Plane crashes into Sydney ocean, one dead |
- Plane crashes into Sydney ocean, one dead
- Three killed in Pakistan car bomb attack
- Gaddafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya
- Iran irked by errors in copies of Quran from China
- US porn filming suspended over new HIV scare
- Hong Kong worries about China's tightening grip
- Police: Berlusconi extorted by prostitute's friend
- Spanish town painted red in annual tomato war
- Gaddafi's son says fight will go on as world leaders meet
| Plane crashes into Sydney ocean, one dead Posted: 02 Sep 2011 04:00 AM PDT A passenger miraculously survived a light plane crash into the sea off Sydney today after an onlooker plunged into the ocean to rescue them, reports said. But the pilot was believed dead following the crash just off a northern Sydney beach, as passers-by were unable to free him from the wreckage. 
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| Three killed in Pakistan car bomb attack Posted: 02 Sep 2011 02:37 AM PDT At least three people were killed and 15 policemen were injured Thursday night when a suicide car bomb hit a police check-post in northwest Pakistan, a media report said. 
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| Gaddafi, in hiding, vows no surrender in Libya Posted: 02 Sep 2011 01:05 AM PDT In a fiery broadcast from hiding, Gaddafi warned on Thursday that loyalist tribes in his main strongholds were armed and preparing for battle, a show of defiance hours after rebels extended a deadline for the surrender of the fugitive leader's hometown. 
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| Iran irked by errors in copies of Quran from China Posted: 01 Sep 2011 03:51 PM PDT Iranian publishers are complaining that cost-saving plans to print Quran copies in China are yielding embarrassing results: A slew of typos. The head of Iran's Quran oversight office says some of the Chinese-printed versions of Islam's holy book are littered with spelling errors. 
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| US porn filming suspended over new HIV scare Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:24 AM PDT US porn movie makers have suspended filming after an actor reportedly tested HIV positive, reigniting a dispute over the use of condoms on screen in the latest AIDS scare to hit the industry. 
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| Hong Kong worries about China's tightening grip Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:23 AM PDT A visit by a senior Chinese leader meant to spread goodwill has instead left Hong Kong fuming over the smothering security that locals fear was aimed at muffling the media and protesters. 
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| Police: Berlusconi extorted by prostitute's friend Posted: 01 Sep 2011 11:21 AM PDT Italian police arrested a businessman on Thursday on charges of extorting money from Premier Silvio Berlusconi in return for cooperating in a probe over recruiting prostitutes to attend wild parties at Berlusconi's home. 
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| Spanish town painted red in annual tomato war Posted: 01 Sep 2011 07:15 AM PDT Bunol, the Spanish town launched its internationally famous tomato food fight, the "Tomatina", with the participation of about 45,000 young people from all over the world who faced off against everyone else in the narrow streets with 120 tonnes of the ripe red vegetables for ammunition. 
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| Gaddafi's son says fight will go on as world leaders meet Posted: 01 Sep 2011 05:17 AM PDT World leaders were to meet in Paris today to plot Libya's post-Gaddafi future, as one of the fugitive dictator's sons pledged that loyalists would fight their rebel enemies to the death. 
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