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Environmental lawyer Larissa Waters believes the Greens can hold the balance of power in Queensland's parliament after this year's state election. She just hopes Premier Anna Bligh doesn't call the election in May, when Waters's first baby is due. Ms Waters, the Greens candidate for Treasurer Andrew Fraser's inner-west... | The Queensland Greens will run an environmental lawyer against incumbent treasurer Andrew Fraser at this years Queensland state election in Australia. Larissa Waters will be the party's candidate for the seat of Mt Coot-tha. Ms Waters says she is hoping that the premier does not call the election in May, as she Ms Wate... |
Shark fishing banned in the Bahamas Some 40 species of sharks inhabit the waters of the Atlantic Ocean archipelago Continue reading the main story Related Stories The Bahamas has banned shark fishing in its waters and prohibited the sale, import and export of shark products. The new law will effectively turn all 630,00... | The Bahamas has become the fourth country to ban shark fishing The Bahamas on Tuesday approved a law banning shark fishing in its waters, along with selling, importing and exporting shark products. This makes the Bahamas the fourth country to ban shark fishing, joining the Maldives, Honduras, and Palau. The 630,000 sq ... |
A Flat Rock native working as a federal border patrol agent along the Arizona-Mexico border was shot and killed Tuesday evening after encountering what authorities said are bandits known for targeting illegal immigrants. Agent Brian Terry, 40, who served near Rio Rico, Ariz., was killed near Peck Canyon, about 10 miles... | The United States Border Patrol has announced that a Border agent, Brian Terry aged 40, was shot and killed in Southern Arizona near the border with Mexico on Tuesday night after a shoot out with suspected bandits who were targeting illegal immigrants. Reports state that at least four suspects are in custody with one s... |
By JORGE RUEDA, Associated Press Writer Fri Feb 22, 12:57 PM ET CARACAS, Venezuela - All 46 people aboard a Venezuelan passenger plane died when it slammed into an Andean mountain, rescue crews confirmed Friday. "By the way it crashed we can determine there are no survivors," said Gen. Ramon Vinas, head of the civil av... | A Venezuelan plane with 46 passengers onboard has been reported missing in western Venezuela, officials say. The Santa Barbara Airlines plane took off just before dusk from the city of Mérida en route to Simón Bolívar International Airport outside the capital city of Caracas. Noel Marquez, director of Venezuela's emerg... |
advertisement International Mediators Try to Help End Togo Crisis LOME (Reuters) - International mediators met with Togolese government ministers on Saturday to try to end a crisis in which scores of people died during days of rioting after the late ruler's son was declared winner of a disputed poll. The head of the Ec... | Immediately after the provisional election returns in the West African nation of Togo were given last Tuesday, violence and chaos erupted with security forces beating and shooting protesters, who object to the fairness of the Togolese elections and allege widespread fraud. Some of the opposition leaders who were target... |
Regensburg War Messerangriff ein versuchter Mord? Neutraubling Als im Oktober ein 18-Jähriger in Neutraubling angeriffen wurde, gab es viele Gerüchte. Jetzt ist klar, was die Tat auslöste. ||||| 20 Millionen Dollar für ISS-Mission Japaner fliegt als Weltraumtourist ins All von uhg Ein japanischer Unternehmer wird als e... | Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke "Dice-K" Enomoto, 34, is set to become the fourth private citizen in space. The Arlington, Virginia-based company "Space Adventures", which specializes in spaceflight-related travel, announced on March 7 that Enomoto was approved by the Russian space agency as a flight candidate. Enomoto h... |
The convoy was returning to barracks at Bordj Bou Arreridj, southeast of Algiers, after escorting Chinese construction workers to a motorway project, when it came under attack on Wednesday evening, the sources said. At least 24 Algerian paramilitary police have been killed in an ambush on their convoy, local sources sa... | Local media stated on Thursday that at least 21 Algerian paramilitary police had been killed after an ambush on their convoy. The convoy was en route to their barracks at Bordj Bou Arreridj, following an escort of Chinese construction workers to a nearby worksite, located southeast of Algeria's capital of , when it was... |
Right around noon today, if all goes as planned, a spacecraft called Messenger will swoop past the planet Mercury and begin two days of unprecedented picture-taking and data-collecting. The flyby, the first visit to Mercury in more than 33 years by an emissary from Earth, will mark a key moment in a NASA mission that w... | Messenger's approach to Mercury is chronicled in this image taken by the Wide Angle Camera on Messenger. Today, NASA's spacecraft , or the '''ME'''rcury '''S'''urface, '''S'''pace '''EN'''vironment, '''GE'''ochemistry, and '''R'''anging spacecraft, is expected to begin its two day mission at about noon (), of data coll... |
Događaji dana Događaji dana Specijalci s Kurska gase požar unutar plamtećeg broda Piše: Silvana Fable/EPEHA Foto: Goran Šebelić / CROPIX Turski ro-ro brod, dug 193 metra, koji prevozi 200 teretnjaka i 11 tona opasnog tereta, gori 13 milja zapadno od Rovinja. Posada i putnici spasili se skokom u more PULA - U pulsku zra... | Approximate position of the UND Adriyatik when it caught fire Croatia's sea and transport ministry said the UND Adriyatik, a Turkish freight ship caught fire in the Adriatic Sea 13 nautical miles west of the town of Rovinj on the early morning hours of February 6, 2008. An SOS was launched at 4.04 local time. It said t... |
Britain's 'oldest hospital found' by archaeologists Excavations revealed a range of buildings and "convincing evidence" for building foundations Archaeologists say they have uncovered what may be Britain's earliest known hospital. Radio carbon testing at the site of a former leprosy hospital in Winchester, Hampshire, h... | Archaeologists from the in Hampshire, England have discovered what they believe to be the earliest known hospital in the United Kingdom. Burials at the former leprosy hospital in England's former capital city have been radio carbon dated and are estimated to be from AD 960–1030. Several buildings have been excavated on... |
By Jane Barrett MADRID (Reuters) - A Spanish court found 21 people guilty of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings but cleared three men of masterminding Europe's deadliest Islamist attack, which killed 191 people. Victims were shocked by the sentences, which in many cases were much lower than the state attorne... | Plaque at the city hall in memory of the casualties in the 11-M terror attack in Madrid The Audiencia Nacional of Spain (National Court of Spain) has found 21 of 28 defendants guilty in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings. The defendants were facing charges including murder, forgery and conspiracy to commit ... |
The official account of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. For emergency assistance call 911, for non-emergencies: 1-800-743-5000. We're here from 8-5, Mon-Fri. ||||| The official account of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. For emergency assistance call 911, for non-emergencies: 1-800-743-5000. We're here from 8-5, Mon... | At midnight local time (0700 ), United States public utility (PG&E) began turning off electricity for customers in the San Francisco area of California. PG&E stated it scheduled the blackouts in response to forecasts for high winds amid dry conditions. The aim is to reduce the risk of wildfires. Nearly 800 thousand cus... |
Sony Investigating Hacker Claims of Data Theft at Film Unit By Cliff Edwards and Mariko Yasu (Adds analyst comments in fifth paragraph.) June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. started investigating a hacker group’s claim that it stole personal information from 1 million accounts at Sony Pictures website. A group calling itse... | A group of Internet hackers, which refers to itself as Lulz Security or LulzSec, has claimed to have broken into servers for Sony entertainment websites and stolen in excess of one million items of personal details, including email addresses and passwords. Seventy-five thousand "music codes" and three-and-a-half millio... |
Wellington hospitals put out SOS for nurses Wellington Hospital and Kenepuru Community Hospital are calling up retired nurses as reinforcements for sick staff. The two hospitals declared a "Code Red" today. No, it is not war -- it is the winter peak season in the health sector. The hospitals don't have the capacity to ... | The Capital & Coast District Health Board today issued a "code red" for two Wellington hospitals. Both Wellington Hospital and Kenepuru Community Hospital have a staff shortage of about 20 nurses, and the hospital is calling on any help available. Dr Robyn Toomath, director of clinical support services at the Health Bo... |
Felipe Massa took the lead of the drivers championship after a decisive victory for Ferrari at Magny-Cours on Sunday. The Brazilian trailed team mate Kimi Raikkonen for the first 38 of the 70 laps, but moved ahead decisively as the Finns F2008 developed an exhaust problem. The latter cost Raikkonen the win, but nobod... | 2008 Canadian Grand PrixPhoto credit: Mark McArdle Magny Cours Ferrari driver Felipe Massa won the FIA Formula One 2008 Grand Prix de France at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours, France. Though his teammate Kimi Räikkönen started from pole, Massa was able to get closer and overtake after a problem with exhaust lines on... |
Military interrogators at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq learned about the use of military working dogs to intimidate detainees from a team of interrogators dispatched from the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to court testimony yesterday. One interrogation analyst also testified that sleep dep... | Ivan Frederick abusing an Iraqi prisoner. In testimony at a military hearing yesterday on abuses at the U.S. prison camp in Iraq, the former warden of Abu Ghraib, Maj. David Dinenna, said he attended in September 2003 a meeting with Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller, who was then commander of the Guantanamo Bay prison ca... |
Reports of significant damage are emerging from the Goldfields this morning after the biggest earthquake in 50 years struck the region. The 5.0 magnitude quake struck south-west of Kalgoorlie at 8.17am. Residents in Kalgoorlie, Boulder and Coolgardie reported a "sizeable tremor" lasting between five and 10 seconds. Sen... | A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has hit the Western Australian mining town of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The earthquake, which struck at 08:17 am AWST (00:17 UTC), is the strongest to hit the region of Goldfields-Esperance in 50 years. Goldfields is considered one of the more geologically stable regions of Australia, in comparison... |
The government says many of the roughly 490 men currently detained at Guantanamo Bay are dangerous terrorists. But ABC News has exclusive details about five men imprisoned at Guantanamo who even the Pentagon admits don't pose a national security threat. The United Nations said today the base should be shut down. The or... | A detainee is escorted to a medium security facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Some men imprisoned at Guantanamo are not considered a threat by the Pentagon. For months United States officials have been trying to find a country which will grant these men asylum. "What's clear here is that the military had its own militar... |
The representatives of Cisco Systems Inc. stated that the company completed a lawsuit against another giant – Apple Inc. The latter, when launching its new gadget called iPhone, used the trademark which belongs to Cisco. The lawsuit was filled by Cisco Systems Inc. in the US district court. The branded iPhones have bee... | The iPhone from Apple. The only made its appearance as a prototype and there have been controversies aroused. The dispute has come up between the manufacturer of the iPhone (which was presented on Wednesday for the first time) — Apple Inc. — and a leader in network and communication systems, based in — . The company cl... |
Mr Fox will leave office after an election in July In a BBC interview, Vicente Fox also made it clear that once the document is officially published next month, there would be no further investigation. The Supreme Court had established it was too late to prosecute, he added. Authorities are alleged to have killed or to... | A leaked draft of a report on instances of state repression during Mexico's "dirty war" has been called into question by top officials. The document will be officially published next month. Report author, Ignacio Carrillo, assigned to the task by President Fox, commented by saying, "He will have to render his report. I... |
N A T I O N A L N E W S S T O R Y RELATED LINKS Student's disappearance out-of-character 14 August 2006 Police are appealing for a Victoria University student who disappeared suddenly in central Wellington on Thursday night to contact them. Detective Senior Sergeant Shane Cotter, of Wellington CIB, said design student ... | are concerned over the disappearance of a 19-year-old student. Daniel Antonious Hansman has not been seen since 11.30 p.m. last Thursday. He was last seen outside Coyote Bar on Courtney Place after he and his friend were refused entry because they were intoxicated. After several other unsuccessful attempts to get into ... |
BELFAST (Reuters) - The Ulster Volunteer Force, the most lethal of Northern Ireland’s Protestant paramilitary groups, said on Thursday it would put “beyond reach” weapons it used against Catholics opposed to British rule in the province. A man strolls past a mural, depicting a loyalist paramilitary group Ulster Volunte... | Northern Ireland as part of the British Isles.Northern Ireland is shown in orange, the rest of the United Kingdom is peach, and Ireland is white. The Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary group, the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) intends to end its decade-long campaign of violence and terror and will disarm, making it t... |
The US believes Iran is getting closer to developing nuclear arms He warned of "massive" consequences if Iran was treated unfairly. Mr Khatami said again that the nuclear programme was peaceful and needed to produce power, rejecting US suspicions that it is a cover for weapons. EU powers want Tehran to end uranium enri... | Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said today that his country will never give up its nuclear development process. Talking to foreign ambassadors in Tehran, he said, "We give our guarantee that we will not produce nuclear weapons because we're against them and do not believe they are a source of power, but we will not ... |
CLAIMS that images of tortured prisoners in Iraq would trigger renewed violence were "a joke", the producer of the program that broadcast the new footage said today. SBS'sprogram last night aired the images of naked prisoners, some bloodied and apparently lying dead on the floor, that were taken about the same time as ... | ''The Australian'' has reported today that the has confirmed the authenticity of the images aired by Australian television network . Contradicting claims made by some media outlets, SBS Dateline's executive producer Mike Carey claimed on Thursday that the program's researchers have found cases of prisoner abuse that ha... |
Strike on eve of Games called off Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Continue reading the main story Related Stories A public sector strike involving border staff due on the eve of the Olympics has been called off by union officials. The Public and Commercial Services union said the governmen... | The (PCS), the largest civil services trade union in the United Kingdom, yesterday reversed its decision to hold a strike for its worker members scheduled for today, the day before the Olympic Games are due to start in London. The strike, which was called last week as a result of job reductions being made, would have a... |
Liberals and conservatives can become equally bug-eyed and irrational when talking politics, especially when they are on the defensive. Using M.R.I. scanners, neuroscientists have now tracked what happens in the politically partisan brain when it tries to digest damning facts about favored candidates or criticisms of t... | A recent study led by Dr. Drew Westen, a Professor of Psychology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia has concluded that political partisans use an "almost entirely emotional and unconscious" thought process when digesting damaging information about a favored political candidate. The experiment used fMRI scans of 30... |
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 PHOTOS A sniper killed the male suspect while a female suspect was in custody, said Osceola County Sheriff Bob Hansell. Four hostages were not injured. The suspects had escaped the Mercantile Bank, a mile west of Walt Disney World, with one hostage after authorities blasted through the rear ... | Map of Florida highlighting Osceola County Two suspected robbers west of Kissimmee, Florida released one hostage after negotiating with sheriffs' deputies. Other hostages remain inside, authorities say. Police later shot and killed one bank robber and arrested a second on after a 10 hour stand-off with police. "A snipe... |
Malawi is one of the world's poorest countries Jan Egeland, the UN relief coordinator, called on donors particularly those in the Gulf states benefiting from high oil prices to help out. The UN launched an appeal last month for the more than 4m Malawians who are facing hunger after the worst harvest in a decade. The ma... | Location of Malawi The United Nations have called upon member states to donate US$88m to fight hunger in Malawi. So far, not a single country responded. U.N launched an appeal ten days ago and especially called upon nations in the Persian Gulf, who are benefiting from the current high oil prices, to donate. "There are... |
Wearing a chest full of medals, Alberta's new lieutenant governor, retired Col. Donald Ethell, shares a joke with a soldier while inspecting the guard on the legislature grounds after his swearing-in ceremony in Edmonton on Tuesday, May 11, 2010. Photograph by: Chris Schwarz, edmontonjournal.com EDMONTON — Alberta's ne... | Tuesday saw Colonel assume the post of provincial in Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada. The swearing-in ceremony took place at Edmonton's Legislative Building, with the retired colonel inspecting the guard afterwards. As is traditional, the taking of the oath of office was accompanied by a fifteen-gun salute. The ne... |
Syria: Danish, Norwegian embassies set ablaze (VIDEO) Demonstrators storm Danish, Norwegian embassies in Damascus, set fire to buildings in protest of offensive caricatures of Islam’s prophet; top Hamas official: We should have killed all those who defiled the Prophet Muhammad, but instead we are protesting in peace Sh... | The Norwegian and Danish embassies in Damascus, Syria have been set alight by crowds numbering in the thousands. Reports indicate both embassies have been destroyed by fire. The building hosting the Danish embassy also contained the embassies of Chile and Sweden. The Danish embassy was initially torched, at a time when... |
TURKEY said today it was not afraid of "paying the price" to win victory over Kurdish separatists based in northern Iraq after a rebel ambush near the Iraqi border left 12 soldiers dead. "Although it respects Iraq's territorial integrity, Turkey will not tolerate that terrorism be aided and abetted and will not be afra... | As many as 17 Turkish soldiers were killed and 16 were injured in an ambush after Iraqi Kurdish militants (PKK) attacked the patrol in Hakkari Province on the Iraq-Turkey border. As a result, a large battle erupted and at least 32 Kurdish militants were killed. "Although it respects Iraq's territorial integrity, Turkey... |
A DEMONSTRATION by about 1000 female Saudi students against discrimination and corruption at their university left one dead and more than 50 injured, after police armed with batons stormed the gathering. The incident took place Wednesday at King Khalid University in south-western Abha, but was only receiving Western at... | Dozens of female students were injured on Wednesday after police and security forces stormed a demonstration at 's . Up to 1,000 students were protesting alleged corruption, discrimination, and failure to remove rubbish at two female campuses. The protests were in the city of Abha. University officials said law enforce... |
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey on Wednesday ended search and rescue efforts in the rubble of buildings that collapsed as a result of Friday’s strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea, after the death toll crept up to 116 in the western city of Izmir and a Greek island. The quake, the deadliest to hit Turkey in nearly a decade,... | On Wednesday, the Tuskish government declared they were officially ending the search of survivors of the earthquake in the . Reports said at least 116 people died due to this earthquake, while the number of casualties rose to at least 1,035 in Turkey and about 19 in Greece. USGS' map of impact. On the Greek island of ,... |
MUMBAI: The serial killer stalking the streets of South Mumbai is getting bolder. On Saturday morning he struck again, claiming his eighth victim, bludgeoning a 20-year-old unidentified youth to death. The body was found by policemen in a secluded spot between Churchgate and Grant Road. The killer had struck on Friday ... | A serial killer on Mumbai's streets killed yet another person last night; making the latter one of five young men murdered recently. The body of a 20-year-old unidentified man was found in a secluded spot on the railway tracks between Churchgate and Grant Road, his head was crushed by a 10 kg stone. A senior police off... |
Error: Javascript is disabled in this browser. This page requires Javascript. Modify your browser's settings to allow Javascript to execute. See your browser's documentation for specific instructions. ||||| Asharq Al-Awsat A Jordanian Royal Decree has been issued on Sunday accepting the resignation of Justice Minister ... | The Jordanian Ministers for Interior and Justice resigned yesterday after they were found violating anti-coronavirus measures. File photo of now ex-Minister of Justice Bassam Talhouni. Both Interior Minister Samir Mobeideen and Justice Minister were found at a public banquet violating the social distancing as well as m... |
Google's new operating system to take on Microsoft SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) — Google Inc. is working on a new operating system for inexpensive computers in a daring attempt to wrest away Microsoft Corp.'s long-running control over people's computing experience. The new operating system, announced late Tuesday night on Go... | Google logo. Google announced today that they are developing Google Chrome OS. The operating system, announced on their official blog, will be based on their Chrome browser, which is now nine months old. Google said that at first it will be targeted toward netbooks, but in the future, will eventually expand. The compan... |
Yeltsin oversaw a period of immense change in Russia Mr Yeltsin - who had a history of heart trouble - died of heart failure in hospital at 1545 (1145 GMT). He came to power after being promoted by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, a man he then outmanoeuvred. He won international acclaim as a defender of democra... | Boris Yeltsin in 1993 Former President of Russia Boris Yeltsin has died at age 76, according to a Kremlin spokesperson. "Today, at 15:45 (11:45 GMT) Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin died in the Central Clinical Hospital as a result of a deteriorating cardio-vascular problem," said the spokesperson. Yeltsin had a history of h... |
Drone Kills 8 in Pakistan Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack has killed at least eight people in the country's northwest. Pakistani officials say a suspected U.S. drone attack has killed at least eight people, including foreign militants, in the country's northwest. The officials say two missiles wer... | Pakistani officials said that a suspected US drone attack has killed at least eight people today, including foreign militants, in the country's northwest. The officials said that two missiles were fired at a compound being used by suspected Taliban militants in Mir Ali village, in North Waziristan, a region on the Afgh... |
Japan's Prime Minister calling nuclear situation "very grave and serious" Posted: Friday, March 25, 2011 12:30 PM EST TOKOYO, Japan (NBC)--Japan's prime minister is describing the situation at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant as "very grave and serious." Officials suspect one of the reactor cores may have bee... | Two weeks after a disastrous earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, the has been described by the Prime Minister as "very grave and serious". In a nationally televised report to the nation on Friday, said the Japanese government was "not in a position where we can be optimistic." Radiation is reported to still be leaking f... |
Government goes high-tech to redesign $100 bills WASHINGTON — The folks who print America's money have designed a high-tech makeover of the $100 bill. It's part of an effort to stay ahead of counterfeiters as technology becomes more sophisticated and more dollars flow overseas, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke say... | Obverse of the Series 2009 US$100 bill Reverse of the Series 2009 US$100 bill Official animated video released yesterday The United States 's unveiled a new Wednesday morning. This is the first time that the one hundred dollar note has been redesigned since 1996. Until now the one hundred dollar note, along with the an... |
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 1977 black-and-white file photo, two former White House press secretaries, Ron Ziegler, left, and Jerry terHorst, right, chat with then-current press secretary Ron Nessen, center, at the National Press Club in Washington. terhorst, a former press secretary to President Gerald Ford is dead at age... | TerHorst's letter of resignation Former United States press secretary Jerald terHorst has died at the age of 87. TerHorst was President Gerald Ford’s first press secretary and served in the position for a month in 1974. The cause of death was announced as congestive heart failure. He resigned from his position over Pr... |
On April 4, 2015, the Moon will turn a shade of red in many parts of the World as the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon's surface. The Earth's atmosphere is to blame for turning the Moon red during a Lunar Eclipse. ©bigstockphoto.com/ prajit48 Animation: Next Eclipse in your city ... | Observation from Chelsea, Victoria, Australia at 06:07am AEST (UTC+10). On Friday–Saturday —depending on observer's timezone— a total lunar eclipse occurred as the Moon was in the shadow of the Earth. As normal during such an eclipse, the Moon became faint and turned completely red as bluer light was by the Earth's atm... |
Police arrested a man after the plane landed Police arrested the man soon after the Boeing 737 landed at Gando military base in Spain's Canary Islands. The hijacker seized the jet shortly after take-off from Mauritania's capital, Nouakchott. Police said he was armed with two handguns. The hijacker's motive was not know... | A hijacked Air Mauritania Boeing 737 passenger plane has landed on Spain's Canary Islands after making a fuel stop in Western Sahara, officials in Mauritania said today. It was hijacked after the takeoff from the Nouakchott airport. While on the plane, the man demanded it to be flown to France to seek asylum. The 71 pa... |
Residents of the small community of Oltedal in western Norway were gathering to mourn the tragic deaths of a young local couple over the weekend. They apparently were asphyxiated in a bus while attending a rock music festival. The weekend trip to a rock music festival turned fatal for a group from the small community o... | Vest-Agder, Norway, county containing Kvinesdal. Motörhead in 2005. The band paid tribute to the victims before their performance at Norway Rock Festival. Further details have emerged on the deaths of two people at the annual Norway Rock Festival in Kvinesdal. Eight other people were rescued unconscious from a bus at t... |
Missile successfully launches from Vandenberg VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- A Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile configured with a National Nuclear Security Administration test assembly launched from North Vandenberg April 1 at 1:01 a.m. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Angelique Perez) Download Hi... | right At 08:01 GMT (01:01 local time) this morning, the United States Air Force launched a missile on a test mission from Launch Facility 09 at in California. Due to a large number of delays, this is the first time that a Minuteman missile has conducted an operational test in over a year. The missile flew 6,759 kilomet... |
Radical Islamic Group Banned in Britain Photo: AP The British government has banned an Islamic group under the country's counter-terrorism laws. Islam4UK had planned to stage a march through the British town Wootton Bassett to honor Muslims killed in Afghanistan. Britain's home secretary has announced that from Thursda... | Islam4UK, an Islamist group that was intending to march through a British town known for honouring fallen troops, is to be banned by the government today under counterterrorism laws. "I have ... laid an order which will proscribe Al-Muhajiroun, Islam4UK, and a number of the other names the organisation goes by," said t... |
Mr Shinawatra and his wife Potjaman have had their British visas revoked The British government has revoked the visas of the former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife. An e-mail sent to airlines from the British embassy in Bangkok told them not to allow the couple to board flights to Britain. Mr Thaksi... | Thaksin Shinawatra from 2005 An email circulated to airlines yesterday revealed that the UK government has revoked the visas of Thai ex-Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife. Both have been convicted and sentenced to jail terms in Thailand. The email instructs airlines not to facilitate travel for the couple t... |
Iran continues to expand its ability to enrich uranium, but is operating far below capacity and cooperating more fully in clearing up questions about its efforts, a U.N. report said Thursday. According to the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran operates 1,968 centrifuges for producing enriched uraniu... | On August 27, Iran published public information report about its nuclear program, thus unveiling a part of outstanding issues still in discussion with (IAEA). In this document, Tehran provide clarifications about plutonium experiments and shows signs of cooperation in clearing up questions about its efforts to acquire ... |
Author Michael Crichton Has 'Died Unexpectedly' Copyright 2008 Fredrick M. Brown / Getty Images Prolific novelist and "ER" creator Michael Crichton has passed away. He was 66. Perhaps best known for being the author of Jurassic Park and its sequel The Lost World, which were turned into a hugely successful movie franchi... | American author and producer Michael Crichton has died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 66, according to a statement released by his family. According to ''Entertainment Tonight'', Crichton died after a long and quiet battle with cancer. His family said that his death was "unexpected". "While the world knew him... |
News Africa Deadly stampede in Mali mosque The deadly stampede happened as pilgrims circled around the ancient mosque [AFP] At least 26 people have been crushed to death and many more injured in a stampede at the main mosque in Mali's northwestern city of Timbuktu, officials and witnesses said. "There were 26 killed an... | According to a government official, at least 26 people were killed in a stampede on Thursday at a historic mosque in the northwestern city of Timbuktu, Mali. "There were 26 killed and 40 wounded," Oumar Sangare, the Internal Ministry spokesman, told Reuters. However, other news agency reports put the death toll as low ... |
Glasgow 2014: The Gambia confirms Games withdrawal The Queen's Baton Relay will no longer go to The Gambia Gambian officials have confirmed that the country will not be competing in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Last week, the west African nation branded the 54-member grouping, which includes the UK and most ... | Following Gambia's sudden withdrawal last week from the , the country confirmed today they have withdrawn from the -hosted Commonwealth Games scheduled to take place next year. This leaves 70 countries and territories competing in the Games. Countries that competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games The country's president... |
Photo: PA Mr Brown visited Moorfields in London, one of the world’s best-known eye hospitals, after surgeons found two small tears in his retina. The disclosure comes just two weeks after Labour Party chiefs were angry with the BBC because Andrew Marr, the presenter, questioned the Prime Minister about his health, incl... | Gordon Brown. The British government has said that eyesight tests reveal Prime Minister Gordon Brown has two minor tears in the retina of his right eye. Prime Minister Brown went to the Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, England. A series of eyesight tests revealed that there were two small tears in his right retina, b... |
Chelsea's UEFA Champions League quarter-final tie with Valencia remains firmly in the balance after a 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge. Valencia took the lead into half-time after David Silva's wonder goal on 30 minutes, but Didier Drogba headed the equaliser after the break from Ashley Cole's long ball forward. Jose Mourin... | The first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals were played out on Tuesday and Wednesday. Of the three English teams remaining in the competition, only one was able to earn themselves a win in the first leg, that being Liverpool. Draws occurred in the Chelsea/Valencia and Milan/Bayern games, while Manchester Unite... |
There were no histrionics from John Sweeney this time but a second look at Scientology underlined the insidious aspects of the controversial organisation. As Sweeney delved into L Ron Hubbard's mysterious pseudoreligion and found himself hounded and harassed, the group's continued denial that it is a cult seemed laugha... | ''Wikinews'' interviewed author about her book ''Scientology - Abuse at the Top'', and asked her about her experiences working as an executive within the organization. Scobee joined the organization at age 14, and worked at Scientology's international management headquarters for several years before leaving in 2005. Sh... |
In the 24-year history of Miami tournament, Nikolay Davydenko has become the first Russian reaching the semifinals. And it was only the beginning. Davydenko won the second Series trophy in career by defeating Spain’s Rafael Nadal in straight sets to win the men's singles final of the Open at the Crandon Park Tennis Cen... | A file photo of Rafael NadalA file photo of Nikolay DavydenkoNikolay Davydenko, from Russia beat Rafael Nadal in the Sony Ericsson Open, which takes place in Florida. Davyenko commented on his performance after the match. He said that his "tennis was so good today. I think it's the best tennis of the hard-court season.... |
Linda Smith is survived by her partner Warren Lakin The writer and broadcaster was a staple of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and BBC Radio, whose listeners voted her "Wittiest Person" in 2002. She made frequent appearances on Just A Minute and I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue, as well as the TV shows Have I Got News For You,... | It was reported by the ''BBC News'' service that Linda Smith, regular panelist on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, stand up comedian, satirist and writer, passed away from chronic ovarian cancer on Monday, February 27, 2006. Ms. Smith died age 48 and is survived by her partner, Warren Lakin. Ms. Smith gained fame from her ... |
TORONTO -- On a misty Thursday night at BMO Field, the fog of Toronto FC's 12-game winless streak finally lifted as the Reds managed a 2-1 upset against the New York Red Bulls. After Maurice Edu's strike in the 18th minute put Toronto ahead, the Reds capitalized on an own goal by New York defender Chris Leitch that pro... | Toronto FC ended their 12 game winless streak with a 2-1 victory over Red Bull New York in a tense affair that saw both sides go down to 10 men in the 2nd half. After Maurice Edu's goal in the 18th minute put Toronto ahead for the 3rd straight game, the Reds scored on an own goal by New York defender Chris Leitch that ... |
Three foreign journalists covering the World Cup in South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint, police say. One of them saw two robbers as they broke into their lodgings near Johannesburg in the early morning. "One of the suspects pointed a gun at the journalist and told him to lie down," police spokesman Hangwani Mulau... | Location of Gauteng within South Africa Three foreign journalists in South Africa have been robbed at gunpoint while they slept in their chalet in , . The reporters were in South Africa to cover the , a football competition which starts on June 11. Police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi confirmed that two gunmen broke into... |
New Bin Laden video praises hijacker on 9/11 anniversary (UPDATE 2) WASHINGTON -- Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden praises one of the September 11 hijackers in a video released Tuesday, the sixth anniversary of the traumatic attacks, reports said. IntelCenter, a US-based organization that monitors Islamic militant websit... | A second, 47 minute video that allegedly shows al-Qaeda's leader Osama bin Laden has aired on the Internet, the six-year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Reports are saying that the video only shows an image of bin Laden, much like the ones in the previous tape, but that his voice can be heard praising Wa... |
Chandrayaan 1 sent back images of Earth earlier this month India's first unmanned lunar spacecraft, Chandrayaan 1, has placed a probe on the surface of the Moon. The probe, painted with the Indian flag, touched down at 2034 (1504 GMT), the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said. It will perform various experime... | At 8:34 pm Indian time Friday night (1504 UTC), India became the fourth country to land its flag on the Moon. The unmanned lunar orbiter Chandrayaan-1 ejected its Moon Impact Probe (MIP), which hurtled across the surface of the Moon at 1.5 kilometres per second (3000 miles per hour), and successfully crash landed near ... |
Defiant Mugabe vows to hold Zimbabwe run-off (AFP) – Jun 24, 2008 HARARE (AFP) — Zimbabwe's leader Robert Mugabe defied global criticism on Tuesday by vowing to press on with a presidential run-off vote marred by deadly violence, even as his rival remained holed up in an embassy. "Other people can say what they want, b... | Robert Mugabe, the current head of state in Zimbabwe has said that the scheduled elections will take place in Zimbabwe, despite the fact that there have been calls from many influential organisations, including the United Nations, to cancel the elections due to the fact that the opposition candidate has pulled out. "Th... |
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. ||||| BERLIN, March 30 -- A U.S. Army sergeant pleaded guilty to murder Monday in the deaths of four Iraqi priso... | A United States Army sergeant has decided to plead guilty to the murders of four Iraqi civilians. Sgt. First Class Joseph P. Mayo, 27, is the fourth serviceman convicted over the killings, which occurred in March or April 2007. The Iraqis were arrested in Baghdad under suspicion of attacks upon patrols by the army in t... |
HEIDELBERG, Germany — A U.S. Army Europe noncommissioned officer was sentenced Friday to two years in prison for sodomy of a minor and child pornography possession. Staff Sgt. Christopher Barberi, 38, was also given a bad-conduct discharge for the sexual abuse of a young girl from the time she was 11 until her 15th bir... | Seal of the United States Department of the Army Staff Sgt. Christopher Barberi, a U.S. Army Europe non-commissioned officer, was sentenced Friday for sodomy of a minor and possession of pornographic photos of the girl following conviction on 2 July. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Barberi allegedly committed ... |
Prime Minister Stephen Harper introduced plans Friday to amend the Criminal Code to clamp down on drivers who are high on drugs, calling drug-impaired driving "just as socially unacceptable" as getting behind the wheel when drunk. The changes will give police new powers to apprehend and test drivers suspected of being ... | Stephen Harper, along with MADD Canada, has proposed to amend the Criminal Code to make driving while under the influence of drugs as unacceptable as drunk driving. Harper was at a news conference in Kitchener today during the 19th annual Project Red Ribbon campaign, sponsored by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD). "... |
The Beatles set up record label Apple Corps in 1968 Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and the families of George Harrison and John Lennon control the Apple Corps label. They claimed the US firm broke a deal aimed at ensuring there would not be two Apples in the music industry. But Mr Justice Anthony Mann ruled that the c... | The Beatles' label Apple Corps lost its court case against Apple Computer today in the High Court. Apple Corps argued that the iTunes Music Store was a breach of the 1991 settlement reached between the two parties. The 1991 agreement was that Apple Computer would not sell music branded with an apple. Mr Justice Anthony... |
Porsche has been hit hard by the global recession Porsche has seen its nine-month unit sales slump by more than a quarter after demand for its cars was hit by the worldwide recession. Global sales at the German carmaker declined 28% to 53,635 vehicles between August 2008 and the end of April, compared with a year earli... | File photo of a Porsche 911, Modell 997.On Friday, German automobile manufacturer Porsche reported that its August-April sales saw a drop of 28%, to 53,635 vehicles, after demand for luxury vehicles plunged as a result of the ongoing global financial crisis. The firm also reported the revenue in the first three quarter... |
Earthquake Summary Felt Reports Damage reported at Rancagua. A small tsunami was recorded with wave heights (peak-to-peak) of 16 cm at Valparaiso and 29 cm at San Antonio. Tectonic Summary The Chile earthquakes of March 11, 2010, 14:39 UTC and 14:55 UTC, occurred in the region of the plate boundary between the Nazca an... | Sebastián Piñera A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Chile on Thursday, just 21 minutes before the country's new president, Sebastián Piñera, was due to be sworn in. This earthquake comes several days after a heavy 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook the country, the strongest one in almost half a century. According to the US... |
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Woman accused of causing death of fiance in pub incident A 41-year-old woman from Bath appeared in court today charged with causing the death of her fiance. Caroline Broad, of Hatfield Close, Twerton, pleaded not guilty to a charge of death by dangerous driving, and an alternative charge of death by careless driving wh... | A woman has been found guilty of killing her fiancé after she ran him over while three times over the drink drive limit. Caroline Broad, 41, killed her partner of eight years Christopher Phillips, 40, when she ran him over in the car park of the Full Moon Pub in Twerton, Bath, England on August 17, 2008. Broad has been... |
The 11-year-old was hit by one of three shots fired Reaction to the shooting An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot in the neck in the Croxteth area of Liverpool. The incident happened at about 1930 BST on Wednesday in the car park of the Fir Tree public house on Fir Tree Drive. A witness said the victim was one ... | An 11-year-old boy has died after being shot in the car park of the Fir Tree pub in the Croxteth area of Liverpool, shortly after 1930 BST. An eyewitness, who had been drinking outside the pub at the time, said the boy was one of three playing football in the car park when a teenager, believed to be male, on a BMX bicy... |
Would you like to receive information from your local NPR member station? (see NPR's privacy policy ) May we contact you with information about NPR programming? (see NPR's privacy policy ) ||||| NPR People Nina Totenberg is National Public Radio's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on ... | Seal of the United States Supreme Court. In a major decision, the Supreme Court of the United States has expanded the right of government to seize private property for public good by allowing the city of , Connecticut to invoke and seize homeowners' property for economic development reasons. In a closely-divided decisi... |
ZANU-PF Says Zimbabwe Gov't Will Operate Without MDC Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party says government business will continue despite the MDC party's decision to stop working with its unity government partner. Zimbabwe's PM Morgan Tsvangirai during a press conference in Harare (File) The state-run Sunday Mail newspaper quotes I... | Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party has said that government business will continue despite the opposition party's decision to stop working with its unity government partner. A spokesman for president Robert Mugabe dismissed the boycott by the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Morgan Tsvangirai as "needless excit... |
1 of 14. Georgia's presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze speaks to media in Tbilisi January 5, 2008. Georgian leader Mikhail Saakashvili won the former Soviet republic's presidential election outright, an exit poll showed, but the opposition said the vote was rigged and called for mass protests on Sunday. TBILISI ... | Mikheil Saakashvili narrowly won the presidential election with 52.8% of the vote. Election officials have declared Mikheil Saakashvili the winner of the Georgian presidential election, which occurred earlier than usual due to anti-government protests in November 2007. He garnered 52.8% of the vote, while the leading o... |
Meanwhile, her older sister, Atlantis, is waiting on official approval - following the post-Focused Inspection recommendation - to have an EVA repair to an unstitched piece of OMS Pod blanket (see newsflash), the only TPS issue with the orbiter, while EVA-1 has seen the successful move of the Columbus module on to the ... | CGI image of the ISS after the installation of ''Columbus'' A spacewalk was conducted today by astronauts Rex Walheim and Stan Love, members of the STS-122 Space Shuttle crew, to install the new Columbus module onto the International Space Station. The spacewalk, or extra-vehicular activity (EVA), began at 14:13 UTC, w... |
Rescuers continued searching for survivors though the night after a powerful aftershock brought two apartment blocks crashing down in the stricken city of L'Aquila, killing one person and causing panic among rescue workers and survivors of Monday's deadly earthquake. Chunks of masonry fell from other damaged buildings,... | An aftershock with a magnitude of 5.6 shook Central Italy on Tuesday, nearly 48 hours after a major 6.3 quake hit the country. Earlier in the day, another aftershock of 4.2 was also reported. The death toll from the quakes has now surpassed 200 with thousands of others injured. At least one person was killed in the aft... |
In one of the wildest and most chaotic Formula One qualifying sessions in recent memory, Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was struck in the helmet by a flying piece of debris and then he crashed hard into the tire wall. Massa was seen waving to the crowd afterwards, but he was seriously injured and is officially out of Sund... | File photo of Fernando Alonso (2009) Hungaroring Renault driver Fernando Alonso takes pole in a qualification session on Saturday for tomorrow's 2009 ING Magyar Nagydij at Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary. Two Red Bull cars also with Renault engines are right on the back of the Spaniard. McLaren-Mercedes drivers Lewis Ha... |
Days of torrential rain in southern India have left vast tracts of land devastated and displaced million of people, officials said Monday as the death toll from flooding rose to 222. In Karnataka, the worst-hit of two Indian states, 172 people have been reported dead and more than 50,000 are staying in relief camps, ac... | Two and a half million people have been displaced and over 250 people were killed following the heaviest flooding to hit southern India in a hundred years. Karnataka was the state most heavily affected by the floods. R.V. Jagdish, a government spokesman, said that 172 deaths from the rains in the state were reported, a... |
The season-ending 2010 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX captured the attention of the global sports audience. Casual viewers and die-hard fans alike gathered to watch a thrilling showdown from one of the most spectacular settings on the Formula One calendar and our global partners enjoyed some of the large... | Under the in 's floodlights, German driver added a new Formula One record to his list as youngest winner of the championship at 23 years. On Saturday, Vettel took the title at of . Starting from pole position, the driver led the race right through except during pit stops, when reigning world champion led for a few laps... |
By ALISON SMITH-SQUIRE Last updated at 08:20 21 April 2008 When Catherine McGuigan began digging an extension in her cottage, she thought she had budgeted for every contingency. But she could not have prepared for what would emerge after workmen found ten skeletons buried under her dining room. And now Miss McGuigan, 4... | Catherine McGuigan, a resident in South Mimms, Hertfordshire, UK, found skeletons from over a century ago buried under her dining room. She had hired builders for an extension for her cottage, where she has lived for eleven years, and at the beginning of April they found human bones in the ground. Her cottage was built... |
It's the week after spring break and instead of hitting the books, 11-year-old Matthew Antico is helping his mom, Sharon, and brother, Wesley, pack boxes. "Lots of memories on the walls, I notice," CBS News correspondent Kelly Cobiella said. "Yes, me and my friends drew all this," Matthew said. He's also saying goodbye... | Recently released figures have revealed that the number of foreclosures in California, United States has more than quadrupled. The figures for the first quarter of 2008 show a significant increase on previous figures. There were 47,171 foreclosures on California properties in the first quarter of 2008. The figure for t... |
Printer-friendly format E-mail this story April 14, 2005, 6:52PM 2 Houston businessmen arrested in U.N. oil-for-food scandal By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle RESOURCES AP U.S. Attorney David N. Kelley announces arrests in the U.N. oil-for-food scandal. • U.S. attorney's statement: News release on ind... | Two Houston residents were arrested at their homes today as a Federal indictment was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. David Chalmers Jr, a Houston oilman, and a Bulgarian citizen, Ludmil Dionissiev, a permanent U.S. resident, were taken into custody. A third man, John Irving, was also indicted. He is a Bri... |
The scientific community is buzzing over thousands of emails and documents -- posted on the Internet last week after being hacked from a prominent climate-change research center -- that some say raise ethical questions about a group of scientists who contend humans are responsible for global warming. The correspondence... | University of East Anglia logo Unknown individuals gained access to a server of University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU). As a result, around thirteen years of email correspondence between researchers is now available worldwide. Substantial previously unpublished climate change observations are included... |
Euro drops to lowest level in 10 months against dollar EURO V US DOLLAR €1 buys change % 1.3651 +0.0036 +0.26 More data on this currency pair The euro fell to its lowest level against the dollar for 10 months amid continuing concerns over Greece's debt crisis, before recovering slightly. Persistent worries over its 300... | The reached a ten-month low against the US dollar earlier today over concerns about Greece's debt crisis. Euro banknotes. The euro traded at US$1.3436 in the morning, a level not seen since May of last year, although it finished the day back up at $1.3606. It was, however, up 0.6% against the British pound, at 90.76 pe... |
The embattled chief of the UN's climate change body has hit out at his critics and refused to resign or apologise for a damaging mistake in a landmark 2007 report on global warming. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Dr Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said it would ... | Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) at a conference in Vienna, 22 June 2009. The chief of the UN climate change panel, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, admitted on Wednesday that a mistake in a 2007 report had raised questions about the body's credibility, in an interview with ... |
Doctors have ridiculed plans for more NHS services at evenings and weekends, saying the idea of a “Tesco NHS” is absurd and unaffordable. The British Medical Association also overwhelmingly passed a motion of no confidence in Jeremy Hunt, saying he was denigrating the NHS for ideological reasons. That drew a sharp resp... | Drinks, drugs, violence, promiscuity: British youth at the top or near the top of the bad youth list. And they frighten grown ups. A report by the Institute of Public Policy Research, to be published next week, describes British youth as among the worst in Europe. The study compares teenage English and Scots with their... |
View larger image Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger gestures while speaking at his inaugural in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. (AP / Rich Pedroncelli) View larger image Prime Minister Stephen Harper speaks to the media outside of his official residence following a Cabinet shuffle in Ottawa Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.(C... | Arnold Schwarzenegger, best known for his role in ''The Terminator'' and being the Govenor of California (which earned him the nickname ''The Governator''), has been invited by the Prime Minister's Office to visit Canada. Schwarzenegger is reported to have higher expectations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions than ... |
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Israel has resumed its targeting of Islamic Jihad The Palestinians were detained during two operations in villages close to Jenin and Nablus. An M16 assault rifle was also discovered during the Jenin raid, an Israeli army spokeswoman said. Israel is planning to remove four small Jewish settlements in the Jenin area as ... | Palestinian flag During overnight raids, Israeli soldiers arrested 10 people, allegedly members of Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant group. The raids were conducted during two operations near the towns of Jenin and Nablus. An M-16 rifle was also discovered during the raid near Jenin. Meanwhile, Hamas, a group frien... |
Excluded from ABC debate, Kucinich complains to FCC Sabrina Eaton Plain Dealer Bureau Saturday, January 05, 2008 Washington- Cleveland Congressman Dennis Kucinich filed a complaint Friday with the Federal Communications Commission after ABC News excluded him, fellow Democrat Mike Gravel and Republican Duncan Hunter fro... | Dennis Kucinich, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (D-Ohio). Late Friday, the "Kucinich for President" campaign filed an emergency complaint with the United States (FCC). They suggest tonight's Democratic debate broadcast is "violating ABC's obligation to operate in the public interest", by barring Dennis Kuc... |
Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi corporal, established the colony in 1961 Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi army corporal who founded a cult-like community in Chile, has died in jail. Schaefer, who was 88, was serving a 20-year sentence for sexually abusing children at the Colonia Dignidad, some during Chile's military dictator... | Archive photo of . died at 88 from cardiac-respiratory arrest on early Saturday morning in a Chilean prison hospital. Schäfer was the founder and former leader of , an enclave used for torturing and exterminating political prisoners during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Hr was convicted for sexually abusing 26 childr... |
The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 English Norwegian The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and di... | Al Gore The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to former U.S. Vice President Albert Arnold Gore Jr. and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The Nobel committee cited "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the... |
LONDON | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Friday it would ban the export to the United States of three drugs used to carry out lethal injections and called on other European Union countries to follow suit. The British government said it was putting additional export controls on the export of pancuronium bromide, pota... | Lethal injection chamber at , California. Britain announced Thursday that it will ban the export to the US of three pharmaceutical drugs used for in executions under the death penalty. The three drugs are , and . UK Business Secretary Vince Cable said the order will be formalized within the next few days. Cable issued ... |
Australia v New Zealand, 1st Test, Brisbane New Zealand lose Franklin to groin injury Wisden Cricinfo staff Brett Lee faces another Test match away from the action © Getty Images James Franklin, the left-arm fast bowler, has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia with a groin injury that has upset New Zeala... | ''November 17, Brisbane, Australia'' - The Australian cricket team has brashly talked up their chances of winning the first trans-Tasman test, which is due to begin in Brisbane tomorrow. Bowler Shane Warne has stated that he will be targeting New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, Glenn McGrath has revealed that he will ... |
3 -night stay at Largy Coastal Self-Catering Apartments in Carnlough with 2 hour guided tour of the Gobbins Cliff Walk for £104 p.p. For £104 pp for 3 nights based on 4 sharing or £384 for 3 nights for family of 2 adults and up to 3 children ||||| Death of Republican Sinn Fein Patron Dan Keating national | miscellaneou... | Dan Keating, life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin has died today after a short illness. He was 105 years old. Keating, born on January 2, 1902 and raised in the townland of Ballygamboon, Castlemaine, County Kerry, received his education in local schools, including the Christian Brothers' School... |
The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to impose weapons-related sanctions on North Korea. The move follows a flurry of missile tests that have provoked an international outcry. The resolution demands that North Korea 'suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program.' Advertisement It requires al... | North Korea UN Security Council Chamber New York The United Nations Security Council has unanimously voted to impose sanctions related to weapons on North Korea. The resolution demands that North Korea 'suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program. The resolution requires all to prevent imports from ... |
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is now sitting in the hot seat, after being sworn in as president of war-torn Liberia. Guests at the ceremony had to make do with white plastic chairs. Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf becomes Africa's first elected female head of state. US Secretary of state Condoleezza Rice (l) and first lady Laura Bush (r) ... | Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has been inaugurated as Liberia's first elected female President, and also the first elected female head of state in Africa. Her Vice President, also sworn in, is Joseph Boakai. The inauguration took place in the country's capital, Monrovia and was attended by several key fig... |
At the U.N. conference on Global Climate Change in Bali, the early talk has focused on whether some of the major developed countries will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. European states are pushing for steep reductions in emissions, but environmentalists accuse some others of dragging th... | Inside the conference centre At the U.N. conference on Global Climate change in Bali, the early talk has focused on whether some of the major developed countries will commit to cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. European states are pushing for steep reductions in emissions, but environmentalists accu... |
Barot was called a "determined terrorist" by Scotland Yard Barot's surveillance Dhiren Barot, 34 and from London, had admitted conspiracy to murder. The prosecution told Woolwich Crown Court Barot intended a "memorable black day" of terror and considered using a radioactive "dirty bomb". Mr Justice Butterfield said the... | Today, in Woolwich Crown Court, Dhiren Barot was sentenced to life imprisonment having been found guilty of conspiracy to murder. Evidence was presented that Barot had planned, among other things, to bomb prominent buildings in Britain including the Savoy Hotel, to discharge 'dirty' bombs and to destroy a tube train un... |
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick looks up at fans after the Falcons' loss to the Carolina Panthers in Atlanta, Georgia December 24, 2006. (Tami Chappell / Reuters) The NFL took quick action Friday following Atlanta Falcon quarterback Michael Vick's admission that he played a role in operating a dogfighting ring... | Michael Vick, of the Atlanta Falcons scrambles past Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney in the 2006 Pro Bowl. Atlanta Falcon's quarterback Michael Vick will enter federal court on Monday, but a newly published report says he will not admit to gambling or killing the dogs. However, Vick is expected to plead guilty to the... |
Ugyen Tenzing, the country's director of disaster management, said rescuers were searching for survivors under the debris of collapsed buildings in the eastern districts of Munggar and Trashigang on Monday. A 6.1-magnitude earthquake has killed at least ten people in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, officials have said... | Local officials have said that an earthquake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, has struck Bhutan, killing at least ten people and damaging many buildings. The US Geological Survey said that the epicentre of the tremor was located along the country's southern border with India, 180 kilometres (110 miles) east of Bhut... |
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