THE BELLS of St Bartholomew and All Saint’s Church in Wootton Basset tolled at 1.55pm yesterday. Silence descended upon the hundreds gathered on the main street of the Wiltshire town. Old men stood erect and saluted.Other World Stories
- Ashton rejects claims she lacks correct experience INCOMING EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, a Briton who has never been elected to public office, has defended her appointment against critics who claim she lacks relevant experience.
- Lithuania investigates claim it ran secret prison LITHUANIA’S PARLIAMENT is investigating claims that the US Central Intelligence Agency turned an exclusive riding school outside the capital, Vilnius, into a secret interrogation centre for high-value al-Qaeda prisoners.
- Sarkozy hopes to honour Camus by transferring ashes to Paris Panthéon
PRESIDENT NICOLAS Sarkozy has signalled his hope that the remains of the writer Albert Camus should be transferred to the Panthéon, the Parisian burial place of great Frenchmen. - Transsexual in Italian political scandal found murdered
ROME – A Brazilian transsexual caught up in a scandal that prompted the resignation of a senior Italian politician – the centre-left governor of Lazio region, which includes Rome – was found burnt to death in her home yesterday. - US military to investigate Fort Hood shooting WASHINGTON – The US military will investigate the circumstances surrounding the shootings at Fort Hood, including possible “gaps and deficiencies” in identifying those in all service branches who may pose a threat to their colleagues, defence secretary Robert Gates said.
- Violence after Algeria's soccer win prompts lockdown in Cairo PARTS OF Cairo were under police lockdown last night amid some of the worst football violence ever seen in the region.
- Oprah Winfrey announces show to end in September next year
CHICAGO – Oprah Winfrey said yesterday she would end her popular TV show in 2011 because it “feels right in her bones” after 25 years. She urged her viewers not to believe rumours as to why. - Alleged killers who harvested human fat arrested in Peru POLICE IN Peru have arrested members of a gang which allegedly killed scores of peasants, drained their bodies of fat and sold it abroad as an anti-wrinkle cosmetic.
- Ecological change means it's sink or swim down on the bayou LOUISIANA LETTER: If the marsh areas are destroyed, the consequences for the flow of the Mississippi will be significant – with serious and lasting repercussions for the US economy
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