Archive: February 2010
The leader of the armed Basque separatist group Eta has been arrested in northwestern France, the Spanish interior ministry says.
Border crossings between Argentina and Chile, a lifeline for the quake-hit country since the damaged Santiago airport was shut down, were open as normal on Sunday, the Argentine ambassador said.
At least 15 people have been killed after France was battered by hurricane-force winds and heavy rain in a violent storm.
About 100 people have been trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in the quake-hit Chilean city of Concepcion.
Flood gates slammed shut, neighbourhoods were evacuated and coastal rail lines shuddered to a halt as a tsunami from Chile's killer quake barrelled across the Pacific towards Japan on Sunday.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday sent a letter of condolence on behalf of the Thai government and people to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet over Saturday's massive earthquake as the death toll rises above 300 and two million persons were affected.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Sunday sent a letter of condolence on behalf of the Thai government and people to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet over Saturday's massive earthquake as the death toll rises above 300 and two million persons were affected.
A deadly storm packing hurricane-force winds has swept towards the west coast of France after lashing Spain and Portugal.
About 100 people have been trapped under the rubble of a building that collapsed in the quake-hit Chilean city of Concepcion.
The mobile operator Advanced Info Service insists it has no involvement in the Thaksin Shinawatra asset seizure case, and vows it will defend itself in court if subject to any new legal action.
A deadly storm packing hurricane-force winds has swept towards the west coast of France after lashing Spain and Portugal.
Japan evacuated 320,000 people Sunday as a tsunami triggered by Chile's earthquake hit its Pacific coast, but fears of destructive waves ebbed across the rest of the Pacific's vast "Ring of Fire".
The red-shirts had nothing to do with the bomb attacks in Bangkok last night, a core leader of the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) Natthawut Saikua said on Sunday afternoon.
Chileans fearful of aftershocks are camping outside in towns shattered by a massive earthquake, as tsunami waves swept across the Pacific.
More than 70,000 people fled vulnerable coastal areas of Japan Sunday as a tsunami churned up by the huge earthquake in Chile slammed into the country's long Pacific coastline.
Two British detectives have been sent to Israel to investigate the use of UK passports in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai, Sky News has learned.
Singer Marie Osmond has said she and her family are "devastated" following the suicide of her teenage son.
Japan has issued a warning of a tsunami of three metres (10ft) or higher along its northern Pacific Coast following the devastating earthquake in Chile.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva should show his responsibility to the last night’s bomb attacks in Bangkok, spokesman of the opposition Puea Thai Party Prompong Nopparit said on Sunday afternoon.
The metropolitan police commander Pol Lt-Gen Santhan Chayanont has called an urgent meeting of his under supervision units at 2pm today to review security measures after the five bomb attacks in Bangkok last night, police said.
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Envoys of 63 nations met with police on Friday to discuss political situation as the pro-Thaksin group began the anti-government rally on the first day, Pol Maj Gen Prawut Thawornsiri, deputy chief of Office of Information Technology CMS and Communication under the Royal Thai Police, said.
Envoys of 63 nations met with police on Friday to discuss political situation as the pro-Thaksin group began the anti-government rally on the first day, Pol Maj Gen Prawut Thawornsiri, deputy chief of Office of Information Technology CMS and Communication under the Royal Thai Police, said.
A teacher killed whilst jogging in Alaska is thought to have been mauled to death by wolves.
Nicolas Sarkozy will meet Gordon Brown and David Cameron in London today to discuss key policies ahead of the General Election.
Barack Obama has announced he will donate the $1.4m from his Nobel Peace Prize to students, war veterans' families and survivors of Haiti's earthquake.
