Sunday, July 22, 2012

Obama to visit cinema attack city

Obama to visit cinema attack city


Obama to visit cinema attack city

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 05:33 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is to visit Colorado to honour victims of Friday's gun attack at a Batman film screening that left 12 people dead.

Fresh clashes rock Syria cities

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:13 AM PDT

Fierce fighting is reported in Syria's two biggest cities - Damascus and Aleppo - as government forces seek to regain control of rebel-held areas.

Norway marks killings anniversary

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:45 AM PDT

Norwegians are commemorating the murder of 77 people in Oslo and Utoeya one year ago, as PM Jens Stoltenberg says "the people have won".

Wiggins wins Tour de France title

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:23 AM PDT

Bradley Wiggins becomes the first British rider to win the Tour de France as Mark Cavendish claims his 23rd stage victory.

Wealthy 'hiding' at least $21tn

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:20 AM PDT

A global super-rich elite has at least $21 trillion (£13tn) hidden in secret tax havens, according to a major study.

Wave of deadly bombings hits Iraq

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:31 AM PDT

A series of bombs in towns to the south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills at least 16 and leaves many others injured.

Mutiny at Madagascar army base

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Madagascar's army launches an assault to quell a rebellion by mutinous soldiers at a military base near the airport in Antananarivo.

Gunmen free Libya Olympic chief

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:58 AM PDT

The president of the Libyan Olympic Committee, Nabil al-Alam, is released - a week after he was kidnapped by gunmen in Tripoli.

Record floods cause Beijing chaos

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:08 AM PDT

The Chinese capital's heaviest rainfall in 60 years leaves 37 dead and strands thousands at the main airport.

Mukherjee wins Indian presidency

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:58 AM PDT

Pranab Mukherjee, a political veteran from the Congress Party, wins the election for the Indian presidency, a largely ceremonial position.

Fresh Israeli immolation protest

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:32 AM PDT

A disabled Israeli sets himself on fire, a week after another case of self-immolation prompted an emotional national response.

Alonso wins tense race in Germany

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:50 AM PDT

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso wins the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim from start to finish ahead of Jenson Button.

VIDEO: Shooting survivors recall Colorado horror

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:24 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is to visit Colorado to honour victims of Friday's gun attack at a Batman film screening that left 12 people dead.

VIDEO: Man killed in Austrian mudslides

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 06:37 PM PDT

Mudslides and flooding in Austria have left one man dead and many other people injured.

VIDEO: Close-Up: Mumbai's street ear cleaners

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:25 PM PDT

Rajini Vaidyanathan looks at some of the odd services provided on the streets of Mumbai.

VIDEO: Refugees flock to Iraq from Syria

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:25 AM PDT

As the conflict in Syria continues, so too does the flood of citizens fleeing the country.

Murdoch quits UK directorships

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:58 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch has resigned from a string of directorships controlling his News Corporation's UK newspapers.

Peugeot in new government talks

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:25 AM PDT

French PM Jean-Marc Ayrault is due to meet PSA Peugeot Citroen's chief executive Philippe Varin on Monday amid growing tensions between the two sides.

The Tudors actor Simon Ward dies

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:23 AM PDT

The British screen and stage actor Simon Ward has died after a long illness, his agent confirms.

Poldark star Angharad Rees dies

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:09 PM PDT

Welsh actress Angharad Rees has died after "a long battle with pancreatic cancer", her family says.

Els wins Open as Scott crumbles

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 10:25 AM PDT

Ernie Els clinches his second Open title as long-time leader Adam Scott spectacularly implodes at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

England face battle to save Test

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:01 AM PDT

England face a battle to avoid defeat in the first Test after another day of South Africa dominance at The Oval.

US cuts military aid to Rwanda

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 04:02 AM PDT

The US cuts military aid to Rwanda amid reports it is backing rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

More Batman premieres cancelled

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 03:39 AM PDT

Warner Bros. cancels two more red carpet events for The Dark Knight Rises in the wake of an attack at a midnight screening of the film in the US.

Venezuela ends 20-day prison riot

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:38 PM PDT

Venezuelan authorities say security forces are now in control of the Cepra prison in Merida state after a deadly riot that lasted more than 20 days.

Penn State removes Paterno statue

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 07:47 AM PDT

A US college removes the statue of football coach Joe Paterno, who was alleged to have covered up sex attacks by a colleague.

London is prepared, says Boris

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 09:11 AM PDT

London is as well-prepared as any city in Olympic history has been to host the Games, the capital's mayor, Boris Johnson, says.

Boy dies after museum accident

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:26 AM PDT

A seven-year-old boy dies after an accident involving a steam traction engine and trailer at an open-air museum in County Durham.

Sunday shop laws halted for Games

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Sunday trading laws in England and Wales are suspended until the end of the Olympics and Paralympics.

Flame takes flight on London Eye

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 11:13 AM PDT

The Olympic flame has had an early morning trip on the London Eye, while Lennox Lewis and Lang Lang are among the day's later torchbearers.

Life in the Warsaw Ghetto

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 06:32 AM PDT

One of the few Warsaw Ghetto survivors tells her tale

A Point of View: What would Keynes do?

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:52 PM PDT

Re-thinking the economist for the 21st Century

Evita's life and legacy 60 years on

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 02:16 AM PDT

Eva Peron - Evita - still divides Argentina, 60 years after her death

Why Wiggins won the Tour de France

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 08:38 AM PDT

10 reasons why Wiggins won the Tour de France

Offices stand empty in tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:12 PM PDT

Tough task of shifting office space in world's tallest building

Iraq struggles to reform rations

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:03 PM PDT

Iraq struggles to reform exploited food rationing system

Chariots of Fire's Liddell is Chinese 'hero'

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 04:22 PM PDT

Why Chariots of Fire's Eric Liddell is a Chinese hero

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