Month: March 2011

HUNDREDS of Iraqi protesters are demanding jobs and better basic services, in the latest challenge to Baghdad’s government after a wave of popular uprisings swept across the Arab world. Some 500 protesters turned up on […] […]

TOKYO—Japan was struck by a magnitude-8.8 earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, triggering a 4-meter tsunami that washed away cars and tore away buildings along the coast near the epicentre. In various locations along Japan’s […] […]

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.— For a mother who lost her son to violence, Illinois’ decision to abolish the death penalty is a betrayal. But to a father who lost two daughters and a grandson, it’s simply the […] […]

JARED Loughner, the gunman accused of trying to assassinate a US congresswoman and killing six people in Arizona, has pleaded not guilty to all 49 new charges against him. He entered the pleas in his […] […]

A FEDERAL grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old Texas college student from Saudi Arabia on a single count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction. The grand jury in Lubbock handed up its […] […]

BANK records seized by prosecutors reveal that Silvio Berlusconi received $91 million from his holding companies last year and spent $47m, including $165,000 on ties. The Italian Prime Minister faces trial next month for allegedly […] […]

The cigarette packs piled into prominent displays behind store counters and supermarket checkouts in England can’t be missed. They occupy prime retail real estate, helping to keep addicts hooked and quitters tempted. But the government […] […]

WASHINGTON – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard choked back tears as she told the US Congress of the way she marvelled as a child at the Moon walk. “On that great day I believed America […] […]