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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The Honduran army ousted and exiled leftist President Manuel Zelaya on Sunday in Central America’s first military coup since the Cold War, triggered by his bid to make it legal to seek another term in office. Read more
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Troops in Honduras have ousted the president and flown him out of the country after a power struggle over plans to change the constitution. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bernard Madoff, who became a symbol of greed in the financial crisis for masterminding Wall Street’s biggest investment fraud, faces the rest of his life in prison in one of the stiffest punishments for white-collar crime when he is sentenced on Monday. Read more
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Play Video AP – Honduran president says he’s victim of ‘coup’ Slideshow:Troops arrest Honduran president Play Video Barack Obama Video:A ‘Jobs’ Bill FOX News Play Video Barack Obama Video:Raw video: Obamas 2006 HIV/AIDS test AP AP – A military vehicle patrols the area around the presidential residency in Tegucigalpa, Sunday June 28, … By WILL WEISSERT and FREDDY CUEVAS, [...]
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The terrible cost of Russia‘s love affair with vodka was laid bare in a study published yesterday. It blamed alcohol addiction for more than half of all deaths among Russians in their prime years and said that the scale of the carnage was comparable to a war. Read more
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (June 28) – More than a dozen soldiers arrested President Manuel Zelaya and disarmed his security guards after surrounding his residence before dawn Sunday, his private secretary said. Protesters called it a coup and flocked to the presidential palace as local news media reported that Zelaya was sent into exile. The chief executive [...]
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The plan – which would have involved psychiatrists trying to convince a judge he was a danger to himself and others – was abandoned only because of Jackson’s resistance, and the overwhelming pressure to fulfil his concert commitments in London. Read more
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Arab world mourns Michael Jackson 6:02PM Sunday Jun 28, 2009 King of Pop Michael Jackson dies Exclusive: Stars praise Michael Jackson Michael Jackson: The 911 call Fans reacting to news of Michael Jackson’s death Your Views Was Jackson the ‘King of Pop’? What was his best song? Your memories and tributes Send [...]
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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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To: Eric ZornFrom: Mary Schmich Michael Jackson dies at 50. Any time I see an obit headline that includes the number “50” I feel an iron hand at my throat. It’s an age that once seemed so old but now seems way too young to die. When a famous person dies young, we stare in [...]
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Iran has arrested eight local British embassy staff, the Fars news agency has reported. Mousavi supporters demonstrate earlier this month against disputed Iran elections The move will further [...]
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WENN Sienna Miller has said that she is an “indie girl at heart”. The 27-year-old actress has admitted she was surprised when she accepted a role in G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra. With a resume that includes Factory Girl, Interview and The Edge of Love, Miller has said that she was taken aback by [...]
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Mexican soldiers have captured a suspected drug cartel operator with a list of the names of local police officers who apparently received payoffs, the army said Saturday. Read more
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SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans shouted slogans to denounce international sanctions at a rally in central Pyongyang on Thursday, as the communist country vowed to enlarge its atomic arsenal and warned of a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” in the event of a U.S. attack. 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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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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Con el Senador John McCain ahora más cerca de llevarse la nominación republicana, es muy probable que los días de proponer “deportarlos a todos” como solución a la inmigración han terminado en la contienda presidencial. Read more
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PARIS — “President” Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s brutal clampdown on his opponents is a tragedy for Iranians. But the shredding of Iran’s pretensions of being a stable, democratic state may offer positive change in the Middle East in the longer term. Read more
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TEHRAN, June 27 — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad added new fuel to an intensifying spat with President Obama on Saturday, denouncing what he called “insulting” comments about a crackdown on protesters, and two opposition presidential candidates rejected participation in a special committee aimed at resolving the disputed June 12 election on the government’s terms. Read more