Archive for April, 2009

Child Stalking more Aggressive

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Child Stalking more Aggressive

Child stalking ‘more aggressive’
Stalking by children and teenagers tends to be significantly more violent than that carried out by adults, Australian research has suggested.
Psychiatrists looked at nearly 300 so-called juvenile stalkers and found they rarely acted due to infatuation…

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Bankers Made astonishing Mess

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Bankers Made astonishing Mess

Bankers made ‘astonishing mess’
The effects of the continuing banking crisis will be felt for generations, a committee of MPs has warned.
The Treasury Committee, in its second report on the crisis, said it had been caused largely by the banks’ own…

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Experts Unveil African Gene Study

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Experts Unveil African Gene Study

Experts unveil African gene study
A group of scientists have unveiled what they say is the most comprehensive study ever of African genes.
Published following a decade of study, the researchers say their findings give new insight into the origins…

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Iran leading Terrorism Sponsor

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Iran leading Terrorism Sponsor

Iran ‘leading terrorism sponsor’
By Kim Ghattas
BBC’s state department correspondent, Washington
Iran remains the “most active state sponsor of terrorism” in the world, a report by the US state department says.
It says Iran’s role in the planning and financing of terror-related activities…

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In Pictures In Pictures Dutch Parade Attack

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
In Pictures  In Pictures Dutch Parade Attack

In pictures: Dutch parade attack
The Netherlands has been left in shock after a car ploughed into crowds who had gathered to see the queen in the city of Apeldoorn (Warning: Some readers…

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El Paso Not Slowing Down For Swine Flu

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
El Paso Not Slowing Down For Swine Flu

El Paso not slowing down for swine flu
By Andy Gallacher
BBC News, El Paso
El Paso is a border town in more than just name.
It is where the Mexican and American cultures merge into…

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Basra will Miss British Troops

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Basra will Miss British Troops

You might expect the mood in Basra to be one of rejoicing, given that an occupying army is pulling out. It is exactly the opposite, finds the BBC’s John Simpson.
The British themselves tend to think of their time…

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Football Europe Serie A To Form Breakaway League

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Football  Europe  Serie A To Form Breakaway League

Serie A to form breakaway league
Italy’s top football division Serie A is poised to split from Serie B to form a new league Lega Calcio Serie A.
The two…

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Golf Woods Leads The Way In Charlotte

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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Woods leads the way in Charlotte
Tiger Woods made a late burst to take a three-shot clubhouse lead on the first day of the Quail Hollow Championships in Charlotte.
The 33-year-old, making his first…

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Kenya Church Arson Case Dismissed

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Kenya Church Arson Case Dismissed

Kenya church arson case dismissed
The high court in Kenya has dismissed a case against four men who were accused of involvement in burning to death 33 people in a church in January 2008.
The judge said the prosecution had…

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Tennis Federer Avenges Loss To Stepanek

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Tennis  Federer Avenges Loss To Stepanek

Federer avenges loss to Stepanek
Roger Federer put last year’s Rome Masters defeat by Radek Stepanek behind him with a convincing win over the Czech in round three.
Federer eased to a 6-4 6-1 victory and…

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US To Limit Guantanamo Releases

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
US To Limit Guantanamo Releases

US to limit Guantanamo releases
Between 50 and 100 detainees held by the US at Guantanamo Bay cannot be released or put on trial, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.
The fate of those detainees “is still open”, Mr…

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Birds Show Off Their Dance Moves

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Birds Show Off Their Dance Moves

Birds show off their dance moves
By Rebecca Morelle
Science reporter, BBC News

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Some birds have a remarkable talent for dancing, two studies published in Current Biology suggest.
Footage revealed that some parrots have a near-perfect sense…

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Africans Give 400m To Zimbabwe

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Africans Give 400m To Zimbabwe

Africans give 400m to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe has received 400m (270m) in credit from African governments, says Finance Minister Tendai Biti.
The funds are aimed at helping pay civil servants and regenerating the country’s economy, he said.
Botswana provided 70m (47m)…

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Exxon Profits Hit By Weaker Oil

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Exxon Profits Hit By Weaker Oil

Exxon profits hit by weaker oil
Exxon Mobil, the world’s largest private oil company, has posted a sharp fall in quarterly profits as the price of oil dropped from its peak.
Net profit for the first three months…

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Israeli Arabs Held On bomb Plot

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Israeli Arabs Held On bomb Plot

Israeli Arabs held on ‘bomb plot’
Israeli police have arrested seven Arab Israelis suspected of planning to carry out bomb attacks and kidnap soldiers.
Police said the men wanted revenge for Israel’s offensive in Gaza earlier this year,…

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Football My Club T Tottenham Spurs Star Bent Out For Two Weeks

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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Spurs star Bent out for two weeks
Tottenham striker Darren Bent will be out of action for…

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Hundreds Hurt By Tanzania Blast

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Hundreds Hurt By Tanzania Blast

Hundreds hurt by Tanzania blast
More than 300 people, some critically injured, remain in hospital a day after the massive armoury explosion near Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s biggest city.
Officials said the death toll has risen to 10, including six…

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Mobile Sales in Record Decline

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Mobile Sales in Record Decline

Mobile sales ‘in record decline’
Mobile phone sales have plummeted by a record amount in the first quarter of 2009 as the global financial crisis sapped demand, a research firm said.
The number of phones shipped worldwide in the first…

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Murder Raises Ethnic Tension Higher

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Murder Raises Ethnic Tension Higher

Murder raises ethnic tension higher
Ethnic tension between Hungary’s Roma and non-Roma communities has spiralled, as the BBC’s Nick Thorpe finds out at the funeral of its latest victim.
“The net is tightening around the perpetrators,” says Hungarian Police Chief…

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Wifes Poll Rage Hits Berlusconi

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Wifes Poll Rage Hits Berlusconi

Wife’s poll rage hits Berlusconi
Italy’s prime minister and his wife have clashed publicly after reports his party planned to field attractive young women as European election candidates.
Veronica Lario said the plan amounted to “shameless rubbish” being put on…

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EU Warns Against Swine Flu Panic

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
EU Warns Against Swine Flu Panic

The EU’s health commissioner has urged Europeans not to panic over swine flu, as ministers prepare for emergency talks on ways to contain the virus.
“We have to exercise vigilance, we should not panic, we have to…

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Microsoft Preps Windows 7 Release

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Microsoft Preps Windows 7 Release

Microsoft preps Windows 7 release
By Darren Waters
Technology editor, BBC News website
A release candidate of Windows 7, the next major release of the world’s most popular operating system, goes public in trial form in the next week.
Microsoft is hoping…

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Israel Warning On Europe freeze

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Israel Warning On Europe freeze

Israel warning on Europe ‘freeze’
Israel has told the European Union to stop criticising Benjamin Netanyahu’s government or risk being excluded from future Middle East peace negotiations.
A foreign ministry official called EU envoys in Israel after a commissioner in…

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Mexico Arrests drug Gang Boss

Thursday, April 30th, 2009
Mexico Arrests drug Gang Boss

Mexico arrests ‘drug gang boss’
Mexican police have arrested one of the country’s most sought-after suspected drugs bosses.
Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa was arrested in a raid on a house in the city of Matamoros, near the US border.
He is…

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