World News

Iraq gives final go-ahead for US withdrawal
Vancouver News.Net
A security pact with the United States that paves the way for a complete US troop pullout, has been approved by Iraq's Presidency Council.
India tense as airports threatened
Vancouver News.Net
India has been on full terror alert with Chennai International Airport, one of the major airports in the country, under especially heightened security.
Thai king unable to appear for birthday speech
Vancouver News.Net
On the 81st birthday of their beloved King, the Thai people have become concerned over his health, after he failed to make his usual birthday speech.
Gun clubbers prosecuted over child death
Vancouver News.Net
In the US, three men, including a local police chief, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, after an 8-year-old boy shot himself at a gun-club fair.
Violence takes over in West Bank housing dispute
Vancouver News.Net
Violence has flared in the West Bank after Israeli forces ordered Jewish settlers and their supporters from a building.
Canadian parliament ordered to take a break
Vancouver News.Net
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has managed to have parliament suspended.
Climate change money sought by coastal nations
Vancouver News.Net
Climate change is already drowning homes of people in coastal areas, especially in the developing world.
NATO says allies should be doing better in war zone
Vancouver News.Net
NATO has insisted allies should “do better” in the global war against terror.
US court orders a stay on death penalty for military man
Vancouver News.Net
A US federal judge has delayed the planned execution of a US Army soldier convicted of multiple murders and rapes.
US agencies say Pakistan agency helped Indian terrorists
Vancouver News.Net
American intelligence agencies have determined that former officers from Pakistan's Army and its powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency helped train the Mumbai attackers.
Pakistan says it has been expelling suspected foreign terrorists
Vancouver News.Net
Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon has told the US television network CBS that Pakistan has been handing over foreigners caught in Pakistan, who have been suspected of carrying out terrorist activity.
Bush administration says global warming needs more commitment
Vancouver News.Net
The outgoing US administration has warned that the world must step up its efforts to develop the kind of clean technologies needed to drastically cut emissions blamed for global warming.
Missile-shield test to include
CNN
Official says target missile will have to compensate for countermeasures Shield critics have long complained previous tests didn't involve decoys Window for test opens at 3 p.m. ET Friday and runs...
In the US it
The Independent
It's 75 years since the Great Depression brought an end to Prohibition. Across the US drinkers will mark the occasion with the top tipple of the speak-easy – a cocktail.
Fiat heiress set for court fight over will
The Independent
A feud at the Fiat dynasty has taken a dramatic turn after a close adviser to the car-maker's founding Agnelli family agreed to take up a court challenge from the only surviving child of the late...
Apprenticeship goal is threatened
BBC
The government's flagship apprenticeship bill is threatened by the economic downturn, two parliamentary reports say. The key target is for 400,000 apprenticeship places to be on offer in England by...
Poles demand Britain hands over secret papers on war leader
The Scotsman
THE Polish government is to demand access to classified British documents as part of criminal investigation into the death of the country's wartime leader.
Strangers may cheer you up, study says
International Herald Tribune
... article tools - narrow (used with span photos) --> How happy you are may depend on how happy your friends' friends' friends are, even if you don't know them at all. And a cheery...
Green light for two new hydro plants to power 3500 homes
The Herald
Two new hydro schemes capable of powering more than 3500 homes have been approved by the government. The 3.5 megawatt Black Rock scheme, near Evanton in Ross-shire, will supply electricity for more...
historic phone call made by Queen is marked
BBC
A hi-tech celebration will be held to mark the 50th anniversary of the first long-distance telephone call made without the help of an operator. The 1958 call was made by the Queen to the Lord...
Missionary couple in Gambia jail on charge of sedition
The Scotsman
David and Fiona Fulton were arrested last Saturday and have been held since, according to a friend.Mr Fulton, 60, a former British Army major originally from Troon, is being held in a high security...
Emergency declared as health care in Zimbabwe collapses
The Herald
Zimbabwe yesterday declared a national emergency over a cholera epidemic and the collapse of its health care system and state media reported the government was seeking more international help to pay...
Your happiness could be contagious
MSNBC
New research shows that happiness isn’t just an individual phenomenon; we can catch happiness from friends and family members like an emotional virus. When just one person in a group becomes happy...

RSS Feed