http://www.abc.net.au/news/world Latest news as it happens from around the world http://www.abc.net.au/news/ http://abc.net.au/news/img/newslogo88.gif http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ABC News Online Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:47 +1000 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:45:47 +1000 British Airways has revealed its net losses have widened to 122 million pounds ($211 million) in its first quarter as strike action and the volcanic ash cloud grounded flights. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969557.htm 2969557 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:40:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance industry air-transport united-kingdom england The death toll from flash floods and landslides triggered by torrential monsoon rains in Pakistan has risen to nearly 200 as officials reported thousands more displaced. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969528.htm 2969528 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:06:00 +1000 disasters-and-accidents floods pakistan The first large-scale bicycle hire scheme in Britain will get under way in London on Friday (local time). http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969434.htm 2969434 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:20:00 +1000 community-and-society urban-development-and-planning health exercise-and-fitness brisbane-4000 united-kingdom england French police have detained the financial adviser of L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for questioning in a probe that has embarrassed president Nicolas Sarkozy's government. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969477.htm 2969477 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:11:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice fraud-and-corporate-crime france A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip has struck the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, causing damage but no injuries. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969454.htm 2969454 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:32:00 +1000 unrest-conflict-and-war terrorism israel Authorities in the United States have captured a grizzly bear believed to be responsible for an extremely rare multiple attack in the well-known Yellowstone Park. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969407.htm 2969407 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:31:00 +1000 human-interest animal-attacks united-states Police in California say they have destroyed nearly $US2 billion ($2.2 billion) worth of marijuana plants in the Sierra Nevada mountains. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969395.htm 2969395 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:07:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice crime drug-offences united-states A new poll shows a majority of Pakistanis view the United States as an enemy, oppose the US-led war in Afghanistan and are less concerned about the Taliban and Al Qaeda than a year ago. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969280.htm 2969280 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:50:00 +1000 government-and-politics world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war terrorism pakistan united-states Many of the people who live along the Gulf of Mexico coast fear they will soon be forgotten. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969205.htm 2969205 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:05:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance disasters-and-accidents accidents maritime-accidents environment pollution water-pollution united-states UK scientists may have unravelled one of the long-standing mysteries of human fertility: why sperm cells tend to behave like tiny, surface-seeking missiles. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969162.htm 2969162 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:51:00 +1000 health reproduction-and-contraception fertility-and-infertility sexual-health mathematics anatomy australia united-kingdom New research has cast doubt on whether people should take calcium supplements to ward off the degenerative bone disease osteoporosis. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2969065.htm 2969065 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:15:00 +1000 health diseases-and-disorders osteoporosis medical-research australia new-zealand There has been another explosion in Thailand's capital, Bangkok, leaving one person seriously injured. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968947.htm 2968947 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:46:00 +1000 unrest-conflict-and-war thailand An Australian Special Forces soldier was wounded during an operation in Afghanistan on Monday. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968881.htm 2968881 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:14:00 +1000 defence-and-national-security air-force army afghanistan australia Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Wyclef Jean takes legal steps toward Haitian presidential race. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968798.htm 2968798 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:24:00 +1000 music hip-hop government-and-politics world-politics haiti Benedictine nuns from a secluded convent in southern France have received death threats after winning a deal aimed at creating a chart-topping album, a newspaper reported. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968717.htm 2968717 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:00 +1000 arts-and-entertainment music law-crime-and-justice france The reputational carnage on Wall Street from the genesis of the US subprime mortgage crisis continues to mount. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968716.htm 2968716 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:39:00 +1000 business-economics-and-finance industry banking law-crime-and-justice international-financial-crisis united-states Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, a top Mexican drug trafficker, has been killed in clashes with state security forces, local media reported. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968712.htm 2968712 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:37:00 +1000 law-crime-and-justice drug-offences mexico American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres has unexpectedly quit the top-rated television show after just a year in the job, saying it is not the right fit for her. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968696.htm 2968696 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:29:00 +1000 arts-and-entertainment television united-states A pocket of water big enough to fill 20 Olympic pools, trapped inside a glacier on Mont Blanc, could burst at any time and endanger lives in a French Alpine valley, officials said. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968682.htm 2968682 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:20:00 +1000 disasters-and-accidents emergency-incidents france British authority says Google had probably not captured "significant" private details when its Street View cars grabbed data sent over wireless networks. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968601.htm 2968601 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:07:00 +1000 internet mobile-phones law-crime-and-justice laws united-kingdom The dentures of Britain's war-time prime minister, Winston Churchill, have gone under the hammer http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968383.htm 2968383 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 07:00:00 +1000 community-and-society history human-interest offbeat world-war-2 united-kingdom england The White House says its cash for clunkers scheme worked well but that it will not be repeating the offer. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968594.htm 2968594 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:02:00 +1000 climate-change government-and-politics world-politics united-states America's top military commander says the Australian-born founder of WikiLeaks was risking lives by publishing thousands of military files from Afghanistan. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/30/2968456.htm 2968456 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +1000 defence-and-national-security government-and-politics world-politics afghanistan united-states Afghan president Hamid Karzai has accused the US and its allies of failing to take action against the Taliban beyond its borders. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/29/2968166.htm 2968166 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:03:00 +1000 government-and-politics world-politics unrest-conflict-and-war terrorism afghanistan pakistan united-states