Friday, November 20, 2009
World News
Man who strangled wife in sleep walks free
A man who strangled his wife in his sleep walked free from court today after prosecutors withdrew their case against him.
Brian Thomas, 59, of...
Britain hit by floods after record rainfall
Torrential rain of "biblical proportions" caused serious flooding across northern England and southern Scotland today as searches intensified for...
Transsexual in Italian political scandal found dead
A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal which prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician -- the centre-left governor of Lazio...
Rome skyline challenged
Iraq's Zaha Hadid, one of the world's most acclaimed architects, has given this ancient city that normally shuns modern intrusions another...
Communist cars now rare treasures for nostalgics
Their spluttering engines, bone-rattling suspensions and outdated designs once ruled the streets behind the Iron Curtain.
But now the Trabant and...
Indian husbands want protection from nagging wives
Shrews, beware: a group of Indian husbands tired of being harassed by their wives are demanding the local government create a male protection...
Gunman kills priest at Moscow church
A masked gunman entered a church and shot dead a Russian Orthodox priest well-known for his missionary work among the young, investigators said on...
Friday, November 20, 2009
Stories from The Times
Belgium's PM Herman Van Rompuy is first President of EU
More pensive poet than political pit-bull, Herman Van Rompuy, was named the European Union's first President yesterday.
Flemish yet francophile,...
Britain's Ashton chosen as EU foreign policy chief
Briton Catherine Ashton was yesterday appointed EU foreign policy chief.
Currently Britain's EU Trade Commissioner, the 53-year-old baroness had...
UK news - London - Pupils face compulsory lessons in evolution
All primary school pupils will receive compulsory lessons in evolution and British history, Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced...
UK news - Average British woman wears 515 chemicals a day
The average British woman "hosts" 515 chemicals on her body every day, according to a new study.
The poll of 2,016 women by...
UK news - Cumbria - Rain batters Britain, with more forecast
Heavy rain battered parts of Britain overnight as householders were warned of a high risk of flooding yesterday.
Worst hit was the village of...
Karzai pledges to fight graft
Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as President yesterday, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country's security before...
Italy police arrest Mafia killer caught on video
Italian police arrested a suspected Mafia hitman yesterday whose brazen killing of a man in Naples last May was caught on video and shocked the...
Nine countries warn Hungary over corruption
Nine embassies in Hungary warned in a joint letter that recent instances of what they called "non-transparent behaviour" would...
Science - Atlantis docks with space station
Space shuttle Atlantis arrived at the International Space Station for a weeklong stay and the astronauts quickly unloaded a huge platform full of...
Climate - Supermodel Christensen reveals snapshot of climate change
Supermodel Helena Christensen warned climate change was already a "devastating reality" for millions, as an exhibition of photographs...
Climate - Change must aim to help women - UN
Women bear the brunt of drought, rising seas, melting glaciers and other effects of climate change but are mostly ignored in the debate over how...
Climate - Fossil-fuel carbon emissions rise
Carbon emissions from fossil fuels rose two per cent last year to an all-time high, leaving earth on a worst-scenario track for global warming,...
World Briefs
New fossils unearthed in the Sahara desert reveal a once-swampy world divided up among a half-dozen species of unusual and perhaps intelligent...
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