Search results

Telegraph Jan 14 The Pope has approved a miracle attributed to Pope John Paul II's intercession and set May 1 as the date for his beatification Pope Benedict XVI declared in a decree that a French nun's recovery from Parkinson's disease was miraculous, the last step needed for the beloved...

Independent Jan 15 Rain in Brazil, rain in Australia and rain in Sri Lanka. Rain is the factor that links all three large-scale disasters unfolding before our eyes in these very different regions of the world. To try to make sense of what is going on around us, it is understandable to...

A few members have pm'd me asking for hints & suggestions on where to visit in England & all things English :p Please feel free to ask any questions about the UK and I will try my best to answer them (if I can't I know that there are a couple of EO members that may be able to help me out...

BBC News Jan 14 A group of self-styled internet freedom fighters have called for a global day of action in protest at attempts to close down Wikileaks. Anonymous has gained notoriety in recent months for its cyber-attacks on the websites of companies it deems to be anti-Wikileaks. Now...

Independent There were precious few air kisses and patted backs when Hollywood's Oscar season gravy train stopped in the Big Apple for the New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Instead, the event ended in tearful recrimination after its outspoken host spent the evening exchanging insults with...

BBC News The presidential library commemorating the life of US President John F Kennedy is digitising every scrap of paper, video, audio and artefact it possesses. The project is the largest by one of the 13 presidential libraries. Materials already digitised include secret phone...

BBC News jan 14 Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor's right leg, which was infected with gangrene, has been amputated in a life-saving surgery her doctors have deemed a success. She is in "frail health" and will be closely monitored in a Los Angeles hospital, Dr David Rigberg said. Gabor was...

BBC News Jan 14 US President Barack Obama has said he will ease restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba. The president said he had instructed the relevant government departments to allow religious groups and students to travel to the communist-run island. President Obama said...

Reuters Thieves make BMW hottest car at auto show When carmakers like BMW say they hope people find their next car at auto shows like the one in Detroit this week, this wasn't exactly what they meant. Two thieves drove away in a brand new $94,000 BMW 750i xDrive Sedan on Wednesday night...

The Independent Branding expert buys rights to use dead star's name to market makeup and lingerie By Stephen Foley in New York Friday, 14 January 2011 Marilyn Monroe could soon resume her film career, almost five decades after her death, says the man who has just bought the rights to...

NBCMIAMI.com Usually, Santa Claus shuts down his "Naughty and Nice" lists after Dec. 25, but one toddler tried to get an early start for 2011 A 4-year-old Florida boy called 911 to report that his dad was "being bad" and that he needed to get that urgent message to Santa. Now that might...

Guardian Ten thousand sign petition for rightwing talkshow host to be removed amid accusations that he has whipped up hatred in the wake of the Arizona shooting A protest was staged against rightwing talkshow host Glenn Beck today, calling for his immediate removal from Fox News. The...

Telegraph Moderate drinking of ale and lager can cut the risk of diabetes and high blood pressure and even help people lose weight, doctors say. The Spanish researchers suggest combining beer with exercise and a healthy Mediterranean diet high in fish, fruit and vegetables and olive oil...

Telegraph A wounded fox shot its would be killer in Belarus by pulling the trigger on the hunter's gun as the pair scuffled after the man tried to finish the animal off with the butt of the rifle, media said on Thursday The unnamed hunter, who had approached the fox after wounding it from...

BBC News - Tunisia: President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali forced out Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has stepped down after 23 years in power as protests over economic issues snowballed into rallies against him. Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi has taken over as interim president...

Telegraph Jan 13 The woolly mammoth, extinct for thousands of years, could be brought back to life in as little as four years thanks to a breakthrough in cloning technology Previous efforts in the 1990s to recover nuclei in cells from the skin and muscle tissue from mammoths found in the...

BBC Earth The earliest plants to have colonised land have been found in Argentina. The discovery puts back by 10 million years the colonisation of land by plants, and suggests that a diversity of land plants had evolved by 472 million years ago. The newly found plants are liverworts...

Telegraph Authorities in Romania say dozens of starlings died of alcohol poisoning, not avian flu as feared Romeu Lazar, the executive director of the veterinary health department in the Black Sea port of Constanta said on Wednesday a post-mortem revealed the birds ate grape residue that...

Still on my learning curve to learn about American politics, I have heard many voices on EO opposing President Obama - I have included in my posts today the highlights of the speech that the President gave in Arizona, which has won praise from many, including one GLEN BECK, which I know someone...

BBC News Those who think geniuses are born and not made should think again, says author David Shenk. Where do athletic and artistic abilities come from? With phrases like "gifted musician", "natural athlete" and "innate intelligence", we have long assumed that talent is a genetic thing...