Month: June 2011

Riots have again erupted outside the Greek Parliament as demonstrators protested more taxes and spending cuts. Greece has begun a two-day general strike, which has halted nearly all public transport, forced airlines to reschedule or […] […]

Ultra-modern Hong Kong is tussling with a centuries-old bug long forgotten in many developed countries – an outbreak of drug-resistant scarlet fever that has killed the first children there in a decade. And with it […] […]

GREEK police and anti-austerity protesters faced off in a tense duel yesterday that quickly escalated into full blown clashes as angry workers were teargassed seeking to pierce unprecedented defences. Radicals among some 10,000 protesters sought […] […]

LIBYA has rejected an arrest warrant issued for Muammar Gaddafi, saying it does not accept the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction and the move was a “cover” for a NATO bombing campaign. The ICC’s decision is […] […]

The top US military nuclear research lab has been ordered to stay closed after flames reached it and the local town began evacuating. However officials say all high-risk materials at the Los Alamos National Laboratory […] […]

Grammy Award-winning pop star Prince has told a British newspaper that women forced to wear burqas in Islamic countries were “happy” to wear them. Prince told The Guardian newspaper: “It’s fun being in Islamic countries, […] […]

A wave of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States as addicts and dealers turn to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers. Criminals are holding pharmacists at gunpoint and escaping with […] […]

A jury has convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of nearly all the corruption charges against him, including trying to sell or trade President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat. Jurors delivered their verdicts Monday after […] […]

SAN FRANCISCO — A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is suing the clothing retailer in federal court, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf. Hani Khan said […] […]

THE Israeli government has dropped a threat to issue lengthy deportation orders against journalists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that he ordered authorities to find a formula for the reporters […] […]