A ceremony was held in , Japan on Sunday to commemorate the 64th anniversary of the of the city in .


Attempts by President Barack Obama to reform the health care in the United States has been met with grassroots opposition .


An unemployed , single mother from South Carolina has confessed to suffocating her two toddler children with her bare hands .


The leader of an important rebel group in the Darfur region of Sudan has threatened to withdraw from scheduled peace talks if more than two other rebel groups are invited to the talks .


The milestone came the same day Malawi confirmed its first coronavirus infections and Zambia had its first coronavirus-related death .


North Korea claimed , as of Thursday , it was one of the few countries remaining free of coronavirus infections .


In the United States , over 244 thousand coronavirus cases were recorded , linking to at least 5,900 deaths .


On Thursday , , the mayor of Moscow , extended the city lockdown to May 1 .


The parliament of Portugal voted to extend the national state of emergency by 15 days ; the vote passed with 215 votes in favor , ten abstentions , and one vote against .


Saudi Arabia extended curfews in the holy cities of Mecca and to last the entire day ; previously , the curfew was only in effect between 3 p.m. and 6 a.m. Thailand planned to implement a curfew between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. The governor of Ohio , Mike DeWine , announced the state had extended its stay-at-home order until May 1 .


A minimum wage increase has come into effect in the United Kingdom .


Yesterday , the total number of confirmed cases of the SARS-CoV - 2 coronavirus infections surpassed one million in the United States , ( JHU ) data indicated .


Italy , the country with the next highest number of COVID-19 - related deaths , had around 27,000 as of yesterday .


Information on 650,000 credit card holders held by United States retail stores is reported to be lost .


In Iran , the state-controlled TV station has announced that the country for the first time test-fired a space rocket , with scientific equipment aboard .


On Tuesday , Google announced a new strategic initiative aimed at producing electricity from renewable energy sources such as solar , wind , and geothermal power that is cheaper than electricity produced from coal .


In the Chicago area , almost a foot of snow had fallen , and anywhere from 10 to 14 inches in parts of Michigan and Vermont .


Major power outages in Zimbabwe and Zambia left many without services such as electricity , water , and mobile phone connections for much of Saturday and Sunday .


Southern Greece and large parts of Turkey were hit by heavy snowfall today .


Foreign Secretary David Miliband , meanwhile , described the speech as ' excellent ' .


Environmentalist and science broadcaster , best known as the host of the hit TV show " , is taking a trip to Toronto to speak about climate change .


South Carolina , Tennessee , Alabama , Mississippi , and Louisiana are the only states yet to set a minimum wage law .


This comes just days after last week 's attack of Mumbai that killed almost 200 people .


His trial started in Baghdad on 19 October 2005 .


Officials say that progress is being made in a deal to bail out three United States carmakers .


In the latest developments in discussions between the Liberal Democrats and the two largest parties , Gordon Brown has announced his resignation as Labour Party leader and Prime Minister .


For the " progressive alliance " to have its majority , it would therefore need to bring in MPs from the smaller parties , something that both the Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru have stated they would be amenable to .


The withdrawal would allow the troops and resources to move to Afghanistan .


The post-election negotiations see the end of thirteen years of Labour Party rule beginning with the victory of Tony Blair in 1997 .


The 16-year study was performed using two telescopes located in Chile .


The United States government has announced that it will give 17.4 billion in loans to help three of the nation 's automobile makers - , General Motors , and - avoid bankruptcy .


A road crash in Bolivia has left at least 47 people dead .


The United States and Canada have both also recently extended their daylight saving to a 34-week period .


A woman in Tennessee , United States dressed up like a nurse and tried to steal a baby from a hospital 's maternity room but police arrested her .


Canada and South Africa also have legalized same-sex marriage .


At least one person died and five more are injured after a crashed onto the runway at 1:49 a.m. local time today on , Colombia .


Mexico City legalized same-sex marriage in 2009 .


Three years after it was first due for delivery , Boeing has rolled out the first that is to be delivered to a customer .


At least twenty-six people have been killed in Karachi , Pakistan after four days of ethnic killings , according to police officials .


After Italy , Spain and France each banned the aircraft from entering their airspace , it was ultimately forced to land in Austria .


A farming town in California claims that it may disappear due to the United States federal government shutting off water pumps , though the government states the actions are necessary to save several marine species .


British Prime Minister David Cameron today cancelled his political engagements and missed to be with his ill father in France .


The government of Yemen has said that it killed at least seventeen suspected members of a rebel group in the northern part of the country on Thursday .


Legislation to allow same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom has passed the second reading in the Tuesday by 400 votes to 175 .


Under Japan 's pacifist constitution , the country has not been able to engage in militaristic combat since the end of World War II .


A minor , low-intensity aftershock of the March 11 earthquake occurred last night in the Pichilemu area , reported .


07950 , the zip code for , New Jersey , and 37013 , the zip code for , , each had 8 complaints originating from them .


Rounding out the bottom five states by volume of complaints , Mississippi had 11 .


On Monday , ( Member of Parliament ) called for a public inquiry into an alleged child sexual exploitation ring in , , England , which may have been operating for 40 years and had as many as a thousand girls as victims .


Bulgaria and Moldova came second and third respectively .


On Thursday , spouses of world leaders posed for a at a summit in Brussels , Belgium .


, husband of Luxembourg 's Prime Minister , was included in the op .


An outbreak of H5N1 , the avian flu virus , was reported today by a livestock official in Myanmar .


On Thursday local time , the government of Samoa began a planned two-day shutdown to make way for a nationwide vaccination campaign to combat the measles outbreak that had , by reports , infected over 4,200 of the island nation 's roughly 200,0000 residents since October and killed at least 62 , including , according to government reports , 54 small children .


Ten people , 7 of which are children , are dead , and at least 17 injured as a bomb went off in , Turkey .


In the U.S. state of Texas , grass fires spread across 2,000 acres of land , destroying at least two dozen structures in the process .


Two bombs have exploded in Algiers , the capital of Algeria , killing at least 67 people .


It has been six days since Russia halted the natural gas flow to Ukraine , and therefore to subsequent countries such as Bulgaria , Austria , Turkey , Poland , Romania and Hungary .


Yesterday an earthquake of magnitude 6.2 occurred in Indonesia 's , and two quakes of similar strengths took place in the Pacific Ocean .


The first struck at 1340 UTC in Papua New Guinea , close to the populous island of , with a magnitude of 6.0 .


The most dangerous roads in Scotland and Wales were also revealed .


Former Massachusetts governor and presidential hopeful Mitt Romney , 60 , has announced his intentions to " suspend " his presidential bid .


Greece has been receiving advice from police in London after the increase in terrorist activity and rioting last year throughout the nation .


At least ten people are dead after a large , destructive tornado tore through , Mississippi yesterday .


Before ravaging the city , the tornado damaged a chemical plant in Louisiana , causing a nitrogen leak and several injuries .


The mayor of , California , , has announced via that he will be running for the state 's governor in the .


Former Massachusetts Mitt Romney won the 's Tuesday by a total of eight votes over former Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania .


Congressman Ron Paul of Texas finished in third place with 26,219 votes .


In his victory speech , he attacked president Barack Obama , saying " we are here to collect " on a statement the president made in 2009 that he would be a one-term president if the economy did not turn around .


The worst flooding in 80 years in Pakistan has left at least 800 people dead , and affected over a million more .


The floods were caused by heavy monsoon rains and have destroyed homes in the country , especially in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .


A military coup in Papua New Guinea failed with the capture of at least fifteen mutineers .


Multiple bomb explosions hit a football match in northern Iraq earlier today , killing at least 25 people and injuring at least 120 more .


Two bomb explosions in , the capital of Uganda , killed at least 64 people earlier today , according to police reports .


In the worst hit state of Alabama , at least 210 are confirmed dead , including 36 in alone .


Former Utah , who spent a great amount of resources on the primary , came in third place with 41,783 votes ( 16.8 % ) .


He announced he would remain in the race and head to South Carolina for that state 's primary on January 21 .


A bomb exploded early on Tuesday morning in , Northern Ireland , injuring two police officers .


The 17-year - old was to fly home to , California on Monday .


The high-end address is the personal residence of President Donald Trump , whose family occupies the top three stories of the 58-story building .


George W. Bush has publicly stated that he would any legislation that included a withdrawal date .


Five members of Pakistan 's agency were killed in , a tribal region .


Hospital officials reported Tuesday that two women were killed by a bomb blast at a market in , the second largest city in Myanmar .


The report , issued June 30 , shows in 2004 San Jose , with an estimated population of 904,522 is the nation 's 10th - largest city , overtaking with its smaller population of 900,198 .


A boat carrying around 120 passengers capsized and sank off the coast of Guinea and as many as 60 did not survive .


The area off the coast of El Salvador has been hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 .


Also competing in the four-nation tournament , held in Cyprus , are Poland and the Czech Republic .


" We want to expedite efforts to get infrastructure for the tsunami warning system in place , " AP quoted him as saying .


The term became a prominent result in searches online , and gained dominance on including Google , , and Yahoo ! .


The farmers strike in Argentina has entered its third week .


com are not limited only to Google but extend to other search engines including as well .


Transport workers in France began a strike on Thursday to protest changes in the state 's pension system .


The second edit was made by a computer in Australia from a wireless network .


A mob set fire to a church in western Kenya Tuesday , killing at least 30 people inside who were seeking refuge from widespread post-election violence .


A mob killed 11 elderly people in western Kenya on suspicion of witchcraft .


A bomb exploded at 7:24 pm on Tuesday at the PayPal headquarters , a subsidiary of eBay , located in San Jose , California , causing the evacuation of employees from the building .


The official death toll for a recent derailment in Pakistan has been lowered from 58 deaths to 40 .


The tournament was supposed to be played in Pakistan in September 2008 but was postponed over security issues .


The death toll in a collision between two helicopters in Arizona , United States has been finalised at seven after the only survivor died .


At least 82 people have died after a school collapsed in Haiti on Friday .


Another has rattled central Virginia last night .


The death of Michael Jackson on Thursday has caused several last-minute changes to films and television dramas .


Protestors in Greece , rallying against austerity measures , have clashed with police in the capital of Athens .


Some people participating in the rally & mdash ; attended by thousands of teachers and students & mdash ; threw stones at riot police , who responded by employing pepper spray , although the BBC described the protests as being generally peaceful .


Police reports state that a bomb blast in a church in Nepal on Saturday has killed two people and injured at least a dozen more .


Japan and South Korea have also indicated that they have intelligence indicating possible preparations for another test .


At least 65 people have been killed and 9,900 houses destroyed in southern China after torrential rainstorms hit the area over the past week .


Among the cities struck were , , Guangdong , and .


Oil prices in the United States briefly hit a new all-time high at US $ 84.05 , but later fell to just under that to $ 83.69 .


The death toll from the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan on Friday has risen to more than a thousand , with many people still missing , according to reports issued over the weekend .


The Associated Press reports a history of similar actions by left-wing groups since the death of a fifteen year-old protester at the hands of police .


Opposition party head Kyriakos Mitsotakis raised concerns about the minimum age being just fifteen years to change one 's gender identity .


Both ruling party as well as main opposition party New Democracy condemned the attack .


At least four policemen were killed today by a bomb which exploded in , Somalia 's breakaway republic .


The blast blew out the windows of two buses and Israel 's national rescue service have said that the explosion seriously wounded 15 people .


A vehicle packed with explosives was detonated this morning in , Mali .


His government stands accused by Human Rights Watch of not taking adequate measures to protect the nation 's citizens .


The limits now in place for workers from the Czech Republic , Estonia , Hungary , Latvia , Lithuania , Poland , Slovakia and Slovenia will be lifted on July 1 .


The boar 's red meat is an export commodity to Europe and Asia .


Climbers are listed as from the Netherlands , South Korea , Italy , Norway , France , Nepal , Serbia , Pakistan and Ireland .


Turnout was estimated to be around 48 percent of France ’s 44 million eligible voters , a sharp drop from the roughly 60 percent who voted in 2004 .


In two separate ferry incidents , more than 40 people are feared dead in the Philippines .


The of Cyprus has cancelled a state visit to Kazakhstan after he fell ill .


The United States strongly opposes emission targets , as do Japan and Canada .


But the European Union and environmentalists say setting emission targets in the draft will show that industrialized nations are serious about the fight against global warming .


Extensive measures were used to prevent the oil from reaching the coastline of Louisiana , including skimmer ships , floating containment booms , anchored barriers , and sand-filled barricades .


Workers in Greece have gone on strike in protest against the government 's second round of austerity packages .


In addition , she attacked President Barack Obama , accusing him of continuing the policies of former president George W. Bush .


In 2008 , the party appeared on 32 state ballots , and the presidential nominee , a former Representative from Georgia , received 0.12 percent of the total .


In India , for example , poverty at $ 1.25 a day increased from 420 million people in 1981 to 455 million in 2005 .


Only 1 % of people in Europe have the mutation to stop the receptor module CCR5 , a vital component that helps HIV , the virus that causes AIDS , enter healthy cells .


A top official accused al-Qaeda as being responsible for the attacks .


It has been announced that Saudi Arabia is planning to open an official embassy in Finland , to signify continuing improvement in relations between the two countries .


A passenger plane flying the route from Moscow to was forced to make an emergency diversion to due to an anonymous call about a bomb threat .


A plane travelling from to Cairo was diverted to Athens last night after a note containing the word ' bomb ' was found mid-flight .


At least 44 bodies have been recovered from a lake in India lake after a boat carrying tourists capsized in the water .


Protesters came from as far afield as Luxembourg .


Twin bombings yesterday struck the in Mindanao , Philippines .


A website has released a document it says is from the United States government , and which it claims contains information related to 's anti-missile defense system .


The pricing structure has not been revealed , or when such computers would be available in countries other than the United States .


A hurricane watch has been issued by Texas authorities as grows closer to the Gulf of Mexico coast .


Students at in Wales occupied two rooms at their university for over a month earlier this year .


On Thursday , eleven princes were arrested in , Saudi Arabia ; authorities announced in a statement on Saturday .


Election officials say it is impossible to hold the vote January 8 because many of their offices and voting materials were destroyed in riots that followed the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto .


Some polling offices were burnt during an incident after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto .


The of Bosnia and Herzegovina has been banned by FIFA , the sport 's international governing body .


It will be used by scientists in France , Germany , Italy , Japan , Sweden and the United States .


Plans by the government of PM Somchai Wongsawat to amend the constitution are seen as part of an effort to rehabilitate the fugitive ex-premier , Thaksin Shinawatra .


A Delta Air Lines passenger jet skidded off the runway at New York City 's LaGuardia Airport in snowy weather on Thursday , causing a shutdown of the airport , according to officials .


Earlier today , multiple explosions have occurred in Boston resulting in two confirmed deaths and hundreds injured at .


Other countries had similar protests , with 35 thousand students protesting in Belgium in January of this year .


This included marches of 250 thousand protesters in New York City , 100 thousand in London , and 1.4 million in cities throughout Germany .


They qualified for last season 's UEFA Champions League .


The Moscow authorities confirmed they recorded the highest level of snowfall this winter in the capital city of Russia in 100 years .


The airport services were not affected until late Monday , when the authorities had to divert even the prime minister Dmitry Medvedev 's plane heading from Sochi .


Friday , an earthquake off the far east coast of Russia 's was felt in the capital city of Moscow , 10,000 kilometers away .


An overcrowded double decker bus in Guatemala crashed into a gulley Friday , killing 57 people and injuring 40 more , authorities say .


He has focused largely on the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire , and recently signed up to appear on the state 's primary ballot .


As part of a declared on Thursday when the first case of H1N1 flu virus was confirmed in Guatemala , President proposed the suspension of rights guaranteed by the constitution of that country .


Hillary Clinton , who won the majority of the delegates in both of these states , will receive an additional 87 votes at the convention while Barack Obama will net 63 more votes .


A boy in Australia has died after being bit on the leg by a shark .


The 32-year - old native of Chicago claimed the 135 lbs .


President of Guatemala and first lady have been granted a divorce by a family court .


Yesterday in Guatemala , the approved the attorney general 's request to impeach President .


Demonstrators and police clashed on Wednesday in , Algeria , after the residents of a slum district in the city took to the streets to demonstrate against housing and job shortages .


Previously most travellers went via Paris and London to reach destinations not served by a direct link .


A group of researchers published a paper about their discovery of a new species of Madagascar mermaid skink lizards last December .


Voters in Botswana will head to the polls this Friday to vote in parliamentary elections .


Last weekend , an eight-year-old boy died after falling into the in , England .


The case has called into question the United Kingdom 's assisted suicide laws .


On September 24 , 1759 , signed a 9,000 year lease for the in , Ireland .


Statistics show that the United States is by far the largest consumer of oil , using 20,680,000 barrels every day .


Its closest rival , China , consumes only 7,578,000 barrels per day .


On Tuesday , Denmark formally withdrew its forces from Iraq .


According to BP , the company that operated the well , the attempt was the first of its kind in the world .


They are currently estimated to be releasing around 42,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico , and the oil slick on the surface of the ocean is estimated to cover an area about 48 by 39 miles at its widest points .


A gunman with something strapped to his chest&mdash ; believed to be an " explosive device " & mdash ; has taken at least one person hostage inside the headquarters in , Maryland .


On November 3 , 2007 , then-president Pervez Musharraf imposed a state of emergency and suspended the constitution .


A man wearing a ski mask and carrying an apparently killed himself in the library of the in , Texas earlier today .


A gunman has been killed and a police officer hospitalised following a stand-off in West Yorkshire , England which concluded this morning .


Two train derailments in two days have closed railway lines in Australia .


The Gujarat has dismissed chief minister 's petition against the appointment of the without consenting the council of members yesterday .


In Estonia , a mouse made its nest in a cash machine and spent the weekend eating tens of thousands of kroons in bank notes .


Another tribute came from former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords .


The event , the largest Europe has ever seen , started at 6:00 p.m. local time and continued until 11:55 , just before the midnight switchover .


Amongst those calling for an end to the violence was Prime Minister Narendra Modi , who said " each and every issue can be resolved through talks " during a televised broadcast .


A new species of has been found in the northwest off the coast of South Carolina .


People of Turkey , Greece , and Kosovo were killed in the attack .


On July 14 , , there was a mass killing by a truck in , France .


Ice samples retrieved from 1.2 miles ( 2 km ) beneath the surface of Greenland have uncovered the oldest known samples of DNA from insects .


Investigators in Nepal have blamed the crash of a near in October last year on .


A gunman shot Burundi environment minister dead early on Sunday , ( ) .


Funds raised will cover AIDS-related medication , supplies , and food for children infected with the disease in the hardest-hit countries , including Kenya , Uganda , and Zimbabwe .


Voters in Mozambique headed to the polls yesterday to elect a president , parliament , and provincial assemblies .


A gunman has opened fire on tourists in , the capital of Jordan .


Researchers say that a study of chimpanzees in the Republic of the Congo in Africa , show that they specifically create and design tools to catch termites living underground .


A 51-year - old man fired 16 rounds from a semiautomatic handgun from a balcony overlooking the floor of the in , Nevada .


An 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit Chile on Saturday , causing significant damage throughout parts of the country .


It is scheduled to make landfall somewhere in Louisiana on Tuesday .


Not everywhere is going to see the album , though - topically enough , China has banned the record .


One man told the Associated Press that he thought the argument might have been due to a toy the men were fighting over .


A study in " last month reported the University of St Andrews near Edinburgh , Scotland was briefly home to the world 's fastest spinning manmade object .


In that cycle , he appeared on the primary ballot in two states , receiving 108 votes in the and 139 in the Arizona primary .


Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney ultimately received the nomination and lost to incumbent president Barack Obama .


At least thirteen people have been killed after torrential rains caused mudslides in Italy on Friday .


A massive earthquake , registering 7.0 on the , struck Haiti yesterday , destroying many buildings , disrupting communications , and burying an unknown number of people underneath rubble .


Thousands of people are feared to have been killed by the tremors , which were felt as far away as Venezuela .


The country 's envoy to the United States believed damage costs could reach billions of dollars .


Much of the interior of New South Wales , Australia continues to be affected by floods caused by heavy rains .


The other three treatments were remdesivir , an antiviral drug ; mAb114 , a monoclonal antibody first isolated from human survivors of an outbreak in in 1995 , now produced by the Florida company ; and REGN-EB 3 , a cocktail of three monoclonal antibodies from Ebola-infected laboratory mice whose immune systems had been altered to be similar to humans ' .


On Sunday , gunmen stormed a party in , a city in the north of Mexico .


Protests occurred throughout the country in Cairo 's Tahrir Square , , and .


A man shot a faculty physician as well as his own mother before killing himself at in Baltimore , Maryland .


Human Rights Watch said he began a hunger strike immediately .


According to the " Associated Press " , one of those killed was a neighbor with a restraining order against the gunman , who was accused of assaulting her in January .


" WN " : The United States has moved to redefine its rules regarding the treatment of terrorist suspects , combatants and detainees .


Heavy rains in western Indonesia have triggered landslides across the region that have killed dozens of people .


On Friday , twin attacks in Iraq killed at least 72 people and wounded another 149 .


The strain of bird flu lethal to humans , H5N1 , has been confirmed to have infected a dead wild duck , found on Monday , in marshland near Lyon in the east of France .


Suspected cases of H5N1 in Croatia and Denmark remain unconfirmed .


At least 58 people are now dead as a result of the recent flooding in Yemen , and at least 20,000 in the country have no access to shelter .


A man thought to be the oldest person ever held in custody in Scotland is facing charges of attempted murder .


At least six fatalities have resulted this afternoon from a crashing in the centre of Glasgow , Scotland .


A man described as a ' disgruntled lawyer ' shot multiple people this morning in Houston , Texas before he was shot and killed by police , according to media reports .


Six students in , Philippines tested positive for the H1N1 influenza virus .


This occurrence is part of a rise in A ( H1N1 ) and malaria during recent weeks in two provinces , as was the confirmation of twenty cases of malaria in .


In late May to early June of 2008 , news broke that a previously undiscovered indigenous tribe had been found near the border between Brazil and Peru .


Environmentalists in Brazil are urging the country 's residents to urinate in the shower while washing themselves , to help conserve water and save the rainforest .


A professional football player from Brazil and a former police investigator are among seven people arrested in connection with a murder police called " barbaric " .


Former environment minister Stéphane Dion has overtaken former frontrunners Michael Ignatieff and Bob Rae to take the lead on the third ballot of the Liberal Party of Canada .


After his departure , he briefly served as CEO of the , worked in the cabinet of Indiana , and worked for the tax consulting firm .


After moving to Nevada , he ran for of Las Vegas in 2019 , and finished in second place overall .


In fact , several managers from amusement stores in Taiwan frequently imported large quantities of arcade games , including rhythm games .


But before those modifications happened in Taiwan , many rhythm games just used songs from other arcade machines due to copyright issues from enrolled songs .


A three-year-old girl has been bitten by two while holidaying with her parents on , Queensland , Australia .


Her first hit was the 1975 track " , which was banned by the BBC .


Per the reports , an air ambulance ferried one survivor to Glasgow 's ; fourteen casualties were taken to in ; and eight were taken to Edinburgh .


An archaeology student from Scotland has discovered a 5,000 year old piece of chewing gum on a dig in Finland .


Banks in Haiti have reopened for the first time since the earthquake .


The survivors from the recent 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti are now facing increasing insecurity from human traffickers and convicts escaped from collapsed prisons , officials have cautioned , even as aid is flowing into the country .


Sixty orphaned children , meanwhile , were transported earlier by plane to Germany , where they are to be adopted ; six of them were hospitalised for fatigue and dehydration .


Mark Carney , Governor of the Bank of England , stated an extra £ 250 billion will be made available to help stabilise markets .


A man from Scotland who killed four elderly women and attempted to murder a fifth while working as a nurse in England has lost his appeal .


The Irish Aviation Authority , meanwhile , warned that aviation in the vicinity could face a " summer of uncertainty " as the volcano continues to sporadically erupt .


The restrictions come a day after a temporary ban on flights in Ireland was implemented yesterday , from 07.00 to 13.00 local time ( 06.00 to 12.00 UTC ) ; flights from there have now resumed .


Flights going to and from locations in mainland Europe have not been affected thanks to new flight rules that allow planes fly through low-density ash clouds .


On December 15 , Pervez Musharraf appeared in a nationally televised address in Pakistan to announce the end of emergency rule which had been invoked on November 3 , 2007 .


These circumstances have led to calls for legislative changes , according to " , which compared the death to the recent case in neighbouring England .


In the of Scotland , the is to become the first university in the United Kingdom to provide degrees in comic studies .


She plans to " take a little time off and figure out what 's next , " but will be going to California to marry her fiancé , Mayor .


Whilst suturing her , her liver was left with 20 % of its normal blood supply ; the errors were not discovered until her transfer to liver specialists at Edinburgh 's .


While receiving only minimal media coverage , he has campaigned actively , and according to the latest Federal Election Commission filing , loaned almost 4 million of his own money to the campaign .


He leads among the many lesser-known candidates but trails both Senator Bernie Sanders who has received nearly 6.5 million votes and front-runner Hillary Clinton who has just shy of 9 million votes .


In the United Kingdom , arrested a 24-year - old man and a 26-year - old woman in relation to the death of a man in Glasgow , Scotland , reports said yesterday .


Raven pointed to unsustainably high levels of consumption , especially in the United States , that will lead to ecological disaster if left unchecked .


The main library in Bristol , United Kingdom has been closed until further notice as a result of a fire which struck the building yesterday morning .


The main library in Bristol , United Kingdom may be partially reopened on Monday after being closed for over a week due to a fire .


If the legislation is passed , Scotland may start allowing same-sex couples to marry in 2015 .


London alone is host to three exhibitions this month including at .


It is believed to be the first time anybody has been imprisoned for persecution in Scotland .


Internationally , the species has a wide range and a large population through much of Europe , North America , Russia , and northern Asia .


Also disproved are suggestions that the plane suffered a bird strike or that it was disrupted by electromagnetic interference from jamming devices set up to protect a motorcade carrying Prime Minister Gordon Brown .


The issue of whose news content belongs to whom could get serious judicial review in a 17.5 million brought against the search engine giant Google .


Maybe the existence of Google is only an indication that there is still only little available on the web .


Recently MySpace removed a number of users that were known as sex offenders .


Social networking website MySpace lost over ten million users between January and February 2011 , according to .


In the same month , 2.3 million individuals were on the site in the United Kingdom .


Divers yesterday recovered three bodies from December 's air disaster in the Java Sea .


Some bodies have been found roughly 1,000 ( 600 ) from the crash site , floating near Sulawesi .


The National Search and Rescue Agency has over 60 divers working to retrieve the bodies .


Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar registered yesterday as a candidate in the parliamentary by-election .


Today , player Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray 6&ndash ; 1 , 7&ndash ; 5 , 7&ndash ; 6 in the final to win the event for the sixth time .


On Wednesday , three-time Wimbledon winner Novak Djokovic withdrew from this year 's tournament suffering from an elbow injury .


The ships and their crew had been participating in the annual seal hunt off Canada 's easternmost province .


The researchers noticed the new set of species features when examining a specimen in , Tokyo and confirmed the species after a field study and analysis .


In recent days , North Korea has been issuing threats of war to neighbouring South Korea and the United States .


Both companies also say they feel confident they will get the European Union 's approval that the deal needs for it to go ahead .


Both offer transatlantic flights from Paris .


Other gubernatorial candidates include Governor of the Democratic Party , former of the Republican Party , and 2012 Justice Party vice presidential nominee of the Green Party .


Over the past week , diplomatic actions have averted & mdash ; or , at least delayed & mdash ; military strikes on Syria by the United States .


Airplanes from Senegal and Spain have also been sent out to help out in the search effort .


French officials have also asked for United States satellite data to help with the search .


Sunday saw Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton win the after an " incredible " race he spent battling with teammate Nico Rosberg .


's had to start from thirteenth despite qualifying third after an incident in Malaysia last race saw him given a ten-place grid penalty .


He will have a five-place grid position penalty at the start of his race in China .


On Tuesday , South Korea staged a huge military parade to mark its armed forces ' 65th anniversary in a display of long-range missiles considered a direct threat to North Korea .


With two new aircraft on the way to operate a Club-only service from London , the company may struggle to fill the flights .


In what the calls a " horrific " case of animal cruelty , a dog 's jaw was taped shut , and its throat cut , in , Australia .


It has been reported , however , that prime minister Gordon Brown does not agree with this view - politicians are thought to have disliked him drawing attention to the 's failings .


According to analysts , the major earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit on Friday is likely to have major economic impacts within Japan , though the global economy is unlikely to be significantly affected .


Detectives said the politician was detained in the cabin of the passenger plane which was minutes from leaving for Paris .


Before his arrest he was expected to announce his candicacy in the race for the , and analysts suggested he posed a real threat to Nicolas Sarkozy , but the charges will likely put and end to the hopes of his supporters .


A 15 year old female has been the second person to die in Turkey from bird flu .


However , United States president Barack Obama cancelled the program in his 2011 budget .


In February 2007 the space probe flew by Jupiter .


He is to be featured at the upcoming adult entertainment event in Melbourne this November 5 to November 8 .


The Vince Cable told the " BBC " in an interview , the " age of austerity " would probably end within the current decade , but made no more definite forecast .


Other positions in the book match his current platform including increased pressure on China , fair trade , and border control .


A second controlled explosion is expected to be carried out in Bristol , United Kingdom later today .


It made a stopover in , Cameroon where more passengers got on the plane before it continued on its flight .


There were passengers from 26 different countries on the plane , not including the 9 crew members from Kenya ( see list below ) .


A second powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.3 has struck the island of in the region around Papua New Guinea , just 11 days after a damaging 7.0 quake left the western side of the island without power and communications for almost three days .


With Halloween approaching , numerous haunted attractions all over Texas are preparing for the big " haunt " season .


President Pervez Musharraf denied Thursday that a security lapse on the government 's part was to blame for the assassination .


The first came from , in the United States , while the next two came from and .


Meanwhile , in Pichilemu , O'Higgins Region , the tsunami warning caused panic amid people .


The shuttle then broke up on re-entry on February 1 over Texas , killing the seven on board .


A petition reached over 300,000 signatures today urging Donald Trump , considered the front runner to become the 's candidate for President of the , be banned from entering the .


Google also announced that they would have a link on their homepage opposing SOPA and PIPA .


The Hawaii state legislature has appropriated frog4 .


Details of such a scheme may be revealed with an anticipated package of reforms under the portfolio of Business Secretary Vince Cable .


In 2001 , Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was convicted of and sentenced to but was released in 2009 on compassionate health grounds and died last year .


In Iowa , caucuses were held on February 3 , and in New Hampshire , a primary election was held on February 11 .


The 75 " ( 250 " ) ship was built in 1993 in Japan .


The peace process in Cote d'Ivoire has been on shaky ground following the failure of the rebel forces to begin the disarmament process originally scheduled for 31 July .


President Nicolas Sarkozy , who is on a state visit to China , urged calm .


A senior intelligence official in the United Kingdom has been suspended from his job pending an investigation into top secret documents that were left on a commuter train on Tuesday .


Earlier this week , the Mayor of Boston declared a " flu emergency " for the city , as 700 cases of the virus were reported .


Public officials in Texas have urged citizens to receive a flu shot .


Archaeologists have revealed that evidence of a second stone circle has been found near the site of in the United Kingdom .


Only chips remain of the 27 stones that made up the site , which was built from rocks thought to have originated in the in Wales .


The BBC quotes researchers working on the site , which was excavated over the summer by , as calling the discovery " very important " .


On Thursday announced all their aircraft would be fitted with made by Apple for in-flight entertainment from September 1 .


The document-leaking website Wikileaks recently obtained a confidential NATO report that reveals many surprising facts regarding the in Afghanistan .


Assassinations and kidnappings have gone up by 50 % , and attacks on the government of Hamid Karzai have increased 119 % .


At least 50 people are dead , mostly children , and an unknown amount injured and trapped after a three-story school collapsed near the capital of Haiti , .


One anonymous eyewitness quoted by the BBC described the attack : " They grabbed the guy towards the wall then stabbed him & mdash ; stabbed him , stabbed him , cut his neck , and then dragged him into the middle of the road " .


In findings published Wednesday in the scientific journal " , a team of scientists from the in Shanghai , China have announced the first-ever cloning of a primate from post-embryonic cells , namely two macaque monkeys .


The chain already operates stores three stores in Bucharest , as well as one store each in , , and .


On Thursday morning , before dawn , Hawaii 's erupted again , sending up an ash plume to an altitude of 30,000 ( 9,100 ) .


At least thirty people are dead in Cameroon after a bus rolled over , reports say .


Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger asked for help from other states , and Nevada and Oregon have thus far responded .


The race will be broadcast on the in the United States .


The child was born at 1:44 p.m. ( 1744 ) in , North Carolina , and was a female .


Dozens of people have been killed as a result of flooding in , located in the central part of Nigeria .


The Red Cross has reported the recovery of 35 corpses , while " has placed the death toll at a minimum of 39 .


Much of western Europe has been experiencing particularly hot weather this week with much of Ireland enjoying temperatures between 24 °C and 26 °C ( 75 - 79 °F ) since Saturday afternoon .


At the time of the attack , Prime Minister Helen Clark said " This is violent criminal behaviour and there is no place for it in a democracy ... " .


According to reports from humanitarian aid organizations , at least 10 died in Cuba and 22 in Haiti .


Releasing a video on her website , Hillary Clinton announced today that she will be forming a presidential .


This is widely speculated to be in immediate response to senator Barack Obama 's presidential exploratory committee announcement earlier this week .


The race will be broadcast on in the United States .


Massive wildfires in western and central Russia have killed at least 52 people and blanketed Moscow in dense smoke and .


Fire crews have battled numerous wildfires across portions of Oklahoma during recent days .


So it is possible to be sane and insane all in one day if , for instance , you are gay and fly from the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia .


Heavy rain in England and Wales has caused the death of one man after he was sucked down a man hole in when attempting to clear flood water .


There is opposition to a global ban by the United States , Russia and China , as well as India , Pakistan and Israel .


This has resulted in the death of at least 53 people and injury of at least 100 people , Agence France-Presse news agency quoted officials on Sunday morning .


A heavy earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 struck deep underwater off the eastern shores of Indonesia on Saturday , officials said .


The opening tip-off is scheduled for 8:47 PM , Saturday at the in , Georgia .


Reports suggest its captors are heading to Somalia .


Heavy rains have started on Wednesday early morning through the most of central and southern Chile .


The once-rare practice of self-immolation has become more known since set himself on fire in Tunisia in December 2010 , giving rise to protests that saw the government ousted .


The enterprise subsequently became the most popular of that industry within the United Kingdom , according to " ; it extended to include transportation by air and railways , as well as warehousing and management of .


On Wednesday morning , a 5.2 earthquake hit the already rattled United States commonwealth of Puerto Rico .


A 40-year - old man from the United Kingdom has survived an operation in which he was given a wholly artificial heart .


One of the biggest gatherings of world leaders , the 20th annual NATO summit which began on Wednesday continued today in Bucharest .


In the morning , the heads of the 26-strong alliance will hold their first formal working session , picking up on the themes of Wednesday 's dinner - enlargement , Kosovo and Afghanistan , plus other issues .


It is also prohibited in Chile , due to an obesity-reduction law brought in last year .


Last year a three-year-old girl died in France , swallowing the plastic toy .


Ten suspected terrorists were arrested in three different parts of Britain .


Similar trends have been reported earlier in Europe .


Among 16 samples from Norway , 12 showed resistance .


Resistance has not been shown to increase in Japan or Hong Kong .


On Thursday , several shootouts occurred in Mexico leaving nine cartel suspects dead , killing seven police officers , and injuring close to 30 others .


However he had been less popular with other governments around the world , particularly in Europe .


The , owned by , landed in Bermuda ; the woman is said to have attacked crewmembers .


The flight was carrying 260 passengers to in the Dominican Republic from .


In the ongoing attempt to force Muammar Gaddafi from power , NATO aircraft struck at least 15 targets in central Tripoli early yesterday morning .


Almost a foot ( 30 cm ) of snow has fallen in the south-east of England , halting train and bus services and making driving treacherous .


The United Kingdom and France have begun helicopter attacks against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi 's military forces in Libya , as part of the NATO campaign to protect civilians .


Fire authorities struggled to manage a vast string of wildfires stretching across the eastern part of Texas on Sunday .


Over half of the United States is experiencing drought conditions , according to a report released Thursday by the .


A civilian helicopter chartered by NATO has crashed while taking off from in Afghanistan , killing sixteen .


A fifth controller was suspended this week after falling asleep while on duty at in Nevada in the early hours of this morning , forcing an carrying a patient to land without directions from the tower .


At around noon yesterday , a helicopter heading towards Macau crashed into the sea near Hong Kong 's with thirteen on board .


Nigel Farage , the former leader of the party , was in a two-seater plane when it crashed at an airfield in Northamptonshire .


In Virginia , the rescued several hundred motorists who became stranded due to the heavy snows .


In the United Kingdom , has announced that the total that artists in the music industry receive has decreased by 1 % .


Fans have been queing since Thursday morning when a group of fans from , Italy and Canada started queuing outside the stadium .


45 nations are competing , including Argentina , Kazakhstan , the United States , Mexico , Armenia , Brazil , Ukraine , and Russia .


There were no direct mentions of the situation in the Crimea region of Ukraine , whose 31-athlete - strong delegation participated in the parade of nations with only their flag bearer .


According to a spokesperson for Scotland Yard , computer hacking allegations have already been brought into account , but now , " some aspects of that operation are being moved towards investigation " .


A court in Paraguay has completed its trial over the worst fire disaster the country has ever seen .


The leading political parties in the Netherlands have agreed on a work program , part of an effort to form a coalition government after the splintered verdict of the elections held in November 2006 .


According to diplomats , the bid for membership has some support , with Italy and Greece favourable , but the Netherlands and the United Kingdom more cautious .


Passengers and their luggage on short haul flights within New Zealand are not subject to security checks .


The competition pits ten United Kingdom universities against each other , to raise as much money between November 2007 and March 2008 .


A woman has been found dead at the home of , the acting prime minister of Papua New Guinea .


It has also been banned by France and Spain , and has run into some service and license problems abroad , making it unavailable in the Netherlands , South America and Canada while it has not officially been banned in any of these regions .


According to the BBC , it was thought the Prince would remain in hospital for two weeks .


A memorial service has been held in Nova Scotia , Canada to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the disaster .


Officials announced that a treasure containing sacks of diamonds and gold coins as well as golden idols , jewelry and other riches has been discovered in the secret subterranean vaults of , in the southwestern state of Kerala , India .


Wind storms swept across a large part of Texas on Wednesday , leaving property damaged and many homes without power .


Reports indicate two people have been shot at , England .


His moderate politics have clashed with some of the stances of national leaders of his party such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren ; he has notably come out against for all .


Since his 1981 conviction he has spent most of the last three decades in high-security psychiatric hospital near London .


An able seaman in the has appeared at a in , England this morning , charged with murder and attempted murder .


The plane was flown to in southern Italy .


With 158 delegates at stake , Pennsylvania is the largest of the remaining states and territories yet to decide .


Additionally , Pennsylvania has 29 unpledged " superdelegates " .


Despite her win , she still lags behind frontrunner Barack Obama in the number of delegates .


The study also involved examination of water samples from the coasts of England and Wales to estimate the risk of surfers and other beachgoers ingesting " E. coli " .


The event organizers ' stated principles included " open access to safe , legal , affordable abortion and birth control for all people , regardless of income , location or education " and Planned Parenthood was the march 's single biggest sponsor .


After being confirmed , she resigned from her position as a Representative for California and was sworn into her new position that same evening .


The 65th anniversary of the has been remembered in a ceremony Thursday in , Japan .


With effect from today , the company is to cease accepting payments from television customers who had subscribed to its broadcasting services , and 200 employees in the United Kingdom are to be made redundant .


At least 44 flights were affected , with nine diverted to , Italy .


Yesterday , poet and songwriter died at the in Delhi , India .


Seven people were killed and fourteen injured after a man detonated explosives in a crowd Friday around 10:30 local time in , , China .


President Fidel Castro of Cuba has temporarily handed duties , including command of the military forces , to his brother , Raúl Castro .


The Muslim Council of Britain condemned the attacks : " These acts of violence were truly shocking and I condemn them in the strongest terms .


The commission urged Turkey to step up political and economic reforms , to improve the rights of minorities , women and trade unions , as well as to normalise relations with Cyprus .


Today , several trade unions and women 's organisations organised actions in public places and companies all over Belgium to promote equal pay for women .


Sweden , Poland , Hungary and Slovenia are doing even better , while in the United Kingdom , Ireland and Cyprus women earn around 30 % less .


Poland had originally intended to kick up a storm over the chosen voting system , as it stood to lose from the proposed QMV system and favoured keeping the old system or using an alternative .


Citing violations of its policy regarding " Marine mammal items " , eBay terminated an online listing on Monday by the town of , Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada , for a 40 ( 12 ) carcass reportedly beached upon its shores about a week prior .


Though Massachusetts does not have the death penalty , as the case is being heard in federal court the prosecutors are able to seek the death penalty .


The quake could be felt as far away as California , Idaho and Utah .


Today , the Pittsburgh Penguins took on the in , New York .


Polish politician Bronisław Komorowski has been sworn in as of Poland after winning the presidency in the presidential runoff election of July 4 .


It has been revealed that a story concerning ' dolls ' going on sale in Ukraine and aimed at children was a hoax .


The ruling upholds the law in Turkey that bans the wearing of headscarves in universities and public offices .


The ( MV ) , listed in the as the world 's oldest active ocean-going passenger ship , has docked in the port of Muscat , Sultanate of Oman this week .


At least seven policemen were killed in northeastern Afghanistan yesterday , according to reports , after a bomb went off near a police patrol vehicle .


Some countries oppose the use of nuclear energy as an alternative to fossil fuels , and Germany is even in the process of dismantling its nuclear energy production .


Scientists have uncovered the largest settlement in the United Kingdom at the and believe that the village was inhabited by the people who built the monument .


This was the second outdoor game in league history and the first outdoor game held in the United States .


The whole of the east coast of Australia has been lashed by severe storms in the last 24 hours , with at least one reported death .


The treaty is a replacement for the which was abandoned after suffering defeats in referendums in France and the Netherlands .


In June 2009 , the BBC had told 100 celebrities that they would be getting their salaries reduced in an effort to cut its " top talent bill " , blaming " market conditions " .


In 2008 , was nominated for president , but appeared on the ballot in only Mississippi , receiving 481 votes .


A tentative contract agreement has been struck , five days after New York City was ground to a halt in a transit strike .


This story has been likened to the occasion when Susan Boyle became a YouTube sensation in 2009 after a video of her audition on " was uploaded there .


A massive fire is feared to have killed residents and destroyed more than one hundred homes in the region of New South Wales , Australia .


Much of Scotland was also subject to a weather warning earlier today , although they have now been removed .


It has been forecasted that winds of up to 130 km/h will hit the southern and western areas of the United Kingdom in what has been predicted by some to be the worst storm this winter .


What is believed to be the world 's oldest leather shoe , over 5,500 year old , has been found in a cave in Armenia by a team of archaeologists .


Currently , the oldest known footwear are sandals made from sagebrush bark , found in , Oregon in the United States .


A severe sandstorm has struck north-west China over the past few weeks , reaching Beijing on Saturday morning .


Veterans of the 1972 march led the parade , and were followed by groups representing LGBT charity and campaigning groups including and , trade unions , student groups and corporations including , Google , Microsoft , IBM , , , and .


Severe flooding in the southern United States left 28 people dead and caused extensive damage over the weekend .


Meteorologists explain that the flooding came as a result of a slow-moving weather system that tapped into moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and pulled it northward into an unstable air mass .


Factoring in humidity levels in a measurement called a heat index , temperatures will be even higher ; New York City 's heat index could reach 107 degrees .


Hot weather and peat fires near Moscow have created the worst smog in the city in almost a decade , with pollution levels around ten times higher than is considered safe .


In the state of Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory , gay adoption is already legal .


Earlier this year Argentina and Denmark also legislated for equal adoption rights for gay couples .


Claiming a good harvest provided the country with sufficient food , and that the was politicizing the aid issue , the formal request to end all humanitarian aid was made to Kofi Annan at a meeting on September 21 .


The European Union has maintained its ban on all 51 of Indonesia 's airlines on the grounds of safety concerns .


On Friday afternoon , amateur shooters were briefed about a three-year-long trial of hunting in national parks of New South Wales , Australia .


According to official records , Hong Kong 's economy has left a year-long recession , recording a growth of 3.3 % in the second quarter ended in June .


The European Union has warned the UK government that it does not do enough to protect its citizens ' online privacy and personal data .


They also state that the images show a facility much like the one in North Korea at .


The UK welcomed the result , describing it as " excellent " .


A man in Arizona is accused of pretending to be 12 years old , by using make-up to disguise his age , and then enrolling himself into 7th grade classes around the state , in at least two middle schools .


A major earthquake hit Chile on Monday with a 7.9 magnitude strength .


A 15-year - old boy from , Hong Kong murdered his mother and sister with a chopper in the early hours of Thursday morning .


Health authorities in the Netherlands said that the forty-year-old tourist contracted the disease from fruit bats in a cave .


The European Commission has warned Microsoft that features the company intends to include in its next version of known as may breach the European Union 's laws .


Six people have died after becoming infected with the virus in the city of located in the of northern Japan .


The two also exchanged views on regional issues surrounding Iran , Nepal , and Sri Lanka .


Also on Tuesday , lawmakers from Hawaii held a special hearing on human trafficking .


However , in the United Arab Emirates & mdash ; where no law prohibits trafficking , but homosexuality is illegal & mdash ; the problem is compounded .


A strong earthquake with magnitude 6.2 hit southwestern Iceland at 15:46 UTC .


On Monday , France announced a rescue plan for its struggling automotive industry .


The government of Egypt ordered the killing of over 300,000 pigs .


As of Thursday , Associated Press reported there were at least 126,000 cases of COVID-19 worldwide , resulting in over 4,600 deaths .


Today , Chief Executive of Hong Kong delivered her annual .


The European Union has announced that it will send a police force consisting of up to 350 officers to Haiti , following the recent magnitude 7.0 earthquake there , which is thought to have killed up to 200,000 people and left 1.5 million without homes .


Stock prices dropped sharply in Europe and Asia Monday , with fears of economic problems in the United States causing some of the biggest single-day losses in recent years .


Losses of between three and seven percent were recorded in India , China , Britain , France , Germany and Canada .


The tower unofficially became the world ’s tallest man-made structure in April , 2008 after surpassing the ( 628.8 metres ) in North Dakota in the United States .


It beats the previous record of the equivalent of £ 205,000 ( $ 334,765 ) set in Australia in 1989 .


Nearly 3800 members of the guild , both the east and west coast unions cast their ballots in New York City and Los Angeles , with more than 92 percent voting to end the strike .


He replaces , who resigned in March following a dispute with Felipe Calderón .


I think it will be just fine , " said Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota on the matter .


An ambitious project to bring a unique service to and , in the United Kingdom , is back on track , following the announcement of a 150,000 grant on Thursday .


In the wake of Barack Obama being elected the next President of the United States , many world leaders have contacted the president-elect directly .


Yesterday , nine-time French Open winner Rafael Nadal withdrew from this year 's tournament suffering from a wrist injury .


A hot air balloon caught fire and crashed in western Canada .


The parliament of Catalonia , an autonomous region of Spain , today voted to outlaw " & ndash ; an iconic sport in much of the country .


The wreckage of an aircraft carrying eleven mining executives from Australia has been found in Cameroon , according to the country 's information minister .


In response to another major , near 's ( in the , about 690 miles southwest of , Thailand ) , government agencies briefly issued official warnings .


The location of the wreckage is six miles north of the plane 's last reported position off the coast of Brazil at a depth of 3,800 and 4,000 meters ( 2,070 to 2,190 fathoms or 12,467 feet and 13,123 feet ) .


Japan , Malaysia and Singapore also welcomed the news .


Writer and television presenter , 25 , was found dead today in her home near in Kent , England .


The United States is leading the way when it comes to protecting human rights and promoting .


We have 50 million people in Iraq and Afghanistan .


Two people were killed in a 5.9 earthquake in Turkey shortly before midnight local time on Thursday .


A bus crash outside of , Peru has killed at least 13 people , police say .


Among the dead are tourists from Bolivia , Chile , and the United States .


Later imitators in Hong Kong and Japan have also proved successful .


Unlike the foreign stations run by the BBC or , the international broadcasts will not be produced by the company .


During the official visit of Sergey Lavrov , , to Poland , which was to revive the strained diplomatic relationship between the two countries , an embarrassing mistake was committed by the hosts .


The people aboard the boats are suspected to have been smuggled across the sea to Italy .


Although President Bush has promised a veto , the motion was passed with a majority of 238 - 187 .


The fire had spread upwards through much of the vessel , which had been carrying iron ore from Brazil to Texas .


Football 's governing body , FIFA , today announced Russia is to host the , and Qatar is to host the .


A bus driver thought to have caused a 2008 crash after falling asleep behind the wheel in California has been convicted of killing eleven on board .


A public bus has crashed into a shop in , Wales .


The incident occurred in the of the Chhattisgarh state , when the fighters blew up a landmine underneath the bus .


At least six people have been wounded after a shooting ambush near a gold and copper mine in Indonesia earlier today , according to police reports .


Following months of rumours , musician today confirmed that he is considering standing for the presidency of Haiti in the country 's .


A bus crash in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time ( - 5 ) , in the in Peru 's southwestern , claimed at least 44 lives .


A bus carrying children from Smolensk to on Sunday overturned in , Russia .


Local officials said 24 people have been hospitalised , but Agence France-Presse reported as many as 32 hospitalised .


Seven people have been shot and five killed in an diner in , Nevada .


The rest have been released into a nature reserve in , England .


US $ 300 checks would be sent to people on low-income including retirees on which was not included in the original bill backed by President George W. Bush .


She described it as " nerve racking " , the Associated Press reported .


The shooting caused Barack Obama to call for stricter gun control methods in a speech lasting twelve minutes .


This shut down 95 percent of production and 88 percent of natural gas output in the Gulf of Mexico .


Public Law 109 - 364 allows the president to declare a state of emergency anywhere at any time and move United States troops to suppress any public disorder .


" DS : You have to choose whether to blow up China or India , and if you do not choose then they both go .


A team at in the US has built the world 's first & mdash ; or coherent perfect absorber ( CPA ) .


The models described in this paper review two possible orbits : one tidally locked and one modeled after Mercury 's , with a slow-rotating three days per year .


While Associate Justice was confirmed easily in 1993 following a 96 to 3 vote , Justice Clarence Thomas was confirmed by a 52 to 48 vote & mdash ; largely along party lines .


The was about 70 miles south-southwest of , Texas at 2 p.m. EST and was moving towards the north at 6 mph .


President George W. Bush has made a surprise visit to Iraq hoping to bolster some support .


He also went to meet their new Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and talk about next steps in the war .


An ice storm hit the U.S. state on Tuesday 27 January , bringing down power lines , freezing mains water supplies , bringing down trees and killing at least seven .


The state of Tennessee was also affected , with 265 people staying in shelters .


Researchers in the United States reported Saturday that cells from human bone marrow , blood and umbilical cords successfully grew into blood vessels after being placed in mice .


Anti-government protestors in Egypt rallying against the rule of president Hosni Mubarak took to the streets for a fourth straight day , demanding the long-time leader step down and complaining of poverty , corruption , and oppression .


The president of Egypt has suffered a " devastating blow " after the announced they would not use force against their own people , who continue to tonight .


Today there have been protests in , , , and Alexandria .


Other games scheduled for Wednesday were still held , according to " NBC News " .


In a speech on Tuesday , U.S. President George W. Bush said that deploying a missile shield in Europe is necessary to counter an emerging nuclear threat from Iran .


The planned missile shield is strongly opposed by Russia , which sees it as a threat to its security .


Initial composition of jury members in a human trafficking criminal trial began Tuesday in , Florida , United States .


On Monday , the Prime Minister of Turkey , Recep Tayyip Erdoğan paid an official state visit to the United States .


In its most recent monthly report , OPEC said exports of crude had fallen to their lowest level for two decades at 2.8 million barrels per day .


The president said he has made no decision on withdrawing more troops from Iraq .


According to Hamas deputy leader , the negotiations will begin next Monday , and will include several issues that have yet to be properly finalized during the previous talks .


Hundreds of demonstrators have taken to the streets of cities across Egypt to protest against a possible fifth term of President Hosni Mubarak .


Protests in Alexandria were called off after security forces sealed off all routes in to the area of the planned protest .


Aid from Britain and the United States was initially refused .


He had been fighting bladder cancer for a year .


On Wednesday , Singapore 's government announced its intention to have operating on public roads from 2022 .


Her last public performance was in November of last year , at an event in New York City .


As of June last year , according to " , she was working on an album of collaborations with others , mentioning , Elton John , and .


A woman in Egypt has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu .


Bird flu began in Asia in 2003 , and since then has spread across 45 countries worldwide , killed at least 212 people of 340 infections and triggered the killing of millions of birds .


On Monday , US singer and lyricist died at his home in , California .


The former lyricist of rock band Grateful Dead was 78 .


Hundreds of people were rounded up by security forces in Pakistan , one day after Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule , effectively martial law .


It will provide communications services to North America .


The virus has infected one out of every 3,000 computers of the 5,500,000 million which the company monitors in the United States and the United Kingdom .


The supporters want the government to withdraw the draft law currently up for debate in the parliament in November , which would introduce abortion on demand within the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy , based on laws currently in place in most other European Union countries .


In Africa , where zebras evolved , flies can carry dangerous blood-borne pathogens .


He remembered the man , whom he gave early gigs to in Glasgow , as a retiring man who disliked the attention of fame .


Speaking to a small group of reporters in , the president sought to drive home the impact higher oil prices are having in the United States and elsewhere .


Experts say that Egypt 's problem of attracting foreign investment and tourists , which are two sources that would increase reserves , has already caused the to lose 1 percent of its value and if the country does n't solve the shortfall in foriegn currency , it could even lead to a further currency within the next two to three months .


The began on January 25 last year and President Hosni Mubarak resigned over two weeks later on February 11 .


Notably , in 2005 , she set up camp outside President George W. Bush 's ranch in , Texas to protest the war .


The party will now attempt to qualify the ticket for ballot access in Florida .


Seven other cities , including Prague , saw similar protests .


Yesterday , authorities in the United Kingdom and the United States announced that 337 suspected users in 38 countries were arrested following an investigation of a child pornography site .


The website was based in South Korea and accepted as payment .


Iran has banned a number of female chess players for not wearing a " hijāb " .


It could be from the Maldives , it could be from Canada .


Some of them from Somalia , some of them from .


The countries sending their foreign ministers are United Kingdom , the United States , China , France , Germany and Russia .


Northern parts of the state , up into the southern part of Tennessee , were booked full with those who evacuated .


At least six miners are trapped approximately 1700 feet underground in a coal mine in Utah after portions of the shaft collapsed .


In addition , they have considered importing natural gas from Bolivia , Trinidad and Tobago , Australia , and Indonesia .


Dean is then forecast to pass over Jamaica by 2 p.m. EDT Sunday , and then move across the and enter the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday .


While the storm is currently moving west through the Caribbean , additional strengthening is forecast within the next 24 hours .


Tropical storm warnings continue to be in effect for the and Puerto Rico as the storm is moving west at 22 mph ( 35 km/h ) and could intensify over the warmer waters toward Jamaica .


Therefore , officials in Texas and Louisiana are currently making major preparations .


It is currently moving at around 18 mph ( 29 km/h ) , and is approximately off the coast of Jamaica .


According to state television , at least eighteen people have been killed and a further six injured after an explosion at a coal mine in central China .


The tiny island nation of Nauru is to hold parliamentary elections next week , on August 25 .


The organization states that the images are being examined by experts in Canada and the United States and that more information will be available in a few days .


The bus had been taking the tourists home after a trip to Bulgaria .


Forecasts suggest the storm may pass northeast of Puerto Rico and advance toward Bermuda .


Six United States have been killed in separate incidents in eastern and southern Afghanistan .


Their deaths were announced by NATO 's .


Tourists were evacuated from Paris ' just before 4:00 pm ( 1800 GMT ) yesterday following a threatening phone call .


Six people have died after a clothing store was set on fire during an armed robbery in , Barbados .


On Tuesday , an crashed in the city of , Indonesia .


An AirAsia jet crashed in the Java Sea last December , killing everyone aboard .


As the storm is far from landfall , it remains difficult to assess potential impact to the United States or Caribbean .


The of the island nation of Nauru endorsed rise of the cost of an application for single-entry three-month media visa from $ 200 to $ 8,000 last Thursday .


On Friday , 28-year - old stabbed reportedly several people at in London with a large knife , then fled up .


Saturday night , police in Houston , Texas , United States , discovered eight people killed in a home .


Six people have died after a shooting at a in , Texas .


In an advisory issued at 11:00 a.m. local time today ( 1500 ) the ( NHC ) reported in the Caribbean had strengthened into a .


According to the BBC , residents were doing most rescue work themselves using boats and .


Six people have died after a Thursday in a church located in , in the north east of Nigeria .


An helicopter has crashed in the south-east of France , killing all six occupants onboard .


A Florida cinematographer , skydiving with 14 others , was killed on Saturday when his legs were severed at the knees by the wing of the aircraft that had just dropped him .


Rains of 4 to 6 inches can be expected in areas of Honduras and Nicaragua .


Instead , police believe he fled to England , where he was subsequently arrested in London .


Rainfall accumulations are expected in amounts of 5 to 10 inches , with isolated areas of 25 inches over the Cayman Islands , Jamaica , Haiti , and Cuba .


In France , voting has traditionally been a low-tech experience : voters isolate themselves in a booth , put a pre-printed sheet of paper indicating their candidate of choice into an envelope .


As in the United States , there is a group of academic computer scientists that oppose voting machines .


Officials in Pakistan say parliamentary elections will be delayed until next month .


The United States government announced that it was pleased that a date had now been set for the elections .


An elderly man in Scotland has died after contacting the H1N1 virus , or swine flu .


Tropical storm Humberto suddenly gained strength last night and became a hurricane just off the Texas coast .


She traveled to Mexico with a 13-year - old boy with whom she previously had an affair .


According to the , has made landfall on Cuba , with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour and above , making it a category three hurricane on the .


A suicide bomber blew himself up in a central Afghanistan market earlier today , killing at least sixteen civilians and a policeman , and wounding more than a dozen , according to reports .


Subscription channel has purchased the rights to broadcast US television programme " in the United Kingdom .


This constitutional clause has only once been invoked since the country 's independence from Denmark in 1944 .


Repayment of the debt is an important factor in the country 's application to join the European Union .


The researchers found that in Europe , electric cars pose a " 10 % to 24 % decrease in global warming potential ( GWP ) relative to conventional diesel or gasoline vehicles " .


The great-granddaughter of former South Africa President Nelson Mandela has died in a car crash following a concert to open the World Cup .


After killing 30 people on a rampage through Honduras , Costa Rica , El Salvador , and Nicaragua and dumping rain on the in Mexico , reached the U.S. states of Louisiana and Mississippi on the north shore of the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday night .


The storm had been expected to move further west , and some evacuations were recommended in the New Orleans area in preparation .


Ronaldo scored the winning penalty kick after failed to find the net .


Today , as hit the Azores , , the national meteorological service for Ireland , issued weather alerts as the storm approached from the west. Yellow warnings were issued nationwide , while six counties on the coast received orange warnings .


Rain fell continuously along a large swathe of the eastern part of Texas on Tuesday and Wednesday , and is predicted to continue through much of today , according to media sources .


He said he will not participate in the in Brazil in August .


On Sunday in tennis French Open men 's singles final , " King of " Rafael Nadal defeated 6&ndash ; 2 6&ndash ; 3 6&ndash ; 1 to claim his tenth title in Paris .


On January 1 2007 , Slovenia officially joined the and adopted the as its new official currency .


However one flight did leave for New Delhi overnight .


Fireworks are often used to celebrate the United States ' July 4 , 1776 independence from .


In a report released in " on Wednesday , scientists studying patients in in China 's reported that the newly emerged SARS-CoV - 2 , the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 , may spread in a manner similar to influenza & mdash ; suggesting , experts noted , that this outbreak , which began in the city of in in December 2019 , may call for containment measures similar to those for influenza .


Former president George W. Bush advocated the zero-emission vehicles and launched $ 1.2 billion for hydrogen fuel cell research over a number of years .


The site has been strategically selected to be close to Malaysia and Indonesia , both of whom are leading world suppliers of palm oil , which is intended to be the main fuel for the plant .


Eleven people are reported dead and more than a hundred injured after a bomb went off in a station in Minsk , Belarus on Monday evening .


President Alexander Lukashenko said police forces are to " turn the country upside down " to determine who was responsible .


The principal political parties of Nepal have decided to abolish the , headed by King , and turn the country into a republic .


Even as a member of the European Union , its position has not changed .


Police in London also warned on Monday they had received a bomb threat , which , according to sources , was from republican dissidents and was written in code .


Roughly the size of England , its unemployment rate is at approximately 47 % , according to a 2001 estimate .


Yesterday , from Kenya ran a marathon in less than two hours .


Although a variety of states allow civil unions , at present only Massachusetts has legalized gay marriage .


It was first used on the second inauguration parade of George W. Bush in 2005 .


The opposition political group in Nepal has begun a nationwide strike in an effort to force the ruling government to step down .


The Netherlands defeated Uruguay in the semifinals of the on Tuesday .


Currently in the United States , same-sex marriages are only legal in Connecticut and Massachusetts .


Earlier yesterday , California state senators voted 21 - 11 in favor the prohibition of sales of sugared sports drinks at public schools during class hours .


Two passenger trains collided head-on in the area of in Amsterdam , the capital of the Netherlands , local authorities have confirmed .


First published between 1768 and 1771 in Edinburgh , Scotland , it quickly grew in popularity and size , with its third edition in 1801 reaching over 21 volumes .


The program might be used in Iceland , which has seen major problems hitting the financial sector .


Smoke from eastern Arizona 's has drifted into New Mexico and Colorado , where officials have issued a health advisory .


Covering 365 square miles , the fire has created hazy conditions as far away as Iowa .


The operators of the stricken in northeast Japan have been ordered to pay compensation to families affected by the ongoing at the site , amid calls for the resignation of the over how he is handling the crisis , which has now been designated on par with the in 1986 .


Yesterday , on in Madrid , Spain , a small protest demanding justice for victims of the was held in for an hour starting around 8:00 pm .


In California , opposition to lethal injection has halted executions for nearly two years .


The airport was shut down for four hours after the incident and all crew members and passengers on the flight from India were accounted for and safe , with fourteen reported hospitalised with minor injuries .


An aviation safety consultant , in remarks to Australia 's , noted safely and efficiently evacuating all the passengers was a significant achievement , considering the size of the aircraft .


Authorities in the western U.S. state of Nevada say near-freezing waters from a ruptured canal have flooded about 800 homes following a powerful winter storm .


Current president , François Hollande announced he would not run for re-election in December .


The blaze started burning last Wednesday north of Los Angeles .


It is anticipated that additional information will become available once the summit team returns to camp on the Tibet side of the mountain .


The tremors were felt in Tonga and Samoa , which are still reeling after a stronger earthquake and tsunami struck the area several days earlier .


On the other end of the list , the least weak of the 177 countries evaluated was Norway , followed by Finland and Sweden .


He was meant to discuss the bailouts of Greece and Portugal with European Union financial officials at a meeting in this week .


Heavy snow has caused disruption in the United Kingdom with airports and schools closed and delays on the road network .


On Saturday , Israel won its fourth victory , first since 1998 , at the , held at Lisbon 's in Portugal .


Cyprus and Austria finished second and third respectively with 436 and 342 points .


A major snowfall has disrupted transport in Norway this week .


On Monday , Nevada became the first state in the United States to begin a state legislative session in which more than half of the elected officials were women , at 50.8 percent .


On Saturday night , a propeller plane in Nevada , United States crashed following departure from , near Las Vegas , according to investigators .


Officials said the single-engine propeller plane , a , was flying to , located near San Diego in , California .


The launch occurred despite weather concerns at in Florida , United States .


She has been operated on three times , initially less than an hour after her birth on November 22 , and will need further surgery ; doctors believe she is the first baby in the United Kingdom to survive being born with the condition .


They can even compare their rating with the likes of John McCain , Hillary Clinton , and Barack Obama , all of whom have profiles set up .


Snow fell over much of the United Kingdom overnight , with many roads being closed as a result of this .


The city of Bristol was subject to its heaviest snow in over a year .


Major cities including London were hit by the snow .


The man was a 44-year - old contract worker from , England .


Neighboring Spain , too , has this week battled blazes in the north that have so far destroyed more than 19,000 hectares ( 46,800 acres ) this month .


Heavy snow combined with high winds has caused at least three deaths , with major travel disruption throughout much of Germany .


The " , an experimental airplane , landed in Switzerland on Thursday after completing a successful 26-hour test flight .


The solar-powered airplane touched down at the late Friday night , after completing a 13-hour flight from its home base in , Switzerland .


Two more vessels have been hijacked in Somalia .


The ship never arrived at her destination of Madagascar .


Riots in the town of in Jordan have ended .


Parts of the country like Somaliland in the north have claimed de-facto independence in the absence of a central government capable of protecting all parts of the country .


In Bahrain , tension is building between the opposition protesters who want to revive last year 's marches , and government authorities who are trying to maintain control over protest activities .


A planned march by the to Manama 's former , to mark the beginning of last year 's protests , was overwhelmed by the security surrounding the site on the eve of the anniversary as well as the day itself .


Relations between Iceland and the United Kingdom are deteriorating after the two nations fell out over the current financial crisis .


Freezing temperatures , combined with snow over the past few days , have caused travel problems throughout Europe and been responsible for the deaths of 10 people .


The coalition government in Iceland has collapsed following the international banking crisis .


Yesterday , at 11:00 am local time in Iceland , the National Commissioner of the declared an " uncertainty phase " , the lowest civilian volcanic alert level , for the country 's which is located on the southern part of island nation .


As a result of the find over 400 products have been withdrawn in the UK and Ireland .


Thousands of New Jersey public school students walked out of classes Tuesday , in protest of Governor 's proposed budget cuts .


A jury in , northeast England has cleared a police officer of some charges in a trial over serial rapes and related offences , and convicted him of others .


A court in England yesterday cleared a serving police officer of rape .


A jury in New Jersey yesterday acquitted a man of murdering five teens who vanished in the city in 1978 .


The Illinois voted to impeach state governor Rod Blagojevich in a near-unanimous 114-to - 1 vote with three representatives not voting .


A man who has been behind bars since 1992 is now cleared of wrongdoing in Illinois .


Ethiopia sees the action as a provocation .


The reported Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying some farmers bought hay for animal feed for as much as 10,000 per truckload .


The state of South Australia still limits abortions to cases with two doctors ' approval .


This comes after a lengthy drought hit the region , also affecting the neighbouring countries of Kenya and Somalia .


A similar proposal has been made in South Australia by the opposition .


A between same-sex couples is recognised by Vermont and Connecticut .


Jurors in the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial began their fifth day of deliberations this morning , having sent no notes to the judge at all yesterday .


In Germany 30,000 students demonstrate in 5 big cities against study fees .


A small crowd of supporters enthusiastically greeted Prime Minister Meles Zenawi as he arrived at the polling station in .


Authorities across Europe have issued restrictions on commercial poultry farms , following the outbreak of bird flu in eight previously unaffected nations .


Other suspected cases of the virus have been detected in Slovenia , Croatia and Denmark .


The European Union has toughened its bans on poultry products and now bans the importation of untreated bird feathers into its 25 member nations .


The campaign is the second most costly election in history , beaten by the $ 650 million election of Barack Obama .


Every year around November 5th , people in Great Britain and some parts of the celebrate to commemorate the dissident from and his conspirators who failed to blow up the houses of on November 5 , 1605 .


It was briefly legal in California , but was rescinded by the voters in 2008 by a measure called .


Industrial action by transport workers disrupted travel throughout Greece .


Outside the European Union , record demonstrations also took place across Asia .


Now it will be the first major semi final for Russia since the .


A week ago today , at 2:46 pm JST , a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of the in Japan .


Currently , same-sex marriages are only legal in the state of Massachusetts .


, are only legal in Connecticut , New Jersey and Vermont and domestic partnerships are currently only legal in the states of California , Maine and Washington .


Raymond Kelly , the current , stated that the truck was moving on a lane to the bus ' nearside , although whether the vehicles came into contact with each other or not is yet to be confirmed .


New York City hailed the passage as leaving the state " stronger than we were yesterday " .


Internal conflict killed 12,000 in the wake of future President Nelson Mandela 's release .


She said to a " BBC " reporter " I think it will actually close a chapter in our history because we 've come a long way and I think his release will just once again help with the reconciliation process because there 's still a lot of things that we need to do as a country " .


A judge in Pretoria , South Africa yesterday sentenced eight police officers to fifteen years ' imprisonment each for the 2013 murder of .


He has 22 to his name , the most recent one coming against Australia in March .


The European Union would like to make it easier to dismiss employees .


Its major allies North Korea and Pakistan have their own troubles .


Soldiers in Somaliland found explosives which later went off , killing at least three people .


The river passes through the states of Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , Jharkhand , and West Bengal , as well as through Bangladesh .


The slots surrendered or made available for lease are for use to destinations in Scotland , France , Egypt , Saudi Arabia , and Russia .


On Wednesday , following the rape in India 's capital , New Delhi , of an eight-month-old girl , , head of the , announced she was beginning a 30-day & mdash ; a form of non-violent civil protest & mdash ; to persuade the to impose the death penalty promptly when offenders rape children .


, and addressed Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding " stricter laws and more police resources " to combat rape .


On Saturday , India 's approved capital punishment in an ordinance for the rape of girls under the age of twelve .


Another rape and murder of an eleven-year-old girl took place in Gujarat 's district .


The ordinance document had no mention of rape of boys and men , Reuters reported .


" We have tried to put a full stop to the ceasefire violations of Pakistan .


On Wednesday , President , who is on an international trip , approved the transfer of control to Governor after he signed files for the imposition of governor 's rule when he arrived in Suriname .


A judge in South Africa has convicted a serial killer of 52 crimes , including nineteen rapes , sixteen murders , an attempted murder and nine kidnappings .


The United States and Canada have both recently extended their daylight savings periods .


On Friday , Madhya Pradesh police arrested the second person accused of gang-raping a minor girl in the .


Fire broke out on Friday morning and destroyed the bottom two floors of a six-story hospital in , South Korea , killing at least 37 people , most of them elderly .


Only Nicaragua and Russia have officially recognised it as an independent state .


According to data from South Korea 's national bank , the country 's economy grew by 0.2 % in the last quarter of 2009 .


The virus was first discovered in Mexico in April .


Soldiers fired 99 rounds , including two blanks , from their at the as it approached on a flight from China .


The committee meeting in , South Africa , made its selection in the first round of voting .


Thousands of jubilant people celebrated in the new country 's capital Juba .


People crowded to the official ceremonial site , held at the of , leader of the rebellion who died several months after the peace deal was signed with Sudan , ending the bloody conflict .


Voting began on Thursday in the United Kingdom , the Netherlands and parts of Ireland .


On Sunday , the final day of polling , the remaing countries of Austria , Belgium , Bulgaria , Germany , Denmark , Spain , Estonia , Finland , France , Greece , Hungary , Italy ( day 2 ) , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Slovenia and Sweden voted .


Plans to add to drinking water in , Hampshire , England , have been voted against by the city council , but may go ahead anyway .


For all 27 countries in the European Union , 23 million people collectively are unemployed .


In a previous match today , Iran defeated China by a score of 9&ndash ; 5 after having been ahead 4&ndash ; 2 at the half .


A current South Korea presidential candidate for this year 's December elections , , has promised to allow freedom of choice of encryption technology for online financial transactions if he is elected .


According to the numbers , Ireland saw an output drop of 2.3 % in the last quarter of 2009 , while Greece , the country in the eurozone with the most debt , had its economy contract by 0.8 % .


Italy was down by 0.3 % , Germany saw no gain , but France posted a 0.6 % quarterly growth .


Member states of the eurozone have offered to give Greece thirty billion euro in emergency loans for the debt-stricken country , should the latter want it .


An overturned tanker exploded in , South Sudan yesterday , killing dozens .


The cold weather across Europe has already claimed around 400 lives , and cold temperatures there could last another week , according to forecasters .


Some villages in Bosnia are receiving food and medical deliveries by helicopter as the cold , ice and snow has blocked their supply routes .


The merger announcement comes just days after United Airlines sealed a merger deal with Continental Airlines .


On Tuesday , the New Zealand government announced the start of a public process to suggest designs for a new national flag , and determine whether their citizens would prefer a different national flag over the current one .


The position has usually been appointed unopposed , but the other two candidates stood to protest at the lack of consultation by Prime Minister Helen Clark .


Maoists attempting to seize land in one of India 's poorest communities are being blamed for the execution-style killings of at least sixteen villagers , including children , in the eastern part of the country .


Families who were evacuated in Bristol , United Kingdom have been allowed to return home .


The spacecraft , which launched from the in Kazakhstan at 2117 UTC on Tuesday ( 3:17 AM , Wednesday local time ) , was originally scheduled to dock with the space station at 0304 UTC on Wednesday .


At 3:45 p.m. Tuesday , ( 2045 ) , the SpaceX rocket launched from in Florida , United States .


Google suggested the plans were unconstitutional and against the freedom of speech .


His body was found at his Moscow apartment Friday .


He was admitted to in Mumbai just before a scheduled performance on September 23 .


Tens of thousands have been displaced and at least 25 people killed in southern India due to torrential rains and heavy flooding during the last week .


An additional 15 people were killed in the neighboring state of Tamil Nadu .


A man from New Zealand has gone on trial in Cambodia over allegedly having sex with two young girls .


India will take on Pakistan in the other semi-final .


The primary payload was an from France called which weighed 714 " .


According to official statistics , Spain 's jobless rate reached 17.4 % , with slightly more than four million people unemployed .


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The aircraft launched around 10 a.m. ( 1700 ) from in California .


A , Indiana high school freshman is recovering after a lighting strike Thursday during practice , with no storm in sight .


The New Zealand police have defended their choice to charge a policeman with dangerous driving after being caught on a hidden speed camera at around 65 kilometres over the legal speed limit .


At a time when many countries are tightening anti-terrorism legislation and discussing on whether to " crack-down " on freedom of speech , New Zealand has repealed its sedition law .


The crew landed in Kazakhstan aboard the spacecraft , the same craft they launched on last December .


A woman armed with a knife said she had two bombs in her luggage and told them to fly to Australia .


The outbreak , which started in Mexico , has now spread across the globe , with confirmed cases having been reported in the United States , Canada , the United Kingdom , Spain , New Zealand and Israel .


California has confirmed at least thirteen cases , three in Texas , two in Kansas , and one case in Ohio .


The health ministry of Israel confirmed two cases of the flu in travellers .


On the tape , he reportedly calls for unity among insurgents in Iraq , but also says that insurgents have been " lax " in their duties .


The United States was second with one gold and a silver .


France was third with one gold and two bronze medals .


Austria was fourth with one gold and a bronze .


Slovakia and Spain were fifth with one gold each .


Canada was seventh with one silver and one bronze .


Spain finished near the bottom of all surveyed countries when it came to adult literacy and numeracy .


Only Italy has a lower literacy proficiency amongst adults .


The back arriving asylum seekers to , Indonesia , after claiming destination , reported Monday of last week .


An plane operated by police in Indonesia crashed into the sea near the island of Batam today .


A bomb blast at a mosque in northwestern Pakistan is suspected to have killed at least forty people on Friday .


Prime Minister Gordon Brown released a statement expressing sympathy for his family , friends and colleagues .


29-year - old from New Zealand set a new record on Sunday , reaching a depth of 116 ( 380 ) in the Atlantic Ocean , holding his breath for four minutes nine seconds & mdash ; breaking the world record for the deepest free immersion dive .


A new opened to the public in Indiana in mid-June .


Yesterday , Indonesia 's was stabbed , according to government authorities .