Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Arab League monitor views child's corpse

Arab League monitor views child's corpse


Arab League monitor views child's corpse

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:49 PM PST

An Arab League observer steps into a mosque in the city of Homs and is shown the tiny "martyr," one of thousands of people killed in Syria during the past nine months.

Thousands gather for Kim Jong Il memorial

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:41 PM PST

North Korean state television started broadcasting footage Thursday of huge crowds assembled in Pyongyang at a national memorial service for the leader Kim Jong Il, who died earlier this month.

Scientists propose synchronized calendar

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:47 PM PST

Imagine a future in which you always know the date of baseball's opening day. Or that your birthday is always on a Tuesday (sorry). Or that New Year's Eve is always on a Saturday. As the people of the world prepare to hang their 2012 calendars, two professors at Johns Hopkins University are proposing one you can keep forever, each date falling on the same day of the week as it did the year before.

FARC to release six hostages

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:18 AM PST

Colombia's main leftist rebel group says it plans to release six hostages, including three who have been in captivity for more than 12 years.

U.S. Navy: Iran blocking Hormuz 'unacceptable'

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:03 PM PST

The U.S. Navy said Iran's threat to block the strategically and economically important Strait of Hormuz is unacceptable.

Argentinian president has thyroid cancer

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 06:30 PM PST

Argentina's president will undergo surgery next week after doctors diagnosed her with thyroid cancer, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Australian crocodile Elvis sinks teeth into lawnmower

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 06:24 AM PST

An Australian crocodile named Elvis took matters into his own hands -- or rather, jaws -- Wednesday when he became annoyed by the sound of a lawnmower.

Ex-Egyptian leader's murder trial resumes

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:27 AM PST

After a months-long break, the trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resumes Wednesday after an appeals court dismissed a motion to disqualify the presiding judge, state-owned media said.

Indian leaders considering anti-corruption bill

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 03:50 AM PST

India's beleaguered government huddled with various political parties Wednesday, trying to come up with a way forward on an anti-corruption bill as ailing, elderly campaigner Anna Hazare continued his fast for a second day to protest legislation he slammed as too weak to deal with endemic graft.

Only Iran can save Iraq

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:14 AM PST

Mohammed Ayoob says Iran is the country with the biggest control over Iraq and it has a strong interest in seeing Iraq remain one nation.

No comments:

Post a Comment