PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEVPutin also for Russian modernisationRussian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday strongly backed President Dmitry Medvedev's call for economic modernisation.
TRAFIGURA STILL DIDN'T PAYTrafigura waste victims waiting for compensationOil trading firm Trafigura agreed to pay 33 million euros after caustic soda and petroleum residues were dumped in Abidjan.
POPE MEETS ARCHBISHOPAnglican leader, pope meet amid tensionsThe strictly private meeting came just two weeks after the Vatican made it easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
4 PILGRIMS DIED BEFORE HAJJSaudi reports 4 pilgrim deaths from swine fluMoroccan woman, a Sudanese man and an Indian man, all aged 75, along with 17-year-old girl from nigeria, all died from swine flu.
BUGS DESTROYING OYAMEL FIRSTree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterflySome 8,000 oyamel fir trees were cut down in July in a bid to remove beetles that threaten the Monarch's ages-old migration.
- 11 21 2009 19:39hPUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEVEurope
TRAFIGURA STILL DIDN'T PAYTrafigura waste victims waiting for compensationWorld Report
POPE MEETS ARCHBISHOPAnglican leader, pope meet amid tensionsEurope
4 PILGRIMS DIED BEFORE HAJJSaudi reports 4 pilgrim deaths from swine fluAsia
BUGS DESTROYING OYAMEL FIRSTree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterflyWorld Report
GENOME PROJECTScientists map genome of a pig An international team of scientists announced Monday that it had produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig.
NEW RESEARCH One embryo implantation sufficient for a pregnancyFifty-three percent of women got pregnant and gave birth after only one attempt. Study was conducted on 661 women.
NEW KING OF GREAT BRITAINOn an English-speaking Hannover house heir Throned as the third in a line, coming from the known parentage, George III was the first king of his parentage being born in England
POPE MEETS ARCHBISHOPAnglican leader, pope meet amid tensionsThe strictly private meeting came just two weeks after the Vatican made it easier for disgruntled Anglicans to convert to Catholicism.
TUSK FOR DIFFERENT ELECTIONPolish PM proposes parliament to elect president Under the current rules, the Polish president is elected through a public vote, but Polish PM Donald Tusk has an idea to change that.
BROWN VISITED FLOODED AREASBritish PM visits scene of massive floods Brown met flooded-out residents in Cockermouth, northwest England, and emergency services workers who have tryed to cope with downpours.
SWINE FLUUS sees fall in swine flu rate This past week 21 influenza associated pediatric deaths were reported to us, 15 of those were confirmed to be due to H1N1.
ISLAMIC EXTREMISMRules for US soldiers ban Islamic extremismThe regulations would clearly prohibit a soldier from espousing Islamic extremism, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman told reporters.
CORRUPTIONAfghan aid must not fuel corruptionThe United States and NATO have more than 100,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban.
SEPARATEDBangladesh twins separated in marathon surgeryThe girls will spend the next few days sedated, on ventilators and under close monitoring before being gradually woken up.
BANGLADESHI TWINSMarathon bid to part conjoined Bangladeshi twinsThe girls, who were placed in a Dhaka orphanage at birth, were close to death when they arrived in Australia two years ago.
CHILD MIGRANTSBritish PM to apologise over child migrantsBritain sent more than 130,000 poor children to Australia and other former colonies as part of the programme which ended 40 years ago.
THE VOTE IS POSTPONED Iraqi MPs to meet Sunday on election wrangle The election is scheduled for mid-January but can not go ahead until the electoral law receives presidential assent.
TALIBANS JOIN AFGHAN POLICE80 Taliban lay down weaponsAt the ceremony in Herat the 80 men handed over their weapons and pledged to end their fight against the government.
ROCKET ATTACK IN KABULFour injured in rocket attack in Afghan capitalRocket hit in front of Rabia Balkhi hospital in Kabul, four people were wounded, three of theem are civilians and one is police officer.
BOEING CRASHED IN MALIVenezuelan drugs Boeing crashed in MaliIn July Guinea security forces discovered large quantities of chemicals used to produce heroin from opium, cocaine and ecstasy.
LICENCE TO KILLNo 'licence to kill' for S.African policeNo police officer has permission to shoot suspects in circumstances other than those provided for by law.
SLAVERYTraditional rulers must apologise for slaveryNigeria, Africa's most populous country, is in a fresh bid to re-write its constitution.
BUGS DESTROYING OYAMEL FIRSTree-eating bugs threaten Monarch butterflySome 8,000 oyamel fir trees were cut down in July in a bid to remove beetles that threaten the Monarch's ages-old migration.
SLANT EYESJudge dismisses Miley Cyrus 'slant eyes' suitKim's lawyer sued Cyrus, 16, under a statute that prohibits businesses from discriminating against minorities.
LIFELINEChild abuse may shorten cell lifelineEarlier studies had shown that psychological stress elevates risk for a wide range of diseases and mental conditions.
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