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Article from: Agence France-Presse GREEK socialist leader George Papandreou has declared victory in the general election after trouncing the ruling conservatives of outgoing Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis. “We stand here united before the great responsibility which we undertake, which I undertake,” Mr Papandreou told... | The Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Greece has won the country's general elections, results have shown. Location of Greece in map of Europe The former prime minister, Costas Karamanlis of the New Democracy party, had resigned his position after the results were announced, and congratulated PASOK's leader Geor... |
Popular microblogging website Twitter has revealed that it has served its 10 billionth tweet last night at 1am GMT, one which was sent from a protected profile and which shall remain a mystery forever. Unlike the marketing campaign by Apple a few days earlier to find out who was the one who downloaded their 10 billiont... | Twitter logo. The ten billionth update, or "tweet", has been uploaded to Twitter, a social networking website. The statistic was reported by GigaTweet, a group that keeps archives in relation to Twitter messages. The update was placed onto Twitter at approximately 0100 GMT on Thursday. The identity of the user who plac... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement A plane carrying pilgrims in Iran has caught fire while landing at Mashhad, in the north-east of the country. State media said almost 170 people were on board and that at least 46 were injured. There were no reports of fatalities. The plane, a ... | A similar Taban Air owned Tupolev Tu-154 Taban Air flight 6437 caught fire as it was landing at Mashhad International Airport in Iran at 7:20 A.M. local time (3:50 GMT) yesterday. There were no fatalities. 46 people were injured out of 157 passengers and 13 crew members aboard. The flight was scheduled to fly from Abad... |
ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain today announced that he has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate and to serve as his vice president. Governor Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president. She has brought Republicans and Demo... | Sarah Palin John McCain Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has been selected by United States Presidential candidate John McCain as his vice-presidential running-mate. The official announcement was made Friday at noon Eastern time (UTC-5) at a rally in Dayton. News agencies began reporting Palin as the selection about an hour... |
Schalke caught on the Bance in German Cup BERLIN (AFP) — Schalke 04's disappointing season continued on Tuesday as they were knocked out of the German Cup 1-0 by Second Division Mainz in their quarter-final clash. An 88th minute goal by Burkina Faso's Aristide Bance was enough to end four-time Cup winners Schalke's int... | German side , of the , have reached the semi-finals of the , Germany's equivalent of the , for the first time in their history. They defeated Bundesliga side by 1 - 0 on a goal from in the 88th minute. For Schalke, it was just another disappointment in an already dismal season; being elminiated from the Cup means they ... |
Ambulance officers have given the New South Wales Government 48 hours to commit to increased staffing levels or face a lengthy industrial campaign. About 200 officers have marched to Parliament House in Sydney this morning, calling on the Government to hire an extra 300 ambulance officers and 60 patient transport offic... | Paramedics employed by the Ambulance Service of New South Wales in Australia marched on the New South Wales parliament today. They called for the Government to sack Ambulance Service of New South Wales CEO Greg Rochford, hire 300 additional ambulance officers and 60 patient transport officers. Paramedics gave the Gover... |
Send Article Print Article Bus on way to Paris crashes, seven dead BLOIS, France: Seven people were killed and seven seriously injured when a bus carrying Moroccan passengers crashed yesterday on a motorway in central France, authorities said. The accident happened in the early hours on the A10 motorway near the city o... | A bus crash in France's Loire Valley has left seven of the Moroccan passengers dead. 22 of the 32 on board were injured, four critically, after the bus smashed into a concrete pillar on the A10 near Blois in the small hours of yesterday morning. The bus had departed Tiznit in South Morocco on Wednesday and was headed t... |
(China Daily) Updated: 2007-06-01 07:06 Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was found guilty of taking bribes and dereliction of duty. More than 6.49 million yuan ($811,200) of dirty money bought him the death sentence, lifelong deprivation of political rights, and confiscation of perso... | Industrial area of Beijing, China at night.On May 29, 2007, the former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), Zheng Xiaoyu, was found guilty by a lower court of accepting bribes and dereliction of duty. The court handed down a death sentence along with the confiscation of personal assets. Zheng will... |
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) -- A suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber plowed his car Monday into a group of Spanish tourists visiting a temple linked to the ancient Queen of Sheba, killing seven Spaniards and two Yemenis in a part of Yemen known for its lawlessness. The Queen of Sheba temple was built about 3,000 years ago. The att... | Seven Spanish tourists and two Yemeni citizens are dead after a suicide attacker blew his vehicle up at a crowded temple dedicated to the Queen of Sheba in the Ma'rib Governorate. The blast also injured six more Spaniards. An official with the Yemen Interior Ministry has blamed the attack on al-Qaeda operatives. Less t... |
By James Pearson Last updated: 10th April 2008 Leverkusen out despite win Zenit St Petersburg are through to the semi-finals of the Uefa Cup despite losing the second leg 1-0 to Bayer Leverkusen courtesy of a 4-2 aggregate win. The Russian outfit were all but through to the semis following a sensational 4-1 first leg s... | Zenit Saint Petersburg, Rangers, Fiorentina, and Bayern Munich all advance to the UEFA Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Zenit was all but assured of their advancement having won their first leg 4-1 over Bayer Leverkusen, but the other three ties were still fully up in the air. Rangers and Sporting had played a scoreless dr... |
Asteroids, Space Invaders, Centipede and Tetris—remember when you could only play these games at an arcade? I would line up behind at least 6 people for my chance at Asteroids.Time warp—now it's 2007. Games can be played anywhere and at anytime. In this mobile world, games have evolved to become a part of our lives. Un... | 200px Friday, Google, Inc. announced on its official blog that it will be acquiring in-game advertiser Adscape Media, Inc, a San Francisco, California based company. Ads that are placed in games through Adscape are targeted based on the plot and storyline that a gamer encounters within a game. These ads are also targe... |
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A number of houses in Dili have been ransacked and set on fire Emergency powers will give Mr Gusmao control of the army and police, split by internal disputes and gang violence. Mr Gusmao, a highly respected former guerrilla leader, also assumed sole charge of coordination with the Australian-led peacekeeping force. Hi... | President Xanana Gusmão has taken special security powers in a bid to quell the violence raging in East Timor. The period of emergency rule, which would last 30 days, was imposed to "prevent violence and avoid further fatalities" and lead to "rapid reestablishment of public order." Government Palace, Dili Gusmão, a pop... |
U.S.-China trade deal not falling apart: White House adviser The U.S.-China "Phase 1" trade deal reached in January is not falling apart and the two countries are still working to implement it, the White House's top economic adviser said on Friday, but President Donald Trump added that he was not "thrilled" with the ag... | Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve has suggested that there will be ''more of the same'' in coming months from the Fed. In his speech during testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday, Mr. Green... |
With the industry-tracking NPD Group releasing its US February game-sales figures yesterday, console makers and analysts alike weighed in on what the figures meant today. The DS and the Wii were the two best-selling systems of the month--selling 485,000 and 335,000 units, respectively--and Nintendo wasted little time s... | The video game console, Wii accompanied with the Wiimote. NDP Group released the independent February United States video game sale reports today leaving gaming companies with things to both worry, and jump for joy about. Nintendo had a strong lead last month with the DS and Wii at the top of the list at 485,000 and 33... |
The man suspected of shooting dead Sergeant Matt Ratana in a south London custody suite is 23-year-old Louis De Zoysa, Sky News has confirmed. The suspect, who remains in hospital in a critical condition and has therefore not been spoken to by detectives, is from Norbury, south London. Sgt Ratana, 54, was allegedly att... | 54-year-old Metropolitan Police sergeant Matiu "Matt" Ratana was shot at the Croydon, South London custody centre, at roughly 2am local time (0100 ) on Friday by a prisoner, suspected to be 23-year-old Louis De Zoysa. As of Monday, De Zoysa was reportedly still in critical condition, after a bullet hit him in the neck.... |
Microsoft agreed to support other browsers on its operating system Microsoft has reached agreement with European Union anti-trust regulators to allow European users a choice of web browsers. The accord ends 10 years of dispute between the two sides. Over that time, the EU imposed fines totalling 1.68bn euros ($2.44bn, ... | The and Microsoft have finalised the proposal for a 'browser ballot' in Windows, following the Commission's concern that Microsoft was unfairly using its operating system monopoly to gain control of the browser market. The browser ballot will give Windows users an option of switching to one of twelve competing browsers... |
The Australian doesn't play nicely with your current browser. Please take a moment to upgrade to the latest version. ||||| Julia Gillard has promised to ask the Australian people for their trust, as Governor-General Quentin Bryce cut short an overseas trip, prompting talk of an August election being called within days.... | File photo of Australia's Governor-General, Quentin Bryce. Australia's , , has cut Singapore and the UK from her official winter trip, keeping only France on her schedule, due to expectations that Prime Minister Julia Gillard will arrive at in the coming days to request the Governor-General to call an election. A spoke... |
© 2001-2007 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved. The following are trademarks or service marks of Major League Baseball entities and may be used only with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. or the relevant Major League Baseball entity: Major League, Major League Baseball, MLB, the silhouetted... | Left-handed pitcher Tom Glavine of the New York Mets MLB team won his 300th career game. Glavine pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing six hits, one walk, two runs (both earned) and struck out one. He became only the 23rd pitcher in professional baseball history to win 300 games. He is now 3rd in wins among active MLB pitcher... |
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen's Liberal-Conservative coalition and its far-right ally, the Danish People's Party, won 90 seats in the country's 179-member parliament, promising voters lower taxes and a strict asylum policy. The bloc, which now holds the narrowest possible majority, had 94 seats before the electi... | Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Brazil on April 25, 2007. The votes for the 2007 election in Denmark have been counted. Of the 179 Folketing seats, 2 represent Greenland and 2 represent Faroe Islands as part of the Danish commonwealth. The results are as follow: Party Votes (national total) Seats Percent A. Socialdemokrate... |
Clashes erupted when activists tried to break through police lines Scuffles in Moscow He and other opposition figures were detained during a rally organised by Mr Kasparov's Other Russia coalition. Police moved in when protesters marched on the election commission. Mr Kasparov was charged with resisting arrest and orga... | Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has been arrested along with other opposition leaders after leading protests against current Russian president Vladimir Putin. Kasparov, a prominent critic of Putin, founded the United Civil Front and named the Other Russia umbrella of opposition parties after retiring from ch... |
Mr Yamaguchi had the bad luck to be in Hiroshima and then Nagasaki The only person officially recognised as having survived both atomic bombings in Japan at the end of World War II has died from stomach cancer, aged 93. Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when a US plane dropped the f... | Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only Japanese civilian to be officially recognized as having survived both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States in August of 1945 at the conclusion of World War Two, has died this Monday at the age of ninety-three, due to stomach cancer—one of the numerous illnesses ... |
News: ePaper | Front Page | National | Tamil Nadu | Andhra Pradesh | Karnataka | Kerala | New Delhi | Other States | International | Business | Sport | Miscellaneous | Engagements | Advts: Classifieds | Jobs | Obituary | National Cryogenic stage tested successfully T.S. Subramanian A major milestone in our rocket syste... | The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced that the first test of the indigenously built cryogenic rocket engine had been a success. Currently, only the United States, Russia, the European Space Agency, China and Japan have successfully developed cryogenic engines, which use rocket fuel and oxidiser stored... |
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Authorities say 15 pilot whales have died after beaching themselves near Christchurch, New Zealand. Mark Simpson of the group Project Jonah speculated the whales came into Port Levy on Banks Peninsula early Sunday morning chasing fish and became stranded when the tide dropped... | Authorities have said that 48 whales near Christchurch, New Zealand were beached yesterday. Fifteen of them died, although the other 33 were re-floated out to sea, according to a conservation official. The pilot whales beached themselves at Port Levy on South Island, but dozens of volunteers helped to try and get them ... |
The State Veterinary Service has today been investigating a case of suspected avian notifiable disease on a poultry farm near Lowestoft in Suffolk. Preliminary tests have this evening indicated that the avian influenza virus is present in samples from poultry found dead on the premises. These preliminary results show t... | 1,000 turkeys in the United Kingdom have been confirmed by UK government officials as dying of a strain of avian flu and a further 1,600 have died since the infection was initially reported. The birds, believed to be from a Bernard Matthews owned farm in Suffolk fell ill and died this week after contracting the H5 stra... |
EVERETT, Mass. - Pro wrestling pioneer Walter "Killer" Kowalski died yesterday from the effects of a heart attack. He was 81. Kowalski died at Whidden Hospital in Everett, 12 days after his family decided to take him off life support. He had been in critical condition since his heart attack Aug. 8, wife Theresa Kowalsk... | Canadian former professional wrestler Killer Kowalski died in the early morning hours of August 30 at the age of 81. Kowalski suffered a major heart attack on August 8 and remained in critical condition at a local hospital in Everett, Massachusetts until August 18 when his family took him off of life support. Triple H ... |
Two million people are believed to have died under the Khmer Rouge The deal was reached in a week-long meeting, after a delay of more than six months because of disagreements between local and UN-appointed legal officials. The tribunal is expected last for three years, with trials starting in 2008. As many as two milli... | Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in 1997 in Phnom Penh. After months of infighting, rules governing the proceedings of the first-ever trial of leaders of the genocidal Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been unanimously agreed upon by Cambodian and international judges in Phnom Penh. "These rules will ensure us fair and transparen... |
Fears of return to Troubles after third fatal shooting in three days By David McKittrick, Ireland Correspondent Northern Ireland was plunged into a deeper security crisis last night when a police officer was shot dead in Craigavon, Co Armagh, the third member of the security forces to die in as many days. His killing i... | Location of County Armagh within Northern IrelandA police officer has been killed in County Armagh, Northern Ireland by Continuity IRA gunmen a mere 48 hours after two soldiers were killed. In what is presumed to be an attempt by dissident Republicans to derail the peace process, Pc Stephen Carroll was shot in the head... |
Select Minister or Govt Spokesperson Rt. Hon Helen Clark Hon Dr Michael Cullen Hon Jim Anderton Hon Steve Maharey Hon Phil Goff Hon Annette King Hon Trevor Mallard Hon Pete Hodgson Hon Parekura Horomia Hon Mark Burton Hon Ruth Dyson Hon Chris Carter Hon Rick Barker Hon David Benson-Pope Hon Lianne Dalziel Hon Damien O'... | The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released a report on the environmental performance of the New Zealand Government. Although the Government applauds the findings as vindicating its path to sustainability the report makes a wide range of recommendations in order to improve environment... |
Sir Paul Reeves has been farewelled to the sound of waiata, haka and drums. More than 350 people braved snow and hail to fill the Holy Sepulchre Church in Khyber Pass for his tangi today. His female relatives, including Lady Beverley Reeves, surrounded his casket at the front of the Anglican Church in Khyber Pass. PASS... | Reeves was the 15th Governor-General of New Zealand , the 78-year-old Anglican Archbishop who became the first and first cleric to be the of New Zealand, died on Sunday in after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife Beverley, Lady Reeves, three daughters and six grandchildren. His body has been lying in stat... |
China's President Hu Jintao has vowed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions produced by his country, one of the largest polluters in the world. Chinese President Hu Jintao addressing the climate change summit at the United Nations, 22 Sep 2009 In a speech to world leaders at the U.N. climate change summit in New York on T... | Hu Jintao, the president of China, has promised to reduce carbon dioxide emissions produced by his country, one of the largest polluters in the world. Hu JintaoIn a speech to world leaders at the United Nations' climate change summit in New York on Tuesday, the president said that China plans to receive 15% of its ener... |
Paul Krugman occupies two spheres in the American intelligentsia. In one, he is a New York Times op-ed columnist known for his barbed opinions about President Bush's policies. In the other, he is a Princeton University economist famous for his research on international trade and finance. Yesterday, it was Krugman the a... | ProlineserverAmerican yesterday won the Nobel Prize for developing a theory known as the “new trade theory” and “new economic geography”. Krugman first released the above theory approximately thirty years ago, and it explained why rich countries will trade with rich countries. As Krugman contributes to popular newspape... |
Energy-hungry India needs nuclear power The legislation will now be sent to President George W Bush to be signed into law. The vote follows an agreement earlier this year between Mr Bush and the Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. The accord has been hailed as historic by some, but critics say it will damage non-pro... | The United States House of Representatives has passed the resolution seeking to implement the US-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation agreement. The bill was passed with a huge margin in which representatives voted 330 in favour of the agreement and 59 against the agreement. The resolution, in the 109-page compromise bil... |
Faster higher stronger was China's Olympic promise When the Olympics hosted by Beijing ended, a collector snapped up the 5,000 condoms left over from the 100,000 distributed free to athletes. The collection has now been put up for a one-off auction, with a starting price of one yuan ($0.15; £0.08) each. Each condom wra... | Sports memorabilia collector Zhao Xiaokai has amassed 5,000 condoms left over from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and is offering them for sale at auction. Each condom is stamped with the motto of the Olympics in English and in Chinese: "faster, higher, stronger". The Beijing Olympics condoms are offered for sale as... |
By Staff • 18th August 2009 Neville Chamberlain’s diary from September 1939 is to be the highlight of a major new exhibition at London’s Imperial Museum marking the outbreak of World War II. Outbreak 1939 will also feature a letter from Chamberlain to his sister describing the events that led to the eventual declaratio... | The personal diaries of British wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain are to go on display at the Imperial War Museum in London. Beginning on August 20, 2009, a free exhibition, marking the 70th anniversary of the declaration of WWII, will allow visitors to have an unprecedented insight into the mind of the Prime ... |
AT least 30 people died when their bus crashed, rolled over and broke in two in central Cameroon, police said Sunday,adding that the toll could rise. "At the scene we've identified around 30 bodies but the death toll could be much greater given that some of the injured evacuated before we arrived reportedly died," loca... | At least thirty people are dead in Cameroon after a bus rolled over, reports say. The accident happened on Saturday near the city of , 135 kilometres or so north of the capital . The accident happened when the bus lost control, rolled down a hill into a ditch, and broke in half. Officials say the death toll may increas... |
Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement Kevin Pietersen has succeeded Michael Vaughan as England cricket captain. Following Vaughan's shock resignation on Sunday, the 28-year-old's appointment was confirmed by national selector Geoff Miller at Lord's. Pietersen will captain both the ... | Today the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that Kevin Pietersen MBE has been chosen to be the new England Cricket captain. "I'm very thrilled and excited to have been given the opportunity to captain England," Pietersen told the ''BBC''. He said that he would approach his captaincy like he approached his... |
President Obama is continuing what has become a dizzying reach-out to the Muslim world and the Middle East. Having used his inaugural speech to promise Muslims a “new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect,” he gave his first television interview as president—on only his sixth full day in office—to an... | President Barack Obama of the United States had his first full interview since his inauguration, on Al Arabiya television. The Dubai television network in the United Arab Emirates had exclusive access to the President. Barack Obama in his historic interview on Al Arabia. During the interview, Obama repeated a campaign ... |
El Senado reforma leyes para combatir el 'narcomenudeo' México despenaliza la posesión de drogas para uso personal Redacción México, DF., 29 de abril. Aunque eclipsada por el brote de gripe porcina que tiene a México en los noticiarios de todo el mundo, el Senado mexicano aprobó el martes con 87 votos a favor y 10 abst... | On Tuesday, April 28, the Senate of Mexico approved a bill that would decriminalize the possession of small quantities of psychoactive drugs for personal use, including marijuana and cocaine. The proposed law has the support of President Felipe Calderón. It awaits approval by the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of... |
Mr Walsh will take over at BA in September BA said Mr Walsh would take over from current chief executive Rod Eddington on his retirement in September. BA chairman Martin Broughton said Mr Eddington had "performed miracles" at the airline and had "transformed our business beyond recognition". He added that in appointing... | British Airways has named Willie Walsh as new CEO The British national airline, British Airways has announce that the former CEO of Aer Lingus, Willie Walsh is to be their new CEO. Mr Walsh is to replace the current CEO, Australian-born Rod Eddington in September after his retirement. Willie Walsh started as a cadet fo... |
The Circuit: iPhone data; AT&T;, T-Mobile file with FCC; Samsung fires back at Apple LEADING THE DAY: Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS are both sending location data back to the companies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Analysis from security analyst Samy Kamkar found that an Android phone transmit... | Apple store in Chicago. Apple Inc.'s and periodically send location information back to the company, according to new reports. The data is transmitted to a secure database that only it can access, Apple claims. Bruce Sewell, an attorney for Apple, sent a letter to two US Representatives last year, discussing the compan... |
Deccan Herald » News Update » Detailed Story Nitish to stake claim for govt formation Patna, PTI: Nitish Kumar is set to take over as Bihar's new Chief Minister. The Janata Dal United legislative party will meet in Patna later today to elect Nitish as its leader. This would be followed by a joint meeting of the NDA, af... | The -Bharatiya Janata Party combine under the leadership of has won 143 of 243 seats in Assembly elections for the state of Bihar held this November. The JD(U) legislative party elected Nitish to be Bihar's new Chief Minister. This was the second election in the last eight months; the first was held in February and the... |
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has agreed to release three British residents held at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and send them back to Britain, Foreign Secretary David Miliband confirmed on Thursday. A U.S. Army guard stands in a corridor of cells in Camp Five, a detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay Naval ... | David Miliband on April 11, 2007. United Kingdom foreign secretary David Miliband confirmed today that three British residents, who are being held at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, will be released by the United States. The three are Jamil el-Banna, of Jordan; Omar Deghayes, of Libya; and Abdennour Sa... |
WEB-EXCLUSIVE COMMENTARY By Babak Dehghanpisheh Newsweek Oct. 19, 2005 - Almost two years after being dragged out of a spider hole near Tikrit, Saddam Hussein appeared in court today for the start of a long-awaited trial. If the months of solitary confinement or the humiliation of being deloused by American medical per... | Saddam Hussein pleaded "not guilty" at the opening of the al-Dujail trial on Wednesday. The court recessed for 6 weeks during which time his defense will be prepared. During the proceeding, Hussein argued that the judge was not appointed by him, and thus was not legitimate. "I don't acknowledge this court." The hearing... |
President Bush says the so-called "surge" strategy in Iraq is working. The president gave this assessment of the situation in Iraq Saturday in Kuwait. It is one of several stops on a tour of the Middle East to build support for his administration's efforts to stabilize Iraq and to contain Iran's growing influence in th... | US President George W. Bush says the so-called "surge" strategy in Iraq is working. The President was speaking in Kuwait during one of several stops on a tour of the Middle East to build support for his administration's efforts to stabilize Iraq and to contain Iran's growing influence in the region. President Bush said... |
Planet Mars A group of U.S. astronomers say there is a chance an asteroid could hit the planet Mars by the end of next month. Stargazers in Arizona discovered a 50-meter wide asteroid in November that was designated "2007 WD5." Astronomers at the U.S. space agency NASA's Near-Earth Object Office are tracking the object... | This artist rendering uses an arrow to show the predicted path of the asteroid on Jan. 30, 2008, and the orange swath indicates the area it is expected to pass through. Mars may or may not be in its path. Astronomers have discovered an asteroid that is approximately 160 feet long, that may be on a collision course for ... |
Hundreds of activists were being coached to Ben Gurion airport for deportation Hundreds of activists were being coached to Ben Gurion airport for deportation Nearly all the foreign activists held by Israel after its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla are due to be deported by the end of the day. About 120 of the ... | All International Activists from the six ship "", seized in the by in international waters, may be released. The activists had attempted to break the Israeli . Benjamin Netanyahu decided that Israel will not prosecute or continue to hold the activists it captured. "It was agreed that the detainees would be deported imm... |
AP Photo/Reed Saxon Buy AP Photo Reprints LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Police investigating Michael Jackson's death looked into his medical treatment Friday, seeking to interview one of the pop king's doctors and seizing a car that they said may contain drugs or other evidence. As medical examiners began an autopsy for Jackson,... | Michael Jackson in 1988 Michael Jackson, a singer and songwriter who was dubbed as the 'King of Pop', has died today at the age of 50. Initial reports had stated that Jackson is in a coma after being rushed to UCLA Medical Center. According to TMZ, rescue crews from the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to his home... |
Scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Match home - Bulletin - Article index (6) - Photo index (19) ODI no. 2543 ICC World Cup - 13th Match, Group D West Indies v Zimbabwe 2006/07 season Played at , on 19 March 2007 (50-over m... | West Indies beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining) in Group D of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. This victory ensured the West Indies qualified for the Super 8 phase. Toss: West Indies won, and elected to field first. Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Kasteni, 1.1 ov), 2-2 (Sibanda, 2.2 ... |
Three people were killed and thousands of houses destroyed by a powerful aftershock in China's Sichuan province. The 6.0 quake struck near Guangyuan City at 1800 (1000GMT) on Tuesday. Two people died in the town of Yaodu, and another in neighbouring Gansu province, Xinhua news agency said. At least 35 people were injur... | Location of Qinghai, China An earthquake with a magnitude 6.0 that struck the area of Southern Qinghai, China on Tuesday, has killed at least three people and injured nearly 40 others. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) recorded the quake at 9:49 hours UTC (5:49 a.m. at the epicenter). The China Earthquake Netw... |
A number of campaigners climbed onto the roof on Tuesday and tried to install solar panels. The activists began packing up the panels in the afternoon after Mr Prescott refused to talk to them. He called the protest a "deplorable" publicity stunt and said the protesters had terrorised his wife. It's not pleasant to be ... | Greenpeace activists have scaled the house of Britain's Deputy Prime Minister, John Prescott, and then mounted 60 square feet of solar panels on the roof. The four men and four women were highlighting what they believe is Prescott's failure to make new houses, for which he has responsibility, more energy efficient. Aft... |
December 30, 2005 Spoof posters displayed across Vienna depicting the Queen having sex with the US and French presidents are causing embarrassment just days ahead of Austria taking over the European Union presidency. The images show two naked female models wearing masks of President George Bush and the Queen, and a mal... | 25 Peaces logo Posters produced and printed by the art project '''25peaces''', in Austria have caused huge public outcry and debate. The posters depict Britain's Queen Elizabeth, having sexual intercourse with US president George W. Bush, and French President Jacques Chirac. A number of public figures including Wolfgan... |
Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova, architect of the ethnic Albanian drive to win independence from Serbia, died on Saturday, four months after announcing that he had lung cancer, said his spokesman Muhamet Hamiti. The PM had called an urgent Cabinet session at 3 pm, said sources. The death was a few days before the Unite... | Ibrahim Rugova Kosova President Ibrahim Rugova, the leader for many years of Kosova in the most difficult process and struggle for country’s independence, died Saturday. Kosovo President Ibrahim Rugova passed away in his home in Prishtina at 11:38, close to his family members, his personal doctor, a US doctor, and his ... |
Mr Madoff said he could not adequately express his sorrow Disgraced US financier Bernard Madoff has been jailed after pleading guilty to all 11 charges surrounding an estimated $50bn (£35bn) fraud. Some of his victims clapped when he was handcuffed and led out of a New York courtroom. He had earlier said he was "deeply... | US financier Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the stock index, has been jailed after pleading guilty to all 11 charges of fraud, , and surrounding . "I'm deeply sorry and ashamed," the financier stated during a speech in the New York court. "I believed it would end quickly and I would extricate myself and my clie... |
A strong undersea earthquake hit North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia on Thursday, triggering panic among frightened residents and a brief tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties after the quake, which the US Geological Survey put at magnitude 6.7 and the epicentre at a depth of 4... | Shakemap indicating quake strength. Star marks the epicenter. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) a strong magnitude 6.9 earthquake has struck Indonesia in the Molucca Sea approximately 220 kilometers (135 miles) north of Ternate, Maluku Islands, Indonesia at a depth of 44.6 kilometers (27.7 miles).... |
Pranab in Delhi army hospital; advised rest April 08, 2007 15:41 IST External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee was on Sunday rushed to the national capital from Kolkata in a special plane after being injured in a road accident in West Bengal and admitted to an elite army hospital where doctors said his condition was s... | has been taken to a Delhi Army Hospital after being injured in a car mishap in West Bengal. His condition is said to be stable. He has received injuries on the head and other body parts. In statement, he said he would be back at work soon: "I am well but doctors have advised me 48 hours rest. I hope to be back to work ... |
Kyle Quinlan survived the Garuda Airline crash that killed 22 people 2007, he pulled many passengers to safety that day but insists he was only doing his job. Photo:John McCutcheon/184460 As the plane descended swiftly towards the tarmac at Indonesia’s Yogjakarta airport, Kyle Quinlan knew the crash was coming. He tigh... | Australia has given a bravery award to a Sunshine Coast resident who rescued several people after an air disaster in Indonesia. Kyle Quinlan was a passenger in the March 2007 crash of a Garuda Indonesia jet in Yogyakarta. The jet overshot the runway and burst into flames. Quinlan received chest injuries but still got u... |
Brazil slaps trade sanctions on US over cotton dispute The WTO has ruled that subsidies to US cotton producers are discriminatory The Brazilian government has announced trade sanctions against a variety of American goods in retaliation for illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers. The World Trade Organization (WTO) appro... | Brazil has announced, and the World Trade Organization (WTO) has approved, new trade sanctions on US goods, in response to illegal subsidies paid by the US government to American cotton growers. A list was published by Brazil of the items on which import tariffs would be placed, which includes more than 100 different A... |
String of blasts rock Bangkok, killing 2 New Year's Eve parties cancelled / Rumours point to 'undercurrents' / Police, military out in force around country Police and military personnel were scrambling to find out who was behind what seems to have been a coordinated bomb attack in the capital last night that left two p... | CentralWorld shopping center was the venue for the New Year's Eve Countdown and near the location of two blasts. More bombs went off just after midnight (0500 GMT) on New Year's Day in Bangkok, injuring eight people near a shopping mall where hours before a New Year's Eve countdown was cancelled due to a string of six ... |
This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high around 95. Heat index values as high as 102. South wind around 5 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 75. South wind between 5 and 10 mph. Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. Heat index values as high as 102. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Sunday Night: Clear, wit... | Limited visibility in south east Houston A dense fog has enveloped the greater Houston area in Texas, United States, ahead of an incoming warm front. Visibility has been reduced to under a quarter of a mile, in some places as low as 100 feet. Motorists are advised to use caution during the morning commute. The fog advi... |
Timor-Leste: Kuwait poderá vir a financiar obras públicas O Kuwait poderá vir a financiar grandes obras públicas em Timor-Leste, num total de 500 milhões a 600 milhões de dólares (entre 391 milhões e 470 milhões de euros), disse hoje à Agência Lusa o primeiro-ministro timorense. Segundo José Ramos-Horta, que parte hoje... | José Ramos Horta Kuwait might finance a great number of public works in East Timor, in an investment worth 500 million to 600 million dollars, the East Timorese Prime Minister said today. José Ramos Horta leaves today for an official visit to Kuwait. "I want to start right now the negotiations process with the Developm... |
Igor Ivanov, the Russian secretary of the Security Council, has literally doomed the Commonwealth of Independent States to a fall. He said that the term 'post-soviet country' should not be used anymore, and he also implied to a soon decay of the CIS. He said that there were times when this organization has played a gre... | right Igor Ivanov, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, said that the Eurasian Economic Community (EuroAsEC) could take the place of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Speaking at a press conference, Ivanov said that the CIS has already played a great role in the development of all the countries and th... |
(CNN) -- A Scottish court has formally allowed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi to abandon his second appeal against his conviction over the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, in which 270 people were killed when an airliner was blown out of the sky. Convicted bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, pictured in 1992, has termina... | The Lockerbie memorial The in Edinburgh has today accepted 's request to drop his second appeal against his conviction for the Lockerbie bombing. Al-Megrahi was found guilty of planting a bomb on , which detonated as the aircraft flew over , Scotland in 1988 killing all 259 people on board and eleven more on the ground... |
TAGS: SciTech, Prime Time Russia, Anya Fedorova Prominent Russian geographer and explorer Andrey Kapitsa died today in Moscow aged 80. Kapitsa took part in numerous important Soviet expeditions to the South Pole. He is famous for discovering the sub-glacial Lake Vostok in Antarctica. The lake lies four kilometers benea... | Satellite image of Lake Vostok , the Russian geographer best known for his part in the discovery of in Antarctica, has died in Moscow at the age of 80. He participated in four expeditions to the during his career. Kapitsa was born to Physics laureate in , England in 1931. He graduated from the 's Faculty of Geography i... |
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer Sat Nov 11, 6:44 AM ET ADVERTISEMENT WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. John McCain ( news voting record ) intends to take the first formal step toward a White House run next week by launching a presidential exploratory committee, GOP officials say. The officials spoke on the condition ... | John McCain John McCain, a prominent U.S. Senator from Arizona will launch a 2008 exploratory committee next week, said Republican Party officials. According to an official, McCain has already opened a bank account for the committee. Aides to McCain say the senator will discuss whether to seek the presidency with his f... |
Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, August 15, 2007; Page A01 The United States has decided to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the country's 125,000-strong elite military branch, as a "specially designated global terrorist," according to U.S. officials, a move that allows Washington to target the group'... | The United States will be labeling Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a "specially designated global terrorist" organization according to U.S. White House officials. According to reports, U.S. President George W. Bush will label the group under Executive Order 13224 which "provides a means by which to disrupt the financial ... |
(Adds details, comments, background.) By Nick Skrekas and Alkman Granitsas Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ATHENS (Dow Jones)--Greece's parliament voted Thursday to pass the three-year EUR30 billion package of austerity measures, as had been expected. The bill passed by 172 votes from a total of 300 lawmakers. Thus it only requ... | The Greek parliament has approved an austerity bill proposed by the government to help rescue the country's ailing economy. The proposal, which includes increases in taxes, as well as salary and pension cuts, passed with 172 members of parliament supporting, 121 opposing, and several abstaining; the proposal needed at ... |
By Ben Russell, Home Affairs Correspondent Nick Clegg's 250,000 automatic "cold calls" to voters after his party conference speech broke privacy laws, the information commissioner has ruled. The commissioner said the calls, featuring a recorded message from Mr Clegg highlighting themes in his party conference speech la... | The Liberal Democrat party has been criticized for automatically telephoning voters Richard Thomas, the British Information Commissioner has criticized the Liberal Democrats for cold calling 250,000 British people automatically to encourage them to support their party. The commissioner announced in a press release made... |
Universitetet i Oslo har i dag bestemt seg for å utsette brenningen av en samling nordiske og ikke-nordiske aviser fra 1800-tallet fra et lager i Follum gård på Ringerike. Det skjer etter at Aftenposten.no i helgen skrev om avisbrenningen. - Vår utfordring er at det er ingen fagmiljøer som ønsker denne samlingen, og vi... | The library at the University of Oslo. The plan to incinerate over 200 years' worth of archived newspapers at the University of Oslo was paused this week, following an article by the Norwegian newspaper ''Aftenposten'' publicising the intended destruction. The unwanted archives take up 3 kilometres of shelf space, and ... |
Gazan rockets still hitting Israel Israeli authorities examining the remains of a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip At least eight rockets have hit southern Israeli towns shortly after premier Ehud Olmert claimed all rocket launch pads were taken over by Israeli forces. The late Saturday mortar rounds, however, did not ... | The remains of a bombed orphanage and a mosque in Gaza Yesterday Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert held a press conference to announce that Israel would observe a unilateral ceasefire in their offensive in the Gaza Strip, but that Israeli troops would remain in Gaza. The ceasefire began at 2:00 a.m. local time in Gaza... |
U.S. Sailor Gets Life in Japan Murder Nigerian Citizen Serving in American Navy Sentenced in 2008 Killing of Japanese Taxi Driver Near Tokyo Photo U.S. sailor Olatunbosun Ugbogu, center, confessed to the murder of a Japanese cab driver, a spokesman for the Yokosuka police department said. (AP Photo/Kyodo) Fast Facts Ja... | United States Navy Seal An American sailor has been jailed over the murder of a Japanese taxi driver. Nigerian national Olatunbosun Ugbogu was sentenced in the Yokohama District Court. Ugbogu's lawyers claimed insanity but judges rejected the claim stating he was fully competent. The murder took place in March 2008 whe... |
"Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe" - Indian Proverb "Of chess it has been said that life is not long enough for it, but that is the fault of life, not chess." - Irving Chrnev "Chess is mental torture." - Garry Kasparov "Chess is a curse upon man." - H.G. Wells "A good player is always ... | "Chess is life in miniature. Chess is battles, chess is struggles." - Garry Kasparov "Chess is life in miniature. Chess is battles, chess is struggles." said the longtime world champion Garry Kasparov at the height of his career. In a surprise announcement Friday, the grandmaster said he will retire. He went public wit... |
Moussaoui pleads guilty to role in Sept. 11 attacks Asks to be put to death Alexandria, Virginia Zacarias Moussaoui pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring with the Sept. 11 hijackers to kill Americans and declared he was personally chosen by Osama bin Laden to fly a plane into the White House during a later attack. Mr. ... | U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema accepted would-be hijacker guilty pleas on six charges of conspiracy laid against him for his plotting to participate in the . Moussaoui, who had to be restrained at one point during the trial in an , Virginia courthouse, was polite and quiet during the day's appearance. 36-year-old ... |
AFP - Two French journalists kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan this week are thought to be alive and in good health, a source involved in efforts to free them said Friday. But the condition of three Afghan assistants abducted with the journalists from France's public television broadcaster on Wednesday was unclear, the ... | Kapisa province Two French journalists kidnapped on Wednesday north-east of the capital Kabul are believed to be in good health, although the condition of their three Afghan assistants is unknown. "The two French journalists appear to be alive, in good health and being well treated," said a source involved in the attem... |
Printable version E-mail this story Posted on: Sunday, May 28, 2006 A solemn farewell to Boeing's 717 By Peter Pae Los Angeles Times LONG BEACH, Calif. — As hundreds of people on the tarmac waved goodbye, Boeing Co.'s last 717 airliner took off from Long Beach Airport on Tuesday, marking the end of 90 years of commerci... | Boeing Commercial Airplanes on Tuesday delivered the final 717 jet built to AirTran Airways in ceremonies in Long Beach, California, bringing production of McDonnell Douglas jets to an end. "AirTran Airways would like to thank the many Boeing employees for their hard work and dedication over the years and enabling us ... |
Nov 27, 2010 10:33 AM | By Sapa-AP Current Font Size: Vatican Radio says in a report on Friday that 83-year-old Benedict will make a pilgrimage to the West African nation on November 18-20, where he will mark the 150th anniversary of the Catholic church's evangelisation of Benin and discuss the work of its bishops. Oth... | in 2010 It has been announced that Pope Benedict XVI will make a three day visit to Benin, Africa. Starting on November 18 next year, it will be his second Papal visit to Africa, the continent where the is growing fastest. An announcement made by The Vatican on Friday says the Pope will deliver guidance for the to seve... |
A faraway planet in the constellation of Leo has been named the most habitable known world beyond the solar system after astronomers detected water vapour in its atmosphere. It is the first time a planet in its star’s “Goldilocks zone” – where the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist – ... | In findings published Tuesday in Cornell University's by a team of scientists from the University of Montreal and a separate report published Wednesday in '''' by a team from University College London (UCL), the presence of water vapour was confirmed in the atmosphere of , a planet circling a star in the . This is the ... |
* Egyptians in Benghazi must travel by land to Egypt * Tripoli airport functions, permission for flights pending CAIRO Feb 22 (Reuters) - Runways at Libya's Benghazi airport have been destroyed in the violence that has gripped the country and passenger planes cannot land there, Egypt's Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Ghei... | An aerial shot of The runways at in Benghazi, Libya have been destroyed according to an Egyptian government minister. Foreign Minister said that the runways had been destroyed during the violence that is currently taking place. Protests have spread to Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi has made no signs of stepping down from h... |
An Algerian driver kidnapped last week in northern Niger has been released in neighbouring Mali, sources said. The man had been abducted with a French tourist in a remote desert region close to the border with Mali and Algeria. "Some people riding camels found him wandering. After some explanations, they took him to Al... | An Algerian driver has been released by his hostage takers in Niger. The man was abducted on April 20 along with a French tourist he was driving. The Frenchman, who is in his 70s, is still being held hostage; the pair were taken at gunpoint near the Mali and Algerian boarders. The gunmen are reported to have links to a... |
Fight To Survive Il Blog di Jeff Englehart, uno dei due ex-militari USA intervistati nell'inchiesta Gennaro Carotenuto "Io sono stato a Falluja" - l'intervista a Javier Couso, fratello di José Couso ucciso all'Hotel Palestina a Baghdad Kevinsites Taking Fallujah: foto-blog sulla conquista di Fallujah Hannah's Blog: Fal... | Map of FallujahA documentary aired on November 8 on an Italian state-run satellite channel RAI claims that the United States military used chemical weapons and napalm-like bombs during a bombardment of Fallujah in November 2004. The documentary, entitled ''Fallujah: The Hidden Massacre'', asserts that the US military u... |
Customers rushed to buy the new handsets Staff cheered as throngs of excited customers made their way into Apple's flagship store in London. A small number of Apple fans keen to get hold of the handset had started queuing at stores overnight and numbers swelled to around 300 for the launch. First out of the store with ... | The London Apple store The iPhone Queues have started to form today outside the London Apple store for the launch of the iPhone. The phone launches tomorrow at 6.02 p.m. UTC exclusively onto the O2 network amid controversy. The iPhone was launched five months ago in the United States and is set to launch in the United ... |
Sky Television's monopoly on digital broadcasting in New Zealand has finally been broken with the launch of a new service, Freeview . The $75 million government-backed project means the entire country can now watch free-to-air television using digital signals provided by satellite. Wednesday's launch of Freeview promis... | New Zealand's new digital free to air television platform, Freeview was 'switched on' today at the Auckland Museum by the Government. This is the beginning of digital, and within 10 years, analogue transmission will be switched off for good. Broadcasting minister, Steve Maharey said that it may take time for people to ... |
The hospital said it is reviewing its processes A 27-year-old-man has died from an overdose during a cancer drugs trial at the University College London Hospital. Gary Foster, from Waltham Abbey, Essex, was given double the amount of chemotherapy he should have been prescribed, the hospital said. The hospital's compute... | Mr. Foster suffered from testicular cancer Gary Foster, a British cancer patient, has died after a hospital computer error. The twenty-seven-year-old was undergoing a trial at the University College London Hospital when an apparent computer system error led to him repeatedly receiving double the amount of chemotherapy ... |
Associated Press Four united Nations anti-narcotics staff and two Bolivian military pilots died when their aeroplane crashed in the west of the country. The Bolivian air force said the Cessna, missing since Thursday, had been flying over the main coca-growing area in Los Yungas when it hit a tree. The four UN staff wor... | is the largest producer of coca in Bolivia. Six people, including four U.N. staff working for the anti-narcotics department in Bolivia, have been killed in a plane crash in a remote area in the west of the country. Two pilots are also among those killed in the accident, which happened in the area, northeast of the capi... |
KABUL/WASHINGTON - The United States has killed the leader of the Afghan Taliban in an air strike in a remote border area just inside Pakistan, Afghanistan said, in an attack likely to dash any immediate prospect for peace talks. ||||| Wrongly imprisoned Baha'i dies in Iranian jail -- A Baha'i who was wrongly jailed in... | The Bahá'í International Community has claimed that a Bahá'í has died in mysterious circumstances in jail in Yazd, Iran. Dhabihu'llah Mahrami was arrested in 1995 and convicted by an Iranian court of "apostasy" - converting from Islam to another religion. He was sentenced to death, but following protests from the inter... |
Ajax reunion as Nürnberg face Everton - Steven Pienaar (right) in action against Larissa (©Getty Images) Three former AFC Ajax team-mates could meet again on the pitch as 1. FC Nürnberg kick off their Group A campaign at home against Everton FC. • Nürnberg are playing their first group stage game of the season while Ev... | Everton defeated Nürnberg 2-0 to move top of Group A in the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. The first chance for the visiting team came just over 20 seconds into the match when Mikel Arteta saw his shot saved by Nürnberg goalkeeper Jaromír Blažek, before Tim Cahill's followup shot was tipped onto the goalposts. Nürnberg had chances ... |
The US has announced it is forming a "core coalition" to battle Islamic State (Isis) in Iraq, and has given the new bloc two weeks to finalise plans to help the Baghdad authorities and the Kurds in the north intensify the fight against the militants. Speaking at the Nato summit in Wales, the US secretary of state, John... | Leaders from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) member states met in Wales over Thursday to Friday in a summit addressing the organisation's role in Afghanistan and new threats from Russia and the Islamic State. NATO member countries __NOTOC__ === Role in Afghanistan === Since the 2010 NATO summit in , countries... |
"I think Michael is like litmus paper - he's always trying to learn." -- Elizabeth Taylor, absurd non-sequitir about Michael Jackson ||||| What's new on Gmail? Updated July 14, 2004 You asked. We said they were coming. And now, they're here: Import Contacts You've made a list. You've checked it twice. Now you never hav... | '''NB''': this subject is also covered in Google doubles Gmail storage, adds text formatting Gmail was yesterday officially 1 year old. After last years announcement of Gmail from Google, which was nicely timed for April fools day. This years Gmail bombshell is that there will be a possibility for infinite storage with... |
Full scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - 3D animation - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Match home - Article index (4) - Photo index (17) Twenty20 Int. no. 37 - 18th Match, Group F Australia v Pakistan 2007/08 season Played at (neutral venue), on 18 Septe... | Pakistan defeated Australia by six wickets in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. Australia lost early wickets, with Matthew Hayden caught on one run in the first over. Adam Gilchrist made 24 before being removed in the fourth over. Andrew Symonds and Ricky... |
Asian Nations Pledge to Double Wild Tiger Numbers The commitment to re-populate wild tigers was made in Thailand at the first Asia ministerial conference on tiger conservation and was welcomed by conservation groups. Photo: AP Thirteen Asian countries have pledged to double their numbers of wild tigers by 2022, the nex... | Malayan Tiger swimming (2007) Ministers from thirteen countries in Asia pledged on Friday to doubling the wild tiger population on the continent by 2022, to seven thousand. The commitment was made in Thailand, and is first Asia ministerial conference on tiger conservation; the thirteen countries that upheld the pledge ... |
HONG KONG, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Six construction workers died Sunday when an elevator lift in a Hong Kong skyscraper plunged 17 stories, authorities said. The workers were standing on a platform on the 27 floor when it plunged to the 10th floor of the under-construction International Commerce Center, RTHK, Radio Televisio... | The International Commerce Centre under construction in July 2009Six construction workers at Hong Kong's International Commerce Centre (ICC) were killed on Sunday when they fell seventeen stories down a lift shaft. The workers were standing on a platform on the 27th floor of the building when it collapsed. The ICC's bu... |
The government yesterday abolished Sats examinations for 14-year-olds in a move triggered by the collapse of this year's marking process and a string of high profile reports critical of the tests. The reforms mean pupils will no longer have to sit externally marked tests at the age of 14, but ministers have insisted th... | 14-year-old children in Britain are no longer subject to compulsory testing The UK Government has stated that children in Britain will no longer be required to take compulsory, externally marked tests at the age of fourteen. The change takes effect immediately, meaning that children who were due to take the test this y... |
(Page 1 of 2) Idaho Republican Sen. Larry Craig will resign from the Senate amid a furor over his arrest and guilty plea in a police sex sting in an airport men's room, Republican officials said Friday.Craig will announce at a news conference in Boise on Saturday morning that he will resign effective Sept. 30, four sta... | United States Larry Craig (R-ID) is announcing on September 1 that he will resign his post, effective September 30. Craig was involved in a scandal where he allegedly propositioned another man for sex in a bathroom at a airport. Craig has previously claimed he was "in the bathroom for its intended purpose." The senator... |
The workers - four Britons and one French citizen - had been released into the care of the authorities in Eritrea, she said. Mrs Beckett said they were safe and were "broadly all in good health". But eight Ethiopian staff who had been with the group when they were captured had still not been released, she added. The fr... | A group of British embassy workers kidnapped in northern Ethiopia 12 days ago have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has said. The workers - four British citizens and one French citizen and Ethiopian staff working with them, had been held in Eritrea, she announced on Tuesday. The party were apparently o... |
Some people were injured by collapsing homes Some 43 people were killed by the storms on Saturday afternoon, while the other bodies were recovered on Sunday. Dozens more were injured as heavy winds uprooted trees and brought down power lines, electrocuting people. Karachi residents were already suffering from power cut... | Torrential rainstorms with gale force winds brought floods and destruction to Karachi, the capital of Sindh Province in Pakistan. Over 40 dead were recovered on Saturday and more than 180 on Sunday. Many more are said to have been injured by downed trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are reported as well as... |
Clarke is on loan at Leicester from Sunderland Paramedics rushed down the tunnel to attend to the 27-year-old shortly after the half-time whistle. "Clive was very seriously ill," said Leicester chief executive Tim Davies. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Clive and his family." Clarke was in a stable condition in a ca... | The Carling Cup tie between Leicester City and Nottingham Forest was abandoned at half time after Leicester defender Clive Clarke collapsed in the changing room at half time. Shortly after the half time whistle, paramedics were called into the changing room before taking Clarke to Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. T... |
Lebanon will accept UN probe on Hariri * Opposition leader urges pro-Syrian security chiefs to resign BEIRUT: Lebanon will accept an international commission to investigate the assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri if a decision to form such a panel is taken by the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Mahmoud H... | Lebonese President Emile Lahoud A late night car bomb explosion on Saturday in Beirut wounded 5 people and sparked a large fire in an industrial suburb east of the city. This marks the second car bombing inside a week's time in the Lebanon capital’s anti-Syrian vicinities. The blast added an exclamation point to the su... |
The following article has been retrieved from the archive and no longer contains the original video. Iraq’s parliament has agreed a last minute deal to overcome divisions on a law allowing elections next year. In a special late night session convened to end the political crisis, MPs supported a redistribution of seats ... | Iraqi lawmakers passed a law on Sunday needed to conduct parliamentary elections early next year, in a nearly unanimous vote. The new law expands parliament from the current 275 seats to 325 seats. The bill took shape during several months of intense debate over how much parliamentary representation should be given to ... |
By Judith Miller The New York Times FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 2005 Stephane Dujarric, the spokesman, said Wednesday that Annan had dismissed Joseph Stephanides, the head of the Security Council Affairs Division, "in accordance with United Nations staff regulations" and after a "thorough review of all aspects of the case." The di... | UN Secretary General Kofi Annan UN Secretary General Kofi Annan fired the first UN official in connection with the Iraqi oil-for-food scandal. "After a thorough review of all aspects of the case, the Secretary General has decided that Mr. Joseph Stephanides be summarily dismissed for serious misconduct in accordance ... |
A small plane has crashed into a house in Florida, slicing the property down the middle. Plane crashed into house in Florida. Picture: WSVN TV images showed the home with a gaping hole in it and smoke could be seen rising from the crash site. The house burst into flames when the plane went down, but firefighters were a... | A small plane crashed Friday morning into a house in Florida after taking off from the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport. The twin engine aircraft is believed to be a Cessna 421. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson has said that one person was on board the 8 passenger plane. Authorities report that no one wa... |
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