| Tourists safe after ship breaks free of ice
November 19, 2009 at 11:26 pm
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| | A RUSSIAN ice-breaker cruise ship carrying more than 100 people, mostly British tourists, broke free of Antarctic ice and was on its way to Argentina after days of entrapment, the ship's operator said today. |
| Border bridges blown up as row worsens
November 19, 2009 at 10:19 pm
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| | VENEZUELAN soldiers today blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors. |
| Swine flu death cover-ups to be punished
November 19, 2009 at 10:13 pm
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| | CHINA has promised severe punishment for officials caught concealing deaths from H1N1 flu after a medical expert said suspect cases may have been held back by local governments. |
| Woman wins $327m from tobacco giant
November 19, 2009 at 9:47 pm
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| | A FLORIDA jury today ordered cigarette maker Philip Morris USA to pay $US300 million ($327m) in damages to a 61-year-old ex-smoker named Cindy Naugle who is wheelchair-bound by emphysema. |
| Pentagon launches Fort Hood probe
November 19, 2009 at 9:32 pm
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| | US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a rampage never happens again. |
| John Kerry's daughter arrested
November 19, 2009 at 9:30 pm
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| | THE daughter of former US presidential candidate John Kerry was arrested early yesterday after being stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said. |
| American's murder trial nears end
November 19, 2009 at 8:53 pm
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| | CLOSING arguments were to begin today in the trial of American student Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia. |
| Evacuations as UK houses flood
November 19, 2009 at 8:06 pm
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| | RESCUERS are working to evacuate about 200 people by helicopter from a town after storms triggered flooding across parts of Britain. |
| Google promises OS will be 'quick as TV'
November 19, 2009 at 6:01 pm
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| | GOOGLE has provided a peek beneath the hood of its new Chrome operating system, making the software public and promising it will run netbooks by the end of next year. |
| Copenhagen will be a success - UN chief
November 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm
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| | EFFORTS to craft a comprehensive climate treaty in Copenhagen next month will certainly "yield a success", the UN's top climate official has pledged. |
| Lions tear rare white tigress to shreds
November 19, 2009 at 5:40 pm
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| | TWO lions have torn an extremely rare white tigress to shreds after penetrating into her cage in a Czech zoo. |
| Teen 'kills girl, wanted to know feeling'
November 19, 2009 at 4:47 pm
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| | A TEENAGE girl in Missouri will be charged as an adult, her lawyer said, for allegedly killing a nine-year-old girl because she "wanted to know what it felt like". |
| Bomb attack kills police
November 19, 2009 at 3:50 pm
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| | A BOMB ripped through a Pakistan police vehicle, killing two policemen and wounding five people on the outskirts of the northwestern city of Peshawar today, officials said. |
| Murder accused 'sold human fat'
November 19, 2009 at 3:14 pm
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| | FOUR people have been arrested in Peru on suspicion of killing some 60 people to sell their fat and other human tissue to Italian co-conspirators for cosmetic use in Europe, authorities say. |
| Belgian PM to be first EU president
November 19, 2009 at 2:49 pm
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| | EUROPEAN leaders have chosen Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy to become the first president of the European Union, diplomatic sources say. |
| Teen charged over plan to kill teachers
November 19, 2009 at 2:38 pm
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| | A 13-YEAR-OLD French boy who allegedly set out to mow down his teachers with a shotgun has been charged with attempted murder and released on bail, officials say. |
| US orders Fort Hood shooting review
November 19, 2009 at 2:14 pm
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| | US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has announced a review of the Fort Hood shootings to examine if the military had missed warning signs or remained "vulnerable" to similar assaults. |
| Major powers to meet on Iran nukes
November 19, 2009 at 1:40 pm
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| | MAJOR world powers are to meet in Brussels tomorrow to discuss Iran's rejection of a nuclear fuel deal, a top EU official says, after a warning from US President Barack Obama of "consequences" for Tehran. |
| Victim tracks down attacker on Facebook
November 19, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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| | A UK woman who was slashed in the face at a bar used Facebook to track down her attacker. |
| Blair EU presidency bid dropped
November 19, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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| | BRITISH Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dropped Tony Blair as his candidate for the job of European Union president, a Downing Street spokesman says. |
| Senator Kerry's daughter arrested
November 19, 2009 at 1:05 pm
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| | FORMER US presidential candidate Senator John Kerry¿s daughter, Alexandra Forbes Kerry, was arrested in Los Angeles overnight on suspicion of driving under the influence, police said. |
| Karzai 'can't match expectations'
November 19, 2009 at 1:03 pm
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| | HAMID Karzai's chief rival lashed out at the newly sworn-in Afghan president today, charging that he was incapable of meeting expectations at home and abroad. |
| Suicide attack kills 10
November 19, 2009 at 12:56 pm
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| | A SUICIDE bomber killed 10 civilians in southern Afghanistan overnight, the second attack on the same day that President Hamid Karzai was sworn into office, police said. |
| Stem cell therapy closer to human trials
November 19, 2009 at 12:49 pm
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| | EMBRYONIC stem cell therapy got a step closer to the clinic today after US researchers said they filed a request for government approval of human trials. |
| Model Moss rapped for anorexia motto
November 19, 2009 at 12:42 pm
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| | BRITISH supermodel Kate Moss has been accused of sending the wrong message to anorexics and teenage girls when she gave her backing for a slogan encouraging them not to eat. |
| Computer glitch causes flight delays
November 19, 2009 at 12:38 pm
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| | A COMPUTER glitch that caused flight delays and cancellations across the US overnight has been fixed, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. |
| Atheist ad campaign moves to billboards
November 19, 2009 at 8:47 am
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| | A CONTROVERSIAL atheist advertising campaign has moved from London buses to billboards in four British cities. |
| Koreans told to keep hair short, tidy
November 19, 2009 at 8:21 am
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| | STATE media in communist North Korea, which is grappling with severe food shortages and a crumbling economy, has taken time out to urge its people to keep their hair tidy. |
| UNICEF: world's children face lottery
November 19, 2009 at 7:56 am
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| | CHILDREN face a life or death lottery depending on where they are born - and more than eight million died before their fifth birthday just in 2008, a new study reveals. |
| Journos condemn expulsion from Indonesia
November 19, 2009 at 6:35 am
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| | FOREIGN journalists based in Indonesia have condemned the deportation of two reporters from Italy and India who had covered a recent Greenpeace demonstration. |
| Alcohol helps 'lower heart disease risk'
November 19, 2009 at 4:26 am
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| | MEN who drink alcohol every day see a nearly one-third average reduction in the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a long-term study among Spanish men published today. |
| Suicide bomber kills 15 in Pakistan
November 19, 2009 at 1:41 am
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| | A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up outside a court building in Peshawar today, killing at least 15 people, officials said, in the latest of a series of attacks on the northwestern Pakistan city. | | | 
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