Friday, August 26, 2011

Race to choose new Japan PM begins

Race to choose new Japan PM begins

Race to choose new Japan PM begins

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 02:35 AM PDT

Japan's ruling party is to kick off a two-day campaign on Saturday to choose a new leader for the disaster-hit nation, with trade and industry minister Banri Kaieda emerging as a strong contender.

2 million ordered to leave as Hurricane Irene takes aim

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:20 AM PDT

Whipping up trouble before ever reaching land, Hurricane Irene zeroed in on Friday for a catastrophic run up the Eastern Seaboard. More than 2 million people were told to move to safer places, and New York City ordered the nation's biggest subway system shut down for the first time because of a natural disaster.

In empty Tripoli hospital, piles of dead bodies

Posted: 27 Aug 2011 01:17 AM PDT

Dozens of bodies lie in an abandoned Tripoli hospital in a neighbourhood of the Libyan capital that has seen some of the heaviest clashes this week between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.

Hurricane Irene: Evacuations, transit shutdown ordered in New York

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:16 PM PDT

Hurricane Irene: In an unprecedented decision, nearly 300,000 people who live in flood-prone areas of New York City were ordered to evacuate on Friday as Hurricane Irene sets its sights on the nation's largest city. New Yorkers, many of them without cars, don't have much time to get out of the way before the city shutters its subways, buses and trains on Saturday.

16 killed in bombing on UN building in Nigeria

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:35 PM PDT

A car laden with explosives rammed through two gates and blew up at the United Nations' offices in Nigeria's capital on Friday, killing at least 16 people and shattering part of the concrete structure. A radical Muslim sect blamed for a series of assassinations and bombings in the country claimed responsibility for the attack.

All indications suggest Hurricane would be a 'historic' storm: President Obama

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 04:07 PM PDT

Hurricane Irene began lashing the US East Coast with rain on Friday ahead of a weekend of violent weather that was almost certain to heap punishment on a vast stretch of shoreline from the Carolinas to Massachusetts. President Barack Obama says people in Hurricane Irene's path should be prepared for the worst and take precautions now.

British deputy PM hit with paint

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 11:50 AM PDT

British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was attacked with paint outside a Liberal Democrat party event in Scotland's Glasgow city, party officials said.

Austria: No children born in alleged incest case

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:52 AM PDT

Austrian prosecutors investigating allegations that an 80-year-old man sexually abused his two mentally disabled daughters for 41 years say that no children were born of the incestuous relationship.

US: Airlines start cancelling flights as Hurricane Irene nears

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 09:02 AM PDT

Airlines began to cancel flights and move planes out of the way as Hurricane Irene barrelled toward the US mainland on Thursday.

Japan: PM resigns amid plunging popularity

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 06:57 AM PDT

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he was resigning after almost 15 months in office, amid plunging approval ratings over his government's handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis.

Zardari to visit China

Posted: 26 Aug 2011 05:23 AM PDT

President Asif Ali Zardari will visit China from August 30 to September 1 to take part in an exposition and meet the Chinese vice premier.
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