BBC to allow BNP on Question Time

BBC to allow BNP on Question Time


BBC to allow BNP on Question Time

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:35 PM PDT

The BBC Trust rejects appeals against British National Party leader Nick Griffin appearing on Question Time.


Colombian drug kingpin sentenced

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT

A former leader of one of Colombia's most powerful drug cartels is sentenced in Miami to 45 years in prison.


Chilean right favored to win presidency: poll

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Conservative billionaire Sebastian Pinera held onto his lead in a new poll on Wednesday and looks set to win Chile's December presidential election, ending two decades of center-left rule.


Convicted German man 'kidnapped'

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:35 AM PDT

A German doctor convicted of killing his step-daughter nearly 30 years ago has been found bound and gagged outside a French court house.


Magazine Preview: The Audacity of ‘Precious’

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT

Is America ready for a movie about an obese Harlem girl raped and impregnated by her abusive father?


State of the Art: Windows 7 Keeps the Good and Tries to Fix Flaws

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:30 PM PDT

Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system fixes much of what users hated about the much-maligned Vista.


U.S. to Order Steep Pay Cuts at Firms That Got Most Aid

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:11 PM PDT

The seven companies that received the biggest bailouts are expected to cut the salaries of their 25 best-paid executives by an average of about 90 percent from last year.


Man Utd secure late win in Moscow

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:21 AM PDT

Man Utd put themselves on the brink of qualifying for the Champions league knockout phase with a 1-0 win over CSKA Moscow at the Luzhniki.


Human Rights Act defended by DPP

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:18 AM PDT

The Human Rights Act is not a "criminals' charter", says the Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer.


Hostages held at gunpoint in Canada office building

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:57 AM PDT

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A man armed with a rifle walked into a Workers Compensation Board office in the Western Canadian city of Edmonton, Alberta, on Wednesday, and was holding several hostages, police said.


Repeal of Insurer Exemption Advances

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:20 PM PDT

Democrats launched a drive for a measure to strip the insurers of their exemption from federal antitrust laws.


Gately's label complains to PCC

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:29 AM PDT

Polydor Records files an official complaint at the Press Complaints Commission over a Daily Mail column Stephen Gately's death.


Primate fossil 'not an ancestor'

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:56 AM PDT

The exceptionally well-preserved fossil primate known as "Ida" is not a missing link as some have claimed, according to a study.


Microsoft bets on Windows success

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 11:01 AM PDT

Microsoft is hoping its new operating system will please customers more than its predecessor Vista.


Rio police kill drugs suspects

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT

Individuals killed as officers search slums in violence-wracked Brazilian city.


Guinea junta faces EU sanctions

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:47 AM PDT

Guinea's military junta is facing an EU arms embargo after the killing opposition supporters in the capital, Conakry, sources say.


India-China climate change deal

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Two of the world's biggest polluters, India and China, sign an agreement to work together on addressing climate change.


India-China climate change deal

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT

Two of the world's biggest polluters, India and China, sign an agreement to work together on addressing climate change.


Pakistan Closes Schools Amid Attacks

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 12:13 PM PDT

Pakistan's schools closed their doors, a day after bombings at an Islamabad university, amid warnings of more attacks around the country.


Nigerian rebels want peace talks before ceasefire

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:03 AM PDT

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group will consider reinstating a ceasefire in the oil-producing Niger Delta if the government is willing to begin serious peace talks, the group said on Wednesday. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) lifted a three-month old ceasefire last week and threatened to resume its campaign of violence, which has kept OPEC member Nigeria from pumping above two thirds of its capacity for years.


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