Friday, June 29, 2012

Sri Lanka troops join battle against dengue fever

Sri Lanka troops join battle against dengue fever

Sri Lanka troops join battle against dengue fever

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:34 AM PDT

A Sri Lankan municipal worker fumigates insecticide to curb mosquito breedingThousands of Sri Lankan troops Friday joined a massive clean up operation to eliminate mosquito-breeding grounds as part of a national effort to contain the dengue virus, officials said.

Sri Lanka shuts main opposition news websites

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 10:15 AM PDT

Internet surfers sit and use computers at a shopping mall in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2007Sri Lankan police Friday shut down opposition news websites, accusing them of carrying "false and vulgar reports", months after imposing censorship on news alerts issued by mobile phone companies.

China says plane hijack attempt thwarted

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Chinese police patrol a street in Urumqi, the capital of the restive Xinjiang regionSix members of China's Uighur minority tried to hijack a plane flying from a restive city in the far-western Xinjiang region on Friday but crew members and passengers thwarted them, authorities said.

Militants kill 10 in attack in eastern Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Suicide bombers blew themselves up at the gate of a government compound in eastern Afghanistan before dawn Friday, opening the way for armed insurgents to storm the facility and touching off an hours-long gunbattle that left 10 people dead, officials said.

Myanmar tells Suu Kyi not to call country 'Burma'

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 08:07 AM PDT

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is seen as she takes part in a debate with French students at the Sorbonne University, in Paris, Thursday June 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)Myanmar has changed dramatically over the last year, but one thing won't change anytime soon: the country's name.

China: Pilot failed to locate runway before crash

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:58 AM PDT

A commercial airline pilot failed to locate the runway before landing and abandoned the plane after it crashed in northeastern China two years ago, the government said Friday and called for the chief pilot to be prosecuted.

China: Plane hijacking foiled in west, 6 detained

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:53 AM PDT

Passengers and crew foiled a hijacking attempt by six people on a plane in China's far-western Xinjiang region Friday, a regional airline and state media said. An overseas rights group, however, denied a hijacking attempt took place and said a seat dispute triggered an in-air brawl.

Tens of thousands protest Japan nuclear restart

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Japan had been left without nuclear power since early May when the last of its 50 working reactors was shut downTens of thousands of people rallied outside the Japanese prime minister's residence in Tokyo Friday in one of the largest demonstrations held against the restart of nuclear reactors.

Baby dead 'for a day' as Japan mother chats on net

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:19 AM PDT

The woman told police she sought solace on Internet chatrooms following the death of her two previous sonsA woman whose baby boy lay dead for nearly a day while she chatted on Internet forums has been arrested in Japan, media and police said Friday.

Sri Lankan police raid news website, arrest 9

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 07:17 AM PDT

Sri Lankan police arrested nine journalists and seized computers and documents from the office of an independent news website Friday, said a media rights group in one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists.

Afghan official: 10 killed in militant attack

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:57 AM PDT

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) —

Chinese astronauts parachute land after mission

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:21 AM PDT

In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, China's first female astronaut Liu Yang waves as she comes out of the re-entry capsule of Shenzhou-9 spacecraft in Siziwang Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Friday, June 29, 2012. Liu and two other crew members emerged smiling from the capsule that returned safely to earth Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Wang Jianmin) NO SALESChina's first female astronaut and two other crew members emerged smiling from a capsule that returned safely to Earth on Friday from a 13-day mission to an orbiting module that is a prototype for a future space station.

Butt calls for trial in Pakistan

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:52 AM PDT

Salman ButtFormer captain Salman Butt has called for an open trial against him in Pakistan saying he didn't get justice in a cricket corruption case which led to a lengthy ban and jail time.

Japan's Nomura to cut executive pay over leaks

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:51 AM PDT

Kenichi Watanabe (left) speaks as Nomura Securities president Koji Nagai listens during a press briefing in TokyoTop Japanese brokerage Nomura Holdings said Friday that it would temporarily cut its most senior executives' pay by as much as half in the wake of an embarrassing insider trading scandal at the firm.

Suu Kyi leaves France at end of Europe tour

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 06:43 AM PDT

Aung San Suu Kyi was lauded for her peaceful resistance to the military junta in MyanmarMyanmar's democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi left France Friday to return to her homeland at the end of a landmark five-nation European tour, the French foreign ministry said.

S. Korea, Japan postpone landmark military pact

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:17 AM PDT

Japanese Foreign Ministry spokesman Yutaka Yokoi arrives for a press conference in TokyoSouth Korea Friday postponed at the last minute the signing of a landmark military agreement with Japan, amid anger in Seoul over the planned pact with a former colonial ruler.

China's Hu in Hong Kong for handover anniversary

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:35 AM PDT

Chinese President Hu Jintao waves after arriving at Hong Kong's International AirportChinese President Hu Jintao on Friday urged Hong Kong's restive people to embrace the motherland as he visited the financial citadel for the 15th anniversary of its return to rule by Beijing.

Indian security forces kill 21 Maoist rebels

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:46 AM PDT

The Maoists have been fighting a deadly low-intensity war against authorities for decades in Chhattisgarh stateAt least 21 Maoist rebels were killed in a series of violent clashes with security forces in the central state of Chhattisgarh, a hotbed of left-wing extremism, police said Friday.

Suu Kyi's Europe trip revives lifetime of memories

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:46 AM PDT

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 20, 2012 file photo, Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi talks to people following an award ceremony at the Oxford University, Oxford, England. Back amid Oxford's Gothic spires, Suu Kyi recalled taking boat rides with friends along the River Cherwell and daydreaming in the library instead of studying. The most important thing she learned, she said, was a respect for all of civilization. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)Paris brought back memories of onion soup. Oxford, of carefree student days and sharing a passion for literature with her two young sons. In London, Aung San Suu Kyi recalled her father, whose historic visit in 1947 came shortly before he was assassinated — when she was only 2.

Doctor pulls 13cm live worm from man's eye in India

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 04:39 AM PDT

The 13 centimetre long worm, which survived for half an hour after it was pulled from the patient's eyeA doctor in India has pulled a live 13 centimetre-long worm from the eye of an elderly patient who was complaining of persistent pain in an operation reminiscent of a far-fetched alien movie plot.

Plane hijacking foiled in restive western China

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT

Passengers and crew foiled a hijacking attempt by six people on a plane in China's restive far-western Xinjiang region Friday, a regional airline and state media said.

UN declares a day of universal joy

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:05 AM PDT

The UN building in New York, where delegates have resolved that the pursuit of happiness is a "fundamental human goal"The United Nations on Thursday declared that March 20 each year will be the International Day of Happiness -- and it wants everyone to join in the fun.

SKorea puts off Japan military pact at last minute

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 02:21 AM PDT

Japan and South Korea put on hold an intelligence sharing pact less than an hour before it was to be formally signed Friday, in a major embarrassment for both countries forced by a political outcry in Seoul.

Drogba to arrive in Shanghai by July 13

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 01:59 AM PDT

Shanghai Shenhua FC has gone on a spending spree on foreign players and managers in a bid to raise their gameFootball star Didier Drogba will arrive in China by July 13 "at the latest" to join Shanghai Shenhua, the team's coach said Friday, amid huge anticipation he will help turn the club's season around.
Posted by Harshad at 11:05 AM

1 comment:

  1. UnknownJune 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM

    In my view, it was more likely that the worm entered the eye when he was perhaps in the Ganges river or other rivers. Many of these people do as part of their rituals but it is not very hygienic. If it came from food source, how did it get into the eye?

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