World News
- Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
The London News.Net
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues.
- Small-town store takes sick bet on Obama
The London News.Net
A store in Standish, Maine, has come under fire after asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama.
- US Attorney General fighting back after collapse
The London News.Net
US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who collapsed during a speech in Washington, has been recovering in hospital and is said to be conscious and alert.
- US Military to proceed with execution
The London News.Net
The US military will execute a former Army cook on due to his guilt in murder and rape incidents.
- New strain of Ebola virus frightens UN organisation
The London News.Net
An outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease that killed 37 people in Uganda last year is being regarded as a new strain of the virus.
- Chinese reveal shocking school death statistics
The London News.Net
Chinese officials have revealed that more than 19,000 people died in schools that collapsed when an earthquake hit Sichuan province in May.
- Telecom company says staff accessed Obama phone
The London News.Net
The Verizon Wireless company in the US has revealed that Verizon employees accessed records for one of Barack Obama’s phones during the election campaign.
- Businessman guilty of stealing priceless pages
The London News.Net
A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library has pleaded guilty to theft.
- US forces eliminate top al-Qaeda figure
The London News.Net
It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
- George Bush to review peace talks with Israeli PM
The London News.Net
President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts.
- Jordanian king asks for Israeli restraint over rocket attacks
The London News.Net
Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians.
- Judge says Guantanamo inmates must go free
The London News.Net
A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.
- Australian terror man relieved of strict order
The London News.Net
The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order.
- Greece to free half its prison population
The London News.Net
The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months.
- Indian police on the trail of child murderer
The London News.Net
Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train.
- Gays died because Milk was killed, says Sean Penn
The London News.Net
Sean Penn believes that fewer gays would have died of AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his prime.
- Teen commits suicide in front of Webcam
MSNBC
A South Florida teen died of a lethal drug overdose in front of a live online webcam audience 12 hours after he started blogging about his plan to commit suicide, an...
- Merck says new data shows diabetes drug Januvia significantly reduces blood sugar levels in elderly - Update
RTT News
News ), a global research-driven pharmaceutical company, presenting a new data on Friday, said its diabetes drug Januvia, or sitagliptin, significantly reduced blood sugar levels in elderly patients...
- Education is a global currency
The Australian
Talent and skills and judgment are part of what economists call human capital. Human capital is a broad term. It includes formal skills; for example, a degree in computer science or the ability to...
- Airline staff nearly throttle operation
New Zealand Herald
Claudia Castillo. Photo / AP The transplant of a lab-grown trachea was widely hailed as a major breakthrough in the science of stem-cell technology this week.But it almost never happened.It emerged...
- U.S. renews appeal to Iran on missing American
USA Today
The State Department has renewed an appeal to Iran for information about a former FBI agent, Floridian Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iranian territory 20 months ago.
- Thai general told to dance
New Zealand Herald
A maverick Thai general who has threatened to bomb anti-government protesters and drop snakes on them from helicopters has been reassigned as an aerobics teacher, the Bangkok Post said yesterday....
- N.Y. elementary school renamed for Obama
USA Today
The former Ludlum Elementary School, in Long Island's Hempstead Union Free School District, was renamed at a school board meeting Thursday — effective immediately.
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