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George Michael performs on stage at the opening of a new stadium built for the Euro 2012 football championships in Wroclaw, Poland
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George Michael performs on stage at the opening of a new stadium built for the Euro 2012 football championships in Wroclaw, Poland
Bogota mayor Samuel Moreno jailed pending trial
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The mayor of the Colombian capital, Bogota, has been sent to prison pending his trial on corruption charges.
Samuel Moreno Rojas denies accusations that he took bribes to award public works contracts.
Mr Moreno had already been suspended as mayor and expelled from his political party, the opposition Democratic Pole.
The mayor of Bogota is considered Colombia's second most powerful political position after the presidency.
A number of other senior officials and businessmen are also facing trial over the corruption scandal - known as the "contracting carousel".
They include Mr Moreno's brother Ivan, a former senator who also denies wrongdoing.
It is alleged that huge bribes were paid to secure contracts to build roads and other major infrastructure projects in Bogota, some of which were not completed.
Newport Facebook baby hoax teacher banned for two years
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A teacher who stole baby pictures from Facebook to make her ex-boyfriend think they had a baby has been banned from working in the classroom for two years.
Victoria Jones, 23, kept up the pretence for two years, the General Teaching Council for Wales heard.
She was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct which she had denied.
The Newport teacher was cleared of compromising her position of trust and bringing the school into disrepute.
Ms Jones, who worked at Ringland Primary School's nursery, admitted taking 82 photographs of a baby girl from the social networking website, the council heard.
She was said to have claimed the baby she called Keira was one of twins - and that her brother, Harrison, born with Down's Syndrome, had died soon after birth.
Ms Jones was accused of weaving "an elaborate web of deceit" to gain revenge on her ex-boyfriend Daniel Barberini, 26, after their 16-month relationship ended.
Head of troubled South Korean bank falls to death
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The head of a troubled South Korean savings bank has fallen to his death while customers queued outside the building.
Police said the chief executive of the Jeil 2 savings bank, Chung Ku-haeng, appeared to have jumped from his office on the sixth floor.
The government had suspended the bank's operations last Sunday for suspected irregularities.
Mr Chung's body was found on the pavement near the bank's door.
Police officers were quoted as saying that he appeared to have committed suicide, although they said they had not found a suicide note.
The bank's offices had just been raided by investigators looking for evidence of malpractice in risky property deals.
Depositors have been rushing to withdraw their funds from the Jeil 2 bank - and six other small deposit takers - after their operations were suspended on Sunday.
There has been concern that the panic could spread to other banks.
Geithner wants 'decisive signal' from Europe on debt
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US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has called on European leaders at the G20 in Washington to send a "decisive signal" that they have a strategy for tackling the debt crisis.
Mr Geithner said there had been an erosion of confidence and that there was a "huge premium" on early action.
But he added he was confident that Europe would do what was necessary.
On Thursday, IMF chief Christine Lagarde said collective action was needed to remove economic uncertainty.
UK Chancellor George Osborne has also warned that European leaders have six weeks to end the crisis.
G20 finance ministers are currently meeting in Washington, which is also hosting the annual meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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R&B Singer Vesta Williams Dies
Best known for the hits "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "Congratulations," Williams, 53, was found dead on Thursday in an El Segundo, California, hotel room. A cause of death has not been determined.
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Bahrain Blast
On Friday, anti-government protesters in Bahrain look at an explosion behind them as they try to make it to Manama's Farook Junction. Witnesses said a massive police force thwarted a protest march to the junction.
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Religious Duty Calls
Anti-government protesters perform the Friday noon prayers during a rally in Sanaa. Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh called for a truce hours after returning to the capital as his forces battled dissident troops there.
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Sacred Ceremony
Members of the Druid Order of London prepare to mark the Autumn Equinox (which celebrates, among other things, the calendar day that has equal amounts of night and day) on Primrose Hill in the British capital Friday
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Bedrock of Physics Called Into Question
Did Albert Einstein get it wrong? The renowned physicist said nothing can move faster than the speed of light -- a pillar of scientific thought. But new particle research at the CERN lab in Geneva, above, is challenging that notion.
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Pink and Precious
Two mini-pig piglets stand next to their mother Friday at a zoo in Hanover, Germany.
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An anti-Gaddafi fighter tries to put out a fire at a burning house believed to belong to a Gaddafi loyalist in Tripoli September 20, 2011. Citizens in the neighborhood burnt several houses belonging to senior military officers they called Gaddafi loyalists
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Christopher J. McGrath works in the Eurodollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) September 21, 2011.
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An Afghan boy carries a chair from the Wazir Akbar Khan hill after the burial ceremony of Burhanuddin Rabbani, former Afghan president and head of the government's peace council in Kabul September 23, 2011. Weeping Afghans gathered under tight security on Friday to bury Rabbani, the government's chief peace negotiator killed this week by a suicide bomber posing as a Taliban envoy with a message about possible talks. After prayers at the presidential palace, a coffin draped in the black, red and green national flag was taken to a hilltop in the Wazir Akbar Khan district for burial.
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U.S. Navy Counselor 1st Class Luz Bautista, 30, who is four-months pregnant, (R) and her fiancee U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandra Schwartz, 24, (L) eat dinner with their daughter Destiny, 6, at their home in San Diego, California September 21, 2011. The 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law, which prevented serving US military personnel from disclosing that they were gay, was abolished Tuesday. However, the military does not recognize same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples do not have the same benefits, or protection from being posted separately that heterosexual married couples in the military have. Bautista is being posted to Illinois for three years on Monday. The couple plans to pass the new baby to each other every few months, so she bonds with both mothers. But Bautista doesn't know when it will be possible for her to live with Alejandra and Destiny again.
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A man leans on his motorcycle at the Bare Oaks Family Naturist park in Sharon June 18, 2011. The International Naturist Federation says "Naturism is a way of life in harmony with nature, characterized by the practice of communal nudity, with the intention of encouraging respect for oneself, respect for others and for the environment."
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An emergency worker role playing as a hostage taker holds an axe against a student during an exercise simulating a hostage taking situation at a university in Manila, Philippines, September 22, 2011. Emergency personnel attended the drill as part of efforts to strengthen counter-terrorism and hostage taking response
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A man wears a costume representing a car frame as he rides an escalator in a subway station on World Car Free Day in Avenida Paulista in Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 22, 2011. The movement aims to raise awareness of environmental problems caused by the heavy usage of cars in urban areas, and to promote bicycles as a cleaner and more sustainable mode of transport.
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Demonstrators carrying signs march as they are reflected in a mirror in Port-au-Prince September 23, 2011, as Haitian President Michel Martelly is scheduled to speak to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Demonstrators accuse the United Nations Stabilisation Mission In Haiti (UNSTAMIH), also known as MINUSTAH, for bringing cholera into their country, for the rape and murder of their people and demand for their immediate withdrawal.
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Would-be immigrants rest inside a police van after arriving at the port in Malaga, southern Spain, September 23, 2011. Some 44 would-be immigrants, including 2 women, aboard a zodiac were intercepted off the southern Spanish coast as they were heading to European soil from Africa, authorities said.
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A Jewish settler woman sits outside her caravan home with her child at the unauthorized outpost of Havat Gilad, south of the West Bank city of Nablus September 19, 2011.
Recall my time in Malaga, there is no winners here. Ex security detailQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr Lick
US soldier jailed for seven years over murders of Afghan civilians | World news | guardian.co.uk
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A US soldier has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the murders of Afghan civilians last year.
Pvt 1st Class Andrew Holmes, 21, was among five soldiers charged over the "thrill killings" of the three civilians during patrols in Kandahar. The murders have been described as among the most serious war crimes charges to emerge from the Afghanistan war.
Holmes, from Boise, Idaho, confessed in court to firing a heavy machine gun at a boy from 15 feet away, after his co-defendant threw a grenade at him.
He was accused of directly participating in the first killing and initially charged with premeditated murder among other charges.
But in a deal with prosecutors, Holmes pleaded guilty to murder by an inherently dangerous act, as well as possessing a finger bone from his victim and smoking hashish.
Judge Lt Col Kwasi Hawks sentenced him on Friday to seven years in jail, saying there was no excuse for the murder.
"You aimed a fully loaded squad automatic weapon at [a] child that stood 15 feet away," he said.
No comment just news.
Conflict in Libya
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U.S. Ambassador to Libya Gene A. Cretz listens to his national anthem during the official reopening and flag raising ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Tripoli on Sept. 22, after President Barack Obama met Libya's new leader in New York and pledged support for Libya as it consolidates freedom
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Anti-Gadhafi fighters sleep in front of a mosque at Wadi Dinar village in the besieged town of Bani Walid on Sept. 22
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An anti-Gadhafi fighter mourns his comrade, killed by a Gadhafi loyalist sniper inside the besieged city of Bani Walid on Sept.. 21.
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Anti-Gadhafi fighters after their comrades were killed when a rocket propelled grenade was accidentally fired by a group of fellow fighters at a strategic checkpoint north of Bani Walid on Sept. 21
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A Libyan rebel fighter tosses down a green flag of Libyan fugitive leader Moammar Gadhafi after he removed it from a house of Gadhafi loyalists in Sabha, on Sept. 20
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Fighters from Libya's ruling National Transitional Council check the identification documents of people entering Tripoli's International Airport on Sept. 19. Preparations are underway to re-open the airport to commercial traffic after it was closed when NATO enforced a no-fly zone over Libya.
Vladimir Putin on course to be Russia's next president as Dmitry Medvedev steps aside - Telegraph
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Vladimir Putin has dispelled months of speculation and confirmed he will return to the Russian presidency next year in a move that cements his already vice-like grip on the world’s largest country.
In a glitzy appearance before thousands of cheering supporters in a Soviet-era football stadium in Moscow, Mr Putin, currently the prime minister, accepted a stage-managed proposal from Dmitry Medvedev, the current president, to run for the presidency on a ticket for the ruling United Russia party in March next year.
"I want to thank you for the positive reaction to the proposal for me to stand for Russian president," said Mr Putin, beaming broadly to loud applause. "For me this is a great honour."
The decision means that Mr Putin, 58, is certain to become the next president of Russia in 2012 as the country remains a de facto one party state, with United Russia controlling the state media and all the key levers of power.
Mr Putin told his followers what Russia watchers had long suspected: that the two men had long ago cut a deal to allow Mr Putin to return to the presidency in 2012 after he was forced to stand down in 2008 on a technicality.
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A massive column of smoke fills the sky near Tripoli, reported to be originating from a military warehouse belonging to Gadhafi on Saturday, Sept. 24. A series of explosions rocked the military warehouse and a huge plume of smoke rose over the harbor on Saturday afternoon, although the cause of the blasts is not confirmed
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Mirpur Khas, Pakistan: A displaced girl crosses a flooded field after fleeing her home
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Milan, Italy: Models display creations as part of Bottega Veneta spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection
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Sofia, Bulgaria: Fire spinners whirl fire in front of the national theatre
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Sirte, Libya: Anti-Gaddafi fighters fire multiple rocket launches
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Etzelsbach, Germany: Pilgrims head off on foot to attend the Marian Vespers held by Pope Benedict XVI
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Dunedin, New Zealand: Jonny Wilkinson plays during England's match against Romania at Otago Stadium
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Mirpur Khas, Pakistan: A youth whose home has been destroyed by floods crosses a waterlogged field carrying tree branches
Rugby World Cup 2011: New Zealand v France
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It's 12 years since Christophe Lamaison inspired France to perhaps the greatest and most unexpected result in World Cup history, a result which cost one of the finest All Blacks sides ever assembled the chance to lift the Webb Ellis Cup. And it's four years since the French ousted the All Blacks at the Stade Vélodrome in another memorable World Cup clash. So deep are the wounds from those defeats that the current crop of All Blacks have modified the Kapa o Pango haka for today's match to include the infamous throat-slit finale - a Maori gesture to draw life into the lungs
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Nonetheless, Les Bleus don't seem intimidated and make a positive start to the match. Here Aurélien Rougerie tries to power straight through the All Blacks
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Nonu is hauled down, but quick ball ensures the French are exposed on the wing and No8 Adam Thomson is able to dive over for the first try of the match