Austrian's murder: Man says he didn't show police where gun was
In tune with the times: 'Nkosi sikelela iafrica' to ring out over city centre today at noon Fire losses: agriculture still silent over payouts Moped: thief repents, saddled with guilt Escapee: on murder, rape, hijack charges Saved from swimming pool:
President meets British Minister of State for Europe
Press office of President Victor Yushchenko President Victor Yushchenko met today with British Minister of State for Europe Caroline Flint. At the meeting sides discussed bilateral cooperation between Ukraine and Great Britain. President Yushchenko
Meeting of Pak-UK Defence Cooperation Forum held
ISLAMABAD: The mid-year review of the Pak-UK Defence Cooperation Forum concluded here at the Joint Staff Headquarters, Chakala, on Wednesday. Director Foreign Military Cooperation, Commodore Naveed Ahmad and Staff Officer, Pak-Strategy Unit, Ministry of
Decarbonise power sector, UK government advised
The UK government has been advised that the country will have to move away from the use of fossil fuels in power generation in order to reach targets set for greenhouse gas emissions. The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent body set up by
UK trash man to keep sliced up cash
LONDON - British police say a trash collector can hold on to the mound of mutilated cash he found stuffed into a wastebasket in the English town of Lincoln earlier this year. But he'll have to piece the notes back together if he wants to make any money
100 countries ban cluster bombs; signing begins in Oslo
OSLO: Some 100 nations began putting their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them. Norway-which played a key role in hammering out the
Most approve of Obama Cabinet picks, poll finds
A national poll finds that Americans think President-elect Barack Obama's getting it right when it comes to his Cabinet picks, especially Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates. Seventy-five percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research survey approve of Obama's choices. That's 16 points higher than those in favor of President Bush's picks eight years ago.
Hard times have hit Britain, but you wouldn't know it by watching Queen Elizabeth II open Parliament.
$120 mn WB loan for China
Beijing, Dec 3 (Xinhua) The World Bank (WB) has approved a loan of $120 million for ecology friendly farming projects in China, its China Office here announced Wednesday. The office said farmers in central Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei and Guangxi
Queens Speech - Afghanistan and Pakistan
?My Government will work with the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan for security, stability and prosperity.? Afghanistan is one of the United Kingdom?s top foreign policy priorities. The UK is committed to Afghanistan for the long-term. The
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