. The decline was nearly 80,000 more than the average analyst forecast of 663,000 job losses and the largest monthly payroll decline since ADP began tracking such act... | According to the payroll services company ADP, United States private sector employers cut 742,000 jobs in in March. The figures were almost 80,000 more than the average analyst prediction of 663,000 losses. This is the largest monthly payroll decline since January 2001, when the ADP began tracking job activity. ADP als... |
Sylvie Eymard's Provence farmhouse kitchen should be the picture of French rural calm. But the stockpiles of bottled water, disinfectant rinse and disposable paper plates hint at something strange. For the past two weeks, Eymard, 41, and her children, 13 and seven, have had a phobia of taps. To wash up, they go out to ... | On July 7 and again on July 23, there were accidental leaks at the Tricastin Nuclear Power Center in France, which is a collection of sites in four different communes: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux and Pierrelatte in Drôme, and Bollène and Lapalud in Vaucluse. Along with two other minor incidents on July 18, it has prompte... |
California has been warned it could run out of cash by the end of February Cash-strapped California is to start notifying 20,000 state workers that they may lose their jobs. A spokesman for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger made the announcement after California lawmakers failed to approve a $40bn (£28.2bn) budget. Califo... | On Tuesday, the US state of California announced it is ready to notify approximately twenty thousand state workers that they are being laid off. The announcement was made by a spokesman for California's governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The cuts would begin at the start of the fiscal year on July 1. This comes after Cali... |
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Iraq will be allowed to participate in the Beijing games after the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday rescinded its suspension of the country's Olympic association. The decision came after last-minute talks during which an Iraqi government delegation pledged to hold free elections for it... | The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted a ban on Iraqi athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics. The IOC placed a ban on the country's participation on July 24 claiming a political influence within Iraq's national Olympic committee. This came after the Iraqi government's suspension of the National Ol... |
Columbia astronaut's son dies in F-16 crash in West Bank JERUSALEM — An F-16 fighter plane crash in the West Bank on Sunday killed its pilot, uniting Israel in grief for the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster. The single-seat warplane crashed in a remote hilly regio... | Assaf Ramon, the pilot of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet, was killed on Sunday after his plane crashed in the West Bank, according to officials. Ramon was the eldest son of Israel's astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was one of six people killed in the February 2003 Columbia space shuttle explosion. The pilot's plane smashed into ... |
Get information on education programs that could help you increase your earning power. Enlarge Randy Pausch family collection Randy Pausch hugs his wife, Jai, after his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. He lost his battle to cancer early Friday morning. He was 47. Enlarge Jai and Randy Pausch, and their child... | Randy Pausch Randy Pausch, professor of computer science, human-computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University has died at the age of 47. Pausch died from pancreatic cancer early this morning. He was born Randolph Frederick Pausch on October 23, 1960 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was kn... |
Boy carrying 5 bombs detained IDF forces apprehend a 15-year-old Palestinian boy carrying five pipe bombs at the Hawara roadblock south of the West Bank town of Nablus; "I looked into his eyes, he was on the brink of tears and scared to death,” soldier tells Ynet By Efrat Weiss TEL AVIV The boy, identified as Hassan Ha... | Hassan Hashash, a Palestinian aged 15, was detained by the Israeli military on Tuesday, April 12, at the Hawara checkpoint south of Nablus in the West Bank. Hashash had been hiding five explosive charges under a winter coat before attempting to ignite one in the presence of Israeli soldiers, the military said. In the s... |
Flooding has destroyed thousands of homes in and around Ouagadougou, the capital, prompting officials on Thursday to call for international help. Seven people have been killed and thousands of others have fled their homes in Burkina Faso after the heaviest rainfall there in 90 years. Simon Compaore, Ouagadougou's mayor... | According to the United Nations' humanitarian agency, severe flooding in Burkina Faso has affected over 100,000 people, following the country's heaviest rainfall for ninety years. Thousands of homes in the vicinity of Ouagadougou, the country's capital, have been destroyed by the waters. Officials requested internation... |
A goat's head was delivered to Wrigley Field on Wednesday addressed to Chicago Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, a team spokesman confirmed. No note was included, and it was turned over to Chicago police. "We got a call at 2:30 p.m., responding to 1060 West Addison, Wrigley Field," a Chicago Police Department spokesman said. "W... | Wrigley Field Wednesday at 2:30pm Chicago local time, a goat's head was delivered for owner at his office in . The head was dropped off at Gate K by the unidentified male driver of a van, reportedly not by a member of the . The were notified of the incident, and are investigating. The driver of the truck was recorded o... |
The Australian doesn't play nicely with your current browser. Please take a moment to upgrade to the latest version. ||||| SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt – Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was abruptly hospitalized Tuesday for heart problems during an investigation over allegations of corruption and violence against pro... | Ousted Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has been refused permission to leave the country for medical treatment in Germany after suffering a heart attack during questioning by prosecutors who allege he was involved in corruption and killings while in government. The former leader was transported to hospital this afterno... |
An alarm for heavy chemical pollution has been issued in the L'vov region, Ukraine, where yesterday evening a railway disaster led to a fire involving 15 containers of liquid yellow phosphor. (pictures at: http://www.vesti.ru/photo.html?id=130484 text in Russian). Podrobnosti.com.ua reports that the fire started when o... | An alarm for heavy chemical pollution has been issued in the Lviv region, Ukraine, where yesterday evening a railway disaster led to a fire involving 15 containers of liquid yellow phosphorus. Extinguishing the fire proved extremely difficult because water cannot be used: in contact with phosphorus, water creates poiso... |
The Arizona senator joined a list of high-profile Republicans, including Bob Corker, who have opted to retire amid the turmoil of Donald Trump’s presidency Arizona senator Jeff Flake on Tuesday launched an extraordinary attack against Donald Trump and the “complicity” of the Republican party while announcing his decisi... | Arizona Senator Jeff Flake announced on Tuesday he will not seek reelection when his term in the is up next year, citing issues within the United States Republican Party and with President Donald Trump, whose behavior he called "reckless, outrageous, and undignified." The Trump administration said Flake had poor suppor... |
Guergis faces RCMP probe Minister resigns from cabinet, saying past 9 months a 'very difficult time' Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces on Friday that Helena Guergis has resigned from cabinet. (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press) Prime Minister Stephen Harper announces on Friday that Helena Guergis has resigned from cabin... | Embattled Canadian junior cabinet minister Helena Guergis has resigned her cabinet post and has been ejected from caucus today in Ottawa amid recent scandals involving herself and her husband, disgraced former Member of Parliament (MP) Rahim Jaffer. Guergis, Conservative MP for Simcoe-Grey, held the position as Ministe... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The UN secretary-general says he is encouraged by efforts to find a permanent solution to the division of Cyprus. But Ban Ki-moon said more courage was needed after talks with Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat and Greek Cypriot President Demetris Chris... | File photo of Ban Ki-Moon. A UN buffer zone separates the two sections. A new set of talks are scheduled to attempt to reunite Cyprus, prompting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to say that a solution is "possible and within reach" when he arrived in the country yesterday for talks between Greek and Turkish-Cypriot lea... |
Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 MN4 Reaches Highest Score To Date On Hazard Scale Don Yeomans, Steve Chesley and Paul Chodas NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office December 23, 2004 A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertai... | NASA's Near Earch Object Program Office has recently announced that the asteroid named 2004 MN4, discovered last June, has the highest risk of earth impact to date. In the December 23 annoncement, NASA advised that the 400-meter wide asteroid has a 1 in 300 chance of colliding with earth. As scientists gather more data... |
Mrs Patil's backers say her election will be a boost to women Mrs Patil, 72, won nearly two-thirds of votes cast in state assemblies and in India's parliament, they said. The former governor of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan described her win as "a victory of the people". Mrs Patil's supporters say her election... | The President-elect when she was still the Governor of Rajasthan. Pratibha Patil has won the 12th Presidential Elections of the Republic of India, becoming the first woman president of the second most populous country in the world. Patil, 72, previously governor of the state of Rajasthan, had support from the governing... |
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was elected the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, promising to restore political normalcy and a spirit of national unity to confront raging health and economic crises, and making Donald J. Trump a one-term president after four years of tumult in the White House. Mr. Biden’s vic... | Former Vice President Joe Biden campaigning in 2019. Today, former Joe Biden was projected by multiple media outlets to have surpassed 270 delegate total and therefore become the 46th President of the United States elect. His running mate, Kamala Harris, would become the first female and first African- and Asian-Americ... |
Dr. Death, shown here in 1997 with WWE announcer Jim Ross The wrestling world has lost a legend, as it's sad to report that former UWF and All Japan Triple Crown champion Steve "Dr. Death" Williams lost his battle with cancer last night, passing away at the age of 49. We will have more details as we receive them and wo... | American has died aged 49. The retired wrestler died of cancer. Williams was suffering from throat cancer and underwent surgery in 2004. Williams, who originally trained up as an fighter started his career in 1979. He performed in several different promotions including , and . He held the with in WCW. For a short peri... |
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... | Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli Finance Minster has resigned from the cabinet Sunday to protest against the upcoming Israeli withdrawal from the and part of the according to a ministry spokesman. Netanyahu submitted a resignation letter to that he said counts as his vote against the pullout plan. He also told reporters, "I ... |
It's the political equivalent of a minefield. And on Wednesday, Stephen Harper waded straight into it with all guns blazing. The Prime Minister was forced to comment on the idea of Quebec as a distinct nation within Canada, after the Bloc Quebecois introduced a motion in the House of Commons calling on MPs to recognize... | The Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, announced at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday that he will recognize Quebecois as a nation within Canada, despite a similar Bloc Quebecois' motion. The separatist Bloc Quebecois (BQ) opposition party originally introduced the motion to recognize Quebec as a nation, without specifying in... |
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is touting the implementation of equipment related to its proposed satellite-based airplane navigation system known as NextGen in the Washington area. The agency said Tuesday that it has completed work related to the NextGen project in the Washington Metroplex, which covers the... | FAA Seal The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced on Sunday that a airspace upgrade for the Washington, D.C. metro area would be in place in time for the holiday travel week. The FAA said this will improve the efficiency of air travel in this area. Secretary said this upgrade highlights the difference the fe... |
Takeru Kobayashi, left, of Japan poses for photographs with last years hot dog eating champion Joey Chestnut, of San Jose, Calif., during the weigh in news conference for the Nathan's Famous International Hot Dog Eating Contest Thursday, July 3, 2008 in New York. The contest will take place Friday July 4, 2008 in the C... | Joey Chestnut in 2006. For the second year in a row, American competitive eater Joey Chestnut defeated his Japanese rival Takeru Kobayashi at the annual Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in New York City, after a tie forced a five hot dog eat-off to be held. After ten minutes of hot dog eating, two shorter than in previo... |
An extra 3,100 peacekeeping troops will be sent to Congo, the UN Security Council said today, even though rebels said they remained committed to a pullback from the front lines. There are currently 17,000 peacekeepers in the central African nation - the world's largest UN peacekeeping mission - but they have been unabl... | The United Nations Security Council has announced that it intends to send up to 3,085 more peacekeeping troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, despite a commitment from rebel forces to reduce their fighting. The UN stated that the troops will be deployed immediately, and kept in the Congo for at least the rest... |
The trains crossed on opposite sides of Korea Historic crossing The two trains - one travelling from the North and one from the South - each carried 150 invited passengers. South Korea hailed it as a landmark in relations between the two countries. But Thursday's crossing remains largely symbolic, the BBC's Charles Sca... | Diesel locomotive of the type that crossed from south to north For the first time in 56 years, two passenger trains crossed the border between North Korea and South Korea. Before today, no trains made the trip between the north and the south since the Korean War divided the once-unified Korea. Riding on rails built by ... |
Industries Microsoft Launches Ad Network With its own search-based ads, the software giant will challenge Google while phasing out ties to Yahoo. Microsoft on Monday launched an online advertising network linked to searches through MSN, challenging Google in the lucrative paid search field. The Redmond software giant i... | 300px Microsoft announced today the official launch of MSN '''adCenter''' in France and Singapore. '''adCenter''' allows advertisers to target specific demographics using information provided by Microsoft's Hotmail and Microsoft Passport Network users. "The launch of adCenter in France and Singapore is a great first st... |
High court reviews German man's conviction for killing, eating other man 12:04 AM EDT Apr 15 BERLIN (AP) - Germany's supreme court reviewed Wednesday prosecution demands for a life sentence for the man who killed and ate another man, while his defence argued his sentence should be cut to five years. The Federal Constit... | Yes, he carved up and ate another human being, but it was not without the victim’s express consent—so goes the defense of Armin Meiwes, known as the ‘German cannibal,’ following appeals by both sides, defense and prosecution, of the verdict. While Meiwes was convicted to 8 ½ years in prison for the manslaughter killing... |
(CNN) -- Gwar lead singer Dave Brockie died Sunday, his manager said Monday. Brockie was 50. "His body was found Sunday by his band mate at his home in Richmond, Virginia," Gwar manager Jack Flanagan said in a statement on the group's website. An autopsy will be done to determine why he died, Flanagan said. His heavy m... | Brockie as Oderus Urungus onstage in 2010. of rubber-costumed act was found dead in his , Virginia home late on Sunday. Better known by stage name Oderus Urungus, Brockie was 50. Founder, singer, leader, and occasional bassist of GWAR, Brockie's career stretches back to 1984. He and fellow art students formed what th... |
Stil uit Candy Shop van 50 Cent Popprofessor Tom ter Bogt onderzocht samen met twee studenten de invloed van ‘sexy’ videoclips op tieners. Meisjes blijken er gevoeliger voor te zijn dan jongens. Utrecht, 15 febr. „Welcome to the Candy Shop", zegt de vrouw tegen de rapper. Achter haar staan talloze schaars geklede vrouw... | Sexy video clips have a more negative influence on girls than on boys, says Dutch pop professor Tom ter Bogt. Ter Bogt investigated the influence of sexy video clips on the thoughts, behaviour and self-image of 13 to 16 year old children. After viewing the clips, girls felt that outward appearance was more important, t... |
Efforts to change the redistricting system in Illinois appeared dead Thursday, after a Democratic plan was defeated in the Illinois House and supporters abandoned a petition drive to put a Republican-supported constitutional amendment on the November ballot. The House voted 69-47 on largely partisan lines for the Democ... | Chamber of the Illinois House of Representatives in . The Illinois House of Representatives failed last Thursday to approve a Democratic Party-sponsored amendment to the state constitution's redistricting procedures, killing any hope of reforming the controversial process this year. The vote was 69–47, just two votes s... |
Miami of Ohio drops Michigan in 2OT Email Comments Share Associated Press FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Alden Hirschfeld made sure Miami of Ohio's season didn't end in overtime for a second straight season. Hirschfeld scored 1:54 into the second overtime to give the top-seeded RedHawks a 3-2 victory over Michigan in the NCAA Mid... | Miami of Ohio beat the Michigan Wolverines 3–2 at the finals of the NCAA Midwest regional ice hockey tournament Sunday night at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Miami sophomore forward Alden Hirschfeld scored at 1:54 into the second overtime when his shot from the top of the left face off ... |
SYDNEY, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Melbourne won their second A-League title in three years with a 1-0 win over Adelaide in Saturday's Australian grand final. Midfielder Tom Pondeljak scored the only goal with a long-range strike on the hour that decided a spiteful contest which ended with both teams reduced to 10 men. Adelaid... | Melbourne Victory has won the A-League Grand Final against Adelaide United at the Telstra Dome. Melbourne came into the match with a 6-0 (2-0, 4-0) win over Adelaide United in their two legged semi final. Adelaide United came into the match with a win against Queensland Roar in the preliminary final. The A-League uses ... |
#K-pop livestreaming concerts K-pop concerts go online in time of pandemic Tens of thousands of fans from across the globe simultaneously cheered and applauded in the safety of their own homes when their favorite K-pop boy band, SuperM, appeared on the s... #royal tombs Walkways at Joseon Dynasty royal tomb sites open ... | According to South Korea-based Yonhap News service, and the Associated Press, North Korea has announced that it has successfully conducted its first nuclear test. Location of a 4.2 earthquake, allegedly caused by the nuclear test. North Korea first announced it possessed nuclear weapons in 2005, though because it had n... |
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Baseball home-run king Barry Bonds used steroids to fuel his success and then lied about it, prosecutors said on Thursday in charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice. Barry Bonds watches from the dugout as the San Francisco Giants play the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Septemb... | Baseball home-run leader Barry Bonds was indicted today in the United States District Court in San Francisco, California. The charges of perjury and obstruction of justice stem from Bonds's testimony that he did not knowingly take steroids to a grand jury during the BALCO scandal. Barry Bonds Evidence was allegedly obt... |
To the Editor: I couldn’t believe what I was reading June 3, when I read your article on the first page of your newspaper that the Cub Scout/ Boy Scout Troop in Crystal Lake h ... Read More » To the Editor: In the aftermath of the tragic tornados in Oklahoma, isn’t there something that can be done to stall tornadoes. W... | Kyle McDevitt, a seven-year-old, second grade boy at Dennis Township Primary School in New Jersey, was suspended for one day after drawing an image of one stick figure person shooting another. The drawing depicted two stick figures, one labeled as 'me' by McDevitt and the other was labeled with the name of another stud... |
The Flybe Q400 was travelling from Manchester Airport The Flybe Bombardier Q400 had 36 people on board when crew members were forced to shut down one of its two turboprop engines on Monday morning. The airport was put on full emergency alert after the plane's captain put out an emergency call at 0740 BST. The plane, wh... | A Q400 similar to the one that made the emergency landing A Flybe, , had to make an emergency landing at in Scotland after it had engine troubles on its scheduled flight from Manchester. Thirty-six passengers were onboard flight BE7220 when the captain made the call to at approximately 07:40 BST. The captain was forced... |
The Governments of Bulgaria and Hungary as EU Member States, the Government of Croatia as an EU candidate country negotiating on accession, all three countries neighbouring Serbia, have agreed to issue the following statement with regard to their forthcoming national decisions on the recognition of Kosovo: • The declar... | Serbians protesting against Kosovan independence on February 21, 2008. Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary, all of which border Serbia, announced in a joint statement Wednesday that they will recognize Kosovo as an independent state. "The decision on the recognition of Kosovo is based on thorough consideration," the statemen... |
The apparent suicide of a 38-year-old Japanese venture capitalist has added a sinister aura to the investigation into the dealings of Takafumi Horie, the brash Internet entrepreneur at the center of a drama that has roiled stock markets. The body of Hideaki Naguchi, a former executive with Horie’s multibillion-dollar L... | Hideaki Noguchi, 38, a close aide to Livedoor president Takafumi Horie was found bleeding in a hotel bed with cuts to his wrists on Wednesday in Naha, the capital of the southern prefecture of Okinawa. He was later confirmed dead and the police suspect that he committed suicide. Hideo Sawada, the president of HS Securi... |
1442: Heba, from Cairo, writes: "I live in a building that overlooks the city, there is a big crowd, and perhaps more than a thousand people are marching. I haven't seen any scenes of violence. It's been quite civilised so far, although this is my first revolution! The police have used quite a bit of tear gas and I can... | Hosni Mubarak. Hosni Mubarak has stepped down as the president of Egypt, handing control of the country to the armed forces. Mubarak stepped down after eighteen days of mass protests across the country. "In these difficult circumstances that the country is passing through, President Hosni Mubarak has decided to leave t... |
printer friendly format FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 16, 2009 GOVERNOR PATERSON ANNOUNCES LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION Marriage Equality Legislation Will End Legal Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples Bill Recognizes Fundamental Civil Right of Marriage Governor David A. Paterson today introduced landmark civil ... | New York's governor David Paterson introduced a bill Thursday into the state legislature to legalize marriage between same-sex couples, although it appears to lack the necessary support in the state senate. Governor of New York David Paterson. "For too long, the gay and lesbian communities have been told their rights a... |
"In some cases, children were wrongly removed; in other cases, they were removed for good reason; in other cases, they were given up; and in other cases, the judgment on the removal is obscure or difficult to make." Mr Howard warned that an apology also ran the risk of people thinking they had now "ticked the box" on a... | File Photo of John Howard. Former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard has criticised the Rudd Labor government for apologising to the Stolen Generations in parliament last month. Mr Howard was prime minister before the election last year. Mr Howard's successor, opposition leader and leader of the Liberal party, Bren... |
Newport Chemical Depot (NECD) Newport, Indiana The nerve agent VX stockpiled at the Newport Chemical Depot in Indiana is stored in 1,690 steel ton containers commonly known as "TCs". These containers are designed specifically for the maintenance, storage, and transportation of bulk chemical agent. The Newport Chemical ... | Testing began on a chemical reactor at the Newport Chemical Depot near Terre Haute, Indiana on Friday morning. If successful, the reactor will be put to use destroying the large VX nerve gas stockpiles stored at the facility over the course of the next two years. After the disposal project experienced several delays, ... |
ABC News White House Accuses Gore of Hypocrisy White House Accuses Gore of Hypocrisy, Defends NSA Domestic Surveillance Program By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON Jan 17, 2006 (AP) The White House accused former Vice President Al Gore of hypocrisy Tuesday for his assertion that President Bush broke the law by eavesdropping o... | In a forceful speech Monday, former Vice President Al Gore criticized the use of unwarranted domestic wiretaps by the National Security Agency. Gore called the wiretapping program, which the White House insists is vital to the defense of America, "a threat to the very structure of our government" and urged the Attorney... |
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