Paper holds contest for Holocaust cartoons 2006-02-07 15:05:12
Iran's best-selling newspaper has launched a competition to find the best cartoon about the Holocaust in retaliation for the publication in many European countries of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad.Full Story...
Danish expats warned as cartoon protests rage 2006-02-07 11:22:57
Denmark has urged its citizens to leave Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, as Islamic outrage concerning a controversial cartoon continues across Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia.Full Story...
EU plans debate on freedom of speech 2006-02-07 15:00:58
The European Union is planning a debate with the world media about the widespread outrage sparked by newspaper cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed, as Europeans struggle to balance their cherished rights to freedom of speech with the need to calm rising Islamic fury.Full Story...
Turkish tourists killed in Rome bus accident 2006-02-07 11:00:24
Twelve Turkish tourists have died after a bus careered off a steep road, plunged down a hill and into an apartment block's garden, Italian police said.Full Story...
Diana death probe: two computers stolen 2006-02-07 05:32:02
Two laptop computers have been taken from the Gosforth offices used by the former police chief heading up the probe into Princess Diana's death in Paris in 1997.Full Story...
German nurse on trial for 29 patients' deaths 2006-02-07 07:38:52
A nurse is facing life in prison if she is found guilty of what has been alleged to be the biggest series of killings in Germany since the end of World War 2.Full Story...
Tourists trapped in mangled metal after crash 2006-02-07 04:31:57
Ten tourists were killed when a tour bus carrying 30 people ran off the road and crashed into a ravine in north-western Rome.Full Story...
New protests erupt in cartoon row 2006-02-06 20:39:55
Fresh protests have erupted across Asia and the Middle East about cartoons of the prophet Mohammad, despite calls by world leaders for calm after Danish diplomatic missions were set ablaze in Lebanon and Syria.Full Story...
Lebanon apologises to Denmark for rioting 2006-02-06 16:03:25
Lebanon has apologised to Denmark for the burning of its consulate during a protest about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, with some Lebanese politicians accusing Syria of using the furore to stir sectarian tension.Full Story...
Judges to mull ruling on Muslim school dress 2006-02-06 15:29:07
Judges at Britain's de facto supreme court will consider the wider human rights implications of a lower court decision backing a Muslim student's right to wear traditional dress to school.Full Story...
Face transplant woman to meet journalists 2006-02-06 11:14:32
The woman who received a new nose, chin and mouth in a groundbreaking transplant operation is to appear before journalists for the first time since the November surgery.Full Story...
Risks force a rethink on tongue-piercing 2006-02-06 11:48:25
Tongue-piercing may be fashionably cool but there are risks involved as pointed out by the coalition of German Pharmacist Associations who feel there should be laws regulating the quality of piercing studios.Full Story...
Flights suspended after London airport drama 2006-02-06 00:43:32
Scores of flights had to be cancelled at Luton Airport, outside London, after a small plane overshot the runway and became stuck in the mud.Full Story...
'Real spies don't use gadgets' 2006-02-05 16:00:07
Former British secret agent Harry Ferguson reveals some of top secret trade trips from M16.Full Story...
The life and times of a porn queen 2006-02-05 12:12:53
Participants of the early British blue-movie industry have either developed selective memories about it or are dead. All except Pamela Green, writes Matthew Sweet.Full Story...
Cartoonists defend their right to provoke 2006-02-05 09:27:18
Opinion cartoonists in the West and the Arab-speaking world say they have the right to provoke, criticise and occasionally offend - even as Muslims around the globe express outrage about irreverent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.Full Story...
No power-sharing until IRA disbands - Paisley 2006-02-04 17:22:53
The Reverend Ian Paisley, whose uncompromising Democratic Unionist Party represents most of Northern Ireland's Protestant majority, told his party's annual conference on Saturday he won't share power with Sinn Fein until the IRA disappears.Full Story...
Don't offend religious belief, says Vatican 2006-02-04 16:07:40
The Vatican has called for a climate of mutual respect in its first public comment on the uproar about the Prophet Mohammed satire, saying the right to freedom of expression did not imply the right to offend religious beliefs.Full Story...
Superman to the rescue of religious teaching 2006-02-04 16:09:26
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman and he's bringing his otherworldy powers to British schools to teach godless children about Christianity.Full Story...
Cartoons seen as fuel for radical Islamists 2006-02-03 20:31:53
Muslim fury about cartoons satirising the Prophet Mohammad in European newspapers provides dangerous ammunition for radical Islamists and could serve as a pretext for violence, according to security analysts.Full Story...
British navy seizes 3 500kg cocaine haul 2006-02-03 17:05:18
British naval ships made one of the largest-ever drug hauls in the Caribbean, netting cocaine from a cargo ship worth more than R3-billion, the ministry of defence has said.Full Story...
Editor regrets Mohammed images after threats 2006-02-03 16:29:56
Muslims consider any depiction of the founder of Islam as blasphemous and the editor of a Norwegian newspaper which reprinted cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed said he regretted publication, after dozens of death threats and a growing international furore.Full Story...
More Dutch troops to be sent to Afghanistan 2006-02-03 04:45:15
The Netherlands says it will send additional troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has announced after weeks of internal political posturing and international pressure.Full Story...
Muslims attack Danish embassy building 2006-02-03 00:59:59
About 300 militant Indonesian Muslims have gone on a rampage inside the lobby of a Jakarta building housing the Danish embassy in protest against cartoons that Muslims say insult Islam and the Prophet Mohammed.Full Story...
Gunmen threaten Europeans after caricatures 2006-02-02 23:30:17
Militants have surrounded European headquarters in the Gaza Strip, as Muslim outrage about cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammad spreads from Pakistan all the way to the West Bank and Gaza Strip.Full Story...
London speeding cop to face re-trial 2006-02-02 03:47:56
A British court cleared him of any wrongdoing, but now a traffic policeman caught speeding at 256km/h has been told he will have to face a re-trial.Full Story...
Greek PM mobile phone tapped 2006-02-02 10:50:00
An unidentified person has been tapping Greek Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and dozens of other top politicians' phones for more than a year, according to Greek government spokesperson Theodoros Roussopoulos.Full Story...
Artworks worth R220m stolen from tycoon 2006-02-02 09:40:18
British property tycoon, Harry Hyams' 17th century Ramsbury Manor at Ramsbury in southern England has been burgled and thieves got away with artworks and porcelain reportedly worth more than R220-million, according to police.Full Story...
Foreign envoys probed amid Danish cartoon row 2006-02-02 10:54:22
Denmark has summoned foreign envoys to Copenhagen to discuss controversial newspaper cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed that have triggered protests and threats of boycotts in the Arab world.Full Story...
Blair urges Britons to embrace Europe 2006-02-02 03:49:47
There has never been a better time to embrace Europe, says British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is trying to build domestic support for closer ties with the European Union.Full Story...
Russia tells Iran to 'co-operate' with IAEA 2006-02-01 12:34:36
Russia has reportedly told Iran to co-operate with the UN nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, in order to alleviate international suspicions about its nuclear programme.Full Story...
Yeltsin's democratic legacy challenged 2006-02-01 00:40:54
He may be remembered in the West as a democrat - even if flawed - but as Russia's first post-Soviet leader Boris Yeltsin celebrates his 75th birthday, there have been no signs of an outpouring of public congratulations at home.Full Story...
Danish pupils die in cabin fire 2006-01-31 06:10:23
Three Danish schoolgirls died when a fire swept through the mountain cabin they were staying in during a school trip, according to police.Full Story...
Bulgaria expected to meet 2007 goal, says EU 2006-01-31 06:11:47
The European Union presidency has urged Bulgaria to take further steps on judicial reform and tackling crime.Full Story...
New Holocaust centre named after Wiesenthal 2006-01-31 06:24:30
The Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies will be "a worthy framework for the archives and heritage of Simon Wiesenthal" - the legendary Nazi-hunter - according to the initiators of the project.Full Story...
Cocoa bean stowaway awaits his fate 2006-01-30 23:20:30
His passport says he is French. He's been across the Atlantic three times as the United States and Ivory Coast try to decide what to do with him. Meet Charles Philippe Zata, a stowaway whom no one wants.Full Story...
Agca asks his family to end hunger strike 2006-01-30 12:09:20
Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, has asked his relatives to end a "death fast" protesting against his reimprisonment.Full Story...
Bomb explodes at Turkish-US association 2006-01-30 09:23:51
A bomb has exploded at a building that is home to a sprawling airbase used by the US military to supply its forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.Full Story...
Vatican may have found late pope's 'miracle' 2006-01-30 08:21:58
The Vatican may have found the "miracle" they need to put the late Pope John Paul one step closer to sainthood - the medically inexplicable healing of a French nun.Full Story...
SA, Malaysia and Cuba back Iran in standoff 2006-01-29 23:33:11
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has made a surprise visit to South Africa where he appeared to win the guarded support of this country, Cuba and Malaysia to oppose Western plans to refer Iran to the United Nations Security Council about its nuclear programme.Full Story...
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