We are part of history today. The collective joy of 160 million people has finally been given a rightful place as the Tigers, the beloved Bangladesh cricket team, reached the finals of a major cricket tournament for the first time in its cricket history last night. In beating Sri Lanka by five wickets, the country’s [...]
A British hostage, captured in Kenya over six months ago by gunmen who killed her husband, was released in central Somalia and flown out to Nairobi.. “The British lady [Judith Tebbutt], who was kidnapped from Kenya was just released,” said Mahmoud Hirsi, a village elder in the Addado region. “She is a free woman, but I [...]
Companies based in China and South Korea, which secured exploration licences from the state-owned Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) in 2008, will need to scrap those as the beneath-the-sea territory that was supposed to be explored, has been awarded to Bangladesh, reported The Irrawaddy, a Thailand-based news magazine, covering Myanmar and Southeast Asia. This [...]
Taking a low dose of aspirin every day can prevent and possibly even treat cancer, fresh evidence suggests. The three new studies published by The Lancet add to mounting evidence of the drug’s anti-cancer effects. Many people already take daily aspirin as a heart drug. But experts warn that there is still not enough proof [...]
British people remain doggedly determined to defend the South Atlantic archipelago, according to a Guardian/ICM poll. As the 30th anniversary of the conflict approaches and with Prince William fresh from his “routine” posting, 61% of voters say that “Britain should protect the Falklands so long as the islanders want protecting, no matter what the cost”. [...]
Lionel Messihit a hat-trick to become Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer and keep the defending Spanish champions in the title chase with a 5-3 win over Granada on Tuesday. Less than two weeks after scoring a Champions League record five times, the three-time world player of the year took his career club tally to 234 goals, [...]
The French interior minister says a suspect in three deadly attacks has thrown his handgun out a window but has other weapons on him and has used them in volleys with police surrounding a building in this southwestern city. Claude Gueant said Wednesday the 24-year-old suspect, who is surrounded by police in the building and [...]
Mitt Romney won the GOP presidential primary in Illinois on Tuesday, walloping rival Rick Santorum in a key state whose voters are a bellwether for Republicans nationwide. With close to 99Â percent of precincts reporting, Romney was leading Santorum by almost 12Â percentage points, and victory would allow him to extend his already-imposing lead in the race [...]
Up to 11 boys were castrated while in the care of the Dutch Roman Catholic church in the 1950s to rid them of homosexuality, a newspaper investigation has said. A young man was castrated in 1956 after telling police he was being abused by priests, the newspaper reported. The justice minister is investigating the role [...]
Mexican officials were assessing damage Wednesday, a day after a strong earthquake left homes in ruins and rattled residents hundreds of miles away. At least 11 people were injured in the 7.4-magnitude quake, which hit mid-day Tuesday in southern Mexico. Its epicenter was about 15 miles (25 kilometers) east of Ometepec, Guerrero. At least 500 [...]