Articles by sandrea

IT took extra police and earlier closing times, but London’s Notting Hill Carnival, Europe’s largest street festival, appeared to give the city what it had hoped for: a chance to regroup and celebrate in the […] […]

A US army captain gunned down his ex-wife, mother-in-law and two other people in a shooting spree during Hurricane Irene before he turned the gun on himself, a justice official says. Captain Leonard Egland, who […] […]

WIKILEAKS has published details of 23 Australians believed to have links to a radical Yemeni cleric with ties to an offshoot of terrorist group al-Qaeda. The latest tranche of Wikileaks diplomatic cables released this week […] […]

TROPICAL Storm Nanmadol is heading towards China after leaving a trail of destruction in Taiwan and killing 16 people in the Philippines. Chinese weather authorities said Nanmadol was expected to make landfall in the south-eastern […] […]

CHOCOHOLICS are rejoicing but medical experts are at war after new research showed eating chocolate could reduce the risk of heart disease by more than one-third. The news that the fat and calorie-laden treat may […] […]

SANAA, Yemen—Military officials say 26 al-Qaida militants and 10 soldiers, including a colonel, have been killed in fierce fighting in southern Yemen. The officials said Monday that 38 militants and 30 soldiers also were injured […] […]

LONDON—The Lockerbie bomber is believed to still be in Tripoli where he is dying of prostate cancer, Scotland’s government said Monday, citing parole officials who had contact with the man’s family. That statement came as […] […]