admin | December 31, 2009
A senior Chinese naval officer has suggested that China establish a permanent base in the Gulf of Aden to support its anti-piracy operations. Rear Admiral Yin Zhou’s proposal was posted on the defence ministry website. Mr Yin said supplying and maintaining the fleet off Somalia was challenging without such a base, and said other nations [...]
admin | December 31, 2009
The United States recognizes that a Nigerian, Yemen has been preparing a terrorist attack – weeks before the assassination of an American plane. ABC News and The New York Times said it had intelligence to that effect, but its origin is uncertain. Omar Faruk Abdulmutallab flew from Lagos to Amsterdam, before transfer to explode on [...]
admin | December 31, 2009
Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has died aged 69, according to party officials. Wahid, who was often referred to by his nickname Gus Dur, ruled the country between 1999 and 2001. He was the first elected president after the fall of the 32-year Suharto regime in 1998. Wahid had been suffering from a number of [...]
admin | December 31, 2009
The weather unusually calm and very cold, increased the risk of avalanches in the mountains of Scotland. The members of the sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) has been seen to monitor surface Hoar, a phenomenon rarely found in Scotland. Snow crystals form a smooth layer when buried under snow and cause a lot of avalanches [...]
admin | December 31, 2009
Body scanners are to be used on all passengers flying from Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport to the US, the Dutch government has announced. Some machines will be used straight away and others within weeks, the Dutch interior minister said, four days after a man boarded a flight with explosives. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had passed through airport [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
The nephew of Iran’s opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was threatened days before he was killed in Sunday’s protests, a prominent supporter says. Mohsen Makhmalbaf, a film-maker based in Paris, told the BBC that secret police called Seyed Ali Mousavi several times, saying: “We will kill you.” But a police statement reportedly said Mr Mousavi [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
More than 60 firefighters have been a fire at a house on the border between Hampshire and Dorset, where three Labrador dogs died in the attack. The crew of the two counties are home to walk the two in the village of Ford Bliss, near Fordingbridge, Monday morning. A couple who were house-sitting, property of [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
Yemen has said it is not getting enough support from the West to tackle al-Qaeda, as details emerge of the suspected US jet bomber’s time there. Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told the BBC that Yemen had the will and ability to deal with al-Qaeda, but was undermined by a lack of support. He estimated [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
A man was seriously wounded man died after trying to break approved by a match between two teams called, police said. David Joslin, 23, on Sunday at dawn on December 20 in Chingford Mount Road, East London attack. The pin has a wide range of stakeholders within a period of jewelry in the region. Mr. [...]
admin | December 30, 2009
Shoppers have been flocking to the High Street over the Christmas weekend, with numbers far exceeding those from this time last year, figures have shown. The number of shoppers out on Sunday, 27 December was 17.9% up on the same Sunday last year, said Experian, a research house that measures footfall. On Boxing Day, the [...]
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