Emotional Oprah quits talk show to start OWN television channel OPRAH Winfrey will crown her position as one of America’s most powerful media moguls by starting her own television channel after deciding to leave her...

Cheers from family as husband who killed wife during nightmare is found not guilty of murder A “decent and devoted” husband who strangled his wife while he dreamed she was a intruder was cleared of murder yesterday after the Crown Prosecution Service...

‘Small’ detail unsettles the masses in France EVEN THE pilot on one of the flights bringing home forlorn Irish supporters from Paris yesterday addressed “The Hand of Henry” issue, his demand for a replay...

Britain hit by severe flooding COCKERMOUTH (England): Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded...

Israel on dangerous path: Obama US President Barack Obama has warned Israel that its policy of ignoring US pleas and continuing to expand housing in sensitive areas of Jerusalem could end up...

Lesbian U.S. soldier wins key legal battle A lesbian soldier who deserted the U. S. army won a key court victory Friday when a judge ordered the refugee board to reconsider her failed asylum claim and...

HENRY LE CHEAT Under-siege captain backs Irish demands for rematch THIERRY Henry spoke yesterday of his embarrassment at how his controversial handball robbed Ireland of a chance to make the World Cup finals and said a replay...

True blue battlers THE biological mother of separated twins Krishna and Trishna wants the girls to grow up in Australia. Mum Lavlee Mollik, 23, spoke yesterday of her dream that...

Hospital hit by swine f lu strain that resists Tamif lu A STRAIN of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu has spread between patients in a British hospital. Five patients on a unit at the University Hospital of Wales in...

‘Flamboyant’ Blair was not the president we wanted, says Kinnock EUROPEAN leaders were right to reject Tony Blair’s “flamboyance” in favour of a little-known Belgian for the post of EU president, former Labour leader Neil...

Canada says torture claims lack credibility The Canadian government was fending off calls for a public inquiry on torture yesterday after allegations from one of its senior diplomats that Canada was...

Henry hands sponsors a dilemma as public fury over cheating mounts THIERRY HENRY’S earning power c oul d be s e r i ously damaged a s sponsors desert him in the wake of the “hand of God” cheating scandal, it emerged today. As...

Freed, the ‘decent man’ who killed his wife as they slept A HUSBAND who strangled his wife in his sleep as he dreamed he was tackling an intruder walked free from court yesterday after a judge said he was ‘a decent...

HACKED EMAILS CAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE STIR Hundreds of private emails and documents hacked from a computer server at a British university are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they...

Violence erupts in Cairo after World Cup defeat Parts of Cairo were under police lockdown last night amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region. More than 1,000 security personnel...