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It’s the day of Mark Wylde’s (Maxwell Caulfield) party and as all the guests are enjoying a drink, Nicola (Nicola Wheeler) reveals that Mark and Natasha’s (Amanda Donohoe) son and daughter, Nathan (Lyndon Ogbourne) and Maisie (Alice Coulthard), have arrived. While Nathan catches the eye of Katie (Sammy Winward), Alice doesn’t take long to find [...]
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Somalia’s parliament endorsed on Saturday the appointment of the Western-educated son of a slain former president as prime minister in a unity government tasked with restoring order to the failed Horn of Africa state. Read more
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AP Last updated: 3:43 amFebruary 14, 2009 Posted: 2:02 amFebruary 14, 2009 The crash of two satellites has generated an estimated tens of thousands of pieces of space junk that could threaten other satellites for the next 10,000 years, experts said yesterday. [...]
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Now the really big show begins: GOP gubernatorial hopeful Meg Whitman will make her debut on the public campaign trail officially Tuesday, preparing to deliver her first big ”vision” address at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. Read more
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Happy Valentine’s Day from Tokyo. My own small attempt to stand against the tsunami of overpriced chocolate, unnecessary wrapping paper and merciless commercialism is below, a piece which also appears in this morning’s paper here. I had always assumed that Japan had the most nauseating Valentine’s Day in the world. In researching this story, I [...]
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LONDON, Feb. 13 — British prosecutors announced Friday that they would not seek charges against police in the case of an unarmed Brazilian electrician shot to death by officers who mistook him for a suicide bomber shortly after attacks on London’s public transit system in July 2005. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 13 — An obscure Pakistani militant group threatened to kill a kidnapped American relief worker within 72 hours unless Pakistani authorities release 141 women from prison, U.N. officials and news service reports said Friday. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 13 — This was not the way Zimbabwe’s unity government was supposed to start. Read more
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NAJAF, Iraq, Feb. 13 — A woman wearing a vest rigged with explosives killed at least 35 Shiite pilgrims Friday morning at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, authorities said, the third such attack in as many days. Read more
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MARSEILLE, France, Feb. 13 — Arnaud, 27, loves Aurélie. Aurélie, 25, loves Arnaud. After several years of sharing an apartment, they have decided they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Read more
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WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A U.S. missile strike killed at least 25 al Qaeda-linked militants in Pakistan’s South Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Saturday, a senior Taliban official said. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress, handing President Barack Obama a major legislative victory, approved on Friday a $787 billion stimulus bill that aims to rush emergency government spending and tax cuts to a nation in the grip of a severe recession. Read more
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The US Senate has voted in favour of Barack Obama’s $787bn (£548bn) economic stimulus plan – clearing the way for it to be signed into law. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund and the world’s big development banks warned on Friday that emerging and developing countries that lack deep pockets to protect themselves against the crushing impact of a global financial crisis may need help soon. Read more
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ISLAMABAD – A suspected U.S. missile strike by a drone aircraft flattened a home in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least six people, two intelligence officials said. Read more
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A 13-YEAR-OLD boy has spoken of his surprise at becoming a father. Read more
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MELBOURNE, Australia (Feb. 14) – Police charged a man with deadly arson in one of southern Australia’s wildfires and put him in protective custody as survivors expressed fury that anyone could set such a blaze. Read more
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The prince will travel to the region next month in a visit costing an estimated £300,000 as part of his crusade against global warming. Read more
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CLARENCE, New York – A woman has described escaping from the wreckage of her US home after it was hit by a plane which crashed yesterday, killing all 49 people aboard and one person inside the house. Read more
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