Sunday, April 29, 2012

In vast jungle, US troops aid in search for Kony

In vast jungle, US troops aid in search for Kony

In vast jungle, US troops aid in search for Kony

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 11:13 PM PDT

One hundred of America's elite Special Operations troops, aided by night vision scopes and satellite imagery, are helping African forces find a wig-wearing, gibberish-speaking fugitive rebel commander...

Al Qaeda offers to free Briton if cleric released

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 11:07 PM PDT

Al Qaeda's North African branch has offered to free a British hostage in return for the release of radical preacher Abu Qatada but warned London against handing him over to his native Jordan, a statem...

For businesses in China, a minefield of bribery risks

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:40 PM PDT

Foreign companies doing business in China must navigate a business culture in which bribery is rife, finding ways to remove obstacles to expanding in the world's second-largest economy without running...

US pastor burns Quran again

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:24 PM PDT

Controversial US pastor Terry Jones has burned more copies of the Quran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman, The Gainesville Sun report...

Ex-Libyan oil minister Shukri Ghanem's body found in Danube: Austrian police

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:06 PM PDT

The body of Libya's former oil minister Shukri Ghanem, who had defected from Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was found today in the Danube, Austrian police said in a statement.

US envoy to Pak says no bounty announced for Hafiz Saeed

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 09:10 PM PDT

American Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter has said that US government did not announce any bounty for Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, a suspect in the Mumbai terror attacks case. He blame...

SUV plunges into New York's Bronx Zoo grounds; 7 killed

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 07:48 PM PDT

An out-of-control SUV barreled across several lanes of traffic on a highway overpass on Sunday, then plunged more than 50 feet off the side of the road and landed in a ravine on the grounds of the Bro...

British PM denies secret deal with Murdoch

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:58 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted on Sunday he had struck no secret deals with media baron Rupert Murdoch whereby policy was traded for his newspapers' political support.

British Red Cross doctor kidnapped in Pakistan found beheaded

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:57 AM PDT

The beheaded body of a kidnapped British doctor working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was found dumped by the roadside on Sunday in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta. ...

Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in Af-Pak region: US

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Ayman Al Zawahiri, who took over the leadership of al-Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden last year, remains in the Af-Pak region, a top US counter-terrorism official said on Sunday.

US pastor burns Qurans to urge Iran clergyman release

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 07:46 AM PDT

A controversial Florida pastor has burned copies of the Quran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman Youcef Nadarkhani.

At least 16 killed in Nigeria university attack

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 07:07 AM PDT

At least 16 people were killed as several explosions struck a university campus on Sunday morning in northern Nigeria near a theater hall where Catholics were holding a worship service.

Bin Laden wives not tied to terror, says Saudi Arabia

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 05:12 AM PDT

Saudi Arabia says there is no evidence that Osama bin Laden's wives and family members deported to the kingdom are involved in terrorism.

UN Chief visits Myanmar to press further reform

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 04:58 AM PDT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a landmark visit to a fast-changing Myanmar on Sunday to encourage its government to carry out more democratic reforms and shore-up peace deals with e...

London apartment block set to host missiles for Olympics

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 04:12 AM PDT

Residents of a London apartment block have been told that surface-to-air missiles were likely to be installed on the building to help combat airborne terror threats to the Olympic Games.

Vietnam arrests US pro-democracy activist

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 01:51 AM PDT

A Vietnamese-American pro-democracy activist has been arrested and accused of terrorism for allegedly trying to sabotage liberation celebrations commemorating the end of the Vietnam War, state media s...

Romney, Secret Service: Obama mocks them all

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 01:14 AM PDT

This year's primaries, the 2008 primaries, the General Services Administration scandal, even the Secret Service and Donald Trump were targets for US President Barack Obama's scattershot humor at Satur...

Malaysia police free election reform protestors

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 12:04 AM PDT

Malaysian police on Sunday said that all 471 people arrested during a demonstration for free and fair elections on Saturday, including a senior opposition lawmaker, have been freed. Security forces wo...

China police detain friend of activist Chen Guangcheng

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:50 PM PDT

Police in Beijing have detained Hu Jia, an outspoken government critic and friend of the Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng who escaped house arrest last weekend, Mr Hu's wife said on Sunday on Twitter....
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