Nov 10, 2010
Health services should be easily accessible, believe candidates
BASIC health services should continue to be easily accessible for all Tongans, believed a panel of candidates discussing health, although the issue of life style diseases such as diabetes was also raised as a concern.
Antique furniture was not bought for students, says Tonga's Minister of Information
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: In a dramatically worded official statement Tonga's Minister of Information 'Eseta Fusitu'a on November 4 denounced a group that is questioning the King's sale of the 'Atalanga royal residence in Auckland, apparently for daring to ask questions of His Majesty.
Monetary policy measures muted by tight credit conditions
Nuku'alofa, Tonga: While the domestic economy shows signs of recovery, the outlook looks weak, according to the National Reserve Bank of Tonga.
09 Nov 2010, 16:49
09 Nov 2010, 16:49
Quashing an indictment is "NOT an acquittal", states Justice Shuster
"Quashing an indictment - is NOT the same as acquitting a defendant", Justice Robert Shuster stated in an 11 page document titled "Clarification of the reasons for quashing the indictment in file CR64-2010" - the perjury case brought by the Crown against Ramsay Robertson Dalgety.
Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff thanks Tonga for support
World news, The Guardian UK
Taliban insurgency alive and well, warns British major general
10 Nov 2010: Former senior military commander in Afghanistan cautions against unduly optimistic assessments of allied progress
Andy Warhol 44min ago Two Andy Warhol artworks sell for combined total of £60m in New York
10 Nov 2010: Prices fetched at separate auctions for a painting of a young Elizabeth Taylor and a Coca-Cola bottle
Russia 1hr 11min ago Russian reporter left in wheelchair by attack is convicted of defaming official
10 Nov 2010: • Mikhail Beketov had accused mayor of corruption
• Case linked to weekend beating of another journalist
Robert Mugabe 1hr 13min ago • Case linked to weekend beating of another journalist
Former minister suggests UK home for Robert Mugabe
10 Nov 2010: Lord Renton suggests best way to help economic recovery of Zimbabwe is to give the country's president a 'comfortable and well looked after home in Britain'
15 comments Israel 1hr 16min ago
Ariel Sharon may leave Israel hospital nearly five years after stroke
10 Nov 2010: Former prime minister, in a coma since January 2006, expected to return home to his ranch
Silvio Berlusconi 1hr 20min ago Silvio Berlusconi barracked as video shows women being ushered into house
10 Nov 2010: Magazine scoop further strains Italian prime minister after his party loses three votes in parliament
Drugs 1hr 28min ago Million plus in Europe's 60s generation of ageing drug addicts, report finds
10 Nov 2010: 122,000 heroin and crack users aged 35-64 in Britain alone
Tuition fees 1hr 32min ago Student protest over fees turns violent
10 Nov 2010: Protesters smash windows and get onto roof of Tory HQ as estimated 50,000 attend London rally
Biography 1hr 47min ago George Bush's memoir set for sales success
10 Nov 2010: Decision Points, by former president George Bush, has seen strong early sales
12 comments Brazil 2hr 45min ago
Stone age etchings found in Amazon basin as river levels fall
10 Nov 2010: Drought in Brazil reveals engravings up to 7,000 years old – evidence of ancient civilisation
Falkland Islands 4hr 15min ago Falkland Islanders deny defence cuts leaves them vulnerable
10 Nov 2010: Retired commanders say decision to scrap HMS Ark Royal and Harrier Force amounts to invitation to invade
Global development 4hr 37min ago US calls for return to democratic rule in Madagascar
10 Nov 2010:
Senior US diplomat, Karl Wycoff, tells Malagasy people their government is 'insufficiently democratic and consensual'
Mervyn King 5hr 10min ago Senior US diplomat, Karl Wycoff, tells Malagasy people their government is 'insufficiently democratic and consensual'
Mervyn King warns of global threats to UK's economic recovery
10 Nov 2010: Bank of England governor Mervyn King warns of global threats to UK's economic recovery on eve of G20 summit
41 comments Iran 5hr 13min ago
Iran exiles claim defection of former air force officer
10 Nov 2010: Green Wave anti-Ahmadinejad movement says Behzad Masoumi Legwan has arrived in France to seek political asylum
France 5hr 57min ago French retirement age change to 62 becomes law
10 Nov 2010: President Nicolas Sarkozy sees through controversial increase in the minimum retirement age
Chilean miners accept Israeli invitation – if their relatives can go too
Family members pray outside the mine before the 33 Chilean miners were rescued. Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images
Amid the euphoria surrounding the rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners last month, Israel has invited the men to spend Christmas in the Holy Land.
The miners – who became instant heroes after surviving 69 days trapped underground – have accepted the free trip, but with only one condition. They will not go without their relatives – all 70 of them.
Bombings target Christian neighbourhoods in Baghdad
At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in co-ordinated attacks on Christian neighbourhoods in Baghdad.
More than 14 bombs and mortar shells were detonated, targeting homes and a church across the Iraqi capital.
Cargo plane bomb 'timed to detonate over US'
The timer on the bomb found on a cargo plane at East Midlands airport last month was set for the device to detonate over the eastern seaboard of the US, Scotland Yard said today.
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