Thursday, December 4, 2008
World News
NASA delays Mars mission
NASA said on Thursday that it will postpone by two years the planned launch of a major mission to study whether Mars was ever capable of...
Bank of England cuts interest rates to 2%
The Bank of England slashed interest rates by a full percentage point today to shore up Britain's crumbling economy and head off the threat of...
Heavy snowfall hits schools and transport
Heavy snowfall across northern Britain forced hundreds of schools to close and caused transport havoc, after as much as 15 cm of snow fell...
Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency
Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 560 people a national emergency and appealed for international help to deal...
Gunmen attack ship at Nigeria oil facility
Gunmen in Nigeria attacked a vessel near an offshore oil facility and kidnapped two expatriates and a Nigerian in the restive Niger Delta, a...
Rice in Pakistan, urges "tough line" on terrorism
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced trip to Pakistan today to urge the Pakistani government to take a "tough...
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Stories from The Times
Zimbabwean riot police charge protesters as cholera spreads
Zimbabwe riot police broke up protests by doctors, nurses and union members yesterday and the death toll from a cholera epidemic blamed on the...
Judge Magi suspends CIA kidnapping trial in Milan
A Milan judge yesterday suspended the high-profile trial of US and Italian agents suspected of a CIA kidnapping after Prime Minister Silvio...
UK government to help homeowners
Britain's government and major banks pledged to improve lending to small businesses and ease strains on home owners yesterday as pressure...
Rice urges Pakistan to cooperate in Mumbai probe
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Pakistan yesterday to cooperate "fully and transparently" in investigations into the Mumbai...
'No warrant for police search at MP's office'
Police who caused an uproar by searching the office of Conservative MP Damian Green did not have a warrant, the speaker of the House of Commons...
Conjoined twin baby dies after separation
One of the conjoined twins born to an 18-year-old British woman has died after an operation to separate them, doctors said yesterday.
London's...
Chancellor Angela Merkel disappoints EU allies on tax cuts
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has disappointed EU partners and surprised even her own conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) by refusing to...
Brazil's Amazon plan sounds bold, but doubts abound
With its bold pledge to halve the rate of Amazon deforestation, Brazil wants to boost its international environmental credentials. But it may lack...
Obama adds Richardson to cabinet
US President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly towards wrapping up his cabinet appointments yesterday with the selection of rival-turned-supporter...
Activists want cluster bomb ban ratified swiftly
States must ratify a new treaty banning cluster munitions swiftly to avoid delay in clearing and destroying stockpiles of the weapons blamed for...
Rocket company sells discount rides to space
The space tourism race heated up recently when a second company began offering tickets for suborbital rides at less than half the price of...
Swedish researchers create body-swap illusion
Researchers using closed-circuit televisions to create an illusion have made volunteers virtually swap bodies, even making women believe they were...
Democrat-Liberals win most seats in Romanian vote
The centrist party linked to Romania's President narrowly won Sunday's election, party officials said on Tuesday, but it was unclear which...
World Briefs
US researchers say they have discovered what appears to be the oldest imprint of a prehistoric insect, made while the dragonfly-like creature was...
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