Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Emptying Corncordia fuel will take a month

Emptying Corncordia fuel will take a month

Emptying Corncordia fuel will take a month

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 12:00 PM PST

Italian divers have suspended their search for missing people from a stranded cruiser ship to allow its fuel tanks to be emptied. The Costa…

Ethiopian attack survivors arrive in Addis Ababa

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:14 AM PST

Survivors of a deadly attack in Ethiopia's remote Afar region have arrived back in the capital, Addis Ababa. Tired-looking and still dressed in…

Hungarian PM feels EU parliament backlash

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 11:03 AM PST

Embattled prime minister Viktor Orban has come under renewed fire over Hungary's recently reformed constitution. During a heated debate in…

Cruise crew unprepared

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:48 AM PST

The chaotic organisation of passengers on the Concordia, with deadly consequences for some, raises serious questions about emergency procedures and…

White House joins criticism of US online piracy bill

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:14 AM PST

A day without access to some information exchange websites has been a major worry for millions of users around the world. Wikipedia was among…

Sarkozy woos unions ahead of election

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:05 AM PST

Nicholas Sarkozy, battling to regain popularity ahead of a coming presidential election, has been trying to convince union leaders to back…

Captain gives more details about shipwreck

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 10:03 AM PST

More details are emerging about the night of terror on board the Costa Concordia, and from Captain Schettino's own lips, as he has been telling his…

”Too much emphasis on austerity” says Laszlo Andor

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 09:51 AM PST

"The crisis has lasted for too long and there is too much emphasis on austerity measures. We need more financial and political solidarity in Europe",…

Morocco is Rajoy's first foreign visit

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:13 AM PST

The two new leaders of Morocco and Spain have met for the first time as Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy flew in from Madrid. Rajoy is in Rabat to…

Demand for Schulz to visit Ukraine's Tymoshenko

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:06 AM PST

Freedom for Ukraine's opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko must be a priority for the newly elected President of the European Parliament, Italian MEP…

Suu Kyi to return to politics

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:04 AM PST

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader has been registered as a candidate in the country's partial parliamentary elections on April 1. The vote will be…

Protestors told to quit St. Paul's

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

'Occupy London' protestors are facing eviction from a camp outside the capital's St Paul's Cathedral. A court has ruled in favour of city authorities…

Germany plans 'neo-Nazi database'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:53 AM PST

Germany's cabinet has adopted plans to establish a national database of active neo-Nazis. The move was prompted by the discovery of 10 killings…

Denmark not 'daunted' by debt crisis, says Danish PM

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:32 AM PST

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt has outlined her government's EU presidency priorities to the European Parliament. Addressing MEPs…

Ukrainian women rage against Indian prostitute 'slur'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 06:13 AM PST

Feminist activists braved freezing temperatures in Kyiv in a protest against a report that Indian authorities are to scrutinise Ukrainian visa…

Yahoo's Yang resigns

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:16 AM PST

Yahoo's co-founder Jerry Yang has quit the struggling internet firm he started in 1995.   Yang's been criticised by shareholders for impeding…

Turkish embassy in Baghdad hit by rockets

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 05:03 AM PST

The Turkish embassy in Baghdad has been attacked with at least two rockets. Witnesses said only one of them hit a blast wall and there was no damage…

Italy turns on cruise captain

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 04:43 AM PST

Italy is transfixed by the Costa Concordia tragedy, and in the eye of the media storm are Captain Francesco Schettino, being painted by everyone as…

Rescue teams halt search of Italian vessel

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 03:24 AM PST

Italian divers on Wednesday suspended their search for missing people from a stranded cruiser ship to allow its fuel tanks to be emptied. The…

Annual blessing of pets in Madrid

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:41 AM PST

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Five dead, four missing in Ethiopia attack

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:33 AM PST

Ethiopian security forces are hunting gunmen who kidapped four people including two German tourists and killed five others in an attack in the Afar…

Underwater Chinese dragon dance in Bangkok

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:17 AM PST

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Austrian TV journalists slam 'political interference'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 02:04 AM PST

Journalists at Austria's public broadcaster are angry about alleged political interference. They have signed an online YouTube petition against…

Concrete balls threaten Indonesia train 'surfers'

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 01:55 AM PST

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Syrians welcome Arab League observers

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 01:43 AM PST

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