Obama hails spirit of New Orleans

Obama hails spirit of New Orleans


Obama hails spirit of New Orleans

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:41 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the people of New Orleans, five years to the day after Hurricane Katrina destroyed large parts of the city.


Labour peer Andrew McIntosh dies

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 12:16 PM PDT

Labour peer and former Greater London Council member Lord McIntosh dies at 77 after suffering cancer.


In pictures

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:36 AM PDT

The first day of the Notting Hill Carnival


Obama marks Katrina anniversary

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:59 AM PDT

US president calls flooding "shameful" and praises progress toward rebuilding New Orleans.


In pictures

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:22 AM PDT

Exodus as Indonesian volcano erupts for first time in 400 years


Afghan Fatalities Rise Amid a Weekend of Violence

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:48 AM PDT

Seven American soldiers were killed in fighting in Afghanistan over the weekend, after several weeks of declining death tolls among NATO forces.


Winning, Losing and War

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:41 AM PDT

From shock and awe to a slow exit: It is still far too early to fill out the scorecard in Iraq.


Obama's Katrina anniversary speech

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:49 AM PDT

President Obama is due to make a speech in New Orleans as part of the commemorations to mark the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.


Taio Cruz blasts to top of charts

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Singer Taio Cruz blasts his way to the top of the UK singles chart for the second time with Dynamite.


Wilshere arrested after 'fracas'

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

Arsenal and England midfielder Jack Wilshere is arrested in the early hours in connection with a "fracas".


French prosecutor seeks Woerth case evidence

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:12 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - A senior French prosecutor is investigating Labor Minister Eric Woerth's role in the tax affairs of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt and his alleged favoritism in a land deal, a source close to the prosecutor said Sunday.


Remembering the hurricane

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:05 AM PDT

It has been five years since towns and cities along the Gulf Coast of America were devastated by Hurricane Katrina.


Yacht towed to safety in gale

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Holyhead RNLI lifeboat braved gale-force winds and "horrendous" sea conditions to bring a yacht with four people on board back to port.


Berlusconi prepares for battle over trials law

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:39 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government is preparing for a battle over planned justice reforms that would set time limits on trials but also effectively shield Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from two pending cases.


Iraqis say war "not ending" despite U.S. drawdown

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:40 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's message this weekend that Iraq would "chart its own course" may have been welcome news for war-weary Americans, but it has fueled anxieties about the future among Iraqis.


Sanofi makes $18.5bn Genzyme bid

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 10:33 AM PDT

French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis makes a $18.5bn cash bid for US biotechnology firm Genzyme.


Aston Villa 1-0 Everton

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:54 AM PDT

Everton are condemned to their worst league start for more than a decade by an Aston Villa side who were lucky to keep the visitors at bay at Villa Park.


Livestock losses from floods add to catastrophe in Pakistan

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:28 AM PDT

The deaths of animals in the Pakistan flooding is a local calamity - measured in milk shortages and scores of lost jobs - that is magnifying the threat of epidemics among hungry and weak survivors here - left behind a local calamity measured in milk shortages and scores of lost jobs. At the national


Pakistan - Flood - Natural Disasters and Hazards - Earth Sciences - Past Floods


Leading rabbi: Abbas should perish

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Former Israeli chief rabbi calls Palestinians "evil, bitter enemies of Israel".


Iraq's troubled young hearts

Posted: 29 Aug 2010 09:34 AM PDT

A decimated healthcare system cannot meet the need for pediatric heart surgery. In all the waiting list is above 20,000.


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