School opens for miners' children

School opens for miners' children


School opens for miners' children

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Some of the children at Camp Hope in Chile have begun a new school term in a specially created kindergarten for the families of the trapped miners.


US city erased from google map

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:32 PM PDT

How one city in Florida learned the hard way what it means to be nowhere in Google's world


Fears of 'double dip' in Ireland

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Problems are still mounting for the Irish economy, with many forecasters fearing the prospect of a double dip recession. Robert Peston has been to Ireland to assess whether it can get its finances back on track.


Major exhibition of Gauguin's work

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:00 PM PDT

London's Tate Modern will host a major exhibition by the post-Impressionist French artist Paul Gauguin.


Venezuelan leader claims 'victory'

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Chavez says his Socialist party won most of the votes in parliamentary polls, in which the opposition made big gains.


US city erased from google map

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 04:32 PM PDT

How one city in Florida learned the hard way what it means to be nowhere in Google's world


School opens for miners' children

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Some of the children at Camp Hope in Chile have begun a new school term in a specially created kindergarten for the families of the trapped miners.


Fears of 'double dip' in Ireland

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 03:07 PM PDT

Problems are still mounting for the Irish economy, with many forecasters fearing the prospect of a double dip recession. Robert Peston has been to Ireland to assess whether it can get its finances back on track.


Suicide attack kills Afghan official, son and bodyguards

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber on a motorcycle has killed the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Ghazni province, Mohammad Kazim Allahyar, his son and two bodyguards who were in the same car, a top police official said.


Eastern Afghan official killed in bombing (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:25 PM PDT

A British soldier mans his position at the rear of a helicopter as it is flies over Helmand province in Afghanistan in August, 2010. Security forces Monday stepped up the hunt for British woman and three Afghans reportedly working for a US development group who were kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan, police said.(AFP/Pool/File/Andrew Winning)AP - The deputy governor of a volatile eastern Afghan province was killed by a suicide car bomber Tuesday, along with five others, police said.



Kremlin fires iconic Moscow mayor after 18 years (AP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT

AP - The Kremlin website says Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has fired Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov who held the post for 18 years.


'Suicide attack kills Afghan official, 5 others' (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:15 PM PDT

A suicide bombing on Tuesday destroyed the vehicle of a deputy Afghan governor, killing the official and five other people in the south of the country, police said.(AFP)AFP - A suicide bombing on Tuesday destroyed the vehicle of a deputy Afghan governor, killing the official and five other people in the south of the country, police said.



Trapped miners 'unhappy with food'

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 08:23 AM PDT

Chilean Navy medical specialist Andres Ilarena has said the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile's San Jose mine were complaining of their food supplies being too small.


Nigeria rains flood food region

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 05:56 PM PDT

Two million people have been displaced in northern Nigeria after flooding damaged homes and crops in one of the country's main food-producing regions.


Colombia landslides kill at least 20

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:22 PM PDT

At least 20 people have been killed as heavy rain caused two landslides engulfing a road and a house in north western Colombia, relief workers have said.


Dead mouse found in loaf of bread

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 01:38 PM PDT

A food production company was ordered to pay nearly £17,000 after a man found a dead mouse in a loaf of bread as he made sandwiches for his children. Stephen Forse described finding the mouse.


Dismantling Lehman's IT Empire

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 10:00 PM PDT

My role in the world's biggest bankruptcy.


North Korea Braces for Kim Jong Un's Congress Debut (Time.com)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Time.com - The extremely rare staging of a ruling-party congress in Pyongyang this week has regime watchers guessing that Kim Jong Il is preparing the path to power of his son, Kim Jong Un


Ayodhya case under scrutiny in India's top court (AFP)

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:43 PM PDT

Indian schoolchildren hold placards on the eve of the Ayodhya ruling, in Mumbai on September 27. India's Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to delay a ruling on a flashpoint religious dispute that has created major security worries ahead of the Commonwealth Games.(AFP/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - India's Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether to delay a ruling on a flashpoint religious dispute that has created major security worries ahead of the Commonwealth Games.



Moscow mayor Luzhkov sacked

Posted: 27 Sep 2010 09:54 PM PDT

Russian president signs dismissal decree, capping weeks of tensions between him and the veteran politician.


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