Romania readies for parliamentary poll
Romanians head to the polls on Sunday in the country's seventh parliamentary elections since the fall of Communism in 1989. But since the dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown in the brutal...
View ArticleEchoes of the past ring true in sound museum
Brendan Chilcutt wears oversized glasses and glances over his shoulder as he types. "Imagine a world where we never again hear the symphonic startup of a Windows 95 machine… the textured rattle and...
View ArticleVoting commences in Ghana elections
Ghanaians have begun casting their ballots in the West African nation's sixth consecutive presidential and parliamentary elections since the country returned to democratic rule in 1992. Starting in...
View ArticleS Sudan struggles to remove landmines
Land mines kill an average of 12 civilians every day. This is a considerable improvement from 10 years ago, when mines claimed around 32 lives every day. But despite the improvement, the weapons still...
View ArticleMaze/Vonn rivalry heats up the ice
Lindsey Vonn skied to victory in a women's World Cup Super-G on Saturday and found herself in an unwitting and unwanted spat with her main rival Tina Maze. Vonn extended her perfect record in four...
View ArticleItaly's Berlusconi to run again for PM's post
Silvio Berlusconi has ended weeks of speculation by announcing he will run again for the job of prime minister, the post he was removed from last year. He had called a meeting of the People of Freedom...
View ArticleKate Middleton's pranked nurse found dead
A nurse who took a prank call at the London hospital treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said, in a suspected suicide. Police said the...
View ArticleFeng takes lead into Dubai Masters finale
Shanshan Feng shot a 5-under 67 on Friday to take a big five-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Ladies Masters. The sixth-ranked Feng finished her third round at Emirates Golf Club with...
View ArticleStuart Appleby hopes demons are behind him
Australian Stuart Appleby has battled back to title-winning form before and is convinced he will do it again, but the wait for a turnaround in fortune is driving him almost to distraction. In his...
View ArticleBacklash in Australia over royal prank call
The Australian radio station behind a prank phone call to a London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife, the former Kate Middleton, has said it had done nothing wrong and no one...
View ArticleODI series goes down to the wire
Captain Darren Sammy smashed an aggressive half-century before taking 3-28 to guide West Indies to a 75-run victory in the fourth one-day international to level the five-match series at 2-2 on Friday....
View ArticleBangladesh win ODI series against Windies
A spirited Bangladesh led by all-rounder Mohammad Mamhmudullah edged out the West Indies in the fifth and final one-day by four wickets in Dhaka on Saturday, taking the series 3-2. Mahmudullah took...
View ArticleEgypt deploys tanks outside Morsi palace
Egypt's army has deployed tanks outside the presidential palace after a night of deadly clashes between opponents and supporters of President Mohamed Morsi. Three tanks and three armoured personnel...
View ArticleJobs report sees reduction in US unemployment
The latest US jobs figures have shown an additional 146,000 jobs created in November, according to the Department of Labour. Friday's numbers, which see the unemployment rate fall to 7.7 per cent, the...
View ArticleWilliams wins fourth World Match racing title
Ian Williams quit his career as a lawyer in 2005, to pursue success on the sea. Since then it has been pretty much plain sailing with the Brit winning his fourth World Match racing title at the...
View ArticleSecond Nairobi blast targets Somali district
A blast in in a heavily Somali district of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, has killed three people and left eight injured, including district MP Yusef Hassan. The dead included a 10-year old and a...
View ArticleGoal-line technology lines up for debut
Hawk-Eye chiefs are hoping for a Frank Lampard-like "ghost goal" at the Club World Cup, its managing director said Saturday, as the goal-line technology prepares to make its competitive debut. It was...
View ArticleMorsi offers few concessions amid unrest
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi addressed the nation on Thursday night amidst ongoing unrest, and while he called for dialogue and offered sympathy for the deaths of the protesters, he offered few...
View ArticleShanshan smashes end of season championship
Feng Shanshan came into the the $645,000 Dubai Ladies Masters as the highest ranked player in the field and she proved her credentials with an emphatic five-shot victory in the season-ending...
View ArticleUN alleges rapes in DR Congo unrest
The UN has accused government troops and M23 rebels of raping and killing civilians and looting towns during battles in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last month. The United Nations said on...
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