Saturday, March 20, 2010
World News
Hundreds of thousands gather for Berlusconi electoral rally
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the Italian capital today in a massive show of support for embattled Prime Minister Silvio...
UN chief backs Palestinian state
UN chief Ban Ki-moon today said the international community "strongly supports" Palestinian efforts to build a state as he kicked off a regional...
Dutch Catholic church flooded with sex abuse allegations
At least 1,100 allegations of sexual abuse committed by members of the Dutch Roman Catholic clergy in the three decades from 1950 have emerged...
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies today as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country's north, delaying some flights at...
DeGeneres gift to prom flap lesbian
A lesbian high school student embroiled in a legal flap over her high school's prom policy has received a 30,000 dollar scholarship on The Ellen...
Biologist sacked over jaguar capture
The south-western state of Arizona has fired an employee following an internal investigation into the capture and death of what was the only known...
75-year sentence for sex assault polygamist
The latest member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 was starting a 75-years prison sentence today for...
Swiss diocese hired abusive priest in 1970s
A western Swiss diocese admitted it hired a priest in 1971 knowing he had sexually abused children.
The Basel diocese said it made an...
Mother accused of murder had mental disorder
A New York prosecutor suggested that a mother accused of killing her autistic eight-year-old son in an apparent murder-suicide attempt had a...
Lady Gaga fires back at music producer
Lady Gaga is firing back at a music producer who claims he launched her career and is suing her for 30.5 million dollars.
Her lawyer said in...
Family given copy of man's pardon
The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he did not commit gathered at his graveside with a framed copy of the state's first...
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Stories from The Times
Quartet tells Israel to halt Jewish settlement activity
The Middle East Quartet yesterday urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012...
Iran letting chances for dialogue slip, Russia says
Russia yesterday said that Iran was letting the opportunity for dialogue with the international community slip away and warned that the Islamic...
Obama drums up healthcare support votes
President Barack Obama declared yesterday Democrats were on the cusp of history after a century struggling for health reform, amid cresting...
Russian policeman shoots passenger after train seat row
A Russian policeman shot and wounded two passengers during rush hour on the Moscow metro, the Interior Ministry said yesterday, after a row about...
Prince Harry sets sights on North Pole trek
Prince Harry revealed yesterday he hopes to join injured servicemen on a North Pole expedition.
A team of amputees who lost limbs in the line of...
Self-styled countess jailed for benefit fraud
A self-styled countess was jailed for four and a half years for falsely claiming nearly £200,000 in benefits, a UK council said...
British Airways strike to go ahead
Talks aimed at averting strikes by British Airways cabin crew collapsed yesterday and the action is going ahead today.
Officials from the Unite...
Ukip leader warns over referendum refusal
David Cameron's refusal to offer a referendum on Europe means a Tory election victory would spell "absolutely certain disaster" for...
Mousavi vows 'year of perseverance' against Iran regime
Opposition leader and former premier Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed a "year of perseverance" in his fight against the government, in an...
Health - Swine flu far worse for pregnant women than thought - study
Pregnant women may be far more at risk from swine flu than thought, according to a survey published yesterday that was carried out in Australia...
Space - Astronauts return safely to earth on Russian spacecraft
"The crew of the Soyuz TMA-16 craft is on earth," mission control in Moscow said. Jeffrey Williams of the United States and Russia's...
Space - New date set for European climate satellite launch
The European Space Agency yesterday said it had set the date of April 8 for the delayed launch of CryoSat-2, a satellite designed to see how...
Science - New dinosaur species discovered in China
A new species of dinosaur with scythe-like claws and bad family connections has been discovered in China.
British student scientist Mich-ael...
Science - Researchers create 3-D invisibility cloak - study
European researchers have taken the world a step closer to fictional wizard Harry Potter's invisibility cape after they made an object disappear...
Art - Tracey Emin exhibits 'confessional' quilt at Victoria and Albert Museum
She has shown us the secrets of her bed in all their embarrassing glory - and now a "confessional" quilt by artist Tracey Emin has gone...
Crime - 60-year-old New York art dealer pleads guilty to art investment scam
A New York art dealer pleaded guilty to engineering a nearly $100 million art investment scam that duped tennis star John McEnroe, actor Robert De...
Crime - Police seize record haul of fake designer goods
Detectives seized a record haul of more than 50,000 counterfeit designer goods after smashing an international crime syndicate.
Officers were...
Environment - British Waterways warns over kingfisher numbers
The harsh winter may have significantly reduced numbers of kingfishers on Britain's rivers and canals, British Waterways said yesterday as it...
Environment - Strawberries signal summer in the UK is on its way
A sign that summer is on its way was heralded with the first British strawberries going on sale in supermarkets.
The fruit was stocked on shelves...
Environment - Population surge outstrips efforts to eradicate slums
Nearly a quarter of a billion people escaped slums in the past decade, but the housing effort was outstripped by population growth and rural...
Society - Bloomsbury group archive released
An archive of intimate photographs and letters of members of an elite group of early 20th-century intellectuals was released yesterday.
Cambridge...
Education - Head urges overhaul of Britain's 'factory' schools
Britain's schools have become "factories" producing young people who are "incapable of living full and autonomous lives", a...
Education - Teach more Latin, says London mayor
It's a dead language, fiendish to master and irrelevant to the modern age, say its detractors.
Classical enthusiasts point out that 80 per cent...
Education - Fancy sleep lessons in Scotland?
Schools in Glasgow are running a trial of "sleep lessons" to promote a healthy sleeping routine and change bad habits such as late night...
Travel - World Cup fans urged to have swine flu jab
World Cup fans in South Africa are being urged to have the swine flu jab.
Anyone travelling to the southern hemisphere should have the vaccine to...
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