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Private guards kill Somali pirate for first time NAIROBI, Kenya — In the first killing of its kind, private security contractors shot dead a Somali pirate in a clash that left two skiffs riddled with bullet holes, officials said Wednesday. The killing raises questions over who has jurisdiction over a growing army of ar... | A private security guard, defending the Panamanian based ''MV Almezaan'', killed a Somali pirate who was attempting to hijack the ship on Tuesday. This is the first time that a private contractor has killed a pirate in the Gulf of Aden. The pirates came up to the ship with two small vessels and one large "mother-ship".... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A Royal Navy pilot managed to eject to safety as a jet crashed in a field near a village in Rutland. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokeswoman said the Harrier crashed north-east of RAF Cottesmore at about 1350 BST. She said the pilot ejected and came down usi... | Police closed roads surrounding the scene of the crash A Royal Navy pilot has safely ejected from his Harrier GR7 aircraft moments before it crashed in a field near the small village of Ashwell in the county of Rutland in England. The crash occurred at about 1350 BST today. The pilot was taken by air ambulance to Queen... |
Four sought in attempted attacks Police say man shot and killed in Underground not one of four LONDON, England (CNN) -- Police investigating Thursday's attempted bombings on the London transit system have released images of four men caught on closed-circuit television at the incident sites around the time the attacks w... | Scotland Yard says the arrest took place at a residence in Stockwell, south London and was "part of the investigation into the incidents of July 21st." The man is being held at Paddington Green police station under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Officials will not comment on whether the suspect was one of the four wh... |
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Pakistan: Pakistani troops backed by tanks and gunships cleared militant hideouts near the Afghan border, sparking gunbattles that left eight troops and 40 rebels dead, the army said Thursday. Thirty militants were also arrested in the clashes over the last 24 hours in the South Waziristan tribal district, the hideout ... | The Pakistani army says it killed 40 Islamic militants and arrested 30 during two days of fighting along its border with Afghanistan. The United States, meanwhile, has offered to train Pakistani security forces in their fight against the al-Qaeda-linked militants. The fighting took place in South Waziristan province la... |
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Sexual abuse has been a noted problem in indigenous communities The offenders were either placed on probation or given suspended sentences for the 2005 rape in the Aurukun settlement, in northern Queensland. In her ruling, Judge Sarah Bradley told them that the victim "probably agreed to have sex with all of you". A re... | An Australian judge has handed down sentences to nine males who have admitted rape of a 10-year-old girl, none of which involve incarceration. Six of the offenders, who were minors at the time of the crime were placed on probation. The other three aged 17, 18 and 26 were given suspended sentences. In her ruling, Judge ... |
By Andrew Stern CHICAGO (Reuters) - The estranged brother-in-law of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson was arrested and will be charged with the October slayings of three of her relatives, police said on Monday. "We have obtained an arrest warrant for William Balfour. He was released to Chicago detectives," Chicago ... | Chicago, Illinois police arrested William Balfour, the estranged brother-in-law of Oscar-winning American actress and singer Jennifer Hudson, on Monday, multiple media outlets reported. Balfour is expected to be charged with three counts of murder for the slayings of three of Hudson's relatives in October. Hudson holds... |
CAMERA Founded in 1982, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while educating news consumers about Middle East issues... | Seal of the United States Department of Justice ''Wikinews'' has learned that a United States Department of Justice (DOJ) IP Address has been blocked on ''Wikipedia'' after making edits to an article which were considered "vandalism". In two separate instances, the IP address from the DOJ removed information from the W... |
A piper plays as HMS Invincible sails into port for the last time In pictures The event in Portsmouth marked HMS Invincible's 25 years of service, which includes the Falklands war in 1982. The aircraft carrier will be de-commissioned and sold in 2010. Critics are worried that Invincible's retirement has left the navy w... | The decommissioning ceremony for the former British Royal Navy flagship HMS Invincible has taken place in Portsmouth, Hampshire today. The ceremony marks the end of the aircraft carrier's 25-year career. Invincible was commissioned into the Royal Navy on 11 July 1980 and first saw service in the Falklands War in 1982. ... |
The deal includes anti-missile defences and helicopters The Pentagon has notified Congress of a proposed arms sale to Taiwan, worth $6bn (£3.7bn). The weapons, including helicopters and anti-missile defences, are part of a package first pledged by the Bush administration. Beijing considers the self-governed island a br... | left The US Department of Defense has notified Congress of a potential arms sale to Taiwan, with a value of $6 billion, that was first pledged by the Bush administration. The deal, that would include helicopters and anti-missile defences, angered China, who stated that the move would "seriously damage" US–China relatio... |
The World's No.1 Science & Technology News Service ERROR Sorry there has been an error. The article you were looking for could not be found -- please try our search ||||| Published online: 12 December 2005; | doi:10.1038/news051212-2 Burning oil depot plagues England's skies What are the consequences of the explosions ... | Location of Hemel Hempstead within the UK A shot of the fire taken near the depot A series of large explosions have occurred close to Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire, UK. The source of the explosions has been confirmed as the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal (HOSL), Hemel Hempstead, known locally as the Buncefield comp... |
2015/08/21 09:28 (ATTN: ADDS more details throughout) SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered front-line troops to have full combat readiness against South Korea as he declared a "quasi-state of war," the North's state media said Friday, raising tension after both Koreas exchanged fire ac... | According to news agency, quoting 's main news agency (KCNA), the country's military has been placed on high alert and has been told to prepare a "quasi-state of war". The report comes after North and exchanged artillery fire yesterday. "War maniacs of the South Korean puppet military made another grave provocation to ... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| By Sarah Rainsford BBC News, Ankara Unofficial results prompted wild street celebrations by supporters Tur... | The Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey secured a solid mandate in Turkish general election, held yesterday. Although Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could celebrate getting 46.5% of the vote, more than 12% better than the last poll in 2002, his party will have to settle for slightly fewer seats in Turkey... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- More than a half million people had been ordered from San Diego County home... | On October 22, 2007, NASA satellites continued to capture remarkable new images of the wildfires raging in Southern California. Nearly 330,000 people in San Diego County, California located in the United States are being ordered to evacuate after massive wildfires started to spread and grow. As a result, U.S. President... |
Bolivia's President Easily Wins Re-election Sunday's vote followed ratification of a constitutional amendment earlier in the year that allowed Mr. Morales to run for a second term. Photo: AP Exit polls in Bolivia show that leftist President Evo Morales has earned a second term after easily winning re-election on Sunday... | File photograph of Evo MoralesExit polls in Bolivia indicate that President Evo Morales has earned a second term after winning re-election on Sunday. Bolivian media report that the president gained at least 61%, 35 points ahead of his closest challenger, former governor Manfred Reyes. "This process of change has prevai... |
Friday, January 21, 2005 SpongeBob creators accused of advancing gay agenda SpongeBob SquarePants, the popular cartoon character known the world over for his underwater antics, has recently become the target of antigay Christian groups who accuse his creators of advancing a gay agenda in America's public schools. "Does... | Anti-gay groups accuse a music video, with over 100 children's TV heroes such as SpongeBob SquarePants, of being a vehicle for pro-gay propaganda. The video's makers say the music video - a re-recording of the Sister Sledge hit "We Are Family" - is to promote tolerance and diversity to America's children. Dr. James C. ... |
Monday, June 05, 2006 PHOTOS STORIES The victims were herded into more than a dozen vehicles, according to witnesses and officials. It was not known who was behind the attack, but the Interior Ministry denied that police were involved. The attackers arrived at mid-morning and began randomly grabbing people in the shabb... | On June 5, gunmen, who had posed as police officers, raided a bus station in central Baghdad and captured 50 people. Attackers raided bus stations and seized travellers and local vendors. This happened a day after 21 people were dragged off buses and killed in Diyala province. Of the 50 people, there are two Syrians an... |
Time Warner Inc., the world's largest media company, said computer tapes containing personal information on 600,000 current and former employees were lost. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the disappearance of a container holding 40 backup tapes, Time Warner spokeswoman Kathy McKiernan said yesterday. Data-stor... | Time Warner Inc announced that they are unable to locate a container holding 40 backup tapes. These tapes contain personal information on 600,000 current and former employees back to 1986. This information includes details on dependents and beneficiaries, in addition to Social Security numbers. Customers were not affec... |
(Adds interview with Nader)By Donna SmithWASHINGTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, blamed by many Democrats for their loss of the White House in the 2000 election, said on Sunday he is launching another independent campaign for the White House.Nader, who will turn 74 this week, announced his longsho... | Iraq War in 2007. Political activist Ralph Nader has announced the launch of an independent campaign for President of the United States. Nader, who also ran for president in the previous three elections, made the announcement on NBC's television program ''Meet the Press''. "Dissent is the mother of ascent, and in that ... |
Costs have become a major issue for F1 Formula One's teams and governing body the International Automobile Federation (FIA) have agreed key cost-cutting measures for the next two seasons. The packages come after Japanese manufacturer Honda pulled out of F1. The Formula One Teams Association (Fota) said as well as a pac... | Cosworth's 2004 Champ Car engine Formula One looks set to enter an era of standardised engines. The FIA is meeting with teams in Monte Carlo and is expected to approve the use by some teams of a standardised power unit provided by Cosworth, an automotive engineering company, from 2010 onwards. The move to a standard en... |
First S4C chief, ex-BBC Wales head Owen Edwards dies Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Tributes have been paid to the first chief executive of the Welsh language channel S4C, Owen Edwards, who has died at the age of 76. Mr Edwards led S4C from its pre-launch phase in 1981 to 1989 and was als... | Owen Edwards fronted the launch of station S4C in 1982 , the former director of and the first chief executive of Welsh language television station , died on Monday at the age of 76. Edwards had suffered from for over twenty years. Edwards started his career with the BBC in 1950 as a broadcaster. He worked on regional n... |
The ailing Nationals are looking for a new federal leader after an emotional Mark Vaile quit the top job in the wake of his party's poor election result. The outgoing deputy prime minister said he accepted some responsibility for the coalition's crushing defeat, but insisted the Nationals will "kick on again". Standing... | The outgoing Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Mark Vaile today announced that he will resign as leader of the National party, following the Liberal/National party coalition government's defeat on Saturday. Mr Vaile took leadership of the National party after John Anderson's resignation in July, 2005. With his wife b... |
James Ibori has already been acquitted of multiple corruption charges One of Nigeria's most influential and wealthy politicians, James Ibori, has been arrested in Dubai. The former governor of oil-rich Delta state is accused of stealing funds worth $290m (£196m) by Nigeria's EFCC anti-corruption agency. Last month, pol... | , a former Nigerian governor, has been arrested in Dubai on corruption charges. Ibori was the governor of from 1999 until 2007. He has been accused of stealing US$290m (£196m). As well as being wanted by Nigeria's anti-corruption agency and by law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. London's released a statemen... |
A senior Foreign Ministry official has confirmed that the Mauritania authorities have given Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel and his staff about 48 hours to leave the embassy building. At this stage it is unclear whether the Mauritanian authorities removed the barriers around the embassy, but Jerusalem is preparing for th... | In response to the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip in December 2008 and the early part of 2009, the African country of Mauritania has cut diplomatic ties with Israel and expelled the Israeli diplomats in the country. They have been ordered to leave the country in no more than 48 hours. As a result of the expulsio... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| Israel's prime minister has announced a 10-month suspension to the construction of new settlement houses i... | The prime minister of Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu, told a news conference earlier today that there will be a ten-month stop in the construction of new settlement housing in the West Bank. The Israeli cabinet approved the move by a margin of eleven to one. File photo of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu."We have ... |
Haulage magnate Edward Stobart dies, aged 56 Edward Stobart (r) sold the firm to his brother in 2004 Continue reading the main story Related Stories Haulage magnate Edward Stobart, who built up the Eddie Stobart lorry empire and ran it for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 56. He suffered what were described a... | Edward Stobart, famed for his construction of the truck empire and being its for over thirty years, has died at the age of 56. In a statement, the Stobart Group commented: "It is with great sadness and regret that Stobart Group shares the news that Edward Stobart, son of Eddie Stobart, passed away at 8:10 AM this morni... |
Pope Francis arrives for a prayer at Rome's Santa Maria Maggiore basilica early on his first full day as the head of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images) Story Highlights Installation Mass for Pope Francis is set for Tuesday Vice President Biden will lead U.S. delegation to Rome for ceremony Fra... | Jorge Mario Bergoglio in 2012 The Roman Catholic Church has elected Archbishop of Buenos Aires as the new pope. He is to take the and take over from the recently retired Benedict XVI. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney at 7:06pm (Rome time) yesterday, signifying that the conclave had elected a new pope a... |
July 23: The death toll is rising after three bombs exploded at an Egyptian resort town early Saturday. NBC’s Tom Aspell reports from Sharm el-Sheik. SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - Egypt's president vowed on Saturday to hunt down terrorists who unleashed a rapid series of car bombs and another blast in this Egyptian Red Sea r... | Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak vowed to hunt down the terrorists. A new explosive detonated on Sunday near the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt police said. It was reportedly carried by a man from a tourist bazaar. The man allegedly was carrying the bomb in a sack. It might accidentally have exploded in the area of Kufr Tuh... |
For the second time in just over a year, the dice are silent in the gaming world. News has reached us that Dave Arneson, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, passed away last night at the age of 61. While not as famous as Gary Gygax, who passed away in March of last year, Arneson was a driving force behind D&D's creation ... | Dave Arneson. Dave Arneson, co-creator of the first roleplaying game, ''Dungeons and Dragons'', died on Tuesday of cancer, at the age of 61. A close friend of Arneson, Bob Meyer, reported on April 5 that he had taken a turn for the worse and was admitted to a hospital. Family later confirmed that he was in a facility "... |
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada’s government backed away from a legal confrontation on Thursday by promising to obey a law obliging it to lay out how Ottawa will meet targets for cuts in greenhouse gas emissions dictated by the Kyoto protocol. But Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose Conservatives had earlier promised to ign... | The Conservative Canadian government have decided to obey the Kyoto bill which was a forced decision by the opposition Liberals. Prior to this decision, the Liberal opposition party said the government could be sued if they would ignore the law. "If and when that becomes law, the government would respect it. I'll just ... |
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — New York Magazine issued an apology to its readers Tuesday morning, December 16, acknowledging the editors were “duped” by the teen stock trader rumored to have made $72 million. “Our fact-checking process was obviously inadequate; we take full responsibility and we should have known better. New Y... | Nokia, the mobile phone manufacturer based in Nokia, Finland, has negotiated the takeover of Chicago, United States Geographic Information Systems software development company Navteq for US$8.1 billion. Nokia are paying $78 per share in Navteq, who employs 3,000 people and operates 168 offices spread across 20 countrie... |
(CNN) -- NASA scientists revealed Friday a first-of-its-kind image from space showing reflecting sunlight from a lake on Saturn's largest moon, Titan. It's the first visual "smoking gun" evidence of liquid on the northern hemisphere of the moon, scientists said, and the first-ever photo from another world showing a "sp... | The historic image shows a telltale bright reflection NASA have revealed that a flyby of its probe Cassini past Titan, a moon of Saturn, has produced a historic image: the first photograph showing liquid on a world other than our own. The picture shows a "specular reflection" from an extremely smooth surface, in this c... |
The Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 344.65 points on Thursday on a confluence of poor news about the economy, although investors could not pin the drop on any overriding reason. Reports showed that retail sales were weak last month, just as more Americans filed for unemployment benefits. Anxiety lingered about a... | The Dow Jones Industrial Average, a stock market index used to gauge the performance of American stock exchanges, fell 344.65 at the close of trading Thursday. Wall Street The exact reason for the drop is unknown, with different news agencies pointing to different causes. ''The New York Times'' cites a rise in unemploy... |
Ozzy Osbourne has lashed out at illegal downloaders, blaming them for the poor sales of his new album Black Rain. The heavy rock icon claims he is "suffering terribly" from the effects of internet piracy, and his financial woes are such that he has been forced to perform 90 concerts in an effort to recoup his losses. H... | Alice Cooper pictured without his famous stage makeup in 2006. Solo American hard shock rock artist Alice Cooper has commented that ''The Osbournes'', a reality TV show starring heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, ruined the career of the Black Sabbath frontman. Cooper said he felt that by allowing daily life in his ho... |
Advertisement Three persons, including the owner of a cyber cafe, were taken into custody on Friday after top government officials received e-mails saying that attempts would be made on the lives of President Kalam and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Several senior officials, including the Home Secretary and DGP receive... | The Kerala police have received an email threatening Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during his trip to the state. Singh is scheduled to visit Kerala on November 1 to mark the Golden Jubilee of the state's formation. Three persons have been taken into custody by the Kerala police after an e-mail was received by th... |
Japan's moon base project faces funding hurdle TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) -- Boosted by a return to success for its satellite launch program and needled by China's achievements, Japan's space agency wants to put a manned space station on the moon, though it may struggle to raise funds. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agenc... | '''April 6, 2005''' Japan said it would decide within 10 years whether it would pursue its moon program on its own, or if it would team up with other nations. Japan announced on Wednesday a program to send astronauts to the moon by 2025. The plan calls for the establishment of a moon base that would be operated by Japa... |
Reporter: Meng Qingsheng 丨 CCTV.com 06-07-2016 06:02 BJT To Guangyuan in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where a tourist boat carrying 18 people capsized on June 4th. Four people were rescued on the same day, but one of them died after being taken to hospital. On Monday, one of the 14 missing bodies was found. The ... | Location of Sichuan province in China On Saturday, local authorities said a child died and three were being treated after a capsized at Bailong Lake in , , China at 14:50 local time (0650 ). At about noon on Monday a search and rescue team found the body of a middle-aged male passenger; thirteen other people were still... |
(01-25) 10:41 PST NOVATO -- A Novato teenager has been arrested in Tennessee for allegedly plotting to hijack a plane from Los Angeles, authorities said Friday. The 16-year-old was not identified because of his age. He was being held at Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center in Nashville, and a spokesman for the U.S... | Southwest airliner (file photo). A 16-year-old male from Novato, California has been arrested in Tennessee over allegations he intended to hijack a commercial passenger airliner in the United States. The boy, who was unnamed due to his age, was a passenger on board Southwest Airlines Flight 284 from Los Angeles to Nash... |
Joren Van der Sloot, the 22-year-old Dutch native long suspected of killing Natalee Holloway, was charged today with the murder of Stephany Flores. Now prison officials tell The Daily Beast that he lied about the timing of the crime, that contrary to earlier reports, he wasn't high the night of it — and that he'll be l... | 22-year-old Dutch native was charged yesterday with the murder of Peruvian Stephany Flores. Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez, the 21-year-old daughter of a former Peruvian presidential candidate, was found beaten to death in Van der Sloot's hotel room on May 30, 2010. The two appeared to have met only hours before while... |
'Here we shoot to kill' Marietie Louw-Carstens Polokwane - Seven armed men were shot dead by police in a hail of bullets at a security company's cash depot on Sunday morning, after police received a tip-off about the planned robbery. After the shootout, more than 30 shells lay scattered at the Protea Coin security grou... | According to local police, seven armed men were shot to death by South African police early on Sunday at the Protea Coin security group's cash depot in Polokwane. The men reportedly arrived at the cash depot shortly after midnight, and shot out the lights of the building's main entrance and security cameras. They were ... |
By Liz Seward The teeth have gorilla-like characteristics, say researchers The 10 million-year-old fossils belong to an animal that has been named Chororapithecus abyssinicus by an Ethiopian-Japanese team. This new species could be a direct ancestor of living African great apes, say the researchers. The finds from the ... | Researchers say that new, ten million-year-old fossils found in Ethiopia, prove that the theory that humans may have evolved from a species of great apes eight million years ago, may not be true, but that humans may have split from apes as long as 10.5 million years ago. At least nine fossilized teeth, one canine tooth... |
SYDNEY - Thousands of Australians were evacuated from their homes, several people had to be rescued and a couple was feared swept from a causeway as flooding hit northern NSW and Queensland's Gold Coast today. One of the areas worst affected by the heavy rain was the northern NSW town of Lismore, where about 3000 resid... | 6,000 residents of in have been told to evacuate their homes. A couple is missing on the in Queensland. State Emergency Services (SES) workers are currently preparing to evacuate a number of nursing homes in the suburbs of and . The (BOM) have said that South East Queensland has recorded rainfalls of 368mm in the last ... |
Associated Press Columbine Evacuated After Bomb Threat Columbine High School, the site of the nation's deadliest school shooting eight years ago, was evacuated Thursday after a bomb threat was called in, authorities said. Jefferson County Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley said students were taken to a nearby park whil... | Columbine High School HOPE Library. Reports say that an evacuation has taken place at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado after a bomb threat was phoned into the school. "All we know at this point is that there is a bomb threat and that the school has been evacuated. Most of the threats that have been associat... |
IndyStar.com Metro & State We're sorry The article link is not valid or the article has expired from the system. We're sorry The article link is not valid or the article has expired from the system. LOCAL NEWS ALERTS Get breaking local news as it happens from The Indianapolis Star. Enter your phone number below: ( ) - ... | Mosquito biting a human. According to city health officials in Hammond, Indiana, there have been two more cases of West Nile virus reported in humans. West Nile virus.West Nile virus' (WNV) is a virus of the family ''Flaviviridae''; part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in bot... |
Credit: AP Photo/Disney, Todd Anderson In the never ending quest to get movie fans to completely re-buy their entire home-video collections, (some of us for the third time), it has been announced that all six live action Star Wars films will at long last be released on Blu-Ray in one massive box set, due for release in... | Lucas in 2009. After years of rumours personally announced at Convention in Orlando the worldwide release of the Star Wars Saga on in autumn 2011. All six films will be released as a box-set with high video- and audio-quality and containing additional features. Specific details have not been mentioned, but a "deleted s... |
The transport group was awarded the contract to run the East Coast Main Line franchise by the Department for Transport after a bidding war. National Express beat off opposition from Arriva, First Group and a joint venture between Virgin Trains and Stagecoach to win the contract. The group will take over the operation f... | National Express Group logo NXEC Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of National Express Group, has been awarded the contract to run the InterCity East Coast franchise and operate intercity rail services on the East Coast Main Line, a high-speed route connecting London with the north-east of England and Scotland. The company, whi... |
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Google Inc.'s online video service YouTube agreed to remove more than 100,000 video clips following demands by Viacom after the two companies failed to reach a distribution agreement. Viacom (Charts) said it sent a notice to YouTube on Friday morning, asking the popular video-sharing site to remov... | Viacom Inc. Yesterday, YouTube was told by Viacom Inc. to remove over 100,000 video clips thought to possibly feature content produced by Viacom owned companies after the two failed to reach an agreement for revenue sharing. Viacom said its content posted without permission on YouTube generate about 1.2 billion video s... |
NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - A New Jersey resident found what was described to her as a "missile launcher" in her Jersey City front yard on Friday, but police said the 20-year-old weapon was no longer a hazard to public safety. The weapon was found close to Newark Liberty International Airport's flight path. Indian-bo... | Map showing location of Jersey City. Police in Jersey City, New Jersey in the United States say that they have found a 20 year old rocket launcher tube, capable of shooting down planes, on the front yard of a home that is reported to be directly in the path of Newark Liberty International Airport. Police say that the w... |
May 5: First Lady Laura Bush, the administration’s most vocal opponent of the junta in Myanmar, offered the U.S. response to the cyclone that has killed more than 10,000 in Myanmar. NBC's John Yang reports. MSNBC News Services YANGON, Myanmar - A powerful cyclone killed more than 350 people and destroyed thousands of h... | 351 people have been reported dead after a cyclone hit Burma, which is also known as Myanmar. As a result it has been declared by the Burmese government that five states are currently disaster areas. A photograph of the cyclone A diplomat in the area spoke to the ''Reuters'' news agency, giving them a description of th... |
A volcanic eruption has just begun under the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. This has been verified by local authorities in neighbouring Hvolsvöllur. Vísir reports that farms in the Fljótshlíð area and by Markarhlíð are already being evacuated. Locals in the area have confirmed that they are viewing flames and a steady strea... | A volcanic eruption started yesterday in south Iceland at or near the Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The first signs of the eruption were seen between 23:00 and midnight GMT. It is still not clear where the exact location of the eruption is but it appears to be on Fimmvörðuháls. Eyjafjallajökull glacier People living in the... |
DUBLIN, Feb 2 (Reuters) - The Irish government is in talks to inject 4 billion euros ($5.14 billion) each into Bank of Ireland BKIR.I and Allied Irish Banks ALBK.I and to create a state-backed insurance scheme to underwrite some of their bad debts, a source familiar with discussions said on Monday. The source said the ... | The government of Ireland plans to inject €4 billion each into the Bank of Ireland and the Allied Irish Bank. An insurance scheme to underwrite bad debts would also be created and the banks will attempt to raise €1 billion from shareholders. The two banks have been in need of recapitalization for several weeks. The gov... |
The last time Keith Jones saw him, Eddie Griffin was smiling, upbeat and chatty. They met by chance last spring, at a Houston restaurant, and it seemed to Jones, a Rockets vice president, that Griffin the troubled former Rockets forward was optimistic. “He looked really bright-eyed,” Jones said. Rudy Tomjanovich re... | Former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Eddie Griffin died on August 17, 2007, at age 25 due to injuries sustained in a car crash, the Harris County medical examiner's office confirmed on Tuesday. The former Minnesota Timberwolves forward, who was waived in March for violating the League's substance abuse p... |
The man, Eric Traylor, who lives in the 2200 block of 13th Street, said he saw the vehicle crash through a gate at W and 13th streets. "Everybody screamed at her, 'Stop! Stop!' " One victim Traylor saw was a woman whose skin had been torn from her body as she was dragged, he said. He also saw an unconscious man bleedin... | Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue, SE in Anacostia. A car plowed into a crowded street festival in Washington, DC Saturday night, injuring up to 40 people, including at least two police officers. The scene occurred in the Anacostia region of the city, during Unifest, an annual street festival sponsored by a local church. ... |
Çok vahim iddia Ne yapmak istiyor?: Hrant Dink cinayetinin azmettiricisi olarak Yasin Hayal (solda) ve O.S. (sağda) tarafından suçlanan Erhan Tuncel (sağ üstte) "Yeni bilgiler vermek istiyorum" deyince dün Tekirdağ'dan İstanbul'a getirtildi. Ancak Tuncel savcılıkta bilgi vermekten vazgeçtiğini söyleyince yeniden Tekird... | Hrant Dink Several Turkish daily newpapers have reported new developments in the case of Hrant Dink, who was the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos. Hirant Dink was gunned down in front of his office on February 19 in Istanbul by Ogün Samast, a 17 year old ultra-nationalist Turk. Accordi... |
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... | wind turbines and monorail-like tracks and 'pods'. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has started construction of its so called 'green city' which will be named Masdar City. It is a city which is designed to have no carbon emissions, cars, or waste. It will cost $22 billion (£11 billion) and take eight years to make. It wi... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Flights across much of the UK have been grounded for a second day as volcanic ash from Iceland drifts across Europe, posing a potential threat to aircraft. Air traffic control body Nats said airspace restrictions would be lifted in most of Scot... | File:Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash 17 April 2010.png|thumb|right|Approximate depiction of the estimated ash cloud at 18:00 UTC on 17 April 2010. The current forecasts are updated at London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre site (Met Office, UK). Area in which aviation was endangered by volcanic ash. Situation estimated for ... |
Earthquake Summary Earthquake Summary Poster Tectonic Summary The New Britain, Papua New Guinea earthquake of August 4, 2010 (22:01 GMT) occurred as a result of thrust faulting on or near the plate boundary between the Solomon Sea and South Bismarck plates, microplates involved in the accommodation of large-scale conve... | Shakemap of the earthquake. An earthquake of 7.0 on the Richter scale has been reported as having struck the Pacific island of New Britain, the second island in the Papua and New Guinea group. The quake, which struck at 22:01 UTC yesterday evening, hit at a depth of approximately according to the . According to a membe... |
The town of Speed in Victoria, which has a population of just 45 people, will be known as Speedkills for the month of March after locals decided to help promote safe driving. Each year hundreds of people die in accidents on Australian roads and in 2010 deaths on rural roads increased by about 25 per cent, but successiv... | The residents of , a small town in the south-east of Australia, have made the decision to modify the name of the town for one month in an attempt to improve road safety in the country. The name of the town will be adjusted to SpeedKills across next month. The idea was created by the . A campaign was launched on the soc... |
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) -- A steady stream of motorists crossed the new Interstate 35W "smart bridge" as it opened early Thursday, a little more than a year after the old one collapsed into the Mississippi River and killed 13 people. iReporter Robert Stewart shot the traffic starting to flow across the I-35W bridge... | North end of bridge during opening. The new Interstate 35W St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States was opened shortly after 5 AM today. It replaces a bridge which collapsed last year, killing 13 people. A fire engine and ambulance were first across on each side. In each direction, a line of St... |
1 hour, 14 mins ago Nick Williams scores two tries as Ulster bounce back with 32-0 win Ulster bounced back from two consecutive defeats to get their play-off ambitions back on track. 1 hour, 42 mins ago Connacht hold off Edinburgh fightback to seal five-point win The hosts trailed 14-0 at the break, but closed the gap ... | Ireland's National Pensions Reserve Fund (NPRF) has posted a 2.4% return for the first quarter (9.6% annualized). On March 31, the funds value stood at €12.3bn, a rise of €290m (excluding state contributions) since December 31. Donal Geaney, the fund's chairman, told the press that growth in the past quarter had been d... |
Joel Creasey says Bindi Irwin caught him masturbating Perth was regaled for the first time with the story of how Creasey was caught masturbating in South Africa ||||| Viewed wins Melbourne Cup Andrew Garvey November 4, 2008 Viewed (rail), ridden by Blake Shinn, and Bauer, with Corey Brown in the saddle, drive for the p... | Bart Cummings wins his 12th Melbourne Cup with Viewed ridden by Blake Shin. Bauer, ridden by C W Brown, was second after the photo finish, with C’est La Guerre ridden by B Prebble coming third. Honolulu was the last placed horse. Cummings began training in 1953. His first Cup win was with Light Fingers in 1965. This wi... |
Wright killed prostitutes Gemma Adams, Tania Nicol, Anneli Alderton, Paula Clennell and Annette Nicholls before dumping their bodies around Ipswich. Mr Justice Gross, sitting at Ipswich Crown Court, ordered 49-year-old Wright to serve the maximum sentence. He said: "This was a targeted campaign of murder. It is right y... | Map of the area surrounding Ipswich showing the locations where the bodies of the victims were discovered Steve Wright, yesterday convicted of the murder of five women in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, has today been sentenced at Ipswich Crown Court to life imprisonment. The bodies of the five women who worked as sex worke... |
Economy Taipei is the 43rd wealthiest city in the world, New York most wealthy: study TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taipei is the 43rd wealthiest city in the worl... ||||| Five other people were wounded in the blast in Nazran, the area's main city, Russian news agencies reported. At least one person has been killed after a bo... | Topographic map of the Caucasus. Ingushetia is located on the center right of the map.A suicide bomber killed at least one person and injured five at a police checkpoint in southern Russia on Friday, national news agencies reported. The explosion occurred in Nazran, the main city in the region of Ingushetia. Spokesman ... |
Injured Buffalo Police Officer Patty Parete Returns to WNY Parete was shot in the line of duty last December, paralyzed as a result. Story Published: Oct 23, 2007 at 6:42 PM EST Oct 23, 2007 at 6:42 PM EST Watch the story 7 News has confirmed that injured Buffalo police officer Patricia Parete has returned to Western N... | Patricia Parete, 42, a Buffalo, New York police officer who was shot two times and nearly killed by a fleeing suspect in December of 2006, has returned to her Buffalo home after being transferred to a specialized rehabilitation hospital in New Jersey to recover from her injuries. Another officer, Carl Andolina who was ... |
The 27-year-old was a dancer with the troupe that won Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, and had recently emigrated The dance troupe Diversity has paid tribute to former member Rob Anker, after he died in a car crash at the age of 27. The British dancer was killed on Thursday morning in Canada, where he had moved to live wi... | File photo of Diversity in 2009. Robert Anker, a British dancer and member of troupe when they won the 2009 season of , died in a car accident in Canada on Thursday. Anker died after a collision between his and a pick-up truck. The accident occurred in , at around 6:00 AM Thursday morning, . Anker, who moved to Canada ... |
Sevenoaks, Kent fatal shooting The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to use its own investigators to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting by police of a 37-year-old woman in Sevenoaks this morning (11 June.) At approximately 1.20 a.m., Kent Police were called to reports of a woman see... | Map highlighting Sevenoaks, England. A woman, reported to be an expert in martial arts, has been shot dead by police in a car park behind ''M&Co'', a women's clothing shop in Sevenoaks, Kent, England. According to reports, the woman pulled a gun on police who then shot her. "I can confirm that in the early hours of thi... |
Castro said the 10 changes among senior officials were intended to make Cuba's government more compact and functional and to work toward "perfecting" the Cuban system. Raul Castro, the Cuban president, has sacked the country's foreign and economic ministers as part of a comprehensive government reshuffle. Felipe Perez ... | On Monday, Raúl Castro, the President of Cuba, announced several changes of ministers in his cabinet. This is the first major reshuffle since Raúl took over as President after his brother Fidel Castro. A total of twelve ministers were replaced. Raúl Castro in 2008. One of the highest profile changes was Carlos Lage Dáv... |
After the win against Lazio, Joshua Kimmich was named Man of the Match. Read why here. Bayern run and a unique goalscorer Facts on a last 16 win over Lazio that was full of records In the quarter-finals for the 19th time and 19 games unbeaten - here are the most important facts... ||||| FC Bayern appeals to reason and ... | Bayern Munich's #1 goalkeeper Oliver Kahn striker Miroslav Klose have been ruled out of Thursday's UEFA Cup 1st Round 2nd Leg match against Portugal's Belenenses. Lukas Podolski has been ruled available after an injury scare. Kahn and Klose join Philipp Lahm, Willy Sagnol, José Ernesto Sosa and Valérien Ismael. Oliver ... |
Viktor Zubkov worked with Mr Putin in St Petersburg in the 1990s Viktor Zubkov, head of the federal financial monitoring service, is a relative unknown in Russian politics. The change marks a major political shake-up ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections. The lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma,... | Mikhail FradkovImage Credit:Ricardo Stuckert/PR Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Fradkov has resigned, citing his reason as being "the approaching major political events in the country and a desire to give the president full freedom in making decisions, including personnel." Russian President Vladimir Putin has nominat... |
Boat sinks in Macedonian lake, 15 drown A sightseeing boat carrying dozens of Bulgarian tourists sank Saturday in a lake on Macedonia's western border, and at least 15 people drowned, police said. The boat, called the Ilinden, sank rapidly into Lake Ohrid, police spokesman Ivo Kotevski said. Rescuers pulled 53 survivor... | Police officials have said that at least fifteen people have died after the sightseeing boat ''Ilinden'', with 50 Bulgarian tourists on board, sank in a lake in western Macedonia. The boat sank in Lake Ohrid, one of the deepest lakes in southeastern Europe. 53 people were rescued by emergency crews. Witness reports sug... |
MANILA — Eleven soldiers were killed and several others were wounded Saturday in a firefight with Communist guerrillas in a province south of Manila, Philippine Army officials said. The battle in Oriental Mindoro Province was the deadliest encounter the military has had with the insurgency so far this year. Army offici... | According to officials, at least eleven solders in the Philippines were killed and several others injured on Saturday after a gunfight with Communist rebels in Mindoro, a province south of the capital Manila. It was the deadliest incident between the two since the start of the year. Army officials commented that a plat... |
Why did this happen? Please make sure your browser supports JavaScript and cookies and that you are not blocking them from loading. For more information you can review our Terms of Service and Cookie Policy. ||||| '); //--> E-Mail | Comments | E-Mail Newsletters | RSS AFX News Limited SAS Bombardier Dash 8-400s grounde... | A file photo of an Augsburg Airways Dash 8-300, with the landing gear deployed. The second landing gear failure on a Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) de Havilland Canada Dash 8 (also known as a Bombardier Q400 following Bombardier's purchase of de Havilland Canada from Boeing) within the space of a week has prompted ... |
Eureka! Unlocking Archimedes' ancient text Causing invisible ink to glow BALTIMORE, Maryland (AP) -- A particle accelerator is being used to reveal the long-lost writings of the Greek mathematician Archimedes, work hidden for centuries after a Christian monk wrote over it in the Middle Ages. Highly focused X-rays produ... | Scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center in Menlo Park, California are analyzing a 174-page text. The book had originally contained a copy of Archimedes' writings, but had been erased by a monk in the 12th century and reused as a prayer book. The particle accelerator is able to see small iron particles that... |
Investors are concerned that financial markets will remain volatile. Asian markets have staged a tentative recovery in response to the US government rescue of insurance giant AIG, but investors remain nervous. Stocks in Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul all rose, although share prices in Hong Kong and Australia lost ground afte... | Stock markets around the world, particularly those in the United States, have fallen dramatically today. This is due to the ongoing events in the financial world, including the bailout of large insurance firm by the US . The primary UK index, the , dropped in value by 2.36%, which is 118.40 points, to below the 5000 ma... |
St. Patrick’s Day is often celebrated with corned beef and cabbage, soda bread and Irish beef stew and then wash it all down with a tall pint of Guinness. Those tried and true recipes are a tradition. But for those of you who really enjoy the green foods, gimmicky cocktails and desserts decorated with four leaf clovers... | Mayra Ramirez, a 16 year old Chicago, USA student is blind. In order to graduate, she and dozens of other visually impaired students in Chicago schools are required to pass a written rules-of-the-road exam. "In other classes, you don't really feel different because you can do the work other people do," Ramirez said. "B... |
Thomas Cecil Gray born 11 March 1913; Prep School 1923-25; Junior House 1925-27; St Aidan's House September 1927-July 1931; novice Ampleforth Abbey 21 September-14 November 1931 - clothed as Br Thomas; University of Liverpool 1931-37; general practice 1937-41; Medical Corps 1942-44; Hon Anaesthetist to various hospital... | Pioneer modern Anaesthetic techniques Thomas Cecil Gray, born 11 March 1913 in Liverpool, died peacefully 5 January 2008 at home in Formby. A requiem mass was held at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral on 26 January 2008. Born in Liverpool in 1913, educated at Ampleforth College, he qualified in medicine at The Universit... |
Former World Cup referee arrested in NYC NEW YORK — A former referee involved in Italy's controversial elimination from the 2002 World Cup was caught at Kennedy Airport with bags of heroin attached to his body, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Byron Moreno late ... | Moreno was arrested at , a former Ecuadorian who officiated at the , has been arrested for suspected . Moreno was arrested at after he arrived on a flight from Ecuador. During a routine check, security found 10 clear bags containing nearly 10 pounds of . The drugs had been strapped to his body and concealed in his unde... |
After dropping two points at home to Israel, the pressure was on Brian Kerr's men and it increased when the Faroes held them to 0-0 at half-time. But Harte's 51st minute penalty, after keeper Jakup Mikkelsen had brought down Stephen Elliott, calmed the nerves. Seven minutes later Kilbane's shot went in off home skipper... | Having drawn with Israel twice in their last two games, the Republic of Ireland football squad have received a much needed confidence boost. They beat the Faroe Islands 2-nil away to earn the three points which takes them to the top of Group 4; one ahead of Switzerland. However the Irish have seven games played - one m... |
By Yinka Adegoke and Gabriel Madway NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple introduced a smaller version of its popular iPod Shuffle music player on Wednesday with a new feature that tells the user what song is playing. The new 4-gigabyte gadget costs $79, is half the size of the previous Shuffle, and carries up to 1,000 songs -- t... | A second-generation iPod Shuffle. Yesterday, Apple Computer revealed the third-generation version of its iPod Shuffle model, which introduces new features including a voice that tells the user what song is playing in their playlist through the user's headphones. Apple stated that the iPod will have 4 gigabytes of space... |
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long, undulating features on the northern plains of Mars probably are remnants of shorelines of an ocean that covered a third of the planet's surface at least 2 billion years ago, scientists said on Wednesday. The geological features, stretching thousands of miles (kilometers), wer... | Mars University of California, Berkeley scientists have published a report in ''Nature'' that says Mars was once covered by massive oceans. In the 1980's the Viking spacecraft sent back images to NASA that had shown thousands of kilometers of ancient shorelines, known as Arabia and Deuteronilus, on the north and south ... |
Sunday's attack is Pakistan's third suicide bombing in as many days Scores of people were hurt in the blast, near the town of Dara Adam Khel. Officials say that the blast happened as the elders were discussing the security situation in the area. The town, which is 40km (25 miles) south of the city of Peshawar, was the ... | A bomb in Pakistan has killed at least 40 people and injured several more. The attack took place on the outskirts of Dara Adamkhel, a town which is close to the border with Afghanistan. It has been reported that the bombing may have been a suicide attack, although that has not yet been confirmed. A Pakistani official a... |
Red bib This prize is awarded at the end of each stage by a jury comprising eight specialists in cycling. A “super-combativity” prize is also awarded at the end of the last stage of the Tour. ||||| Contador set to win Tour - and Astana battle MONT VENTOUX, France — Alberto Contador is basking in double satisfaction: th... | Alberto Contador at the time trial of the 2007 Tour which he also won. Spaniard Alberto Contador of team Astana has won the 2009 Tour de France after crossing the line in a final time of 85:48:35 for the 21-stage grand tour. Andy Schleck from Luxembourg came in second place. Schleck, riding for Team Saxo Bank also won ... |
Nicola Calipari's death was mourned across Italy Nicola Calipari, 51, was shot dead at a US roadblock while escorting Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, who had been released by kidnappers in Iraq. Italy and the US government disputed the circumstances of his death. Italian prosecutors want a US marine, identified as ... | Nicola Calipari was fatally shot by U.S. troops at a checkpoint in Iraq in 2005 Italian prosecutors have asked a judge to indict a United States soldier for fatally shooting Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari at a roadblock in Iraq a year ago. The shooting occurred when Calipari was escorting the Italian jour... |
The House of Commons has voted unanimously in favour of having a state funeral when the last Canadian veteran of the First World War dies. The motion, introduced by the NDP, asked the government to honour all who served in the First World War by sponsoring a state funeral. Of the 619,636 Canadians who served between 19... | The approved a for the last standing World War I veteran Tuesday. Three of them are still alive, Percy Wilson, who is 105 years old, Lloyd Clemett and John Babcock, both 106. They are the last three living veterans among the 619,636 Canadians who served between 1914 and 1918. The motion, introduced by the , was favored... |
Slideshow ( 2 images ) DENVER (Reuters) - Western wear maker Jack A. Weil, whose distinctive snap-button shirts became as popular with celebrities as with working cowboys, has died at the age of 107, his family said on Thursday. Believed to be the oldest CEO in America, “Papa Jack” as he was known, created Rockmount sh... | , founder and CEO of Rockmount Ranch Wear died on August 13 at the age of 107 in Denver, Colorado. He was the oldest working CEO in the United States. He was also known as "Papa Jack". He was born on March 28, 1901 in , Indiana. In 1946, Weil rented a space at 1626 Wazee Street in Denver and set about trying to create ... |
It has been four decades since Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne completed the work for which he became celebrated, but that fertile contribution to number theory has now earned him the Abel Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics. Given annually by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and n... | Mirrored photo of Pierre Deligne in 2005 The awarded Belgian mathematician Pierre Deligne with of 2013 for his contributions toward shaping . The award includes a 6 million (1,026,000, 793,000) prize. , a mathematician from , announced the award in Oslo yesterday. The Academy gave the award to Deligne for "seminal cont... |
Scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - 3D animation - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Bulletin - Article index (12) - Photo index (42) ODI no. 2555 ICC World Cup - 25th Match, Super Eights West Indies v Australia 2006/07 season Played at , on 27,28 March 200... | Australia beat West Indies by 103 runs in the first game of the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda. Australia posted their innings of 322, with Matthew Hayden starring, scoring the highest total of the Australian batsmen in the World Cup thus far. As the ... |
Former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson and his wife, Jeri, arrive at the Bloomberg News party after the White House Correspondents' Dinner April 29, 2006, in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/ Getty Images) "Stripper." "Bimbo." "Permanently tan." These are just a few of the adjectives used in the media lately to describe Jeri K... | Fred Thompson Political analysts widely regard Fred Thompson as a potential, if not likely, candidate in the United States presidential election in 2008. Thompson is a lawyer, lobbyist, character actor and former Republican Senator for Tennessee now residing in McLean, Virginia near Washington D.C. A recent article in ... |
Sketch By Nick Assinder Political correspondent, BBC News website Sybil the cat exploring Downing Street Now there is a new, Scottish, face at the head of the Cabinet table who is loved by everyone and who has the run of the place. It must be one of the most privileged, and soon-to-be best known cats in British public ... | A new cat has moved into 10 Downing Street, the residence of now British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, following in the footsteps, or rather pawsteps, of previous Westminister cats "Humphery" and "Wilberforce". "Sybil", named after "Sybil Fawlty", a character in the British sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'', belongs to the Chanc... |
THREE-PEAT! Women's Volleyball Wins Third Straight NCAA Title Nittany Lions Bounce Back to Beat Texas, 3-2, Extend Wins-Streak to 102 Straight Dec. 19, 2009 Final Stats | Box Score | All-Tournament Team | Quotes | Notes Championship Highlights | Photo Gallery TAMPA, Fla. - The top-ranked Penn State women's volleyball t... | Erasing a two-set deficit, the Penn State University Nittany Lions came from behind in dramatic fashion to win the 2009 NCAA Division 1 women's volleyball championship over the University of Texas Longhorns, held Dec. 19 in Tampa, Florida. Members of the 2007 Penn State national champion team with U.S. President George... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Conservative leader David Cameron says their first by-election gain since 1982 marks "the end of New Labour". Mr Cameron told cheering supporters in Crewe and Nantwich that Labour had run a negative, xenophobic and class war campaign that "completely backfir... | ''Daily Politics'' poll, 46% of people think David Cameron would be the best Prime Minister The Conservative Party's Edward Timpson has won the Crewe and Nantwich by-election in the United Kingdom with a majority of 7,860 votes. This is the party's first by-election victory in 26 years and party leader David Cameron vi... |
A series of studies have said cloned meat is safe to eat The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that cloned cattle, pigs and goats produced food "as safe as the food we eat every day". The recommendation, coming after a five-year study, is a major step towards allowing food from animals onto US supermarket shelve... | United States Food and Drug Administration announced that cloned meat and milk from specific animals was "...as safe as the food we eat every day." An FDA spokesperson also added that there where "No unique risks for human food consumption...". Coming after a lengthy study, the move is likely to meet with opposition fr... |
Iran opened a sabre-rattling show of military might today by firing a long-range weapon said to be capable of carrying nuclear warheads and striking Israel and US forces in the Middle East. Revolutionary Guards tested a Shahab-3 missile at the start of 10 days of war games in a calculated rebuff to the west as it seeks... | Iran's Revolutionary Guards began another series of military exercises on Thursday days after a United States-led naval exercise began in the Persian Gulf. Iran began the 10 days of manoeuvres in the Persian Gulf by test firing dozens of missiles, including the long-range Shahab-3 (estimated range: 2000 km or 1,240 mil... |
The NZ Falcons played their yearly game against the touring Maffra Eagles last Saturday, going down to the champion Victorian country club by 71 points. As a spectacle it did not attain great heights due to 50% greater than average July rainfall for Auckland, most of it in the 2 weeks prior to the match. The organisers... | An Australian rules Football player The International Cup is Australian rules footballs world cup. The 2008 event is being held in Melbourne to celebrate 150 years of Australian rules football. Currently the nation winning the International Cup is considered a distant second to Australia, who does not compete at the cu... |
Research in Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie is seen in this file photo speaking at the Toronto Board of Trade dinner on Mon., Jan. 29, 2007 in Toronto. (CP / Nathan Denette) View larger image Research in Motion President and inventor of the Blackberry, Mike Lazaridis, poses with his Order of Canada after being invested int... | Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) co-chief executive and chairman, Jim Balsillie, has resigned voluntarily as chairman after an internal review revealed irregularities with how the company accounted for stock options. The review was carried out over the past 7 months and indicates that, Canadian BlackBerry maker, RIM, will... |
Plant officials said the reactor automatically shut down after an instrument monitoring plant conditions transmitted wrong information to the reactor control room, The Patriot-News in Harrisburg reported Friday.One worker was injured during shutdown when he was apparently startled by the venting steam and fell, the new... | Three Mile Island in 1979. A reading taken from a "faulty" instrument panel on the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant located near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has caused the reactor to shut down, but officials say that there is no threat to the public as radiation has not been released into the ai... |
Spain rejects ETA ceasefire The Spanish government on Monday rejected a new ceasefire announcement by the separatist group ETA and ruled out negotiations on an independent Basque homeland, saying the militants have been decimated by arrests and are desperate to regroup and rearm. A boy walks past ETA graffiti in Mondra... | Flag of the , currently an autonomous region within Spain. ETA ''(Euskadi Ta Askatasuna),'' a separatist group based out of the region of northern Spain, announced in a recorded and written message that it would end its armed campaign for independence, instead focusing on political means for achieving its goals. The Sp... |
The first sextuplets born in Canada are in fair condition, a Vancouver hospital official said Monday. Officials had confirmed earlier Monday that a woman had given birth to six babies at BC Women's Hospital, one on Saturday and five early Sunday. "Mom is resting and doing well. The babies are in fair condition, which m... | Canada's first sextuplets, four boys and two girls, were born on the weekend of January 6th 2007 at the B.C. Women's hospital in Vancouver. The first baby was delivered vaginally, while the following 5 had to be removed by emergency caesarean section. Dr. Liz Whynot, the Women's Hospital president said the first baby w... |
Germany have opened their FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007 campaign with a draw after the Europeans let slip a two-goal lead in their Group F meeting with Colombia at the Cheonan Sports Complex on Monday 20 August. Germany had the better of the early exchanges, but the opening goal of the match fell to the South American... | Cheonan, South Korea Germany have opened their 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup campaign with a draw against Colombia in Cheonan, South Korea. The opening goal of the match came in 14th minute when Colombia captain Miguel Julio met a free kick with a header. The Germans began creating chances before Dennis Dowidat netted a 34t... |
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