FIA threatens Spanish sanctions after Hamilton racially abused

Motor racing’s governing body, the FIA, have threatened sanctions on Spanish tracks following racial abuse targetted at Formula One’s first-ever black driver, Lewis Hamilton, over the weekend during testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.
There are four Spanish tracks on the yearly Formula One calendar – two (Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona and Valencia streets) for [...]

Tadić wins in Serbia, EU happy

The incumbent pro-Western President of Serbia, Boris Tadić, won re-election yesterday in an election where the main campaigning subject was the future of Kosovo. Mr Tadić won with a reported 50.5% of the vote, according to CNN International television, beating pro-Russia nationalist candidate Tomislav Nikolić.
This has of course pleased the European Union, which wants Mr [...]

France evacuates further 363 to Paris as fighting intensifies

The French government has taken further steps to evacuate foreign civilians from N’Djamena, Chad, as fighting there between government forces and Khartoum-backed rebels intensifies. According to the BBC, thousands of people have fled N’Djamena.
The government claims to have defeated the rebels, who say they have withdrawn only to give civilians an opportunity to leave. Reuters [...]

First suicide bombing in 13 months kills three Israelis

This is still very much a developing story from about 90 to 120 minutes ago.
Reports are coming in from Dimona, Israel, of a suicide bombing at a shopping centre in the town, killing at least three Israeli civilians. This is the first suicide bombing in Israel since January 2007. Police are saying two bombers were [...]

Pentagon says US killed Iraqi civilians

The United States has admitted that its troops killed nine civilians in Iskandariya, Iraq, in an air strike on Saturday. Among the dead, it admitted, was one child, with two other children and an adult injured. The statement did not give specific details, except to say “the incident is under investigation”.
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Google cries foul over MS/Yahoo! deal

Google is crying foul over the proposed Microsoft buyout of Yahoo!. According to the BBC, Google feel that “the tie-up could unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors’ email and instant messaging services.”
Google’s top legal exec, David Drummond, has been quoted as saying Microsoft is looking to exert “inappropriate and illegal influence” [...]

Superbowl Sunday campaigning

It’s Superbowl Sunday campaigning ahead of Super Tuesday at the start of this super week. On a day when the previously-unbeaten New England Patriots were upset by the New York Giants with a last-minute touchdown, the presidential candidates were all out in full force around the United States campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s key vote in [...]