India has urged the West to give up eating beef to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for “global warming”, the Daily Telegraph reports.
India’s Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh that said if the world abandoned beef consumption, emissions would be dramatically reduced and “global warming” would slow down.
His comments follow a call last month by Lord Stern, the author of a British Government study on climate change, for people to give up eating meat to reduce …

The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, United States say they are obligated to keep paying retirement benefits to six priests who church officials have confirmed are paedophiles, the AP reports.
The diocese filed for bankruptcy protection last month. Officials had told the judge the church would not make any payments to priests accused of sexual abuse without a court order, even if the abuse had not been substantiated.
But in a filing yesterday, the diocese said they have …

Climatologists are puzzled as to why average global temperatures have stopped rising over the last 10 years – some attribute the trend to a lack of sunspots, others explain it through ocean currents. But one thing is certain – “global warming” appears to have stopped, German magazine Der Spiegel writes.
People have been told for last decade or two that it’s the fault of the humans – supposedly it’s something we do that has developed this …

Illegal filesharers will face having their internet connections turned off under proposed legislation in the finalised Digital Economy Bill published today, however the Government stopped short of making it a criminal offence, the Daily Telegraph reports.
The bill, which aims to realise most of the commitments set out in the Digital Britain White Paper published in June…

A team at Jerusalem’s Hadassah University Medical Center have managed for the first time in the world to separate platelets and adult stem cells from the blood and bone marrow of patients with fractures and inject them – causing the bones to meld in a quarter to third of the time it usually takes to repair bones, and repairing some breaks that without the therapy would fail to heal at all, Jerusalem Post reports.
Professor Meir …

Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, will end her popular daytime talk show in 2011, Reuters reports.
She is expected to move to cable network OWN, or Oprah Winfrey Network, a Los Angeles-based joint venture she formed with Discovery Communications, when her current syndication deal for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” runs out in 2011. OWN will be available in more than 70 million homes.
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” broadcast from …

Lotus F1 chief technical officer Mike Gascoyne and acting team principal Tony Fernandes acknowledge the weight of expectation upon their shoulders from carrying such an iconic name in 2010 – but give the team time, they insist, and they will surprise, crash.net reports.
The return of one of the iconic names in the sport’s history, albeit now under Far Eastern rather than British ownership, carries with it a weight of expectation and responsibility. That is a …

US Senator John Kerry’s daughter was arrested for suspicion of drink-driving yesterday in Holliwood, the New York Daily News reports.
Alexandra Forbes Kerry, the older of the senator’s two daughters, was pulled over for a traffic violation about 12:40 am. She was arrested for driving under the influence, and later released on $5,000 (£3,000) bail.
Kerry refused to take Breathalyzer test at the scene, a later test showed a level of 0.06, under the legal limit of …

An elderly Sikh who blames Muslims for the death of his father is set to become the British National Party’s first non-white member, the Daily Mail reports.
Rajinder Singh, an anti-Islamic activist who describes the religion as a “beast”, has lent his support to the BNP for the last decade even though he currently remains barred from joining because of the colour of his skin. But he will soon be able to sign up as a …

The little-known Labour peer, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, who emerged as the surprise choice to be Europe’s first foreign minister, declared today that she was determined to prove she was the best person for the job, the Daily Mail reports.
Cathrine Ashton, the EU trade commissioner who has never held elected office, said she was “humbled” to have been picked by EU leaders for the new post of High Representative.
Lady Ashton acknowledged that there had been …

Sixteen senior Israeli policemen are being brought to the UK to take part in a special training programme to improve their relations with the country’s Arab citizens, the Jewish Chronicle reports.
The brigadier-generals, one of whom may become the head of the Israeli police force, will spend five days at the end of November with the Police Service of Northern Ireland and four days with the Metropolitan Police in London.

US President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit a new low of 46 per cent, and an equal number disapprove of the job he’s doing, Fox News reports.
Breaking down the numbers by political party shows how sharply split American voters are over the President’s job performance. While 85 per cent of Democrats approve of their party leader, 80 per cent of Republicans and 51 per cent of independents disapprove.
The President’s average approval rating for his …

Procter & Gamble are recalling Vicks Sinex nasal spray in the United Kingdom, US and Germany after finding it contained bacteria, CNN reports.
Procter & Gamble said that they announced the voluntary recall after finding the bacteria in a small amount of product made at a plant in Germany.
There have been no reports of illness from the bacteria, but it could cause serious infections for people with weakened immune systems or those with chronic lung conditions …

Venezuelan troops blew up two foot bridges that connect the country with Colombia, aggravating tensions along the border that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said could lead to war, Bloomberg reports.
Venezuelan soldiers dynamited rope suspension bridges crossing the Tachira River near the Colombian hamlet of Ragonvalia, in the northeastern province of Norte de Santander. Venezuelan Vice President Ramon Carrizalez said the bridges were used to move contraband.
Chavez told his military last week to prepare to …

Healthy children between six months and five years old will be vaccinated against swine flu, as the latest weekly bulletin showed a sharp rise in patient deaths and the number of children being admitted to hospital, the Guardian reports.
The overall number of new cases showed a second successive weekly fall. Health officials estimate there were 55,000 new cases this week in England compared with 64,000 last week, there was a slight drop in Scotland.
The number …

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is considering a run for the US Senate seat held by freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, Bloomberg reports.
Giuliani, 63, doesn’t intend to run for Governor of New York in the 2010 campaign, two sources said. Instead, Giuliani would seek the Senate seat in next year’s election.
A spokeswoman for Giuliani, Maria Comella, said he hasn’t decided on his political future.
Lee Miringoff, poll director at Poughkeepsie, New York- based Marist College, …