Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray ‘to be charged with involuntary manslaughter’
Michael Jackson s doctor is expected to be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the coming days as prosecutors investigating the star s death plan to file a criminal complaint against him.
Did the Academy get it right?
Avatar, Precious, An Education and The Hurt Locker are among this year’s Oscar nominees. Which films should win?
Haiti to Canada
Longed-for adoption happens despite quake
Fury as giant Belo Monte Amazon rainforest dam is approved by Brazil
Brazil has approved the controversial construction of a giant hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon, defying a 20-year protest by indigenous and environmental campaigners who say that the project will devastate the surrounding rainforest and threaten the survival of local tribes.
Herman Van Rompuy accused of acting like a ‘king’
The new president of the EU has been accused of having ‘delusions of grandeur’ over his choice of a summit venue.
‘I will die Russian’
How Ukraine’s election is playing out in Crimea
New Orleans judge puts trial on hold because jurors distracted by Super Bowl
A judge in New Orleans has shelved a trial after ruling that jurors would be too distracted by football fever to pay attention and that lawyers and court staff should be allowed to make a pilgrimage to the Super Bowl celebrations in Florida instead.
Croatia media murder trial opens
The trial of four men opens in Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, over the murder of a top journalist, Ivo Pukanic, in 2008.
Terry will not resign as England captain
John Terry will not resign as England captain following allegations of an affair with a team-mate’s former girlfriend, BBC Sport understands.
N Korean ‘sacked’ over currency
A North Korean finance official is reportedly sacked over the country’s disastrous currency revaluation.
Scientologists promise to stay after Port-au-Prince aid operation
It has Roman Catholics and voodoo spiritualists, Protestants, Rastafarians, Jews and Baha is. Now Haiti, a nation brimming with piety, looks set to be endowed with another belief system: the Scientologists say that they are here to stay.
More than 65,000 US flights should have been grounded, newspaper study finds
More than 65,000 flights have taken off from US airports in the past six years when they should have been grounded because of incomplete or improper maintenance, according to an investigation that sheds new light on hundreds of deaths including that of a mechanic ingested by a jet engine.
Toyota ordered to investigate Prius ‘brake fault’
Toyota today suffered a fresh blow to its reputation as it emerged that the carmaker has been ordered by the Japanese government to investigate claims of brake system failures on its newest model of Prius hybrid.
Haiti judge quizzes missionaries
A group of US missionaries arrested as they tried to take 33 children out of quake-hit Haiti are questioned by a judge.
Dozens held over Sri Lanka ‘plot’
Sri Lanka is holding 37 people in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the president, state-owned media say.
US jet bomb suspect ‘co-operates’
The Nigerian suspected of trying to blow up a plane on Christmas Day is providing “useful” information, US officials say.
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site dropped despite plans for new plants
One of the most extraordinary engineering feats undertaken in postwar America is to lie unused inside a mountain unless someone thinks of a new purpose for it.
AC/DC singer attacks Bono and Bob Geldof over charity lectures
The singers Bono and Bob Geldof have incurred the wrath of Brian Johnson, a fellow rock star and frontman of AC/DC, over their celebrity activism.
Syria considers new US diplomat
Syria considers Robert Ford, nominee to be the first US ambassador in Damascus since the killing of Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
Greece to face economic scrutiny
The European Commission says it supports Greece’s plans to reduce its deficit but will closely monitor its progress.
