Tipping point

Tipping point


Tipping point

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:08 AM PST

How Chile's quake could have shortened a day


US economic growth 'hit by snow'

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:17 PM PST

The US economy has continued to grow this year but only at a "modest" pace, with heavy snow a key factor, a Fed report says.


Broken stronghold

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:11 AM PST

Inside the Taliban nerve centre whose fighters have fled


No-win, no-fee libel charges cut

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:39 AM PST

Justice Secretary Jack Straw is to cut the "success fees" lawyers can charge in no-win, no-fee defamation cases.


Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 passengers killed

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:35 AM PST

Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the vessel Wednesday, officials said. As many as fourteen others were injured.


Gyrocopter victim 'did not move'

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:28 AM PST

A woman who saw her companion's head split by the rear propeller of a gyrocopter tells a court he did not move out of the way.


Strong Aftershocks Hits Chile

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:55 PM PST

Three big, successive aftershocks shook Chile's south-central regions, further rattling a nation already on edge after the massive 8.8 magnitude quake that struck it early Saturday.


Dutch Vote to Gauge Party's Strength

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:03 AM PST

Dutch voters are turning out in slightly higher-than-usual numbers for local elections, which political observers are using to gauge the popularity of the right-leaning Party for Freedom.


Giant Waves Kill Two on Cruise Ship

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:12 AM PST

Waves, up to 26 feet high, crashed into a cruise ship with nearly 2,000 people on board off France, smashing glass windshields and killing two passengers.


Surgery halted after child deaths

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 12:21 PM PST

The John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford suspends children's heart surgery after a number of deaths during operations.


Deadly waves strike cruise ship

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:37 AM PST

Large waves strike a cruise ship in the Mediterranean, killing two people and injuring six, officials say.


Giant waves kill cruise passengers

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 11:10 AM PST

Two dead after "abnormally high waves" hit cruise ship at French Mediterranean port.


Live - International football

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:43 AM PST

England meet Egypt at Wembley, while Craig Levein's Scotland side face Czech Republic, Wales host Sweden and Northern Ireland are in Albania.


Reluctant Pashtuns hamper Afghan recruitment drive

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:27 AM PST

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - High drop-out and low recruitment rates have hampered NATO efforts to boost security forces to control insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. general leading the effort said on Wednesday.


Chilean President Defends Handling of Quake

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:38 AM PST

In an interview, the president made it clear that she resented the accusations against her government.


'No regrets'

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:16 AM PST

The son of a Hamas founder who spied for Israel


Mutya applies for Sugababes name

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:16 AM PST

Former Sugababes singer Mutya Buena has applied for ownership of the band's name, her legal firm says.


Gut microbes hold 'second genome'

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:06 AM PST

There are more genes in the microbial flora in our gut than in the rest of our bodies, scientists report.


Nigeria PDP wants Muslim for poll

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 09:57 AM PST

Nigeria's ruling party wants a Muslim to run in next year's presidential poll, ruling out acting President Goodluck Jonathan.


Magazine Preview: Building a Better Teacher

Posted: 03 Mar 2010 10:24 AM PST

Doug Lemov has set out to assemble the hidden wisdom of the best teachers in America.


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