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Video News: Canada
Tensions grow in Bangkok
By itnnews
Security forces and agitated protesters faced off at a major intersection on Friday after bloody grenade attacks rattled Bangkok playing out a scene of tense, weeks-long confrontations between die-hard demonstrators and a wavering government. The late-night attacks on Thursday killed at least one person and wounded 86, according to the government's Erawan Emergency Centre, which handles victim counts… (Full Story)
MPs clear climate scientist of dishonesty
By itnnews
Climate scientists must publish all their raw data and methods to ensure their research is "irreproachable", MPs have said. Phil Willis, chairman of the Commons Science and Technology Committee, said a "culture of non-disclosure" at the University of East Anglia in response to Freedom of Information requests for climate data was "reprehensible". The university's… (Full Story)
Hadron Collider sets new record
By itnnews
Scientists in Switzerland say they are "going where nobody has been before" after setting a high-power collision record with the Large Hadron Collider. The experiment at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), will allow researchers to examine the nature of matter and the origin of stars and planets by creating a mini-version of the Big Bang. "This is a major breakthrough.… (Full Story)
Video News: United Kingdom
Church determined to burn the Koran
By itnnews
A Florida church is determined to go through with a plan to burn copies of the Koran on September 11. Pastor Terry Jones said he has received a lot of encouragement for his protest, with supporters mailing copies of the Islamic holy text to his Gainesville church of about 50 followers. The plan is to incinerate the Korans in a bonfire on Saturday to mark the ninth anniversary of the September… (Full Story)
Chilean miners sit back and watch the footy
By itnnews
The 33 trapped Chilean miners have been given a bundle of fibre-optic joy that allowed them to watch a live broadcast of the Chilean national football team playing a friendly match against Ukraine. A miniature projector snaked down a bore hole displayed the game on an underground wall, creating an image 50-inches wide. Engineers working at the site liaised with a local mobile company in order… (Full Story)
Basque separatist group Eta announces ceasefire
By itnnews
Basque rebels Eta have decided to no longer carry out armed attacks, Basque-language newspaper Gara has claimed on its website. Gara did not make clear whether the ceasefire was permanent or temporary. No one at the Spanish Interior Ministry could be reached for comment. (Full Story)
Video News: United States
Obama says planned Koran burning boosting al-Qaeda
By itnnews
President Barack Obama has warned that a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran is being used as an al-Qaeda recruitment tool. Terry Jones, the leader of a tiny Protestant church in Gainesville, Florida, is planning to burn copies of the Islamic holy book on Saturday on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Mr Obama said: "This is a recruitment… (Full Story)
Clinton criticises Koran burning plans
By itnnews
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has strongly condemned threats by a Flordia church to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. During a State Department dinner to celebrate Ramadan, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined top officials and religious leaders in denouncing a church in Florida that plans to burn the holy Koran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks… (Full Story)
Pakistan suffers another deadly suicide blast
By itnnews
A suicide bomber has rammed a car into a police station in northwest Pakistan killing at least 19 people. The blast is the latest in a series of Taliban linked attacks to strike the flood-hit state. Nearly 100 people were killed last week in suicide bombings on processions of minority Shi'ite Muslims in the eastern city of Lahore and southwestern city of Quetta. "It goes to show that the terrorists… (Full Story)


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Three bombs and more deaths in Pakistan
Basque separatist group Eta announces ceasefire
Police sergeant faces sack over brutality
Clinton criticises Koran burning plans
Pakistan suffers another deadly suicide blast
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