Saturday, March 3, 2012

14 injured in Arizona night club shooting

14 injured in Arizona night club shooting


14 injured in Arizona night club shooting

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 11:15 PM PST

Police made one arrest and were looking for two other suspects after a shootout amid a large crowd outside an Arizona nightclub left more than a dozen people wounded and set off a chaotic scene as the...


China to up defense spending by 11.2 per cent this year

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:42 PM PST

China said on Sunday that it would boost its defense spending by 11.2 percent in 2012, the latest in a nearly two-decade string of double-digit increases.


Polls open in Russia as Putin seeks return to presidency

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:01 PM PST

Polling stations have opened across Russia's vast expanse for the presidential election widely expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin.


Senior Pakistan politician escapes suicide attack

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:46 PM PST

A suicide bomber targeted the convoy of a senior politician in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing one of his guards and wounding at least three people, police said.


Gujarat Riots: Anti-Modi rally in New York

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 09:17 PM PST

In New York, on the 10th anniversary of the Gujarat riots, a group of over forty community-based Indian American civil liberty groups came together to demand accountability and justice for the victims...


Fourteen dead, 60 injured in Poland train collision

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:25 PM PST

Fourteen people were confirmed dead and sixty injured in a head-on train crash in Szczekociny, southern Poland, late Saturday as rescue workers raced overnight to pull passengers from the wreckage.


Tornadoes demolish small towns across US, 38 dead

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 08:12 PM PST

Across the South and Midwest, survivors emerged Saturday to find blue sky and splinters where homes once stood, cars flung into buildings and communications crippled after dozens of tornadoes chain-sa...


Stargazers wait to see Mars this weekend

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:17 AM PST

People in the Northern Hemisphere might be able to see the Mars with their naked eyes this weekend when it is at its closest to Earth in over two years.


Ex-Pak Interior Minister escapes suicide attack, son injured

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 10:10 AM PST

Pakistan's former Interior Minister Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao and his son had a narrow escape when a suicide bomber blew himself up near their motorcade in the country's restive northwest today, killin...


Mexico City to retire last iconic VW 'Bug' taxis

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PST

Mexico's capital is ready to stomp out its iconic Volkswagen "Bug" taxis. Officials said on Friday that the last of the old-style VW Beetles will have their cab licenses expire by the end of the year,...


Iran elections: Ahmadinejad rivals leading in parliament vote

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 06:16 AM PST

Conservative rivals of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were leading in the race for parliament according to early election results Saturday, an indication the Iranian president may face a more hostile h...


Mistakes led to Afghanistan Quran burnings: Official

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:55 AM PST

At least five American military personnel could face a disciplinary review over the burning of Qurans at a U.S. base in Afghanistan as conflicting accounts of what happened emerged Saturday, fueling m...


Three-year-old boy kept in 'cell' eats own hair

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 05:42 AM PST

A three-year-old boy kept in a "cell" by his parents was so hungry he ripped out and ate his own hair, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday.


20 kgs of plastic in dead giraffe: Indonesian zoo

Posted: 03 Mar 2012 03:24 AM PST

A male giraffe that died in an Indonesian zoo was found to have 20 kilograms of plastic in its stomach, officials said on Saturday, and the latest suspicious animal death at the facility.


Dharun Ravi trial: Mystery man testifies in webcam spying case in US

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:43 PM PST

A man who witnesses say was watched via webcam while kissing a Rutgers University student who later committed suicide took the stand on Friday, telling jurors that he noticed the webcam while the two ...


Women in world parliaments "worryingly low" - study

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:29 PM PST

The number of women represented in parliaments around the world is "worryingly low" after the global average inched forward only half a percentage point in 2011 to 19.5 per cent, said a report release...


NASA says was hacked 13 times last year

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 11:01 PM PST

NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 major network breaches that could compromise U.S. national security.


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