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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 3 — A former British resident accused of plotting with al-Qaeda to bomb apartment buildings in the United States was selected to face a military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay, the Pentagon said. Read more
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 30 — Under a new constitution being considered in Venezuela, the workday would be slashed from eight hours to six, so workers would have sufficient time for “personal development.” But while Venezuelans might have more leisure time, the constitution would also ensure that President Hugo Chávez could toil far into the future. [...]
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The House yesterday passed a far-reaching new farm bill that preserves the existing system of subsidies for commercial farmers and adds billions of dollars for conservation, nutrition and new agricultural sectors. Read more
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LONDON, June 4 — For much of the world, Sen. Barack Obama’s victory in the Democratic primaries was a moment to admire the United States, at a time when the nation’s image abroad is in tatters. Read more
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BAGHDAD, June 3 — The U.S. government has opened its first permanent office here for Iraqi refugees seeking to settle in the United States, responding to criticism that the Bush administration has failed to help thousands of Iraqis whose lives are in danger because of their work with American organizations. Read more
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MEXICO CITY — Rossana Peñaloza has floated across stages in Lima and Havana and Mexico City. She has writhed and winced, spun and darted. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to food and water shortages in northern Afghanistan, the government said on Wednesday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama turned on Wednesday to unifying a fractured party for a historic five-month battle for the White House against Republican John McCain, but Hillary Clinton offered no hints of her future plans. Read more
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E-MAILED READ WATCHED/LISTENED BBC News Player – LIVE NOW: Hillary Clinton speech Obama nomination speech Indian tribe found in Brazil McCain thanks Obama and Clinton Is this the end for Hillary? Most popular now, in detail [...]
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Tsvangirai and a group of about 14 party officials were being detained Wednesday at a police station in Lupane, north of Bulawayo. Read more
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BARACK Obama sealed the Democratic nomination early today, a historic step towards his once-improbable goal of becoming the first black US president. Read more
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A United Nations summit on the global food crisis yesterday called for reducing trade barriers and the scrapping of food export bans to help stop the spread of hunger that threatens nearly one billion people. Read more
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BERLIN (June 2) – Plans to include an Adolf Hitler figure in the new Berlin branch of Madame Tussauds wax museum are being condemned by critics who say displaying the dictator is tasteless and could attract neo-Nazis. Read more
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European power giants to blame for our sky-high bills: They buy the gas and sell it BACK at extortionate prices Hillary is OUT of the race for the White House as the votes from superdelegates seal it for Obama Murdered schoolgirl warned police about church stalker – but officers ‘waited 12 days to interview her’ [...]
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MINNESOTA – Barack Obama today declared victory in the hard-fought race for the Democratic nomination and said the country faced a defining moment in the November presidential election against Republican John McCain. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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Particularly as massive amounts of foreign aid offered in the wake of Cyclone Nargis have been stonewalled or mired in red tape, it’s infuriating to read this Al-Jazeera report of the junta’s lastest antics: “More than a million survivors of the deadly cyclone in Myanmar have yet to receive any aid a month on, [...]
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The stout insistences from Hillary Clinton’s campaign today that she will not, not, not withdraw from the Democratic presidential primary race this evening and concede the nomination to Barack Obama has me wondering if there will ever be an end to this thing. Read more
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A fair few stories have caught our eye on the web today. I particularly like the story about Dr Fredric J. Baur, the man behind the Pringles can. Apparently, he requested that his ashes be buried in a Pringles can. When he sadly passed away on May 4, his family put some of his ashes [...]