Although its name sets it in opposition to the " southern " style of nanguan , the other main style associated with the quguan associations , it was widespread in Zhangzhou ( the southern part of Fujian ) and in Taiwan between the 17th and mid-20 th centuries .


The district , with Dhunche as its district headquarters , covers an area of and has a population ( 2011 ) of 43,300 .


It rises at two springs in Rowhill Nature Reserve between Aldershot , Hampshire and Farnham , Surrey .


From an improvement programme , wildlife is returning , including the otter which has been absent for over 40 years , and fish stocks are improving .


A total of 25 units were built solely for the Canadian Pacific Railway .


The University of Evansville is a private school on the city 's east side , while the University of Southern Indiana is a larger public institution just outside the city 's westside limits .


The recommended consumption limit for most fish , including carp , striped bass and flathead catfish is no more than 8 oz .


per month , but for channel catfish , the recommendation is only 8 oz every two months .


The University of Evansville maintains a theater program , which features four mainstage and two studio productions a year .


Some of the city 's governmental functions are shared with Vanderburgh County officials .


Additional countywide authorities are in place for the Evansville Regional Airport and for flood control via the countywide levee authority .


In stress incontinence , a sling is a potential method of treatment , and is placed under the urethra through one vaginal incision and two small abdominal incisions .


Hikers , mountain bikers , and horseback riders could use the of unshaded dirt roads in the park along with the trails leading to archaeological sites .


Higher-level education is only available in chautara , bahrabise , kavre and Kathmandu .


Free-labor proponents in the East also wanted to create a similar organization in the western states .


Other trips to Tennessee and Virginia were less successful , although he did succeed in spreading the word about the free-labor goods movement .


Some of the governmental functions are handled through Warrick County officials .


2546 m / 8353 " ft. ) is a stratovolcano in southern Chile , which rises above the edge of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field .


Its eruptions have spread ashfalls over Patagonia .


The area was declared a state park in 1931 and now encompasses in Calaveras and Tuolumne counties .


Pronghorn and tule elk were extirpated in the late 19th century .


It is also favored for this purpose due to its proximity to Edwards Air Force Base , where the airspace is restricted from ground level to an unlimited height , and where there is a supersonic corridor .


On July 26 , 2007 , there was a test stand accident at Scaled Composites that killed three employees and injured three others .


Scaled Composites co-pilot Michael Alsbury was killed .


Most students come from California or rural areas of Mexico because of new job opportunities .


Part of the valley is located in the municipalities of O'Connor and Gillies .


Nador International Airport , in which opened in 1999 , With its avenues , palm-lined boulevards and brand new marina , hotels , cafés , banks , shops and restaurants press on to make it suitable for the fast-growing tourism industry .


It is located in the city of South Padre Island , which is located about 70 miles east of main campus .


From here , the river flows south and becomes the boundary between South Kingstown and Narragansett .


One of these was by Sir John Floyer , a physician of Lichfield , who , struck by the remedial use of certain springs by the neighbouring peasantry , investigated the history of cold bathing and published a book on the subject in 1702 .


There are several prominent examples in Scotland at Crieff , Peebles and Seamill amongst others .


The final family member to be Prime Minister was William Ewart Gladstone .


The ceiling has a deep cove , and was painted by William Kent in grisaille on gold background imitating mosaic .


The flat centre of the ceiling is enclosed in a plaster beam , which in turn encloses a square with a circle within which encloses a painting of Mars .


In 1805 - 9 John Claude Nattes painted 105 wash drawings of both the house and gardens .


The elms succumbed in the 1970 s to Dutch elm disease and were replaced with alternate beech & chestnut trees .


They contain four life size sculptures ( plaster copies of the originals by Peter Scheemakers paid for in 1737 , they were sold in 1921 ) .


This is a copy of the bridge at Wilton House .


The rivers and lakes of both the park and gardens have many species of fish including : carp , perch , pike , roach , rudd & tench .


The house 's kitchen garden , extensively rebuilt by the 2nd Duke , was located at Dadford about 2 / 3 of mile north of the house .


Commercial service is provided through Air Choice One .


Their main area of work was to be in South Wales .


In June 1919 , he met Alva Reimer , whom he married in October 1924 and had the first of their three children in 1927 .


During 1974&ndash ; 1975 , he served as visiting professor at NYU .


There is no obviously dominant segment , but migrants from Bogotá , Medellín , and Tolima are the majority .


It is located on the island of Moskenesøya in the Lofoten archipelago .


The lake is a nature reserve run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds , as it is an important habitat for reedbed birds .


He returned to Montreal in 1844 and the remainder of his life is a mystery .


It is situated near the borders between Serbia , Romania and Bulgaria .


The nearby Iron Gates national park has extensive views , hunting grounds , and hiking trails ( some trails are not well marked or maintained , so hiking is recommended only for the experienced ) .


Preliminary design engineering was performed by Jacobs Engineering .


It was also the first train to receive the pioneering Hi-Level equipment with which it would become synonymous .


Most of the coaches were built by Pullman-Standard .


On July 15 , 1956 the new , " Hi-Level " streamliner consist debuted .


This " standard employment relationship " emerged after World War II , as men who completed their education would go on to work full-time for one employer their entire lives until their retirement at the age of 65 .


The etymology of the word " Zion " is uncertain .


In 1768 , he had another infatuation with the noble Charlotte Du Rietz , but this is not believed to have been sexually consummated either .


It is said that the trips to Svartsjö Palace are made to be provide privacy , it is unbelievable , but it is what it is said .


In the King 's private chamber , however , the Queen found the actor and page of the King , Lars Hjortsberg , sleeping , naked .


During World War II , about 5,000 citizens were murdered and many others were resettled .


The nearby historic neighbourhood of Stari Grad has many monuments , museums , cafes , restaurants and shops .


While his party holds the majority of seats in the city assembly , the Socialist Party of Serbia , the Democratic Party of Serbia , as well as other parties and groups , are also represented .


Cycling is also popular due to the city 's flat terrain and the extensive off-road network , found in nearby mountainous Fruška Gora .


Until 9 March 2007 he was the world record holder with the 34.30 he skated in Salt Lake City on 19 November 2005 .


He was also beaten by his own countryman , Yūya Oikawa , who was fourth .


The two routes head west for three miles , then south for one more before entering the city of Cavalier .


The highway leaves Pembina County and enters Walsh County four miles south of this intersection .


The route travels about halfway between the larger cities of Grafton and Park River .


The routes travel east during this concurrency , passing just north of Northwood .


The highway travels south for a mile , east for a mile and a half , southeast for a mile , and east for another mile before entering Portland .


The highway travels east for a mile before entering Mayville .


The route heads south for ten miles and then east for five before entering Blanchard .


Six miles farther south , the highway heads through Arthur .


Nine miles south of this interchange , the road heads west for a mile and then south for six miles to enter Leonard .


Twelve miles south of this intersection , the highway enters Wyndmere .


The other coach , Bora Milutinović , reached this record when he led a fifth team in 2002 .


He announced a verbal agreement with the South African Football Association on October 23 , 2009 .


The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission .


He is currently part of the coaching set-up at Anderlecht , briefly managing the club in 2019 .


He began his playing career with Manchester United , where he was a member of the 1992 youth team , before leaving the club in 1997 .


In April 2007 , he was appointed as the club 's caretaker manager after the departure of Mark Wright .


It is located just south of the Monongahela River .


His only brother Charles , the petitioner in the legitimacy case , had predeceased him and left no sons either .


It is located about south of the capital of the country , the city of Manila .


In 1724 , George Graham reported that the needle of a magnetic compass was regularly deflected from magnetic north over the course of each day .


This effect was eventually attributed to overhead electric currents flowing in the ionosphere and magnetosphere by Balfour Stewart in 1882 , and confirmed by Arthur Schuster in 1889 from analysis of magnetic observatory data .


The exposure of a human body to ionizing radiation has the same harmful effects whether the source of the radiation is a medical X-ray machine , a nuclear power plant or radiation in space .


It is among the first plants to bloom in spring , after the snow has melted .


Its distribution extends from Alaska to Arizona .


This perennial herb is variable in morphology , but usually forms a tight mat or loose clump on the ground .


Several monuments can be found along the route including in Camden and Aiken .


It contains a mixture of deciduous and evergreen trees .


It retained a population of wild boar and wolves .


During the 19th century , it was unsuccessfully planted with oak , and later with Scots pine .


Designed by John Miller of Coney Island fame , it was constructed in 1921 .


The delicate freshwater marsh on the point provides the unique habitat requirements for the unusually wide range of nesting shore birds , migrating waterfowl , reptiles and amphibians , prey for the osprey , eagle , heron , and raven populations , and the essential foods for the plentiful sand lance and surf smelt .


The site supports sea grasses in many forms , goldenrod , Queen-Anne 's lace , yarrow , and wild strawberry .


The fort was almost square in design , approximately by large , constructed from limestone brought by sea from Penarth .


In 1610 the cartographer John Speed produced a map of the castle , and noted that it was " large and in good repair .


Parliamentary forces in Brecon under the command of Colonel Thomas Horton moved quickly to reinforce the castle , although with only 3,000 men they were content to wait until a larger army under Oliver Cromwell could arrive from Gloucester .


The grounds were radically altered under a programme of work that involved Capability Brown and his son-in-law , Henry Holland .


In 1947 , the John , the fifth Marquess , inherited the castle on the death of his father and faced considerable death duties .


Throughout its life the tramway was operated by gravity workings from the quarries to Glyndyfrdwy , with return trains hauled by horses .


1426 ) in April 1422 at Bourges , by whom he had no children .


In August 2006 , he " took a month off " and vacationed in Hollywood , California .


An island Marilyn ( a point with topographic prominence of at least 150 m ) , it is home to part of the world 's largest colony of northern gannet .


It finishes in the lower Delaware River approximately four miles upstream from Penns Grove .


Traces of sporadic human settlement go back to the Neolithic period .


However , in 1701 , during the Great Northern War , the castle together with its amenities was completely destroyed .


Discussions regarding membership are also in hand with three further towns ( Agros in Cyprus , Škofja Loka in Slovenia , and Tryavna in Bulgaria ) .


The settlement is located on a sand dune spit at the mouth of the Otago Harbour , opposite the end of the Otago Peninsula .


Its highest point is the lava dome of Puy de Dôme , located near the middle of the chain , which is high .


Charles Wilkes discovered that it was an island rather than part of the mainland .


This point marks the start of a winding two-lane highway that crosses the Santa Cruz Mountains through Hecker Pass to reach Gilroy .


Although meloxicam inhibits formation of thromboxane A , it does not appear to do so at levels that would interfere with platelet function .


A pooled analysis of randomized , controlled studies of meloxicam therapy of up to 60 days duration found that meloxicam was associated with a statistically significantly lower number of thromboembolic complications than the NSAID diclofenac ( 0.2 % versus 0.8 % respectively ) but a similar incidence of thromboembolic events to naproxen and piroxicam .


A peer-reviewed journal article cites NSAIDs , including meloxicam , as causing gastrointestinal upset and , at high doses , acute kidney injury and CNS signs such as seizures and comas in cats .


" Strolghino " is a " salame " prepared from leftover cuts of " culatello " .


Most of the island is in Multnomah County , but the northern third is in Columbia County .


Discovered in 1933 , it contains a number of paleolithic cave paintings , and is most notable for a series of paintings depicting what some have argued is the earliest representation of human understanding of the reproductive process , featuring images of copulation ( perhaps mediated by a mysterious shaman figure ) , pregnancy , childbirth , and family life .


It is commonly prepared using a combination of pork and beef , but elk or lamb can also be used .


Other seasonings such as allspice and bay leaf may be used too .


Common vegetables such as carrot , onion , and root vegetables are acceptable additions to the stew .


By 1966 they had raised funds and purchased the property , and then turned it over to The Nature Conservancy .


Ninety-nine percent of the world 's population of the Cascade Head catchfly is found here .


Students around the country protested this escalation of the Vietnam War .


Fishing offers trout , catfish , largemouth and smallmouth bass or yellow perch .


Some of the common plants in the area include blue oaks , interior live oaks , foothill pines and annual grasses .


They built houses and installed the metallic Iglesia de Santa Bárbara , which is argued to have been designed by Gustave Eiffel .


The city is the seat of the Mulegé Municipality .


He was not specific about the programme but did admit that the presenter was Eamonn Holmes .


The theatre has housed many historically important performers over the years , including John Philip Sousa and Maynard Ferguson .


in the crater , which he had flown in for an April Fools ' Day joke .


Funded in part by profits from slave trading , the building was begun in Dock Square in September of the same year .


Prior to this repair , the last known ringing of the bell with its clapper was at the end of World War II , in 1945 , though it had since been rung several times by striking with a mallet .


The city is a sister city with Shpola , Ukraine .


In November 2019 , Presidential Candidate Joe Biden held a campaign event at William Penn University .


It now includes land in the municipalities of Hattfjelldal , Grane , Namsskogan , and Røyrvik .


Both lynx and bear are also found here .


The most common small predators are the red fox , the snow weasel , the marten , and the stoat .


It is also possible to catch the occasional glimpse of an otter .


Furthest east there are also reindeer coming in from Sweden .


The park was formed in 1971 to protect the lake and the forests stretching eastwards to Sweden .


The forest is sparse and consists of craggy pine and birch .


This group split off from an older herd in the Dovrefjell area and migrated here .


The SFPUC is also the water , full retail electricity service , and wastewater utility for occupants of Treasure Island and Yerba Buena Island .


Based on REN21 's 2014 report , renewables contributed 19 percent to our energy consumption and 22 percent to our electricity generation in 2012 and 2013 , respectively .


Dedicated energy crops , such as switchgrass , are also promising cellulose sources that can be sustainably produced in many regions .


Opened on 26 November 1966 , it is currently operated by Électricité de France , and is the largest tidal power station in the world , in terms of installed capacity .


Space-based solar power " ( " SBSP " ) is the concept of collecting solar power in space ( using an " SPS " , that is , a " solar-power satellite " or a " satellite power system " ) for use on Earth .


The International Solar Energy Society has stated that " historical incentives for the conventional energy resources continue even today to bias markets by burying many of the real societal costs of their use " .


In the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 's reviews of scenarios of energy usage that would keep global warming to approximately 1.5 degrees , the proportion of primary energy supplied by renewables increases from 15 % in 2020 to 60 % in 2050 ( median values across all published pathways ) .


Noticeable athletes signed by the company include Olympian Stephanie Twell and since 2015 , they have sponsored the young rising star Trayvon Bromell .


The scenery is characterized by peaks jutting out of the ocean and fjords , the highest point is the tall Møysalen mountain .


The steep mountains and rich seashores nearby with many seabirds , as well as populations of rodents , provide good hunting areas for several species of predatory birds including white tailed eagle , golden eagle , gyrfalcon , and peregrine falcon .


Amidst in an urban built-up area , the original Ngau Chi Wan Village remains .


He learned to ride horses while visiting his grandparents on their Wyoming farm .


The river flows out of Morris County , down the middle of Hunterdon County , and along the western edge of Somerset County .


The rest of the land surrounding the plant was purchased by Iowa State University for agricultural research .


Encompassing roughly , the mountains lie mostly in San Bernardino County , with a small southern portion reaching into Riverside County .


In addition , there are several mid-sized to large towns in the mountains themselves , including Big Bear Lake , Big Bear City , Crestline , Lake Arrowhead and Running Springs .


Foothill regions are primarily composed of chaparral and evergreen oak woodland communities , with a transition to forests of deciduous oak , yellow pine , Jeffrey pine , incense cedar and several fir species at elevations above .


Elementary students are assigned to one of six elementary schools : named in honor of Neil Armstrong , Herbert Hoover , Thomas Jefferson , Paul Norton , Mark Twain and Grant Wood .


The range extends for approximately from the San Bernardino Mountains southeast to the Santa Rosa Mountains .


The Coachella Valley stretches along the eastern side of the range , including the cities of Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage .


There is also a grove of over 150 Giant Sequoia Trees on the northeast facing slope .


It contains aspartame , acesulfame potassium , and sucralose in addition to the high fructose corn syrup typically found in cola beverages distributed in America .


Extending across three departments ( Vendée , Deux-Sèvres , and Charente-Maritime ) , it is situated west of Niort , north of La Rochelle , and south of Fontenay-le-Comte .


This plateau covered much of the former province of Poitou .


The villages of Maillezais , Saint-Michel-en-l ' Herm , and Marans developed on such hillocks .


The choice of the route had a significant impact on the character and culture of the Sevier Valley .


This includes the largest known collection of Jurassic period dinosaur remains at the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry at the north end of the swell .


The survey crew did not use the route of the railroad past the San Rafael Reef .


This monument was established in 1996 , by President Bill Clinton .


Currently most of the swell is administered by the BLM and is not given special consideration .


President Alberto Fujimori initially received much credit for saving the lives of the hostages .


It is located in the municipalities of Verdal , Snåsa , Grong , Lierne , and Steinkjer .


The flora includes both coastal species as well as more typical inland species , and alpine plants .


There are also three species of deer present : moose , roe deer , and red deer .


It was in 2011 included in the larger Langsua National Park .


Actress Uma Thurman 's grandmother , the mother of Nena von Schlebrügge , was the model for this statue .


& mdash ; creating one of the largest protected areas in Europe .


Moose live in the park along with semi-domesticated reindeer .


Fish , or freshwater shrimp such as " Caridina multidentata " and " Neocaridina davidi " , are usually selected to complement the plants and control algae , but for reasons of minimalism the number of species are often limited .


Other plants used in jungle style aquascapes include " Microsorum pteropus " , " Bolbitis heudelotii " , " Vallisneria americana " , " Crinum " species , " Aponogeton " species , " Echinodorus " species , " Sagittaria subulata " , " Hygrophila pinnatifida " , " Anubias " species , and " Limnobium laevigatum " .


This allows plants , such as " Cyperus alternifolius " and " Spathiphyllum wallisii " , as well as various " Anubias " and some bromeliads , to grow emersed , with their roots underwater but their tops in the air , as well as completely submersed .


In some configurations , plants that float on the surface of the water , such as " Eichhornia crassipes " and " Pistia stratiotes " , can be displayed to full advantage .


It has an elevation of above sea level , making it the highest grassy bald in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park .


Herders ' shacks were not uncommon in the high-elevation grazing areas of southern Appalachia during the late 19th and early 20th centuries , so the cabin may have been a seasonal residence .


The river lends its name to the borough of South River .


However , evidence of ice-free refugia above present sea level north of the Olympic Peninsula has been refuted by genetic and geological studies since the middle 1990 s .


The ice sheet faded north of the Alaska Range because the climate was too dry to form glaciers .


It is in northern Sioux and northwestern Dawes counties , on the borders with South Dakota and Wyoming .


The tramways from Brussels to Wemmel , and Grimbergen closed in 1978 .


The TV movie first appeared on ABC but was later shown in movie theaters around the world .


Activities other than music include disc golf , yoga , hiking , and swimming in Clinton Lake .


He was released in May 2003 following what were described as " drastic cost-cutting measures " , though he ended up staying on at the club as a player and assistant manager to rookie manager Chris Brass .


His younger brother , Kurt Nogan , is also a former professional footballer .


It overlooks the coastline adjoining the following three bodies of water - Gulf St Vincent , Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage .


The rocky eastern coast is used as a breeding place by swifts .


Noteworthy is a population of peafowls , which have been introduced to the island and since become feral .


It was briefly reoccupied and fought over during the English Civil War but was subsequently abandoned .


It is now under the supervision of the English Heritage and open to the public .


The river is used as the main drinking water supply for the University of Rhode Island .


The route passes through the counties of Derbyshire , West Yorkshire , Lancashire , North Yorkshire , Cumbria and Northumberland .


Divided into eastern , western , and northern sections , it includes an 18-hole disc golf course and pens that are home to a herd of American bison kept at the park since 1953 .


Octave Chanute , railroad and aviation pioneer , is credited with the idea for using date nails as a way of tracking the life of railroad ties .


It is made up of the Government of Catalonia and local administrations .


The STI consists of six concentric fare zones centered in Barcelona , numbered 1 – 6 , which are further divided into sectors lettered A–H .


In 2003 he was given a four-year appointment as a Commissioner for English Heritage .


Themes such as the economy and health care would also underlie Bill Clinton 's 1992 presidential election victory .


The population is 32,469 as of 2006 , making it the second most populated town of the district after Lörrach .


His record of 163 caps is second only to Mohamed Al-Deayea in his country 's history .


In 2012 , he became assistant coach of Ligue 2 side AJ Auxerre .


All the steam locomotives currently in use on the railway are B-Class , built by Sharp , Stewart and Company and later the North British Locomotive Company between 1889 and 1925 .


Zinedine Zidane was also sent off later in the same match .


It was opened on 26 May 1938 and named after former club president Antonio Vespucio Liberti .


Additionally , it hosted four finals of the Copa América , most recently in 2011 .


It can be accessed by several train and bus lines as it is located within walking distance from the Barrancas de Belgrano transportation hub .


The closest airport with airline service is Kansas City International Airport .


It joins the Cantabrian Sea ( Bay of Biscay ) between the towns of Hendaye and Hondarribia .


The approved a for the last standing World War I veteran Tuesday .


This table shows the results for 649 of 650 constituencies in the in the United Kingdom ( not including the delayed constituency of , which will hold its election on 27 May ) .


The incumbent party before the dissolution of parliament was Gordon Brown 's Labour Party , exit polls suggested a small Conservative Party majority , which - when this swing is projected nationally - would cause a .


A senior United States intelligence official said today that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program in the fall of 2003 under international pressure .


The governor of Louisiana , , said the rain is a threat to New Orleans .


They are due to play against the United Arab Emirates tomorrow , but the general ban still remains in place .


The military also released a video captured by the plane 's on-board camera as it was flying above Transylvania .


The courts say the warlords alliance is a pawn of the United States .


It has an anti-terror task force based in nearby Djibouti .


Two Kentucky cousins were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of , , and against a gay man .


A helicopter crash at the edge of Nairobi , Kenya has killed six .


A 7.7 earthquake occurred off the coast of , Indonesia , at 9:42 p.m. local time ( 14:42 UTC ) .


Yesterday , Kenya 's announced they had the last male , , on Monday , after consulting with wildlife officials .


He was born in South Sudan , and at that time around 700 northern white rhinos were alive .


On Tuesday , the were presented from in London , England .


The ratings of the ceremony were beaten by the last episode of in the series , broadcast on Channel 4 from 2100&ndash ; 2200 UTC on Tuesday ; the viewing figures stood at approximately 6.5 million viewers .


Many of them were transferred from England .


The race was held in the United States city of Chicago , Illinois .


Second and third place went to and , both from Ethiopia , with times of 2:20:51 and 2:20:55 , respectively .


As a result , Boeing recommended pilots of such aircraft occasionally rev up their engines on lengthy flights to stop ice from building up .


The hijacker apparently demanded passage to Cuba .


In the opening round of the 2012 this past weekend , the beat the in , New Zealand by a score of 49&ndash ; 47 , while over in Brisbane , Australia , the defending champion lost to the by a score of 47&ndash ; 42 .


The violence is the result of conflict between Hezbollah and supporters of the .


A BBC reporter noted that machine guns and rocket propelled grenades were being used .


The first four were held in , Italy , with the most recent four all being held in , Switzerland .


The attack occurred after several hours of peaceful protests , broadcast online , over the burning of a by a Florida pastor .


In the developing world , they lag behind Malawi where women earn $ 0.90 for every $ 1 earned by men , Egypt where women earn $ 0.82 , and Benin and Mexico at $ 0.80 .


The creation of an all-women 's police force in Tamil Nadu led to increased reporting of crimes against women and general comfort in going to the police to report a problem .


The search will continue next year around 100 km away from Pyongyang .


They had started work on the recovery of war remains in 1996 but it was brought to an end by Donald Rumsfeld under the in 2005 because of the safety of the search teams after the for nuclear weapons .


With few specific mentions of Australia , women in the country appear to be doing better than many other countries discussed .


The report contrasts this to Honduras where married women working part-time would like to move to full-time but are unable to do so because of the lack of available employment .


Seven people in Wales have died as a result of the H1N1 swine flu virus .


In discussing Iceland , it suggests mandatory paid parental leave for mother and father have played an important role in changing norms in the country .


The United States is referred to many times , often as a benchmark to foster understanding of recent gains for women in other parts of the globe .


The EU went on to state that in the spirit of negotiations , they agreed with the proposed changes .


Police investigating the disappearance of 22-year old in , England , say they have discovered her body and are searching for another .


In the United Kingdom , have charged a 30-year - old man with murder over the death of a 3-year - old girl in the city of .


In the United Kingdom , charged a 26-year - old man with causing death by dangerous driving after an 80-year - old woman died following a incident in the area of the city of Birmingham .


Five people are thought to be seriously injured after a coach carrying elderly people overturned near , , Norfolk , England .


The film has been the most popular film in box offices around North America and Europe for six weeks , with United Kingdom takings for this weekend alone in excess of £ 5.1 m .


The boxes will be transported to France to be analysed , according to officials .


Health officials in both the United States and Norway have confirmed the presence of a mutated strain of the H1N1 , swine flu virus in several patients in the countries .


Health officials in other countries such as Mexico , China , Japan , Ukraine and Brazil , also report cases of the mutation .


The attorney general of California , home to one out of four DACA participants , stated intent through a spokesperson to file a separate lawsuit .


An explosion at a gas mine in northeastern China has killed at least 42 people today , state media reported .


In February , eleven peacekeepers from Burundi were killed by a suicide car bomber .


An early morning coal mine explosion in Beijing , China left 20 miners dead and seventeen trapped inside .


Investigators have found the of an flight that crashed into the of Pakistan 's capital city on Wednesday .


In Australia , New South Wales police have released photographs of up to 20 men who are of interest in connection with the race riots in the Sydney suburb of in December , 2005 .


Kevin Magnussen is set to start from fourth position .


92,293 fans watched the University of Southern California defeat the by a score of 38 - 24 in the 95th annual , which took place Thursday at the in .


A fire broke out at a record release party in , California late on Friday night .


A freak accident caused twenty deaths and some injuries , according to officials , at the well-known waterfall , in Ghana , on Sunday afternoon local time .


A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Papua New Guinea at 9:15 AM local time on Sunday morning ( 23:15 Saturday UTC ) .


Police are currently on the hunt for a suspect in two Ontario , Canada , murders .


A police sergeant was killed and at least 18 people were injured in a pair of bomb blasts today in southern Thailand .


Pete Buttigieg , the former mayor of , Indiana , came in second with 24.4 % of the vote .


Both earned 9 delegates , followed by Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota , with 6 .


None of the other candidates secured delegates , with Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts coming in fourth with 9.2 % of the vote .


In response to the 2006 coup , the United States , Australia , United Kingdom and New Zealand initiated various sanctions .


The book launched first in the UK , where the book went on sale from midnight .


A major police operation is in progress in the United Kingdom town of , , in relation to the search for the 37-year - old gunman .


Police have said that an explosion in a hotel garage in , Los Angeles , California , that sparked an evacuation of a large area was an act of vandalism .


It is estimated as many as 750,000 people travelled from India , which recently banned similar mass-sacrifices , to make up the majority of the festival 's estimated one million attendees .


On Friday , a group of hikers and 18 were airlifted by helicopters away from a in , Utah .


A man claiming to have attached a bomb to his body has been arrested after a stand-off with police officers in a town in , England .


The sole United States manufacturer of a key component of lethal injections announced Friday that it will cease production of the drug , contributing to shortages and delaying executions .


The missile flew 6,759 kilometres ( 4,200 miles ) downrange on a trajectory , to the test site in the Marshall Islands .


Police in Denmark have shot dead a man they believe was responsible for two gun attacks that killed two people in yesterday .


For Fiji , the report focused on progress being made in the country as it relates to gender roles and the local impact of the .


This move comes in addition to ridding foods of trans fats at in California and Walt Disney World in Florida , by the end of this calendar year .


The head of the , Mohamed ElBaradei , said earlier on Thursday that the organization has reached a " dead end " in a probe into Iran 's nuclear program .


The worst flooding in 27 years in Saudi Arabia has left at least 77 people dead , and dozens more could be missing .


For the first time in the sixteen weeks of protests in Hong Kong , police fired and landed a live round on a protester yesterday .


Amnesty International has called for an investigation into the shooting .


Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the 's takeover of China .


On Sunday in London , England , according to witness accounts and authorities , a man wearing a fake suicide vest entered a store , grabbed a large knife , ran outside with it and began to stab people .


The hostages were believed to have been taken to Mali .


The Supreme Leader of North Korea , Kim Jong-il , has died according to the ( KCNA ) .


According to local media , 25 people have died in an illegal coal mine in central China , after a fire broke out there .


President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered a full investigation and assistance for the victims .


The United States ' army 's chief of staff , General , said today that he believes more troops are needed in Afghanistan .


Twenty-five miners are confirmed dead , two injured , and four missing , after an explosion in a West Virginia Monday .


It is the deadliest mining accident in the United States since 1984 .


Five people are dead and ten more are in a critical condition after a minivan packed with children rolled over on Louisiana 's highway yesterday .


, Amnesty International , and other , have come out in support of the plan .


Three countries had sites added to the list for the first time : Tajikistan , Kiribati , and Marshall Islands .


The United States is replacing emergency oxygen handles on its 170 jet fighters .


The move follows a report into a November 2010 crash that killed a pilot in Alaska .


An tornado struck near , Missouri Friday night , forcing the closure of and damaging over 2,700 buildings in .


The previous record was 145 hours , as held by China .


It asserts this failure of " strategic communication " contributes to a perceived " negative image in world opinion and diminished ability to persuade " of the United States , and that a resulting atmosphere of hostility can manifest in numerous ways .


The meeting between the Condoleezza Rice and the was positive and constructive .


The Associated Press first reported this spill on 2 March .


A by-election was scheduled , but cancelled at the last minute , once Prime Minister Stephen Harper called a national election .


He said that although Saddam Hussein had been a brutal dictator , at least there had been peace in the streets and people were secure in their everyday lives .


The current polio epidemic has been going on for a year and there have been outbreaks in the last six months in Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Chad , Guinea , Liberia , Mali , Mauritania , Senegal and Sierra Leone .


Around 13 % of the 5.2 million inhabitants own a gun , with only the United States and Yemen having higher levels of gun ownership .


Two flashes of fire next to each other , " he said , as quoted by the BBC .


Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was immediately appointed by Dmitry Medvedev , the president , as the head of the commission to investigate the crash .


A state of emergency was declared in Bahrain on Tuesday by as protests in the country escalated further , leaving at least two dead .


He told officers he was from Cornwall and his wife had lost around £ 3,000 in the area the previous day .


President George W. Bush is urging lawmakers to approve his funding request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as a first priority .


Voters in Ireland went to the polls today , the only country holding a referendum on the matter .


One group worked on collaboratively produced handbook on " data journalism " while others tested and refined , a crowdsourced news tool that was used during the earthquakes in Haiti and Chile in 2010 and in in 2011 .


At least 27 people in Karachi , Pakistan have died after they consumed poisonous , home-made alcohol at a private party .


It was agreed at a NATO summit in last year .


Police in Finland have arrested , a four-time gold medallist ski jumper , on suspicion of attempted murder .


Recently released figures have revealed that the number of foreclosures in California , United States has more than quadrupled .


Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited the site on Monday , calling for calm and nationwide solidarity .


The in Austria saw him win three gold medals and one silver .


A bag was accidentally left at a petrol station close to Helsinki 's ; it was handed in to police , who discovered needles , s and a prescription for banned drug ( HES ) signed off by a team doctor .


President of Poland Andrzej Duda promised on Monday to veto the 's plans to change the arrangement of the country 's .


An attack on a mosque has killed at least 32 people , near Pakistan 's military headquarters in the city of Rawalpindi .


On Thursday , a bomb blast at a police checkpoint wounded at least two policemen in the northwestern city of Peshawar .


Although not specifically mentioned by the report , since the millennium the positions of and have both been held by women ; Tarja Halonen became the nation 's first female President in 2000 and in 2010 was selected to be the second female Prime Minister .


The envoys of the United States , Japan , South Korea , and North Korea have reached Beijing .


In an upset 5&mdash ; 0 win over Russia the team clinched the title in Vancouver , BC .


In total the airport , which serves London , was not able to operate normally for about 36 hours .


Prime Minister Theresa May said she " feels for all those passengers " affected .


These edits were and continue to be done using computers owned or operated by the United States government .


The information was related to fundraisers between 2001 and 2004 that were held at restaurants belonging to convicted felon and former lobbyist Jack Abramoff .


The latest monthly figure was discussed at a congressional hearing yesterday as president Barack Obama welcomed the news but said he is still not satisfied .


The library plans to highlight the historically significant tweets such as Barack Obama 's tweet when he won the 2008 presidential election .


[ and ] imposed serious constraints on international observers , " stated the Human Rights Watch .


Two suicide bombers detonated bombs at a mosque in southeastern Iran today , killing 27 and leaving several hundred more injured .


At 15:00 GMT today , Kosovo announced its independence from Serbia .


It is expected that several countries , including the United Kingdom , the United States and most members of the European Union , will recognise its independence on Monday .


The proposed cuts would particularly impact the economy of the Commonwealth of Virginia , whose northern counties employ large numbers of defense contractors and employees .


A day after declaring independence from Serbia , Kosovo is hoping for recognition from the global community , especially the European Union and the United States .


President Barack Obama said the shooter killed a total of five people .


The explosion of an oil pipeline in in central Mexico has killed at least 27 individuals and injured 56 others .


Officials say 27 people are dead after a plane crashed into the sea off east Indonesia today .


The nation of islands has heavy use of aviation and a poor safety record , including the crash of an Adam Air jet in 2007 that killed 102 people near Sulawesi .


They shut down Istanbul Atatürk Airport and blocked the two bridges over the , with gunfire and , by some reports , jets dropping bombs in Istanbul and Ankara .


Voting polls opened in Kosovo at 7am ( 0600 UTC ) ; the first time since declaring independence from Serbia last year .


The program will also have all further funding immediately frozen ; as a result , all work will halt on the project beyond two small test projects in Arizona .


Under Barack Obama , the government initially continued to support the program , and laid out a new timetable for the its completion .


At least ten attackers with knives , dressed in black , attacked a train station in , China yesterday .


Preparations are underway for an annual legislature meeting , at which president Xi Jinping as well as his government are to deliver their first one-year work report on Wednesday .


In Croatia ’s worst ever firefighting tragedy , six men were killed and seven badly injured when they were trapped battling a fierce forest blaze .


On October 14 , Uganda introduced legislation that would outlaw and ban homosexuality in the nation .


They are scheduled to play Brazil today .


State media reported earlier today that a stampede in a school in China has killed at least eight people and injured an additional 26 .


They were joined by a number of other countries including the United States and .


It has been widely deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan .


A fire and string of explosions at a chemical factory in Iran have killed at least 30 people .


Some countries , such as Germany , allow medical use of cannabis , but recreational use is prohibited .


On May 17 , 2005 , the of Kuwait passed , by a majority of 35 to 23 ( with 1 absetention ) , an amendment to its electoral law that would allow women to vote and to stand as parliamentary candidates .


Saudi Arabia holds strictly limited , male-only elections .


At least two people in Uganda were killed on Wednesday , after clashes between police and protestors at a royal mausoleum .


A fire on , in central London , England , has led to serious traffic problems in the area since this morning .


Refugees have been living in the camp as a result of the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan .


A family of four adults and one minor has been reported dead after the house they were inhabiting in the city of Pichilemu , in Chile was allegedly intentionally set on fire on Sunday morning .


The motorway was closed to traffic , and Sydney Harbour Bridge partly closed .


The species is thinner than a piece of spaghetti and is about 10 cm long , small enough to curl up on a United States quarter .


Pirates have continued to hijack vessels off the eastern coast of Africa despite the presence of foreign naval patrols in the area .


A fire on Thursday engulfed at least 140 buildings in , Japan .


Emperor Akihito paused during his 83 birthday celebrations to offer condolences .


I hope their health will not suffer , " he said from his Tokyo palace .


A fire yesterday morning destroyed at least 200 makeshift homes in a slum in Chittagong , a port city in Bangladesh .


At about 15:30 local time ( 1430 ) on Tuesday a fire was reported in the " " section of a parking structure at , in Norway .


The person who posted the video , wigoutgirl , claims to be 25 and from Canada .


Three car bombs were detonated in Baghdad , the capital of Iraq on Sunday morning , killing 30 people .


Two successive suicide bombings killed 30 people in a camp providing aid to displaced people in northwestern Pakistan , police officials stated .


The United States consumes approximately 20 million barrels of oil per day .


The suicide attack in Kuwait City killed 26 and injured 227 .


Also on Sunday , the United States announced a complete withdrawal from the region , beyond the withdrawal from the " immediate area " first announced seven days earlier on October 6 .


The & mdash ; whose commander-in-chief is President Bashar al-Assad & mdash ; entered and yesterday according to state media .


According to authorities in Mexico , 31 prisoners have died as the result of a fight which broke out in a prison , involving alleged members of drug businesses .


Roughly 300 protesters turned up yesterday for the return of Nigel Farage , leader of the UK Independence Party , to Edinburgh after last year 's disastrous attempt at a press conference in a pub at the foot of .


Representative from California , who is from the Democratic Party , opposed the bill and said that it would lead to problems by way of doing lasting damage to more than 30-years of .


The day was first designated unofficially by some in the United States in 1909 , to acknowledge the economic , political and social achievements of women .


The set for the programme features two purple sofas with a large round desk in between the sofas and a skyline of London in a backdrop .


Over 2.88 million of the downloads were from the European Union ; 2.56 million were from the United States .


The recent successes in India stock markets raised concerns that stocks are being valued too highly , causing an economic bubble that could be subject to correction .


At least fourteen former paramilitary group members are dead as the result of a bus crash in Guatemala .


The tour extends through Sunday , and includes stops in Edinburgh , Glasgow , London , and Birmingham , at the latter of which the Pope is going to celebrate the Beatification of .


According to first-hand reports as many as 1 million people and several large organizations such as Microsoft are without power this morning .


He then proceeded to take an aeroplane ride back to Rome .


He wanted to teach her a lesson , she said , and make her a Barack Obama supporter .


Two of the major United States indices saw falls of over two per cent .


This past weekend , a " Cartoons country " festival started in Moscow in cinema .


A large fire has swept suburban Manila , Philippines , destroying many houses and has left many homeless .


Neither politician talked much about corruption , Catalonia or Europe .


Despite earlier cooler weather , heatwave conditions are expected to resume in New South Wales , Australia .


A fire Friday night and Saturday morning caused major damage to the in Moscow , Russia .


Earlier studies have suggested that HIV-1 virus was spread from chimpanzees to humans in Cameroon .


The probe found two marines died after the pilots lost control in a tailwind in Morocco .


In , Poland , a crowd gathered in the square outside of the Archbishop 's residence .


In Dublin , Ireland , the remained open until midnight to allow people to pray privately for the deceased Pope .


The countries that have had increases in polio included Angola , Chad , and Democratic Republic of the Congo .


Last month , a rocket strike near a hotel in the capital injured four people , and another car bomb attack outside a NATO base injured six .


The area , located north of Rio de Janeiro , received 10 inches of rain ( a month ’s worth ) in 24 hours .


Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 , and in 1868 .


He started to be a fan of curling in Manitoba 10 years ago and said his father used to play it .


Athletes from 7 nations including Argentina , Chinese Taipei ( the host ) , Greece , Hong Kong , Japan , South Korea , Turkey , and the United States were among the main participants this event .


The first cases of bird flu have been registered in the world 's second most populous country , India .


Teams from Thailand , Australia , Iran ( Silver Medalist in soccer at the 2005 Summer Deaflympics ) , Uzbekistan , Malaysia , and Japan took part .


The conduct by a group of ' Santas ' making an unclear statement last Saturday is not appreciated in the business district of , New Zealand .


Under the declaration , the tribe , which consists of people from Nebraska , North Dakota , Montana , South Dakota and Wyoming , would create and issue its own driver 's licenses and passports .


In the , clusters of thunderstorms extend westward from to just south of Mexico .


Despite the pictures , in Texas , it is not a violation of any law , as seat belts are not required to be worn on private property .


The has been suspended until January 26 , 2009 , by Prime Minster Stephen Harper .


It lists the riches 1000 people in the United Kingdom .


He wrestled his last match in Japan on October 25 , 2009 .


Singer and song writer has warned her fans attending concerts about " hateful " protests that are set to take place during a concert she will be having tonight in , Missouri .


China , however , destroyed an old orbiting satellite on January 11 , 2007 .


Germany is to call a meeting on the issue in the coming months and a climate change summit is also expected to be held in Mexico within the coming year .


Neighboring countries , Dominican Republic and Jamaica have begun to implement measures to prevent the disease from spreading .


The vote is to be held at 6:30 PM local time in Ottawa , Ontario .


Although a city official has been quoted as telling local media that Moscow would increase security of data transmission in light of what happened , local police say they have yet to receive a single complaint about the incident , and thereby have not opened an investigation .


Nudity on television is officially banned in Russia .


A man from London , England has been sentenced to three years in prison after killing his wife by hitting her in the head with a television remote control .


Thirty-six years after he was found guilty of an armed robbery in London , a court has quashed the conviction of , ruling it unsafe .


Last week , " carried twin studies into the genetics of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia .


The decree instructs archbishops to notify the Vatican City of any sexual allegations .


In 2011 Czech Republic President awarded him the .


A man has been killed after a car accident in Cornwall , England .


Floods affecting five states in northeastern Brazil have left hundreds of thousands homeless and have taken 44 lives .


More than forty people were injured and four were killed in Thailand following attacks in the country 's south .


Very early yesterday morning , the President Donald Trump reported he and his wife tested positive for .


A suicide bomber killed 43 people in Iraq Sunday , injuring an estimated 40 more .


Credit for the attacks has not yet been claimed , but al-Qaeda is considered the probable culprit .


If necessary , there are also backup sites in California and New Mexico .


President Ali Abdullah Saleh , however , has denied that the government is responsible for the deaths .


The tri-masted sailing training vessel , built in New Zealand , is believed to be seaworthy , but has serious damage to her keel and rudder .


She is expected to visit the following countries : Brazil , Colombia , Chile , and El-Salvador .


Peter Costello , treasurer of Australia , said he will not support national ID cards unless there is convincing evidence it fights terrorism .


" We consider the captured members of Al-Qaeda and its affiliates to be who may be held , in accordance with the law of war , to keep them from killing innocents .


It is reported that Russia has shut down the seal hunt on its shores .


The United States , Netherlands , and Belgium ban the import of seal products .


At least nine people have died in northern Italy after a landslide caused the derailment of a passenger train .


The election was called after former President Pervez Musharraf resigned last month .


An earthquake that rated 5.1 on the Richter scale hit north of Tokyo , Japan on 16 October .


Singapore 's , which fell 8.3 percent on Friday , was not open today for a holiday .


" , a multi-state lottery in the United States is nearing a record high .


Not included on the list is the leaked list of blocked websites in Thailand .


Leaders and central banks in Russia , China , Malaysia , Indonesia , Thailand , and Kazakhstan have called for an international currency system .


They argue the measure does not ensure that other nations , particularly China and India , will cut emissions .


Ministers from thirteen countries in Asia pledged on Friday to doubling the wild tiger population on the continent by 2022 , to seven thousand .


She is now the 67th person to hold that position and succeeds Condoleezza Rice .


The new fad recently caught on in Iowa where families have began to plant the recession gardens to save money in the produce sections of supermarkets , especially organic fruits and vegetables .


Large tornadoes swept through Georgia , Alabama , and Missouri yesterday , part of a large line of storms that stretched across the United States .


Every September , the Apple is redesigned .


Earlier today in front of the office of Italy 's in Rome , shots were fired .


The joined with former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 's to form a coalition government .


At 10:49 PST ( 18:49 UTC ) yesterday the United States Geological Survey reported that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was felt in , Mexico .


Two sculptures have been confiscated and thirteen pro-democracy activists arrested in Hong Kong , in what critics have described as " politically motivated " censorship .


The , the only railway company in Hong Kong since the in 2007 , has loosened their rules .


The tests confirmed the presence of BSE and the specimen was sent for further analysis at a United Kingdom laboratory .


She becomes the fourth woman ever to serve on the court and will become the third current female justice , joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor .


An eathquake with a magnitude of 5.2 has struck at the coast just north of French Guiana .


As the scandal gained momentum , a variety of politicians , including Nancy Pelosi , the , called on him to resign .


During the weekend , 11 estates in the capital of Norway , Oslo , received suspicious white powder by mail .


The storm was forecast to track north over the western tip of Cuba and eventually make landfall over the , and the storm is producing heavy rains and gusty winds over portions of Florida .


The government of the Cayman Islands has issued a for that country , and the government of the has issued a tropical storm warning .


One year and one month after the earthquake that affected most of Chile , and triggered a destructive tsunami throughout its coast , the governor of the , , told " that the " did not register , nor conducted inspection visits " to the homes of 107 families affected by the earthquake .


A four-year-old Istanbul toddler was saved from serious injury by a quick-thinking shopkeeper , who caught the boy as he fell the thirteen feet ( four meters ) from the floor above .


The earthquake had a of 5.9 , and occurred 13 kilometers southwest of Lolol , O'Higgins Region , at a depth of 50 kilometers .


The United States Geological Survey , however , reported the earthquake had a magnitude of 4.9 , and that it occurred at a depth of 64.9 kilometers .


The aftershock was clearly felt in Pichilemu ; schools quickly evacuated to secure zones .


Also the reduction of the currently in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is scheduled to begin on November .


The quake had a magnitude of 5.8 with an epicenter east of , Virginia .


One eyewitness said the attackers used to blast the compound gates , according to the BBC .


Early yesterday morning , United States Representative Elijah Cummings died while in hospice care .


Yesterday , former United States Representative John Conyers died in his sleep , according to a family spokesperson .


On Tuesday , United States President Donald Trump issued a series of seven pardons and four commutations .


On Friday , United States President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak .


An earthquake struck in the Gulf of Mexico with a magnitude of 6.0 , a strength very rare for that region of the world , at 10:56 am EDT ( 14:56 UTC ) on September 10 .


According to the , the quake 's epicenter was 260 miles ( 418 km ) WSW ( 240 ° ) of , Florida , and 329 miles ( 529 km ) southeast ( 145 ° ) of New Orleans , Louisiana , at a depth of 6.2 miles ( 10 km ) .


If proven this could be the first case of piracy in Europe in the modern era .


The advert was broadcast from Spain , where it was 21:10 at the time of filming .


Despite his campaign , physician-assisted suicide is currently legally accepted in only one state , Oregon , which passed a law in 1997 allowing a physician to prescribe lethal drugs to a terminally ill patient .


A road accident killed Alberta ( MLA ) on Monday .


The blast occurred at around 9:19 a.m. , approximately 80 miles south of off the coast of Louisiana .


On Wednesday , astronomers at the University of Cambridge in England announced the discovery of a dwarf star , known as , which is slightly bigger than Saturn and smaller than Jupiter .


This method is used to discover planets or satellites , and the astronomers initially thought it was merely an exoplanet .


According to live scanner communications , fire officials say a large gas main has exploded in a neighborhood located in , California .


Five women are reported dead after a shooting at a strip mall in suburban Chicago , Illinois , and police are searching for the perpetrator , who they say fled the scene .


The idea proved successful when tested for three months in Rhode Island , in two different stores .


The World Bank , an organization that provides loans to developing countries , warned Thursday that rising food prices are driving millions of people deeper into poverty .


President George W. Bush , who would have to sign the bill for it to become law , has voiced his support for the legislation .


This makes legal history in England and Wales , being the first time the power has been used in the United Kingdom since its introduction in 2003 .


During rehearsals for a series of return concerts planned in London , England last year , the entertainer had employed the doctor to be his personal physician for the spring .


The astronomers used the European Southern Observatory 's in Chile to study this system .


The first same-sex couple to be married in France tied the knot on Wednesday in the southern city of .


This call by Senators has also earned the support of president-elect Barack Obama , who will be inaugurated on Tuesday .


At approximately 1600 ( 2100 ) a suspicious package was found near the baggage claim at in Virginia , United States , leading to the closure of around half of the terminal .


They did not disclose what the package contained , but an official said the package did not look similar to other suspicious packages sent to Maryland state government buildings earlier today .


Due to the package , four baggage claims and a United Airlines ticket counter were temporarily vacated .


While no deaths were immediately reported , the government 's crisis management center soon put the toll at seventeen with another 60 injured according to the officials at Ankara , the capital .


A 7.4 - magnitude earthquake in Istanbul killed 20,000 people in August 1999 .


Around 50 people have been arrested ahead of a planned human rights protest in Swaziland .


Less than a year earlier a similar operation in Manchester had seen an officer stabbed to death by a suspect now serving life in prison .


Senator of Hawaii has been sworn in as the new President pro tempore .


Less than a year earlier , a similar operation in Manchester resulted in an officer stabbed to death by a suspect now serving life in prison .


The administration of President Barack Obama has argued that congressional authorization is not needed , but welcomes a statement of support from the legislature .


Two United States on the train heard a weapon being loaded in a bathroom .


The high-speed service was headed from Amsterdam to Paris .


President Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency last November and suspended the constitution .


There are similar competitions in the United States and Ireland .


At least 30 people have been killed by twin earthquakes in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo .


The quake could also be felt in nearby Burundi , but there are no reports of damage or injuries there .


A bomb in Pakistan has killed at least 40 people and injured several more .


In a surprise announcement , United States First Lady flew to Afghanistan for a 5-hour stay today .


An earthquake , measured at 6.7 on the , has struck north-eastern Afghanistan .


A bus bombing in Sri Lanka has killed at least 25 and wounded at least 40 .


An earthquake measuring 6.3 struck Indonesia 's and early on Saturday morning , killing at least 5,427 people , and injuring thousands more .


Yesterday , former United States Senator Kay Hagan died , according to a statement released by her family .


There were no goals in the first half of the game , with the first goal , which was for Arsenal , being scored in the 59th minute from a corner taken by .


At least 160 people were killed on Thursday after torrential rains caused mudslides in the Philippines .


Two passenger trains collided in India early on Wednesday , killing at least 21 people and injuring more than twenty others , reports have said .


A strong earthquake has once again struck Haiti , eight days after a 7.0 magnitude quake left much of the nation in ruins .


A train crash in Egypt killed at least 25 people on Saturday , officials said .


A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit southern Taiwan on Thursday .


The found small amounts of radioactive isotopes along the coast of North America , reported early this month .


On Sunday night in Prague , Czech Republic , 183 people on a flight arriving from Manchester , United Kingdom were evacuated after , reportedly , discovery in the aircraft 's toilets of a picture of a bomb .


At least 21 miners in China are dead after an explosion at a coal mine in the southwestern province earlier today , according to reports .


According to the Associated Press , some buildings in the capital Taipei swayed for about twenty seconds , although there were no any immediate reports of damage , injuries , or deaths .


Reports say that the amount of people fleeing from their homes in California located in the United States due to wildfires has reached the 1,000,000 mark as the fires continue to grow .


Search and rescue workers in Arkansas continue to search the and for survivors of Friday 's flash flood .


The European Space Agency has spotted a pair of supermassive black holes orbiting one another , believed to be the product of two merging .


Ten people have been arrested over a school fire in Uganda over possible negligence on their parts .


In January , remittances declined further , with Colombia experiencing a 16 % drop relative to 2008 , Brazil suffering a 14 % decline , Mexico 12 % , and Guatemala and El Salvador each falling 8 % .


However , President Barack Obama promised to close the detention centre by January 22 , and the implications for cases pending review are unclear .


Five went to Albania in 2006 and another four went to Bermuda in June .


Former Secretary of State Colin Powell , as well as 28 other retired senior military officers , also endorsed it .


A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck the of New Zealand at 12:51 PM local time on Tuesday ( Monday 23:51 UTC ) .


In New Zealand , a 22-year - old law banning the destruction of their flag was also as it was considered an act of free speech .


Mention is made to a possible investigation , and indictment of , Donald Rumsfeld .


A couple is missing on the in Queensland .


An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck , New Zealand yesterday .


According to the BBC , this figure is triple the initial reports .


At 3:36 am this morning , a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 10 kilometres southeast of , Italy .


In light of an oil spill that occurred off the coast of southeast Queensland in 2009 , a captain of a cargo ship and four companies are set to appear in court .


According to BP 's chief executive the equivalent to 10,000 of oil is being captured each day in the Gulf of Mexico by a containment cap .


At least thirty-three more people have died in a second day of protests in Addis Ababa , the capital of Ethiopia .


The ' no ' vote follows a similar vote in France last week that lead to the resignation of the prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin .


An elderly , New York woman was found dead yesterday after a fire triggered by a voodoo ceremony caused a blaze in an apartment that left dozens homeless .


Although president-elect Donald Trump has called for a " repeal and replace " plan , saying that a new health care system would be enacted " almost simultaneously , " many in government and the press have expressed doubts about whether this would actually happen .


The majority opinion was written by Associate Justice , joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia , Clarence Thomas , and .


She was joined by the court 's other three liberal associate justices : John Paul Stevens , , and Ruth Bader Ginsburg .


Ten children have died after a fire at a disabled orphanage in , Estonia .


Buildings in Tokyo , 350 km ( 220 miles ) from the epicenter , were swayed by the trembler and trains were shut down .


Yesterday , over one hundred tons of was in Kenya .


Television audience ratings for U.S. TV host 's first program " last night were higher than rival Jay Leno and his late night program on , " .


In 2008 , same-sex marriage was banned in California after voters approved .


It was later overturned by a federal judge in San Francisco who deemed the measure unconstitutional .


At least 45 people have been killed in a new surge of violence that began after Kenya 's disputed December 27 presidential election .


Police had imposed an overnight curfew in the city of , about two hours north of Nairobi , after new violence broke out on Friday .


Four of the tourists were from Austria and one was from Germany .


That night , the White House had the rainbow projected on the outside of the building to celebrate the decision .


The government of Iran has banned service providers from offering high-speed internet access , of speeds above 128kbps .


They wed in 2013 in Massachusetts , two years after an Illinois civil union .


France , Spain and the United Kingdom , where people with flu-like symptoms have been tested for the swine flu .


Those who are set to go to trial are alleged members of Al-Qaeda , who were found to be responsible for the attacks .


Presumptive Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain have also weighed in .


The result of yesterday 's local elections in the United Kingdom has been announced .


Police have reported that an Iowa teenager recently stabbed his father during a fight .


A small plane has crashed at a New Mexico airport killing five people .


In an 88-page criminal complaint , federal prosecutors detailed the plot , which included airlifting the weapons to Thailand , and had an estimated cost of US $ 27.9 million .


This is one of a number of aviation crashes that have happened in Iraq in recent months .


Heavy snowstorms in northern China have killed at least 32 people today , according to officials .


In the United Kingdom , television presenter has died at the age of 84 .


A parliamentary report balmed the disaster 's scale on the owners , as well as the government and Panama , the state where the ship was registered .


A suicide bomber at a game in northwestern Pakistan detonated a vehicle full of explosives Friday , killing at least 75 people and injuring scores more .


A car bomb detonated Wednesday outside of , the capital of Iran 's .


11 people have been left dead and thousands have no electricity after a snowstorm hit the central area of the United States .


Hundreds of trees and power lines have also fallen across Chicago , Wisconsin , Texas , Kansas and Minnesota .


The note was introduced by the European Central Bank in 2002 , when the currency itself officially entered into circulation .


In the midst of the festivities , the earthquake in Haiti was still on the minds of many attendees .


All flights are grounded , and two men have been arrested and the United Kingdom has raised the national threat level to " critical " which means another terror attack is imminent .


15 elite commandos in the Pakistan anti-terror unit have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack .


At least 65 people were killed and over 200 injured when a train derailed in West Bengal , India .


The train , which runs from Kolkata to Mumbai , had thirteen coaches derailed , five of which were subsequently struck by a freight train coming in the opposite direction .


The has been accused of offending people in Afghanistan when it distributed , which had been printed with images of flags from around the world .


This does not include a planned supplemental bill to fund ongoing actions in Iraq and Afghanistan .


The United States government officially charged 11 individuals today for the theft and sale of over 40 million credit and debit card numbers .


President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan gave up his uniform in a ceremony yesterday in Rawalpindi .


A 12 year old boy turned up to start the new academic year as a girl , at a school in England .


Two high-speed bullet trains crashed close to in the province of eastern China on Saturday .


Parts of Texas have been scorched by sweeping this week .


President Obama has also promised to provide needed assistance to local officials .


The Associated Press reported that many of the victims are women .


The other winners bought their tickets in Virginia , Texas and New Jersey , though the specific retailers had not been revealed .


On Tuesday the United States and Mexico announced a new strategy to combat increasingly violent drug movements across the border between the two countries .


At least nine people have been killed after a wooden ferry caught fire and sank in Indonesia .


Many buildings suffered severe damage in the attack&mdash ; a local police lieutenant told " Reuters " : " The roof of the coffee shop which was full of people also collapsed .


The flight data recorder , or " black box " , is to be sent to the United States for analysis .


Vice President Joe Biden also offered his condolences .


Six were killed , two injured in , Ohio yesterday after teenagers in an acquired hit a guardrail and overturned into a pond .


A male driver has been hospitalised with serious head injuries after the car he was in crashed into the corner of a house in in the east of the United Kingdom .


Four days of torrential rains in Tanzania caused landslides on Tuesday , killing at least twenty people in a village , among them seven schoolchildren .


Talks will center around business ties and HIV , although the situation in Zimbabwe will likely also be discussed .


However , European Union observers report of no evidence of such attacks .


Following concern that local drug dealers are targeting school children , authorities in Hong Kong have announced plans to introduce tests in the territory 's schools for the use of narcotics .


According to reports , at least eighteen people were killed in Brazil in the past 24 hours , following heavy storms that led to mudslides and torrential rains .


Former United States soldier and World War II veteran died on Tuesday at the age of 91 , his family revealed on Thursday .


Congressman Ron Paul finished second with 11.9 percent .


Historian Darcy Richardson , who finished at 4.3 percent , had already ended his campaign .


The next set of primaries will take place June 5 in California , Montana , New Jersey , New Mexico , and South Dakota .


A fuel tanker explosion in Nigeria killed at least seventy people on Saturday , officials have said .


Friday saw U.S. Barack Obama issue a proclamation making the south-western Colorado site of a .


Shortages of cooking gas and fuel for cars were caused as the result of a pipeline rupture , which cut off natural gas from the state 's sole source located in Bolivia .


Thirteen cases of a drug-resistant form of , , have been reported by a prominent doctor in Thailand .


Of the total patients , South Korea ranked first with 136 .


Thirteen people have died in Russia after two accidents , one with an airplane and one with a helicopter .


According to reports , at least seventeen people have been killed in Somalia after clashes between opposition rebels and government troops , although some reports put the number as high as 24 .


The Associated Press news agency quotes local media as saying some power lines were knocked down and some buildings damaged .


The model was subjected to the recall following a US ( NHTSA ) investigation .


Flooding caused by torrential rain over several days has killed at least 91 people in El Salvador , according to officials .


On Friday , the United States announced new restrictions on flights to Cuba .


The watch will not expand to other areas of the Indian Ocean unless additional data are received to warrant such an expansion " .


An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude on the struck the Mariana Islands today .


The epicenter was located 1,484 kilometers northeast of , Philippines and 2,703 kilometers northeast of , at a depth of 4.7 kilometers .


The Northern Marianas emergency management office said that there were no damages reported in the nation .


No tremors were felt in any of the major islands like nor in , the capital of Guam .


A bus accident in southern India has left at least thirty people dead & mdash ; including about ten children & mdash ; and thirty more injured , according to reports .


The incident occurred before dawn in the town of in the Karnataka state .


The vehicle , en route to Bangalore , about 200 kilometres from the scene of the accident , drove into a police barricade and flipped over , causing the fuel tank to explode and burn the passengers .


The documents were released by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks .


At least fifteen people have been killed and a further fifty injured after gunmen attacked the central bank in Iraq 's capital of Baghdad earlier today .


A week earlier , a car bomb in Beirut killed 24 or more and left several hundred wounded .


According to reports , at least 35 people are dead while six are seriously injured in the northern Philippines after a bus plunged into a 100 meter deep ravine .


The accident occurred early Wednesday near the city of Baguio , 200 kilometres north of the capital Manila .


At least fourteen people have died after eating in Madagascar .


The United States ' third-largest airline operator , Delta Air Lines , will cut 1,000 jobs due to a planned service reduction at their .


As of today , as many as 84 people are reported dead since Wednesday after drinking toxic homemade sold in a slum in in northern Mumbai .


According to " , 18 lives were claimed by the storm in Haiti yesterday when it passed over that island nation .


On Monday local time , a chartered flight carrying 72 passengers and nine crew members crashed on the outskirts of the city of , Colombia .


The crisis at a on the northeast coast of Japan is now as severe as the in 1986 , officials have said .


Prices dropped by $ 1 to $ 66 per barrel on Tuesday , eased partly by news that OPEC would supply 2 million barrels of oil per day in extra capacity to ease supply shortages .


This is despite the fact that there are now believed to be over 30 million followers of the diet in the USA .


An has crashed North of capital , Sudan .


An cargo jetliner has crashed minutes after takeoff from Sudan 's .


The aircraft was en route to in , Germany when it crashed .


Following his trip to Georgia , from August 17th through the 18th , he was surrounded by a lot of speculation that he would in fact be the candidate .


In 2005 , he returned from his exile in Portugal to participate in the nation 's elections , and won the vote .


These include a en route to Iran , which crashed shortly after take-off in 2008 , killing 68 of at least 90 people on board .


Three people have died after a fire in an Athens bank as protesters fill the streets to demonstrate against austerity measures aimed to save Greece from its massive debts .


Registered voters in Afghanistan went to the polls on Thursday to cast their votes for .


So far at least 15 people have died in a major ice storm in the United States which has left more than 600,000 residents and businesses across three states , without electricity .


Fifteen people are dead , and thirty more have become ill after attempting to steal fuel from a freight train travelling through , Assam , India .


Witnesses report two individuals leaving the bag and police told " Reuters " a CCTV camera recorded two dark-clad men speeding off on a motorcycle .


Fourteen have died and four more have been injured after a bus and a truck collided near Moscow , Russia .


Saturn has the second-most known satellites : 62 , while has 27 .


The United States , China , India , Japan , South Korea , and Australia have formed a partnership aiming to cut the emissions of gasses that lead to global warming .


Two powerful suicide attacks struck different areas of northwestern Pakistan on Saturday , apparently targeting the country 's security forces .


An investigation is currently under way in , Scotland , following a on the & ndash ; Oban railway .


Adults from the area reported that the children had died of malaria .


This switch in allegiances from President Clinton 's administration have so far not stopped the sharia courts , who have gained control of the capital , Mogadishu .


A park in the U.S. state of Wisconsin has been closed , due to being over-run by gypsy moth caterpillars .


A massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake occurred in northern Japan early on Friday .


Prime Minister Naoto Kan said there had been no nuclear plant radiation leaks caused by the disaster .


Over the course of the last week , fifteen people who have suffered from influenza have died in Wales , as reported to the .


Throughout the United Kingdom , 62 individuals reportedly died in the last week , as the result of suffering from influenza .


A total of fifteen players have left after the club was relegated from England 's at the end of the season .


A train derailment at 20:41 ( 1841 ) yesterday just outside the city of in in north-western Spain has left at least 77 people dead and 131 injured , of which 20 are in a serious condition .


The train was going from Madrid to the coastal city of .


Senator Hillary Clinton , who is running for President , voted for the resolution .


the self-declared northwestern republic of Somaliland .


The media blackout was created to lower the risk to the royal , whilst in service in Afghanistan , and was the first large scale agreement of its kind .


A female teacher was fatally stabbed late Monday morning at the she taught in at Leeds , West Yorkshire , England , in front of students .


Describing the killing , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron said it was " profoundly shocking and absolutely appalling " .


They also qualify for the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in the club 's 132-year history .


The king said that the resulting political turbulence from the resignation " seriously threatens " the country 's standing in the European Union .


In France , the government has asked for all the animals imported during the last ten days to be tested .


The of Vanuatu has lost his seat after a motion of .


There was also concern about his support for , the military leader of Fiji .


He was on an official visit to Trinidad and Tobago at the time .


As of yesterday , no cause had yet been released for the fire by authorities in the Mediterranean coastal town .


He also helps run , an organization that supports underprivileged children in Lesotho , Africa .


One hundred and thirty three people were injured , nineteen of them seriously , when two high-speed ferries travelling between Hong Kong and Macau collided in heavy fog on Friday .


Several attacks in three different parts of Iraq yesterday killed over 100 people and injured almost 350 more , making Monday the deadliest day in the country this year .


Early on Monday morning , attacks with automatic weapons against six army and police checkpoints in the city of Baghdad killed seven police officers , with three other bombings in the city killing another two policemen .


Citizens in Israel who participated in the 2010 will not be prosecuted , according to a statement released today by the , .


According to local officials , a United States drone attack in Pakistan 's province has killed at least fifteen people , although some reports put the death toll as high as twenty .


The study was conducted in Bangladesh on a group of 340 pregnant women during third trimester and reduced the risk of respiratory illness among the mothers by 36 percent .


The will be held in South Africa , and Brazil will host the .


At least 16 soldiers and militants & mdash ; possibly more & mdash ; were killed in Pakistan Saturday during an ambush by the .


The vehicle is thought to have been destined for Greece .


He came in first in 36 counties and finished only 16 points behind President Barack Obama , who won the primary with 95,382 votes for 58 percent .


The ban had been enacted by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 during the , apparently as a way to shield grieving families .


The suspects were allegedly part of the and Hamas .


When word of the story got around , people from all over the United States began to call the city in anger .


He departed and has lived in London since October 10 , 1946 .


Several central banks in Europe and North America announced joint efforts to provide liquidity to the credit markets in the wake of the 2007 subprime mortgage financial crisis .


The honours are awarded by the Queen after advice from the Prime Minister , Gordon Brown .


They might be occupying first and second place in the back in England , but Manchester United and were defeated following the second legs of their respective ties .


Their first goal of the two legs came after an hour , as Argentinian international finished off 's good pass from just inside the penalty box .


The first attacks carried out by United States in Libya reportedly occurred today , as the confirmed a strike carried out by the but declined to give further details .


He has won five titles , three , a UEFA Champions League , an , and an .


The ceasefire document was originally drafted under the supervision of Nicolas Sarkozy , the of France .


Continuing a trend of steady employment growth , the United States economy added 215,000 jobs in July , the said on Friday .


The game took place in in Glasgow , Scotland on Saturday .


Around the world fan clubs formed , including in the United States , Japan , and Germany .


As a result of the terror attacks in the United Kingdom on the days prior to the event , heightened security precautions were in force , with a high police presence around the venue , and bag searches taking place .


He attacked Prime Minister Tony Blair as having ' failed ' , with the poorest paying a bigger propotion of their income in taxes than the richest .


He spoke against David Cameron 's lack of environmental conviction and suggested that only realistic means of tackling carbon emissions was through taxation , which could help change behaviour .


While the points system is often attacked for placing too much pressure on students , it has avoided the problem of grade inflation that has occurred in the UK and USA .


Dozens of people have been killed in Mexico after two separate prison riots broke out in the city of .


The leg began on Tuesday with four games , and the other four were played the next day , including reigning champions FC Barcelona of Spain .


According to data released on Tuesday , home prices in the United States plunged at the highest rates ever recorded in January .


Regional variations have resulted in larger losses in states such as Nevada and Florida .


says the faulty cribs were made in China .


The scientists presented their findings at the ( EGU ) in Vienna , Austria just this week .


These reports come one day after the United Kingdom was hit by a 5.2 earthquake .


These include a 2006 incident where a student in Ohio was instructed by school administrators to remove a t-shirt which read " I support gay marriage " , and a 2007 incident where a teacher and an assistant principal at a school in Virginia told a student she could not wear a t-shirt with overlapping female gender symbols .


" reports the fire started on board a vehicle carrying chemicals , but the BBC reports that the origin is unknown .


Human rights groups say that about 200,000 refugees from Darfur in neighbouring Sudan are in the eastern part of the country , where they have faced violence from fighters .


Pressure and activist groups across Europe celebrated the defeat of the legislation , attributing their success to mobilising the public to bring pressure to bear on MEPs .


Although not taking many medals , the efforts going into development in nations such as Tonga allowed many of their players to place 5th or 7th .


India also performed well , especially their women 's team .


A project aimed at feelings of insecurity in society took place over the last month in Belgium .


From 1901 - 1927 , parliament met in Melbourne in the ( the state parliament was relocated for 26 years ) .


In the 61 years the building was used as the seat of parliament , the government changed only seven times , and several new political parties were formed ( the Liberals , , and the ) .


Most heroin sold in Europe comes from Afghanistan 's poppies .


Their next game is against Montenegro in Warsaw , scheduled for today .


Since the Monday morning accident 3,000 square miles of ocean have been searched , with aircraft drafted in from as far afield as Japan to help .


He won on the second ballot , defeating tax accessor of Pennsylvania , who initially ran unopposed .


Protesters affiliated with the disrupted a performance by the at the in London on Thursday evening as part of concert season .


Prime Minister John Howard is bracing himself for a possible Wednesday interest rate rise which may decide the election .


Yesterday , the Colonel addressed a gathering in Benghazi to mark the birthday of the .


Wednesday saw Libya release four journalists , detained for six weeks and , accused of entering the country illegally .


Their claimed intention was to move the quake victims to a temporary orphanage being set up in a hotel-resort in the neighbouring Dominican Republic .


Haiti 's government has imposed new restrictions on adoptions due to concerns about child trafficking during the post-disaster confusion .


Six years later he was ousted when an arrest warrant was issued and fled to Nigeria .


Western celebrities , a model , and , an actress , described an incident at a charity dinner held by , then South Africa 's head , in 1997 .


They also noted he is set to be sent to the United Kingdom to serve sentence .


In Benghazi , the rebels ' main stronghold and the genesis of the revolt , a senior official said everything was going according to plan .


Only an hour prior to the incident , a train carrying elementary school pupils from , on their way to Croatia passed on the same track .


The country 's prime minister , Kevin Rudd , calls the fires " mass murder " .


It has been suggested that pools of a similar liquid might be able to exist on Mars , providing a possible niche for simple life to exist there .


On Tuesday , October 17 , 2006 at 7:46 A.M. ( EDT ) , the estimated population of the United States crossed the 300 million mark .


Then , Italy was the country where most foreign born people came from more than any other ; in 2006 that nation is Mexico .


Campaign officials say they will use the money for advertising on television in several states including Florida and California but primarily New Hampshire and Iowa .


quickly passed the ball up to in the center of the pitch , who split the defence with a well aimed ball that released Quaresma on a break away .


For Jamaica the report highlights a number of negative gender issues for the nation 's men .


The guest list was the subject of much speculation , but notable figures , Steven Spielberg , and reportedly did not attend the festivities .


In Sunday 's events , government forces reportedly used air strikes and shelling against rebel forces , who retreated in the direction of Benghazi , with government forces in pursuit .


Since then , he has climbed over eighty buildings around the world , including the , , and Sydney Harbour Bridge .


In a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday , promised that the treasury will recover all of the money .


On Friday , agreed to a five-year contract extension with FC Barcelona , Zlatan Ibrahimović to a one-year contract with Manchester United F.C. as a free agent , and joined from for a four-year term .


The first of the ended in a 3 - 0 victory for over Celtic .


The rematch comes in 15 days in Prague .


Former leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed after heavy fighting in his home town of Sirte .


The men have been held since their capture in August last year by rebels who had taken the city of Tripoli .


The premier of New South Wales , , attended the reopening too .


United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived late and added his signature later .


On Thursday , , lead singer of US rock band , died in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 41 .


Brazil has 400,000 " first people " , many of whom express that they need more respect .


The leader of the opposing , Tony Abbott , has claimed that there is " fat " in the budget .


On Monday , United States electronics retailer announced that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection .


Australia had mixed rankings for literacy and numeracy amongst adults , finishing amongst the top for literacy and in the middle for numeracy .


This contrasts to some other countries like the United States where literacy skills correlate to social mobility .


The country 's mean score is comparable to Canada .


The torch continued its route , surrounded by more than twenty security officers , to be seen by hundreds of spectators , and also continued verbal protests by groups highlighting the human rights issues in China .


A goal scored just before half time , by Frank Lampard , put both sides at an equal position for the start of the second half .


Federal Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd said that the plan would create more , not less bureaucracy .


" We heard about mushroom clouds and other images before the military action in Iraq .


A new study amongst doctors in the United States on the use of placebos - pills with no medical effect - shows that almost half of the questioned practitioners prescribe placebos , most of them within the last year .


[ His death is ] very sad news , " said Garry Kasparov , a former world champion of chess .


The capital of Athens was filled with an estimated 17,000 protesters at gatherings called by three separate political groups .


The firm has franchised over 3,000 restaurants in the USA and has revenues of over $ 1bn .


Thousands of people throughout Egypt continued protests for a second straight day , clashing with security officials .


The demonstrators were protesting against the three-decade-rule of president Hosni Mubarak .


In southern Greece today , huge forest fires continue to burn on destroying homes and causing severe damage to the region .


Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged swift action , including streamlining planning and building regulations , and constructing 6,000 housing units .


It is the largest skyscraper in the United States and was for a time the largest skyscraper in the world ; though it has since been surpassed .


The huge forest fires that blazed across southern Greece on Friday and Saturday were stabilized for a few hours today .


One of the world 's most advanced earthquake warning systems in Japan has been found to have some practical use problems .


An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the hit Pakistan on Thursday at 23.44 local time ( + 18.44 ) .


The earthquake was mainly felt in Islamabad , Rawalpindi , Muzaffarabad , Lahore , and .


As the epicentre of the quake was deep in the mountains , along the border with Afghanistan , not much damage was caused .


A report released by the United States noted that Afghanistan has nearly a trillion dollars worth of mineral reserves .


The news agency " AFP " has placed the protester death count in the hundreds .


A Chicago , Illinois air traffic facility was evacuated early this morning due to a fire .


The NPT permits 5 states to own nuclear weapons : France ( signed 1992 ) , the People 's Republic of China ( 1992 ) , the ( 1968 ; obligations and rights assumed by Russia ) , the United Kingdom ( 1968 ) , and the United States ( 1968 ) .


In 2002 , at the age of twelve years and seven months , Ukraine 's became the youngest recipient of the Grand Master title .


Several of their players hail from Venezuela .


It was commencing a journey from Jakarta to and hit the ocean at speed shortly after asking to return .


The Sydney woman had been in custody since December when she was found guilty of her infant 's 1996 murder , despite the fact the baby ’s body was never found .


Italy , Chinese Taipei , Japan , and Canada easily won by ending early the games against their opponents as their aggressive hitting made it look like batting practice .


Wildlife scientists confirmed on Thursday that a bird long thought extinct , the , has been found in Arkansas .


They went extinct in Cuba during the same period .


Canada 's largest convention by attendance , the annual event offers dozens of subculture-specific programs .


He is due in a Florida court on Wednesday in regards to the SunCruz case .


Megrahi had been offered transfer to his home of Libya if he dropped the appeal , but had previously stated he would not return unless his conviction was overturned .


On Saturday morning three Jundallah men responsible for the bombing of a mosque in , Iran , on Thursday , May 28 , were hanged near the same mosque .


Another opposition leader Bill Shorten said he was worried the Prime Minister " put his political interest ahead of our national interest " .


Three major United States stock market indexes closed at their lowest levels in over a decade on Monday , amidst declining investor confidence and worries that the government will nationalize the banks .


He had been arrested in October 2004 , charged with taking an illegal commission after the government bought medical equipment from Finland .


Public officials and other experts gave presentations earlier this week regarding lessons learned during the aftermath of an explosion which struck the small town of , Texas in April of this year .


With current flu levels classified as " high " around the state , officials in Texas are encouraging citizens to seek vaccination .


Vatican City also opposes the resolution but on its introduction made a statement condemning legal discrimination against LGBT persons .


Prime Minister John Howard denies that the changes are more than " minor " , and denies that the legislation is " draconian " .


The study parsed the survey , which tracked the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States , according to smoking habits and household income .


A soldier from the United States is imprisoned in Hawaii charged with the murder of a civilian contractor in Iraq .


The administration has also initiated an investigation into Julian Assange , founder of WikiLeaks , after the site 's release of thousands of classified documents .


The " sensitive shipment " was said to have come from Singapore via shipping freighter .


A total of 13 lawsuits in California and Nevada had been filed .


She is due to receive a ceremonial funeral with full military honours similarly to that of which will be held at in London .