Saturday, July 19, 2008
World News
Iran says more nuclear meetings may be needed
Iran's foreign minister said talks with world powers on the country's disputed nuclear programme, due to start in Geneva later on Saturday, were a...
Pope apologises for Church sexual abuse in Australia
Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to...
7.0 magnitude quake off Japan
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck beneath the north Pacific Ocean 77 miles (123 km) east northeast of Iwaki, Japan at 0239 GMT at a depth of 25...
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Stories from The Times
Ancient Pompeii hits headlines again
Nearly 2,000 years after it was buried and preserved under a volcanic eruption, the ancient Roman town of Pompeii is hitting the headlines again...
Mandela at 90 makes call for poor
After six months of international celebrations, the frail Nelson Mandela yesterday spent his 90th birthday quietly with family and friends at his...
France to give Ukraine boost on EU ties
EU President France will propose next week putting ties with Ukraine on a new footing but faces resistance from states opposed to holding out any...
New uranium leak in French Areva factory
French nuclear firm Areva has found a uranium leak at a factory in southeastern France, but there is no danger to the environment, the French...
Naples cleared of trash
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday that the streets of Naples had been cleared of rotting garbage that had piled up for...
Cyprus widows to bury dead of 1974 invasion
A painful chapter in the turbulent history of Cyprus reaches closure for three Greek Cypriot women who will bury their dead today 34 years after...
Most Egyptian men harass women
Nearly two-thirds of Egyptian men admit to having sexually harassed women in the most populous Arab country, and a majority say women themselves...
World Youth Day - Pope calls on religions to unite against terrorism
Pope Benedict called for all religions to unite against terrorism and resolve conflicts peacefully yesterday and heard an Islamic leader urge...
Teenager arrested over stabbing of 18-year-old in UK
Police yesterday arrested a teenage boy over the knife murder of an 18-year-old male youth in south London, the 21st teenager to be killed...
World Briefs
Ninety years after Bolshevik revolutionaries shot dead the last tsar, Russians are fighting over who to lionise: Tsar Nicholas II or Josef...
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