Flights disrupted after computer failure at UK control centre
Friday, 12 December 2014, 17:13
Last update: about 11 years ago
Passengers are facing widespread flight disruption after a computer failure at the UK's air traffic control centre. Nats confirmed a "technical problem" at its Swanwick control centre in...
Euthanasia: France wants to legalise terminal sedation
Friday, 12 December 2014, 15:55
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
France's president wants to allow doctors to keep terminally ill patients sedated until death comes, amid a national debate about whether to legalize euthanasia. Francois Hollande stopped short...
Pre-dawn attack: Dozens of shots fired at Israeli embassy in Athens
Friday, 12 December 2014, 11:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Unknown attackers fired dozens of bullets at the facade of the Israeli embassy in Athens without causing any injury in a pre-dawn, drive-by attack Friday on one of the Greek capital's best-guarded...
Strong campaign in Japan to boycott Angelina Jolie film
Friday, 12 December 2014, 08:36
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
Angelina Jolie's new movie "Unbroken" has not been released in Japan yet, but it has already struck a nerve in a country still fighting over its wartime past. And the buzz on social networks and...
Watch: CIA chief challenges United States Senate torture report
Friday, 12 December 2014, 07:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Associated Press
CIA Director John Brennan struck back at a U.S. Senate report that accused the agency of torturing terror detainees, acknowledging that "abhorrent" tactics were used but defending the overall...
Watch: Scientists work to conserve 2,500-year-old mummy
Thursday, 11 December 2014, 11:25
Last update: about 11 years ago
Conservation work has started at Chicago's Field Museum on the 2,500-year-old mummy of a 14-year-old Egyptian boy. Scientists opened the coffin last week. The boy, named Minirdis, was the son of...