Friday, September 3, 2010
World News
We'll keep talking, says Middle East leaders
Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they would keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal following their first session in...
Police link Scottish woman to mummified babies
Police in the US have linked a Scottish woman with a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a foetus were found.
Investigators said...
13 rescued in new Gulf oil rig blast
An oil platform exploded and burned off the Louisiana coast in the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months.
This...
We're not friends funk band tells PepsiCo
Members of the original funk band War say they can't be friends with PepsiCo.
They are suing the soft drink maker for more than £6.5...
Gone with the wind child actress dies
Cammie King Conlon, the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, has died at 76.
Her...
Gulf oil rig explodes off US coast
An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill, coast guards said...
Woman held over child deaths
A 41-year-old woman is being held by Dutch police on suspicion of killing three young children.
She was arrested after police received a...
Hanged father's note: I hope I rot in hell
A man believed to have killed his wife and daughter before hanging himself left a note which said: "I hope I rot in hell", an inquest heard...
Obama 'cautiously hopeful' as peace talks begins
US president Barack Obama challenged Middle East leaders to seize a fleeting opportunity to deliver peace to a region haunted by decades of...
Police kill gunman in Discovery Channel siege
A gunman burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body and took three people hostage at gunpoint...
Friday, September 3, 2010
Stories from The Times
Oil rig blast in Gulf of Mexico forces 13 workers into water
An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mex-ico yesterday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast...
Stephen Hawking says God did not create the universe
God no longer has any place in theories on the creation of the universe due to a series of developments in physics, British scientist Stephen...
Hanged father’s note: I hope I will rot in hell
A man believed to have killed his wife and daughter before hanging himself left a note which said: “I hope I will rot in hell”, an inquest...
Held over child deaths
A 41-year-old woman is being held by Dutch police on suspicion of killing three young children.
She was arrested after police received a...
Middle East talks - Abbas, Netanyahu agree to resume talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas agreed yesterday to resume their peace talks in the Middle East on...
Pope wants ‘respectful’ deal
Pope Benedict XVI yesterday called for a Middle East peace agreement that is “respectful of the legitimate aspirations” of Israelis and...
Egypt postpones visit over comments
Egypt said Thursday it has postponed a visit to Cairo by Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki after comments criticising the role of some...
British PM backs Foreign Minister over gay rumours
British Prime Minister David Cameron backed Foreign Secretary William Hague yesterday after the top diplomat’s aide resigned over...
Russian held in Spain over deadly disco fire
Spanish police have arrested a Russian businessman suspected of being responsible for a fire that killed more than 150 people at a Russian...
Hurricane Earl closesin on US East Coast
Hurricane Earl quickly closed in on a large part of the US east coast yesterday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina’s barrier...
Discovery Channel hostage drama - Hostage-taker hated Kate Plus 8 programme
A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel’s headquarters said he hated the company’s shows such as Kate Plus 8...
Miners’ morale leaps as rescue closer
The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared after music and hot meals were supplied, while Nasa advisers praised their “courage” and...
Politics - Is Australian politics a man’s, man’s world? It’s debatable
Feminists rejoiced when Julia Gillard became Australia’s first female leader, but her failure to win national polls has raised questions about...
Politics - Key independent backs Aussie PM to form government
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard won the support of a key independent MP yesterday, leaving her just two seats from regaining power and...
Art - Plays to mark Shakespeare theatre’s rebirth in the UK
The Royal Shakespeare Company will celebrate the multi-million pound transformation of its theatre with two of the Bard’s most popular...
Art - Treasures of Kazakhstan
Artistic items are on display at the Treasures of Kazakhstan exhibition being held at Christie’s in St James’s, central London. The...
People - Hilton banned from resorts after drug arrest
Paris Hilton was banned from two resorts on the Las Vegas Strip and her boyfriend dismissed as a nightclub partner following their arrests in a...
People - Law student Jessica bids for Miss World title
A law student from Nottingham faces a showdown with the world’s most beautiful women after being crowned Miss England on Wednesday.
Jessica...
People - Richard and Judy’s books set for boost
Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan’s latest selection of book recommendations are now being championed. The couple have teamed up with retailer...
History - Clearest images of Titanic to date produced
Cutting-edge and 3D technology have helped to produce various images of the Titanic, the clearest to date.
A high-tech expedition has been forced...
History - Japan begins destroying WWII weapons in China
Japan began to destroy chemical weapons left over in China from its brutal World War II invasion, a move mandated by its international treaty...
World Briefs
A two-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked about 40 cigarettes a day has kicked the habit after receiving intensive specialist care, a child welfare...
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