Monday, September 6, 2010
World News
Welsh village turns hills and rivers into green cash
It's a modern day dilemma -- how to produce energy without polluting the environment.
In the heart of Wales' Brecon Beacons national park, one...
Craigslist removes erotic ads
The US-based online marketplace Craigslist appears to have surrendered in a legal fight over erotic ads posted on its website, shutting down its...
Agonising wait for Chile miners and their families
An interminable wait has begun for the families of 33 miners trapped for the past four weeks in the San Jose mine of northern Chile.
Official...
Quake rips new fault line across world
New Zealand's powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted railway lines around Christchurch ripped a new 11ft wide fault...
Thousands protest at French gypsy crackdown
Thousands of people all over France marched to protest at expulsions of gypsies and other security measures adopted by President Nicolas Sarkozy's...
Engineers raise key oil spill evidence
Experts were waiting to examine a key piece of evidence in the BP oil spill after the 300-ton blowout preventer was raised to the surface of the...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Stories from The Times
At least 140 dead in Congo river disaster
At least 140 people have died after a ferry overturned in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said yesterday.
There were...
French Labour Minister denies wrong doing in police L’Oreal grilling
France’s embattled labour minister denied all wrongdoing yesterday during a marathon grilling by police on financial scandals surrounding the...
Communist camaraderie
Chinese soldiers taking a break beside dozens of fans, which are sent by local villagers to help them cool off from the summer heat, after...
Four face life for 90-second murder
Four teenagers are facing life sentences in the UK for carrying out a “brutal” knife and hammer attack in which a 22-year-old man was killed...
Flash floods kill over 110 in Pakistan, Kashmir
At least 113 people have died and thousands more have been made homeless as flash floods triggered by torrential rains hit northwest Pakistan and...
British waste policy could see wheelie bins reduced
Reducing the amount of rubbish thrown away from homes needs to be made “as easy as possible”, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said...
Protesting Greek truckers clash with anti-riot police
Striking Greek truckers clashed with anti-riot police yesterday as several hundred protested in front of the Transport Ministry after the...
Teacher guilty of under-age sex
A sex education teacher was found guilty yesterday of having sex with a 15-year-old schoolgirl.
David Robinson, 41, was convicted at Hereford...
Come Visit Afghanistan
Afghans using a paddle-boat on Band-i-Amir lake outside the central Afghan province of Bamiyan during a local annual festival aimed at promoting...
Killer grizzly bear is captured by wildlife rangers
Wildlife rangers last night said they had captured the mother grizzly bear responsible for an attack at a campsite north of Yellowstone National...
Italy quietly raises retirement age
As pension reforms spark outrage across Europe, the Italian government has quietly raised the retirement age by more than three years as part of...
French mother confesses to eight baby murders
A French nursing assistant admitted yesterday suffocating eight of her newborn babies “because she did not want any more children”,...
Environment - Earth’s climate future may be etched in Greenland bedrock
Scientists hit Greenland bedrock after five years of drilling through 2.5 kilometres of solid ice, a 14-nation consortium has announced.
Ice core...
Environment - Declining algae threatens ocean food chain – study
A century-long decline in tiny algae called phytoplankton could disrupt the global ocean food chain, including the human consumption of fish,...
Environment - Islands removed from danger list
The Galapagos Islands were removed from the Unesco list of sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse.
The island chain, about 620 miles...
Environment - UN declares access to safe drinking water a basic human right
The UN General Assembly recognised access to clean water and sanitation as a human right, a move hailed by water advocates as a momentous step...
People - Oldest Twitterer dies at 104
Tributes to Britain’s oldest Twitter user flooded the internet following her death at the age of 104.
Staff at the Hillside Manor residential...
People - Discount supermarket pioneer passes away
Theo Albrecht, the secretive co-founder of Germany’s worldwide discount supermarket chain Aldi, a co-owner of Trader Joe’s in the US and one...
People - Supermodel takes legal action over Playboy photos
Supermodel Lara Stone yesterday announced she is taking legal action after alleging that unauthorised photographs appeared in French...
Consumer Affairs - Watchdog releases list of 10 money wasting products
Consumers could save up to £400 by ignoring far-fetched claims about products that do not work, according to a watchdog.
Which? magazine released...
Heritage - Canada locates British ship lost 157 years ago
Canada announced a stunning archaeological find: The wreck of a British ship lost in the Arctic 157 years ago that played a major role in 19th...
Heritage - Rome’s Colosseum needs a €25-million facelift – officials
Rome’s Colosseum needs a facelift, officials said as they announced a plan to raise €25 million to restore the crumbling symbol of the Italian...
Education - Flexible e-learning to develop skills for work and life
A service that uses flexible online teaching methods to offer more vocational choice to school-age learners in the UK is proving highly successful...
Lifestyle - Socialising helps you live longer
Enjoying good “social connections” with friends, family, colleagues and neighbours can improve an individual’s chances of survival by 50 per...
Science - Nissan to offer breathable Vitamin C in new car models
In a riposte to those who think a reliance on cars is unhealthy, new Nissan models will feature air conditioners that pump breathable vitamin C...
Science - Hot massive young star
A European Southern Observatory photo of part of the Carina Nebula was created from images taken through red, green and blue filters with the Wide...
Science - Space shuttle workers to lose jobs
The private contractor that handles the bulk of the work servicing Nasa’s space shuttle fleet is notifying 1,400 employees that they will be...
Rigorous training
Soldiers of China’s counter-terrorism special forces practising their skills at a training field in Dongguan, south China’s Guangdong...
World Briefs
A set of dentures made for Britain’s war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill known as “the teeth that saved the world” sold for nearly...
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