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News RSS FeedsNew York agrees 9/11 dust payout - New York City agrees to pay up to $657m (£437m) to thousands of rescue and clean-up workers at the 9/11 attacks site....Feed Source: news.bbc.co.uk Rove 'proud' of US waterboarding - Former US President George W Bush's advisor, Karl Rove, says he is proud of waterboarding as he believes it prevented attacks.... Japan arrests whaling activist - An activist from New Zealand who boarded a Japanese whaling ship last month is arrested by Japan's coastguard.... Pinera sworn in as new quake hits - Sebastian Pinera is sworn in as president of quake-hit Chile, as a 6.9-magnitude aftershock strikes the centre of the country.... Thailand braces for mass protests - Thailand mobilises thousands of troops ahead of mass rallies by planned supporters of ousted former PM Thaksin Shinawatra.... Turkey and Sweden in genocide row - Turkey withdraws its ambassador to Sweden after the parliament votes to describe as genocide the killing of Armenians in WWI.... US web censorship rights warning - Freedom of expression on the web has been curtailed in 2009, the US state department says in its annual human rights report.... Russians jailed over race murder - Nine members of a Russian white supremacist group are jailed for up to 22 years in connection with the killing of an African man.... Drogba is African Footballer of Year - Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba is named African Footballer of the Year.... US school prom axed as lesbian student asks to bring girlfriend - A student at a high school in Mississippi says the school board cancelled her school's prom rather than let her attend it with her lesbian girlfriend... How one group of Viking 'visitors' was dealt with by Anglo-Saxons - Fifty-one decapitated skeletons found in a burial pit in Dorset were those of Scandinavian Vikings, scientists say.... Live - Bangladesh v England - Bangladesh win the toss and field first in Chittagong as England hand Test debuts to Steve Finn and Michael Carberry.... Liverpool sunk by late Lille goal - Liverpool face an uphill task to progress from the last 16 of the Europa League after Eden Hazard's goal gives a lively Lille side a 1-0 first-leg lead.... Can US broker Middle East peace? - Joe Biden is in the region to encourage talks between the Palestinians and Israel. What can be achieved?... Polling Darfur - Can an election be held in a land of refugees?... It's quiz time! - What do humans and bonobos have in common?... Come on up! - Canada's Yukon hopes to strike tourist gold... Bosnian fallout - Pressure on UK after arrest of ex-Bosnian president... Between friends - US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation... Net billionaires - Who has profited from the web's biggest sites?... New York banking gains on London - New York and London have been ranked as the joint-top global financial centres according to new research.... Obama urges China action on yuan - US President Barack Obama has urged China to change its currency strategy to help re-balance the global economy.... HSBC in huge Swiss data theft - About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.... 'Console killer' launches in June - A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional gaming console will begin streaming games over the net in June this year.... Telegraph poles to take broadband - Virgin Media has begun trials of technology to deliver high-speed fibre-optic broadband over telegraph poles in the UK. ... Tories pledge 'fastest broadband' - The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband.... Corey Haim was 'tormented soul' - Lost Boys actor Corey Haim was a "tormented soul", his friend and fellow actor Corey Feldman says.... Taio Cruz scales Billboard chart - R&B star Taio Cruz sets the record for the biggest jump to the top of US Billboard Hot 100 for an act's first charting single. ... Thalidomide effect mystery solved - The mechanism by which thalidomide causes malformed limbs is revealed by scientists.... Scientists to review climate body - The UN secretary general asks the world's leading science academies to review the UN's climate science body.... New blood pressure approach urged - Fluctuations in blood pressure could be more important than high readings as a warning sign for stroke, say researchers.... Nigeria women protest at killings - Hundreds of Nigerian women protest over last week's violence near Jos, where women and children were massacred.... Gambia row over wave of arrests - An opposition leader criticises a wave of arrests in The Gambia, saying detainees do not know why they are being held.... Biden tries to ease Mid-East row - US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.... Mexican shakes up world rich list - Mexican Carlos Slim overtakes Bill Gates as the world's richest man, according to the Forbes "rich list", with a fortune of $53.5bn.
... Burma annuls 1990 Suu Kyi poll win - Burma's leaders formally annul the National League for Democracy's 1990 election win, as more details of new poll laws emerge. ... Japan protest over tuna ban plan - Japan voices opposition to a proposed ban on international trade in bluefin tuna, after the EU backs the plan. ... Ukraine president forms coalition - Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych secures a coalition in parliament and one of his loyalists is confirmed as PM.... Extradition for Auschwitz suspect - A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz. ... Iraq results point to tight race - First results from Iraq's election suggest a tight contest may be developing between PM Nouri Maliki and main rival Iyad Allawi.... Hamas releases British journalist - Hamas releases a British journalist it had held for a month in Gaza, saying at a news conference that it suspects him of being a spy.... Afghan plea for 'no proxy wars' - Afghanistan does not want other countries' "proxy wars" fought on its soil, President Hamid Karzai says in Islamabad. ... Modi faces Gujarat riot questions - The chief minister of India's Gujarat state, Narendra Modi, is summoned to appear before an inquiry into riots in 2002.... BNP teachers will not be banned - Members of groups which may promote racism, such as the BNP, will not be banned from teaching in England, the government says.... Handcuffs asylum use criticised - The use of handcuffs by immigration, escort and security staff to restrain asylum seekers is criticised in a report.... Man arrested over death in street - Police arrest an 18-year-old on suspicion of manslaughter after a man collapsed and died outside his home in Greater Manchester.... Warning on public sector pensions - The amount of money paid as public sector pensions could more than triple in the next 50 years, says the National Audit Office.... 'Slow start' for 2010 home sales - The number of homes sold in England and Wales at the start of 2010 was at a low level, a survey says.... Salmond to meet BBC over debates - SNP leader to meet with the BBC to discuss the row over the party's exclusion from televised general election debates.... Add your link - Submission Guidelines Copyright © 2010, Home Business Software. All Rights Reserved. |