Delhi 'urgency' boosts Team England

Delhi 'urgency' boosts Team England


Delhi 'urgency' boosts Team England

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:23 PM PDT

Commonwealth Games England chief Sir Andrew Foster believes Indian officials now realise what needs to be done after pressures regarding the readiness of next month's event in Delhi.


Mass horse airlift to US for Games

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT

The largest airlift of horses ever undertaken has begun ahead of this weekend's World Equestrian Games in the United States


Chile miners mark 50 days underground

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

The 33 miners trapped in a collapsed copper mine in Chile are spending their 50th day below ground.


Integrating Roma migrants into France

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Local authorities on the outskirts of Paris have built temporary homes for some of the Roma community, in an attempt to integrate them into French society.


US woman executed for family murders

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

A 41-year-old woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson has been executed in the US state of Virginia.


UN to meet over looming food crisis

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has called an extraordinary meeting in Rome following a sharp rise in grain prices.


Chile miners underground for 50 days

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

The 33 miners trapped in a collapsed copper mine in Chile are spending their 50th day below ground.


Integrating Roma migrants into France

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Local authorities on the outskirts of Paris have built temporary homes for some of the Roma community, in an attempt to integrate them into French society.


Sudan reaches historic crossroads

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT

In just over three months the southern Sudanese will vote on splitting away from Sudan, a consequence of a peace deal that ended a long north-south civil war.


US woman executed for family murders

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

A 41-year-old woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson has been executed in the US state of Virginia.


UN to meet over looming food crisis

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has called an extraordinary meeting in Rome following a sharp rise in grain prices.


China says 4 Japanese filmed military targets (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT

AP - China is investigating four Japanese suspected of illegally filming military targets and entering a military zone without authorization, state media reported amid a tense diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo over a fishing boat collision near disputed islands.


Britain promises US it will keep nuclear deterrent (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT

British Defence Secretary Liam Fox (L) is welcomed to the Pentagon by US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. Fox promised the US that Britain it will keep its nuclear deterrent as it makes plans for deep military spending cuts as part of an austerity drive, a report said Friday.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Britain has promised the United States that it will keep its nuclear deterrent as it makes plans for deep military spending cuts as part of an austerity drive, a report said Friday.



Kenya's Kibaki expects south Sudan vote in January (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT

AP - Kenya's president says he has received assurances from Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and south Sudan's leader Salva Kiir that a crucial referendum on southern independence will take place on schedule in January.


Japan warns of economic fallout from China row (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A Chinese fishing boat is inspected by Japan Coast Guard crew members after it collided with two Japanese coast guard vessels near the disputed islands in the East China Sea, known as the Senkaku isles in Japan and Diaoyu in China, September 7, 2010. REUTERS/Japan Coast Guard/HandoutReuters - Japan warned Friday that a deepening territorial row with China could hurt both of Asia's biggest economies, but declined to link the feud to the detention of four of its nationals on suspicion of entering a Chinese military zone.



Gunmen kill Mexican mayor near Monterrey

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:13 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a town outside Mexico's northern business city of Monterrey on Thursday, the fourth public official slain in little over a month, police said.


Japanese held for illegal filming

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:45 PM PDT

Four Japanese men arrested in China for filming military zone, the latest incident in deepening row between the nation.


Officials: Palestinians will consider compromise (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:23 PM PDT

This photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 21. 2010, shows a view of a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ariel. The settlement issue is one of the thorniest in the peace talks. Some 300,000 Israelis live in settlements dotting the West Bank, in addition to 180,000 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods built in east Jerusalem. The Palestinians say that by gobbling up territory they claim, continued settlement expansion makes it ever more difficult to establish a viable Palestinian state. The Palestinians want all of the West Bank as part of their future state, with east Jerusalem as their capital. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Hopes of averting a breakdown in Middle East peace talks grew Thursday as senior Palestinian officials said their side would consider an expected U.S.-brokered compromise on Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank.



Philippine dad convicted of rape gets 14,400 years (AP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:56 PM PDT

AP - A Philippine court has sentenced a father to 14,400 years in prison after he was convicted of the near daily rape of his teenage daughter over the course of a year.


Great white sharks no cold-blooded 'Jaws': campaigners (AFP)

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:26 PM PDT

A great white shark swims in the Southern Ocean, off the Neptune Islands. About 300 species of shark inhabit Australia's 370,000 kilometre (229,400 mile) coastline, but only a handful are harmful to humans and attacks are very rare, says expert John West who has spent three decades studying the animals.(AFP/HO/RODNEY FOX SHARK EXPEDITIONS/Andrew Fox)AFP - "I hope the cage is as strong as a it looks," says diver James Hay, before jumping into an aluminium frame to swim with the ocean's most feared predator, the great white shark.



Colombian rebel leader reportedly killed in military strike

Colombian rebel leader reportedly killed in military strike


Colombian rebel leader reportedly killed in military strike

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - The legendary military strategist of Colombia's largest rebel group has been killed in a military strike, a development that President Juan Manuel Santos called Thursday the biggest blow against a guerrilla organization in the rebels' 46-year war with the Colombian state.


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Yemen ramps up al Qaeda fight

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:04 PM PDT

Yemeni forces reportedly have laid siege to a southern town believed to be a militant stronghold as human rights groups complain that thousands of people are being displaced by the fighting.


Israelis blast Clinton's remarks on Russian immigrants

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:13 AM PDT

Suggesting that Russian immigrants in Israel pose an obstacle to a peace deal between Israelis and Palestinians, former U.S. President Bill Clinton stepped into the mire of Middle Eastern politics this week, prompting a wave of criticism from Israeli politicians.


Panesar & Tremlett in Ashes squad

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 06:33 AM PDT

Monty Panesar and Chris Tremlett win much-coveted places in the Ashes squad to tour Australia this winter.


Hockey team delay village arrival

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:14 AM PDT

The England men's hockey team are to set up base in a Delhi holding camp and delay moving into the problem-hit Commonwealth Games athletes' village.


Vatican Defends Seizure of $30 Million From Bank

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:05 PM PDT

Like the clerical sex abuse crisis, the financial inquiry appeared to open another front in a quiet war between church and state in Europe.


China Spat Tests Japan's New Leaders

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:21 PM PDT

An escalating confrontation over a Chinese sea captain's arrest is testing the ability of Japan's new ruling party to manage relations with its increasingly powerful neighbor.


Pakistani Woman Sentenced to 86 Years

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

A Pakistani woman trained as a scientist in the U.S. was sentenced to 86 years in prison after she was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan two years ago.


Contractor Deaths

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:41 PM PDT

The first six months of 2010 mark the first time in history that corporations have lost more personnel on America's battlefields than the United States military has.


PE gets new cheerleaders, who are boxing clever

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:47 AM PDT

More schools are offering pupils activities such as cheerleading, yoga and boxing in PE, while traditional sports decline, official figures show.


China in Japan illegal film claim

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

China is investigating four Japanese who allegedly entered and filmed a Chinese military area, Chinese state media report.


Cyberwar Chief Calls for Secure Computer Network

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:04 AM PDT

The new commander of the military's cyberwarfare operations is advocating the creation of a separate, secure computer network to protect against attacks mounted over the Internet.


Muslims Say They Face More Discrimination at Work

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Though Muslims are less than 2 percent of the United States population, they accounted for about one-quarter of the religious discrimination claims filed by workers.


Schools inspections slimmed down

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:23 AM PDT

Schools in England will be inspected on four "core areas" and will no longer be rated on pupils' health or the school's contribution to "social cohesion", Education Secretary Michael Gove has said.


Video study estimates oil spill

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:20 AM PDT

US scientists who have analysed videos of the oil gushing from BP's Deepwater Horizon well say about 4.4 million barrels of crude escaped into the Gulf of Mexico.


Pakistani scientist sentenced in US

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Aafia Siddiqui, branded "Lady Qaeda" by the media, gets 86 years in jail for trying to kill US officers in Afghanistan.


Killer jailed for 1980 girl rape

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

A convicted murderer who pleaded guilty to raping, kidnapping and falsely imprisoning a girl nearly 30 years ago is jailed.


German Catholic Church to compensate abuse victims

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:20 AM PDT

FULDA, Germany (Reuters) - Germany's Catholic Church has said it is ready to pay compensation to victims of abuse by priests, the country's top bishop said on Thursday.


As Commonwealth Games loom, 'unfit' athletes' village adds to India's problems

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:38 PM PDT

NEW DELHI - The Commonwealth Games were supposed to be India's grand coming-out party, an audition for a potential Olympic bid and a chance to show off its rising status as a superpower and serious rival to China.



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Woman repels bear armed only with a courgette

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:46 AM PDT

A woman from the US state of Montana has fought off a 200lb (90kg) black bear with a courgette from her garden.