Woman detained as girl, 4, killed

Woman detained as girl, 4, killed


Woman detained as girl, 4, killed

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:20 PM PST

Police begin a murder inquiry after a four-year-old girl is found dead in east London.


Roads are closed in city alert

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:51 PM PST

Army bomb experts are examining a suspicious object at a roundabout in Newry.


Snow to cause more travel chaos

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:00 PM PST

Further snow is set to cause more disruption into the weekend with warnings about treacherous road conditions amid plunging temperatures.


Soyuz spacecraft docks with ISS

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:52 PM PST

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docks with the International Space Station, delivering three new astronauts for the orbiting laboratory.


N. C. Plant Found to Be Maker of Recalled Rolaids

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 01:08 PM PST

In congressman's letter to the F.D.A., the Best Sweet plant in Mooresville, N.C., is revealed as the maker of millions of Rolaids recalled by Johnson & Johnson.


UN to probe Haiti cholera outbreak

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:41 PM PST

World body is set to launch investigation into source of the epidemic, which many Haitians blame on UN peacekeepers.


The real King's speech

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:30 PM PST

Hear George VI and his brother in the BBC audio archive


Brazil Joblessness Hits Record Low

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:17 PM PST

Brazil's unemployment rate fell below 6% for the first time on record, underscoring the strong recovery of the Brazilian economy from the global crisis but adding to the central bank's concerns about rising inflation.


Snow causes pre-Christmas travel chaos in Europe

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:29 PM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - Heavy snow and freezing temperatures caused travel chaos across northern Europe on Friday, with hundreds of German flights canceled and icy roads wreaking havoc in Poland and the Netherlands ahead of Christmas.


US police seek 'grim sleeper' women

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 11:46 AM PST

Los Angeles police expect to hear from up to 1,000 women after releasing photographs retrieved from the house of the accused "grim sleeper".


Pakistan’s Palette of Blood and Tears

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 11:26 AM PST

Violence is a thread running through "The Rising Tide," a new exhibition of contemporary art in Karachi.


US boxer to face battery charge

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:07 PM PST

US boxer Floyd Mayweather Junior faces battery charges after being arrested and freed without bail in Las Vegas.


Madoff beneficiary to return $7bn

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:52 AM PST

The widow of a businessman who was the single-largest beneficiary of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi fraud agrees to return $7.2bn (£4.5bn).


Mexico prisoners 'in jail break'

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 12:12 PM PST

More than 140 prisoners are reported to have escaped from a jail in Nuevo Laredo, close to the Mexico-US border.


Is music without notes still music?

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 11:15 AM PST

Why have different musicians recorded a piece of music with no notes? Listen to John Cage's infamous piece 4'33" and how it was copied.


CIA's Pakistan chief recalled to US

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:43 AM PST

US spy agency has sent its top official in Islamabad back home, after lawsuit exposes his identity to enemy fighters.


Pressure mounts on Cote d'Ivoire

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:51 AM PST

UN warns against violence as France threatens sanctions if incumbent Laurent Gbagbo does not surrender power by weekend.


Belarus leader says Russia deal good for the people

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:50 AM PST

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian strongman Alexander Lukashenko, savouring a triumph on the eve of certain re-election, said on Friday his oil deal with Russia would benefit the economy and buoy the mood of the people.


White House reports frustrations in Yemeni relations

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:49 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security relations with Yemen have been strained by frustrations on both sides and will require patience as the two countries work to counter the al Qaeda threat there, a top White House security official said on Friday.


Sudan, Darfur rebels clash one day after U.N. rebuke

Posted: 17 Dec 2010 10:43 AM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan's army clashed with Darfur rebels for a third time in a week Friday, a day after U.N. envoys criticised Khartoum for launching attacks on the insurgent force, peacekeepers said.


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