Archive for March 2nd, 2010
Pleas for calm amid Chile rubble
Chile’s president calls for calm in the quake-ravaged city of Concepcion, vowing a stern response to any renewal of looting and violence.
No CommentsLandslide ‘kills 100′ in Uganda
More than 100 people are killed in a landslide in Uganda’s eastern region of Bududa, a minister tells the BBC.
No CommentsEgg shells illustrate human story
Inscribed ostrich shell fragments found in South Africa are among the earliest examples of the use of symbolism by modern humans, scientists say.
No CommentsKaradzic denies Bosnia atrocities
Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic denies as myths the alleged two worst atrocities of the Bosnia war in the 1990s.
No CommentsMEP Farage fined over ‘insults’
UKIP MEP Nigel Farage is fined about 3,000 Euros after refusing to apologise for a tirade in the European Parliament.
No CommentsMontenegrin ‘war criminal’ held
Spanish police arrest a Montenegrin man accused of committing war crimes while commanding Serb forces during the Bosnian civil war.
No CommentsRwanda president’s widow arrested
The widow of assassinated Rwandan President Habyarimana is arrested in France, accused of helping to plan the 1994 genocide.
No CommentsGM recalls 1.3m cars over fault
General Motors recalls 1.3 million small cars in North America because of a power steering problem linked to 14 crashes.
No CommentsGM potato cleared for EU farming
The European Commission clears a genetically modified potato for cultivation in the EU - only the second GM product allowed.
No CommentsThe snake frozen in the act of eating a dinosaur
Scientists identify what they say is the fossilised remains of a snake that dined on dinosaur eggs.
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