Monday, May 21, 2012

The tips Michelle Obama gave new French first lady

The tips Michelle Obama gave new French first lady

The tips Michelle Obama gave new French first lady

Posted: 21 May 2012 10:10 PM PDT

France's new first lady, Valerie Trierweiler, on Monday said she had been given some precious tips on her new role by Michelle Obama, as she eyed a future as an ambassador for equality.

Ex-Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta's trial could last 4 weeks

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:28 PM PDT

Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta "threw away his duties" by divulging bank secrets to hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a U.S. prosecutor said at the start of Gupta's insider-trading trial o...

Man survives 180 feet plunge over Niagara Falls

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:33 PM PDT

A man survived a plunge of at least 180 feet (55 meters) over Niagara Falls in an apparent suicide attempt on Monday - only the third person known to have lived after going over the falls without a sa...

Strong quake rocks Bulgaria, no info about casualties

Posted: 21 May 2012 07:56 PM PDT

A strong 5.8-magnitude quake rocked Bulgaria shortly after 3:00 am (0000 GMT) on Tuesday, Bulgaria's Seismological Institute said.

Rutgers spying defendant sentenced to 30-day jail term

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT

A judge in New Brunswick sentenced Dharun Ravi to 30 days in jail on Monday for using a webcam to spy on his Rutgers University roommate having sex with a man, in a case that galvanized concern about ...

Insider trading case: Trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta begins

Posted: 21 May 2012 12:08 PM PDT

A jury was selected Monday at the insider trading trial of a former Goldman Sachs board member after prosecutors told a judge they expect to call a current Goldman board member as one of their first w...

Dubai's Princess Tower tallest residential building

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Dubai, which already claims the world's highest building, has set a new record with Princess Tower, which the Guinness World Records website said on Monday was the world's tallest residential building...

Gaddafi ex-Spy Chief to face charges in Mauritania: Source

Posted: 21 May 2012 09:03 AM PDT

Moammar Gaddafi's former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, arrested in Mauritania in March and sought by Libya, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC), is to face local charges in Mau...

S African minister buys art, shows receipts of 256 burgers instead

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:51 AM PDT

A South African politician bought a painting with government money by masking it as a McDonald's purchase equivalent to 256 burger meals, the company said on Monday. McDonalds in a statement confirme...

Supply lines cast shadow at NATO meeting on Afghan war

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

President Obama was struggling to balance the United States' relationship with two crucial but difficult allies on Sunday, after a deal to reopen supply lines through Pakistan to Afghanistan fell apar...

Suu Kyi to give Nobel acceptance speech after two decades

Posted: 21 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi will make a speech in Oslo next month to accept the Nobel Peace Prize she was awarded in 1991, as a part of her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years, the Nobel Committee said on Mon...

Five hundred body parts kept by British cops even after probe

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Police departments in Britain retained at least 492 human body parts, including brains, hearts and limbs, even after investigations were over, without informing victims' families, an official probe ha...

China Police Chief faces treason trial: Report

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:36 AM PDT

Former Chongqing municipality Police Chief Wang Lijun, who fled to a US consulate in February reportedly seeking asylum, would be tried as early as next month, the South China Morning Post reported, q...

Sri Lanka's ex-army chief released from jail

Posted: 21 May 2012 06:24 AM PDT

Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was formally freed from prison on Monday following a presidential pardon. Large crowds gathered outside the prison to greet Fonseka, who was imprisoned in 2...

Dogs bit him even after he passed out from the attack

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:10 AM PDT

A 30-year-old Briton is fighting for his life at a hospital after he was mauled by two savage dogs as he walked along a beach.The unnamed victim was bitten all over his body by a Mastiff cross and a S...

China voices opposition to US report on its military development

Posted: 21 May 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Hitting back at a Pentagon report that raised concerns over the rapid modernisation of its armed forces, China today said its military development is "justified and normal" and asked the United States...

Why MPs will be circumcised in this country

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:16 AM PDT

In an unprecedented move, more than 170 Zimbabwean Members of Parliament (MPs) and parliamentary workers have come forward to get circumcised to set a public example and defend themselves against catc...

French prosecutors probe Strauss-Kahn rape accusations

Posted: 21 May 2012 03:01 AM PDT

Disgraced former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn's legal woes deepened on Monday as French prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into accusations he took part in a gang...

Tamil prisoners on hunger strike in Sri Lanka

Posted: 21 May 2012 02:46 AM PDT

A total of 234 Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, most of them former Tamil Tiger rebels, are on a hunger strike the past five days here, said officials on Monday. Inmates of three prisons, located in Colo...

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng rests in New York City

Posted: 21 May 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng soaked up the sun in New York City on Sunday as his children played in a garden, a break in a day of meetings to arrange his studies at New York University.

Three climbers die on Mount Everest, two still missing

Posted: 21 May 2012 02:03 AM PDT

A German, a Nepal-born Canadian and a Korean climber died on Saturday, and two others are still missing while descending from Mt everest, said Nepalese Mountaineering Department official Gyanendra Shr...

Vladimir Putin to dominate new Russian government

Posted: 21 May 2012 02:02 AM PDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin will unveil a government dominated by loyalists on Monday, leaving Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev limited scope to pursue his reform agenda and entrenching the Kremlin...

Suicide bomber kills scores at Yemen army parade

Posted: 21 May 2012 01:41 AM PDT

A Yemeni official said on Tuesday that a suicide bomber blew himself up during a military parade rehearsal in the capital Sanaa, killing scores of people. The official said the bomber was a soldier wh...
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