Archive for ‘February, 2010’

AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran (AP)

AP Enterprise: How nuclear equipment reached Iran 
    (AP)

AP - Early last year, a Chinese company placed an order with a Taiwanese agent for 108 nuclear-related pressure gauges. But something happened along the way. Paperwork was backdated. Plans were rerouted, orders reconfigured, shipping redirected.[Read more...]

Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil dies in Los Angeles

Marie Osmond’s son Michael Blosil dies in Los Angeles

Marie Osmond said in a statement through her publicist that her family is devastated by the ‘tragic loss’ Photo: REX Osmond said in a statement through her publicist that her family is devastated by the “tragic loss”. She did not provide details on the death.Entertainment Tonight reported [...]

Storms batter France, 50 dead

Storms batter France, 50 dead

People look at the damage in the port of Saint-Martin-de-Re Photo: AFP/GETTY The storms ripped through cities, uprooting trees and street signs, wreaking havoc on rail networks and forcing hundreds of flights to be cancelled at airports like Paris and Frankfurt. Three people were [...]

Obama yet to kick smoking habit, should eat better (AP)

Obama yet to kick smoking habit, should eat better 
    (AP)

AP - President Barack Obama hasn’t kicked the smoking habit, takes anti-inflammatory medication to relieve chronic tendinitis in his left knee and should eat better to lower his cholesterol, his team of doctors concluded Sunday after the 48-year-old’s first medical checkup as commander in chief.[Read more...]

Chile sends army against looters, deaths hit 708 (AP)

Chile sends army against looters, deaths hit 708 
    (AP)

AP - Chile’s president sent the army to help police attack looting on Sunday and appealed for international help in the wake of an earthquake that shattered cities and killed at least 708 people.[Read more...]

Cameron Seeks to Rally Conservatives

Cameron Seeks to Rally Conservatives

BRIGHTON, England—The U.K. economy will fall back into a deeper recession if the country’s budget deficit isn’t addressed now, opposition Conservative leader David Cameron said Sunday, as he sought to fire up his party ahead of the looming general election. “If you don’t do anything, you will see interest rates go up, you will [...]

Rooney heads Man Utd to cup glory

Rooney heads Man Utd to cup glory

Aston Villa   1 - 2   Man Utd Rooney started on the bench but finished as the game’s match-winner By Phil McNulty Chief football writer at Wembley Substitute Wayne [...]

Chilean quake toll jumps to 708

Chilean quake toll jumps to 708

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Advertisement The earthquake debris in Chile The death toll [...]

I’ll turn UK around, says Cameron

I’ll turn UK around, says Cameron

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. David Cameron tells of ‘patriotic duty’ to oust Labour Conservative leader David Cameron [...]

Chile counts cost as tsunami ebbs

Chile counts cost as tsunami ebbs

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. The earthquake debris in Chile Chile has begun to count the cost of [...]