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...
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Stories from The Times
French mother relieved after admitting to baby killings
A French mother who killed eight of her newborn babies is relieved her deadly secret is finally out, her lawyer said yesterday.
Stunned relatives...
Coroner fears more rail accidents
A coroner has warned of more potential carnage on the railways as an inquest jury blamed a points failure for the deaths of seven people at...
Bangladesh garment workers riot over wages
Violent protests rocked the Bangladesh capital Dhaka as thousands of garment workers took to the streets yesterday, with police reporting...
Pakistan searches for black box of doomed plane
A woman's torso was recovered yesterday from the site of Pakistan's worst aviation disaster, adding to a grim harvest as bodies are returned to...
Taking a nap
A Russian man sleeping in the shade of an umbrella near the Kremlin in Moscow. Muscovites coughed their way through the hottest days of weather on...
Iran earthquake
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Iran's northeast yesterday, injuring several people, damaging villages and disrupting communications, local...
France vows crackdown on foreign-born criminals
President Nicolas Sarkozy warned yesterday that France would strip foreign-born criminals of their French nationality if they use violence against...
Entrepreneur's 'porn disco' activities banned
The High Court imposed a permanent ban yesterday on an entrepreneur's use of a historic London house for activities including a "porn...
Syrian President makes landmark Lebanon visit
Visiting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah yesterday urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of...
US embassy vehicles torched in Afghan capital
Rioting erupted in Kabul yesterday when two US embassy vehicles were set ablaze after one collided with a civilian car, killing a number of...
Gay couple first to marry under new Argentina law
Two men yesterday became the first gay couple to marry in Argentina under a law approved by Congress that set a historic precedent for Latin...
British troops launch anti-Taliban operation
British and Afghan troops yesterday launched a military operation to secure a transport route in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, one...
Two Greek pilots perish
Two Greek army pilots perished when their Apache attack helicopter crashed on a training flight yesterday, Greece's defence minister said, as the...
Greece strikes continue
Greece dispatched military trucks yesterday to alleviate a nationwide fuel shortage caused by striking truckers which has disrupted freight...
Disney to sell Miramax for $660 million
Disney is selling Miramax Films for about $660 million to the Filmyard Holdings consortium in a deal that includes rights to dozens of...
Focus - British government faces anger over scrapping of retirement age
The British government was facing mounting anger from business groups over plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65 by...
People - Cheryl's out and about again as she recovers
Cheryl Cole has shown she is getting back on track by stepping out in public for the first time since being struck down with malaria.
The...
People - Anorexic teen battles illness to reach beauty contest final
An anorexic teenager who once weighed less than six stone yesterday told how she has battled the illness to reach the final of a national beauty...
Environment - Fishermen fear for livelihood as Gulf focus shifts
US spill chief Thad Allen failed to reassure desperate fishermen about their Gulf of Mexico oil clean-up jobs, while BP began the legal wrangling...
Science - Discovery proves reptiles were first vertebrates on dry land
Researchers yesterday announced proof that reptiles were the first vertebrates to conquer dry land with the discovery of 318-million-year-old...
Science - Most ancient species alive and well in Scotland
A rare shrimp that may be the most ancient animal species on earth is alive and well in Scotland, scientists have discovered.
Two colonies of the...
Heritage - Treasure trove of Churchill papers to go online
An "Aladdin's Cave" of papers belonging to World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill is to be made available online, it was...
Heritage - Mobile phones killing iconic red telephone boxes
The iconic red telephone box could be extinct within 10 years as more people rely on mobile phones, according to a survey.
Eight out of ten...
Transport - London's cycle hire launch 'a new dawn'
A cycle hire scheme got underway yesterday with London mayor Boris Johnson hailing it as "a new dawn for the bicycle in the...
Transport - Britons making less journeys, survey shows
Britons are making fewer journeys within their own country, UK government figures out yesterday showed.
In 2009, Britons on average made 973...
Lifestyle - Chelsea Clinton's wedding: Facts and (lots of) rumours
The dress, the guests, the music, even the bathroom arrangements: The world now knows everything about Chelsea Clinton's wedding. Or does it?
The...
Crime - 80,000 pupil suspensions for attacking teachers, classmates in the UK
Children were suspended from school on more than 80,000 occasions last year for attacking teachers and classmates, official figures in the UK...
Crime - Child abductions by parents increase
The number of British children abducted by a parent and taken overseas has risen in the past year, government figures revealed...
Society - Beer consumption in the UK up for first time in four years
Warm weather and the World Cup is thought to be responsible for the 2.9 per cent increase of beer consumption in the UK.
Figures show the...
Society - Summer-born children 'do less well at school'
Around 10,000 teenagers fail to score five good GCSEs simply because they were born in the summer, according to research in the UK.
A study...
World Briefs
US President Barack Obama fought hard to keep his BlackBerry when he became President, but with only 10 people authorised to e-mail the...
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