One sperm donor, 150 sons and daughters |
- One sperm donor, 150 sons and daughters
- Hurricane Katia roars to category 4 strength
- Britain launches 9/11 website for schoolchildren
- 9/11: How the day unfolded - unfiltered
- Wildfire destroys 300 homes in Texas
- US estimates Irene's federal cost as $1.5 billion
- Iran kills 30 Kurdish rebels near Iraqi border
- Blair is godfather to Murdoch's daughter: Sources
- Uruguay sacks UN mission official in Haiti sex probe
- Man chokes to death on an in-flight meal
- Pakistan detains 3 Al Qaeda suspects
- Rebel reinforcements arrive at Gaddafi stronghold
- WikiLeaks: First, Rahul was 'empty suit,' then he won lavish praise
- Libya: Talks with Gaddafi loyalists have failed, say rebels
- Facebook page for Jesus, with highly active fans
- Chinese to be made compulsory in Sindh schools
- Irene aftermath: Obama visits New Jersey, promises help
- McDonald's begins showing calories on menus in UK
| One sperm donor, 150 sons and daughters Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:02 AM PDT Cynthia Daily and her partner used a sperm donor to conceive a baby seven years ago, and they hoped that one day their son would get to know some of his half siblings - an extended family of sorts for modern times. 
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| Hurricane Katia roars to category 4 strength Posted: 06 Sep 2011 04:01 AM PDT Hurricane Katia has roared to a monstrous Category 4 storm as it moves across the Atlantic Ocean. 
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| Britain launches 9/11 website for schoolchildren Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:27 AM PDT A website to teach schoolchildren in Britain about the events of 9/11 and "demolish conspiracy theories" surrounding the attacks was launched today by the Mayor of London Boris Johnson 
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| 9/11: How the day unfolded - unfiltered Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:12 AM PDT For many in New York and Washington, September 11, 2001, was a personal experience, an attack on their cities. Most everywhere else in the world, it was a television event. TV's commemoration as the 10th anniversary approaches on Sunday puts that day in many different contexts. There is one place, however, for people to see the 9/11 attacks and the week after as they unfolded, without any filters. 
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| Wildfire destroys 300 homes in Texas Posted: 06 Sep 2011 03:11 AM PDT A wildfire burning near Austin, Texas, destroyed about 300 homes, forced the evacuation of many others and was advancing unchecked through parched ranchland along a 16-mile front, authorities said. The fire had blackened more than 5,334 meter since it started on Sunday and was the largest of the dozens burning in the drought-stricken state. 
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| US estimates Irene's federal cost as $1.5 billion Posted: 06 Sep 2011 02:42 AM PDT The White House has estimated that Hurricane Irene will cost federal taxpayers USD 1.5 billion in disaster relief, further ballooning a government account that was already the focus of fresh partisan friction between President Barack Obama and Congress. 
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| Iran kills 30 Kurdish rebels near Iraqi border Posted: 05 Sep 2011 02:16 PM PDT Iran's Revolutionary Guard soldiers have killed at least 30 members of Kurdish opposition group in fighting near the Iraqi border, a senior military official said today. 
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| Blair is godfather to Murdoch's daughter: Sources Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:32 PM PDT Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's young children, sources said Monday, raising fresh questions about British political links to the media mogul's empire. 
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| Uruguay sacks UN mission official in Haiti sex probe Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:24 PM PDT Uruguay announced on Sunday it has sacked a navy commander with the UN mission in Haiti after a video was circulated of an alleged sexual assault on a young Haitian man by members of a Uruguayan peacekeeping unit. 
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| Man chokes to death on an in-flight meal Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:17 PM PDT An Australian airline Monday said it had offered discounts on future travel to some passengers after a man died on their 11-hour flight from Singapore to New Zealand. 
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| Pakistan detains 3 Al Qaeda suspects Posted: 05 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT Pakistani intelligence officers working with the CIA arrested three members of Al Qaeda including a top operative believed to have been tasked by Osama bin Laden with targeting American economic interests around the world, Pakistan's army said Monday. 
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| Rebel reinforcements arrive at Gaddafi stronghold Posted: 05 Sep 2011 11:16 AM PDT Rebel reinforcements are arriving outside one of Moammar Gaddafi's last strongholds in Libya, even as the forces arrayed against the toppled dictator give the town a chance to surrender and avoid a fight. 
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| WikiLeaks: First, Rahul was 'empty suit,' then he won lavish praise Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:32 AM PDT After the general election in 2009, a cable sent by the US embassy in Delhi offered lavish praise for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The American assessment said that "Gandhi came off as a practiced politician who knew how to get his message across and was comfortable with the nuts and bolts of party organization and vote counting. He was precise and articulate and demonstrated a mastery that belied the image some have of Gandhi as a dilettante." 
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| Libya: Talks with Gaddafi loyalists have failed, say rebels Posted: 05 Sep 2011 07:04 AM PDT Negotiations over the surrender of one of Muammar Gaddafi's remaining strongholds have collapsed, and Libyan rebels were waiting for orders to launch their final attack on the besieged town of Bani Walid, a spokesman said. 
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| Facebook page for Jesus, with highly active fans Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:41 AM PDT A North Carolina diet doctor has come up with a formula to create the most highly engaged audience on Facebook in the world, far surpassing marketing efforts by celebrities and sports teams. He draws on the words of Jesus and posts them four or five times a day. 
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| Chinese to be made compulsory in Sindh schools Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:12 AM PDT The government in Pakistan's Sindh province has decided to make the Chinese language a compulsory subject in schools from 2013, sparking a debate in the educational and political circles over the reasons behind such a move. 
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| Irene aftermath: Obama visits New Jersey, promises help Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:07 AM PDT US President Barack Obama stood on a bridge overlooking the rain-swollen and fast-rushing Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey's third-largest city, and said on Sunday the federal government would work to rebuild towns recovering from Hurricane Irene's wrath. 
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| McDonald's begins showing calories on menus in UK Posted: 05 Sep 2011 06:06 AM PDT You know it's fattening, but now the hard numbers - 490 calories - may force you to rethink buying that Big Mac in Britain. About 1,200 McDonald's restaurants in the UK will this week begin displaying the calorie count of each food and drink item on their wall-mounted menu boards, as part of a government-led program to fight obesity and promote healthier eating, the chain said on Sunday. 
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