Sunday, October 31, 2010

Dubai bomb flew on passenger jets

Dubai bomb flew on passenger jets

Dubai bomb flew on passenger jets

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:15 AM PDT

One of the two bombs posted from Yemen last week was transported on two passenger planes before being seized in Dubai, Qatar Airways says.

Istanbul suicide blast injures 32

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:18 AM PDT

A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul injures 32 people, including 15 policemen, but no group has yet said it carried out the attack.

Brazil votes for next president

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:48 AM PDT

Brazilians vote for a new president to succeed Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, with the governing party's Dilma Rousseff tipped to beat rival Jose Serra.

Woods loses golf top spot

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:21 AM PDT

Tiger Woods is knocked off the top of the world's golf rankings for the first time in 281 weeks, reflecting his personal and sporting problems.

Hostages taken in Baghdad church

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 11:05 AM PDT

Gunmen have taken around 40 hostages in a Baghdad church after attacking the Iraqi capital's stock exchange, police say.

Ivorians vote in 'healing' poll

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:29 AM PDT

Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots in a long-delayed presidential election, which aims to heal the country's deep ethnic divisions.

Japan looks to Hanoi for rare earths

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Vietnam has agreed to help supply Japan with rare earths, as Tokyo tries to reduce its dependence on China.

Honduras football attack kills 14

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

Gunmen kill at least 14 people as they gather to play football in Honduras, in a suspected gang attack.

Writer Harry Mulisch dies at 83

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:59 AM PDT

Dutch writer Harry Mulisch, author of The Assault (De Aanslag) and The Discovery of Heaven (De ontdekking van de Hemel) has died at the age of 83.

Miniature livers 'grown in lab'

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Scientists have managed to produce a small-scale version of a human liver in the laboratory using stem cells.

Farewell to Shanghai's huge Expo

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:02 PM PDT

Shanghai bids farewell to the World Expo, a six-month extravaganza which drew 72m visitors and which China branded as "splendid".

Athens marathon marks 2,500-year anniversary

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:52 AM PDT

A record number of runners take part in the Athens Marathon, celebrating the 2,500th anniversary of the run which inspired the modern event.

Live - Premier League

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:16 AM PDT

Liverpool leave it late to snatch a win over Bolton following Newcastle's 5-1 rout of Sunderland at St James' Park and Aston Villa's 0-0 draw with Birmingham.

Clijsters battles to WTA victory

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:36 AM PDT

Kim Clijsters defeats world number one Caroline Wozniacki in three sets to win the season-ending WTA Championships in Doha.

ICC upholds Pakistan suspensions

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:20 AM PDT

The International Cricket Council upholds the provisional suspensions of two of the Pakistan players at the centre of spot-fixing allegations.

Cargo security review after bomb found

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:58 AM PDT

Home Secretary Theresa May pledges to review air freight security after bombs were found on two cargo jets in the UK and Dubai.

London fire strike will go ahead

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:39 AM PDT

A planned eight-hour strike by London firefighters will go ahead on Monday after 11th-hour talks broke down.

Cuts 'threaten council home care'

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Elderly and disabled people with dementia and diabetes risk losing home support after budget cuts, the Local Government Association warns.

Labour 'vetoed defence cut plans'

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:40 AM PDT

Ex-armed forces chief Sir Jock Stirrup has said defence bosses' plans to cut costs were vetoed by Labour ministers.

Riot police tackle 'illegal' rave

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:59 AM PDT

Riot police are called in to deal with a suspected illegal rave attended by hundreds of people in central London.

'Witch's hat' stalls Tube trains

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 08:55 AM PDT

Tube passengers are forced to walk through tunnels early on Sunday after a Halloween hat was thrown onto the track.

US firms bid to run nuclear site

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:43 AM PDT

A group of private companies bid to take over the running of the Royal Navy arms base, where nuclear warheads are stored.

Scottish ref 'cover-up' is denied

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 07:39 AM PDT

Union chief Martin Cryans denies head of referees Hugh Dallas was involved in an attempted cover up after the controversial overturning of a penalty given to Celtic.

Man dies in Draperstown car crash

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:15 AM PDT

A 34-year-old man dies in a traffic accident in Draperstown, County Londonderry on Sunday morning.

Protest at search and rescue cuts

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 10:06 AM PDT

A protest is held on the south Wales coast over proposals to downgrade the search and rescue service at Chivenor in Devon.

Tories seek Wales budget review

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:30 AM PDT

An independent budget review process is needed in Wales, says Nick Bourne, leader of the Conservatives in the assembly.

Karzai criticises US-Russia raid

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai calls the first joint operation by Russian and US agents to destroy drug laboratories in his country a violation of sovereignty.

Film director Hickenlooper dies

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 04:01 AM PDT

Director George Hickenlooper, maker of Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, dies from apparent natural causes aged 47.

Hurricane lashes Caribbean isles

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 02:47 PM PDT

Hurricane Tomas lashes St Lucia and St Vincent in the eastern Caribbean, with high winds ripping roofs off houses.

Tanzania's Kikwete eyes poll win

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 06:43 PM PDT

Tanzanians vote in a presidential election that is expected to hand incumbent Jakaya Kikwete his second term in office.

Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:11 PM PDT

Turkey lifts its ban on YouTube, two years after it blocked access to the website because of videos deemed insulting to the country's founder.

Saudis try to break Iraq impasse

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:06 PM PDT

Saudi Arabia's king invites the leaders of Iraq's political blocs for talks in Riyadh to try to break the continuing deadlock over a new government.

BG clears biggest ever investment

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:18 AM PDT

BG Group approves biggest ever investment, a £9.3bn ($15bn) liquefied natural gas development in Australia.

Weather eases for tsunami rescue

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 09:47 PM PDT

Improved weather conditions allow rescuers to step up aid for survivors of the Indonesian tsunami, as the death toll hits at least 435.

Take That reunion gigs sell out

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 06:32 AM PDT

All tickets for Take That's Progress reunion tour of the UK and Ireland are sold less than two days after being released, according to the official sale agencies, leaving thousands of fans disappointed.

A class of their own

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 10:20 AM PDT

The legacy of an inspirational teacher is felt down the ages, says Sarah Dunant in her A Point of View column.

Carving a career from Greece's ancient past

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 02:14 AM PDT

A school with a difference on the Greek island of Tinos aims to train young people in the skills needed to preserve Greece's ancient monuments.

Close-Up: LA's gourmet food trucks

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 08:41 PM PDT

Roving trucks selling gourmet food on the streets have become an extremely popular phenomenon in Los Angeles.

Suicide bomber strikes in Istanbul

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

A suicide bomb blast in the centre of Istanbul has injured 32 people, including 15 policemen.

Emotional scenes as Koreans reunite

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 04:54 PM PDT

North and South Korea are holding another round of reunions of families split by the countries' war in the 1950s, despite an exchange of fire between border troops on Friday.

'Why we came to rally for sanity'

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:39 PM PDT

Some individuals at Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington DC say the US is growing increasingly divided both culturally and politically.

Eruptions slow Indonesia rescue

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 01:06 PM PDT

There have been more volcanic eruptions in Indonesia, forcing villagers to leave their homes.

Crystal ball

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 03:59 AM PDT

An expert's view of the likely result of the US 2010 elections

In pictures

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 03:45 AM PDT

Images from the closing weekend of the Shanghai World Expo

Noble tradition?

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:26 AM PDT

The debate over bull fighting in France

Cross Bones

Posted: 31 Oct 2010 01:04 AM PDT

London's long-forgotten burial ground for outcasts

Ruly mob

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 05:29 PM PDT

Why thousands went to the Washington 'rally for sanity'
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