Gale force winds, high temperatures drive country's worst wildfire disaster in a quarter century. Trees explode and the skies rain ash. Caused by global warming. Predicted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan. Pray for rain.

26th January 2009 - Gazan territorial waters: Despite a ceasefire, and despite the fact that their target was a civilian vessel, the Israeli navy open fire on a Palestinian fishing boat to the severe injury of the captain Alaa Alhabel.

<p>There is a natural phenomenon continually taking place within the human race and more so in our own American democratic society today. That phenomenon is better described as complacency or a just; don&#146;t give a damn attitude towards any issue</p>

<p>Australian authorities have suggested that two foreign divers rescued after 18 hours in the sea should pay towards the cost of saving them. </p>

A United Nations representative urged political and religious leaders in Iraq on Friday to encourage children to renounce violence, saying that rising numbers of youth are being recruited into insurgent groups and militias.

As the Dalai Lama reflected Sunday on a surprise Chinese offer to resume talks, experts cautioned that Beijing may be looking more toward salvaging the Olympic Games than meaningful dialogue.

The Dalai Lama said Saturday he welcomed China's offer to meet his envoy and said the two sides needed to talk seriously about how to resolve the problems that triggered riots in the Tibetan capital last month. The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader

Now, thanks to a combination of high oil prices and even more generous government subsidies, corn-based ethanol has become the rage. There were 110 ethanol refineries in operation in the United States at the end of 2006, according to the Renewable Fuels A

August 28, 2007 A 1,700-page Army investigative report, obtained by The Associated Press through the Freedom of Information Act, details a multitude of procedural violations, judgment errors and alleged acts of misconduct by Army trainers.

A £500m medical research laboratory in the heart of London could carry out work on the world's most deadly diseases, Guardian Education has learned.