Sunday, November 22, 2009

World News

Houston, we have a baby - Today, 15:38
Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early today to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born. Bresnik's wife,...

Iran launches war games - Today, 12:47
Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defence war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure...

Gunmen ambush N. Irish police - Today, 11:24 - Reuters
Gunmen ambushed and shot at police in Northern Ireland overnight and officers returned fire in a further incident of increasing violence in the...

Pirates hijack Greek-owned bulk carrier - Today, 11:25
Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier on Thursday in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen, a Kenyan maritime official said today. "Red Sea Spirit...

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Stories from The Times

BA cancels flights in Heathrow T5 chaos - Reuters
British Airways Plc cancelled a fifth of flights from its new ₤4.31 billion terminal at London's Heathrow airport yesterday as chaos from...

EU rifts on Tibet, Beijing Olympics - Reuters
The EU exposed its divisions yesterday over how to respond to China's suppression of Tibetan protests, with ministers differing over whether to...

N. Korea raises tensions with missile launch - Reuters
North Korea test-fired a battery of short-range missiles yesterday in what analysts saw as a show of the reclusive state's anger at Washington and...

Italy recalls contaminated mozzarella cheese - Reuters
Italy ordered a recall yesterday of mozzarella cheese potentially contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin, as a widening health scare tainted the...

France's Princess Diana - Reuters
The day after splashing pictures of her naked, Britain's tabloids hailed Carla Bruni as a fashion queen who could be the new Princess...

Zimbabwean Election - Cabinet dissolved ahead of poll - Reuters
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has dissolved his Cabinet in a procedural move ahead of today's election. One of the major parties contesting...

World briefs - Reuters
A vicar in Germany who had the novel idea of helping parishioners escape the stresses and strains of daily life by letting them lie in an open...