The BBC visits the headquarters of Orbital, one of the two private space companies tasked by Nasa to deliver cargo to the International Space Station.
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VIDEO: Orbital readies cargo to the ISS
BAGHDAD — Asserting control over his embattled country, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Saturday that he would reject efforts by individual provinces to break away as independent states. If the provinces tried to set up their own security policies or establish relations with other countries, Maliki said in a nationally televised speech from his headquarters, “What’s the reason for a having a ruler in Baghdad?” Read full article > >
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Iraq premier Nouri al-Maliki chides restive provinces
Police in India charge Tibetan Buddhism’s third most important leader with conspiracy after seizing $1.4m in cash from his headquarters in Dharamsala.
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Indian police charge Karmapa Lama
PARIS — A fire early Wednesday caused serious damages at the headquarters of a satiric French newspaper that “invited” the Prophet Muhammad as a guest editor this week. A police official said the fire broke out overnight at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, and the cause remains unclear. No injuries were reported. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because an investigation into the fire is under way. Read full article > >
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Fire at office of satirical French newspaper after it ‘invites’ Muhammad as guest editor
Demonstrators tore down a protective wall around the Israeli Embassy, while others defaced the headquarters of the Egyptian Interior Ministry.
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Protest of Thousands in Cairo Turns Violent
A crane toppled over at the National Cathedral this morning, sending one person to the hospital and damaging two out-buildings and crushing several vehicles. DC Fire/EMS Battalion Chief John Donnelly said one person was taken to the hospital but he did not have not have more information on the extent of the victim’s injuries. No one was trapped or injured, said Oscar Mendez, a D.C. Fire/EMS spokesman. But when the crane came down, it damaged both the Herb Cottage and the Church House, the headquarters of the diocese. Three to five parked cars were also crushed, Mendez said. Read full article > >
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Crane topples at National Cathedral, damages buildings
A group of vandals who smashed 17 windows at the headquarters of the Bristol Evening Post claim responsibility for the attack.
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Group claims newspaper HQ attack
Nigerian police say they shot dead a man who tried to drive an explosives-laden car into their headquarters in the restive north-east city of Maiduguri.
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Nigeria police kill ‘car bomber’
U.S. soldiers marked Memorial Day in Iraq and Afghanistan with solemn flag-raising ceremonies, candlelight vigils, and prayer. In Iraq, where about 46,000 soldiers still remain, 100 people gathered at the headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of…
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U.S. Soldiers Mark Memorial Day
JERUSALEM–Fatah and Hamas formalized their agreement to halt a four-year rift at a ceremony in Cairo on Wednesday, raising hopes of an end to a split that left Palestinians under rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “We announce to our Palestinian people that we turn forever the black page of division,” said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who leads Fatah and said he soon will visit Hamas-ruled Gaza. The start of the ceremony at the headquarters of Egypt’s intelligence agency, which followed a signing of the accord by delegation leaders from both sides, was held up for hours in a protocol dispute. Read full article > >
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Palestinian factions, in Cairo, sign unity accord
The radical art group Voina has been awarded a prestigious state-sponsored prize for drawing a 210-foot penis on a St. Petersburg drawbridge just before it was raised. The bridge is opposite the headquarters for the state security service. Most of the…
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Radical Art Group Wins Russian Gov’t Prize
Libyan rebels deny claims that pro-Gaddafi forces have taken Ajdabiya – the last town before their headquarters in Benghazi.
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Ground assault on Libyan rebels
As satisfying as it might be for Egyptians to see their once feared interior minister, Habib el-Adly, standing trial for corruption, protesters stormed the headquarters of the state police, the organization el-Adly used to run. Protesters also took…
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Egypt’s Ex-Security Chief Stands Trial
Protesters march on the headquarters of the country’s secret police in Cairo demanding the organisation be dismantled.
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Egyptians raid secret police HQ
Doctors at the BMA struggled to treat victims of the 7/7 bus bombing because there was no medical equipment at their headquarters, the inquests hear.
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Doctors struggled after 7/7 bomb
Fire at office of satirical French newspaper after it ‘invites’ Muhammad as guest editor
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
