Wednesday, December 28, 2011

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader'

North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader'


North Korea calls Kim Jong Un 'supreme leader'

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 10:57 PM PST

North Korea declared Kim Jong Il's son and successor "supreme leader" of the ruling party, military and the people during a memorial Thursday for his father in the government's first public endorsemen...


Anuj was alive, I was holding his hand, recalls a witness

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 09:04 AM PST

Sheetal Patel who was one of the first people on scene after Bidve was shot said "we thought, he's going to be picked up from the ambulance, they're going to clean his wound up and he's going to be al...


Four US women found dead in trunks of cars

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 08:45 AM PST

Police in the US city of Detroit were combing through computer and cell phone records, seeking clues to the killer -- or killers -- of four young women found dead in the trunks of cars. Three of the v...


China blames 54 officials for Bullet Train crash

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST

A long-awaited government report said design flaws and sloppy management caused a bullet train crash in July that killed 40 people and triggered a public outcry over the dangers of China's showcase tr...


Sexual assaults on the rise at US military academies: Report

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 07:06 AM PST

Sexual assaults at American military academies increased sharply in the last academic year, says a new report from the department of defence. Incidents of sexual assault rose by 60 percent during 2010...


Russian court refuses to ban translation of Bhagavad Gita

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 05:03 AM PST

A court in Russia has turned down a petition that asked for a ban on a translated version of Bhagavad Gita. India had described the application as "patently absurd." The petition was originally filed ...


250 poisonous snakes found in luggage at airport

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:36 AM PST

A man tried to board a plane in Argentina with almost 250 poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles in his baggage, each meticulously labelled with its Latin name.


World's second tallest building getting ready in China

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:22 AM PST

Racing ahead with the construction of the second tallest building in the world, China has completed the foundation for the 632-metre high Shanghai Tower, second only to the 828-metre tall Burj Khalifa...


Pakistan searches for democracy through Kolaveri di

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 04:16 AM PST

'Kolaveri Di', the song that has made India sway to its tunes, is an inspiration for a political satire in Pakistan. The parody 'Where is democracy, democracy, democracy ji' has become a huge hit in t...


BBC prepares for Tony Blair's death: Report

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 02:56 AM PST

Former British prime minister Tony Blair is just 58 years old, but the BBC has started filming his obituary. The "ghoulish" decision to ask former cabinet colleagues to contribute to the programme abo...


Mubarak trial resumes after 3-month break

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 01:16 AM PST

The murder trial of Egyptian ex-president Hosni Mubarak resumes on Wednesday after a three-month hiatus that saw the ousted strongman's fate eclipsed by deadly clashes and an Islamist election victory...


US again says no decision yet on Saleh entry

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:51 AM PST

The United States insisted on Tuesday it had not yet decided whether to allow Yemen's embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh into the country for medical treatment.


Zardari assigns mentor for son if 'anything were to happen to him'

Posted: 28 Dec 2011 12:25 AM PST

Pakistan's embattled President Asif Ali Zardari has asked former minister Aitzaz Ahsan to act as a mentor to his son Bilawal if "anything were to happen to him," sources said, amid reports that the ou...


Blast rocks south Lebanon restaurant

Posted: 27 Dec 2011 11:52 PM PST

An explosion tore through a restaurant in the southern Lebanese town of Tyre at dawn on Wednesday, just a few metres from a hotel that was bombed last month, a security source said.


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