Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Iran invokes the West to motivate voters

Iran invokes the West to motivate voters

Iran invokes the West to motivate voters

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:28 PM PST

In the days leading up to Iran's parliamentary elections on Friday, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and other top officials have been crisscrossing their country to issue stern warnings ag...

Storms slam US Midwest, killing 10

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 07:08 PM PST

Tornados spawned by a powerful storm system roared through middle America in the early morning darkness on Wednesday, flattening entire blocks of homes in small-town Illinois and Kansas and killing at...

North Korea agrees to halt nuclear activities

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:59 PM PST

North Korea raised hopes on Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nucl...

Microsoft unveils Windows 8 for consumer testing

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:11 PM PST

Microsoft on Wednesday let consumers start trying out its upcoming touch-based Windows 8 operating system, which aims to power a new wave of computer tablets and traditional PCs designed to counter Ap...

Indians likely to be hit by new UK 'permanent settlement' norms

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 09:32 AM PST

For the first time, Britain is breaking the link between the number of years a migrant spends in the country and permanent settlement, by introducing a 35,000-pound annual salary threshold, a move tha...

James Murdoch steps down as executive chairman of News International

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:30 AM PST

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. says James Murdoch is stepping down as executive chairman of the company's UK newspaper arm.

Brad Pitt in Chandigarh for Hollywood movie on Osama

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 06:18 AM PST

Actor Brad Pitt is shooting in Chandigarh for Kathryn Bigelow's film on the US raid that located and killed Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad. Chandigarh's Sector 15 was dressed up to impersonate Abbotta...

New asteroid could hit earth in 2040

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:40 AM PST

A new asteroid, identified by NASA, could potentially hit the earth Feb 5, 2040, even though it is much smaller than the one -- nine miles across -- which wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago....

Injuries reported as strong winds whip Missouri

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:39 AM PST

Injuries and significant damage were reported early Wednesday as a line of possible tornadoes moved across the Midwest.

Japan tsunami debris floating across Pacific toward US

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 03:32 AM PST

Refrigerators, TVs and other debris dragged into sea when a massive earthquake hit Japan last March, causing tsunamis as high as 130 feet (40 meters) to crash ashore, could show up in remote atolls no...

Pak okays process for obtaining Interpol notice for Musharraf's arrest

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:54 AM PST

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has given its approval for the process of obtaining a Red Corner Notice from Interpol for the arrest of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, Interior Minister Rehman Ma...

Chinese relish crack in Great Firewall, log on to Facebook

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:22 AM PST

Some Chinese Internet users have this week been able to access blocked websites such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, relishing the newfound freedom although the reason for the breach in China's Grea...

Crucial hearing for Apple begins in China over iPad dispute

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 01:18 AM PST

Lawyers for Apple Inc. argued for its right to use the iPad trademark in China on Wednesday, as a higher court began a crucial hearing that could result in sales of the wildly popular tablet computer ...

Greece approves tough salary, pension cuts

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:38 PM PST

Greece's Parliament late on Tuesday approved new cuts in public sector pensions and government spending required to secure a second package of international rescue loans.
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