'Outrage' as BAE Systems probes end after £280m deal BBC News | Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. | BAE Chairman Dick Olver: "We need to be a transparent, modern, clean company" | Campaigners have attacked a deal struck by UK defence contractor BAE Systems to end inquiries into its affairs. | The firm is to admit two crimi...
Hacking into the mind of the CRU climate change hacker The Guardian | Analysis suggests the hacker was in east coast of America and operated over a number of days, but much remains unknown | Hacker in staged photograph surrounded by computers. Photograph: Corbis | Figuring out who was behind the hack of the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Angl...
Yemen's al-Qaida deputy chief urges new attacks The News & Observer | SAN'A, Yemen -- The deputy chief of al-Qaida's offshoot in Yemen called for attacks on Saudi Arabia and U.S. interests in the region in a new audio message posted Monday on the Internet. | The statement, purportedly by Said al-Shihri, urged followe...
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urges jihad BBC News | A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. | A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned "American and Cr...
Bahrain tortures detainees: Rights group Khaleej Times DUBAI - The Gulf kingdom of Bahrain resumed torturing detainees in 2007 after about a decade of not engaging in the 'scourge,' US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Monday. | As of late 2007, 'torture is back in the repertoire o...
Human rights lawyers called in to try to force divorce of girl, 12, married to ... The Daily Mail | Saudi Arabia's human rights commission has hired a lawyer to help a 12-year-old girl divorce her 80-year-old husband in a move activists hope will lead to a ban on child marriages. | The country, which applies an austere version of Sunni Islam, has...
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Exxon's Profit Fell 23% in Fourth Quarter The New York Times | Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, said that its profit dropped 23 percent in the fourth quarter, reflecting lower oil prices and weaker demand for fue...
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PO liable to deliver goods abroad as well DNA India | Mumbai: Many companies and courier agencies take contracts for delivery of items in foreign countries against payment of fees. There is always the theoretical possibility that, for no fault of the agency, the material may not be delivered abroad by...
An affront to justice The Guardian | The Serious Fraud Office's settlement with BAE Systems is a travesty of justice. It is also a slap in the face for the people of the countries BAE has Âallegedly corrupted, the British taxpayer and the British justice system. BAE has always believ...
Yar’Adua: Ijaw Youths Warn against Military Coup This Day The Ijaw Youth Council has warned against any military coup in the country as a result of the lingering constitutional crisis occasioned by the failure of President Umaru Yar'Adua to hand over to his deputy, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, before leaving the ...
Straw denies ignoring Iraq war legal advice The Independent | Jack Straw hit back today at claims that he ignored legal advice that the Iraq war would be unlawful without further United Nations backing. | He insisted he gave serious attention to a warning from his former senior legal adviser, Sir Michael Wood, that the conflict would be a "crime of aggression" unless Britain achieved another UN Security Cou...
Fewer people worldwide took flights last year USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Charles Crowell, Bloomberg News Emirates planes taxi at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 24. The airport saw passenger traffic rise 9.6% in 2009. By Roger Yu, USA TODAY Year-end aviation data are starting to trickle in, affirming 2009 as a year th...
