Tuesday, May 1, 2012

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Before flying car can take off, there's a checklist

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:16 PM PDT

The promise of an airplane parked in every driveway, for decades a fantasy of suburban commuters and a staple of men's magazines, resurfaced this month in Manhattan. On display at the New York auto sh...


All the Kabul guesthouse attackers killed: Security Forces

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:14 PM PDT

The fighting is over at a major foreign guesthouse complex used by Westerners in Kabul and all attackers have been killed, a spokesman for the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan said on Wednesday."Afg...


Man forgotten in cell says he drank urine

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:09 PM PDT

A San Diego college student who federal drug agents forgot and left in a holding cell for five days without food, water or access to a toilet said Tuesday that he drank his own urine to survive.


Australian police probing death of Indian-origin family

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:06 PM PDT

Australian police are probing how and why the four members of an Indian-origin family died in Melbourne at their Glen Waverley house in the city's eastern outskirts.


Six killed in Kabul explosions after Obama's visit

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:55 PM PDT

At least six people were killed as explosions and gunfire rattled a major foreign guesthouse complex in Kabul on Wednesday, just hours after a surprise overnight visit by US President Barack Obama.


Hillary Clinton lands in China as activist case looms

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:41 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for talks with Chinese leaders that risk being overshadowed by the case of a blind activist said to be under US protection after f...


'Octomom' files for bankruptcy, says debts approach $1 million

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:23 PM PDT

"Octomom" Nadya Suleman has filed for bankruptcy, saying in a court filing that she has as much as $1 million in debt.Ms Suleman wants a fresh start and said in a statement that filing for bankruptcy ...


Obama signs pact in Kabul, turning page in Afghan war

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:48 PM PDT

President Obama, speaking to an American television audience on Tuesday night from Bagram Air Base, declared that he had traveled here to herald a new era in the relationship between the United States...


Suu Kyi sworn in as Myanmar's Member of Parliament

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:47 PM PDT

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of the Parliament on Wednesday, opening a new chapter in the Nobel laureate's near quarter-century struggle against oppression.Th...


Indian-American appointed to key Pentagon position

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:33 PM PDT

Indian-American Vikram Singh has been appointed to a key Pentagon position to look after entire South and Southeast Asia.


In Kabul, Obama highlights foreign policy record

Posted: 01 May 2012 09:13 PM PDT

President Barack Obama answered political taunts with presidential muscle Tuesday, addressing America from Kabul as Republicans said he's overdoing the celebration of Osama bin Laden's death one year ...

Obama sees 'new day' one year after bin Laden raid

Posted: 01 May 2012 08:17 PM PDT

On a swift, secretive trip to the war zone, President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday night that after years of sacrifice the US combat role in Afghanistan is winding down just as it has already ende...


Death threats for the man who demolished Osama's house

Posted: 01 May 2012 08:15 PM PDT

Shakeel Ahmad Yusufzai cuts a defiant figure in the genteel Pakistani town of Abbottabad. He is the man who demolished Osama bin Laden's house and despite Taliban death threats, says that he is proud ...

Obama in Afghanistan: Full text of speech

Posted: 01 May 2012 07:56 PM PDT

Good evening from Bagram Air Base. This outpost is more than 7,000 miles from home, but for over a decade it's been close to our hearts. Because here, in Afghanistan, more than half a million of our s...


On Osama's death anniversary, Obama makes a trip to Afghanistan

Posted: 01 May 2012 07:25 PM PDT

President Barack Obama flexed some presidential muscle making a high-profile trip to Afghanistan on the anniversary of the killing of Osama Bin Laden by US troops a year ago. In the prime-time speech,...


Three earthquakes shake western Mexico; no damage

Posted: 01 May 2012 06:53 PM PDT

A series of earthquakes hit three regions of Mexico, swaying buildings in Mexico City but bringing no reports of damage.The strongest quake hit off the state of Chiapas at 5.43 pm on Tuesday with an i...


Obama in Afghanistan, signs agreement for US-Afghan partnership

Posted: 01 May 2012 02:03 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai have signed an agreement aimed at cementing a lasting US commitment to Afghanistan after the long and unpopular war comes to an end.


Obama and Romney spar over death of Osama Bin Laden

Posted: 01 May 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Mitt Romney said on Monday that "even Jimmy Carter" would have issued the order to kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan a year ago, dismissing President Obama's suggestion that Mr. Romney, the presumptive...


Obama in Afghanistan on anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday to sign an agreement charting future relations with the country, making the secret trip on the first anniversary of the killing of Al Qaeda ...


British lawmakers say Murdoch unfit to run global company

Posted: 01 May 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Rupert Murdoch is unfit to run a major international company and should take responsibility for a culture of illegal phone hacking that has shaken News Corp, a powerful British parliamentary committee...


Barack Obama tears into Mitt Romney over Swiss bank account

Posted: 01 May 2012 11:30 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday tore into Mitt Romney, branding his foe a corporate raider who outsourced American jobs overseas and piled up cash in offshore havens and a Swiss bank account.


Occupy movement takes to New York streets

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Occupy Wall Street protesters took to New York's streets on Tuesday in the highlight of a plan to mount a "general strike" across the United States. Small groups of protesters held simultaneous demons...


US President Barack Obama tightens sanctions against Syria, Iran

Posted: 01 May 2012 10:09 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday gave the US Treasury authority to tighten sanctions against Syria and Iran by going after foreign firms or individuals that violate existing measures. The move, co...


Blind lawyer strikes a popular chord in China

Posted: 01 May 2012 08:57 AM PDT

The blind, corn-country activist at the centre of a diplomatic tussle between the US and China did not set out to be a dissident. Chen Guangcheng taught himself law to defend the constitutional rights...


Ann Romney on Mitt: "a wild and crazy man inside"

Posted: 01 May 2012 08:46 AM PDT

"He's not. He's funny," Ann Romney, the Republican presidential candidate's wife, told "CBS This Morning" on Tuesday, defending her husband against public perceptions that he is inaccessible and has a...


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