‘GLOBAL NEWS’ Archives
TALKS EVERY TWO WEEKS
REPORT Israel and Palestinian leaders have agreed to develop a framework for a permanent peace deal during talks held in Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet for direct talks every two weeks in the region. They've also pledged to work towards a resolution of all the core [...]
MIDDLE EAST TALKS
REPORT A new round of direct MidEast peace talks is underway in Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attended a working dinner at the White House, hosted by US President Barack Obama, along with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordan's King Abdullah II, and former UK Prime [...]
BLAIR AND BROWN
REPORT The memoirs of Britains former Prime Minister Tony Blair have gone on sale today. In "A Journey" Mr Blair has said he was desperately sorry for the deaths that occured during the war in Iraq but that he could not regret the decision to go to war to remove Saddam Hussein. However the British media have been making much of what he has [...]
US COMBAT END IN IRAQ
REPORT The US combat mission in Iraq officially ended . President Barack Obama hailed the end of combat operations, calling on the country to 'turn the page,' and paying tribute to the servicemen and women who have served there. He pledged to continue working with the people and government of Iraq in a long-term partnership, as the country faces [...]
MIDDLE EAST MOVES
REPORT U.S. President Barack Obama is set to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas for the first round of direct talks aimed at bringing peace to the Middle East. President Obama will be joined by Jordanian King Abdullah and Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak. Priscilla Huff sets the scene: PASSION [...]
NOT CRICKET
REPORT Cricket is engulfed in a betting scandal with several Pakistan players implicated in an alleged so-called 'spot-fixing' scam in England. There are calls for life bans for any players found guilty over the allegations, but Pakistan's current England tour is set to continue. A British tabloid newspaper claims to have paid a middle-man who in [...]
LAWYERS EDUCATE HOUSEOWNERS
REPORT A group of students in the southern state of Florida is taking its studies to the streets. Law students from Florida A&M University are going door-to-door in low-income neighborhoods to educate residents about property foreclosures and loan refinancing scams. The program is backed by a national nonprofit organization created by [...]
SHAM MARRIAGES IN THE UK
REPORT Authorities in Britain are battling against sham marriages being carried out to bypass immigration laws. One vicar has been convicted of carrying out hundreds of fake marriages between Eastern Europeans and Africans, often from Nigeria. And two Church of England clergymen have been suspended from their posts after being arrested in another [...]
SOMETHING FISHY AFOOT
REPORT London's first ever fish foot spa has opened and is doing a brisk, if slightly bemused,trade. Fish foot spas are common in parts of Asia but are only now arriving in European countries. Dozens of fish nibble at customers' feet to exfoliate dead skin to give the latest pedicure in town. Olly Barratt has been dipping his toes in to test the [...]
LATEST SUPERBUG
REPORT: OLLY BARRETT A new so-called 'superbug' has emerged that is resistant to the most powerful antibiotics and could spread all over the world, according to UK scientists. They warn that NDM-1 has arrived in Europe from India and Pakistan and that new drugs need to be developed to fight it. PASSION for the PLANET’s award winning news [...]
