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True blue battlers

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 GMT

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 her daughters would receive a good education in Australia and go on to lead happy lives.
Mrs Mollik...

Cheers from family as husband who killed wife during nightmare is found not guilty of murder

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT

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 accepted that he had not been in control of his actions but was not a danger to anyone else.
Father-of-two...

Oprah Winfrey to end talk show

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:00 GMT

LOS ANGELES: Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, was set to announce on Friday that she is ending her popular daytime talk show in 2011.
Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Inc, said on Thursday she would make the...

Tories attack claims they knew of torture

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

The Conservative government and senior military brass were in full damage control Thursday as they sought to discredit accusations from a top diplomat that Canada turned a blind eye to reports that Afghan prisoners were tortured after Canadian soldiers surrendered them to local control....

‘Small’ detail unsettles the masses in France

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:27:00 GMT

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 of Wednesday night’s game earning him a hearty round of applause from his weary passengers.
Earlier...

Israel on dangerous path: Obama

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

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 being ‘‘very dangerous’’.
Israel yesterday rejected the condemnation of the Obama administration and...

‘Flamboyant’ Blair was not the president we wanted, says Kinnock

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

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 Kinnock said today.
In a barbed attack on Mr Blair’s highprofile style, Lord Kinnock said the EU had made the right choice by backing Herman Van Rompuy for the top job and Britain’s Cathy Ashton for foreign affairs chief....

Britain hit by severe flooding

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:19:00 GMT

COCKERMOUTH (England): Lifeboats and military helicopters rescued hundreds of people in northern England and a policeman was killed as torrential rain flooded homes, washed away bridges and closed roads.
Police in the picturesque Lake District county of Cumbria,...

Gangs in Peru may be killing humans to sell their fat

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:00 GMT

LIMA, Peru: A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist....

Controversial runner can keep her gold medal

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

South Africa’s 800-meter world c hamp Caster Semenya will keep her gold medal, and the results of her controversial gender t est i ng will not be made public, the sports ministry announced Thursday.
The ministry said Semenya’s lawyers, South Africa’s government...

Beautiful game turns sour in North Africa

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:00 GMT

CAIRO – Egypt recalled its ambassador from Algiers yesterday after Egypt’s football team lost to rival Algeria in a play-off to reach the World Cup finals, accusing its fans of post-match thuggery.
The move is the latest in a tit-fortat spat between the North...

Popcorn at the movies plays like a nutritional horror show

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:52:00 GMT

When was t he l ast t i me you scarfed down three quarter-pound cheeseburgers slathered in 12 pats of butter? As horrifying as it may seem, for Americans, it was likely the last time they bought popcorn at the movies.
That’s because a new laboratory analysis,...

U.S. confronts Iran

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

SEOUL—U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday the U.S. and its allies will draft a package of sanctions “over the next several weeks” to show an intransigent Iran “the importance of having consequences” for its failure to respond favorably to a U.N.-brokered nuclear deal....

Computer glitch causes flight delays

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT

A telecommunications failure triggered widespread cancellations and delays across the nation Thursday for the second time in 15 months, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The communication system between numerous air-traffic computers ground to a halt at 5:10 a.m...

Suicide bomber kills 16 at Pakistan court

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:02:00 GMT

PESHAWAR—A SUICIDE BOMBER STRUCK outside a Pakistan court, killing 16 people on Thursday in the sixth attack on the northwestern city in 11 days as troops press a major anti-Taliban offensive.
The bomb exploded at the main gate of the building near the five-star...

PM backs Harman over ‘crash while she was on phone’

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

HARRIET HARMAN was given strong backing by Gordon Brown today after she denied breaking the law by crashing her car while using a mobile.
The Prime Minister rang her last night to express his support and today Downing Street said he had “full confidence” in the Commons leader....

H1N1 vaccine eligibility expands

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:41:00 GMT

Every Albertan over six months and under the age of 18 is eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine as of today.
Immediate family members and caregivers living in the same household are also eligible.
The province announced yesterday that opening the clinics to children and youth is a step toward opening them to the entire population, which will likely happen Monday or Tuesday....

Karzai aims to satisfy West

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

KABUL—President Hamid Karzai used his inauguration address Thursday to reassure the West that he will cleanse his government of corruption and buttress Afghan security forces so they can take charge of the nation’s security within five years.
Mr. Karzai’s speech...

Jobless and with debt

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

PARIS—The global economic recovery will be stronger than previously expected, but it will be uneven and take years to bring unemployment and government debt back to their precrisis levels, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Thursday....

Sex crime fears cut Santa letters

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:34:00 GMT

American children who write letters to Father Christmas this year will no longer receive an answer from the North Pole – in case the jolly old man turns out to be a paedophile.
The US Postal Service is cancelling its 55-year-old programme to answer letters addressed to ‘‘Santa Claus, North Pole’’ after it was infiltrated last year by a sex offender...