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Birthday trip boy drowns at Bolton Abbey 5:15pm Sunday 6th June 2010 A boy who was celebrating his eighth birthday drowned yesterday despite an underwater rescue attempt in the River Wharfe. People attempted in vain to save Aaron Page when he went into water, which is about 25ft deep, near a footbridge at Bolton Abbey.... | Last weekend, an eight-year-old boy died after falling into the in , England. The river is known for its depth and strong undercurrent. The accident took place on Aaron Page's birthday, following celebrations with over twenty family members. Page made his way to the river near around 3pm (1400 ) on Saturday; his brothe... |
The US branch of RDFRS is officially deemed to have come into existence on 20th April 2006, which is the date it came into existence as a company, and long before it was approved as a charity. This means that any US taxpayer who has ever donated money to RDFRS is entitled to apply to the IRS for a tax refund.For more d... | Richard Dawkins The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science was recently approved as a charitable foundation in the United States. Started by biologist Richard Dawkins in April 2006, the IRS has approved the foundation's effective date of the tax-exemption as 20 April 2006. As a result, the donors who gave mo... |
The couple are looking forward to a belated Christmas dinner A woman who left her remote home in the Scottish Highlands to buy a turkey for Christmas has finally been able to get back home - 30 days after she set out. Heavy snow meant it was not possible for Kay Ure to get back to Cape Wrath after a shopping trip to In... | Cape Wrath from the sea in 2007 A Scottish woman who set out before Christmas to purchase a turkey finally made it home on Monday, after being cut off by snow for a month. Kay Ure left the Lighthouse Keeper's cottage on Cape Wrath, at the very northwest tip of Great Britain, in December. She was heading to Inverness o... |
Alberto Granado, pictured at home in Havana in 2007, was invited to Cuba by Guevara in the early 1960s [EPA] Alberto Granado, the motorcycling companion of iconic revolutionary Che Guevara, has died in Havana at the age of 88, according to Cuban state media. Granado had lived in Cuba since the early 1960s after being i... | Alberto Jiménez in 2007 Alberto Granado Jiménez, the Argentinian biochemist who was 's companion on his transformative motorcycle trip through South America, died in on Saturday, reported Cuban state television. He was 88 and died of natural causes. The politically active Jiménez met Ernesto "Che" Guevara, then a medic... |
UK and Netherlands to sue Iceland over lost deposits Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Continue reading the main story Related Stories The UK and Dutch governments are preparing court action against Iceland to recover 4bn euros (£3.5bn) lost when the country's bank system collapsed. It follo... | Coat of arms of Iceland Results from Iceland's referendum on Saturday show that Icelanders overwhelmingly voted "no" on a government-approved plan to repay Britain and the Netherlands billions of euros lost in Iceland's 2008 bank crash. In Sunday's final results almost 60 percent rejected the deal, with the voting turn... |
Mr Ansari became Camden's mayor in May 2009 A London mayor has been suspended from his post after being arrested on suspicion of benefit fraud. Camden Mayor Omar Faruque Ansari, 55, was led from the north London borough's town hall by police on Monday. He was questioned at Holborn police station over claims that he was... | File photo of Camden Town Hall, where the mayor was arrested yesterday. The mayor of the London Borough of Camden, England, was arrested yesterday on suspicion of benefit fraud. Omar Faruque Ansari was taken from Camden Town Hall by police to Holborn police station over allegations that he was wrongfully claiming disab... |
"The Iranian navy has the ability to launch the most rapid and crushing strike on the enemies," Commander of Iran's first Naval zone Fariborz Qaderpanah told FNA, stressing tight cooperation and coordination between the Navy forces of the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' (IRGC). "To ensure secur... | Iran has warned Israel that an invasion of its country will be met with strong defense. The response follows a report by the ''The London Times'' that the Israeli military was prepared to strike Iranian nuclear facilities and the order to strike could come within days. "Iran's military mechanism is comprised of both de... |
Restaurants » Dining options in Myrtle Beach and in neighboring towns like North Myrtle Beach, Surfside Beach and Murrells Inlet are vast and varied. The Myrtle Beach restaurant scene offers a mix of cuisines, including Vietnamese, Indian-fusion, classic steakhouse, innovative Italian and of course, seafood. The ever-g... | The slow moving, and wavering between hurricane status and tropical storm Ophelia, crawled up the U.S. coastline from northern Florida on what appears to be a track for landfall on Thursday near Cape Lookout, North Carolina on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Ophelia gained some strength to a Category 1 hurricane ove... |
0.3 to Watson, 87.1 mph, gone! Sidebottom strikes! Watson flashes at a short and widish ball, flies off the top edge to Kieswetter, who can't quite hold on, bounces off his gloves and Swann takes the rebound! Massive breakthrough for England. 2/1 2.1 to Haddin, 87.8 mph, Sidebottom strikes again! Australia lose another... | have defeated in the final of the to win the tournament. England won by 7 wickets at the , , Barbados to lift the World Cup. A 111 run partnership between , the man of the match and , the man of the tournament, helped them in chasing down the target of 148 runs set by Australia. England won the toss and opted to . Aust... |
Israel dropped thousands of cluster munitions during a 2006 war in Lebanon [GALLO/GETTY] Countries from around the world have banned the use of current designs of cluster bombs in a treaty human rights workers have described as a "monumental achievement". Factfile Cluster bombs Delegations from 111 countries formally a... | Today, representatives of 111 countries have adopted a formal ban on . The ban is to be signed and ratified by each country during December 2-3 in , Norway, the country that initiated the discussions on the ban. Following almost two weeks of negotiations, the ban was agreed upon at a ceremony held in , Ireland. Signato... |
TAIPEI: At least 17 people were dead and 132 others injured after a train derailed on Taiwan's east coast on Sunday afternoon (Oct 21), authorities said. The train, Puyuma Express 6432, was travelling from Taitung and derailed near Yilan county near the coast, on a railway popular among tourists. Advertisement Authorit... | At around 4:50 p.m. local time (0850 UTC) on Sunday, at least eighteen passengers were killed and, by varying reports, more than another 170 injured after a train derailed in in northeast Taiwan. It was the most deaths in a train crash in Taiwan in 27 years. The was transporting 366 people when the accident occurred, a... |
Scores of public buildings were closed in Mexico City in a bid to contain the illness [AFP] Scores of public buildings were closed in Mexico City in a bid to contain the illness [AFP] Jose Angel Cordova told a news conference on Friday that the rate of deaths appeared to be slowing and there were no plans to seal the c... | According to Mexican health officials, an epidemic of swine flu has killed at least 68 people and infected a further one thousand inside the country. Mexican health minister José Ángel Córdova said that the casualty rate appeared to be slowing down, and that there would be no plans to block off Mexican borders. “We’re ... |
Water tractor beam created by Australian scientists in world first Updated Australian scientists have created the world's first water tractor beam which they hope can be used to clean up oil spills. Physicists at the Australian National University have created certain wave patterns in water that pull objects on the sur... | Physicists at the Australian National University have created a tractor beam in water. A research team from the have generated complex driven by three-dimensional s. Their results show possibility of remote manipulation of objects and were published in this Sunday. As Dr Horst Punzmann told ABC, "A is a popular term wh... |
The mayor of Quebec City has died in hospital. Andrée Boucher, 70, was taken by ambulance to Laval Hospital from her home in Sainte-Foy Friday morning suffering from a heart attack. Quebec City Mayor Andrée Boucher acknowledges a standing ovation as she is recognized in the House of Commons on Dec. 7, 2006. (Canadian P... | Andrée Boucher Quebec City Mayor Andrée Boucher was pronounced dead on Friday at age 70. She was found unconscious at her home from what was reported to be heart failure, although the cause of death is expected to be confirmed by autopsy. Jacques Joli-Coeur was designated interim mayor. Boucher became Quebec City's may... |
WASHINGTON – Buddy Roemer watched one of the recent Republican presidential debates from a television studio in New York City, tweeting answers to questions asked of the candidates. The former Louisiana governor, a GOP presidential candidate himself, longs to face off against his better-known opponents, but he wasn't i... | Roemer in June 2011. U.S. Republican Party presidential candidate and former of Louisiana took some time to answer a few questions from ''Wikinews'' reporter William S. Saturn. Roemer served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1980s as a member of the Democratic Party. He was governor as a Democrat ... |
Ten days ago the political class devoured every available detail about the American elections. Results from across the Atlantic were reported and analysed with barely less attention than our own general elections. Thousands of words were expended examining the implications for the 2008 presidential race and on assessin... | François Hollande—partner and party leader Royal is now a leading candidate to succeed Jacques Chirac in May 2007. She was elected yesterday by over 100,000 activists after a moderate, and some say Blairite, campaign. In the early hours of Friday morning, the result of a vote by members of the French Socialist Party (P... |
Login Enter your details below to login If you are an existing member of The Times and The Sunday Times enjoying the full benefits of thetimes.co.uk, then simply enter your Times+ login details below and press 'Enter' Enter your details to login Email address Password Keep me logged in information Keeps you logged in f... | A British Royal Navy commander was reprimanded on Monday by a court martial, after pleading guilty to "failing to ensure the safe direction" of the submarine HMS ''Superb''. Commander Steven Drysdale was in charge of the nuclear-powered submarine in May 2008, when it struck a rock pinnacle 132 metres below the surface.... |
AUGUSTA, Maine -- Gov. John Baldacci on Thursday signed into law a bill to make Maine the last of the New England states to legally protect gays and lesbians from discrimination, but within hours an evangelical group launched a campaign to erase the measure from the books. ADVERTISEMENT "This act not only offers essent... | The new law takes effect June 30 in the state of Maine (highlighted). With the stroke of a pen, Gov. John Baldacci of Maine signed into law a gay rights bill that extended legal protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The new law does not legalize same-sex marriage. Known officially as "LD... |
It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since January 27, when a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-packed car outside a hospital in the Iraqi capital, killing 31 people. Violence in Iraq is down from its peak in 2006 and 2007, but attacks remain common, killing 151 people in January. Police said the suicide bomber was... | A in the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday has killed at least eighteen people, all of whom were either police officers or cadets. has cited the death toll as nineteen. At least 26 injuries have also been reported as a result of the incident. According to police, the perpetrator detonated his car as police recruits exite... |
WASHINGTON In trying to assemble a bipartisan package to jolt the slumping economy, the White House and Congress have turned to familiar tools that experts say have worked in the past. But there is also a lively debate among economists about which measures will best accomplish the goal. The favorite template for addr... | George Bush making the speech George W. Bush, the president of the United States has suggested an economic growth package that could be worth almost 1% of the United States' GDP (the US GDP is appoximately US$15 trillion). The package is expected to come in the form of tax cuts. In a speech which took place yesterday M... |
By Lolita C. Baldor DENVER - Lt. Daniel Zimmerman, an infantry platoon leader in Iraq, puts a blog on the Internet every now and then “to basically keep my friends and family up to date” back home. It just got tougher to do that for Zimmerman and a lot of other U.S. soldiers. No more using the military’s computer syste... | The Department of Defense seal The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that access to popular high-bandwidth websites, including user-generated content sites like MySpace and YouTube, will be blocked on military computers. The block takes effect on Monday and will apply worldwide for all military personnel using D... |
Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, the top spokesman for the United States military here, sounded a cautious note on Wednesday at a briefing in which he provided his own assessment of the security plan’s first month. “We know that there has been a decrease in violence, but things still need to get better,” he said. “We ... | Map of Iraq Iraqi Brigadier General Qassim Atta al-Mussawi reported that ''Operation Law and Order'' (Arabic: ''Fardh Al-Qanoon'') has been successful in curbing violence in the capital. Coalition forces have swept through various Baghdad neighborhoods in the past few months. Atta, a spokesperson for the operation cite... |
As a follow-up to the successful project Orange's "Elephants Dream", the Blender Foundation will initiate another open movie project. Again a couple of the best 3D artists and developers in the Blender community will be invited to come together to work in Amsterdam on completing a short 3D animation movie. The creative... | ''Elephants Dream'' was the first "open source movie" produced with 3D modeling tool Blender. The film is available under a Creative Commons Attribution license and received mixed reactions. The Blender Foundation, which maintains the open source 3D tool Blender, has announced two new projects, codenamed ''Peach'' and ... |
Strong Black Vote Gives Obama SC Win WASHINGTON (AP) — Landslide margins among black voters powered Barack Obama to his win Saturday in South Carolina's Democratic presidential primary, allowing him to overcome the telling edge Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards had among whites. Blacks made up 55 percent of the v... | Obama campaigning in South Carolina. Barack Obama has won the South Carolina Democratic primary, with 55 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton came in second with 27 percent of the vote, while John Edwards was third with 18 percent. "Tonight, the cynics who believed that what began in the snows of Iowa was just an illus... |
A six-year-old girl was killed and her mother and two-year-old brother were in a critical condition last night after a bear attacked the family at a campsite in the Appalachian mountains. The black bear invaded the campsite in Tennessee on Tuesday, picking up the boy in its mouth while the mother and others present use... | Map highlighting Tennessee. A six-year-old girl was killed after a black bear attacked her. Her mother and two-year-old brother, also attacked, were critically injured. The nearly 400-pound bear attacked the family when they were staying at Chilwoee Campground located within the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee. T... |
Police break up terrorist cell, arrest suspects by Patrick Gillett - Australian Federal police have arrested a group in Melbourne suspected of plotting a terrorist attack. The arrests came after raids at 19 addresses at around 2:00am. Police say that the group was trying to blow up an army barracks. Police beleive that... | Melbourne CBD Australian Federal Police have caught four people suspected of plotting a terrorist attack in Melbourne. The suspects, all Australian citizens of Somali and Lebanese descent, were arrested early this morning Melbourne time. "Police believe members of a Melbourne-based group have been undertaking planning ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The Speaker of the House of Commons has been challenged by MPs to stand down in unprecedented scenes in the chamber. Michael Martin did not mention his future in a statement on the expenses furore - instead he set out proposed action to reform the system. He... | The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP, the Speaker of the British House of Commons, faces a vote of no confidence this week. This motion will be launched by Tory Douglas Carswell MP. Martin addressed the House of Commons at 15:30 BST (14:30 UTC). The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP in 2008Speaker Martin has faced m... |
Photo: CENTRAL NEWS Frances Inglis, 57, was given a life sentence for killing her 22-year-old son Tom after he sustained severe head injuries when he fell out of a moving ambulance. Tom's brother, Alex, speaking outside court, praised his mother for her "loving and courageous act" and called for a review of the law for... | A woman has been convicted of murder after killing her son in an "act of mercy". The Old Bailey, a London court, heard that Frances Inglis, 57, injected Tom, 22, with heroin and gave her a life sentence. Old Bailey Tom had been injured in a street fight in July 2007 and was put in an ambulance depite his desire not to ... |
The Pentagon is not preparing a pre-emptive attack on Iran in spite of an increase in bellicose rhetoric from Washington, according to senior officers. Admiral William Fallon, head of Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, told the Financial Times that while dealing with Iran was a “cha... | Location of Iran A top US commander said yesterday that the United States is not planning a preemptive attack on Iran despite increasing rhetoric from Washington, D.C. The United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice also denied that an attack was imminent, stating that there is no Congressional authorization for ... |
Microsoft’s decision to walk away casts a cloud of uncertainty over Yahoo and its shareholders. The breakdown in the talks is likely to send Yahoo’s shares plunging, and Mr. Yang and his team will have to decide how to placate investors. The company has been exploring alternatives to a marriage with Microsoft, includin... | 150px Microsoft has announced it is dropping its bid to acquire one of their Internet competitors, Yahoo!, after a three-month courting effort by Microsoft. Steve Ballmer Microsoft chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer notified Yahoo! chief executive officer, chairman and co-founder, Jerry Yang via a letter that Micro... |
Liberal member Don Randall brought a life-sized cut out of Kevin Rudd into the chamber. WHEN the PM went away, Australian democracy was at play, with Parliament disintegrating into a high-farce shambles. Anarchy reigned during yesterday's first Friday sitting of Parliament facetiously dubbed by some as the RDO or Rud... | Discontent with parliament having to sit on a Friday without question time, the Australian opposition parties (comprising the Liberal/National coalition) vowed to continue disrupting Friday sittings until the government bows to its demands. The vow follows a sitting on Friday where the House of Representatives descende... |
Australia has revoked the Games visas issued for the Sierra Leoneans Another six from the African nation, detained by police on Monday, have been told they can stay in Australia pending an application for refugee status. Thirteen athletes are still missing after the Games finished on Sunday. Three of the Sierra Leonean... | Twelve athletes from Sierra Leone, who disappeared from the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne last week, have been granted bridging visas by Australia's Department of Immigration. The group have been released into the Sydney community. Three of the Sierra Leoneans say they face forced female circumcision if they go back.... |
By DAVE OPIYO and DAN OBIERO The British students at the centre of the swine flu debate left as discretely as they had arrived — well, almost. At least six, who had been quarantined at a Kisumu hotel after one of their colleagues tested positive for swine flu have left the country. The group, part of a larger team of 3... | The 34 British medical students who had been quarantined due to A(H1N1) flu virus in the Kenyan lakeside town of Kisumu were transported to the capital city of Nairobi amid tight police security on Sunday. Kisumu west of Nairobi The students, who have completed their courses of Tamiflu, are expected to fly back to the ... |
Personalise your news Help Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! Pick your News ||||| Bluetongue is transmitted by the Culicoides imicola midge Deputy chief vet There have been nearly 3,000 cases in Northern Europe since July, which had fuelled fears of its UK ar... | The first ever case of Bluetongue disease has been reported in the UK. The case involves a cow at a farm near Ipswich, Suffolk. Bluetongue affects ruminants such as sheep and cows, but is not known to affect humans. It is sometimes fatal, depending on the animals affected, and presently has no treatment. The disease wa... |
A jury took just 45 minutes today to clear two teenagers of plotting to carry out a Columbine-style massacre at their school, prompting claims that the prosecution was a waste of public money. Matthew Swift, 18, and Ross McKnight, 16, were accused of orchestrating an attack on pupils and teachers at Audenshaw High Scho... | Two teenagers in the United Kingdom have been acquitted of planning a high school massacre similar to the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in the United States. Police and the Crown Prosecution Service have been criticised for bringing the case to trial. Matthew Swift, 18, and Ross McKnight, 16, were cleared of accu... |
July 2, 2008 - 10:28PM Egypt has closed its border with the Gaza Strip after hundreds of Palestinians stormed it and clashed with police a day after the border was temporarily reopened. Angry crowds, who have been waiting for hours to be allowed to pass through the Rafah crossing, swept through the checkpoint and enter... | Satellite photo of the Gaza Strip (2005)The border between Egypt and the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has closed again after Palestinians attacked the border. The border opened again on Tuesday, but after Wednesday's events, was once again closed. Egypt had opened the border to allow people stranded on either side to go... |
Bangladesh has unblocked Facebook after officials said the US-based website had agreed to remove caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and "obnoxious" images of the country's leaders. Dhaka blocked the site a week ago, angered by the content. Last month Pakistan briefly blocked all access to Facebook in the run-up to "Ev... | 180px After a week's block, the social networking website Facebook is finally back in Bangladesh. Facebook was blocked by local authorities in Bangladesh after some "offensive" content of local politicians were uploaded and one man was arrested. The block was lifted 23:58 local time (17:58 ). According to ''BDNews24.co... |
MANILA, Philippines — ABS-CBN shut down on Tuesday evening its radio and television operations nationwide in compliance with an order from the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which had turned its back on a commitment it made to Congress that it would give a provisional license to the broadcast giant. The ... | Following the expiry of broadcast corporation 's legislative franchise, the Philippine government issued a cease and desist order dated yesterday, forcing the shut-down of broadcasting operations by the company. Later in the evening, the network signed off and went off-air. The last time the Philippine government order... |
On the morning Jackson died, Murray tried to induce sleep without using propofol, according to the affidavit. He said he gave Jackson valium at 1:30 a.m. When that didn't work, he said, he injected lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m. At 3 a.m., when Jackson was still awake, Murray administered midazolam. But Murray told ... | Michael Jackson According to ''The Times'', Michael Jackson was the victim of a homicide. The Los Angeles County Coroner has concluded Jackson died from a lethal overdose of sedatives. It has been revealed that Jackson was probably killed by an overdose of propofol. His doctor, Conrad Murray, is under investigation for... |
The Shia-dominated United Iraqi Alliance won almost half the vote The party, which won the 30 January election with 48% of the vote, was allocated 140 seats. The Kurdish parties, which came second in the poll, have 75 seats and interim PM Iyad Allawi's party gets 40 seats. The new 275-seat National Assembly will now ha... | How the new assembly stands Final figures from Baghdad today showed that the Shia United Iraqi Alliance has won a slight majority in the new Iraqi National Assembly. The party took 140 out of the 275 seats in the Assembly. The major opposition party will be the ''Kurdish Alliance'', which took 75 seats. The third large... |
'Dr. Dino' guilty on all counts Couple could get more than 200 years Pensacola evangelist and tax protester Kent Hovind winked at his wife and gave her a reassuring smile as he was led away to jail. Jo Hovind clutched the necktie he had been wearing. She kept her eyes on her husband until he was out of sight. A 12-pers... | Evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife, Jo, was found guilty on all counts of tax fraud concerning merchandise and amusement park admission sales. The trial began at United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida on Tuesday October 18, 2006, and prosecutors rested their case against Hovind on November 1... |
Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne raised nearly $1 million for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program over a two-day period after cleaning out his garage and allowing fans and collectors to bid on some memorable merchandise. The auction, held on Friday and Saturday, featured several items that were featured on the hit r... | ''USS Missouri'' on March 9, 2004. American heavy metal performer Ozzy Osbourne, who became famous as the lead vocalist for Black Sabbath and later as a solo act, has raised more than US$800,000 for The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, founded by his spouse Sharon Osbourne at the Cedars Sinai Hospital, by auctioni... |
In February when Dell launched IdeaStorm as forum for customers to contribute ideas for product offerings, we received overwhelming feedback that customers wanted Linux on desktops and notebooks. As part of an overall effort to update our Linux program, today we are announcing a partnership with Canonical to offer Ubun... | OpenOffice running on Ubuntu 7.04. Dell Inc. (Dell) announced Tuesday that, due to public demand, they will be offering an alternative to Microsoft Windows on a selection of their desktop and laptop computers. Dell will partner with Canonical Ltd. to pre-install the recently released Ubuntu 7.04 distribution of the Lin... |
Exclusive: shark attack victim speaks By Shaun Fewings National Nine News Eric Nerhus' account of his extraordinary brush with death is chilling. The 41-year-old abalone diver said the 3m creature came from nowhere in the cold murky water and in a flash, its jaws had engulfed his head and shoulders. "Half my body was i... | A great white shark. diver Eric Nerhus is recovering in hospital after being attacked by a 10-foot-long while scuba diving off , south of Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday. Forty one year-old Nerhus said he was diving near the shore in murky waters, when the shark grabbed him by the head, crushing his diving mask. Nerhus f... |
Brazilian comedian Goncalves dies at 101 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian actress and comedian Dercy Goncalves, known for her vulgar wit and scandalous behavior, has died. She was 101. Rio de Janeiro's Hospital Sao Lucas says Goncalves died Saturday of respiratory problems after being hospitalized the same day with p... | Dercy Gonçalves: 1907 - 2008 Brazilian and actress has died at the age of 101. Gonçalves died of on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was born Dolores Gonçalves Costa on June 23, 1907 in , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In her 80-year long career, Gonçalves has worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, ... |
News 'Excessive' Sanctions For Tehran Opposed By Combined Reports Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that Russia opposed "excessive" sanctions against its economic partner Iran, as the UN Security Council prepared to debate sanctions meant to curtail Tehran's uranium-enrichment program. Lavrov also stressed ... | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran has stated today that if the United Nations proceeds with imposing sanctions on the country or force them to halt their uranium enrichment, they will proceed with "illegal actions," but it was not clear if those actions meant moving towards a nuclear bomb or not. "Until today, what we have d... |
Thursday, May 5, 2005 Forthcoming Mac OS X 10.4.1 Update addresses Tiger issues By AppleInsider Staff Published: 10:15 AM EST The first stable builds of a maintenance and security update to Apple's recently released Tiger operating system are being passed around the company's Cupertino headquarters, AppleInsider has le... | In chatrooms and on bulletin boards, Macintosh users and the Macintosh-curious are buzzing about Tiger, the newest version of Apple Computer's Mac OS X, version 10.4. The open-source kernel, or base of the system, "Darwin", plus all the features of Apple's proprietary Quartz user interface features, software, and syste... |
An expanded American footprint would also increase Mr. Obama’s entanglement with an Afghan government widely viewed as corrupt and illegitimate. Multiplying allegations of fraud in the Aug. 20 presidential election have left Washington with little hope for a credible partner in the war once the results are final. The l... | With the War in Afghanistan approaching its eighth year, the newly appointed U.S. ground commander in Afghanistan, General (Gen.) Stanley McChrystal, is making his case for a new strategy in the recent submission of classified recommendations to U.S. President Barack Obama. A focal point for discussion is Gen. McChryst... |
Today in Italy Special service by AGI on behalf of the Italian Prime Minister's office POPE: LAST MESSAGE, "I AM HAPPY, YOU BE HAPPY, TOO" (AGI) - Vatican, April 2 - Pope John Paul II has written a message addressed to his collaborators. It reads, "I am happy, you be happy, too. Let's pray together with joy, I entrust ... | Stock image of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican '''John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) 1920-2005''' After months of failing health, ''His Holiness'' Pope John Paul II passed away today, April 2, at 9:37 p.m. local time (19:37 UTC). He was 84 years old. An email message to journalists from the spokesman Joaquin Navarro-V... |
Leading Shiite cleric says new Iraq must embrace Islamic law By Steven Komarow, USA TODAY BAGHDAD A high-ranking Shiite cleric who helped a coalition of religious parties to apparent victory in Iraq's elections eight days ago said Sunday that the new constitution must embody Islamic law. Iraqi Shiite Muslims chant re... | '''February 7, 2005''' Iraq Iraq – With a strong lead in a pre-weekend partial report, Shi'a leaders have begun making known their interests in a Shiite Prime Minister. Others have spoken of the negotiations for the constitution. Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Ishaq al-Fayad is quoted saying the separation of religion and st... |
Aftermath of the attack Taleban insurgents have attacked a police post in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, killing at least 11 policemen, an official has said. The attack took place in the Arghandab district on Sunday night. Police vehicles and weapons were also seized by the attackers, the senior police offic... | Eleven policemen have been killed after members of the Taliban attacked a group of police Arghandab region of Afghanistan. The attack, which took place yesterday evening, also resulted in the Taliban taking many of the weapons used by the police. The police chief in the area commented on the incident. "At least 11 Afgh... |
Hamas is committed to unilateral truce Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/8/2005 Just few hours before the quartet summit, the Palestinian Islamic resistance movement ( Hamas) announced it is committed to a unilateral truce "to test the Israeli intention" hours before a conference in Sharm al-Sheikh between the Palestinians... | Israeli and Palestinian flags Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palesinian President Mahmoud Abbas today declared an end to military and violent activities against each other. The two leaders made the expected announcement at a summit held at Shram el-Sheikh, Egypt, the first such meeting between the two sides in... |
The University of Maine's Student Government may pursue legal action against the band My Chemical Romance. After canceling Saturday night's show, Student Government sent the band two letters demanding compensation for costs incurred. These costs include advertising, money paid to outside contractors and cancellation fe... | Gerard Way at Big Day Out. According to a University of Maine student government representative, the university may file a lawsuit against rock band My Chemical Romance due to a cancelled show. The band cited health concerns for drummer Bob Bryar in the cancellation notification on Thursday, but played a show on the pr... |
Vanuatu PM Natapei ousted in no confidence vote Mr Natapei briefly lost his post in 2009 over a failure to give notice of an absence from parliament Continue reading the main story Related stories The prime minister of Vanuatu, Edward Natapei, has been ousted by a vote of no confidence in parliament while out of the co... | Natapei had previously lost his seat due to a paperwork error in 2009 The of Vanuatu has lost his seat after a motion of . was ousted after the vote, passed at 30 votes to 15, took place in parliament. Natapei was out of the country at the time of the vote, attending a climate change summit in , Mexico. The vote took p... |
New train service gets underway THE FIRST train on the new Grand Central rail link to London left the North-East a minute late today - thanks to the media. A smattering of rail enthusiasts joined staff, a small number of passengers and a posse of regional journalists on the 6.46am service from Sunderland station, calli... | British Rail Class 43 number 43067 leads the first service into London King's Cross Route of the new service. Grand Central Railway have today launched a new train service between London King's Cross and Sunderland in the north east of England. The first service arrived in London shortly before 1030 UTC. The company ha... |
Mystery missile launch reported off California coast Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Pentagon officials say they cannot explain reports of a missile launch off the coast of California on Monday. A CBS News helicopter captured what looked like the vapour trail of a missile rising from the w... | An example of a contrail, following a missile launch in 2008 U.S. military officials said on Tuesday they did not know what produced a contrail, or vapor trail, caught on tape the day before by Los Angeles, California television station . is investigating the incident but does not consider it a threat to U.S. security.... |
A team of South Korean scientists say they have found a way to produce the human body's own cancer-killing cells through gene therapy, offering new hope to cancer sufferers. The team said they had found that a gene called Vitamin D3 Upregulated Protein 1 (VDUP1) plays a crucial role in directing stem cells to diversify... | Human Genetics A has been discovered that turns into killers, promising new treatments that boost the body's ability to destroy tumors. scientists from the in Daejeon say that the gene, (VDUP1), spurs stem cells to become . These components of the can eliminate virus-infected and cancerous cells. Research leader Inpyo ... |
The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday decided to postpone the January 8 polls to February 18, in view of the situation in the country after the murder of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Chief Election Commissioner Qazi Mohammad Farooq said. Earlier on Saturday, the ECP released a press statement say... | Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month. VOA correspondent Nancy-Amelia Collins in Islamabad reports the Pakistan Election Commission says the delay is due to the destruction of election offices and materials in violence that broke out last week after Benazir Bhutto's assassin... |
Gale crater on Mars was once a lake fed by rivers and groundwater. Hurowitz et al. analyzed 3.5 years of data from the Curiosity rover’s exploration of Gale crater to determine the chemical conditions in the ancient lake. Close to the surface, there were plenty of oxidizing agents and rocks formed from large, dense gra... | In an analysis published on Friday in '''', scientists announced data collected from the show that Mars's was once a chemically stratified lake, meaning the aquatic environment differed markedly between deep and shallow water. According to the report, "all of the physical, chemical, and energetic conditions necessary t... |
POSTED: 10:58 pm EDT May 28, 2008 How safe is the public transit system that so many of us travel each day? Team 5's Sean Kelly looked into the MBTA safety records and history of MBTA crashes. Consider the fact that hundreds of thousands of people use MDTA commuter trains every week without problems and you'd have to s... | Two Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Green Line trains have collided in Newton. Both trains consisted of two cars, one of which rear-ended the other causing major damage on both trains, multiple injuries and trapped the female operator of one of the two trains, 24 year-old Terrese Edmonds, who subseque... |
Mean Fiddler agrees takeover LONDON (Reuters) - Mean Fiddler says it has agreed to a takeover offer that values the music festival and concert organiser at 37.9 million pounds. The offer was made by Ireland's privately owned Gaiety Investments, a live music promoter, and the UK arm of U.S.-based Clear Channel Communica... | Mean Fiddler PLC, one of the most successful music promoters in the UK and Ireland has today agreed to be taken over by the Irish owned Gaiety Investments (owner of MCD Promotions) and US based Clear Channel Communications. The deal values Mean Fiddler at STG£37.9m (€55.3m; US$71.4m) or £0.60 a share. It will be an all... |
The detention of the Iraqi Airways chief in the UK caused indignation The detention of the Iraqi Airways chief in the UK caused indignation Iraqi Airways has dropped flights to London and Sweden after a row with Kuwait over war reparations. When the airline's first jet to fly to London in more than 20 years arrived las... | have announced that they are to drop all flights to the United Kingdom and Sweden. The announcement comes after a row with Kuwait over war reparations. Iraq and Kuwait are in dispute over billions of dollars of reparations; this includes around $1.2bn in aircraft and parts seized beginning in 1990 by Saddam Hussein. Th... |
MEXICO CITY — Responding to a growing sense that Mexico ’s military-led fight against drug traffickers is not gaining ground, the United States and Mexico set their counternarcotics strategy on a new course on Tuesday by refocusing their efforts on strengthening civilian law enforcement institutions and rebuilding comm... | On Tuesday the United States and Mexico announced a new strategy to combat increasingly violent drug movements across the border between the two countries. According to American officials, the new plan would place more emphasis on local law enforcement, as well as providing aid to cities affected by the drug trade. It ... |
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... | West Bank territory On Saturday, in a pre-dawn raid, Israeli soldiers seized Nasser al-Shaer at his home in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Al-Shaer is the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister and a top official of the Hamas militant group. The Israeli military confirmed the detention of al-Shaer. Israel has been crac... |
(CNN) TESS, NASA's planet-hunting satellite, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 6:51 p.m. ET Wednesday. It had a 30-second launch window. The launch was originally scheduled for Monday, but rescheduled to conduct additional Guidance Navigation and Control analysis, the agency said. Th... | Artist's representation of the Transiting Exopanet Survey Satellite. On Wednesday at 6:51 p.m. local time (2251 ), a SpaceX launched from Air Force Base in Florida, United States, carrying, as a payload for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the (TESS). NASA designed TESS to search for exoplan... |
Miss Mason presented Radio Bristol's weekday afternoon programme A BBC radio presenter has been replaced over allegedly racist comments made during an off-air phone conversation. Sam Mason, who took over the BBC Radio Bristol weekday afternoon programme six weeks ago, was suspended on Friday. She was informed by statio... | A United Kingdom radio presenter with the BBC was fired on Saturday, and replaced, after an allegedly racist off-air phone call. Sam Mason of BBC Radio Bristol had earlier called up a taxi firm to arrange a booking for her 14-year-old daughter. Logo of BBC Radio Bristol Mason asked the operator not to send an Asian cab... |
SCIENCE NEWS September 01, 2005 Chimp Genome--and First Fossils--Unveiled Image: YERKES NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER Many animals, ranging from the rat to the puffer fish, have had their genome sequenced, and now humankind's closest living relative, the chimpanzee, has joined the group. The publication of a draft s... | The Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium, made up of 67 scientists from the United States, Israel, Italy, Germany, and Spain, has released a draft version of its report on the chimpanzee genome in the September 1 edition of the scientific journal ''Nature''. The researchers mapped 94% of the genome. The report... |
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Nicole's got the Sex Factor: Scherzinger won't have any problems pulling in viewers as it's confirmed she IS replacing Cheryl Cole on U.S. show By Andrea Magrath Last updated at 3:23 PM on 7th June 2011 The ongoing saga of the U.S. X Factor judging panel may finally be over. Show bosses have announced that Nicole Scher... | The production companies of the United States television programme '''' have confirmed that has been removed from the judging panel for the show. , the show's broadcaster, made the announcement on Monday alongside and , the production companies of the programme. has also been reported to take up the position Cole will ... |
FIFA World Cup Germany 2006 player's profile Mateja Kezman is a player who thrives on goals. A poacher supreme, he is always ready to pounce on the slightest mistake by the opposition defence. Serbia and Montenegro coach Ilija Petkovic is fortunate to have a wealth of striking talent at his disposal. However, it seems... | Serbia and Montenegro international, Mateja Kežman, will sign a three year contract with Fenerbahçe today. The striker spent an unsuccessful season with Chelsea and all three parties have agreed to this 7 million Euro transfer. Kežman started his career in Serbia and Montenegro, where he became popular while playing fo... |
French fear new serial killer after four people are murdered by gunman on a motorbike (just like Muslim fanatic who killed seven just weeks ago) Murders have chilling echoes of Muslim fanatic Mohamed Merah's killing spree Three of the victims shot in the head with the same 7.65mm handgun used for each killing Shootings... | File photo of a handgun of the same caliber as indicated in these incidents, 7.65mm. French authorities suspect a serial killer may be responsible for a recent string of shooting deaths. At present, four people have been murdered in the Paris suburb of in the past six months. Although a suspect was apprehended in Novem... |
SAN FRANCISCO Apple has relied on slick applications, and even slicker advertisements, to promote the iPhone and maintain its advantage over rivals like Google in the battle to rule the next generation of smartphones. But the fight may come down to something more provincial: who has the best lawyers. On Tuesday, Appl... | HTC Heroes Apple sued HTC, a Taiwanese manufacturer of mobile phones, on Tuesday, in a lawsuit claiming 20 different patent infringements, largely relating to the user interface of the iPhone, which is manufactured by Apple. According to the lawsuit, filed with both the United States District Court in Delaware and the ... |
Consumer Complaint Database [beta] This contains data from the consumer credit card complaints received by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. We do not verify the accuracy of these complaints, but we do take steps to confirm a commercial relationship between the consumer and the identified company. Data is refre... | Count of complaints by company recorded so far during the US Government shutdown Unlike some parts of the US , the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been open during the federal government shutdown and recording a record-low number of complaints submitted by consumers against companies, companies, provide... |
Minnesota smokers become "actors" to get around the ban The law grants an exception from the ban to performers in theatrical productions. So the bars have become theatres, and their customers, actors. Now some bars print bills listing the "cast" of bartenders, and ashtrays become "props". Drinkers don costumes and atte... | The flag of Minnesota The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has said that bars do not become exempt from to Freedom to Breathe Act by holding ‘theatre nights.’ The act, which is designed to ban smoking in bars, excludes actors in theatrical performances. The MDH has, however, said that "theatre nights being held in ... |
Associated Press Feb 1, 2007 TOKYO -- Although Sony is blaming its faltering profits partly on PlayStation 3 price cuts in Japan, a senior executive said Wednesday that further slashing prices may be in store for the just-launched video game machine.Pricing is among the factors Sony Corp. is studying as it expects to b... | Technology giant Sony is reportedly looking into cutting prices on Playstation 3 gaming consoles. Even though Sony loses about (U.S.) $200 for each unit sold, the company believes that selling units for less will increase sales of games and peripherals, which is apparently where the company makes the most profit. By re... |
Reports from Burma say opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been in prison or house arrest for 12 of the past 18 years, left her home to meet with a government official. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from our Southeast Asia Bureau in Bangkok. Burmese activist holds a picture of opposition party leader Aung San Suu ... | Aung San Suu Kyi at the NGO Forum on Women, Beijing, China (1995). Myanmar opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi has left her house arrest to meet with government officials. Witnesses have observed a caravan of vehicles leaving the home of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Reports say that she is meeting with a liais... |
Von Henning Noske Riesenprobleme mit der Bundestagsnachwahl im Kreis Dresden I werfen ein Schlaglicht auf Mängel im deutschen Wahlrecht. Denn es ist möglich, einer Partei mit der Zweitstimme zu schaden. "Wenn man das Bundestagswahlergebnis kennt, kann man bei einer Nachwahl also strategisch wählen und der Partei schade... | Electoral voting experts are expecting a chaos in the German federal election, caused by the by-election in the constituency of Dresden I, in the state of Saxony. The reason is a bug in the German electoral law, which can force the voters to vote against their political party. While in 298 of 299 constituencies the fed... |
Allen was famed for his dry routines He was most famous for his TV shows Tonight With Dave Allen and Dave Allen at Large, which featured his satires on topics including religion. Allen got his first break on a BBC talent show in 1959, and toured with the Beatles in the UK and France. He died in his sleep on Thursday ni... | The famous Irish has died aged 68. Known as the ''Sit-down comedian,'' Allen was among the first to base his dry wit humour around the comic practices of large organisations and institutions such as the . Born in Dublin in 1936, he later moved to England to pursue his career. He initially was a , but later entered com... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Footballer David Beckham has spoken of his awe for British troops while making a visit to Afghanistan. The 35-year-old former England captain set out for Helmand - where about 8,000 British troops are based - on Friday. He told BFBS British For... | English footballer David Beckham is to visit Helmand Province, Afghanistan, to speak with British service personnel English footballer David Beckham today arrived in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the location of some of the most fierce fighting in the ongoing battle against the Taliban insurgency and the location of a... |
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 23, 2005; Page C01 Let me be the first to wish Sarah Jessica Parker happy birthday. The actress, who became a television icon playing sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw in "Sex and the City," turns 40 on Friday. Somebody send her a bunch of red balloons, a la Mr. Big, to mark th... | Gap, Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco, California Sarah Jessica Parker has lost her fashion cache with Gap Inc. The U.S. clothier said it was dropping the star of its current and ubiquitous ''I Enjoy Being a Girl'' television advertising campaign and buying out her contract. Parker who turns 40 Friday and is best... |
MEXICO CITY - Mexican gas and oil pipelines were attacked in six places before dawn Monday, causing explosions, fires and gas leaks that forced the evacuation of thousands of people. The blasts reverberated for miles. No direct injuries were reported, although civil defense agencies said two women in their 70s who live... | Petroleos Mexicanos (file photo) Oil and gas pipelines in Mexico were attacked in six different places Monday, forcing the evacuation of approximately 12,000 residents. The six blasts were to reported to have happened at about 2:00 a.m on Monday morning. The company who owns the pipelines, Petroleos Mexicanos, shut dow... |
Ex-employee of family arrested in their murders JERUSALEM (JTA) -- The man arrested for the murder of three generations of an Israeli family had been fired from the family's restaurant more than a year ago. Damian Kirilik, 38, was arrested last week for the Oct. 17 murder of six members of the Oshrenko family. Kirilik ... | Police have arrested a man in the murders of a family of six found stabbed to death in their burning apartment near Tel Aviv, Israel. Damian Kirilik, 38, is believed to have killed the Oshrenko family at their home in Rishon LeZion after being fired from their restaurant. Kirilik gave a re-enactment of his alleged acti... |
A French rescue worker said the man may have had access to food A Haitian man has been pulled alive from the rubble of a ruined hotel after 11 days, as the official search for quake survivors was declared over. The 23-year-old man was carried on a stretcher from the Napoli Inn Hotel in the capital, Port-au-Prince. Hait... | Port-au-Prince after the earthquake. The United Nations has announced that the government of Haiti has put an end to its efforts to find and rescue buried survivors of the earthquake that hit the region eleven days ago. The announcement comes just a day after two people were found alive. According to Elizabeth Byrs, th... |
WASHINGTON — It was cold and drizzling outside the City Courthouse just after 6 a.m. on Wednesday, but no one seemed to mind among the same-sex couples waiting for the chance to apply for a marriage license. “This is a dream come true,” said Sinjoyla Townsend, 41, as she smiled ear to ear and held up her ticket indicat... | same-sex marriage in California. The United States capital of Washington, D.C. legalized same-sex marriage on Wednesday. Beginning at 6 A.M. local time (1100 UTC), couples began submitting marriage applications at local courthouses citywide. Washington D.C. becomes the seventh United States territory to legalize same s... |
Iran-US-Ahmadinenejad's Letter President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written a letter to the US President George W. Bush. "The letter to US President George Bush carries the Iranian nation's views and comments on international issues as well as suggestions for resolving the many problems facing humanity," said the Iranian ... | The French daily ''Le Monde'', which has a tradition of publishing full texts by politicians and intellectuals, was one of the first organisations to publish the full English text of Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to US president George W. Bush on May 9, 2006.President of the USA- George W. Bush On the ... |
Bush, Turkish PM Discuss Kurdish Rebels WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush on Monday pledged fresh help to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in fighting Kurdish rebels, declaring them "an enemy of Turkey, a free Iraq and the United States." In an Oval Office session, Bush offered intelligence sharing to help co... | Oval Office on November 5, 2007. On Monday, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official state visit to the United States. During his visit, he met with President George W. Bush in the White House for talks that centered on the Turkey-PKK conflict and the Iraq War. Turkey is concerned about attac... |
Poll managers, from left to right, Alberta Fernandez, Alma Brown, Harold Nesbitt, Annabell Gathers and Kathy Bronson, all of Mt. Pleasant, wait for more voters during the South Carolina Republican presidential primary at the Jones Recreational Center in Mount Pleasant, S.C., Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. (AP Photo/Alice Kee... | Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney appeared be the winner Saturday in the Nevada Republican Caucuses in the bid to be the next President of the United States. With 2% of the votes counted, Romney was leading his nearest competitors by more than a 3 to 1 margin, or having 45% of the votes. Romney, a Republican wh... |
RTÉ.ie/Lisbon has complete results and live video/audio feeds of the Referendum. Send us your comments and read public reaction so far. Irish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty. With results in from all 43 constituencies, the Lisbon Treaty has been defeated by a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%. A total of 752,451 people v... | A referendum in Ireland proposing the country's ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon has been rejected by the electorate despite near universal support from the country's political establishment. Although in most states the issue has been (or will be) decided through parliamentary vote, Ireland was obliged to hold a re... |
Print Authors sue Google over Google Print The Authors Guild and three other writers filed a class action suit on Tuesday against Google Inc. over the Google Print program. The lawsuit charges Google with massive copyright infringement. Google Print is a beta, or test, project that allows Internet users to search for c... | 250px Google is being sued by the Authors Guild, among others, due to the verbatim publishing of contents of their books in Google Print for Libraries, a search engine for searching books that started in December. The Authors Guild wants Google to make the content from books protected under copyright unavailable, as th... |
Temporary housing arrives for Chile quake victims Posted Chile's Government has airlifted in hundreds of portable houses for people left homeless by a powerful earthquake that hit the country's north. At least two people were killed and another 150 injured when the 7.7 magnitude quake struck north of the coastal mining... | Authorities in Chile say at least two people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a powerful earthquake struck in the north, sending terrified residents into the streets and cutting power to some of the country's copper mines. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the quake struck on Wedn... |
The Metropolitan police commander Ali Dizaei was jailed for four years today after being convicted of falsely arresting a man and making up an account that he had been assaulted and threatened. A jury at Southwark crown court today found the 47-year-old guilty of misconduct in public office and attempting to pervert th... | Commander Ali Dizaei of London's Metropolitan Police Service today became the most senior officer anywhere in the United Kingdom to be convicted of offences by a court. Dizaei, who was branded a "criminal in uniform" by Independent Police Complaints Commission chair Nick Hardwick, has been jailed for four years after h... |
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A stranded Chinese bulk coal carrier leaking oil into the sea around Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in danger of breaking up and damaging the reef, government officials said on Sunday. The 230-meter (754-ft) Shen Neng I was on its way to China when it ran aground on a shoal on Saturday. It had 950... | Satellite image of the Great Barrier Reef. A Chinese merchant ship has run aground off the coast of Australia and began leaking oil into the ocean near the Great Barrier Reef, triggering fears of a major oil spill into the waters near the reef. The ship, the ''Shen Neng 1'', was carrying 950 tonnes of oil, along with 6... |
West Indies v England, 5th Test, Trinidad, 5th day West Indies survive in thrilling finale The Bulletin by Andrew Miller West Indies 544 (Chanderpaul 147*, Nash 109, Gayle 102) and 114 for 8 (Swann 3-13) drew with England 546 for 6 dec (Collingwood 161, Strauss 142, Prior 131) and 237 for 6 dec (Pietersen 102) Scorecar... | The West Indies cricket team held on to a draw in the fifth and final test of the five match test series at Queen's Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad against the England cricket team to win the five test series 1-0 and regain the Wisden trophy after a gap of nine years. This is their first major test series victory in... |
Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp last night was near a deal to purchase the fifth-largest Web-search service, Ask Jeeves Inc., for around $2 billion in stock, according to people familiar with the matter, marking an aggressive move by the electronic-commerce company into the Internet's most competitive arena. The dea... | Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp (IAC) is near a US$2 billion deal to buy search engine ''Ask Jeeves'', according to a report in Monday's ''Wall Street Journal''. The corporate boards from both companies were in talks all weekend negotiating what appears to be an all-stock deal. If approved, the price tag would be a subs... |
Hi all, can it get any busier, or more exciting, in sport at the moment? The Olympic Swim Trials were sensatio...Read More ||||| LEARN ENGLISH WITH US Video to take away and play Download full episodes of English Bites. Australia Network is offering video podcasts (or vodcasts) of our popular English Bites program on a... | An Australian resident, deported to Serbia in 2004, will return home to Sydney this week. The Immigration Department says Robert Jovicic will be given a special purpose visa and his status as a permanent resident will be reinstated. He became a nationless man, impoverished, battling mental health problems and sleeping ... |
Selig awaits union response on steroids By Hal Bodley, USA TODAY Commissioner Bud Selig should know this week if baseball's players union will embrace his request for a much stricter steroids policy. Selig's proposal, outlined in an April 25 letter to union chief Don Fehr, calls for a 50-game suspension for any player ... | Baseball commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig has proposed a new steroids use policy for the game. The plan calls for a 50-game suspension of a player testing positive for the first time, a 100-game ban for a second offense, and on a third violation the player is out with a lifetime ban from the game. In an April 25th let... |
Iraqi factions meet for talks in Finland: organisers HELSINKI (AFP) — Representatives from Iraq's main ethnic groups met in Finland to study reconciliation processes in Northern Ireland and South Africa in a bid to find a framework for justice and human rights in Iraq, the meeting's hosts said Saturday. "Senior leaders... | Representatives of Iraq's main ethnic groups have begun a second round of negotiations in Finland to study successful negotiations in South Africa and Northern Ireland. The initial talks, in September last year, ended with the Helsinki I Agreement, which presented a series of recommendations aimed at bringing peace to ... |
A full council general committee yesterday unanimously voted against a 24-hour McDonald’s at Minyama. A Development application for a 24-hour McDonald’s restaurant at Minyama is dead in the water, with division nine councillor Vivien Griffin delivering the killer blow. A full council general committee yesterday unanimo... | The development application for a McDonald's restaurant at Minyama, on Queensland's Sunshine Coast in Australia, has been rejected by the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. "We knocked back a Hungry Jack’s on Nicklin Way because of the nuisance code," said divisional councilor Chris Thompson. "We already have a 24-hour M... |
However, the prime minister also defended British diplomats, insisting that some had been working "round the clock" and had only managed to enter New Orleans itself overnight. Mr Blair spoke after the first British survivors began arriving home yesterday with horror stories about the New Orleans Superdome stadium, the ... | British Prime Minister Tony Blair has apologised to Britons affected by Hurricane Katrina. Many British citizens who were trapped in the New Orleans have complained to the British Foreign Office about the lack of response from their government after the hurricane destabilized almost 200 miles of the United States gulf ... |
Springfield displays big doughnut Just what will happen to an oversize bun in Canterbury is not yet clear. The town of Springfield is celebrating sharing its name with the town made famous in The Simpsons, ahead of the release of the movie version of the TV cartoon. The unveiling of the doughnut will be the icing on th... | An oversized delight has been erected in the small town of Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand, as part of the 20th Century Fox massive worldwide marketing campaign for ''The Simpsons Movie''. The giant, pink frosted doughnut was made locally, and the locals are celebrating the fact that their town shares a name with ... |
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