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WHITTLESEA, Australia (Reuters) – Australia’s deadliest bushfire crisis eased on Monday, but the death toll kept rising with at least 108 people killed as families searched for scores of missing in the twisted, charred ruins. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top aides to President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Democratic and Republican lawmakers to set aside political differences and quickly approve a massive economic stimulus package this week. Read more
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The death toll from fires in southern Australia has reached at least 108, the worst in the country’s history. Read more
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LONDON (AFP) – The government announced Sunday it will look into whether the promise of big bonuses lured bankers into taking excessive risks, precipitating the global financial crisis. Read more
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HEALESVILLE, Australia – Entire towns have been seared off the map by wildfires raging through southeastern Australia, burning people in their homes and cars and raising the death toll to 84 on Sunday in the deadliest blaze in the country’s history. Searing temperatures and wind blasts created a firestorm that swept across a swath of [...]
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The moment when Amanda Knox raised the alarm about her murdered British flatmate, Meredith Kercher, was disclosed in court yesterday. Read more
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HEALESVILLE, Australia (Feb. – Towering flames razed entire towns in southeastern Australia and burned fleeing residents in their cars as the death toll rose to 84 on Sunday, making it the country’s deadliest fire disaster. Read more
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has claimed more than £116,000 in Commons expenses for a ‘second home’ while effectively lodging with her sister. Read more
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OAK HARBOR, Ohio – A kilometers-wide ice floe broke away from Lake Erie’s shoreline yesterday, trapping more than 100 fishermen, some for as long as four hours. One person fell into the water and later died. Read more
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Answer: In Persian, the suffix “stan” means “place of.” In Russian — remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five ‘stans used to be part of the Soviet Union — the word “stan” means “settlement.” So we have seven countries in Central Asia that share the “stan” suffix: Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The [...]
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Police say the number of people killed in the bushfires raging through south-eastern Australia has risen to at least 84. A firefighter looks on helplessly at a raging bushfire [...]
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Rex Features Jade Goody has reportedly decided to renew her deal with Living TV despite her latest health setback. The reality TV star underwent emergency surgery earlier this week to remove a life-threatening tumour on her bowel. Her spokesman Max Clifford later confirmed that she was keen to continue giving TV and press interviews about [...]
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Angered by recent allegations about Russian arms transfers to Armenia, Azerbaijan is increasingly positioning itself to take on Russia as a direct competitor for European gas markets, Azerbaijani analysts believe. The tip-off came with Azerbaijani President Ilham AliyevÂ’s expressions of support for the Nabucco pipeline project at two recent meetings. While Baku has never shied [...]
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It is normally a moment of cheery reassurance when an airline pilot greets passengers during preparations for take-off. But Alexander Cheplevsky sparked panic on flight Aeroflot 315 when he began to speak. His slurred and garbled comments ahead… Read more
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Sacramento is at the center of the mandatory furloughs of state workers that began today in California. State employees abound here, and 21 of the 28 state office buildings closed across California are located in River City. Read more
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MOSCOW — A few years ago, Alisher Azizov traveled by train to Moscow from Tajikistan in search of a better life, and he found it. Read more
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President Obama plans to order a sweeping overhaul of the National Security Council, expanding its membership and increasing its authority to set strategy across a wide spectrum of international and domestic issues. Read more
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LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 6 — Nigerian health workers hunted down bottles of a poisonous teething formula Friday as the government reported that 84 infants and children have died after swallowing a syrup laced with a chemical normally found in antifreeze. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 5 — Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s strong performance in Iraq’s provincial elections was also a victory for American goals. Read more
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 6 — When Margaret Nanayakkara heard Friday that the Sri Lankan military had seized the headquarters of a rebel detention camp, she sent a prayer of thanks to Buddha. Her son, an army major, had been captured by rebels 15 years ago when his tank was ambushed. Read more