Sunday, April 22, 2012

Protests don't stop Bahrain Grand Prix

Protests don't stop Bahrain Grand Prix


Protests don't stop Bahrain Grand Prix

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 11:25 AM PDT

Days of escalating government protests failed to halt the Bahrain Grand Prix race today, which took place even as nearby streets were blocked with burning tires and trash.

Exit polls show Sarkozy 2nd in French vote

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Exit polls from the French presidential elections show Socialist candidate Francois Hollande with 28.4% of the vote and President Nicolas Sarkozy with 25.5%, according to French television.

Gibb 'confounds' doctors by getting better

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Singer Robin Gibb has "confounded" his doctors by emerging from a coma just days after they thought he might not survive it, his physician said Sunday.

Iran says it's recovered data from captured U.S. spy drone

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 04:30 AM PDT

Iran declared Sunday it has "cracked the codes" of the intelligence gathering system of a U.S. spy drone it captured last year for violating its airspace, the nation's semiofficial media reported.

As Syria awaits U.N. monitors, cities reported under fire

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:14 AM PDT

Syrians in the devastated city of Homs endured another day of heavy shelling Sunday, opposition activists said, a day after the U.N. Security Council voted to send up to 300 observers to monitor a shaky cease-fire.

Mystery surrounds deaths of 877 dolphins washed ashore in Peru

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 05:18 AM PDT

Environmental authorities are investigating the deaths of more than 800 dolphins that have washed up on the northern coast of Peru this year.

Costa Concordia salvage set to begin next month

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

Removing the wrecked cruise liner Costa Concordia from the coastal waters off an Italian island will begin in May and take about a year, the ship's owner said.

French ICRC official kidnapped in Yemen

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 06:27 PM PDT

A French official of the International Committee of the Red Cross was kidnapped Saturday in western Yemen, an ICRC spokeswoman said.

Police: 125 injured as trains collide in Amsterdam

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 10:40 PM PDT

At least 125 people were injured when two passenger trains collided in Amsterdam on Saturday, national police said.

South African president marries fourth wife

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT

South African President Jacob Zuma married his longtime fiancee in a private ceremony at his rural home, making her one of his four current wives.

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