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Fifa plans for five officials at World Cup

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:50:00 GMT

Thierry Henry’s handball against the Republic of Ireland could lead to Fifa fast-tracking the introduction of two additional referees in time for the World Cup in South Africa. One of Fifa’s most senior officials yesterday confirmed the matter will be on the agenda at the law-making International Football Association Board meeting in Zurich next March....

EU names bloc’s top officials

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:00 GMT

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders picked the lowkey prime minister of Belgium and a British trade representative who has never held elective office as the bloc’s first president and foreign minister.
After weeks of horse trading, the heads of the 27 EU nations...

New EU chief good for ties with Beijing

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:53:00 GMT

The appointment of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as European Union ( EU) president will help its member nations agree on a unified China policy and reduce the risk of estrangement in relations, diplomats and experts said on Friday.
EU leaders handed the block’s new top job to Van Rompuy on Thursday (Friday, Beijing time)...

Andy Murray

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:48:00 GMT

According to Phil Anderton, chairman of the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, ticket sales for next week’s event at the O2 Arena make it “the equivalent of 15 sold-out Led Zeppelin concerts”.
No pressure there, then, as Andy Murray attempts to round off the best...

SWEPT AWAY

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

A POLICEMAN who was attempting to rescue a driver from a bridge before it collapsed in devastating floods was today feared dead.
Pc Bill Barker, 45, was swept away by the swollen river Derwent in Cumbria during the heaviest 24 hours of rain in English history....

EU revamp row

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:51:00 GMT

European leaders choose a lowprofile pair of Belgium’s premier and a British peer to lead a revamped EU, triggering a storm of criticism. BRUSSELS: European leaders chose a low-profile pair of Belgium’s premier and a British peer to lead a revamped EU, triggering a storm of criticism yesterday for dropping plans to appoint diplomatic heavy hitters....

TELEVISION TRANSITIONS

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:51:00 GMT

Oprah Winfrey plans solo venture and an end to her talk show Final season of ‘Lost’ will debut Feb. 2 on a new night CHICAGO >> “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” an iconic broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation...

Health bill a step closer to debate

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:00 GMT

Washington — Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, one of three wavering Democrats, said Friday that he would vote to start debate on a giant health care bill as Democrats and Republicans squared off over the legislation in advance of its first big test in the Senate....

Old dog Westwood shows young pups a thing or two

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:08:00 GMT

THE JOURNEY along the hard road may have gobbled up just half of the required distance; but, so far at least, the old dog has had the edge over the young pup. Yesterday, as the Dubai World Championship on The Earth course reached its midway point, Lee Westwood...

Insurance will pay for breast screening

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:05:00 GMT

Insurance companies contacted by USA TODAY say they will continue paying for annual mammograms amid widespread fears that new breast cancer screening guidelines from a federal task force could lead women to lose coverage for those tests.
The guidelines — suggesting...

Atlantic premiers divided over proposed deal to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:00 GMT

CHURCHILL FALLS, N.L. (CP) — New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham has rebuffed calls from the premiers of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador to guarantee in writing their ability to ship power through his province to the United States if NB Power is sold to Hydro-Quebec....

Soccer violence: Mousa calls for calm

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:21:00 GMT

Cairo ( AFP) Protesters hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo yesterday, wounding 11 officers as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries’ World Cup qualifier.
The interior ministry said 11 officers were hurt and 15 cars were damaged in the violence. Four store fronts were also destroyed....

swine flu shots going ’round

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:02:00 GMT

Adela Lopez visited the St. John’s Community Center on Thursday for immunizations required to begin classes at Austin Community College next spring.
The 19-year-old walked out with those shots — and one she hadn’t expected to get: a vaccination for the H1N1 virus....

Doctors group calls for fewer Pap tests

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:58:00 GMT

Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization — the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists — has done the same for a screening credited with drastically reducing the rates of cervical cancer in the U.S....

Turnbull loses vital ETS ally

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

MALCOLM Turnbull is facing growing shadow cabinet pressure to vote down the government’s emissions trading bills, with former minister Tony Abbott abandoning his earlier support for the Opposition Leader’s strategy to try toamendand pass the scheme.
Mr Abbott’s...

Under fire, Tories attack Afghan whistleblower

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:00:00 GMT

The Harper government is training its guns on a diplomat whistleblower who says Canada was complicit in the torture of captured Afghan prisoners, trying to undermine Richard Colvin’s credibility as pressure builds to hold a public inquiry into the matter.
“There...

Iran urged to reconsider nuclear offer

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:01:00 GMT

BRUSSELS/BERLIN: Senior officials from six world powers said on Friday they were disappointed Iran had not accepted proposals intended to delay its potential to make nuclear bombs, and urged Tehran to reconsider.
But the officials, from Britain, France, the...

Karzai ‘would fall in weeks’ if Nato pulls out

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:00 GMT

The Afghan government could fall within weeks if Nato pulled out troops now, David Miliband warned yesterday as he urged British opponents of the war to give the fight to rebuild the country more time.
In an interview with the Guardian at the end of a visit...

Miracle on the Pacific: hero pilot hailed after jet ditches in sea

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:00 GMT

APILOT who ditched his small jet in heavy swell and pitch-darkness off the coast of Norfolk Island has been hailed for his coolness under pressure during a landing that has been likened to the ‘‘Miracle on the Hudson’’.
Captain Dominic James was forced to make...

Zadie Smith How I recovered from fiction fatigue

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:00:00 GMT

Why do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don’t know where to put them. It’s a rare reader who seeks them out with any sense of urgency. Still, in recent months Jonathan Safran Foer, Margaret Drabble, Chinua Achebe and Michael Chabon, among others, have published essays, and so this month will I...