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Nov 5 2009
A day after the Lisbon Treaty won final approval, Belgium’s prime minister emerged as the favorite on Wednesday to take the European Union’s first presidential post, with Britain in the running for the top foreign policy job. Diplomats said that...
Oct 14 2009
Mr. Brown announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the increase depends on a number of conditions, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization strategy for the training of Afghan civil and military personnel, proper equipment, and a new...
Oct 6 2009
Pupils in a Irish school are being asked to bring their own toilet paper to school to help offset funding cutbacks. The principal of St John’s Girls National School in Carrigaline, County Cork, confirmed she had sent out a memo to parents last...
Sep 29 2009
A major increase in nuclear power generation over the next 40 years will help India reduce its impact on global warming, Indian PM Manmohan Singh says. Speaking in Delhi, he said the nuclear industry would have huge opportunities in India after the...
Sep 26 2009
A British prison says a bunch of inmates have been caught with their hands clean — using hand sanitizing gel to get drunk. Peter McParlin of the Prison Officers Association says inmates were using it to make illicit alcohol.
Sep 17 2009
A towering Turk was officially crowned the world’s tallest man Thursday after his Ukrainian rival dropped out of the running by refusing to be measured. Guinness World Records said that 8 foot 1 inch (2.47 meter) Sultan Kosen, from the town of...
Sep 8 2009
It was the terror plot which changed the nature of airline travel for ever. Three British-born Islamic fanatics planned to use liquid explosives disguised as soft drinks to blow at least seven flights out of the sky and cause carnage to rival 9/11 in...
Aug 21 2009
A Russian rebel website posted a statement on Friday signed by Chechen fighters declaring “economic war” on Russia and claiming responsibility for a recent dam disaster and a bomb in Ingushetia. A Kremlin source contacted by Reuters...
Aug 4 2009
The spiritual leader of the four million Roman Catholics in England and Wales has damned social network sites, accusing them of undermining community life and leading teenagers to suicide. Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols said MySpace and...
Jul 21 2009
In a case described as the most important in Turkey’s history, two retired four-star generals went on trial yesterday at a high-security court outside Istanbul, charged with trying to overthrow the government. For some, the arrest of the...