33 killed in bombings across Iraq |
- 33 killed in bombings across Iraq
- New Zealand's lost penguin heads home
- Hurricane Irene: New York airports closed, thousands of flights cancelled
- Hurricane Irene takes to Twitter
- Tripoli faces severe shortages of food, fuel
- Toll from Hurricane Irene rises to 7: Officials
- Hugo Chavez to receive third round of chemotherapy at home
- Tony Tan elected Singapore President
- Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader killed in Pakistan: US officials
- 400,000 homes without power as Irene hits US East Coast
- As search intensifies, will Gaddafi pull a Saddam?
- US surveillance drone crashes in Pakistan
- Hurricane Irene: New York airports close today for incoming flights
- Man accused of stalking on Twitter claims free speech
- Obama declares emergency in four states as Hurricane Irene approaches
| 33 killed in bombings across Iraq Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:54 AM PDT Bombs in Baghdad killed six people on Saturday night, capping a deadly day in which at least 33 people died across Iraq, officials said. 
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| New Zealand's lost penguin heads home Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:49 AM PDT Fattened up on a diet of "fish milkshakes" and escorted by his own personal veterinary team, the world's most famous penguin, Happy Feet, sets sail on Monday for the icy waters he calls home. 
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| Hurricane Irene: New York airports closed, thousands of flights cancelled Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:36 AM PDT Travelers across New York are facing days of grief as thousands of flights get canceled because of Hurricane Irene. Airlines are scrapping more than 9,000 flights this weekend from North Carolina to Boston, grounding would-be travelers as Irene travels up the East Coast. There were more than 3,800 cancellations on Saturday alone. 
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| Hurricane Irene takes to Twitter Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:17 AM PDT Hurricane Irene is not only huffing and puffing. She's also tweeting. A Twitter account with the handle @irene is pouring out a stream of tips on how to stay safe in the storm along with occasional quips. 
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| Tripoli faces severe shortages of food, fuel Posted: 28 Aug 2011 04:09 AM PDT Rebel fighters pushed increasingly leaderless regime gunmen to the outskirts of Tripoli on Saturday, as severe shortages of fuel, water and electricity paralyzed the battle-scarred capital and the stench of growing piles garbage filled the air. 
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| Toll from Hurricane Irene rises to 7: Officials Posted: 28 Aug 2011 03:46 AM PDT The toll from Hurricane Irene has risen to at least seven, including an 11-year-old boy in Virginia and a 55-year-old surfer in Florida, emergency officials said on Saturday. 
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| Hugo Chavez to receive third round of chemotherapy at home Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:46 AM PDT Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he would soon undergo a third round of chemotherapy in his battle against cancer - but at home, not in Cuba, where he had previously received treatment. 
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| Tony Tan elected Singapore President Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:25 AM PDT Former Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan has been elected Singapore's seventh president, who won the four-cornered elections by a thin margin of 7,269 votes against his nearest rival. 
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| Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader killed in Pakistan: US officials Posted: 28 Aug 2011 02:22 AM PDT Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has been killed in Pakistan, delivering another big blow to a terrorist group that the U.S. believes to be on the verge of defeat, a senior Obama administration official said Saturday. 
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| 400,000 homes without power as Irene hits US East Coast Posted: 27 Aug 2011 03:47 PM PDT Forecasters say Irene's sustained hurricane-force winds have slammed into the North Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Centre in Miami said sustained winds of 80 mph were recorded near Jacksonville at 6:15 a.m. on Saturday. 
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| As search intensifies, will Gaddafi pull a Saddam? Posted: 27 Aug 2011 02:12 PM PDT It took a U.S.-led invasion force of 200,000-plus troops nine months to scour Iraq's nearly 170,000 square miles before capturing Saddam Hussein after one of the largest manhunts ever. 
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| US surveillance drone crashes in Pakistan Posted: 27 Aug 2011 12:01 PM PDT An American surveillance drone equipped with a camera crashed in southwestern Pakistan today close to the Afghan border, local officials said, adding the wreckage had been recovered. 
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| Hurricane Irene: New York airports close today for incoming flights Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:14 AM PDT Hundreds of thousands of travellers will have vacation plans changed by Hurricane Irene. Airlines will cancel at least 6,100 flights over the next three days, grounding passengers as Irene sweeps up the East Coast. 
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| Man accused of stalking on Twitter claims free speech Posted: 27 Aug 2011 10:00 AM PDT Even the Buddha of compassion might have been distressed to be on the receiving end of the diatribes that William Lawrence Cassidy is accused of posting on Twitter. 
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| Obama declares emergency in four states as Hurricane Irene approaches Posted: 27 Aug 2011 04:46 AM PDT President Barack Obama today declared emergency in the three states of New York, Virginia and Massachusetts, empowering federal agencies to take the steps required to protect people and property as hurricane Irene approached. The cyclone gushed toward the eastern shores of the United States with a sustained wind speed of 100 miles per hour . 
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