Sunday, October 23, 2011

13 trapped mine workers in China confirmed dead

13 trapped mine workers in China confirmed dead

13 trapped mine workers in China confirmed dead

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:56 AM PDT

All 13 mine workers trapped in a flooded coal mine in China's Heilongjiang Province have been confirmed dead, local authorities said today. The bodies of the 13 miners who died in the October 11 flood of Jindi Coal Mine in Jidong County had all been retrieved by today after nearly two weeks of rescue efforts, said Fang Dongchu, director of the municipal safety supervision bureau in the city of Jixi.

Tunisians turn out in force for first free vote

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:46 AM PDT

Tunisians turned out in force for their country's first truly free elections on Sunday, voting that is expected to favor a long-banned Islamist party and seen as a bellwether for pro-democracy movements across the Arab world.

Argentine president wins landslide re-election

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 03:40 AM PDT

President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide on Sunday, winning with the widest victory margin in Argentina's history after her government spread the wealth of a booming economy.

French first lady takes new baby girl home

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:15 AM PDT

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is heading home with her newborn girl Giulia, the first baby born to a sitting French president. Bruni-Sarkozy left a Paris clinic on Sunday with her daughter and bodyguards, after giving birth on Wednesday.

7.2 quake hits Turkey, 138 killed

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:06 AM PDT

Cries of panic and horror filled the air as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing at least 138 people as buildings pancaked and crumpled into rubble. The death toll was expected to rise as rescuers sifted through the rubble and reached outlying villages.

Nusrat Bhutto, mother of Benazir Bhutto, dies

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 04:23 PM PDT

Former Pakistani First Lady Nusrat Bhutto, the widow of late President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the mother of slain former premier Benazir Bhutto, died in Dubai on Sunday, following a prolonged illness at the age of 82.

Will Steve Jobs' final vendetta haunt Google?

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 03:50 PM PDT

Google can only hope that Steve Jobs' final vendetta doesn't haunt the Internet search leader from his grave.

Libya's transitional leader declares liberation

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 02:57 PM PDT

Libya's transitional leader has declared liberation of the country, three days after the death of its leader of four decades, Moammar Gaddafi.

Occupy Chicago: 130 arrested in city park protest

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Anti-Wall Street demonstrators of the Occupy Chicago movement stood their ground in a downtown park in noisy but peaceful defiance of police orders to clear out, prompting 130 arrests early on Sunday, authorities said.

Six Indian divers found dead as rescue operation hits tragedy

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 01:36 PM PDT

The bodies of eight divers, six of them Indians, were recovered from the waters of the Persian Gulf today, as hopes faded for the remaining five crew members, three days after their vessel sank.

Up to 1,000 feared dead as 7.3 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:47 PM PDT

An earthquake of 7.3 magnitude rocked eastern Turkey Sunday, with a seimological institute estimating up to 1,000 people could lie dead under the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

Afghan interior minister targeted in bomb attack: Spokesman

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 12:20 PM PDT

A suicide bomber launched today a failed assassination attempt on Afghan Interior Minister Bismullah Khan in Parwan, north of Kabul, a spokesman for the ministry said.

Gaddafi's body to be handed to his relatives, says Libya's interim government

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:40 AM PDT

Libya's interim government will hand the body of slain despot Moammar Gaddafi to his relatives after consulting with them on the location of his burial, a senior government advisor said on Sunday.

Libyan doctors say Gaddafi died of shot to head

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 11:03 AM PDT

An autopsy confirmed that Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi died from a gunshot to the head, the country's chief pathologist said today, just hours before Libya's new leaders were to declare liberation and a formal end to an eight-month civil war to topple the longtime ruler's regime.

Tunisia votes in first free elections

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 09:05 AM PDT

Tunisians began voting at dawn on Sunday in their first truly free elections, the culmination of a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule and set off similar rebellions across the Middle East.

German satellite ROSAT hits Earth

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 07:34 AM PDT

Scientists were trying to establish how and where a defunct German research satellite returned to the Earth on Sunday, after warning that some parts might survive re-entry and crash at up to 280 mph (450 kph).

Libya to declare liberation today amid hopes for democracy

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 05:40 AM PDT

Libya's new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of long-time dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
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