Mitt Romney has declared victory in Nevada’s Republican caucuses, cementing his frontrunner status in the race to be the party’s presidential candidate. With just over 70% of the votes counted, he had secured 47.6% of the vote – well ahead of his nearest rival Newt Gingrich on 22.6%. It is Mr Romney’s second victory in [...]
Read the rest of this story »Snow fell in Rome on saturday for the first time in 26 years as freezing temperatures took the death toll across Europe to more than 150. The Italian capital is usually blessed by a moderate climate but the snowfall prompted authorities stop visitors from entering the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Palatine Hill, the [...]
Read the rest of this story »The nagging wife of Tunisia’s ousted president had to force him to flee the country on a private jet by telling him to ‘get on board, you idiot’, a French magazine has revealed. Shamed dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is said to have refused to board the plane at Tunis airport, insisting: ‘I don’t want [...]
Read the rest of this story »A war of words erupted on Thursday between WikiLeaks and a disgruntled former employee who published a tell-all book dishing the dirt on the whistle-blowing website and its founder Julian Assange. Inside WikiLeaks is billed as an account of Daniel Domscheit-Berg’s time as programmer and media spokesperson for what his book, due for release in [...]
Read the rest of this story »At least 296 people have been killed in Ivory Coast since a presidential stand-off escalated in mid-December, the United Nations mission in the crisis-hit west African nation said on Thursday. At least 22 people have died in the past week, the spokesperson for the UN Mission in Ivory Coast (UNOCI), Hamadoun Toure, told journalists. The [...]
Read the rest of this story »By Jonathan Browning and Thomas Penny The U.K. government complained to Egypt after Vodafone Group Plc was ordered to send text messages seen to instigate violence as demonstrators demanded the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. U.K. Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt contacted the Egyptian ambassador in London to discuss the order to Vodafone after the [...]
Read the rest of this story »A Muslim cleric has been convicted of raping a young boy as he attended Islamic education lessons at his mosque… Mohammed Hanif Khan, 42, was also found guilty by a jury at Nottingham Crown Court of sexual activity with a child, as well as the two counts of rape. The charges relate to two boys [...]
Read the rest of this story »Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Egyptian protesters are gathering for a massive rally in Cairo as they step up their efforts to force President Hosni Mubarak from power. Organisers say they hope one million will come on to the streets in what is expected to be the biggest show yet. A [...]
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