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- Britain braces for deep-freeze, snowy weekend
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:49:24 GMT
Britain was bracing itself for another weekend full of snow disruptions on Tuesday after forecasters warned of a further wintry blast bringing fresh snowfalls. While temperatures on Tuesday night were...
  - Eichmann exhibit gives glimpse of Israel's Mossad
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:18:28 GMT
Lifting a half-century veil of secrecy, Israel's Mossad spy agency is opening its archive this week to reveal the story behind the legendary 1960 capture of Nazi mastermind Adolf Eichmann. The "Operat...
  - Bishops told paedophiles lie, victims must be heard
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:50:54 GMT
Psychologists told bishops from around the world on Tuesday that priests who rape and molest children lie when confronted with an accusation and that the church should listen first to victims since th...
  - Last known WWI veteran Florence Green dies at 110
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:34:22 GMT
Florence Green never saw the front line. Her war was spent serving food, not dodging bullets. But Green, who has died aged 110, was the last known surviving veteran of World War I. She was serving wit...
  - Britain marks Charles Dickens' 200th birthday
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:40:06 GMT
Prince Charles led ceremonies Tuesday to mark the 200th birthday of novelist Charles Dickens - a writer as popular today as he was during his lifetime. The heir to the British throne laid a wreath on ...
  - Man who killed self, sons in fire left voicemail
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:44:15 GMT
Before killing himself and his two young sons in a deadly house fire, Josh Powell left a voicemail for family members saying he couldn't live without the boys and didn't want to go on anymore. A news ...
  - Marines practice amphibious war, storm US beaches
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:40:48 GMT
A small group of Marines trudged onto the beach sands in pitch-black night with an armada of US Navy warships sailing just off the shore. Their mission: root out insurgents that threatened to attack a...
  - Pakistan gets new fighter planes from US
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:27:56 GMT
With an eye to India, Pakistan Monday received the last of 18 F-16 fighter jets from the US.The Dawn reports the primary consideration for purchasing the new aircraft was to improve the fighting capab...
  - Maldives unrest: President resigns amid protests; police take over TV station
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:20:14 GMT
The president of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation on Tuesday during a televised press conference after a mutiny by the police and weeks of demonstrations.
  - Flood fears ease in Australia as clean-up begins
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:09:01 GMT
Fears eased on Tuesday that a swollen river would breach its banks in the Australian state of Queensland as residents in other areas began a huge clean-up after floods wreaked havoc.
  - Five big facts on Maldives political crisis
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:23:59 GMT
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed announced his resignation on Tuesday following weeks of public protests over his controversial order to arrest a senior judge. Here are five big facts on Maldives' p...
  - Australian pilot sues Virgin over heavy bag: report
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:22:13 GMT
An Australian pilot is suing Virgin Australia after reportedly claiming he hurt his back carrying a heavy flight bag full of charts which he argues could have been left on the plane or stored on an iP...  - Death toll in Pakistan factory collapse up to 18
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:08:06 GMT
A rescue official says the death toll from a factory that collapsed in eastern Pakistan has risen to 18. The factory, which manufactured medicine, caved in on Monday in the city of Lahore after sever...
  - Survival training for when a pilot's world turns upside down
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:30:25 GMT
The pilot sat strapped to a chair, held in place as if he were in the backseat of a helicopter. Beside him, on a mock wall, was a window. The window was closed. The pilot wore opaque goggles. He coul...
  - US taxi driver pleads guilty to aiding Al-Qaeda
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:26:43 GMT
A Chicago taxi driver pleaded guilty Monday to charges linked to a scheme to funnel money to a Pakistani terror group with links to Al-Qaeda, the US Justice Department said.
  - Obama to return major donations tied to fugitive
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:22:03 GMT
Two American brothers of a Mexican casino magnate who fled drug and fraud charges in the United States and has been seeking a pardon enabling him to return have emerged as major fund-raisers and donor...
  - Aid to India to continue, says David Cameron's office
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:39:48 GMT
Prime Minister David Cameron has re-affirmed Britain's decision to continue its aid programme to India, amidst a row sparked by some ruling Conservative MPs demanding an end to it, and reports that In...
  - US announces partial lifting of Myanmar sanctions
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:42 GMT
The United States on Monday lifted one of its many sanctions against Myanmar in recognition of recent positive moves toward political reform in the country after decades of direct military rule. US S...
  - 79 killed as Syria pounds protest hubs: activists
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:32 GMT
The Syrian regime's rocket and shell bombardment of protest hubs has left another 79 civilians dead, activists said, as Washington closed its Damascus embassy and Britain recalled its ambassador.
  - Clint Eastwood's Chrysler ad sparks political debate in US
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:41:45 GMT
People rarely pick a fight with Dirty Harry. But Chrysler's "Halftime in America" ad featuring quintessential tough guy Clint Eastwood has generated fierce debate about whether it accurately portrays ...
  - Obama approval soars to 50 percent on jobs figures
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:35:45 GMT
Boosted by rising US jobs figures, President Barack Obama's approval rating has hit the magical 50-percent mark and he has opened up a double-digit lead over his likely Republican opponent in November...  - Europe struggles under record cold snap
- Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:38:27 GMT
Overwhelmed by deep snow and harsh temperatures, some countries in Europe closed down schools and struggled to run public transport on Monday, as post-snow rains caused a dam to collapse in Bulgaria, ...
  - Osama's 'right hand man in Europe' gets bail in UK
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:08:06 GMT
A British court on Monday ordered the release on bail of a top Islamist radical leader, who was once described as 'Osama bin Laden's right hand man in Europe'. Abu Qatada, the arrested radical cleric ...
  - Malaysian jungle adventurers solve WWII mysteries
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:20:51 GMT
They trek for days through crocodile-infested swamps and up rain-lashed mountain jungles, but the members of the Malaya Historical Group are not seeking treasure or ancient artefacts. Instead, they're...
  - Romania's government collapses after protests
- Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:45:44 GMT
Romania's government collapsed on Monday following weeks of protests against austerity measures, the latest debt-stricken government in Europe to fall in the face of raising public anger over biting c...
 
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