Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Swayze denies 'deathbed' rumours

Actor Patrick Swayze denies allegations that his battle with pancreatic cancer has taken a turn for the worst.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7762168.stm

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Nato 'to resume ties with Russia'

After being suspended during Russia's war with Georgia, low level talks have begun to occur between Nato and Russia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7759833.stm

Monday, December 1, 2008

Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates on Obama national security team

Obama nominates former rival for secretary of defense and retains Gates in his job he had under the Bush administration.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-national-security2-2008dec02,0,2022463.story

Friday, November 21, 2008

e=mc2: 103 years later, Einstein's proven right

the long standing theory of energy being equal to mass has finally been proven as fact by a team of French, German, and Hungarian physicists.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081120/sc_afp/sciencephysicseinstein_081120235605

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Democrats To Tussle Over Lieberman, Energy Pane

The recent shake-up in the U.S. congress has allowed for the democrats to control chairmanships of committees, raising the question of who will run what; and what will happen to Sen. Joe Lieberman

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97132652

Thursday, November 13, 2008

China startled by force of crisis

The global economic crisis has caused China's booming economy to slow resulting in the loss of jobs and the closing of factories in China's southern provinces.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7727237.stm

Monday, November 10, 2008

Boy, 8, on double murder charge

An 8-year-old boy in Arizona has admitted to killing his father and a lodger with a .22 caliber rifle in my home state.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7721244.stm