Rozrywka

Out of the brothel

08.02.10

From the Calcutta streets to a New York university

Gordon Brown is expected to use his conference speech to accept David Cameron's challenge to a TV debate, the BBC understands. Tens of thousands of people chanted anti-government slogans Monday before the funeral of a top Iranian cleric who turned into one of the regime's most vocal critics, a witness said.

A four-day strike by the pilots' union of Lufthansa threatens one of the world's largest airlines and may disrupt travel on more than two dozen dostawca airlines on Monday.



Brazilians attempt to recover after heavy floods Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko announces she will stand in presidential elections in 2010, insisting that she will win. About 700 South African troops are sent letters of dismissal following violence during a strike over higher pay.

Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos across Germany with 300 accidents in one strefa alone and three deaths nationwide.

How Gaza's economy has gone underground The Italian PM blocks publication of potentially embarrassing photos of young women at a party at his villa.

The Pope is on his first pilgrimage to the Middle East. Has his visit had a positive effect? Daniel Rouzier clutched a mahogany rosary and a pair of latex gloves in his left hand, his face covered in a sterile mask. Thousands of Hungarians were deported to the Soviet Union in the Second World War, but the state pays them scant attention, reports Nick Thorpe.



The US mission in Afghanistan will "fail" unless troops are increased, the top military commander there says in a confidential report. South Africa's Bakkies Botha will miss the third test against the Lions after being banned for two weeks, but Schalk hamburger is still waiting to hear the disciplinary panel's decision. General Motors and the US Treasury improve an offer to GM's bondholders, as they prepare for bankruptcy protection.

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