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Emissão Online | Historial | Ajuda? Actualizado às 18:16 de 14/06/2006 Timor-Leste: A posição do Governo de Díli O Governo timorense classifica de "mal entendido" o recente incidente entre a Guarda Nacional Republicana (GNR) e as forças australianas em Timor-Leste. 07/06/2006 Ana Pessoa Enviar por e-mail Versão para im... | The Portuguese Republican National Guard (GNR), that arrived last Sunday at Dili, have interrupted their patrols in the streets of Dili and are now confined to their temporary headquarters. Map of Dili and immediate surroundings. According to a Portuguese governmental source, the GNR force is confined to its improvised... |
Due to COVID restrictions, the NCAA and the city of Indianapolis plan to hold the entire 2021 NCAA Tournament in central Indiana, allowing teams to avoid traveling across the country during a pandemic. The NCAA plans to utilize six venues for tournament games. Teams will practice at the Indiana Convention Center and st... | A Goodyear blimp crashed at a Coral Springs, Florida industrial park on Thursday night, causing about 1,400 homes to lose power. The two people on board, pilot Daniel Lynn Thomas and passenger Charles Thomas, were not hurt, although they were trapped on board briefly while electrical crews cleared the area. The blimp, ... |
Triple vehicle crash injures 13 Canadian soldiers KANDAHAR, Afghanistan Thirteen Canadian soldiers suffered minor injuries when three armoured vehicles smashed into each other on the pre-dawn streets of Kandahar. Major Dale MacEachern, a spokesman for the Canadian Forces, says the accident happened when a convoy of r... | Thirteen Canadian soldiers sustained minor injuries yesterday when three light armoured vehicles (LAV III) smashed into each other in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The LAV IIIs are reported to have sustained minor damage. Seven soldiers were taken to the Canadian-run provincial reconstruction base medical clinic. Six soldiers... |
Police have been granted a further seven days to question Mr Ibrahim Many families evacuated after police carried out controlled explosions in their cul-de-sac have been allowed to return to their homes in Bristol. Bomb disposal experts carried out three controlled explosions at the home of Andrew Ibrahim, 19, who has ... | Families who were evacuated in Bristol, United Kingdom have been allowed to return home. This move by the police comes two days later than that reported by the ''BBC''. Avon and Somerset police recently released a statement on this issue, part of which is available below: This move comes after Avon and Somerset police ... |
Enlarge By Julio Jimenez, East Valley Tribune via AP Channel 10 photojournalist John Noetzel reacts after finding out four fellow television reporters from Channel 3 and Channel 15 were killed. Digg del.icio.us Newsvine Reddit Facebook In a calm, steady voice, the pilot from Channel 15's helicopter asked a question tha... | Aerial view of Phoenix, Arizona. Map of the United States, highlighting Arizona Four people are dead after two news s crashed in Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States. The helicopters were covering a high-speed chase within the city, when, at the same time as the suspect left his car in order to carjack another car, t... |
Bankruptcy bill prompts Chocola ads MoveOn's radio spots to run through Friday. NATION/WORLD By JAMES WENSITS Tribune Political Writer A new bankruptcy bill signed into law by President Bush has prompted MoveOn PAC to launch a radio advertising campaign targeting Rep. Chris Chocola, R-Bristol, for his support of the me... | US President George W. BushU.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Wednesday a major bankruptcy reform bill, making the most sweeping changes to the laws of personal bankruptcy in the past two decades. Bill S.256 is predicted to reduce the chances of filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy for 30,000 to 210,000 families per... |
Rocket Hits US Consulate in Afghanistan Photo: AP Afghan police say a rocket has hit a building housing the new U.S. consulate office in western Afghanistan. They say three rockets were fired at the building in the city of Herat Friday, but that only one struck it. There were no immediate reports of any casualties, and... | Afghan police have said that a rocket hit a building housing the new US consulate office in western Afghanistan earlier today. Three rockets were reportedly fired at the building in the city of Herat, but only one struck it. There were no immediate reports of any casualties, and the Associated Press reported that no US... |
CYLONE INGRID The eye of Cyclone Ingrid has passed over the remote West Australian community of Kalumburu. It's not yet known what damage the category four system has caused. In the Northern Territory, the damage bill from Ingrid is expected to run into the millions. SKY NEWS POLL Yes No ON AIR TONIGHT Sky Business Rep... | Queensland The cyclone "Ingrid" will hit the coast of Queensland, Australia later today. "Ingrid" is the strongest cyclone that strike Australia since 1974 when cyclone "Tracy" devastated huge areas, including the city of Darwin on the north coast. Though "Ingrid" has lost momentum during the last few days and now rank... |
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves after speaking during the 60th session of the U.N. General Assembly Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations General Assembly Saturday his government is not seeking nuclear weapons, and is prepared to open its uranium enrichment program to additional inte... | The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, announced Saturday the resolve of his country to proceed with the development of . He stated that Iran would not pursue . Mr. Ahmadinejad also noted that he was willing to allow international inspection of his program, and reaffirmed his claim of its peaceful nature. At the U... |
The partnership marks the first time that Warner Bros has launched branded programming online. "As one of the premier television production studios, the fact that Warner Bros has chosen to create its first online channels on the Joost platform shows that we are creating a unique, communal television experience for view... | 160px Internet TV came one step closer to reality as startup web broadcaster Joost recently announced that it signed a deal with Warner Brothers to host some of its WBTV-branded content. This deal, along with content deals with other television providers, lately Time Warner and Sony Pictures Television, makes Joost (pr... |
September 9, 2006 - 2:34AM Premier Peter Beattie said Queensland voters had given him "one more chance" despite clinching a fourth term in government with a third successive landslide state election victory. In another disastrous result for the coalition, Labor looked set to possibly increase its current tally of 60 se... | ===Queensland: Beattie's labor government returned to power=== '''September 9, 2006''' The Queensland state election has been won by the Peter Beattie led labor government. After a colourful campaign featuring disunity between the liberal-national coalition and a forecasted protest vote that failed to eventuate against... |
Lesbian couple weds in Portugal's 1st gay marriage LISBON, Portugal — A lesbian couple wed Monday in Portugal's first same-sex ceremony since the predominantly Catholic country introduced a law allowing gay marriage last month. Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, divorced Portuguese mothers in their 30s who have been toget... | The six-colour version of the . A lesbian couple, Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, married in a Lisbon on Monday. As they kissed and hugged Pires said, "This is a great victory, a dream come true," and that they would continue to fight for equal rights for homosexuals, including . The couple had campaigned for a change ... |
From Encyclopedia Dramatica Hey! This article isn't lulz just yet, but its coverage can spark a lollercoaster. You can help by reverting people who delete shit, and vandalizing their user pages. See this article on google? Want to add something? Cussing Club Join us! /b/ tries the No Cussing Challenge FLAVA FLAAAAV ain... | EST). Wikinews has learned that the internet group known only as "Anonymous" has hacked the website of the No Cussing Club (NCC), nocussing.com, for at least two days in a row. On day one, the group hacked into the website, replacing the content with links to images of alleged e-mail conversations. The e-mails appear t... |
Cuba to move from Windows to open source software Microsoft's war on piracy and illegal use of Windows has led to many disputes. Today the idea of moving from Windows to open-source software is running in many countries the governments of which are analyzing the advantages of such alternatives like Linux. There was no ... | right right The government of Cuba decided to change the OS on thousands of its computers. These will run on GNU/Linux instead of Windows. This step made by the Cuban government raises tensions between the country and the U.S. - based company Microsoft. The idea was welcomed by several Cuban ministers. This includes Ra... |
Sarah Kemp Brady, who became an activist for gun control after her husband was shot in the head in the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan, has died. Brady, 73, died in a retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia on Friday after battling pneumonia, family members said in an email. Brady’s husband, forme... | Sarah Brady, pictured far right in 2006 , gun control campaigner and widow of former US , has died at the age of 73. Her death was announced by the . Brady died on Friday after a battle with according to e-mails sent by her family. A statement by the Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence was posted on Fac... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Musician Bo Diddley has died at the age of 79. The Grammy-winning singer-guitarist died of heart failure in Florida, his spokeswoman said. He had suffered a heart attack in August 2007, three months after suffering a stroke which affected his a... | Bo Diddley in 2005. Bo Diddley, influential American blues/rock and roll singer, songwriter, and guitarist has died today at his home in Archer, Florida from heart failure. He was 79 years old. He was born Ellas Otha Bates on December 30, 1928 in McComb, Mississippi, USA. He rose to fame in 1955. His hits included "Pre... |
Afghan police say the two NATO soldiers reported missing in Afghanistan are Americans believed to have drowned in a river in the western province of Badghis. The province's deputy police chief, Abdul Jabar, said the two soldiers were swept away Wednesday while trying to save supply boxes that fell into the water after ... | The NATO-led force in Afghanistan issued a statement on Friday saying that that two of its troops went missing on Wednesday while on a routine supply mission. The statement said a search operation is under way, but did not give many details. A NATO press officer said that "We continue exhaustive search and rescue opera... |
Mr Abdallahi was overthrown in August Mauritania's deposed President, Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, has been released from house arrest by security forces who overthrew him in August. He was taken from his home town of Lemden, where he had been under house arrest, to his house in the capital, Nouakchott, where he... | Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi. Mauritania's President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi has been freed "without conditions" from house arrest by the military junta on Sunday. Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi (Arabic: سيدي محمد ولد الشيخ عبد الله) is a Mauritanian politician who served in the government during the 1970s, and af... |
Smoke from the fire could be seen across London Aerial footage More than 75 firefighters tackled the blaze as 50ft (15m) flames engulfed the building in Waterden Road, Hackney Wick at about 1200 GMT on Monday. Black smoke could be seen across the skyline and the Fire Brigade received more than 150 calls from the public... | City of London, approximately 5.5 km (3.4 miles) from the fire. A huge fire was reported in Hackney Wick eastern London, England, on part of the 2012 Olympic Games site scheduled to be the location of the handball courts. Flames are visible from Canary Wharf and the smoke plume is visible across the whole of the City o... |
Black Eyed Peas have two of the top three most downloaded songs Johnny Cash's Guess Things Happen That Way has become the 10 billionth track to be sold at the ITunes online store. Black Eyed Peas' I Gotta Feeling was officially named the site's most downloaded track, with their single Boom Boom Pow the third biggest se... | Ten billion songs have been downloaded from the iTunes Store, an online digital media store which is owned by Apple Incorporated. Louie Sulcer, of Woodstock in Georgia, downloaded "Guess Things Happen That Way" by American musician, Johnny Cash, which became the ten billionth song downloaded from iTunes. Sulcer won an ... |
30/05/2005 - 17h25 Gil diz que deixou de fumar maconha aos 50 anos Publicidade FABIANA FUTEMA GUILHERME GORGULHO ROSE ANE SILVEIRA da Folha Online Ao defender a descriminalização das drogas, o ministro da Cultura, Gilberto Gil, que foi preso na década de 70 com maconha, disse que deixou de fumar aos 50 anos. "Não fumo ... | The Brazilian Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil, aged 62, said that he smoked marijuana until he was 50. In addition he defended the decriminalization of drug's consumption. Gil took part in a press conference with journalists of ''Folha de São Paulo'' on Monday (May, 30). During the interview the Brazilian minister ask... |
Team USA Upsets Canada in Olympic Ice Hockey Photo: ASSOCIATED PRESS The U.S. men's ice hockey team upset host country Canada, 5-3, in a preliminary round game at the Vancouver Olympics. It is being called the Americans' biggest Olympic win since the 1980s "Miracle on Ice" victory over the former Soviet Union. The game... | The United States men's ice hockey team upset host country Canada, 5-3, in a preliminary round game on Sunday at the Winter Olympics. It is being called the Americans' biggest Olympic win since the 1980s "Miracle on Ice" victory over the former Soviet Union. The game was only 41 seconds in when Brian Rafalski of Team U... |
GNR não pode intervir nas zonas sob controlo australiano. Acordo provisório acontece depois do contingente português ter sido impedido de entregar dois detidos. As forças internacionais em actuação no território timorense chegaram hoje, quinta-feira, a entendimento provisório sobre a coordenação dos efectivos policiais... | New Zealand troops from 2nd/1st Infantry Company RNZIR arriving at Dili airport, 31 May 2006.At the moment, there are more than 2,700 soldiers in the country, and more are expected to arrive in the next weeks. The international forces in East Timor have reached an agreement about the coordination of the military and po... |
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. ||||| Versíon en Español Earthquake Summary Earthquake Summary Poster The following is a release by the United S... | Shake map showing intensity of the first quake. Star marks the epicenter. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), at least two strong earthquakes with a magnitude of 6.7 and 6.8 rocked the west coast of Honshu, Japan killing 8 people and injuring hundreds. A two hour fire was reported at the Kashiwazak... |
THREE major banks today snubbed Treasurer Wayne Swan by lifting their variable loan rates by up to 0.20 percentage points. Signalling more pain for homeowner, Westpac, St George and Bendigo Bank all announced today they would be raising their variable lending rates as a direct result of the sub-prime lending crisis. We... | Treasurer of Australia Wayne Swan. Australia's Opposition Party laid blame for recent interest rate increases at the feet of new federal treasurer Wayne Swan. Swan, in turn, criticised the banks, saying they risk being "judged very harshly" if they "try to take advantage of the U.S. sub-prime crisis by lifting interest... |
Attending a Fourth of July fireworks display or flag waving parade as a child slightly increases the likelihood that that kid will grow up to vote Republican, according to a study a team of Harvard University researchers. Even a single July 4 celebration boosts the chance of turning a kid into a Republican, the study c... | A child holding the American flag. A study conducted by researchers has concluded that children who attend an celebration are more likely to become as adults. Even attending a single fireworks display or flag-waving parade, specifically celebrations without rain, can be predictive of a child's future political leanings... |
Islamist guerrillas roam freely in many parts of lawless Mogadishu Two French security advisers helping the Somali government have been kidnapped in the capital Mogadishu, French officials have said. Gunmen who were wearing police uniforms entered the hotel where the two were staying and took them away, eyewitnesses sa... | Location of Somalia Two foreign journalists have reportedly been kidnapped from their hotel by unidentified gunmen in Mogadishu, Somalia. The abduction took place this morning, when men wearing Somalian police uniform arrived at the Sahafi Hotel, which is in an area of the city controlled by pro-government forces. The ... |
As reported earlier, the LNC is in a deadlock between two resolutions responding the Snubgate. Mary Ruwart’s resolution would apologize to Ron Paul, whereas party Treasurer Aaron Starr’s resolution expresses “disappointment” in Paul, insults the other third-party candidates, and “invites” Paul to endorse Barr/Root. Bel... | Former Congressman The (LNC) continues to be in a fierce deadlock today over how to address the growing controversies surrounding their party's U.S. presidential nominee, former Bob Barr. Many libertarians have spoken out against Barr since his last minute refusal to attend former presidential hopeful Ron Paul's third... |
Any national postal strike would be the first since 1996 The Communications Workers Union (CWU) blamed the walkout on Royal Mail bosses not taking negotiations seriously, and said further strikes could follow. Royal Mail chief executive Adam Crozier said the organisation was "very disappointed" and would do all it coul... | Royal Mail postman delivering mail The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has confirmed that Royal Mail workers are to hold a 24 hour strike on June 29, the first national post strike in the United Kingdom in 11 years. In a statement, Dave Ward, CWU Deputy General Secretary, said that Royal Mail are "intent on cutting s... |
Tweet with a location You can add location information to your Tweets, such as your city or precise location, from the web and via third-party applications. You always have the option to delete your Tweet location history. Learn more ||||| Three people were killed Tuesday when a helicopter contracted by Pacific Gas & E... | A helicopter under contract to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) on Tuesday struck power lines and crashed near , California. Three occupants of the helicopter died and three firefighters were injured when their appliance rolled responding to an ensuing wildfire. A Bell 206 helicopter, from file. The came down near aroun... |
Italian ministers and officials were today holding urgent consultations following the discovery of an unmarked wreck that prosecutors believe was used by the mafia to sink radioactive waste. As a ship carrying equipment for detecting marine pollution headed for the site of the sunken vessel, an investigator said up to ... | The 'Ndrangheta, an Italian mafia syndicate, has been accused by a former member of the gang of sinking dozens of ships loaded with toxic waste, much of it radioactive. He says a journalist and cameraman were killed to keep them from revealing the activity. 'Ndrangheta Italian mafia syndicate is centered in Calabria Tu... |
Photo A member of a St. Lucia soccer team was shot to death early Monday in Brooklyn, the police said, only hours after he had scored the winning goal in a semifinal of an international tournament. Phillip Tisson, 28, was in the back seat of a parked car on Utica Avenue near Carroll Street about 4:30 a.m. when a gunman... | , a member of the , has been killed by a gunshot wound to the head in New York. Tisson was in New York participating in the Digicel Caribbean Cup tournament. Several members of the team were at Tropiks Bar and Grill in celebrating an earlier victory over Saint Kitts and Nevis. At 4.30am, Tisson entered a parked car out... |
The Chancellor said the public would gain after the market improved Darling statement The crisis in graphics Neither of the two private proposals to take over the beleaguered bank offered "sufficient value for money to the taxpayer", Mr Darling said. He said the public would gain if the government held on to Northern R... | rushed to withdraw their money. Troubled U.K. bank Northern Rock is to be nationalised, the first such move since the 1970s. The Treasury made the decision after a long period of uncertainty which began in September 2007 when it was revealed that the bank had approached the Bank of England, as lender of last resort due... |
Halifax fire destroys eight homes Rain helped to bring fire, ripping through the forested suburbs of Halifax, under control Ferguson's Cove, N.S. The brush fire came up fast and fierce, leaving shaken residents only moments to grab what they could and go. “I took my husband's ashes and I took my children's pictures a... | reported that a blaze which started Thursday outside of , Nova Scotia in Canada was brought under control by Friday afternoon with the help of a rainstorm Friday morning. "If we didn't have the rain, this fire may not be under control," Lloyd Currie, a spokesman for the Halifax Regional Fire Service said. "We're happy ... |
A cruise ship with about 280 people on board ran into trouble off the Alaskan coast and began taking on water, forcing passengers and crew to evacuate, the US Coast Guard said. Coast Guard craft were sent to the 110-metre-long Empress of the North, about 24 km southwest of Juneau on Alaska's eastern peninsula in an are... | The Alaskan cruise ship "Empress of the North" was given the order to evacuate at 2 AM Alaska Time this morning after striking an underwater rock and taking on water. All 281 passengers and 29 crew are unharmed and the passengers have been evacuated, though the ship is listing roughly 8 degrees. The US Coast Guard has ... |
Washington Post Foreign Service Thursday, April 28, 2005; Page A17 ROME, April 27 -- Dissatisfied with the results of a joint investigation with the United States, Italy on Wednesday began its own probe into the March 4 killing of one of its intelligence agents by U.S. troops in Baghdad. Italian officials said Rome pro... | __NOTOC__ In an escalating controversy that has contributed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's political problems and created a national uproar in Italy, Italian prosecutors began their own independent probe on Wednesday of the death of Nicola Calipari. The premier has put his government's prestige on the li... |
Vanessa Hudgens Nude Photo: "It Is Unfortunate This Has Become Public" Eamonn McCormack/WireImage.com Vanessa Hudgens arrives at the "High School Musical 2" European Premiere in London on September 2, 2007.Eamonn McCormack/WireImage.com A photograph said to depict a nude Vanessa Hudgens has been circulating the interne... | Hudgens (file photo) Controversy erupted on September 6th, 2007 when a nude photo of High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens appeared on the internet. Hudgen apologised and said she was "embarrassed over the situation" and that she regretted "taking those photos". Her publicist released a statement saying the photos w... |
Due to laws and regulations Sportsbet can't be accessed in certain locations. Visit our Help Centre for more info and alternative options. ||||| The Vatican Radio website has the full text of the pope's statement today. Here it is in full: Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three ca... | Coat of arms for Pope Benedict XVI. With news of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation only hours old, online gambling sites have already published odds for who will become the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church, with and as early odds-on favorites. Online Australian gambling site SportsBet has Canadian Cardinal Marc ... |
The Pope dismissed secularism and consumer-style religion He urged an estimated 1m young people at an outdoor Mass near Cologne to hold fast to the core values of their faith. Young Catholics should point people towards Jesus Christ in a Europe turning away from God, he urged. In a key speech later, he set out a bluepr... | The Catholic World Youth Day 2005 concluded today with a open-air mass by Pope Benedict XVI at the Marienfeld, about 15 km west of Cologne. Speaking to some one million pilgrims from about 200 countries the Pope called for a "return to God" . In his sermon, he condemned the commercialisation of faith and said that "Rel... |
Posted: 7:53 am PDT March 29, 2009 Alaska Airlines has canceled all flights between Seattle and Anchorage, Alaska. Airline spokesman Paul McElroy said that Mount Redoubt erupted again on Saturday afternoon, sending volcanic ash into the air. Some of the ash fell on Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. McElroy t... | The volcano when it erupted in 1990Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska, erupted on Saturday, sending out clouds of ash thousands of feet high. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport was shut down after ash reached the airport. Jeremy Lindseth, a spokesman for th... |
If you’re the proud owner of a cast-iron pan , then you already know what a good investment it is. Once well-seasoned, it can cook just about anything from pancakes to fried chicken, it can go from stovetop to oven with ease, it’s nearly indestructible, it’s inexpensive and it holds its heat like a dream. But if you’re... | Location of Tinley Park within the Chicago metropolitan area. Five women are reported dead after a shooting at a strip mall in suburban Chicago, Illinois, and police are searching for the perpetrator, who they say fled the scene. According to police, the shooting may have been part of a botched robbery. The shooting to... |
Officials: US Drone Strike Kills 5 Militants in NW Pakistan Pakistani officials say missiles fired from a U.S. drone aircraft have killed at least five suspected militants in the northwest tribal region near the Afghan border. Authorities say three missiles struck a compound Monday about 25 kilometers east of Miranshah... | Pakistani officials have said that missiles fired from a US drone aircraft killed at least five suspected rebels in the northwest part of the country near the Afghan border yesterday. Authorities say three missiles struck a compound about 25 kilometers east of , the main town in . "We have got confirmed reports of five... |
WASHINGTON Tobacco companies that marketed “light” cigarettes may be sued for fraud, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a 5-to-4 decision that will bolster dozens of lawsuits claiming billions of dollars in damages. The case was brought by three smokers from Maine as a proposed class action. They sued Altria and it... | The United States Supreme Court on Monday ruled that "tobacco companies that marketed 'light' and 'low tar' cigarettes may be sued for fraud." The 5-to-4 judgment is expected to open the way for dozens of lawsuits claiming billions of dollars in damages. United States Supreme Court building. In the certiorari ruling pe... |
Satellite Objectives: Feng Yun-3A was launched by a CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C launch vehicle, an optimized version of the CZ-4B Chang Zheng-4B launch vehicle - using an upper stage with restart capability, and a new interstage adapter between the first and second stages. The satellite was developed by the Shanghai Academy o... | A Long March 4C rocket The Chinese National Space Administration has launched a Long March 4C carrier rocket, carrying the Fengyun-3A (FY-3A) weather satellite. FY-3A is the first of thirteen Fengyun-3 satellites, which will be launched in the next twelve years. The launch occurred from Launch Area 1 at the Taiyuan Sat... |
Sicily storms kill 17, sniffer dogs search rubble MESSINA, Italy — Rescue workers and sniffer dogs on Friday searched for survivors in the rubble of two buildings that collapsed in torrential rains in Sicily, where at least 17 people died and 35 were missing. Ten were seriously injured and some 415 people were homeless... | At least thirteen people have been killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in Italy on Friday. City of MessinaThe mudslides occurred in the city of Messina, located in the northern part of Sicily. The mud blocked rails and road, cut off communications, and destroyed several buildings. Search and rescue teams wer... |
SIA, SilkAir not affected by US directive for checks on all Boeing 737s Related News US orders emergency checks of Boeing 737s after Japan accident SINGAPORE: Owners of Boeing 737s worldwide have received an emergency directive to inspect key wing hardware by the US Federal Aviation Administration. The move came afte... | The burnt-out wreckage of the aircraft. The United States Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive to all owners and operators of certain Next Generation Boeing 737s to inspect their aircraft in light of recent developments in the investigation of the recent China Airlines explosi... |
Aug 19, 2007 1:02 am US/Eastern (CBS) CASTRIES, St. Lucia Alarmed tourists jammed Caribbean airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean's path Saturday as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti and threatened to engulf Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. In Santo Domingo, the capital of the D... | Hurricane Dean forecast update at 8 a.m. (EDT) update on August 18, 2007, courtesy of NOAA. The in Miami is calling Hurricane Dean "extremely dangerous," saying that the storm is gaining strength and will likely become a storm. The storm's winds are currently clocked at 150 mph, classifying it as a . A Category 5 hurri... |
Industries Sprint Tunes in Rhapsody It’s no ROKR, but Sprint ups the ante by unveiling live music on its cellular network. The marriage between music and mobile phones entered the honeymoon phase on Monday with the announcement that Sprint Nextel and RealNetworks will offer live radio feeds to Sprint mobile service sub... | Wireless provider Sprint announced today, that they would be working with RealNetworks to launch a streaming music service, for Sprint wireless customers, called '''Rhapsody Radio'''. The service will allow users to listen to podcasts and six streaming radio stations (rap, hip-hop hits, alternative, country, '70s, and ... |
Story Highlights • NEW: Jury finds Joya Williams guilty of plotting to steal Coke's secrets • Jury deliberated 11½ hours • Plan was to sell secrets to rival Pepsi for $1.5 million, feds say • Two men pleaded guilty in plot Adjust font size: ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A federal jury convicted a former Coca-Cola secretary ... | Coca-Cola logo After deliberating for 11 hours a jury found Joya Williams, now former Executive Administrative Assistant for Coca-Cola Inc., guilty of plotting to steal Coke's secrets to sell them to Pepsi Inc. Williams, 41, took confidential documents and unreleased samples of products to Ibrahim Dimson and Edmund Duh... |
Russia is unlikely to extradite Andrei Lugovoi to Britain to face trial for the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, despite pressure from Downing Street, the foreign office and the Crown Prosecution Service. A spokeswoman for the Russian prosecutor's office told the Guardian this morning: "We have been instructed not to co... | __NOTOC__ The United Kingdom has announced that it has sufficient evidence that a former FSB (formerly ) officer should be charged with the murder last year of Alexander Litvinenko. is charged with the murder of Mr Litvinenko, by the administration of the highly radioactive in a hotel in Mayfair, London, on 1st Novembe... |
ISTANBUL, July 17 (Xinhua) -- About 2,000 protestors marched in Istanbul city center on Saturday against strict website censorship in the country. Protesters marched down Istanbul's central Istiklal Avenue chanting slogans for YouTube and against the Transportation Minister, whose Ministry is responsible for site bans.... | Istanbul's Taksim Square About 2,000 protestors marched against censorship last Saturday in Istanbul in Turkey, reported. Protesters gathered at central Istanbul’s and marched down to Istiklal Avenue, chanting slogans against Transport and Communications Minister , Internet censorship, and especially against "Law No 56... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Previously unseen CCTV footage of the London suicide bombings has been released after being shown in court. The film shows smoke and people fleeing after Shehzad Tanweer detonated his device on a London Underground train heading towards Aldgate... | The scenes after the bombings on July 7A court in the United Kingdom has been shown footage of the bombers that attacked London on July 7, 2005. The jury were told that the footage, taken by a CCTV camera, was taken just nine days before the bombings. The video was shown as part of the trials of Waheed Ali, Mohammed Sh... |
[Wikimania-l] Announcement: Wikimania 2008 All, We are pleased to announce that Buenos Aires has been selected as the location for Wikimania 2009. The jury was particularly excited by a few parts of the Buenos Aires bid: * A strong, organized team, with division of labor already underway and support from Wikimedia Arge... | The General San Martín Cultural Centre. On March 28, the jury in charge of selecting the location of Wikimania 2009 announced that the annual conference will be held in the city of , the capital of the Argentine Republic. According to a an official mailing list post from Wikimedia Volunteer Coordinator Cary Bass, Phoeb... |
Most of Detroit's public schools closed for the day on Wednesday due to teacher absences, as disgruntled educators stepped up efforts to protest the governor's plans for the district, its ramshackle finances and dilapidated buildings. Detroit Public Schools said more than 85 of its roughly 100 schools were shut. On Tue... | A majority of public schools were closed yesterday due to a coordinated "sickout" of teachers. This work stoppage was the latest in a series of showdowns with state government and was timed with an arrival by the President to attend an auto show. Activists used the opportunity to hold rallies to air their grievances pu... |
Rescuers have recovered 24 bodies from the wreckage of a bus swallowed by a Mexico landslide, as a plane smashed into a busy road elsewhere in the country, killing nine people. Local authorities say up to 60 people were killed in Wednesday's landslide and there is little hope there are any survivors. Emergency workers ... | Nine people have been killed when a cargo plane failed to take off correctly at Culiacán Airport in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico yesterday. The plane, owned by a mail courier company, is thought to have blown a tire during the take-off procedure, causing it to run off the end of the runway and break through a wall. It the... |
View larger image Members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, walk along the grounds of their temporary housing, in San Angelo, Texas, Monday, April 7, 2008. (AP / Tony Gutierrez) View larger image Law enforcement officials assist members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of La... | YFZ Ranch near Eldorado, Texas, owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 133 women and 401 allegedly abused children have been taken into state custody after officials received a call from a distressed 16-year-old girl. The children were found in a 1700-acre compound belonging to the Fun... |
Sri Lanka's civil war came to the tourist coast in dramatic fashion as Tamil Tiger rebels staged a sea-borne raid on one of the island's top holiday destinations, the port town of Galle. Disguised as fishermen, the Tigers reached the town's naval base in five small vessels that had been travelling with fishing boats. T... | Just days following the suicide attack of unarmed Sri Lankan naval officers in Habarana, another was launched in the early hours of the morning in the southern port city of Galle. Official reports stipulate that terrorists, under the guise of fishermen in 5 boats entered the harbor and detonated after ramming into gunb... |
Gun assassin on the loose after man, 35, is shot dead outside his home in broad daylight By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 4:49 PM on 9th June 2010 A murder hunt is underway after a man was gunned down outside his home in broad daylight. Anthony Wright, 35, died at Wishaw General Hospital within hours of being sho... | Map of Scotland with highlighted in dark blue. A man has died after he was shot outside his house in , Scotland, United Kingdom. Anthony Wright, aged 35, was shot outside his household in the rural town of at approximately 0700 (0800 ) on Wednesday. Police think that Wright, who was shot twice, was the anticipated targ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. A ceremony has been held to mark 65 years since the atomic bombing of the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Representatives from 75 nations - including the United States, which dropped the bomb - were among thousands who gathered to remember the moment that change... | Hiroshima aftermath The 65th anniversary of the has been remembered in a ceremony Thursday in , Japan. The atomic bomb, code-named "", was dropped on Hiroshima at precisely 08:15 local time on August 6, 1945 by the specially converted bomber piloted by Colonel , who later retired as a brigadier general in the . Diplom... |
At least 12 people have been killed and 25 injured in what police say is a suicide bomb attack in the Hangu district of north-west Pakistan. The attack targeted a convoy of 140 vehicles travelling from Tall in the Hangu district to the town of Parachinar in the Kurram region. No-one has yet said they carried out the at... | At least twelve civilians have died and over 25 wounded in a suicide bombing in the of north-west Pakistan, Thursday night. A convoy of 140 vehicles running from , in Hangu District to the town of in , FATA was targeted. The victims, some of them women, were at a petrol station in Hangu. The wounded were taken to adjoi... |
NATO Stops Pirate Attack On Norwegian Ship NATO forces have foiled an attack by Somali pirates on a Norwegian tanker in the Gulf of Aden. Piracy in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia NATO officials say a warship and helicopters came to the rescue of the MV Front Ardenne late Saturday after it was attacked by pi... | According to a spokesman for NATO, an attempted hijacking of a Norwegian tanker in the Gulf of Aden by Somali pirates has been thwarted by NATO forces. The MV Front Ardennes came under attack by pirates in a small skiff at about 6:00 PM on Saturday. Helicopters and a warship were dispatched to rescue the vessel, and th... |
Australian authorities could learn from the report into March's Garuda plane crash in central Java, a Canberra coroner has recommended. Chief coroner Ron Cahill said the inquiry could shed light on air safety issues in Australia, a Fairfax newspaper reports. "I recommend that CASA and Air Services Australia and all Aus... | Singapore Changi Airport on February 4, 2007. It is nearly identical to the one that crashed. Ron Cahill, a Canberra resident and chief coroner of the Australian Capital Territory, has concluded the inquest into the deaths of three Australian nationals who were amongst the 21 people killed in the crash of Garuda Indone... |
Publicity Images Most of the content on this website, including the images and music is freely distributable under a Creative Commons license. See the copyright and sharing info for more details. Press Release May 18, 2006 For Immediate Release Elephants Dream, internet release of the first 3D ‘Open Movie’ (Blender Fou... | Emo and Proog, the lead characters of the movie The 3D animated short film ''Elephants Dream'', formerly known as ''Project Orange'', was released to the Internet yesterday. The film is available under the Creative Commons Attribution License, allowing anyone to download, modify and distribute it. The 10-minute film ha... |
China, the world's biggest censor, is planning to tighten its controls on the media with a new law that would impose financial penalties on news organisations that report on emergencies without permission. Despite opposition from mainland and Hong Kong journalists who say it is a step backwards for press freedom, state... | The Chinese Government has announced plans to impose fines of over US$12,000 on media outlets if they report domestic disasters without permission. Two years in the planning, the law is expected to be in force by the end of the year and would affect reporting of natural and industrial disasters or anything that could “... |
Conservative concedes Salvadoran presidency SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A conservative candidate has conceded defeat in El Salvador's presidential vote to the party of former guerrillas, who have gained power for the first time since a bloody civil war ended 17 years ago. Rodrigo Avila of the conservative Arena pa... | President-elect of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes Sunday night, Mauricio Funes of the left-wing Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) party declared victory in El Salvador's 2009 presidential elections. Although El Salvador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal has not yet certified a winner, Funes shows an insurmountab... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A South Korean rocket appears to have exploded moments after take-off, ending the country's latest attempt to join the space-launch industry. The Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 is thought to have blown up 137 seconds after take-off, said science ... | Real size replica of (left) South Korea has lost contact with its Naro-1 rocket, just 137 seconds after take-off. Officials believe the rocket exploded. (KARI) and had hoped to use a , South Korea's first carrier rocket, to launch a satellite. South Korea had postponed the launch on Wednesday due to problems with the r... |
By Nick Clark The Government has scrapped plans to force big businesses to disclose the difference in pay for men and women they employ, on the day it emerged that little progress had been made in bringing women into the boardroom. The equalities minister, Lynne Featherstone, said yesterday she had ditched plans drawn ... | The British has scrapped plans by the previous government to change the rules on . Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone The previous Labour government included a provision in the —Section 78—to allow the government the option to introduce regulations that would require companies to publish details of the difference i... |
The fatal shooting of eight people at day spas in and around Atlanta have intensified fears in Asian-American communities that have been the target of attacks since the onset of the coronavirus. Six of the eight victims were Asian women. The 21-year-old suspect, Robert Aaron Long, has been charged with four counts of m... | USS Boxer Two sailors from the ship USS Boxer, and a Canadian man living on Queensland's Gold Coast have been sentenced to jail for bringing seven kilos of the drug commonly known as 'ice' (methamphetamine), valued at about A$1 million, into Australia in June last year. A court in Townsville, Queensland heard that seve... |
404 We're sorry but the page you requested could not be found.Please try again from the home page or contact us ||||| AUSTRALIANS have spoken of their pain and distress at the release of militant Islamic cleric Abu Bakar Bashir after 25 months in jail for giving his blessing to the 2002 Bali bombings. Prime Minister Jo... | , 68, the accused spiritual leader of a organisation with links to Al-Qaeda has been released from an Indonesian prison after serving his 25 month sentence. Bashir was convicted for conspiracy, in connection with the . Bashir was accused of playing a pivotal role in planning the attack which killed 202 people, 88 of wh... |
Indonesia grounds nine airlines over safety standards Jakarta - Indonesian authorities have revoked the licences of four airlines and suspended a further five from operating for failing to comply basic safety standards, local media reports said Tuesday. Transport Ministry's Director General for Aviation Budi Mulyawan S... | Indonesia has shut down four airlines and grounded five others with the potential of similar licence revocations for failing to meet safety standards. The largest company to lose its licence is Jatayu Gelang Sejahtera. The other companies are all small airlines operating only aircraft with a passenger capacity of fewer... |
Adjust font size: TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- Tsunami alerts issued after an 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's northern coast have been lifted, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. However, Japan's Meteorological Agency, on its Web site, showed watches were still in effect for most of the eastern Pacif... | The tsunami alert issued for certain areas of Russia and Japan after an 8.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the north coast of Japan have been lifted. While the tsunami alert has been lifted, Japan's Meteorological Agency's web site is still showing watches in affect for most of the eastern Pacific coast of Hokkaido. ... |
Afghan MP Escapes Assassination Attempt in Kabul Five bodyguards were killed. Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber killed at least 16 people in southwestern Afghanistan, while two roadside bombs killed 4 others in eastern Afghanistan. Photo: AFP Afghan police say a member of parliament escaped an assassination attempt ... | Afghan police said today that a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the southwestern part of the country today, killing at least sixteen people. Two children and one police officer were among the dead, and dozens of others were injured. Location of Afghanistan on globe Afghan officials say the suicide... |
FILE PHOTO: Greek university students clash with riot police during a demonstration against government plans to set up university police, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek lawmakers passed legislation on Thursday that a... | The Greek passed contentious legislation on Thursday allowing for the creation of a campus police force and disciplinary council to end the tradition of violence at Greek universities. The decision, passed 166–132 in a parliament of 300, was opposed by many students and professors, who claim it would stifle freedom of ... |
BEIJING, March. 19 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi says Japan will not shoot down ballistic missiles aimed at the United States or other countries in its air space. Koizumi told a plenary meeting of the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament that even after Japan gets its own means of anti-aircraft defence... | Flag of Japan Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced on Friday that Japan will not shoot down missiles that are headed for its allies. Koizumi spoke at the plenary meeting of the Upper House of the Japanese Parliament. "The purpose of our country's missile defense is to intercept incoming missiles targetin... |
Nigeria: Blaze hits Lagos after fireworks blast Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An explosion in a warehouse has sparked a major fire in Lagos, Nigeria's largest city and commercial capital. Officials said a building storing fireworks in the largest market area of Lagos Island exploded, and... | At least one person has been killed and at least thirty were injured as the result of a fire in the city of in Nigeria after an explosion in a building with fireworks stored in it. As many as nine other buildings in the fire yesterday were also impacted by the flames, according to authorities. The fire was reportedly t... |
CBS, Jeffrey R. Staab/Associated Press David Letterman shocked his audience – and just about everyone he knows – by announcing on his show Monday night that he had quietly gone to a courthouse in Teton, Mont., Thursday afternoon and married his long-time girlfriend Regina Lasko. Mr. Letterman dropped the word after his... | David Letterman has married his girlfriend of more than 20 years.David Letterman, host of the late night American television show ''Late Show with David Letterman'', has married his girlfriend of 23 years, he told studio audience during a taping of his show on Monday. Letterman, 61, announced he and Regina Lasko, with ... |
The community organizing group Acorn announced Monday that it would close all its remaining state affiliates and field offices by April 1. The organization is “developing a plan to resolve all outstanding debts, obligations and other issues,” said a statement released by the group. Acorn has been battered by criticism ... | The US community organizing group (ACORN) will end its operations due to dwindling funds. The group said in a statement that it would close most of its field offices by April 1. The heads of the organization said in a joint statement that "ACORN's members have a great deal to be proud of—from promoting homeownership to... |
Media: Probe of plane crash points to transponder SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — A Brazilian Air Force investigation has concluded that a switched-off transponder contributed to a plane crash that killed 154 people in 2006, local media reported on Saturday. The Estado de Sao Paulo and Folha de Sao Paulo newspapers said that ... | This computer-generated image shows the two jets a split second prior to collision The damage to the Legacy's wing. Notice that the winglet has been sheared completely off. It has been revealed that the final report into a midair collision that killed 154 people in 2006 will blame a string of human error for the disast... |
MARBURG EPIDEMIC NOT OVER: WHO RELATED STORIES - Angola virus spreading - Angola virus outbreak worsens - Ebola-like virus hits Angola Angolan health officials say the country’s deadly outbreak of Marburg Virus is under control, despite warnings from international medical organisations that it may worsen. Angola’s Depu... | '''April 19, 2005''' Angola marked''credit: Vardion of Wikipedia Fearing that burial rites might be the cause of more cases of the Marburg virus, WHO spokesman Dave Daigle says the transmission cycle has not yet been broken. Cases of persons fallen ill by the virus outside the province of Uige are reportedly connected ... |
Almost 3 million homes and businesses still had no power in Texas Wednesday morning after this week's major winter storm even as a second one was threatening a wide swath of the U.S. And after some of the coldest temperatures in decades hit the Lone Star State, a new problem was emerging: water restrictions because of ... | Ice and snow cover a shopping center parking lot in Tyler, Texas (US). A series of winter blasts have struck the US state of Texas in recent days, leaving at least ten people dead in the aftermath. On Wednesday, the second wave of the storms impacted utilities and water systems, with cities asking citizens to conserve ... |
Attack on the Royal Bank of Canada; New Olympic event announcement Sunday, December 09 2007 @ 07:30 PM PST Contributed by: Anonymous Views: 295 December 8 Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC Canada) On the night of December 8 some anarchists attacked the Royal Bank of Canada (a sponsor of the 2010 Olympics) at the in... | On Saturday night, anarchists reportedly hurled pieces of pavement through the windows of a Royal Bank location, demonstrating against their sponsorship of the Vancouver Olympics. An anonymous posting Sunday evening to Infoshop News, an independent anarchist news website, reports that the Royal Bank of Canada branch at... |
Story Highlights • Security guard shoots gunman after attack on woman • Atlanta police describe shooting as "domestic situation" • CNN writer witnesses man shoot woman near newsroom Adjust font size: ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A man shot and killed a woman inside the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Tuesday afternoon bef... | A domestic dispute resulted in shots being fired around the Headquarters of CNN in Atlanta, GA on Tuesday, killing a woman and critically wounding the ex-boyfriend who pulled a gun on her according to the authorities. The man and woman were arguing near the main entrance of the complex when the man shot her, police off... |
Robert M. Duncan, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, said the party was there to serve the McCain campaign. “We’ve been preparing for the last several months,” he said. “We’ve been raising the money. We’ve been doing the research that’s necessary. We’ve been writing the victory plans that have been nece... | Bush and McCain shake hands before the press assembled in the Rose Garden. United States Senator John McCain, the leading Republican candidate for the US Presidency, secured the endorsement of the incumbent President George W. Bush on Wednesday. The Arizona Senator travelled from Dallas, Texas to have lunch with the Pr... |
Ateke Tom, right, warned that his fighters could take up arms again if let down by the government [AFP] Ateke Tom, right, warned that his fighters could take up arms again if let down by the government [AFP] Thousands of people in Nigeria's Delta state have gathered in the provincial capital to witness a local rebel le... | Thousands of rebels in Nigeria's volatile Niger Delta have surrendered their weapons, after they accepted a government offer of amnesty, reports say. Nigerian president Yar'Adua at the 2008 World Economic Forum Local rebel leader Government Tompolo arrived in Warri on Sunday, after promising to support Nigerian preside... |
Albanian and American flags have been on prominent display Declaration Celebrations went on into the night after Prime Minister Hashim Thaci promised a democracy that respected the rights of all ethnic communities. Serbia's PM denounced the US for helping create a "false state". A split later emerged at the Security Co... | right Kosovars celebrated by driving their cars waving Albanian flags through several European cities, such as here in Lausanne. Brussels. At 15:00 GMT today, Kosovo announced its independence from Serbia. Prime Minister Hashim Thaçi declared that Kosovo would become a democratic country and would respect the rights of... |
Prime Minister Geir Haarde had called early elections for May Iceland's coalition government has collapsed under the strain of an escalating economic crisis. Conservative Prime Minister Geir Haarde announced the resignation of his cabinet, after talks with his Social Democratic coalition partners failed. He said he cou... | The coalition government in Iceland has collapsed following the international banking crisis. Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde Prime Minister Geir Haarde of the conservative Independence Party had begun talks with coalition partner party Social Democratic Alliance in the run-up to an early general election planned ... |
Ketsana left 38 people dead in Vietnam after causing widespread devastation in the Philippines [AFP] Ketsana left 38 people dead in Vietnam after causing widespread devastation in the Philippines [AFP] The storm hit the region at about 7pm on Tuesday, engulfing Kampong Thom province, about 130km north of the capital Ph... | Typhoon Ketsana, the storm that recently wreaked havoc on the Philippines and Vietnam, reached Cambodia on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring a further 29 in the country, according to officials. The National Committee for Disaster Management said that nine of the casualties were reported in the Kampong ... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Mystery still surrounds a missing Russian-manned cargo ship, with a sighting off Africa's Cape Verde islands still to be confirmed. The Arctic Sea, with 15 Russian crew members on board, was last sighted in the Bay of Biscay on 30 July. Cape Ve... | A cargo ship spotted off the African island nation of Cape Verde could be the missing MV ''Arctic Sea''. The Maltese flagged MV ''Arctic Sea'' disappeared off the French coast sometime after July 29. Owned by the Russian Arctic Sea company she was operated by the Finnish Solchart Management company and had a Russian cr... |
Monday, February 11, 2008 US to seek death penalty in six 9/11 military commission cases: reports Joshua Pantesco at 8:00 AM ET [JURIST] The Pentagon is expected to announce Monday that military prosecutors will seek the death penalty against six Guantanamo detainees accused of involvement in the Sept. 11 terror attack... | The Military Tribunal courtroom. Military prosecutors at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp announced charges on Monday against six captives they claim were involved in the planning of the September 11 attacks. The men, each facing the death penalty, will be tried in a single group. The move could cause legal problems, ... |
Gennady Sipachyov, a Russian citizen whose age and profession have been kept secret, was found guilty of "state treason in the form of espionage" and sentenced to four years in a maximum-security prison camp. His crime, which Russia's FSB security service said he had confessed to, was to email secret military maps iden... | A Russian citizen identified as Gennady Sipachyov has been convicted of "state treason in the form of espionage" and was sentenced to four years in a Russian maximum-security prison. According to the Russian intelligence agency Federal Security Service (FSB), Sipachyov was found guilty of giving the American government... |
404 We're sorry but the page you requested could not be found.Please try again from the home page or contact us ||||| 404 We're sorry but the page you requested could not be found.Please try again from the home page or contact us ||||| Sunday, June 04, 2006 PHOTOS VIDEO STORIES BACKGROUND The Toronto Star said the Roya... | Seventeen people, including five minors, have been arrested in the Toronto area on terrorism-related charges. Over 400 officers, drawn from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), and the Toronto, Peel, and Durham police departments raided a dozen locations throughou... |
World leaders guaranteed the future of President Assad’s cronies in a rebuilt Syria today in an attempt to spark a coup against the dictator. Senior figures in the military, security services, and across the Damascus government would have a role after Assad had gone, G8 leaders said at the close of the summit in Northe... | After the Supreme Court ruling from June 29, 2006, the White House has announced that from now on all U.S. detainees are entitled to the protection Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions, including the detainees at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay. The Supreme Court ruled that the system of military tribunals set up ... |
Toronto police are crediting "courageous" members of a tight-knit school community for coming forward with information that led to the arrests of two teenage boys after a 15-year-old student was shot to death last week. Toronto police Staff Insp. Brian Raybould told reporters Monday that the shooting of Jordan Manners ... | Two 17-year-old men have been arrested and charged with first degree murder over the shooting last week of Jordan Manners, a 15-year-old student at the C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute. He was killed by a single gunshot wound to the chest. They cannot be named due to limitations in the Youth Criminal Justice Act. One... |
Definition: fullness of bravery*Comme le disent les Chinois, un Chinois qui ne vient pas sur la Grande muraille n'est pas un brave et un Chinois qui vient sur la Grande muraille conquiert la bravitudewas invented by French Socialist presidential candidate Ségolène Royal , setting off something of a firestorm in the Fre... | Ségolène Royal on a meeting in Nantes in November 2006. You won't find the word "Bravitude" in any French dictionary yet. Bravitude is a neologism used by Ségolène Royal, the French socialist presidential candidate. She said it during a visit to the Great Wall of China, and the term caused a media buzz in France. It al... |
At least 45 people have been killed and 300 injured in a series of attacks near the government and diplomatic "Green Zone" in the centre of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the police said. Witnesses said that the first suspected bomb blast on Wednesday went off near the foreign ministry and minutes later the second took pl... | According to Iraqi police, at least 95 people have been killed and half a thousand wounded after six explosions in Iraq's capital of Baghdad on Wednesday. Eyewitness reports say that two main attacks targeted the finance and foreign ministries. Police sources say that the blasts, which were caused by vehicles filled wi... |
Making tracks a train crosses the Tuotuo River on the new Qinghai-Tibet railway. Chinese officials say the line, to be opened today, is the world's highest rail system. Photo: Reuters Mary-Anne Toy Herald correspondent in Shenzhen July 1, 2006 CHINA unveils its latest dazzling engineering feat today, the $5 billion Qin... | The railway goes from Golmud to Lhasa The first trains were flagged onto the Qinghai-Tibet Railway line, the world's highest railway line connecting the Tibetan capital Lhasa with Golmud in Qinghai, China. At its highest point in the Tanggula Pass, the railway line reaches an altitude of 5072 metres. The line is design... |
Weekend walkout over, Toronto transit returns to normal The strike that shut down most public transit in Canada's biggest city for just over 36 hours has been brought to an end by the Ontario legislature. A Spadina streetcar moves through Chinatown shortly after the strike ended late Sunday afternoon. (Carolyn Ryan/CBC... | Toronto subway train at St Andrew station Canada's largest public transit system is expected to resume service Sunday evening after the Ontario provincial government ordered striking Toronto transit workers back to work today. Service was shut down when transit workers suddenly walked off the job on Friday, having just... |
Missiles from a suspected US drone (unmanned plane) have killed up to 20 people in a militant camp near Pakistan's Afghan border, security officials say. "Two missiles were fired, they hit two houses in Shakai and up to 20 militants were killed," a Pakistani intelligence agency official told the Reuters news agency on ... | On Sunday, two attacks carried out by suspected missiles from unmanned US aircraft killed 20 militants near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in a militant camp, as reported by security officials. Pakistan Afghan Border. The death toll rose from seven to 20 as reported by military officials. Two missiles were dropped on ... |
The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T; on Tuesday, accusing the telecom company of violating federal laws by collaborating with the government's secret, warrantless wiretapping of American citizens' phone and internet usage. The suit (.pdf), filed by the civil liberties group in f... | A class action suit has been filed on Tuesday by the (EFF) against the telecom giant . The suit, filed in San Francisco, alleges that AT&T violated federal laws by collaborating with government to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens. The Bush Administration and NSA have come under fire over the issue. They defend the program by... |
Panjagutta Flyover under construction collapses At least 15 people dead, 20 injured; Rescue operations begins Hyderabad, September 9, 2007 A flyover under construction at Panjagutta has collapsed leaving 15 people dead and many injured. The collapse happened near Himalaya Book shop at the ever busy Nagarjuna Circle. Th... | At least 20 people have died and 20 more are injured after a partially constructed flyover (overpass) in Hyderabad, India collapsed onto traffic. The disaster occurred at the Panjagutta junction, near Nagarjuna Circle. Two large concrete sections dropped onto oncoming cars and motorised rickshaws, damaging several seve... |
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