Europe hit by heavy snowfall

Europe hit by heavy snowfall


Europe hit by heavy snowfall

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:30 PM PST

Severe weather has continued to affect swathes of Europe with forecasts for heavy snowfall from Spain in the west to Ukraine in the east.


Europe hit by heavy snowfall

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:30 PM PST

Severe weather has continued to affect swathes of Europe with forecasts for heavy snowfall from Spain in the west to Ukraine in the east.


The legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST

The BBC's Brian Hanrahan looks back at the legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution.


S Korea hands N Korea H1N1 aid

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:47 PM PST

Convoy of trucks with medication travels across border on humanitarian mission.


U.N. climate negotiators hammer out initial draft

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Negotiators facing a Friday deadline hammered out an initial draft U.N. climate pact overnight that calls for a two degree Celsius cap on global temperatures and billions in aid for poor nations, sources said.


U.S. to send 6 Guantanamo detainees to Yemen - report

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to transfer six Yemenis held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba back to their home country in coming days, a move that could lead to repatriating dozens more, The Washington Post reported in its Friday edition.


Chinese envoy's visit to test Taiwan's Ma (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:18 PM PST

AP - President Ma Ying-jeou's signature effort to boost ties with Beijing faces a key test next week when Taiwan's pro-independence opposition plans to take to the streets to protest the visit of a senior Chinese envoy.


Quake hits central Japan, seven hurt (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:26 PM PST

Map locating the epicentre of a 5.2-magnitude quake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday. At least seven people were injured and more than 20 buildings damaged(AFP/Graphic)AFP - At least seven people were injured and more than 20 buildings damaged on Friday when a moderate earthquake hit central Japan and more than 100 aftershocks jolted the region.



Hope for Copenhagen climate deal

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:04 PM PST

Delegates at the climate change summit in Copenhagen appear to be edging closer to a deal following negotiations into the night.


On the frontline during Afghanistan surge

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:00 PM PST

The BBC's Mark Urban is given exclusive access to a key part of surge of the US surge in Afghanistan.


The legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST

The BBC's Brian Hanrahan looks back at the legacy of Europe's 1989 revolution.


Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones'

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:09 PM PST

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say


Genocide charge for Cambodia's KRouge ex-head of state

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:00 PM PST

PHNOM PENH -Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday charged Khmer Rouge former head of state Khieu Samphan with genocide, a tribunal spokesman told AFP.

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DNA test sets US inmate free after 35 years in jail

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 07:08 PM PST

MIAMI -Locked up 35 years for child rape and kidnapping, James Bain was finally set free by a Florida judge after a DNA test proved he was innocent of the crimes.

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Dozens missing after freighter sinks off Lebanon

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:25 AM PST

TRIPOLI, Lebanon -A major international operation was under way on Friday to search for more than 50 people still missing after a freighter capsized in stormy seas off Lebanon.

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Iraq rebels 'hack into US drones'

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:09 PM PST

Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say


Deutsche Bank to 'globalise' bonus tax pain: report (AFP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST

Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann said the bank will spread the pain of Britain's tax on bankers' bonuses among its staff worldwide, becoming the first financial group to detail how it will deal with the hit(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Gottschalk)AFP - Deutsche Bank will spread the pain of Britain's tax on bankers' bonuses among its staff worldwide, becoming the first financial group to detail how it will deal with the hit, a report said Friday.



Tribunal charges 3rd ex-Khmer Rouge with genocide (AP)

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:01 PM PST

AP - A tribunal charged the Khmer Rouge's 78-year-old former head of state with genocide Friday, adding new momentum to long-delayed trials against the brutal regime that ruled Cambodia 30 years ago.


Hope for Copenhagen climate deal

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 10:04 PM PST

Delegates at the climate change summit in Copenhagen appear to be edging closer to a deal following negotiations into the night.


On the frontline during Afghanistan surge

Posted: 17 Dec 2009 08:00 PM PST

The BBC's Mark Urban is given exclusive access to a key part of surge of the US surge in Afghanistan.


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