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Chile reality show contestant expelled over porn
(Reuters)
Reuters - So much for "love is blind." A contestant has been expelled from a popular Chilean TV dating show after he was found to have had previous acting experience -- in a pornographic movie.
London's deputy mayor quits as investigation launched
(AFP)
AFP - London's new mayor Boris Johnson suffered his second setback in the job Friday when his deputy announced his resignation over allegations of financial irregularities and inappropriate behaviour.
France suspends 'shooting' troops
Two teams of soldiers and five officers are suspended over a shooting at a military show in south-west France.
Freed hostage gets hero's welcome in France
Jul 4, 2008 9:55 AM By ANGELA DOLAND, AP Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, right, is welcomed by French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy as she arrives at Villacoublay air base, ...
Mercedes-Benz Cars Increases Sales By Eight Percent In First Half
The Mercedes-Benz Cars division posted considerable sales growth in the first half of the year.
Instant Success
DM: So Pascal, you've just closed an $8 million funding round. What are you going to do with the money? PL: We'll use it to finance the development of our US operations.
Donington Statement Regarding Hosting 2010 Formula One British Grand Prix
The future of the British Grand Prix has today been secured in a new 10-year agreement between Donington Ventures Leisure Limited and Formula One Management Limited.
Thomas Jefferson's All-American incognitum [Laelaps]
Edouard de Montule's 1816 painting of the mastodon reconstructed in the Peale Museum.
Canadian director behind "Kit Kittredge" film
Description: `` Kit Kittredge: An American Girl' might seem an oddly American choice for famed Canadian director Patricia Rozema to take on, but the filmmaker says she fell in love with the story about a feisty ...
Children's exam results delayed
Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers, it was announced.
Villaflor: Is height might?
HOURS before the Euro 2008 final, one pundit was certain that the German squad would upset the Spanish squad because of the sheer size difference between the two.
Spy Shots: 2009 Jaguar XKR
The 2009 Jaguar XK-R has been spotted and shot doing the rounds in Europe. With so many other pots on the boil, like the XF-R and the new XJ , the XK-R is going the subtle route when it comes to changes.
Goldman Sachs lowers estimates on 40 European banks
(AFP)
AFP - The US investment bank Goldman Sachs has lowered its 2008-2010 forecasts for more than 40 European banks, warning Friday that some of them may have to raise between 60 and 90 billion euros to shore up finances in the face of a nearly year-long credit crisis.
Reviews
This week sees the final instalment in the current series of Corrigan Knows Food.
Packard Bell unveils ipower X2.0 gaming machine
Packard Bell has unveiled its new gaming machine, the ipower X2.0, at the Electronic Sports World Cup in Paris.
Delays hit exam results
Around 1.2 million children across England will be kept waiting for results to key school tests after administrative chaos delayed the marking of papers.
Amla at it again for South Africa
(AFP)
AFP - Hashim Amla's fine start to South Africa's tour of England continued with another big century on Friday while Ashwell Prince also weighed in with a hundred on the first day against Middlesex at Uxbridge.
Serb fled because he doesn't to face US charges
(AP)
AP - A college basketball player from Serbia accused of severely beating a schoolmate in the United States fled the country because he does not trust the U.S. justice system, his lawyer said Friday.
Rights Group Decries Counterterrorism Bill
A draft law permitting British authorities to detain suspected terrorists without charging them violates rights to liberty, a Human Rights Watch report says.
Alert After Tick Bite Kills Farm Worker
A farm worker's death from Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever from a tick bite in northern Greece put hospitals on alert Friday, Greek health officials said.
Nine jailed over Bawag bank fraud
A Vienna court sentenced nine people to prison for their role in causing €1.7bn ($2.6bn) losses at Austrian bank Bawag PSK
Iran Responds to Offer
Iran delivered its response to an international offer of incentives for it to suspend uranium enrichment, a central part of its nuclear program, according to an Iranian TV report. The report did not say what the response was.
Pope Benedict agrees to join six-day TV Bible reading
Pope Benedict agrees to take part in a Bible-reading marathon on Italian TV in October.
Europe weighs price of unity on climate, energy policy
(AFP)
AFP - European environment ministers on Friday wrapped up a two-day meeting that exposed an East-West divide within the EU over how to slash carbon pollution across the 27-nation bloc by 2020.
France Fines Societe Generale
Societe Generale was fined $6.3 million by French regulators for failures in its internal procedures relating to the massive loss linked to an alleged rogue trader fraud.
UN chief to G8: climate change, food crisis linked
(AP)
AP - The global food crisis will only worsen because of climate change, the U.N. climate chief said Friday, urging leaders of the world's richest countries meeting in Japan next week to set goals to reduce carbon emissions within the next dozen years.
Italy declares Pompeii emergency
Italian ministers declare a "state of emergency" over the disrepair at the ancient city of Pompeii.
Georgian forces shell towns in South Ossetia
Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia on Friday mobilised reservists and threatened to use heavy weapons against Georgian forces after two people were killed in heavy exchanges of fire overnight.
Senior British intelligence official in coma
Britain's senior intelligence official has been rushed to a London hospital after falling into a coma, officials said Friday, but foul play is not suspected in his sudden illness.
Germany passes law aimed at reducing carbon emissions
The upper house of the German Parliament on Friday passed into law new measures aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions by agreeing to double the amount of power from renewable energy sources and changing methods for generating electricity.
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