Six held in organised crime sting |
- Six held in organised crime sting
- Europe's Central Banker Faces Rising Pressure
- Poll Questions Social Media's Influence in Singapore Politics
- Putin Aide: Brezhnev a Big 'Plus' for Russia
- Police 'face greatest challenge'
- Exercise vest sparks terror alert
- VIDEO: Water shortages hit ocean islands
- Tory chief spin doctor suspended
- VIDEO: India unveils 'world's cheapest tablet'
- Monitor Must Oversee N.Y. Fire Dept. Hiring, Judge Rules
- Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 89
- Theater Review | 'The Threepenny Opera': ‘Threepenny Opera’ With Berliner Ensemble at BAM - Review
- VIDEO: Water shortages hit ocean islands
- Israeli scientist wins Nobel chemistry prize
- Terms of Cuban spy release irritate U.S.-Cuba ties
- IMF Floats Bond-Buying Proposal in Europe
- Magazine Preview: Can Cancer Ever Be Ignored?
- Banks protests planned across US
- VIDEO: Knox begins life as a free citizen
- VIDEO: Buenos Aires to host Beatles auction
| Six held in organised crime sting Posted: 05 Oct 2011 01:05 PM PDT Six people are arrested and cocaine and heroin with a street value of about £1.2m seized in a sting on organised crime.
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| Europe's Central Banker Faces Rising Pressure Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT Jean-Claude Trichet, who leads his final interest-rate meeting as European Central Bank president Thursday, is fighting to defend his legacy against mounting criticism in Germany, where he has unexpectedly become a controversial figure in his final year in the post.
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| Poll Questions Social Media's Influence in Singapore Politics Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:25 AM PDT A new survey conducted by Singapore's Institute of Policy Studies finds that the influence of the Internet–-and the alternative voices it enables--a little overrated.
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| Putin Aide: Brezhnev a Big 'Plus' for Russia Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT Putin's plan to return to the presidency next year, which could open the way for him to rule for another 12 years, has drawn critical comparisons to long-serving Soviet leader Brezhnev.
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| Police 'face greatest challenge' Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:24 PM PDT A chief constable says Wales' four forces are bracing themselves for the "greatest challenge" in policing history as they look to protect frontline services.
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| Exercise vest sparks terror alert Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:04 PM PDT An Iranian Oxford University student sparks a terror alert by wearing a weighted vest as part of his exercise regime in the city.
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| VIDEO: Water shortages hit ocean islands Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT A second South Pacific community is suffering a severe water shortage due to an ongoing drought crisis.
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| Tory chief spin doctor suspended Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:45 AM PDT The Scottish Conservatives' chief spin doctor Ramsay Jones is suspended from his duties during the current leadership contest.
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| VIDEO: India unveils 'world's cheapest tablet' Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:42 AM PDT Government says the hand-held computer should help to stop the digital divide between rural and urban India.
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| Monitor Must Oversee N.Y. Fire Dept. Hiring, Judge Rules Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:27 PM PDT In a lacerating decision that accused Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of willfully ignoring the racial imbalance in the department, a federal judge ruled that a court-appointed authority would be installed to ensure that more minority candidates are hired.
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| Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 89 Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:44 PM PDT Mr. Shuttlesworth survived beatings and bombings in Alabama more than four decades ago as he fought against racial injustice alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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| Theater Review | 'The Threepenny Opera': ‘Threepenny Opera’ With Berliner Ensemble at BAM - Review Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:27 PM PDT It's your ears that keep you awake in Robert Wilson's interpretation of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's "Threepenny Opera" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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| VIDEO: Water shortages hit ocean islands Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT A second South Pacific community is suffering a severe water shortage due to an ongoing drought crisis.
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| Israeli scientist wins Nobel chemistry prize Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:21 AM PDT Daniel Shechtman forced scientists to reconsider the nature of matter with his discovery of quasicrystals.
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| Terms of Cuban spy release irritate U.S.-Cuba ties Posted: 05 Oct 2011 11:01 AM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A convicted Cuban spy who is required to remain on probation in the United States after his scheduled release on Friday may face threats to his safety and should be sent back to the communist island, his lawyer says.
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| IMF Floats Bond-Buying Proposal in Europe Posted: 05 Oct 2011 12:34 PM PDT The International Monetary Fund could create a special financing tool to buy bonds in private markets as a way to help stem the euro zone's debt crisis, a senior IMF official said, which could aid countries such as Spain and Italy.
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| Magazine Preview: Can Cancer Ever Be Ignored? Posted: 05 Oct 2011 03:00 AM PDT The bitter fight over prostate screening – and why it might be better not to know.
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| Banks protests planned across US Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:28 AM PDT Demonstrators are preparing to march on New York's financial district, with rallies also planned in several other US cities.
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| VIDEO: Knox begins life as a free citizen Posted: 05 Oct 2011 10:48 AM PDT The American, Amanda Knox has arrived home in Seattle after being cleared by a court in Italy of murdering her British flatmate Meredith Kercher.
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| VIDEO: Buenos Aires to host Beatles auction Posted: 05 Oct 2011 08:28 AM PDT Residents of Argentina's capital Buenos Aires witness a brief revival of Beatlesmania, ahead of an auction of Fab Four memorabilia.
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