Archive for the ‘World’

  • Kenyan digital TV switchover: Post-election date urged
    Television is the main news source in cities and towns in Kenya Kenya's high court has ordered that the date for the switch off of the analogue television signal be delayed, preferably until after the March poll. Justice Isaac Lenaola said an immediate move to digital would be unfair to Kenyans keen to follow the polls on TV. The Communications Commission of Kenya...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 18:46
  • Jimmy Savile scandal: Report reveals extent of abuse
    Sexual abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile emerged a year after his death Children as young as eight were abused by Jimmy Savile, a report detailing 50 years of allegations has revealed. The Metropolitan Police and the NSPCC report also added Wheatfields Hospice in Leeds to the list of places where the former TV presenter abused girls. Some 214 crimes were recorded...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 17:38
  • Aurora massacre: Enough evidence in case against Holmes
    A police officer described James Holmes as "detached" during his arrest A Colorado judge has ruled that there is enough evidence for the man accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 others at a cinema last July to face trial. The ruling follows a three-day hearing in which prosecutors laid out their case against the suspect, James Holmes. It means Mr Holmes...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 10:04
  • US takes Indonesia to WTO over import restrictions
    The US claims Indonesia's restrictions on beef imports has hurt American exporters The US has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against Indonesia's restrictions on imports of horticultural and animal products. Indonesia had put in place strict licensing requirements for imports of plant-based products in 2011. It also has a quota on imports...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 08:23
  • Central African Republic rebels dan#039;agree one-week trucedan#039;
    Rebels from the Seleka alliance have stopped short of the capital, Bangui Rebels fighting the government in the Central African Republic say they have agreed to a conditional, one-week ceasefire following talks in Gabon. The rebels said they wanted the departure of South African troops and the release of political prisoners in return for the truce. The Seleka rebel alliance...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 06:24
  • Claude Nobs, Montreux Jazz Festival founder, dies
    Nobs is still the creative director of the festival Claude Nobs, who founded the world-renowned Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, has died after a skiing accident. The 76-year-old suffered a fall while practising cross-country skiing during the Christmas holidays. He had been in hospital but passed away on 10 January, a statement on the festival's website said. The...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 06:24
  • Californian teacher talks student out of high school shooting
    Taft Police chief Ed Whiting briefed concerned parents after the attack A teacher at a high school in California has been praised by police for averting a serious shooting incident. The teacher and a campus supervisor talked a gunman into putting down his weapon after he had shot and injured one pupil at Taft Union High School. Police said the gunman had enough ammunition...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 04:57
  • Pakistan blasts: Scores killed at Quetta snooker hall
    Most of the snooker hall casualties were caused by the second blast as rescuers arrived Twin blasts at a snooker hall in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta have killed 81 people and injured more than 120, police say. Many of the casualties were caused by the second blast as police and media rushed to the scene. The area is predominantly Shia Muslim, and the Sunni...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 04:23
  • Shooting at Taft High School in California injures one
    Taft Police chief Ed Whiting briefed concerned parents after the attack A pupil at a high school in the Californian town of Taft has been shot and wounded, police say. The suspected gunman, also a student, was taken into custody, said Ray Pruitt, spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff's Department. The victim was taken to hospital in an air ambulance, he said. Early...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 03:32
  • Shooting at Taft High School in California
    A gunman has shot two people at a high school in California, police have said. One victim suffered a "major injury", the other a "minor injury" in the shooting at Taft High School in Bakersfield, about 80 miles (120km) north of Los Angeles, they added. A city official told the Associated Press that the incident occurred shortly after 09:00 local time...
    published on January 11th, 2013 at 01:43