http://www.newstin.co.uk/uk/world Global Social News Platform Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. Copyright © 2006 I2S a.s. http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66478363 The rescue operation that freed Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other Farc hostages was months in the planning and hinged on a turncoat high in the rebels' ranks. Gen Freddy Padilla, the army's commander-in-chief, said Colombia had... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:01:47 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66478363 2008-07-04T11:01:47Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66450032 LONDON (Reuters) - Oil was near $145 a barrel on Friday, close to record highs reached in the previous session when traders bought into the market ahead of a holiday weekend in the United States. U.S. crude oil was down 44... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:26:03 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66450032 2008-07-04T09:26:03Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66478480 The first regular direct flights from China to Taiwan for nearly six decades have begun. Five major Chinese cities will have direct air links with Taiwan, as ties between the two improve following the election of the island's... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:56:48 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66478480 2008-07-04T10:56:48Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66500021 HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, defiant despite heavy foreign condemnation of his re-election, said on Friday the opposition must drop its claim to power and accept that he was the rightful head of state. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:59:33 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66500021 2008-07-04T13:59:33Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66394467 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California firefighters made a desperate stand as darkness fell on Thursday to save more than 4,000 homes and other structures from a pair of out-of-control wildfires burning about 170 miles (273 km)... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:10:47 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66394467 2008-07-04T03:10:47Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66461926 MINSK, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - An unexploded bomb has been found near the site of a blast that injured around 50 concert-goers in the Belarusian capital on Thursday evening, the interior minister said on Friday. The explosion,... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:39:02 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66461926 2008-07-04T10:39:02Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66502428 WARSAW, July 4 (RIA Novosti) - The Polish government does not agree with U.S. plans to place a missile defense base in the country, TV channel TVN24 quoted a source close to the Foreign Ministry as saying. Prime Minister Donald... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:22:50 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66502428 2008-07-04T14:22:50Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66493028 The pregnant man who conceived a child after a gender-reassignment operation has apparently given birth to a healthy baby girl. Thomas Beatie, 34, told People magazine that he had given birth at a hospital in Bend, Oregon on... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:37:20 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66493028 2008-07-04T13:37:20Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66476304 The footage comes from a copy made before distributors cut Lost scenes from the classic sci-fi film Metropolis have been shown for the first time in decades. The long-lost original cut of Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film was... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:36:53 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66476304 2008-07-04T09:36:53Z http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66443084 South Africa's president held a minute's silence for Mr Mwanawasa A Zambian minister has accused South African media of "malice" after they issued reports - later retracted - that Zambia's president had died. Information... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:46:50 GMT http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/66443084 2008-07-04T07:46:50Z