Bogota: A former defenceminister from a powerful political clan who oversaw a major weakening of leftist rebels has won Colombia's presidency, routing an eccentric outsider in a runoff. The victory for Juan Manuel Santos, a 58-year-old economist...
11:45 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print It is a blessing no one died in the massive earthquake which rocked Canterbury this morning, Civil DefenceMinister John Carter said after crisis meetings in the Beehive. "I think we've been extremely lucky as a nation,"...
11:45 AM Saturday Sep 4, 2010 Share Email Print It is a blessing no one died in the massive earthquake which rocked Canterbury this morning, Civil DefenceMinister John Carter said after crisis meetings in the Beehive. "I think we've been extremely lucky as a nation,"...
• Lucrative contest likely for MEN Arena in Manchester • All-British WBA title bout likely for November David Haye, pictured, could face his fellow British heavyweight Audley Harrison as early as November. Photograph: Simon Dawson/AP...
A Ministry of Defencescientist died following a blast during secret explosives tests which were poorly organised, an inquest ruled today. Terry Jupp, 46, of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, was killed in August 2002 at a testing station near Shoeburyness, Essex. He was working...
Far-right activists threw smoke bombs and missiles and fought with the police as trouble flared in a protest organised by the EnglishDefenceLeague. A hail of bricks and bottles and smoke bombs were thrown at anti-racist supporters and police as around 700 EDL...
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 3:39 pm Press Release: New Zealand Defence Force Defence Force Shakes Up Supplies Contract The New Zealand Defence Force has replaced its single supplier of industrial consumables with six category specialists in order to deliver better value...
Thursday, 26 August 2010, 2:24 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government Hon Dr Wayne Mapp Minister of Defence Chief of Defence Force moves to GCSB Defence Minister Wayne Mapp has extended warm congratulations to Chief of Defence Force Lieutenant General Jerry Mateparae...
Councillors have backed controversial plans to re-instate a flood barrier to protect a 16th Century Grade II-listed farm on the River Severn. The earth embankment is...
The home secretary Theresa May has stepped in to ban a march in Bradford next weekend by the right-wing EnglishDefenceLeague (EDL) following complaints from local councillors and police....
