Judge dismisses Jackson reunion claim
August 21, 2010
A US judge has dismissed legal action by a promoter who claimed Michael Jackson and his family breached a contract to play a reunion concert.
AllGood Entertainment sued the singer for $40m (£25.8m) two weeks before his death in June 2009.
PlayStation 3 ‘hacked’ by hardware crackers
August 21, 2010
A group of hardware hackers claim they are about to release the first product to allow gamers to play homemade and pirated games on the PlayStation 3.
The PS3 is the only games console that has not been hacked, despite being on the market for more than three years.
Chernobyl species decline linked to DNA
August 21, 2010
Scientists working in Chernobyl have found a way to predict which species there are likely to be most severely damaged by radioactive contamination.
Foot injury rules Serena Williams out of US Open
August 21, 2010
World number one Serena Williams will miss this year’s US Open after failing to recover from a foot injury.
Williams, 28, has already missed three tournaments since cutting her right foot on broken glass in Munich in July.
Pakistan accepts $5m flood aid from India
August 21, 2010
Pakistan has accepted $5m (£3.2m) in aid from its rival and neighbour India, as donors pledged more money for the flood-hit country.
Abdullah Haroon, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador, welcomed the offer saying the disaster transcended any differences the two countries had.
Australia count begins after tight election race
August 21, 2010
Counting is underway in Australia in a general election that looks to be one of the tightest in the country for decades.
Early exit polls put Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister, ahead of her conservative rival Tony Abbott by a slim margin.
Iran begins loading Bushehr nuclear reactor
August 21, 2010
Iran has begun loading fuel up its first nuclear power station in a ceremony attended by Russian officials.
Russia will operate the Bushehr plant in southern Iran, supplying its nuclear fuel and taking away the nuclear waste.
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August 19, 2010
Brett Favre has confirmed he will play in his 20th NFL season after signing up with the Minnesota Vikings once more.
The 40-year-old, who holds the record as the oldest starting quarterback in NFL play-off history, had been expected to retire this summer.
‘Terror bird’ was prize fighter
August 19, 2010
They are popularly called “terror birds”, and with good reason.
The giant, flightless beasts that roamed South America for more than 50 million years following the demise of the dinosaurs were fearsome predators.
New research shows the birds’ huge beaks could deliver swift and powerful pecks, very probably killing their victims in one blow before ripping the flesh from their bodies.
Blast kills seven in China’s Xinjiang
August 19, 2010
Seven people have been killed and 14 injured in a bomb blast in China’s Xinjiang region.
The explosion happened in Aksu city in the west of the remote western region.