Arrests at anti-Kremlin protests

Arrests at anti-Kremlin protests


Arrests at anti-Kremlin protests

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Police detain at least 100 people, including a former deputy prime minister, at anti-government demonstrations.


Sunderland pay £13m to sign Gyan

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:41 AM PDT

Sunderland break their transfer record to sign Ghana striker Asamoah Gyan from Rennes for a fee "in excess of £13m".


Floods in south Sudan leave nearly 60,000 homeless

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:42 PM PDT

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Floods have displaced nearly 60,000 people in the last month in south Sudan with many at risk of malaria and other diseases, the semi-autonomous region's government said Tuesday.


Dozens detained at anti-Kremlin rallies

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained more than 150 people including prominent opponents of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at anti-Kremlin protests Tuesday, after Putin said demonstrators without permits could expect harsh treatment.


4 Israeli Settlers Killed in West Bank

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

The Israelis were killed on Tuesday evening when their car was fired on near the settlement of Kiryat Arba.


Inquiry into exam marking errors

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:41 AM PDT

Education Minister Caitriona Ruane launches an investigation into how incorrect grades were sent to Chemistry A level students.


4 Israeli civilians shot dead in West Bank

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The deadly shooting of four Israeli civilians near the West Bank city of Hebron shattered a relative calm that has prevailed for nearly three years.


Middle East - West Bank - Warfare and Conflict - Israel-Palestine - Hebron


Clue to ancient Antarctic seaway

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:13 PM PDT

Scientists have found evidence for an ancient sea passage linking currently isolated areas of Antarctica.


Iraq's Failure to Form a Government Concerns U.S. Spy Officials

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:51 AM PDT

U.S. intelligence officials see Iraq's inability to form a government as the greatest security threat to the country.


Champagne Producers Aim for ‘Greener’ Bottle

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT

France's Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.


Fed Minutes Show Divisions on Move to Buy Debt

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The August meeting ended, however, with the board voting 9 to 1 to buy a modest amount of government debt.


Movie Review | 'The American': A Man of Few Words and an Artisanal Weapon

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:43 AM PDT

This suspense thriller, directed by Anton Corbijn, is often more evocative of the art house than of the multiplex.


Fidel Castro takes blame for 1960s gay persecution

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:56 AM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro took the blame for a wave of homophobia launched by his revolutionary government in the 1960s, but said it happened because he was distracted by other problems, in an interview published on Tuesday in a Mexican newspaper.


Venezuela hunger striker's death angers Chavez foes

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - A Venezuelan farmer who died after a hunger strike to protest President Hugo Chavez's land takeover policies was denied his own doctor and has become a symbol for the oppressed, his mourning family said.


Gunmen Kill Four Israelis Outside West Bank Settlement

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed four Israelis late Tuesday in what appeared to be a drive-by shooting outside a Jewish settlement near the West Bank town of Hebron, according to Israeli officials.


Israel's Gas-Tax Review Draws Fire

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Energy companies have warned that any move by the Israeli government to increase its share of tax and royalties from natural resources may jeopardize investment in the country's nascent energy sector.


Champagne Producers Aim for ‘Greener’ Bottle

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:50 AM PDT

France's Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.


A Long-Awaited Day

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:30 AM PDT

The close of U.S. combat operations in Iraq is a watershed in history for the two countries, for the two peoples and for the wider world. But it is also a juncture of a more personal kind for all who have experienced the arc of the war at first hand.


Man jailed for giving woman HIV

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:13 AM PDT

A Sittingbourne man who knowingly infected a 19-year-old woman with HIV is jailed for two years after admitting causing GBH.


Big rocket booster in second test

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:09 AM PDT

A further test ignition takes place on the giant booster intended to power Nasa's next big rocket.


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