Sunday, November 22, 2009
World News
Houston, we have a baby
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
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
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
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...
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Stories from The Sunday Times
Emotion as life term sought for American student in Italy
Italian prosecutors yesterday demanded life imprisonment for American student Amanda Knox and her ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007...
Four injured in rocket attack in Afghan capital
A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has injured four people, including two members of the Afghan security forces, a spokesman...
Father and son arrested over funding Mumbai attacks
Italian police arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping to fund and provide logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in...
Brown visits flood region
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds after the heaviest...
Jury deadlocked in police chief trial
The jury in the trial of a police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew...
'Smuggler' arrested with lizards strapped to body
US federal officials said they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International...
Historian adds fuel to Shroud of Turin debate
A Vatican researcher rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth...
Atom smasher up and running again
Scientists switched on the world's largest atom smasher for the first time since the $10 billion dollar machine suffered a spectacular failure...
Anglican leader, Pope meet amid tensions
Pope Benedict XVI and his Anglican counterpart, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, met yesterday amid tensions over the Roman Catholic...
Obama health drive faces critical US Senate vote
President Barack Obama's signature drive to remake US health care faced a critical Senate test vote yesterday, amid bitter 11th-hour debate and...
Second separated twin out of coma
The weaker of two Bangladeshi twins separated from her conjoined sister in landmark surgery in Australia woke fully from a coma yesterday - and...
Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as wild fires rage
Australia has issued 'catastrophic' alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the...
Egyptian President enters football row
President Hosni Mubarak vowed yesterday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat...
World Briefs
Publisher Harper Collins said Sarah Palin's memoir sold 300,000 copies on its first day, among the best openings ever for a US non-fiction...
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