UK vow on military ties with France
Defence Secretary Liam Fox promised "closer co-operation" with the French
today as military budgets face being squeezed on both sides of the Channel.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:18:50 +0100 Israeli and Palestinian leaders face critics of talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned Friday from the resumption
of Mideast negotiations in Washington to confront internal opposition to his
peace moves, just as his Palestinian counterpart faced harsh criticism for
agreeing to the talks at all.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:25:36 +0100 Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader
Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader
with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an
opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from
attending a key rally today.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:00:32 +0100 As Sarah Palin's star rises, critics expose her dark side
She tells lies. She's a lousy tipper. She billed the Republican Party more than $3,000 for the underwear she bought during the last Presidential election, including dozens of Spanx girdles. Oh, and for all the cutesy charm that Sarah Palin projects in public, she's got a nasty habit of bullying staff, losing her temper with friends and family, and, when particularly upset, throwing tin cans at her husband, Todd.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:10:36 +0100 Schnabel's true romance inspires tale of love across cultural divide
The real-life romance behind the film could not have better advertised its subject matter: a Jewish American film director and son of a Zionist mother meets a Palestinian woman at an art exhibition, falls in love, reads about her traumatic childhood under Israeli occupation and brings her moving story to the screen.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:25 +0100 Depardieu vs Binoche: feud that's got France flummoxed
The French actress Juliette Binoche, known for her sweetness on and off screen, has gently savaged the actor Gιrard Depardieu for publicly questioning her talent. In an interview with an Austrian magazine, Mr Depardieu last week attacked the Oscar-winning Ms Binoche as "an absolute nothing".
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:16:11 +0100 Democrats face loss of both House and Senate in 'midterm meltdown'
Democrats are heading towards an even heavier defeat than previously forecast in November's midterm elections for Congress, political analysts say. Such an outcome promises big trouble not just for President Obama, but also for Republican leaders as they struggle to run what is likely to be an unruly majority on Capitol Hill.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Four held after Arctic storm halts Greenland protest
Four Greenpeace activists who clung to an oil rig off western Greenland using rock-climbing gear have been arrested after an Arctic storm forced them to abandon their protest.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Australian Labor Party edges closer to victory
Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia yesterday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her centre-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Arizona sheriff is sued in civil rights inquiry
An Arizona lawman who refused for more than a year to hand over records to an investigation into allegations that his department discriminated against Hispanics was sued by the US Justice Department yesterday.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Falling from grace in India
Hindu devotees lost their balance yesterday as they try to form a human pyramid in Mumbai to break the "Dahi handi", an earthen pot filled with curd hung 20-30ft from the ground.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Zimbabweans face end of South African amnesty
South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a spokesman said yesterday.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Spanish patrol officers issue fewer fines
Spanish highway patrol officers who are issuing fewer speeding fines to protest a pay cut have been asked by their boss to "please, enforce the law".
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 US jobless figures set to raise fears of double dip
Investors are bracing themselves for another grim snapshot of the US labour market today, when the government is expected to confirm that unemployment is again on the rise.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Familiar themes dominate first day of peace talks
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian President, yesterday opened the first face-to-face Middle East peace talks in two years by demanding an end to Jewish settlements in the West Bank. In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted that any agreement must assure Israel's security as a Jewish state.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 New rig explosion raises spectre of second Gulf of Mexico oil spill
A mile-long oil sheen has spread from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Stars mourn passing of 'Death in Venice' hotel
For more than a century, the Hotel Des Bains has loomed over Venice's seafront like an opulent ivory fortress, proudly housing the array of glittering international guests arriving at the city's annual film festival.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Pakistan's rich 'diverted floods to save their land'
A senior Pakistan diplomat has accused "powerful" figures of diverting floodwaters into unprotected areas to save their own land.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 'Alive' air crash survivors to help miners' families
Survivors of a 1972 plane crash featured in the movie Alive will travel to Chile to comfort the families of 33 trapped miners as a way of repaying the country for help in their rescue.
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:01 +0100 Forest fires in Madeira put future of Europe's rarest seabird under threat
Europe's rarest seabird, the Zino's Petrel, found only in Madeira, has suffered potentially devastating losses from a forest fire which struck the birds' breeding area on the Atlantic island.
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