Tuesday, May 15, 2012

'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash

'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash


'Black box' found of Russia jet in Indonesia crash

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:50 PM PDT

Indonesian special forces have found the voice-and-data recorder of a new Russian passenger jet that slammed into a jagged, mist-shrouded cliff on a dormant volcano, an official said on Wednesday.


How much are the Obamas worth? Take a look

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:49 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama hold assets worth between nearly $2.6 million and nearly $8.3 million, according to financial disclosure reports released Tuesday by the White H...


US sanctions against Dawood aides Chhota Shakeel, 'Tiger' Memon

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:45 PM PDT

The United States has slapped sanctions on Chhota Shakeel and Ibrahim 'Tiger' Memon, top aides of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, for their alleged role in drug trafficking in South Asia.


A tabloid tale: The rise and fall of Rebekah Brooks

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:34 PM PDT

Rebekah Brooks rose from secretary to chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper group, but the woman who once partied with prime ministers now faces criminal charges and possible prison ti...


Woman dies after leaping from Leaning Tower of Pisa

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:33 PM PDT

A 40-year-old Italian woman ended her life by jumping from the Leaning Tower of Pisa in front of horrified tourists.


French president's plane hit by lightning

Posted: 15 May 2012 10:01 PM PDT

In the joint press conference in Berlin, Hollande and Merkel said they were going to work together even if their positions were divergent. Angela Merkel's position has been that of keeping tight budge...


'Foreign policy group websites under threat of cyber espionage'

Posted: 15 May 2012 09:15 PM PDT

Internet security researchers warned on Tuesday that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage. As of Monday websites for Amnest...


In breakthrough, Pakistan President Zardari to attend NATO summit

Posted: 15 May 2012 09:08 PM PDT

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will attend a summit of NATO leaders in Chicago this weekend, the Pakistan Embassy in Washington said on Tuesday, ending speculation that Islamabad might be exclu...

6.0-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS

Posted: 15 May 2012 08:25 PM PDT

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued. The quake hit the remote New Britain region at a depth of...


Florida mother kills 4 children and herself

Posted: 15 May 2012 11:53 AM PDT

A Florida mother who fatally shot her four children before killing herself today called three of the kids who had sought help from a neighbour back to the house before firing the fatal shots, authorit...


Greece calls new elections after talks collapse

Posted: 15 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT

Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and called a new election that may hand victory to leftists who might cut the nation's financial lifeline, pushing it closer to bankruptcy ...


Jean-Marc Ayrault is named new French Prime Minister

Posted: 15 May 2012 11:31 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande has named Jean-Marc Ayrault as his new Prime Minister. The incoming Elysee Palace Secretary-General Pierre-Rene Lemas announced the choice on Tuesday afternoon, hour...


Lightning hits new French President's plane

Posted: 15 May 2012 11:29 AM PDT

Socialist Francois Hollande took over as France's President on Tuesday and jetted off to Berlin hours later for talks on Europe's debt crisis - only to have his plane struck by lightning. No one was h...


Strauss-Kahn seeks at least $1 million from maid

Posted: 15 May 2012 09:24 AM PDT

Disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is countersuing the New York hotel maid whose accusation of sexual assault last year brought down his glittering political career.


Man sets himself on fire outside Breivik trial: Oslo police

Posted: 15 May 2012 08:29 AM PDT

A man set himself on fire on Tuesday outside the Oslo courthouse where Anders Behring Breivik is on trial for killing 77 people in twin attacks last July, police said.


Francois Hollande sworn in as French president

Posted: 15 May 2012 08:02 AM PDT

Francois Hollande has become president of France following a ceremony at the Elysee Palace in central Paris. Hollande is the first socialist leader of France since Francois Mitterrand left office i...


US attack submarine docks close to Philippine and Chinese ships locked in standoff

Posted: 15 May 2012 07:55 AM PDT

A US navy attack submarine has docked in a Philippine port close to the disputed shoal where Philippine and Chinese ships are locked in a standoff, a spokesman for Manila's navy said on Tuesday.


NATO invites Zardari to Chicago summit

Posted: 15 May 2012 07:38 AM PDT

NATO on Tuesday invited the Pakistani president to next week's summit in Chicago, as Islamabad looked poised to end a nearly six-month blockade on NATO supplies for Afghanistan, officials said.


Nepal plane crash: A survivor recalls the tragedy

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:50 AM PDT

A Danish survivor of the Nepal plane crash that killed 15 people including 13 Indians, recalls the horror of the tragedy saying that she had to climb over "hands and arms" to get out of the wreckage. ...


Woman with flesh-eating bug mouths 'Where Am I?'

Posted: 15 May 2012 05:36 AM PDT

After 10 days in the hospital, a Georgia graduate student fighting a rare flesh-eating infection isn't letting the breathing tube in her throat stop her from mouthing questions such as "Where am I?" a...


Pakistan poised to resume NATO supply lines

Posted: 15 May 2012 03:30 AM PDT

Pakistan on Tuesday looked poised to end a nearly six-month blockade of NATO ground supply routes into Afghanistan, succumbing to a key demand of the West ahead of a summit in Chicago next week.


Rebekah Brooks among six charged in UK phone-hacking case: Prosecutor

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:35 AM PDT

Former Rupert Murdoch confidante Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie are to be charged with perverting the course of justice in Britain's phone-hacking scandal, they said in a statement Tuesday.


Pak men seek protection after India's incorrect terror alert

Posted: 15 May 2012 02:06 AM PDT

A Pakistani court has directed three men to drop the Indian High Commission from the list of respondents in their petition seeking protection from authorities after reports in the Indian media describ...


Nepal plane crash: Pilot was to meet parents for lunch

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:49 AM PDT

Prabhu Sharan Pathak, the pilot captaining the aircraft that crashed into a Nepal cliff on Monday, had promised his parents that he would meet them for lunch.Twenty one people were on board the plane ...


EU launches first strike on Somali pirates

Posted: 15 May 2012 01:44 AM PDT

European naval aircraft fired at pirate-owned supplies on the Somali coastline on Tuesday for the first time since the European Union authorised such strikes. The operation targeted pirate equipment b...


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