09 Dec 2009 22:37:31 GMT CARNAGE IN BAGHDAD AS AL QAEDA BOMBS KILL 127
AT LEAST 127 people were killed and more than 400 wounded yesterday in a series of co-ordinated car and suicide bombings in Baghdad.
Officials blamed the blasts - which targeted government buildings in the Iraqi capital - on Al Qaeda and ...
09 Dec 2009 22:37:30 GMT ONLY ONE IN FIVE SWINE FLU CASES WERE GENUINE
HUNDREDS of thousands of people were wrongly diagnosed with swine flu after calling the Government's emergency helpline, it was revealed yesterday.
09 Dec 2009 22:37:04 GMT THE GLARING MI6 MAN IN SHINY SUIT AND CHEAP SHIRT; QUENTIN LETTS
AT the Hutton Inquiry six years ago John Scarlett was a faintly sinister figure, tanned, bespectacled, exotic. At the Iraq Inquiry yesterday, Sir John, as he is now, looked and sounded more humdrum. He mumbled. Looked small and pale in his ...
09 Dec 2009 22:37:02 GMT AT LAST, PM'S GOT THE MESSAGE, SAYS DANNATT
THE former head of the Army yesterday spoke of his frustration at Gordon Brown's failure to understand the importance of Britain's mission in Afghanistan.
09 Dec 2009 22:37:02 GMT PRIDE AND GRIEF FOR HEROES OF HELMAND
THE 100th British soldier to die in Afghanistan this year has been named as Lance Corporal Adam Drane.
The 23-year-old, of the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, was shot dead by Taliban insurgents at a checkpoint near Nad-e Ali, in ...
09 Dec 2009 22:36:33 GMT NUMBER OF WOUNDED SERVICEMEN DOUBLES
THE number of British troops wounded in Afghanistan has doubled in a year of brutal fighting with the Taliban.
The 'invisible toll' has seen 432 servicemen and women injured so far in 2009 - compared to 235 in all of last year.
09 Dec 2009 22:33:07 GMT U.S. sends Kuwaiti detainee home from Guantanamo (Adds attorney comment, background on al Rabiah, transfers)
WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A Kuwaiti detainee held in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for almost eight years was sent ...
09 Dec 2009 22:21:16 GMT U.S. employers shun health reform despite deal * Employer groups cite taxes, costs as top concern
* Companies concerned about possible Medicare expansion
* Small businesses: providing insurance still tough
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09 Dec 2009 22:17:40 GMT Magnitude 5.9 quake shakes Indonesian island-USGS WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake shook Simeulue Island in northwestern Indonesia on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
The quake, quite shallow at a depth of 21.7 ...
