 Completion date announced for Ground Zero edificeNew York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in... | |
 Two previously unseen asteroids to bypass earthTwo asteroids are due to whiz past the Earth on Wednesday according to... |
 Public eating leads to arrest for men who paid no heed to Ramadan Police in Algeria have detained ten men who allegedly ate food during the fasting period of... |
 Texas wants Polygamist sect leader but he won’t go backThe jailed US polygamist sect leader, Warren Jeffs, has been exercising his rights against extradition from Utah to... |
 Muslim girl who ran from parents gets US residencyA runaway teenager has been granted full residency in the US after she said she wanted to convert from the Muslim faith to... |
 Obama to make billions available for infrastructure projectsUS president Barack Obama has announced his government will spend billions of dollars to build huge infrastructure projects in the country, to create jobs and boost confidence in the American... |
 Saad Hariri lets Syria off the hookSaad Hariri, son of the former Lebanese prime minister, and country's current PM, admits Syria was not behind his father's... |
 North Korea makes plans for Dear Leader successionNorth Korea has supposedly prepared a meeting between members of the ruling communist... |
 Julia Gillard becomes Australian PMThe Australian government has been returned after help form two Independent members, Tony Windsor and Rob... |
 Pain killing psychedelic mushrooms help terminal patientsDying patients in the US have been benefitting from dosages of a drug found in psychedelic magic... |
 Colorado fires cause 1000 people to be evacuatedA wind-driven Colorado wildfire has spread across the rugged Colorado foothills, causing the evacuation of 1,000 people while destroying many... |
 Extortion admission by Van der SlootJoran Van der Sloot, a man who has been blamed by police for many crimes on the Caribbean island of Aruba, has been now been accused of extorting money from the family of a girl who was... |
 Quran burning not on says PetraeusA planned Quran-burning could endanger troops, according to the US commander in Afghanistan, David... |
 Little Rock integration pioneer diesOne of the original Little Rock Nine has died in the US at the age of... |
| Messi backs Batista as national coach Striker Lionel Messi renewed his support for interim Argentina coach Sergio Batista, and said he hoped he would stay as coach until the 2014 World... |
| Angelina Jolie visits flood-hit Pakistan Hollywood actress and UN Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie Tuesday visited flood-hit areas of Pakistan and said she was shocked by the level of destruction in the... |
| Butt, Akmal asked to hand over their mobile records The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Kamran Akmal to hand over their mobile-phone-records during the Asia Cup as the two are suspected to be involved in another spot-fixing... |
| UAE launches free hospital for kids Over one million children from across the world will now be able to receive free health care in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), after the government established the first ever free hospital for... |
| Briton 'drives' furniture, sets new world record A British inventor has set a new world record for 'driving' a piece of furniture on a... |
 Iraq government mulling over Aziz releaseThe Iraqi government has said it might release former Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz on compassionate grounds due to his ailing... |
 Owner of bin Laden's former home will sell to himThe owner of Osama bin-Laden’s former home has said he will consider selling it to him if he wants to live back in the... |
| 'Surprise' US Open top seed Wozniacki says her 'self belief' has made her a world beater Poland's Caroline Wozniacki, who justified her top seeding at the US Open by defeating former champion Maria Sharapova, insists that she is a much improved player now and potent enough to beat top... |
| Blair cancels London book signing over mob attack fears Tony Blair has scrapped his book signing in London, owing to fears of egg and shoe pelting from... |
| Brit plumber finds WWII prisoner of war camp for Nazi soldiers in back garden David Murray (39), a plumber by profession, has unearthed an old prisoner of war camp with live ammunition and a hand grenade belonging to the Second World War while digging in his back garden in... |
| Iran on brink of building nuclear weapon: IAEA The United Nations' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has warned that Iran has passed a crucial nuclear threshold and could now go on to arm an atomic missile with relative... |
| Jolie visits flood-stricken Pakistan Angelina Jolie has visited flood victims in Pakistan and highlighted the need for international help, says the... |
| Hindus greet Jews on Yom Kippur Hindus have sent early greetings to Jewish communities world over for the holy day of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), the most important day in the Jewish liturgical year, which will be observed on September 17-18 this... |
| New Zealand, Australia exchange cricket umpires Australia and New Zealand have introduced an international exchange program for their senior cricket... |
| ICC toothless in handling corruption in cricket, says Latif Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif has questioned the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s ability of handling corruption in the game, and said that tougher laws were needed to counter the... |
| Iran on brink of nuclear weapon, warns UN watchdog Iran is on the brink of developing an atomic missile, weapons inspectors of the UN's nuclear watchdog have... |
| Brit inventor sets world record after driving dining table at 113mph A British inventor is believed to have set a world record for the fastest piece of furniture after he drove his dining table down a racetrack at more than... |
| Bickering Afghans failing to lure Taliban defectors due to lack of money, leadership With Afghans bickering over who should run a 250 million dollar program to lure low-level Taliban fighters away from the insurgency, international donors have decided to go slow on putting up the money they had... |
| ICC orders Butt, Akmal to hand over mobile records during Asia Cup The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly ordered Pakistan captain Salman Butt and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal to hand over their mobile telephone records for investigation into possible spot-fixing during the Asia Cup in... |
| Ground Zero mosque overshadows 9/11 anniversary The mosque project two blocks from the World Trade Center is too close for comfort for some who will attend Saturday's memorials for those killed in the Sep 11, 2001, Islamist terrorist attacks against the... |
| Chinese to sue Japan firm over forced labour during WWII About 100 labourers in China will file a lawsuit next week against a Japanese company demanding apology and compensation for being forced to work in the firm during World War II, their lawyer... |
| ICC to probe 'suspicious' Sydney Test, Kamran Akmal prime suspect The International Cricket Council (ICC) has re-opened the controversial 'Sydney Test' case, and Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal is believed to be their primary... |
 Lewis Telethon exceeds expectations in sluggish economyThe annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon has raised $58.9 million despite America’s struggling... |
| World's 'smallest' man tours Big Apple A Nepalese teenager set to be declared the planet's smallest person got the big star treatment on Tuesday on a tour of New York.Crowds at Times Square jostled for a glimpse of Khagendra Thapa Magar... |
| Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts The Associated Press BAGHDAD -- Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country's looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a... |
| Hockeyroos out of World Cup Australia's World Cup dreams have come to end following a 1-0 loss to Germany in Argentina on Tuesday.A penalty corner goal from Tina Bachmann was enough to secure the win for the Germans, who only... |
| International Year Of Astronomy 2009: Final Report Released A 1300-page final report for the International Year of Astronomy 2009 was released at the European Week of Astronomy and Space Science in Lisbon, Portugal. The report shows that at least 815 million... |
| 7 women in 'miscarriage' cases freed in Mexico MEXICO CITY Seven women in Mexico serving prison terms of up to 29 years for the death of their newborns were freed Tuesday after a legal reform enacted in the state of Guanajuato lowered... |
| 34 rescued from China oil platform accident BEIJING Emergency teams with helicopters rescued 34 workers Wednesday from an oil drilling platform that was leaning dangerously in the East China Sea after a storm, and searched for two... |
| China calls in Japan envoy over boat collision TOKYO Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a... |
| Donations coming in from all over the world Gisborne woman Toni-Ann Stewart is a cast member of the Lion King stage production currently on show overseas. She's organised for photos taken with cast members in exchange for donations to go... |
| Gunmen kill 15 at Honduras factory TEGUCIGALPA: Gunmen sprayed people with automatic weapons at a shoe factory in Honduras' second city San Pedro Sula on Tuesday, killing 15, authorities said. Two or three gunmen burst into the... |
| Swedish rape charges 'clear set-up': WikiLeaks founder STOCKHOLM: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange insisted in an interview with AFP Tuesday that the rape charges against him in Sweden are part of "a clear set-up," marked by "personal vendettas" and the... |
| Fallout between Buddhist monks and Sri Lanka Cricket over Dambulla International Cricket Stadium -- The Chief Incumbent of Dambulla Rajamaha Vihara Buddhist temple Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero has asked Sri Lanka Cricket to show cause within 14 days for violating the agreement between the... |
| The hottest pepper in the world BC-HOTPEPPER:TB — food (250 words) The hottest pepper in the world By William Hageman Chicago Tribune (MCT) Anyone with a fondness for hot chili peppers should know the Dorset naga. It... |
| Christian church warned not to burn Korans The White House has intervened to try to stop a small Florida church from burning copies of the Koran. Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, said that the anti-Islamic protest – ... |
