UK terror threat level 'severe'

UK terror threat level 'severe'


UK terror threat level 'severe'

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST

The UK terror threat is raised to "severe", but the home secretary says there is "no intelligence to suggest an attack is imminent".


ECB plays down Gibson speculation

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST

The England and Wales Cricket Board says there is no truth in the report that bowling coach Ottis Gibson is to resign and take over as West Indies coach.


UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:51 PM PST

A British soldier dies following an explosion while on foot patrol near Sangin in central Helmand province, Afghanistan.


Knox prosecutor convicted of abuse in another case

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:51 AM PST

FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - The Italian prosecutor who secured a 26-year murder conviction against American Amanda Knox last year was convicted Friday of abuse of office and illegal telephone tapping in an earlier murder case.


UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:34 PM PST

A British soldier dies following an explosion while on foot patrol near Sangin in central Helmand province, Afghanistan.


U.S. given authority over Haiti ports and roadways in earthquake relief effort

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:29 PM PST

The United States on Friday formally obtained broad military powers to oversee all Haitian air and sea ports and to secure Haitian roads in support of international relief efforts, according to an agreement signed in Haiti by the United States and the United Nations.


Man City to be 'biggest and best'

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST

Man City executive chairman Garry Cook is confident the club is on the path to global domination.


Mitchell fails to break deadlock

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:42 AM PST

Palestinians urge US enovy to have Israel meet its conditions for resumed negotiations.


Oil Estimates in Venezuela Doubled

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:15 AM PST

In a new assessment, researchers with the United States Geological Survey have provided a dramatic new estimate of how much oil is "technically recoverable" from Venezuela's oil sands.


UBS client wins in US tax case

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:33 AM PST

A client of the Swiss bank UBS has won an appeal against handing over data to US tax authorities.


Woman Reportedly Found Alive in Haiti Wreckage

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:36 AM PST

The discovery of the 69-year-old offered search teams a sliver of hope that more survivors could still be found.


Loyal following

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 06:16 AM PST

Why Google's users in China like the search enging


In Ohio, Obama Vows to Keep Fighting on Health Care

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 12:47 PM PST

Conceding his health care overhaul had "run into a bit of a buzz saw,'' President Obama vowed on Friday to keep fighting for legislation that will "hold the insurance industry accountable and bring more stability and security to folks in our health care system.''


Your Money: Free Checking Could Go the Way of Free Toasters

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:37 AM PST

Overdraft fees had helped to subsidize free checking, but as those fees begin to fall, free checking may disappear.


Guantanamo: 47 'cannot be freed'

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:12 AM PST

A task force on Guantanamo recommends that 47 inmates should be held indefinitely without trial, US officials say.


Ex-Pentagon man jailed for spying

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:05 AM PST

Former Pentagon official James Fondren is convicted of spying for China and is jailed for three years.


Comment on Chinese Rights Lawyer Adds to Mystery

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST

At a news conference on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry spokesman answered a question about the advocate, Gao Zhisheng, saying that he "is where he should be."


Yacht couple rescue 'was bungled'

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 11:13 AM PST

An attempt to rescue a British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates was "bungled", a Whitehall official has said.


Clashes erupt in Southern Sudan

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 09:07 AM PST

At least 15 people are killed in clashes between two ethnic groups in the Southern Sudan state of Jonglei.


Husky race to be held on snow for the first time since the 1990s

Posted: 22 Jan 2010 03:23 AM PST

A dog sled race in the Highlands will see entrants compete on snow-covered tracks for the first time since the 1990s.


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