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PANAMA CITY, Oct. 22 — Voters overwhelmingly approved the largest modernization plan in the 92-year history of the Panama Canal on Sunday, backing a multibillion-dollar expansion that will allow the world’s largest ships to pass through the shortcut between the seas. Read more
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The Bush administration yesterday postponed for at least six months a new security rule that Americans show a passport when crossing U.S. borders by land or by sea, requiring instead that citizens present an identity card and proof of citizenship upon entry for the first time, beginning Jan. 31. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s opposition leader has fled to the Dutch Embassy saying he feared for his safety, while police on Monday raided his party’s headquarters and took about 60 people away. Read more
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BAGHDAD, June 22 — A female suicide bomber killed at least 15 people, including several police officers, and wounded dozens Sunday in an attack in front of a government building in Diyala province, Iraqi and U.S. officials said. Read more
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CAIRO First of two articles The Egyptian bureau of al-Hurra, an Arabic-language television network financed by the U.S. government, boasts a spectacular view of the Nile River and the capital’s bustling streets. But inside, all is quiet. This Story U.S. Network Falters in Mideast Mission Al-Hurra Reaches Limited Audience in Middle East Tuesday, June 24 [...]
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has pulled out of a presidential election because of attacks on his supporters, has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy, Dutch officials said on Monday. Read more
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PENSACOLA, Florida (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama’s race will complicate his White House bid, Americans say in both interviews and a poll showing that nearly a third of them acknowledge feeling racial prejudice. Read more
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Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken refuge in the Dutch embassy in the capital, Harare. Read more
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News of Tsvangirai’s presence at the Dutch Embassy came shortly after Zimbabwean police raided the headquarters of his party and took away about 60 people. Read more
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They’ve been talking about the gold in California‘s hills since 1849, when tens of thousands of pioneers rushed across the continent or even sailed round Cape Horn to join the fabled gold rush that transformed this remote rural backwater into the beating heart of the American dream. Read more
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Amy Winehouse‘s anxious father has spoken of his fears that the singer risks losing her life and her award-winning voice unless she kicks her drug habit. Read more
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(June 22) – It wasn’t so much a hoax as a publicity stunt. The famous photos of the “lost tribe” in the Amazon forest are real, but the remarkable story behind them is not. Read more
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Once seen as a sure-fire way of making a small fortune, newly-built flats have become the worst victims of the housing market meltdown. Read more
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ADELAIDE – The drug ecstasy could be used by war veterans to alleviate stress, says an Australian Democrats MP. 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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Stating that Robert Mugabe has “declared war by saying that the bullet has replaced the ballot,” Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai has dropped out of Friday’s runoff election. “We can’t ask the people to cast their vote on June 27 when that vote will cost their lives,” Tsvangirai said at a Sunday news [...]
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« Teacher way ahead of curve in gym, field | Main | America straps on the feedbag » Originally posted: June 17, 2008 It’s easier to blame floods on Mother Nature than God From the archives, July 20, 1993 It’s not nice to blame Mother Nature, but everyone does: She “continues to pound on the [...]
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Missed last night’s Sky.Com News? Then you missed the day’s top web videos, presented by Jason De La Pena. Don’t worry – you can catch them all here. What do you make of the police video? Is it more fakery? Tonight, Susi Weaser – editor of girls’ gadget site Shiny Shiny – will be in [...]
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A ferry with more than 800 people on board has sunk after being battered by massive waves during a typhoon in the Philippines. Only four survivors have been found. Ashish Joshi reports. Read more