Wesley Snipes ordered to prison Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:26 PM PST Wesley Snipes is ordered to surrender at a federal prison in Pennsylvania next week to begin a three-year sentence for tax evasion.  
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Spain busts al-Qaeda-linked group Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:50 PM PST Detainess, mainly Pakistanis, suspected of forging passports for Lashkar-e-Taiba.  
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Carpetbagger: A New Crop of Sundance Films Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:15 PM PST The competitive slate for this year's festival has far fewer big names than last year's star-studded mix.  
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U.S., Allies to Meet on North Korea Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:25 PM PST The U.S., Japan and South Korea will hold high-level talks next week to plot a joint strategy on dealing with North Korea after its deadly artillery bombardment of the South.  
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India Court Orders Handover of Tapes Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:51 AM PST India's Supreme Court ordered the government to hand over tapes that have caused a furor in Indian journalistic circles because of conversations on them between a high-powered lobbyist and some of India's best-known journalists.  
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Pakistan passed potential attack info to Israel Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:11 PM PST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The head of Pakistan's spy agency said he had contacted Israeli officials to head off potential attacks on Israeli targets in India, according to an October 2009 U.S. diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.  
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Wheels: Fiat’s Design Approach Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:08 AM PST Roberto Giolito, head of design for Fiat, recently spoke about the automaker's new approach toward design, which will be reflected in the new Multipla family vehicle.  
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Date named for tuition fees vote Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:03 PM PST MPs are to vote on controversial plans to raise tuition fees in England on 9 December, ministers have confirmed.  
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Patrolling EU border for illegal migrants Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:18 AM PST Figures have revealed that 99% of the known illegal migrants to the European Union enter via Greece with many of them hoping to travel on to Britain.  
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Live - Wednesday football Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:00 AM PST Manchester City host Salzburg in the penultimate round of Europa League group matches, while Birmingham-Aston Villa and Ipswich-West Brom face-off in the Carling Cup quarter-finals.  
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Meteosat project in further hitch Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:04 AM PST Portugal's financial difficulties could delay the start of work on Europe's next generation weather satellite programme.  
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Appeal sought in US Sharia case Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:12 AM PST A case for including Sharia in state law will likely be appealed as judge who blocked it is labelled "liberal activist".  
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City Room: Winds Snarl Transit Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:43 AM PST Wind and rain played havoc with rail and air traffic in the New York region.  
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ArtsBeat: Smithsonian Removes Video Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:09 AM PST Among the imagery that David Wojnarowicz used in his video "A Fire in My Belly" to depict the suffering of an AIDS patient is a scene of ants crawling on a crucifix.  
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Pakistan rejects fears over its nuclear weapons Posted: 01 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed Western concerns over the security of its nuclear weapons program following the publication of more U.S. State Department cables by anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks.  
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Schoolboy's death on canoe trip Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:52 AM PST A young football player who died while on a canoeing trip in mid Wales suffered from a rare and undiagnosed heart condition, an inquest hears.  
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Northern Europe freezes, Cyprus in drought Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:42 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - Heavy snow and sub-zero temperatures disrupted road, rail and air transport in many parts of northern Europe on Wednesday while the Mediterranean island of Cyprus suffered in the heat after its driest November in more than a century.  
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Star bonanza hints at many Earths Posted: 01 Dec 2010 10:48 AM PST Astronomers say the Universe may contain three times the number of stars as is currently thought and therefore many more planets too.  
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Fed Papers Show Breadth of Emergency Measures Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:43 PM PST Efforts to help stabilize the markets at the height of the financial crisis reached far beyond Wall Street and deep into the economy, newly released data show.  
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Well: Humor to Cope With Cancer Posted: 01 Dec 2010 08:46 AM PST It's the rare patient who copes with the stress of cancer by being a comedian, but a few people do. I have always found these patients not only funny, but fascinating.  
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