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open new window New phone hacking inquiries call 09/03/2010 01:56 PM
Senior Labour politicians urge fresh inquiries into phone hacking claims surrounding the News of the World newspaper.
open new window Police question Pakistan players 09/03/2010 01:30 PM
Police question the three Pakistan players accused of corruption, while the ICC says that trio implicated have a disciplinary case to answer.
open new window Lib Dem veteran Cyril Smith dies 09/03/2010 09:02 AM
The former Liberal Democrat MP Sir Cyril Smith has died aged 82, his family and party confirm.
open new window Worshippers 'just escaped blast' 09/03/2010 02:33 PM
A Hare Krishna temple in Leicester was evacuated seconds before an explosion almost destroyed the building, it emerges.
open new window Pakistan rally bomb kills dozens 09/03/2010 11:33 AM
A bomb kills at least 50 people at a Shia Muslim rally in the south-western city of Quetta, the second attack on Pakistan's religious minority in days.
open new window UN calls special food price talks 09/03/2010 09:40 AM
The United Nations' food agency calls a special meeting of policy makers to discuss the recent rapid rises in food prices.
open new window Tycoon Nadir bailed in fraud case 09/03/2010 08:07 AM
Fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir is remanded on bail at the Old Bailey at his first court appearance on fraud and theft charges.
open new window Earthquake hits south New Zealand 09/03/2010 02:06 PM
A 7.0-magnitude earthquake strikes New Zealand's South Island, causing widespread minor damage and power cuts.
open new window Thompson defends BBC No 10 visit 09/03/2010 08:14 AM
Director general denies he compromised the BBC's independence by visiting Downing Street to discuss coverage of the government's spending cuts.
open new window Six men jailed for Portugal abuse 09/03/2010 10:04 AM
Six Portuguese men are sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after being found guilty of multiple charges of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home.

CNN

open new window Settlements obstacle in Mideast talks 09/03/2010 01:15 PM
After two days of meetings and talks led by President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Israeli and Palestinian leaders leave Washington deadlocked over the contentious issue of Israeli settlements.
open new window 7.0 quake strikes near Christchurch, New Zealand 09/03/2010 02:15 PM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck near New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
open new window South Korea, U.S. to hold joint naval exercise 09/03/2010 11:12 AM
South Korea and the United States will conduct a joint anti-submarine warfare exercise starting Sunday, the U.S. military announced Friday.
open new window Indictment: Thais forced to work on Hawaiian farms 09/03/2010 01:36 PM
Six job recruiters have been indicted in federal court in what the FBI has called the largest human-trafficking operation ever to result in charges in the United States.
open new window UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai 09/03/2010 12:24 PM
A cargo plane has crashed in an uninhabited area near the Dubai airport, according to the official WAM news agency in the United Arab Emirates.
open new window Iranian mob attacks opposition leader's apartment 09/03/2010 11:14 AM
A mob ransacked the entrance to the Tehran apartment complex of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi late Thursday, an assault that resulted in an attack on the head of his security detail, his son said.
open new window Pakistan suicide bombing kills 59, injures 160 09/03/2010 12:28 PM
A suicide bomber blew himself up outside an Ahmadi worship place in northwestern Pakistan Friday, killing a pedestrian, police said.
open new window Opinion: Peace talks a test of Israel's Netanyahu 09/03/2010 06:24 AM
Watching the Israeli and Palestinian leaders trudge to Washington for one more peace summit, one might wonder why President Obama invited them. Why should the president invest his prestige in an effort that looks so unpromising?
open new window Recipe for water in space: Just add starlight 09/03/2010 08:41 AM
European scientists say they've figured out the recipe for water in space: Just add starlight.
open new window TV star, diplomat convicted of sexual child abuse 09/03/2010 11:23 AM
A verdict is expected Friday in a child sex abuse trial that has gripped Portugal for years as dozens of alleged victims testified against a television star, a former diplomat and five other defendants.

WN

open new window UK vow on military ties with France 09/03/2010 05:42 AM
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel. Dr Fox, who was in Paris for talks with his French counterpart Herve Morin, said the "tough financial climate" meant it was in the interest of both nations to work together. The Defence Secretary and Mr Morin also discussed Afghanistan and the progress being made to train military and security forces in the country. As the leading ...
open new window Report: Indian wrestlers, shot-putter fail dope tests 09/03/2010 02:49 AM
New Delhi - Indian authorities suspended four wrestlers and a shot-putter from next month's Commonwealth Games over failed drug tests, a news report said Friday. The athletes tested...
open new window Delhi loses patience with Commonwealth Games 09/02/2010 08:18 PM
It was meant to be Delhi's moment of glory. By staging the Commonwealth Games successfully in its capital, India wanted to announce to the world that it was an emerging...
open new window Amazon river level in Peru at 40-year low 09/02/2010 07:10 PM
The Amazon river has dropped to its lowest level in 40 years in north-eastern Peru, causing severe economic disruption in a region where it is the main transport route. At least six large boats have been...
open new window Portugal child sex abuse trial draws to close 09/02/2010 07:10 PM
The panel of judges in a mammoth child sex abuse trial in Portugal is to deliver its verdict, more than five years after...
open new window Hamas taking hard line over peace negotiations 09/02/2010 06:29 PM
Attacks on settlers will continue unless the rulers of Gaza can be accommodated, writes MICHAEL JANSEN� BY RESPONDING with violence to the resumption of Fatah-Israeli negotiations, Hamas, ruler of Gaza, is demonstrating that there can be no peace between the Palestinians and Israel unless Hamas is involved. Hamas's military wing has so far staged two drive-by shootings in the West Bank, killing four settlers near the contested city of Hebron and wounding two near the Fatah-dominated ...
open new window Hawking outlines idea of God's redundancy in latest book 09/02/2010 06:29 PM
LONDON - God did not create the universe and the Big Bang was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book. In The Grand Design�, co-authored with US physicist Leonard Mlodinow, and due to go on sale next week, Prof Hawking says a...
open new window Atlantic Beach hosts hurricane parties as Earl nears 09/02/2010 06:01 PM
As Hurricane Earl raged on the seas south-west of North Carolina, the coastal town of Atlantic Beach felt...
open new window 3G Capital to acquire Burger King for $3.3 bn 09/02/2010 01:41 PM
LOS ANGELES | NEW YORK: Burger King Holdings, the No. 2 US fast-food chain, agreed to sell itself to investment firm 3G Capital for about $3.26 billion in a deal analysts said would give the restaurant breathing room to fix its business. At $24 per share, the deal represents a 46% premium to Burger King’s price before news of...
open new window Cricket: Pakistan three to sit out the rest of tour 09/02/2010 11:48 AM
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print TAUNTON - Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed says the three players at the centre of fixing allegations will not play in the T20 and one-day international matches against England. Saeed says that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have not been suspended but that they will not play in the remainder of the tour. Saeed said that 13 players will be available for the two T20 matches before three replacements arrive to bolster the squad for the ...

The economist

open new window Please delete 09/03/2010 12:51 AM

The internet has become too important for governments to ignore

GOVERNMENTS are increasingly finding ways to enforce their laws in the digital realm. The most prominent is China’s “great firewall”. But China is by no means the only country erecting borders in cyberspace. The OpenNet Initiative, an advocacy group, lists more than a dozen countries that block internet content for political, social and security reasons. They do not need especially clever technology: ...

open new window Higher education 09/02/2010 05:14 AM

Galloping inflation in American college fees

FOR decades, college fees have risen faster than Americans’ ability to pay them. Median household income has grown by a factor of 6.5 in the past 40 years, but the cost of attending a state college has increased by a factor of 15 for in-state students and 24 for out-of-state students. The cost of attending a private college has increased by a factor of more than 13 (a year in the Ivy League will set you back $38,000, excluding bed and ...

open new window Naval gazing 09/01/2010 04:31 AM

China now has more warships than America, according to the IISS

THE International Institute for Strategic Studies (better known as the IISS), reckons China now has more warships than America, which long possessed the biggest fleet. As it can be hard to distinguish a warship from other boats, the IISS uses its own definition of what counts and what does not. This striking trend is yet another manifestation of the rise of China. But it also reflect the cost of warships and other weapons ...

open new window Rivals 09/01/2010 04:20 AM

The best-selling political memoirs in Britain

TONY BLAIR, Britain's former prime minister, published his memoirs on Wednesday September 1st. The few people who have already read them cover to cover report that, in addition to the familiar stuff about how awful his relationship with Gordon Brown was, Mr Blair admits to being manipulative and to having a developed sense of his own destiny. The book is likely to sell well, though it seems that British book buyers are rather more ...

open new window Big mistake 08/31/2010 05:34 AM

How America's opinion of the Iraq war has changed

OVER seven years after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, America's direct military involvement is now coming to an end. President Barack Obama will set out his new policy in a speech from the Oval Office on Monday August 31st. American public opinion on the war has changed enormously during that time. When George Bush prematurely declared an end to major combat operations in May 2003 most Americans were behind the war, with only a ...

open new window The great crawl of China 08/26/2010 04:10 AM

China's traffic jam was inevitable

CHINA tends to do everything a bit bigger than the rest of the world, including traffic jams. One snarl up this month along a highway leading into Beijing was at one point over 100km long and left traffic gridlocked for eleven days until it mysteriously vanished on Thursday August 26th. Roadworks and booming demand for coal and other goods sent thousands of lorries heading for China's capital. Beijing is set to spend 80 billion yuan ($11.8 billion) on ...

open new window No visa required 08/25/2010 04:02 AM

Who has most freedom to travel?

THE ability to visit a foreign country without the cost and hassle of obtaining a visa is a welcome bonus for any traveller. It is also a barometer of a country's international alliances and relations. A report released on August 25th by Henley & Partners, a consultancy, shows that Britons have the fewest visa restrictions of the 190-odd countries (and territories) for which data are available. British citizens can enjoy a three-day stay for business ...

open new window A mysterious disappearance 08/23/2010 03:49 AM

Where has all the plastic gone?

THE amount of plastic thrown away by Americans increased fourfold between 1980 and 2008. It is a reasonable assumption that as more plastic is produced and discarded, this will affect oceanic pollution. But a study of the north Atlantic and the Caribbean, just published in Science, suggests things are not getting worse. Between 1986 and 2008 there was no increase in the concentration of plastic in the areas looked at despite a steady rise in the amount ...

open new window Going for broke 08/18/2010 05:51 AM

Bankruptcies rise in America

BANKRUPTCY filings rose 20% in the year to June 30th compared with the previous 12-month period, according to statistics released on August 17th by the Administrative Office of the US Courts. This takes quarterly filings to their highest point since tougher bankruptcy laws were introduced at the end of 2005. That change brought a spike of bankruptcies, as companies and individuals rushed to declare themselves broke under the more lenient old regime. The ...

open new window All pints east 08/17/2010 06:36 AM

Asia overtakes Europe, in beer terms

CHINA;S remarkable growth is as apparent in beer consumption as it is in more formal economic indicators. In the space of a couple of decades the country has gone from barely touching a drop to become the world;s biggest beer market, a considerable distance ahead of America. And beer drinking in China is growing fast, by nearly 10% a year according to Credit Suisse;s World Map of Beer. This might seem like good news for the four big firms that ...

Epoch Times

open new window Soaring Global Food Prices Concerns Poor Regions 09/02/2010 08:45 PM
The soaring cost of wheat in July and August, pushed international food prices to their highest peak since September 2008.
open new window Eurozone Economy Increases by One Percent 09/02/2010 08:37 PM
The economy of the eurozone increased by 1 percent during the second quarter this year.
open new window Pakistan Refugees May Cross Into Iran 09/02/2010 07:39 PM
The United Nations has called for a boost in humanitarian efforts to Pakistan's flood-torn southwestern province.
open new window Ukraine's Opposition Feeling the Squeeze 09/02/2010 07:21 PM
Ukrainian authorities have launched a wave of arrests and investigations at ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s allies.
open new window Middle East Leaders Continue Peace Talks 09/02/2010 07:08 PM
Israeli President Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority leader Abbas are meeting regularly to resolve regional issues.
open new window South African State Workers Reject Offer, Take to Streets 09/02/2010 06:47 PM
South African state workers were on the streets Thursday after unions rejected an increased salary offer from the government.
open new window Six Die in Living Cost Riots in Mozambique 09/02/2010 05:50 PM
The skyrocketing cost of living in the southeastern African nation of Mozambique led to riots this week in the capital Maputo.
open new window Locals Return But Volcano Still Threatens 09/02/2010 05:32 PM
Thousands of refugees began returning to their homes after a volcano on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island erupted.
open new window Rwanda Genocide Report Delayed 09/02/2010 05:27 PM
UN report accusing the Rwandan army of a possible genocide in the Democratic Republic of Congo will not be published until Oct. 1.
open new window Middle East Leaders Resume Talks 09/02/2010 12:19 AM
President Obama held bilateral talks Wednesday with four leaders from the Middle East in Washington.
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