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Everyone needs a hobby. For myself, personally, when not reporting on hot, volatile countries, I like to bake. From fairy cakes to friands, from souffle to scones, the alchemy of flour, butter and eggs is a constant source of delight to me and, with a few exceptions, to the friends and colleagues who are obliged [...]
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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
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WASHINGTON — I recently had the chance to talk with two of Mexico’s most prominent business leaders, Emilio Azcarraga Jean, chairman of television giant Televisa, and Roberto Hernandez Ramirez, chairman of the board of Banamex. Among other things, we spoke about the pledges of candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to renegotiate the North American [...]
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LONDON, June 5 — Prime Minister Gordon Brown vowed Friday not to resign despite a raft of defections by his top lieutenants, a brewing revolt within his Labor Party and fed-up voters who issued a damning verdict on his leadership in local elections. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, June 12 — The U.N. Security Council unanimously voted Friday to impose a broad range of additional financial, military and trade sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests, and called on states for the first time to seize banned North Korean cargo on the high seas. [...]
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The Obama administration has all but abandoned plans to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees who have been cleared for release to live in the United States, administration officials said yesterday, a decision that reflects bipartisan congressional opposition to admitting such prisoners but complicates efforts to persuade European allies to accept them. Read more
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RECIFE, Brazil, June 11 — Authorities started to identify bodies Thursday from a jetliner crash, and the names of victims found far apart in the ocean could help determine whether the Air France plane broke up in the air as investigators link them to seat assignments. Read more
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PATALIAN, Pakistan — The body of Mohammed Sajad lies buried in the sandy soil of the village cemetery, beneath a lonely Pakistani flag that flies crisply in the sweltering air. Read more
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LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) – A prominent anti-Taliban Muslim cleric who condemned suicide bombings was killed on Friday in a suicide attack in the Pakistani city of Lahore, police said. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranians streamed to polling stations on Friday in a hotly contested election and a senior ally of Mirhossein Mousavi said the moderate candidate was on track to defeat hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Read more
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There has been record turnout for Iran’s closely-fought election as incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad seeks a second term in office. Read more
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LONDON – European stock markets fell modestly Friday ahead of an expected retreat on Wall Street and after further dismal industrial production data fueled renewed concerns about the length and depth of the recession. Germany’s DAX fell 23.89 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,083.37 and the CAC-40 in France was 2.65 points, or 0.1 percent, [...]
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Play Video AP  – Raw Video: Iranian leaders cast their ballots Slideshow:Iran Election Play Video Iran Video:Iran votes in hard-fought presidential race AFP Play Video Iran Video:Iranians begin voting in election BBC AP – Iranian women stand in line to cast their votes at Masoumeh shrine in Qum, about 120 kms south of Tehran, … By NASSER KARIMI, Associated [...]
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Singer Pete Doherty was last night charged with being drunk at the wheel while in possession of Class A drugs following a gig on Wednesday night, police said. Read more
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(June 11) – In an unfortunate twist a fate, a woman who missed the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic last week has been killed in a car accident. Johanna Ganthaler was vacationing in Brazil with her husband, Kurt, last month and was scheduled to fly into Paris May 31 on Air France [...]
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Andrew George, 41, said he and his family were shocked and devastated by the allegations. Read more
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JERUSALEM – An Israeli woman mistakenly threw out a mattress with US$1 million ($1.57m) inside, setting off a frantic search through tonnes of garbage at a number of landfill sites, Israeli media reported. 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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A man patrols the closed Tiananmen Square during a ceremony to mark the 30th anniversary of economic reform at The Great Hall of the People on Dec. 18, 2008, in Beijing, China. (Photo by Guang Niu/Getty Images) Read more
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To understand what this declaration in relation to the H1-N1 “swine flu” means, let’s defer to Dr Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization, in Geneva today: “The virus is contagious, spreading easily from one person to another, and from one country to another. As of today, nearly 30,000 confirmed cases [...]