Friday, March 18, 2011
Stories from The Times
Libya uprising – UN to allow air strikes
The UN Security Council voted last night to allow air strikes to halt Muammar Gaddafi’s offensive against embattled rebel forces in Libya as…
Libya uprising – Alive by day, Tripoli is ghost town at night
At night the Libyan capital is a ghost town where residents cower indoors fearful of strongman Muammar Gaddafi’s militias and cut off from …
Hunt for mother of abandoned baby
UK police have appealed for the mother of a baby girl to come forward after the newborn was abandoned in a plastic bag in a street.
The baby,…
Russia criticises presence of Gulf troops in Bahrain
Russia said yesterday that the military intervention in Bahrain by Gulf troops to help quell pro-democracy protests was a “road to nowhere”…
Decision due in crucifix ban case
Religious symbols in classrooms could be banned across Europe if a human rights ruling is upheld on appeal today.
The Italian government is trying…
Diplomats say new Iran weapons materials seized
South Korea and Singapore have intercepted suspected nuclear and weapons materials bound for Iran that breach UN sanctions imposed on the Islamic…
Mounting Japanese crisis sparks exodus of foreigners
Alarm over Japan’s nuclear disaster grew with more foreign governments advising their citizens to flee Tokyo as army helicopters dumped water on…
Focus – Japanese abroad struggle as crisis unfolds at home
The eyes of the world are on Japan’s people as they struggle to cope with an unfolding disaster, but tens of thousands of Japanese expats around…
Crime – Global net traps 120 UK paedophiles
More than 120 people aged from 17 to 82 have been arrested in Britain as part of a massive global child abuse investigation.
All of Britain’s 43…
Crime – Cocaine found at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre
A packet of white powder that was found at Nasa’s Kennedy Space Centre, where the space shuttle launches, has tested positive for cocaine,…
Crime – Smuggled tobacco seized at Dover port
UK Border Agency officers have seized five tonnes of hand-rolling tobacco that was hidden in a lorry as it entered the country at Dover’s…
Religion – Million youth expected at Madrid Catholic rally
More than a million young people are expected to attend the Roman Catholic Church’s World Youth Day celebrations in Spain in August, according…
Religion – Relics of Saint Therese arrive in Jerusalem
The relics of Saint Therese of Lisieux, a widely-revered 19th-century Roman Catholic nun, made a solemn entry into Jerusalem on Wednesday, the…
People – Kelly Brook expecting baby girl
Glamour girl Kelly Brook has confirmed she is pregnant.
The model is expecting a baby girl with boyfriend Thom Evans, a former Scottish rugby…
People – Bolshoi chief quits in pictures row
The director of the Bolshoi Ballet has resigned after erotic photographs purporting to be of him were posted on the internet and circulated via a…
People – No sex please, I ’m old – Silvio Berlusconi
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi claims he is too old to have had all the sexual encounters he is accused of by prosecutors.
The 74-year-old…
People – Birgit Nilsson opera prize goes to conductor Riccardo Muti
Italian director Riccardo Muti was awarded the €720,000 prize in memory of Sweden’s legendary soprano Birgit Nilsson for 2011, according to…
People – Avengers milestone celebrated
Chat host Paul O’Grady steps in for Steed as he teams up with Honor Blackman ahead of a milestone celebration for the TV hit The Avengers.
The…
Society – Who are the UK’s friendliest workers?
Train and bus drivers are the unfriendliest workers in UK, according to a poll. Postmen are considered to be the friendliest with 36 per cent of…
Society – Abortions give rise to Asia’s ‘lost boy’ generation
Abortions of female foetuses have led to a massive surplus of young unmarried men in India and China, raising fears of an outcast group that could…
Auction – Painting set to go for over £100,000
A Victorian painting which has hung in a farmhouse dining room for almost 50 years is expected to fetch more than £100,000 when it goes to…
Auction – Kate’s see-through dress on display
Ellen Branagh
The transparent dress which helped Kate Middleton catch Prince William’s eye went on display beore its much-anticipated…
Auction – Antique miniature book for sale
Today is the last day when a treasure trove of antique miniature books from a family collection will be auctioned by Bamfords Auctioneers of…
Bomb alert!
A police officer wearing a protective suit approaching a package delivered to the radio station in Jakarta, Indonesia yesterday where a “book…
150th anniversary
Fireworks exploding over the ancient Colosseum as part of the celebrations of Italy’s 150-year anniversary as a unified state in central Rome…
World briefs
Sir Winston Churchill appeared at an auction house and entered a gruelling bidding war to try and win back his spectacles – or rather his…