UN decides to reform IPCC
A United Nations reports has concluded its own Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs deep reforms. It follows the panel's erroneous…
View ArticleSlovak police search for gunman's motive
Police in Slovakia are trying to discover why a man went on the rampage in the capital, killing seven people and wounding 15 others. Six of the…
View ArticleIndia temporarily lifts blackberry ban threat
India says it has delayed a ban on Blackberry phone devices for 60 days after maker "Research in Motion" agreed to hand over encrypted data. New…
View ArticleIsraeli leader rallies party support for peace talks
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been trying to pull together the diverse elements of his own party before leaving for Washington and…
View ArticleGerman banker rebuffs quit calls over race row
German central banker Thilo Sarrazin refused to back down on Monday over his claims that Muslims cannot integrate into western societies and "all…
View ArticleHurricane Earl strengthens to category four
A storm currently hitting the northeast Caribbean and moving towards the US has now strengthened into a major category four hurricane - one short of…
View ArticleMexico scores a major hit against drug cartels
A suspected top drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, known as "The Barbie", has been captured in Mexico. His detention is a major win for President Felipe…
View ArticleAbbas puts peace as his main objective
Mahmoud Abbas has said if the peace talks collapse it will be Israel's fault. The Palestinian president is caught between a rock and a hard place, he…
View ArticlePakistani flood victims rescued by an army helicopter
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View ArticleSeven people killed in Slovakian gun rampage
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View ArticleDeutschland: anti-Stuttgart 21 demonstration
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View ArticleDrilling operation begins to free Chilean miners
The operation has begun in Chile to construct a rescue shaft it is hoped will free the 33 miners trapped 700 metres underground. A huge…
View ArticleHurricane Earl threatens eastern US coast
Hurricane Earl, which has already struck several islands in the eastern Caribbean, is heading across the Atlantic towards the United States.…
View ArticleStunned Slovakia groping for truth about killings
It was like a bad dream. Slovaks are trying to come to terms with the worst gun rampage in the young country's history in which eight people…
View ArticleFires sweep across Portugal & France
Portugal is suffering its hottest August in years, and as of Tuesday morning 19 separate fires were raging in the north of the country.…
View ArticleHomecoming: US troops return to Fort Bliss
In Texas, Heather Shoaf is counting down to the moment she has been waiting for. Her husband is coming home after nine months. 'I think all of them…
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