N Korea’s Kim Jong-il ‘in China’

sierpień 26th, 2010

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reported to be making a trip to China, amid renewed speculation over who his successor will be.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Official: U.N. got late word of gang rapes

sierpień 26th, 2010

The United Nations admits its peacekeeping mission in eastern Congo did not know about a mass rape in the region until more than a week after the assaults occurred.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Limit street signs, councils told

sierpień 26th, 2010

The government urges councils in England to cut unnecessary road signs, railings and advertising hoardings in a bid to make streets tidier and safer.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Mexico victims ‘were migrants’

sierpień 26th, 2010

The 72 people found murdered at a ranch in the north of the country were migrants trying to reach the United States, officials say.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Report: North Korean leader in China

sierpień 26th, 2010

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is visiting China, the South Korean JoongAng Daily reported Thursday, citing a South Korean government official.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Female scientists ‘are forgotten’

sierpień 26th, 2010

Two-thirds of the British public are unable to name a famous female scientist, according to a poll organised by the Royal Society.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

US warns of Pakistan aid threat

sierpień 26th, 2010

The Pakistani Taliban are planning to attack foreigners helping with flood relief efforts in the country, a senior US official warns.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Tobacco firms’ web impact probed

sierpień 26th, 2010

The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Report: Kim Jong Il making China visit

sierpień 26th, 2010

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il “appears to be traveling to China,” a senior South Korean government official said Thursday, according to the official Yonhap News Agency.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

Mass grave in Mexico held migrants headed to U.S.

sierpień 26th, 2010

Seventy-two bodies discovered in a mass grave in northeast Mexico belonged to migrants who were heading to the United States, Mexican officials said. Authorites also recovered a cache of weapons.

Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import