Monthly Archives: August 2010

Grief and anger at the killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a bus siege in Manila spilled over yesterday at a march where demonstrators condemned the Philippines authorities for bungling the rescue operation.
An estimated 80,000 people attended the protest in Hong Kong, which began with a short ceremony in a city park to honour [...]

In a remote Serbian mountain village, chefs are cooking up delicacies to make your mouth water or your stomach churn. At the seventh annual World Testicle Cooking Championship, visitors watch and sometimes taste as teams of chefs cook up bull, boar, camel, ostrich and even kangaroo testicles.
"This festival is all about fun, food and bravery," [...]

For the second time in less than a year, genetically modified vines being tested by the French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA) in its Colmar centre in eastern France have been uprooted and destroyed. Now that France no longer grows or tests GM corn, which used to be a regular summer target of the [...]

China has produced all kinds of heroes in the six decades since the revolution. But it is hard to believe that many among their number died in the toilet.
The latest addition to the ranks of the country's feted élite is one Zhu Jihong, a 29-year-old government employee who was taking a break from his work [...]

Q. I found three kittens in a skip in my road. I think they are about four weeks old. Do they still need bottle feeding? And how do I go about this? Rose, via e-mail
A. First, take them to the vet to get the all-clear. Raising orphan kittens is complicated and time-consuming. If you're not [...]

The leg and back injuries that troubled him during the grass-court season have cleared up, he has rediscovered the aggressive style that served him so well for so long and he has just won his first title for seven months. As Roger Federer heads for the US Open, which begins next Monday, the former world [...]

On Monday morning six men in suits will step off an aeroplane at Heathrow and be whisked to the Dorchester Hotel in London.
Over the following three days they will criss-cross the country gathering information that will go some way to determining England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup. If the trip goes badly it [...]

Hip hop star Wyclef Jean said today he was confident that Haiti election officials would accept his candidacy to run for president despite doubts over whether he meets the residency requirement.
The former Fugees frontman spoke while in hiding, following death threats, in a white stucco building on a rutted, dirt road where chickens scurry and [...]

Universities must be allowed to exceed admission targets so that more young people can study, the leader of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) said yesterday.
Geoff Lucas, the general secretary of the HMC, which represents 250 leading independent schools in the UK, said there is a strong financial argument for universities being allowed to offer [...]

Alvar Aalto (1898 – 1976) was much more than a designer of pretty flower vases, he is considered the most important Finnish architect of the twentieth century.
From a young age, Aalto felt destined for greatness, emblazoning his name in two-foot-high letters outside his office for "Architecture and Monumental Art".
His dream was realised. Renowned Aalto buildings [...]