News 01/26/2012
Jan 26 - Russian spacecraft, ISS Progress 46, launches for supply run to International Space Station. Rough Cut (No reporter narration) ... Pakistan are bowled out for 257, losing their last three wickets within the first 16 balls of the second day of the second Test against England in Abu Dhabi ... The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation commits a further $750m (£479m) to a global fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria ... A man found decapitated in Stockport is identified as police continue to question two men arrested on suspicion of murder ... An international medical aid group says it has suspended its work in prisons in the Libyan city of Misrata because detainees are being tortured and denied urgent medical care ... The leader of Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants denies killing civilians in last week's Kano bombings, in which 185 died ... BP must cover some but not all of oil rig owner Transocean's liabilities for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a US judge rules ... (Reuters) - A leading lawmaker on privacy issues said on Thursday he would ask for a probe into whether recently announced changes in how Google handles consumer data violated an agreement it made ... The US unveils a strategy at the Davos World Economic Forum to protect the global supply chain in the event of a terror attack or natural disaster ... British Prime Minister David Cameron backed the idea of a free trade deal between the European Union and the U.S. on Thursday, suggesting that a trans-Atlantic pact could deliver a much-needed boost ... |