Topic: United Kingdom

Satellite navigation systems send trucks down the wrong routes in Britain

Drivers end up rolling through towns on roads meant for a horse and cart. Can people please stop running into Ena Wickens's roof?

New survey of Iraqi death toll: 151,000

Conducted jointly by the Iraqi government and the World Health Organization, its finding is lower than the 600,000 arrived at by John Hopkins University.

How a credit crunch may hurt the world economy

As troubles in the US housing market ripple across the global economy, the health of banks has become one of the biggest financial uncertainties for 2008.

Maine program brightens college prospects – at birth

Foundation offers $500 grants to all newborns – provided their parents open a college-savings account.

An icy plunge to save the melting Arctic

An endurance swimmer uses momentum from a world record to draw attention to disappearing polar caps.

A mother's love tangled by war

A Bangladeshi widow will do anything for her rebel children.

Anything for root beer

Root beer is hard to come by in France. When a case of it arrived at a nearby shop, it was a must-have.

Terrorism & Security
Britain convicts Pakistani man for plotting attacks

Sohail Qureshi was sentenced to 4-1/2 years in jail Tuesday, in the first conviction under a 2006 law that makes it an offense to prepare for a terrorist act.

'A Golden Age' tells of a mother's love tangled by war

A Bangladeshi widow will do anything for her rebel children.

Opinion: Actually, happiness isn't within

Some cultures are simply better at producing happy citizens than others.

Terrorism & Security
Powerful car bomb in Turkey kills five and injures dozens with outlawed Kurdish Workers Party or PKK suspected

The attack Thursday in Diyarbakir reinforces pressure on Turkish authorities to continue aerial bombing of PKK positions in northern Iraq. Fighting between the PKK and Turkish security forces threatens to destabilize Kurdish northern Iraq and make Iraqi political reconciliation more difficult.

In U.S., Al Gore has more company on climate change now

As the climate debate shifts away from the blame game, there's a growing interest in climate-action strategy.

Terrorism & Security
Sri Lanka says cease-fire with Tamil Tigers now over

The 2002 cease-fire was ignored in recent months, but Colombo's decision formally ends the Norwegian monitoring mission and means more attacks, say experts.

World

Gingerly, U.S. reaches out to Sharif in Pakistan

With elections there postponed until Feb. 18, and turmoil unabated, the Bush administration evaluates its options for spurring its war-on-terror ally toward greater democracy.

Global elections watch: All eyes on U.S. race

Who would foreigners like to see at the helm of the world's superpower – a Republican or Democrat?

This electric bike has zip to spare

The Vectrix, available at a handful of dealers across the country, is the latest entry into the American scooter market. Trust us: you'll be wearing a torque-happy grin.

For Malawi girls, high school is only the first hurdle

A small group of girls funded largely by Monitor readers aims to make the most of their opportunity.

New push to curb 'cyberwarming' from computers

Google, Intel, Microsoft, Dell, and Hewlett-Packard pledged this week to develop and use more energy-efficient computers and computer components.

Stashing seeds in 'Noah's fridge'

Researchers worldwide are collecting seeds from wild plants to guard against the ravages of climate change.

Stashing seeds in 'Noah's fridge'

Researchers worldwide are collecting seeds from wild plants to guard against the ravages of climate change.

A 'lost' garden rediscovered