Sudan 'kicking out' refugees
Friday November 02 2007
Sudan's government is increasing the pressure on Darfur civilians to leave many refugee camps, where they had fled to avoid violence, in a worrying sign of further turmoil.
The United Nations says the government has even loaded some refugees by force on to trucks in recent days to drag them out.
Nasa to reveal secret air mishaps
Nasa is abandoning its secrecy claims and promising to reveal results of an unprecedented US government aviation survey that found aircraft near-collisions, runway interference and other safety problems occurred far more often than previously recognised.
However, Nasa will scrub the data to ensure that none of the 24,000 pilots interviewed anonymously could be identified.
Spain to confront Franco's legacy
Spanish MPs passed a Bill to make symbolic amends to victims of the country's civil war and the ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, in an unprecedented bid to address a dark chapter of its history that has been largely taboo.
ISS spacewalk focus shifts
Nasa cancelled a spacewalk at the international space station to inspect a snarled joint for a set of solar panels and instead instructed its orbiting astronauts to go out a day later to try to fix a torn solar wing.
The newly-ripped wing is now the more pressing of the two problems at the space station.
Gay star admits Vegas wedding
Gay former 'N Sync singer Lance Bass says he once married a girl in Las Vegas.
"People do stupid things in the heat of the moment,'' the 28-year-old told the E! News website.
Scouts' dishonour in fraud probe
A former US Girl Scout leader admitted stealing her troop members' identities in order to obtain €62,687 in illegal tax refunds.
Holly Barnes (33), entered pleas to 15 counts of identity theft before US District Judge Casey Rodgers in Florida.
Coach cited for pheasant cruelty
An assistant high school football coach has been cited for animal cruelty in Utah after stepping on a pheasant that two boys released on the field as a prank during a game.
