http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/way90fds/ en-GB © 2010 GMG Radio All the latest news stories from around the World Thu, 21 May 2009 18:24:39 +0100 http://assets.gmgradio.com/photo/page/2008/06/bb4k87q9x2.jpg http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/way90fds/ A British holidaymaker has drowned in a doomed attempt to save his elderly father when he got into difficulties in rough seas off the coast of southern Spain. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/brit-father-and-son-drown-off-costa-del-sol/w2rmnwz8/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:02:58 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/brit-father-and-son-drown-off-costa-del-sol/w2rmnwz8/ Eighteen people have been killed and eight injured when gunmen opened fire on a small shoe factory in Honduras. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/eighteen-die-in-honduras-factory-gun-attack/dun7yg63/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:56:29 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/eighteen-die-in-honduras-factory-gun-attack/dun7yg63/ Two legs, two arms and a severed torso have been found inside a 12ft tiger shark in the Bahamas. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/human-body-parts-found-inside-tiger-shark/crpwd3pz/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:12:36 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/human-body-parts-found-inside-tiger-shark/crpwd3pz/ A mind-reading machine may no longer be the stuff of science-fiction after researchers discovered a way to translate people's thoughts into words. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/mindreading-machine-turns-thought-to-words/w3h347su/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:46:44 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/mindreading-machine-turns-thought-to-words/w3h347su/ The Chilean miners trapped underground for a month have been treated to live TV pictures of the country's football team playing Ukraine. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/trapped-chile-miners-get-football-treat/hhwcwyae/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:29:45 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/trapped-chile-miners-get-football-treat/hhwcwyae/ BP is set to release a report on its investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster which led to the huge oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/oil-report-how-much-blame-will-bp-take/hf6ff36n/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:06:15 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/oil-report-how-much-blame-will-bp-take/hf6ff36n/ An evangelical priest's plans to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks will put soldiers' lives at risk, the US has warned. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/burning-koran-will-put-us-troops-at-risk/efurty88/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:14:19 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/burning-koran-will-put-us-troops-at-risk/efurty88/ A father has been accused of repeatedly raping one of his daughters and keeping another locked in a small room for a year. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/is-jeffrey-york-the-american-josef-fritzl/cnm997re/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:09:06 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/is-jeffrey-york-the-american-josef-fritzl/cnm997re/ A man has free-climbed a San Francisco skyscraper using nothing more than suction cups to help him cling to the glass structure. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/us-skyscraper-man-climbs-58storey-tower/f7n34t5k/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:24:40 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/us-skyscraper-man-climbs-58storey-tower/f7n34t5k/ Up to 2.5 million French workers have taken to the streets in protest over proposed new pension reforms. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/protests-in-france-over-pensions-age-change/nrym3n9a/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:49:06 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/protests-in-france-over-pensions-age-change/nrym3n9a/ A British man has plunged to his death from a fifth-floor hotel balcony after apparently taking part in a game. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/brit-killed-in-fifthfloor-balcony-plunge/kc3ksmb6/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:03:28 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/brit-killed-in-fifthfloor-balcony-plunge/kc3ksmb6/ An American teenager has had a lucky escape after being swept away in a river. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/us-teenager-rescued-after-kern-river-drama/cuva8wlq/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:45:26 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/us-teenager-rescued-after-kern-river-drama/cuva8wlq/ Julia Gillard has clung on to power as Australia's Prime Minister, 17 days after her party suffered major losses in the country's general election. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/oz-pm-gillard-holds-on-after-day-of-drama/ysj93xnn/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:18:10 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/oz-pm-gillard-holds-on-after-day-of-drama/ysj93xnn/ Rescuers in Guatemala are taking advantage of a brief let-up in torrential downpours to search for victims and survivors of a series of landslides that have so far claimed 44 lives. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/guatemala-landslides-rescuers-brief-respite/t7uu5heb/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:09:43 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/guatemala-landslides-rescuers-brief-respite/t7uu5heb/ Israel has released spy-in-the-sky footage apparently showing Hizbollah covertly moving weapons from a storage facility after a series of explosions. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/spy-film-exposes-hizbollah-weapons-stash/l8d8x3j7/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:48:28 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/spy-film-exposes-hizbollah-weapons-stash/l8d8x3j7/ A Colombian who is just over 2ft tall has been officially recognised as the world's shortest living man by the Guinness World Records. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/worlds-shortest-man-is-just-70cm-tall/nnsf8x8c/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:52:10 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/worlds-shortest-man-is-just-70cm-tall/nnsf8x8c/ The new Middle East peace process is under renewed threat just days after being launched. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/middle-east-peace-talks-already-under-threat/rlngsv6c/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:20:49 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/middle-east-peace-talks-already-under-threat/rlngsv6c/ Dozens of miners trapped underground in Chile could be rescued by November, according to a document shown to rescue workers. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/chile-miners-may-be-free-by-november/klstnwt4/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:27:54 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/chile-miners-may-be-free-by-november/klstnwt4/ Pakistanis are still fleeing towns and villages due to rising flood waters - five weeks after heavy rains swamped large parts of the country. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/pakistanis-flee-as-floods-swamp-more-towns/t4uy69d8/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:50:33 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/pakistanis-flee-as-floods-swamp-more-towns/t4uy69d8/ A suicide car bomb attack at a police station in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 17 people and wounded some 40 others. http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/police-and-children-die-in-suicide-attack/f3r2npzx/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:56:51 +0100 http://www.smoothradioglasgow.co.uk/news-sport/world-news/police-and-children-die-in-suicide-attack/f3r2npzx/