Month: June 2011

LIBYA has denied violating human rights in the country, telling the UN Human Rights Council instead that it was rebels and NATO forces who were committing abuses. Mustafa Shaban, Libya’s head of delegation, told the […] […]

THAILAND said today that it had found E. coli bacteria in avocados imported from Europe and was checking whether it was the same strain as the one behind a deadly outbreak in Europe. The government […] […]

THE death toll from the outbreak of a lethal strain of E. coli centred in northern Germany rose to 29 today after the state of Lower Saxony reported two more fatalities. A 68-year-old man and […] […]

FACEBOOK has secretly changed the privacy settings of users outside the US by activating new technology that automatically recognises people in photographs. The social networking company, which has previously come under scrutiny for its privacy […] […]

ISLAMIST militants ambushed paramilitary soldiers patrolling a tribal area along the Afghan border, triggering a shootout that left two troops and five insurgents dead. A Pakistani security official said the clash happened overnight in the […] […]

A huge wildfire in the US state of Arizona that has forced thousands from their homes, is now the second largest in the state’s history. Flames from the forest fire licked the ridges surrounding the […] […]

A Newcastle Crown Court judge was arrested yesterday and her dogs seized after one of them attacked a passerby for the third time in a year. Judge Beatrice Bolton, 57, was walking in her home […] […]

NINTENDO has introduced the world to the Wii’s touchy new big brother: the Wii U. The Japanese gaming giant overnight unveiled the Wii video game console successor, which will broadcast high-definition video and feature a […] […]