International

Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 12:00 UTC
On Berlin Wall Fall anniversary world leaders pledge to battle injustice

World leaders marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall have said the battle against injustice around the world must continue. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined at the Brandenburg Gate by UK PM Gordon Brown, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and top US diplomat Hillary Clinton.
They warned human rights were still under threat for millions of people.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:47 UTC
Welsh couple and syndicate from Liverpool hit £ 90 million jackpot

The winning ticket holders of the United Kingdom's largest-ever lottery prize are a married couple from Newport, in south Wales, and a syndicate from Liverpool. The two tickets will take a £45,570,835.50 share of Friday's £90m (100 million Euros) Euro-millions jackpot.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:40 UTC
Pope Benedict invites divided Anglicans back to the Catholic Church

The Vatican has offered to allow conservative Anglican clergy to join a special section of the Catholic Church. They would be able to retain the Anglican liturgy and a married priesthood.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:29 UTC
“The main credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II”

The main honour and credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II and it is wrong to say it was the work of former Soviet president Mijail Gorbachev said the historic leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement and later head of state Lech Walesa
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:23 UTC
New UK energy plan anticipates 40% nuclear power by 2025

A huge expansion of nuclear power was signalled Monday by the British Government as it named 10 sites where new power stations could be built. The first is set to be operational by 2018 and, by 2025 nuclear electricity generation could amount to around 40% of new energy provision.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:10 UTC
First recorded case of H1N1 flu transmitted to cat by pet’s owner

A 13 year old cat came down with the H1N1 virus flu in the state of Iowa, in the US Mid West, the first case so far proved and evidence that humans with the flu virus can spread it to pets.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:41 UTC
G-20 pledged to maintain economic stimulus and asked for IMF monitoring

Finance ministers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging market economies pledged to maintain economic stimulus measures until recovery from the global crisis is assured and asked the IMF to assess whether countries were on track for delivering strong, sustainable, and balanced growth to avoid future problems.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:38 UTC
Gorbachev urges Obama to withdraw from Afghanistan

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has urged the United States to withdraw all its military forces from Afghanistan. Gorbachev told CNN in an interview on Sunday that “withdrawal from Afghanistan should be the goal.”
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:33 UTC
Twenty years later a “divisive line” exists between Russia and the West

Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall a “divisive line” exists between Russia and the West because of mistakes committed following the end of the Cold War, regrets former Soviet Union leader Mijail Gorbachev in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:29 UTC
World leaders join thousands to celebrate fall of Berlin Wall 20 years ago

World leaders are due to join thousands of people Monday to mark 20 years since the Berlin Wall's fall, an event that paved the way for the end of the Cold War. The main celebrations in the city will be at the Brandenburg Gate - the symbol of German reunification in 1990.