world news

The term "world news" refers to any news story that has a global relevance or interest. This information is usually presented by large media corporations such as BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), CNN, ITN, SBS and SKY NEWS.

Traditionally, world news has been broadcast via television. More recently, it has found a home on the internet on a 24 hour basis. The topics can range from the latest breaking global economic breakdown, to solar energy and related energy topics, to the latest toy to make a global impact on people's lives. Additionally most major broadcasting centers host a piece on sports, vacations and trip planning, especially during popular holidays and summer.


World news is very popular with bloggers, because by nature, it affects all of us. The MSNBC blog, hosted by the team at MSNBC news, is a typical example of the sites available under this topic search. The presentation is of the highest quality with links to other countries and illustrations of the most colorful items of recent news headlines.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “world news”

• Global Rich Embrace Environmentalism

  
  Gulag Blog — Authority: 167
  Philip Beresford Times Online November 11, 2009 A d v e r t i s e m e n t The global rich are going green as never before. This first Sunday Times Green Rich List shows that the enthusiasm among the world’s wealthiest for investments in areas as diverse as electric cars, solar power and geothermal ...
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• Abbas again demands settlement halt before talks

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas again called for a halt to Israeli settlement building before he would resume peace talks with Israel, accusing it of trying to scupper Palestinian statehood.
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• Vatican’s Beliefs on Aliens

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 517
  Four hundred years after it locked up Galileo for challenging the view that the Earth was the center of the universe, the Vatican has called in experts to study the possibility of extraterrestrial alien life and its implication for the Catholic Church.“As an astronomer I continue to believe that God is the creator ...
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• Somali pirates hijack two more ships

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat and a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying chemicals in the latest attacks of a growing maritime crime wave, the gunmen and officials said on Wednesday.
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• Somali pirates seize Greek cargo ship

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 715
  Nairobi, Nov 11 (IANS) A Greek cargo ship with at least 20 crew members on board was seized by Somali pirates Wednesday in the Indian Ocean, news agencies reported citing the European Union Naval Force.The Greek-owned Filitsa was captured hundreds of miles off the Seychelles with three Greeks and 19 Filipinos on ...
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• Mumbai bracing for Cyclone ‘Phyan’.

  
  Newspost Online — Authority: 601
  The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an ‘Orange Alert’, which is just below the ‘Red Alert’ in the scale or level of severity of a cyclone in meteorological parlance, for Cyclone ‘Phyan’, which is slated to hit the coast of Mumbai and Gujarat shortly.According to details coming out of the ...
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• Remembrance Day or Veterans Day?

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 517
  Also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day (the event it commemorates) or Veterans Day – is a day to commemorate the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I [...]
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• Expulsions seen hitting Darfur rape victims

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Rape victims in Sudans Darfur region have lost vital medical and psychological support since Khartoum expelled aid agencies working against sexual violence this year, the United Nations and aid workers said.
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• Washington sniper executed by lethal injection

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  JARRATT, Virginia (Reuters) - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding, and carrying out with his teenage accomplice, the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C. region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.
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• Iran sentences vote detainee to jail and lashes

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  TEHRAN (Reuters) - A court has sentenced a man detained after Irans disputed election in June to seven years in jail and 74 lashes, the reformist Mowjcamp website said on Wednesday.
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• Karzai to be sworn in on Nov 19

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  KABUL (Reuters) -Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be sworn in for a second term on November 19, an official said on Wednesday, after being returned to power despite a fraud-tainted poll in which more than a quarter of his votes were invalidated.
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• The second world war: a timeline of significant events

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  View our timeline marking significant events before, during and resulting from the second world war Lisa Villani
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• Vatican ponders extra-terrestrials | Riazat Butt

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Rome asks whether aliens would present a challenge to church teaching Questions about extra-terrestrial life are "very interesting and deserve serious consideration" the Vatican said yesterday, as one of its officials presented a summary of its first conference on astrobiology . ...
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• Georgia accuses Russia of Black Sea detentions

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said Wednesday Russian forces had detained five Georgian citizens off the Black Sea coast near the breakaway Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, and accused Moscow of trying to escalate tensions.
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• Somali pirates hijack two more ships

  
  Reuters: Funds News — Authority: 825
  MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates hijacked a Yemeni fishing boat and a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship carrying chemicals in the latest attacks of a growing maritime crime wave, the gunmen and officials said on Wednesday.
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• Quebec nationalists interrupt Prince Charles tour

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  Canadian riot police called in as army hall in Montreal is besieged by protesters chanting anti-monarchy slogans Prince Charless official visit to Canada has been marred by anti-monarchy protests as a group of Quebec nationalists clashed with riot police during a demonstration in Montreal. The group staged a sit-in ...
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• Brazil’s main cities suffer 4 hour blackout

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 150
  Power has been restored to much of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil after the two cities experienced four hours of electrical blackout. The power outage, apparently caused by transmission problems at a hydroelectrical station at the Itaipu dam, also briefly affected neighbouring Paraguay and, for longer, nine of ...
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• US Senate banking committee makes forceful proposal to regulate banks

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 150
  The US Senate banking committee has proposed a significant change to the US bank regulatory system, calling for a single body to regulate banks. The move would diminish the powerful role of the Federal Reserve in this area and would replace overlapping regulation by several groups, including the Federal Deposit ...
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• $400 per gallon gas

  
  TeakDoor.com - The Thailand Forum — Authority: 164
  $400 per gallon gas to drive debate over cost of war in Afghanistan Roxana Tiron 10/15/09 The Pentagon pays an average of $400 to put a gallon of fuel into a combat vehicle or aircraft in Afghanistan. The statistic ...
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• Cambodia refuses to extradite Thaksin

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 150
  Tensions are rising sharply between Cambodia and Thailand, with Cambodia refusing Wednesday 11 Novmber a demand for extradition from Thailand for Thai former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thailand is now reviewing its cooperation agreements with Cambodia. Thaksin was to stand trial on corruption charges in ...
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