Bush reassures Palestinians on accord 2008-05-19 05:10 - Emotional US President uses speech at Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to renew commitment to peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians by year-end.
Grim search now likely to find only bodies 2008-05-19 05:10 - Two months ago in Sichuan, a picturesque mountainous area with a strong Tibetan population, foreign journalists were playing cat and mouse with security troops to report on the Tibetan unrest.
Australia’s mango madness links fruit to bad tempers 2008-05-18 06:01 - In Queensland it is known as “going bananas”; in the neighbouring Northern
Territory they call it “mango madness” and elsewhere they simply “go
troppo”.
Gala celebrations as Sir David Lean’s films are restored to glor... 2008-05-18 06:01 - Cannes is offering few new British films this year but there will be gala
screenings of the late Sir David Lean’s work, given a new lease of life
thanks to digital technology. Crackles and clicks that have blighted the
sound have been removed, while dirt, green spots, in the original negatives
have been deleted and repaired.
Mugabe defiant as voting date named 2008-05-18 06:01 - Zimbabwe will stage its much delayed and disputed presidential run-off at the
end of next month as President Mugabe vowed never to be defeated by an
opposition backed by “a hostile axis of powerful foreign governments”.
California gives gay couples the right to marry 2008-05-18 06:01 - California is due to become America’s gay marriage capital - if only for a
short time - after an historic court verdict that religious groups have
vowed to overturn.
Spanish arrest notorious hacker group members 2008-05-18 05:45 - Spanish police have arrested five young computer hackers who allegedly
disabled Internet pages run by government agencies in the US, Latin America
and Asia, authorities said today.
Re-use, mishandling of syringes linked to hepatitis 2008-05-18 05:10 - Hepatitis C outbreak affecting more than 80 people and exposing tens of thousands more caused by workers reusing syringes at a Las Vegas clinic.
