Month: October 2011

MANCHESTER, England—Jobs have been lost, libraries shuttered, sailors sacked and street lights dimmed—Britain is beginning to taste the bitter medicine David Cameron warned was necessary to fix its wounded economy. It’s left some wondering: Is […] […]

Thousands of schoolchildren went on the rampage after rumours spread that President Nicolas Sarkozy’s government wants to take away a large slice of their school holidays. Protests that began in northern France spread to the […] […]

A Californian driver lay injured in a remote ravine for six days near a body in another crashed car. David Lavau, 68, survived by eating ants and leaves and drinking creek water, a doctor said. […] […]

ABOUT 400 anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested in New York when they blocked traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, forcing authorities to shut it down for hours, police said. Anti-Wall Street activists first occupied a […] […]

FIERCE fighting is raging in Muammar Gaddafi’s hometown Sirte as new regime forces press their campaign to capture it from determined loyalists of Libya’s former leader. As military casualties mount, a rocket has killed two […] […]

POLICE in Northern Ireland say a live bomb has been found in a busy part of Belfast. The Police Service of Northern Ireland said ys the bomb was “capable of causing death or serious injury”. […] […]

BAGHDAD—A car bomb exploded Friday near a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad where mourners had gathered for a funeral, killing 17 people, Iraqi officials said. The explosion triggered new anger at Iraq’s leaders and their […] […]

LONDON—A judge says an Islamic activist who entered Britain despite being banned is entitled to damages for wrongful detention. Islamic Movement in Israel leader Sheikh Raed Salah flew to Britain in June, despite an order […] […]