Sunday, November 22, 2009

World News

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...

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Stories from The Times

Switzerland brings down borders with Europe - Ivan Camilleri, Brussels
Those driving through Switzerland this Christmas will face less hassle as the Swiss authorities have dismantled their borders with Germany,...

Montenegro applies to join EU - Ivan Camilleri, Brussels
Montenegro, one of the youngest democracies in Europe with a population slightly bigger than Malta's, has officially submitted its application to...

Four workers killed in hotel collapse - Reuters
At least four workers were killed yesterday when the upper floors of a hotel on the Spanish island of Mallorca collapsed after torrential rain,...

Iraqi doctor guilty of British car bomb plots - Reuters
An Iraqi doctor was yesterday convicted of planning to bomb a nightclub in central London and a packed Scottish airport a day later last year in...

Police find explosives in Paris store after warning - Crispian Balmer, Reuters
Police found explosives hidden in a Paris department store yesterday after a tip-off from a group demanding the withdrawal of French troops from...

Up to 30 Russian tourists die in Israel bus crash - Reuters
A bus full of Russian tourists veered off a desert road in Israel and plunged down a ravine yesterday, killing up to 30 people and seriously...

Italian police arrest 100 mobsters in anti-Mafia swoop - Reuters
Italian police said they launched a pre-dawn swoop yesterday to arrest 100 people suspected of trying to rebuild the top ranks of the Sicilian...

Teenager found guilty of Rhys Jones murder - Reuters
A teenager was jailed for life yesterday after being convicted of murdering schoolboy Rhys Jones, the 11-year-old boy shot dead as he walked home...

With news this bad, what's next for America? - Mark Egan, Reuters
To some it signals the end of the American empire, to others it's just part of the vicious capitalist cycle. Either way, the litany of bad...

'Crisis' a word best said quietly in Russia - Denis Dyomkin and Christian Lowe, Reuters
When a Russian sociologist wrote a newspaper column last month suggesting the global financial crisis could cause social unrest, the state media...

Serial rapist guilty of maiming, not of killing Briton - Reuters
A Japanese serial rapist was convicted of dismembering and abandoning the body of Briton Lucie Blackman eight years ago, but was found not guilty...

Zoo life can be deadly for elephants, researchers say - Reuters
Zoo life can be deadly for elephants, researchers concluded in a study that found wild elephants live longer than their captive sisters. The...

Greens protest over Australian carbon targets - Reuters
Environmentalists staged protests in Australia's major cities yesterday to demand tougher greenhouse emissions targets after Prime Minister Kevin...

World Briefs - Reuters
Archaeologists yesterday said they had discovered three ancient statues in Sudan with inscriptions that could bring them closer to deciphering one...