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 WASHINGTON — In a break with some conservatives, a former House speaker, Newt Gingrich, is joining those calling for “urgent” action to address global warming as he sparred yesterday with Senator Kerry on whether government or the marketplace should be the chief instrument in combating climate change.
“It is a problem. We should address it, and [...]

Evacuated passengers were taken to their original destination

Two French tourists are missing after 1,600 passengers and crew were evacuated from a stricken cruise ship off the Greek island of Santorini.A 45-year-old man and his daughter were reported missing by family members also on the cruise, officials said.
The Greek-flagged Sea Diamond issued a distress signal on [...]

Coach Greg Chappell leaves after speaking to Board officials

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has begun a two-day meeting in Mumbai to discuss the national team’s early exit from the World Cup.
Coach Greg Chappell, who resigned his position last week, gave a report on the team’s performance.
He then left the Wankhede Stadium, [...]

Mr Achebe says Nigeria is “as low as she has ever gone”

Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has told the BBC he does not believe Nigeria’s national elections, due later this month, will be credible.“Democracy has not progressed in Nigeria - corruption has not diminished,” he said about President Olusegun Obasanjo’s time in office.
But the electoral [...]

A state of emergency was declared in January

It will take at least 18 months before new elections can be called in Bangladesh, the country’s chief election commissioner says.ATM Shamsul Huda said the delay was needed to allow time to prepare new voting lists and new electoral laws.
The current army-backed interim government postponed elections, which were [...]

Houston wed fellow singer Bobby Brown in 1992

Whitney Houston has been given custody of the teenage daughter she shares with estranged husband Bobby Brown, as their 14-year marriage comes to an end.The singer, 43, told a Californian court that Brown was “unreliable” and their daughter could not depend on him.
A lawyer for Bobby Brown, 38, [...]

It is alleged some of the prisoners were captured in Somalia

US agents have been interrogating al-Qaeda suspects in secret Ethiopian prisons, human rights groups allege.The detainees were taken into custody after the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) were ousted from power in Somalia by Ethiopian-backed forces, they say.
“We fear that many of the detainees will [...]

Whatmore’s Bangladesh beat India in the current World Cup

Bangladesh coach Dav Whatmore has confirmed his interest in succeeding Greg Chappell as India coach.Chappell resigned on Wednesday, two weeks after the team’s first-round exit in the World Cup.
“If the opportunity comes along, surely any person who is a professional coach and prides himself in doing a [...]

Warsaw - European Union member Poland is prepared to drop its outright veto on the start of talks on a new EU-Russia agreement, when Russia will withdraw an import ban on Polish meat and plant products, Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski said Wednesday in Warsaw.
‘I know that we will back-out (of the veto) when we will [...]

Zelenovic pleaded guilty in January to rape and torture

A Bosnian Serb former policeman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail by the UN war crimes tribunal for the rape and torture of Bosnian Muslim women.Dragan Zelenovic, 46, pleaded guilty to the crimes, which took place during the 1992-1995 war in the former Yugoslavia.
In exchange [...]