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GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization is keeping a close eye on the spread of the H1N1 virus outside North America as it tries to decide whether to declare a pandemic, a top official said on Monday. Read more
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Restaurants and cafes in Mexico City are to reopen on Wednesday after the country recorded a fall in new cases of the swine flu virus. Read more
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BRUSSELS (AFP) – The economic and financial crisis risks morphing into a social crisis in the face of surging unemployment, the chairman of the Eurogroup of finance ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker, said Monday. Read more
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Play Video ABC News  – Signs of Swine Flu Ending Slideshow:Swine Flu Play Video Video:St. Francis Preparatory School Reopens CBS 2 New York Play Video Video:H1N1 Update FOX News AP – Dr Lech Beltowski takes a swab from Tammie Wolff after she showed signs of flu symptoms upon her arrival … By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer Kristen Gelineau, [...]
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EMBATTLED sports broadcaster Setanta Sports is holding crisis talks with the English Premier League, the outcome of which could decide the future of the company. Read more
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LATEST ON SWINE FLU OUTBREAK: US Infections: 245 Cases in 35 States Mexico to Let Cafes, Museums Reopen Calderon Complains of Backlash Over Flu World Officials Weigh Declaring Pandemic For First Time, Virus Penetrates South America Video: Cases Rise Around the World Lingering Threat: UN Wary of Second Wave MEXICO CITY (May 4) – Mexican [...]
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The women – one in her 30s and the other in her 50s – were discovered by the owner when he spotted the note they had left underneath the door. Read more
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FLORIDA – A father shot and killed his wife and two of his sons – one 5 months old and the other 7 years old – before killing himself in the front yard of their home on Sunday night, authorities said. 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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John Scalzi:Â People say you shouldn’t twitter and drive at the same time. But those people are YELLOW. Read more
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9:57am UK, Monday May 04, 2009 China has defended its tough quarantine measures against Mexican tourists as the World Health Organisation urged countries to remain vigilant over a swine flu outbreak. Doctors [...]
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Rex Features Chris Blackwell has said that he dislikes the US segment of Universal Records for its corporate attitude. The founder of Island Records told The Times that he would not have been able to do the job that made him famous in an atmosphere where people are dishonest with one another. Blackwell said: “I [...]
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A father-to-be in Cornwall, England, when faced with the prospect of neither the midwife nor the paramedics making it to his house in time for the delivery, took matters into his own hands, with the help of YouTube. Read more
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By SERENA FRENCH Loading new images… TODAY’S HOT TOPICS PATTI SCIALFA THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY JILL ZARIN more topics MANNY PACQUIAO OLIVIA PALERMO BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN NATALIE PORTMAN KELLY MONACO NATASHA RICHARDSON ADAM LAMBERT hide topics THIS WEEK’S HOT TOPICS SIMON COWELL [...]
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President Obama’s 100 days in office have not shaken the world, but he has been compelled to focus on the legacy bequeathed by former President George W. Bush: the worst economic slump since the Great Depression and two wars. Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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El video de tres minutos está colmado de imágenes que seguramente se convertirán en Ãconos: los últimos minutos en libertad de “Cesar”, comandante de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia; la mirada de resignación del rehén estadounidense Keith Stansell al dejarse poner las esposas plásticas; las ruidosas protestas del rehén colombiano Raimundo Malagón; el silencio [...]
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I recently took part in a panel discussion in London about civil conflict and “failed states” around the world, centered on the interesting work of the British economist Paul Collier. The panelists included the son of a famous African liberation-leader-turned-dictator, the former leader of a South American guerrilla group, a Pakistani journalist, a U.N. official [...]
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José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero was an hour away from visiting the White House, a goal he had chased since taking office four years ago. The welcome from President Bush, no matter how grudging or low-key, would cement the Spanish prime minister’s legitimacy as a world leader. Read more
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LONDON, April 30 — British combat operations in Iraq formally ended Thursday, a month ahead of schedule, winding down a six-year mission that cost the lives of 179 British troops and was deeply unpopular in Britain. Read more