Greek debt talks fail to find solution

The International Monetary Fund annual meetings wrapped up in Washington on Sunday with widespread concern over the eurozone sovereign debt crisis but no immediate consensus on the solution.Participants said they were waiting for the ratification of...

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Greek finance minister: 'Whatever it takes' (to rob the citizens blind?)

Speaking in Washington at an international banking conference, Evangelos Venizelos said Sunday that his country will do "whatever it takes" to meet its financial obligations."Greece wants to make it and will make it," Venizelos told members of the Institute...

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Gold dispensing ATMs arrive in China

China’s wealthy now can get up to 2.5 kilograms of gold via ATMs in the city’s upscale clubs and private banks, state media reported.The machines made their debut in a Beijing shopping district on Sunday, according to AFP. Limit for maximum withdrawal...

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Dozens arrested in 8th day of 'Occupy Wall Street' protests

About 80 people were arrested on the eighth day of protests in New York on Saturday, the greatest number since demonstrations started near Wall Street.Earlier arrests in the week totaled about 20 on previous days for similar charges, according to New...

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Virtual monkeys write Shakespeare (not quite)

A few million virtual monkeys are close to re-creating the complete works of Shakespeare by randomly mashing keys on virtual typewriters.A running total of how well they are doing shows that the re-creation is 99.990% complete.The first single work to...

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Putin once again seeks presidency, with possible negative outcomes says Gorbachev

Ex-USSR leader Mikhail Gorbachev has warned Russia risks wasting six years if PM Vladimir Putin returns to the presidency in March as expected.Reacting to the news Mr Putin will run for office in 2012, Mr Gorbachev said Russia was at an "impasse" and...

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Should all bullfighting be banned?

A sold-out crowd of nearly 20,000 recently gathered to see the last bullfight in Barcelona.Though a bullfighting ban doesn't take effect until January 1, 2012, three of Spain's top matadors executed their final show for a Catalan audience on Sunday,...

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'Tent city' still providing refuge for Whitehorse homeless: Canada

As workers suck up leaves covering the Yukon government building lawn and drain the sprinkler system before freeze-up, residents of Whitehorse's first 'tent city' are doing their best to fend off the bitter autumn winds.The cluster of tents, some swaddled...

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Oilsands pipeline protest on Parliament Hill: Canada

Hundreds of protesters flocked to Parliament Hill Monday to voice their displeasure with TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline project, a $7-billion plan to ship crude oil from Alberta to Texas.Protest organizer and Greenpeace Canada spokesman Peter McHugh...

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WikiLeaks uncovers Canadian detainee mystery: Mentally disabled man held in detention for 18 months in US-run Afghani prison

U.S. diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks have exposed a troubling case of a mentally ill Canadian-Egyptian held in a U.S.-run Afghanistan prison for more than 18 months.Khaled Samy Abdallah Ismail, an Egyptian-born engineer, was captured in April...

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Alternatives to antibiotics for farm animals sought

The federal government is funding a team of 16 scientists to try to figure out how farmers can use fewer antibiotics in the chickens, pigs and cows Canadians eat.Antibiotics are used in animal feed to prevent disease and promote growth.In one experiment,...

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Greece faces more strikes as default looms

As the prospect of a disastrous debt default hung over Greece, the government faced more strikes and protests against its new austerity measures needed to appease the country's rescue creditors.Athens commuters faced more misery as metro, tram and suburban...

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India floods situation worsens in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa

More than two million people have been affected by floods in India as torrential rains lash Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states.Heavy monsoon rains have been battering parts of India for the past fortnight.More than 80 people have died in flood-related...

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Syria unrest: 'Tanks bombard central town of al-Rastan'

Syrian tanks have bombarded a strategic town in the restive central province of Homs overnight, injuring three people, activists and residents say.Troops fired with machine guns mounted on tanks in the town of al-Rastan on the main road north to Turkey.Homs...

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China's richest man Liang Wengen may join ruling elite: So long, communsim, hello facism

China's richest man is set to join the ruling Communist Party's Central Committee, media reports say.If Liang Wengen, 55, is chosen by the party's 2012 congress, he will be the first entrepreneur to join the body, which in effect rules the country.The...

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Cancer cost 'crisis' warning from oncologists

The cost of treating cancer in the developed world is spiralling and is "heading towards a crisis", an international team of researchers says.Their Lancet Oncology report says there is a "culture of excess" with insufficient evidence about the "value"...

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Christine Lagarde: IMF may need billions in extra funding -- Wait, so the IMF needs its own bailout now?

Christine Lagarde has signalled that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may have to tap its members – including Britain – for billions of pounds of extra funding to stem the European debt crisis.The head of the IMF has warned that its $384bn (£248bn)...

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Massive Shark Kill near South Padre Island - 26th Sept 2011

The largest seizure of sharks ever confiscated by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens was recently unloaded at South Padre Island after wardens pulled in approximately three miles of illegal gill net just offshore from South Padre Island....

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Tanks block access to western Syrian city, activist says - 26th Sept 2011

The sound of heavy weapons and machine gun fire echoed through the night in the restive city of Al-Rastan after a large number of tanks moved in to block key roads and areas of town, an opposition activist said Monday. "Several tanks have been in...

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A mysterious explosion left one woman dead and several injured - Witnesses claim it came from the sky, Argentina - 26th Sept 2011

The incident occurred in a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires district a mysterious explosion caused damage upto two blocks away, the origin of the explosion could not be determined. The explosion occurred around 2 and resulted in the Death of One woman...

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West Coast Battered by Strong Wind and Heavy rain, British Columbia, Canada - 26th Sept 2011

Another wind storm has hit the West Coast of B.C. on Monday morning, forcing the cancellation of three ferry routes, knocking out power to thousands and closing some highways with flooding. Southeast winds 70 to 90 km/hr are forecast for Metro Vancouver...

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4.3 Magnitude Earthquake NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN - 26th Sept 2011

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:46:03 UTC Monday 26th September...

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Amanda Knox called a 'diabolical, demonic she-devil' by lawyer of the man she accused of murdering Meredith Kercher - 26th Sept 2011

Jailed Amanda Knox was subjected to a brutal character assassination today as she was described as a 'diabolical, Satanic, demonic she-devil' by a lawyer representing the man she initially accused of murder. Knox, 24, is serving 26 years for the...

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Prison van driven 96 miles to take defendant 60 YARDS to court as 'walking will infringe his human rights' - 26th Sept 2011

A prison van travelled 96 miles to transfer a defendant just 60 yards from a police station to a court because walking would 'infringe his human rights'. Despite it being just a 30-second walk from Banbury Police Station to the dock, custody chiefs...

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Shawn Sullivan America's most wanted paedophile, on the run for 17 years, is caught living in London - 26th Sept 2011

A convicted child molester who is one of America's most wanted criminals is secretly living in London.American Shawn Sullivan has been wanted in the U.S. since 1994 for allegedly molesting two 11-year-old girls and having unlawful sex with a girl of...

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Fifth pipe bomb found in mailbox, Alexandria, Kentucky - 26th Sept 2011

A crudely made pipe bomb was found Sunday afternoon in a mailbox in the 8000 block of Licking Pike in the Alexandria area, the fifth such device found recently in unincorporated Campbell County.County police said all five bombs appear similar and were...

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Pay-by-race bake sale at UC Berkeley still on, student Republican group says - 26th Sept 2011

It's meant to be racist, and it's meant to be discriminatory. And the controversial "Increase Diversity Bake Sale" hosted by the Berkeley College Republicans is still on, the club's president said, despite "grossly misguided comments" and threats aimed...

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TWO die in U.S. Embassy shooting incident in Kabul - 26th Sept 2011

An Afghan employee of the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan opened fire Sunday evening in a CIA annex at the embassy, killing a U.S. citizen, a U.S. government official said. Security personnel used a flash-bang round to stun the shooter and then killed...

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4.0 Magnitude Earthquake EASTERN TURKEY - 26th Sept 2011

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 8 km (4.9 miles), the quake hit at 10:18:50 UTC Monday 26th September...

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Boy found wandering on road leads police to five people shot dead in Indiana - 26th Sept 2011

Reader Contribution;US police responding to a report of a small boy wandering along a road in rural Indiana today discovered the bodies of five adults at two homes nearby. A couple noticed the young boy walking along Stipps Hill...

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Massive floods in Thailand, Cambodia; 219 dead - 26th Sept 2011

The death toll from flooding in Thailand since mid-July has risen to 158, while 61 people have died in neighbouring Cambodia in the past two weeks, authorities in the two countries said on Monday. More than 2 million acres of farmland in Thailand are...

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Fish dying due to red algae, Pakistan - 26th Sept 2011

A large number of fish in dams and private farms established in and around Rawalpindi district have died and others are continuously dying because of development of red algae, which has formed a thin filament on the surface of water.“The fish die...

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More than FortyThousands Fish Dead, People Poisoned from eating them, New Takoradi, Ghana - 26th Sept 2011

Toxic chemical said to be used in treatment of wood has been discharged into the Butuah Lagoon, near New Takoradi by an unknown timber company, resulting in the death of more than 40,000 fishes in the lagoon.Some residents of New Takoradi, a community...

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Fukushima: Government to allow ash containing over 100,000 becquerels of cesium per kg to be buried - 26th Sept 2011

The Environment Ministry decided Sept. 25 to allow ash with radiation levels of more than 100,000 becquerels per kilogram to be buried if steps to prevent leaks of radioactive substances are properly taken, ministry officials said. The ministry made...

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Mega quakes occur more frequently when sun has fewer sunspots - 26th Sept 2011

The frequency of mega earthquakes increases during periods when the sun has fewer sunspots, a team of Japanese researchers has found. The finding was made by a team led by Kiyofumi Yumoto, a researcher in space and earth electromagnetism at Kyushu...

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Flash floods scare in Sikkim, India, as glaciers melt after being disturbed by the recent 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake

Glaciers in north Sikkim, disturbed by the 6.8 magnitude earthquake, have started melting faster, leading to fears of flash floods in the region. Geologists say the increasing flow of water could threaten the flora and fauna of the Kanchenjunga National...

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