Honduras’ Zelaya heads to exile
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Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has flown into exile, ending seven months of turmoil in the country. Read more
Putin deputy accuses US of hindering Russia’s WTO bid (AFP)
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MOSCOW (AFP) – A top Russian official on Wednesday accused the United States of hindering his country’s long-running bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), calling on Washington to step up cooperation. Read more
New Honduran leader takes office, ending turmoil (AP)
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AP – Wearing the presidential sash, Honduras’ President Porfirio Lobo,and his wife Rosa Elena wave after Lobo … By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA and ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press Writers Juan Carlos Llorca And Alexandra Olson, Associated Press Writers – 26 mins ago TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras ended months of political turmoil as it swore in a new president Wednesday, turning the [...]
Blair was warned on illegality of Iraq war
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FORMER British Prime Minister Tony Blair was warned two months before the invasion of Iraq that it would be illegal to go to war without United Nations‘ authority, the inquiry into the conflict heard yesterday. Read more
Children of better-off parents banned from attending school trips at half-term (but pupils on free meals can still go)
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Only pupils eligible for free school meals because their parents are on benefits are able to take part in the holiday activities. Read more
Jewel thief collared
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An international jewel thief who claims to have pocketed a small fortune in gems while shoplifting in ritzy stores from New York to Monte Carlo was arrested in Southern California for allegedly trying to steal a coat. Doris Payne, 79, pleaded not guilty to theft in Superior Court yesterday in Orange County, the district attorney’s [...]
World's Worst Earthquakes
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
Top 10 News Stories of '00s
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
France Inches Closer to Banning Muslim Face Veils
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The campaign against the Muslim veil in France went a step further today with a ban endorsement by a parliamentary commission. More: “France’s National Assembly should pass a resolution denouncing full Muslim face veils and then vote the strictest law possible to ban women from wearing them, a parliamentary commission proposed on [...]
An open letter to the men running for governor
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 Moved to the top of the blog with the latest response (Andrzejewski). Here is a short form of the open letter sent to the gubernatorial candidates for their response: Do you consider the power the legislative leaders hold in Springfield to be a problem? If so, how would you address it, in general. And, [...]
Haiti Joy As Trapped Man Rescued Alive
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9:42am UK, Wednesday January 27, 2010 Andy Jack and David Williams, Sky News Online A man trapped by the Haiti earthquake for 12 days has been pulled alive from the rubble by [...]
Fit Reader of the Week: Robert, London
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If, like Melanie C, you want a man not a boy who thinks he can, we think you’ll rate our latest Fit Reader of the Week. His name’s Robert, he’s 27, and he’s from London by way of The Land Down Under. “Nice, but what does he look like from the side?” “And how about [...]
Two Koreas Fire Artillery Along Coast
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North and South Korea exchanged artillery fire along their disputed western sea border on Wednesday, an official said, escalating tensions on the divided peninsula. Read more
Play State of the Union bingo as you watch the big speech
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No matter your political ideology, you can sit back and enjoy President Obama’s State of the Union address while playing presidential bingo. Erica Smith of the St. Louis Post Dispatch created this game… Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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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 [...]
Times photographer Ben Gurr arrives in Haiti
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JANUARY 25, 2010 After a late start due to a punctured tyre Times reporter Will Pavia and I arrived at Port-au-Prince late last night. The darkness hid the scale of the destruction. After a good sleep on the floor of a hotel room and a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, I headed out [...]
How Obama can reverse Iran’s dangerous course
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President Obama has a once-in-a-generation opportunity over the next few months to help make the world a dramatically safer place. It’s not by negotiating an arms deal with Russia, or strengthening the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or by making that elusive climate-change deal with the Chinese, worthy though those initiatives may be. It is by helping [...]
Russia won’t block removal of former Taliban members from U.N. terrorism list
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UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. Security Council committee announced Tuesday that it has lifted sanctions against five former Taliban officials, bolstering Afghan and U.N. efforts to pursue peace talks with the group, Security Council diplomats said. The decision came after Russia agreed to stop blocking a U.S.-backed proposal to delist the men. Read more
Suicide bomber strikes convoy near U.S. military base in Afghanistan
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KABUL, Jan. 26 — A suicide bomber struck a convoy of armored military vehicles at dusk Tuesday outside an American military base on the outskirts of the capital, wounding eight American service members and at least a half-dozen Afghan civilians. Read more
Hundreds of thousands of Haitians await shelter in makeshift camps
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CROIX DES BOUQUETS, HAITI — Aid organizations struggling to shelter more than 600,000 Haitians made homeless by the earthquake said Sunday that there are only 10,000 tents in the country, and that they remain in a warehouse, relegating the population to many more nights in squalid camps and on street sidewalks. Read more