DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria— The attackers came at night and surrounded this small farming village, firing shots in the air to scare residents from their homes. Men, women and children were hacked with machetes as they rushed out. Several houses were set on fire with residents still inside. Details are beginning to emerge from [...]
Previous of Images Next Lil Wayne arrives in court for weapon charges Photo: GETTY He was sentenced to a year in jail in New York City Photo: REUTERS He was sentenced on Monday in New York. [...]
Advice: Luke Johnson, the former chairman of Channel 4, has advised ITV to sell its production arm Photo: Reuters As the broadcaster prepares to reveal a rapid rise in earnings this week, Mr Johnson, who stepped down from the Channel 4 role last month, said ITV [...]
Crunch goal: Esteban Cambiasso celebrates his winning strike against Chelsea Photo: REUTERS A famous figure from the past has thrown a shadow over Chelsea’s future. As San Siro screamed itself hoarse, Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan claimed a first-leg advantage over his old team, although Chelsea returned [...]
Vince Cable called for businesses to get greater access to loans The Lib Dems are not "anti-bank or anti-banker", party Treasury spokesman Vince Cable has insisted.In a speech in London, he said semi-nationalised banks like Lloyds and RBS were "key" to the UK’s [...]
MARJAH, Afghanistan—As Capt. Anthony Zinni monitored a live video feed from a Predator drone circling overhead, he spotted four men planting a booby trap in the middle of the road here. For Capt. Zinni, one of the officers responsible for approving airstrikes in the nine-day-old battle for Marjah, it seemed like an easy call: [...]
COVENTRY, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown promised on Saturday to heal the battered economy in a plea to voters to renew their faith in his Labour Party, which is forecast to lose a looming election.[Read more...]
Stuyvesant Town apartments - Church of England defends failed £40m investment in Manhattan Photo: REUTERS In an interview with property magazine Estates Gazette just a month after the Church of England wrote of its £40m investment in the project Joseph Cannon, chief surveyor, said that [...]
Investigators probing the cyber attacks against Google Inc. and other large U.S. companies have been examining whether computers at educational institutions in China were involved in the attacks, according to a person briefed on the matter. Several people familiar with the probe caution that the origins of the highly sophisticated series of attacks are [...]
The ‘Gem of Tanzania’ was bought by the company in 2007 Photo: Reuters The Gem of Tanzania was listed as an asset by Wrekin Construction, which bought the stone in 2007. Last year the firm said the value of the gemstone had been judged [...]
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