Snowstorm paralyses US east coast
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The heaviest snow storms for decades have struck the eastern US, paralysing air and road transport, and bringing Washington DC to a standstill. Read more
Geithner says zeal for bank reform intact (Reuters)
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IQALUIT, Canada (Reuters) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner insisted on Saturday that major economies were not easing up on their commitment to stiffen the rules for banks just because the global economy was recovering. Read more
G-7 seeks to calm global markets, sustain rebound (AP)
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AP – Giulio Tremonti, Italian Minister of Economy and Finance, left, rides a dogsled on the outskirts of the … Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,012.23 +10.05 ^GSPC 1,066.19 +3.08 ^IXIC 2,141.12 +15.69 By JANE WARDELL and MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Business Writers Jane Wardell And Martin Crutsinger, Ap Business Writers – 23 mins ago IQALUIT, Nunavut – Top finance [...]
Three MPs to fight criminal charges over expense fiddle
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THREE Labour MPs and a Tory peer charged under Britain‘s Theft Act are preparing to argue that parliamentary privilege should protect them from being prosecuted for fiddling their expenses. Read more
Grazie, Signor Capello: After days of dithering by the FA, it takes an Italian family man just 10 minutes to sack captain who shamed England
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Capello raised eyebrows, however, with his decision to replace Terry with Rio Ferdinand. The 31-year-old has a chequered past - and once participated in a homemade video of an orgy while on holiday in Cyprus. Read more
China opposes meeting
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BEIJING: China expressed “resolute” opposition to President Barack Obama’s planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying it would further strain ties between the world powers. China warned yesterday such meetings could further undermine relations with the US. Just a week ago, China cut some military ties with the US and threatened sanctions against American [...]
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
Fashion Pakistan Week: Zarmina Khan
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Pakistani models wearing creations from designer Zarmina Khan prepare backstage during the second day of Fashion Pakistan Week on Nov. 5, 2009, in Karachi, Pakistan. (Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) Read more
Massaging the truth? And what happens when if becomes when becomes who
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Democratic lieutenant governor nominee Scott Lee Cohen insists that he didn’t know that the woman he met at a Glenview massage parlor in 2005 was a prostitute. But records show that at about the same time he visited the spa and met the woman…the business had been the subject of numerous complaints of prostitution… from [...]
Haiti Court Keeps US Missionaries In Jail
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10:17am UK, Saturday February 06, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online The leader of a group of US missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti has pleaded their innocence. [...]
‘Sonic 4′ bound for iPhone?
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SEGA Sega’s upcoming episodic platformer Sonic The Hedgehog 4 has been rumoured for release on the iPhone. The 2D title was previously confirmed for PSN, XBLA and WiiWare. However, the studio has since announced that the game will also arrive on a mystery platform. According to SonicStadium, the fourth system is the iPhone. The website [...]
American missionary freed by North Korea
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An American missionary arrived in Beijing on Saturday after being freed by North Korea, which had detained him for illegally crossing its border from China on Christmas Day. Read more
Maldo faces uphill battle in Assembly
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Looks like Senator Abel Maldonado, the governor’s appointment for lieutenant governor, will get a hearing in front of an Assembly committee Monday — and we’re not sure they will be quite as cordial as the Senate. 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 [...]
Last post from Haiti
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Today is our final day in Haiti and plans are in place for our departure first thing tomorrow morning. We have spent the last few days trying to establish the facts about the distribution of aid. 621st Contingency Support Wing from the United States set up the base at the airport and at [...]
Debt crisis unsettles European economy
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LONDON — Governments in Athens, Madrid and Lisbon struggled on Friday to quell fears of a looming debt crisis in Europe that is pummeling the euro and rippling across global markets, as authorities vowed to impose fiscal austerity and plug their yawning budget deficits. The problem, however, is that investors don’t appear to believe them. [...]
U.S. outpost in Afghanistan was left vulnerable to attack, inquiry finds
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KABUL — Delays in closing a remote U.S. military outpost in eastern Afghanistan before eight American soldiers were killed last fall in an attack by 300 insurgents increased the base’s vulnerability, according to a summary of a military investigation released Friday. Read more
American Baptist group charged with child kidnapping in Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Ten American Baptists who said they wanted to save orphans after Haiti’s earthquake were charged with child kidnapping Thursday in a case that has raised fears about the trafficking of minors. Read more
In Haiti, U.S. has chance to improve image in Latin America
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Since last month’s earthquake, this country has been deluged with American assistance. An estimated 6,500 troops are here, along with scores of U.S.-based nonprofit groups. Medics treat the wounded, and soldiers provide security for food deliveries. Read more
Televangelist denies ‘quid pro quo’ with ex-Liberian president
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UNITED NATIONS — Former Liberian president Charles Taylor, testifying in his war crimes trial in The Hague on Thursday, said that his government had awarded American televangelist Pat Robertson a gold mining concession in 1999 and that Robertson later offered to lobby the Bush administration on the government’s behalf. Read more