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| Blair admits role in 2007 defeat BBC News Tony Blair has suggested that Scottish Labour might have won the last Holyrood election if he had not been prime minister and party leader. The SNP broke Labour's dominance of the Scottish Parliament in 2007, when it won 47 seats, one more than its ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Hurricane Earl prompts US evacuations BBC News Evacuations have begun in areas of the US east coast likely to be hit by Hurricane Earl. The storm has dropped to Category Three but is still generating sustained winds of 201km/h (135mph). One island in North Carolina's Outer Banks is being evacuated ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chile Mining Minister Assists in Rescue Wall Street Journal By MATT MOFFETT SAN JOSE MINE, Chile—Whether consoling families of 33 miners trapped deep underground or overseeing engineering teams trying to bring the men out, Mining Minister Laurence Golborne has been the point man on an unparalleled rescue effort ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Assange rape investigation reopened Aljazeera.net Swedish prosecutor looks into allegations against Wikileaks founder, which he insists are part of a "smear campaign". A senior Swedish prosecutor is re-opening a preliminary investigation into rape charges against Julian Assange, the founder of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Treasury wipes $10b off Lib costings Sydney Morning Herald THE Coalition is wrangling with Treasury over discrepancies in its policy costings believed to total up to $10.6 billion after Julia Gillard ditched her promise to establish a citizens' assembly on climate change to placate the Greens. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Triple bomb blasts hit Lahore Shia procession BBC News At least three people have died and 25 been injured after three bombs exploded during a Shia procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore. A senior police officer Zulfiqar Hameed told the Associated Press news agency that the bombs had been timed devices ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civilians die in Pakistani air raid targeting militants BBC News At least six civilians were among about 45 people reported killed in Pakistani military air strikes targeting militants in the north-west. Security officials said family members were among those who died in the raids in the Khyber tribal district. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| France Defends Its Policy on Gypsies Wall Street Journal By MAX COLCHESTER PARIS—The French government, faced with growing criticism over its mass expulsions of foreign Gypsies, is trying a two-pronged strategy to minimize the damage: Insist that continued expulsions are right, and put in diplomatic legwork ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lawyer: Yemeni suspect denies any terror link The Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands — One of two Yemeni men being held by Dutch authorities amid fears they were conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack denies any involvement in terrorism, his lawyer said Wednesday. Attorney Wouter Hendrickx said his ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pakistani Newspaper Recounts Delegation's Treatment in US New York Times By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — News accounts of what the Pakistani military has called the mistreatment of a delegation at Washington's Dulles International Airport this week further inflamed tensions in the relationship between the United ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Italy, Libya Celebrate Second Anniversary of 'Friendship Treaty' Voice of America Photo: AP Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi made a three-day visit to Italy this week to mark the second anniversary of the signing of a Friendship Treaty between Tripoli and Rome. Mr. Gadhafi was given a lavish welcome and Italian Prime Minister Silvio ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Dodge Charger, or a miracle, saves man from suicide attempt USA Today You can't pay for this kind of advertising: A suicide attempt in New York was foiled by the strength of a Dodge Charger. The New York Daily News says 22-year-old Thomas Magill jumped 39 stories from a West Side apartment building, and ended up landing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Typhoon Kompasu Weakens on Path Toward Seoul; Warnings Issued BusinessWeek By Stuart Biggs Sept. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Kompasu weakened from a Category 3 storm as it headed toward the Korean peninsula and is expected to make landfall near Seoul before 3 pm tomorrow, the US Navy Joint Typhoon Center said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| British deputy PM visits flood-hit Pakistan Times of India Around 1600 people have died while over 20 million have been displaced in floods triggered by torrential rains that started in July. Infrastructure has been badly hit across Pakistan and the country is now looking for assistance from global powers to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kathleen Parker on the 'Glenn Beck Program' Washington Post (blog) Glenn Beck's rally on the Washington Mall Saturday continues to draw extensive interest from our readers as they ponder the message and what that huge, peaceful crowd of folks was all about. Their discussion today centers on Kathleen Parker's argument ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lukashenko says Moscow "rascals" may be behind embassy attack RIA Novosti MINSK, September 1 (RIA Novosti) - A day after Russia strongly condemned an attack on its embassy in Minsk, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko retaliated by saying that "rascals and scoundrels" from Moscow may be to blame. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| FACTBOX-Key political risks to watch in Brazil Reuters By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff looks set to win Brazil's presidential election next month and is expected to hold in place most economic policies, but she could strengthen the state's role in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saudi official denies Sri Lankan maid was abused The Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi official has denied a Sri Lankan maid's allegations that the couple she worked for in the Arab kingdom hammered nails and needles into her body. Doctors in Sri Lanka have said they removed 13 nails and five needles from ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Read comics on Dalai Lama, those on Gandhi also in offing Daily News & Analysis Place: Dharamsala | Agency: PTI A graphic novel on the life and personality of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will now be available in 10 languages in different parts of the world, an innovative, fun and colourful source of information which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mother says killing young sons was 'act of love' NDTV.com PTI, Updated: September 01, 2010 16:41 IST Melbourne: A 51-year-old Australian woman has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for killing her two minor sons in what she described as her "greatest act of love", a media report said. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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