Summary: France restarted efforts to free Colombian rebel hostages on Monday after guerrillas rejected a medical mission to treat FrenchColombian Ingrid Betancourt who has spent six years in jungle captivity
Summary: A suspected Syrian reactor bombed by Israel had the capacity to produce enough nuclear material to fuel one to two weapons a year CIA Director Michael Hayden said on Monday
Summary: Barack Obamas former pastor the Rev Jeremiah Wright blasted news media he said had sensationalized his remarks in an often confrontational appearance at a reporters club on Monday
Summary: The former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo war crimes tribunals testified on Monday that the tribunals were tainted by political influence and evidence obtained through prisoner abuse
Summary: Millions of the worlds poorest children are among the principal victims of climate change caused by the rich developed world a United Nations report said on Tuesday calling for urgent action
Summary: The fourth installment of the controversial video game "Grand Theft Auto" goes on sale worldwide Tuesday with expectations that it will break sales records.
Summary: The fourth installment of the controversial video game "Grand Theft Auto" goes on sale worldwide Tuesday with expectations that it will break sales records.
Summary: Workers at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland returned to work on Tuesday after a twoday strike which closed the plant and the Forties North Sea oil pipeline an official at the UNION trade union said
Summary: Tesco is trialling telling customers about the greenhouse gases emitted from seed to store of some products as it hunts the green pound of customers worried about climate change
Summary: Prime Minister Gordon Brown who faces his first major electoral test this week shrugged off critics from within his party on Monday and said his priority was guiding the economy through difficult times
Summary: Britons are ruder than they were a decade ago according to a survey on Monday that showed almost threequarters of people think manners should be taught at school
Summary: Reuters - A court in Tibet on Tuesday jailed 17
people for terms from three years to life for their roles in
deadly riots in the Himalayan region last month, Xinhua news
agency said.
Summary: The transcript from Oscar Wildes trial for gross indecency at Londons Old Bailey Court went online for the first time on Monday alongside a raft of murder robbery and abduction cases
Summary: AP - No surrender on this night. No matter, the Los Angeles Lakers dispatched the tempestuous Denver Nuggets anyway. Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 31 points over the final 5 1/2 minutes Monday night, leading the Lakers to a 107-101 victory over the Nuggets
Summary: AFP - Seventeen people were on Tuesday sentenced to jail terms ranging from three years to life for their role in unrest in Tibet's capital, Lhasa, last month, Chinese state press reported.
