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A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office said: “We have been informed of the death of a British national in bushfires. We are providing consular assistance to the family.” Read more
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Rex Features Sam Mendes is reportedly planning to adapt ITV1′s Lost In Austen for the big screen. The programme, which was broadcast last year, followed a literary fan who swaps places with Pride And Prejudice character Elizabeth Bennet and is transported back to the 18th century. According to The Guardian, a film adaptation is being [...]
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After the Russian incursion into Georgia many analysts ask questions of whether or not the world is standing on the verge of a new Cold War. Almost no one is asking a question of what if the 20th century Cold War was never finished but, rather, was just “frozen” and what we are witnessing now [...]
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan acknowledged for the first time that the Mumbai terrorist attacks were launched from its shores and at least partly plotted on its soil, saying Thursday that it had arrested most of the chief suspects including one described as “the main operator.” Read more
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F-bomb fans beating Whitman on Facebook As Comrade Marinucci has been pulling double Facebook Friend-Counting Duty lately — and the GOP and Jerry Brown have been listening – we wanted to pass along this: For those of you who are fans of the f-bombing GOP video we told you about earlier Wednesday, you now have [...]
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 An end to elevator dread? Lifts and lobbies will never be the same again. Muzak is dead. Technically, the US company that invented the genre is only wounded after applying for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection but with debts of up to $500 million its chances of recovery look slight. Obviously any [...]
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 — Dressed in their Sri Lankan army fatigues and clutching automatic assault rifles, a half-dozen bodyguards fanned out over the lawn of a seaside hotel to form a ring of security for their client: Karuna Amman, formerly a top commander in this country’s rebel army. Read more
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China’s exports dropped 17.5 percent and imports plunged 43 percent in January from the same month a year earlier, underscoring just how quickly its once-white-hot economy is slowing down and adding to the threat of further unemployment and social unrest. Read more
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The British government said yesterday that it is dispatching a team of officials, including a police doctor, to Guantanamo Bay to visit a former British resident on a hunger strike to be prepared for his return home to the United Kingdom. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 11 — Two car bombs targeting a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad killed at least 16 people Wednesday, Iraqi authorities said. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 11 — In November, Antonio Ledezma, a well-known opponent of the Venezuelan government, defeated President Hugo Chávez’s handpicked candidate for mayor of greater Caracas. It was a particularly bitter setback for Chávez, not just because city hall is such a prized post but because Ledezma is so reviled by the president and [...]
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A privately owned U.S. communications satellite collided with a defunct Russian military satellite in the first such mishap in space, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress is poised to pass as early as Thursday a $789 billion package of tax cuts and spending programs aimed at reviving the staggering economy, a big, yet bittersweet victory for President Barack Obama. Read more
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Telegraph Two satellites collide over Siberia creating huge clouds of debris - 51 mins ago Sky News Russian And US Satellites Collide - 54 mins ago Guardian Unlimited Nasa alert as Russian and US communication satellites collide over Siberia at 25,000mph - 1 hr ago [...]
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WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) – Security concerns and a global financial crisis hung over party preparations for the one-year countdown to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics on Wednesday. Read more
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Reuters – Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, February 11, 2009. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Barack Obama Video:First Person: Stimulus bill was a must for Obama AP Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 7,939.53 +50.65 ^GSPC 833.74 +6.58 ^IXIC 1,530.50 +5.77 HONG KONG – Asian stock markets fell Thursday, with [...]
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A jealous husband murdered his wife, then killed himself with an electric drill after she told friends on a social networking website that her marriage was over. Read more
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SYDNEY (Feb. 11) — A Navy diver fought off a shark Wednesday in Sydney Harbour, sustaining serious injuries to his hand and leg in the port’s first attack in nine years. Read more
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Judges refused to return three children to a couple accused of physical abuse today despite ruling that they may have been victims of a miscarriage of justice. Read more
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MISSISSIPPI – A man riding a horse-drawn, homemade recreational vehicle across America collided with an 18-wheel truck on a Mississippi highway and was in serious condition at a hospital on Wednesday. Read more