Egypt court upholds exam veil ban

Egypt court upholds exam veil ban


Egypt court upholds exam veil ban

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 12:32 PM PST

Court backs decision to ban university students from wearing niqab during exams.

Large Oil Spill Reported in China

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:14 AM PST

The spill has heavily polluted a tributary of the Yellow River, and threatens to reach one of the country's longest and most important sources of water.

The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 10:31 PM PST

Are New Orleans hospitals liable for not protecting electrical generators? A series of lawsuits is testing the bounds of their liability.

Police admit royal camera 'error'

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:39 AM PST

A security officer says police were wrong to confiscate cameras from people watching royals in Sandringham, Norfolk.

Peru court backs Fujimori sentence

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:22 AM PST

Supreme court dismisses appeal against 25-year jail term handed to ex-president.

Egypt court upholds exam veil ban

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:02 AM PST

Court backs decision to ban university students from wearing niqab during exams.

Bloody fighting hits Somali town

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:41 AM PST

At least 47 people are killed and 100 injured in fighting in the Somali town of Dhuusa Marreeb, a human rights worker says.

Israel envoys told 'don't grovel'

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:46 AM PST

Israel's hardline Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman tells envoys to stop "grovelling" and defend national honour, media say.

France sells surplus flu vaccine

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:30 AM PST

France sells millions of surplus swine flu vaccine doses to other countries after finding it has more than enough for the outbreak.

Bernanke Blames Weak Regulation for Financial Crisis

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 09:33 AM PST

Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, said that Fed policies were appropriate and did not cause the housing bubble.

Iraq says 5th UK hostage may be returned in days

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:48 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq expects that the last of five British hostages captured by militants in Baghdad in 2007 will be handed to British authorities in the coming days, a government spokesman said on Sunday.

Real Estate in Cape Coral Is Far From a Recovery

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:49 AM PST

A return to Cape Coral, Fla., a reluctant symbol for the excesses of the great American real estate bubble, shows how far the recovery has to go.

New Year revellers still snowed in at UK pub - three days on

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 04:03 AM PST

Guests celebrating new year at the highest pub in England are snowed in for three days.

Heroic Leeds stun Man Utd in FA Cup

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 02:51 AM PST

League One leaders Leeds United cause the biggest shock of the FA Cup third round by beating Manchester United 1-0 at Old Trafford.

Man's street death 'suspicious'

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 10:09 AM PST

Fife Constabulary confirms it is investigating a suspicious death in Rosyth after a man's body was found in a street.

Bernanke Calls for Regulation to Fight Future Bubbles

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:40 AM PST

Stronger regulation should be the first line of defense against speculative bubbles that could send the economy into a new crisis, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Sunday.

U.S., U.K. close their embassies in Yemen over al-Qaeda threats

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 07:45 AM PST

SANAA, Yemen --The United States and Britain shut down their embassies in Yemen on Sunday citing potential but unspecified threats from the al-Qaeda branch linked to the plot to bomb an American airliner on Christmas Day.

Citi’s Creator, Alone With His Regrets

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 08:49 AM PST

Sandy Weill, the former head of Citigroup, says the bank didn't want his help to recover. The rejection stung.

Inquest calls for executed Briton

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 07:35 AM PST

The family of Akmal Shaikh executed in China for drug smuggling wants an inquest to be held.

Inquest calls for executed Briton

Posted: 03 Jan 2010 07:35 AM PST

The family of Akmal Shaikh executed in China for drug smuggling wants an inquest to be held.

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