Monday, April 23, 2012

US ship which carried Laden's body arrives in Australia

US ship which carried Laden's body arrives in Australia


US ship which carried Laden's body arrives in Australia

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:58 PM PDT

A US supercarrier that took Osama bin Laden's body out to sea has reached the Western Australian port of Fremantle with 4,700 American sailors on board.


United Nations Chief to visit Myanmar to encourage reforms

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 09:41 PM PDT

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Monday that he would visit Myanmar soon to encourage the Southeast Asian nation to press ahead with democratic reforms.


Car flips onto sidewalk near Times Square

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 09:16 PM PDT

Authorities say a car involved in a crash about a block from New York's Times Square flipped onto a sidewalk, injuring several pedestrians. Nearly a dozen people were hurt in the chaotic crash on Satu...


Obama seeks to stop Syria, Iran tech assault on activists

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 09:02 PM PDT

President Barack Obama imposed US sanctions on Monday on those who help Syria and Iran track dissidents through cell phones and computers, serving notice on technology providers that they could be hel...


New sanctions imposed on Syrian regime

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 08:52 PM PDT

The European Union (EU) on Monday banned the sale of luxury goods and products to Syria that can have military as well as civilian uses as the United Nations (UN) political chief demanded that the Syr...


400-year-old diamond from Golconda on sale

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 07:05 PM PDT

The 400-year-old "Beau Sancy," one of the world's oldest and most storied diamonds in private hands, is up for sale at Sotheby's auction house. Weighing in at 34.98 carats, the sparkling gem with a ra...


China allows import of Indian basmati rice

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 12:34 PM PDT

China has finally allowed import of basmati rice from India, which comes as a big boost to exporters who would now get access to a huge market of 1.3 billion people for their about 4.5 million tonnes ...


Norway killer says hoped to have massacred more

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 12:14 PM PDT

The Norwegian who massacred 77 people to protest against Muslim immigration to Europe said on Monday he had hoped to kill as many as 150 and kept on killing because police failed to respond urgently t...


UN to start deploying full ceasefire force in Syria

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:10 AM PDT

UN leader Ban Ki-moon has decided the deployment of 300 ceasefire monitors in Syria can start next week even though the UN believes the crisis has now hit a "pivotal" moment, officials said on Monday....


Iran says nuclear 'capabilities' must be recognised

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 11:01 AM PDT

Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili today said the West has to give a "correct assessment" of his country's atomic capabilities in important talks due to be held in Baghdad next month.


Norway mass murderer Breivik offers apology to his non-political victims

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:52 AM PDT

Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people last July, said on Monday that he wanted to apologise for killing "innocent" people in his Oslo bombing, but offered no similar apology for the Utoeya mass...


Firemen save 20 from burning building near Kremlin

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:39 AM PDT

Russian authorities say rescue workers have saved 20 people from the rooftop of a burning building in Moscow.


Suspected cyber attack hits Iran oil industry

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Iran is investigating a suspected cyber attack on its main oil export terminal and on the Oil Ministry itself, Iranian industry sources said on Monday. The virus, which is likely to be compared to the...


Six men climb into volcano in job loss protest

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 10:14 AM PDT

Six men climbed down into the crater of a volcano in Italy on Monday, in protest at the closure of the organisation they worked for which maintained trekking paths on Mount Vesuvius, near Naples.


Crime one of the world's 'Top 20 Economies': UN

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT

Crime generates an estimated $2.1 trillion in global annual proceeds - or 3.6 percent of the world's gross domestic product - and the problem may be growing, a senior United Nations official said on M...


Wiretapped, Ruby says Berlusconi told her to lie

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 08:06 AM PDT

The Morocco born nightclub dancer at the centre of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex trial told friends he was ready to pay millions for her silence, according to wiretaps publishe...


Dutch government quits after austerity talks fail

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 08:02 AM PDT

The Dutch government, one of the most vocal critics of European countries failing to rein in their budgets, quit on Monday after failing to agree on a plan to bring its own deficit in line with EU rul...

EU suspends Myanmar sanctions after reforms

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 07:59 AM PDT

The European Union on Monday suspended its sanctions against Myanmar for a year following a wave of widely praised political reforms in the country, but will retain an embargo on arms sales, officials...


'Hangover Heaven' for party-goers in Las Vegas

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 07:36 AM PDT

Dalia looked at Lund, swaying with the gentle rocking of a bus named Hangover Heaven as it rolled down Las Vegas Boulevard. Lund checked an intravenous fluid bag, hung from the ceiling, dripping a sal...


Dutch PM set to quit after rift with far-right

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was expected to tender his resignation today after the collapse of a parliamentary partnership with a far-right party fatally undermined his governing coalition. The AN...


'Spy in the bag' inquest opens in Britain

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 05:30 AM PDT

An inquest has been opened into the mysterious death of a British spy whose naked body was found padlocked in a bag at his home two years ago. The decomposing remains of Gareth Williams, 30, were foun...


Pakistan plans to build two nuclear power plants in Sindh

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 01:27 AM PDT

Pakistan plans to build two coastal nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 Megawatt each in the southern port city of Karachi to meet the future energy needs of the financial hub, according to ...


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