http://www.met-office.com//world-news http://www.met-office.com//world-news.rss Met-Office.com - News World News RSS feeds ~ www.met-office.com//world-news'; en-us http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39060863/ns/today-today_people/ http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39060863/ns/today-today_people/ 8 September 2010, 11:31 am
British Prime Minister David Cameron's father died on Wednesday after falling ill during a holiday in the south of France. David Cameron - France - Prime minister - Prime Minister of the United Kingdom - Nick Clegg...]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39059309/ns/world_news-europe/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39059309/ns/world_news-europe/ 8 September 2010, 10:18 am
Russian aviation investigators have launched a probe into the emergency landing of a passenger jet that rolled into a forest without hurting anyone. Russia - Government - Wildfire - Moscow - Drought...]]> http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/07/5060987-millions-stranded-as-tube-strike-hits-london http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/07/5060987-millions-stranded-as-tube-strike-hits-london 7 September 2010, 11:06 am
World Blog: More than 3.5 million people who use London's subway system daily faced chaos Tuesday as a strike left all but one of its 11 Underground lines shut or partly suspended. London - Rapid transit - Transport - England - London Underground...]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39041309/ns/world_news-europe/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39041309/ns/world_news-europe/ 7 September 2010, 12:32 pm
French trade unions mount a show of strength with strikes and massive street protests against unpopular pension reforms pushed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. Nicolas Sarkozy - Trade union - Paris - Work - Labor Movement...]]> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39037897/ns/world_news-europe/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39037897/ns/world_news-europe/ 7 September 2010, 11:05 am
A recent addition to the 12th century Roman Catholic Saint-Jean-Baptiste cathedral in Lyon, France, features a slightly less traditional face: one of a Muslim man. France - Lyon - Catholic Church - Christian - Arts...]]> http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/09/07/mystery-surrounding-death-of-u-k-code-breaker-deepens.html http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/declassified/2010/09/07/mystery-surrounding-death-of-u-k-code-breaker-deepens.html 7 September 2010, 5:58 pm
A statement released by Scotland Yard on Monday and posted on the website of the London Metropolitan Police Service reveals more details about the peculiar death of Gareth Williams, a 31-year-old mathematics wizard who worked for Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency but sheds no light on possible causes. London - Metropolitan Police Service - Gareth Williams - England - Government...]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/sports/tennis/09men.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/sports/tennis/09men.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 7:08 pm
The combination of swirling winds and the enormity of the occasion turned the quarterfinal match between Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils of France at the U.S. Open into a gut-twisting affair....]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/business/global/09trade.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 7:04 pm
Big subsidies for clean energy companies, like cheap land and low-interest loans, may be in violation of W.T.O. rules....]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/americas/09mexico.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/americas/09mexico.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 7:01 pm
Authorities preliminarily identified the bodies of two law enforcement officials who were involved in the investigation of the massacre of 72 migrants last month....]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09kandahar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09kandahar.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 6:51 pm
The long-delayed push by NATO forces has finally begun, but there has been no significant let-up in the Taliban’s campaign of terror and assassination....]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09srilanka.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/asia/09srilanka.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 6:50 pm
The decision paves the the way for the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to run for a third term....]]> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/world/middleeast/09iraq.html?partner=rss&emc=rss 8 September 2010, 6:50 pm
The killings of two American soldiers by an Iraqi soldier appear to have stemmed from an argument that escalated into gunfire, Iraqi officials said....]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576562.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576562.html 8 September 2010, 6:11 pm
NUEVO LAREDO (Mexico) - SEVEN suspected members of Mexico's Zetas drugs gang were detained in Mexico, accused of taking part in the massacre of 72 migrants last month, a government official said on Wednesday. The bodies of the lead investigator into massacre and another police officer who went missing during the probe meanwhile turned up dead, said officials in north-eastern Tamaulipas state. ...]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576559.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576559.html 8 September 2010, 6:07 pm
GAINESVILLE (Florida) - A SMALL Florida church on Wednesday shrugged off a wave of global outrage and vowed to go ahead with a Quran burning ceremony, as local officials drew up plans to tamp down the protest. Condemnation rained in from top US officials, the military, the Vatican and other religious leaders, but the church refused to rethink plans to torch the Islamic holy book on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. ...]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576558.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576558.html 8 September 2010, 6:04 pm
COPIAPO (Chile) - A TUNNEL being drilled to the trapped Chilean miners is making remarkably quick progress, but officials stuck on Wednesday to the rescue target of between early November and early December. In just three days, a drilling rig has bored down 268 metres, making it through almost half the 630 metres of earth and rock that separate the 33 trapped miners from freedom and their loved ones. ...]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576556.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576556.html 8 September 2010, 6:02 pm
LONDON - THE father of British Prime Minister David Cameron died on Wednesday after suffering a stroke while on holiday in France, Cameron's Downing Street office said. The prime minister rushed from London to the bedside of his 77-year-old father Ian, who was being treated in hospital in the Mediterranean port of Toulon after he was taken ill. ...]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576554.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576554.html 8 September 2010, 5:59 pm
VILLAHERMOSA - FLOODS which have affected more than half a million people in south-eastern Mexico will likely worsen after the opening of a dam and predictions of more rains, a state governor said on Wednesday. 'Heavy rains are predicted, not only in Tabasco (state) but also in the whole south-southeastern region, including storms and hurricanes ... which would put us in a more critical situation,' Tabasco governor Andres Granier told local journalists. ...]]> http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576551.html http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_576551.html 8 September 2010, 5:56 pm
WASHINGTON - THE United States on Wednesday hailed new sanctions imposed by South Korea against Iran as increasing pressure on Teheran to return to the negotiating table to address concerns about its nuclear aims. 'We welcome the action by the Republic of Korea,' State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said after Seoul agreed to penalise a key Iranian bank and put all financial transactions with Teheran under strict government supervision. ...]]>