Thursday, July 19, 2012

Most Arab states start Ramadan today

Most Arab states start Ramadan today


Most Arab states start Ramadan today

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:56 PM PDT

Friday will be the first day of the the holy month of Ramadan in most Arab countries, religious authorities announced on Thursday.


Rebels kill 21 Syrian guards, overtake border post

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 07:18 PM PDT

Rebels attacked Syrian forces on Thursday on two spots along the nation's porous border with Iraq, killing 21 soldiers and seizing control of one of the four major border posts, a senior Iraqi army of...


The photo that got three Burger King workers fired

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 01:13 PM PDT

Burger King says three workers were fired after a photo posted online appeared to show an employee stepping on lettuce in bins at a northwest Ohio restaurant.


A look at President Obama's inner circle

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 11:02 AM PDT

Barack Obama has made "change" the hallmark of his presidency. For his team of advisers, "continuity" might be a more operable term.


UK terror plot foiled after husband, wife fall out

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

Prosecutors have told a UK court that a planned attack by a husband-and-team pair of would-be terrorists fell apart after the couple became embroiled in a domestic dispute.


Honda recalls 172,200 cars in US to fix doors

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 08:02 AM PDT

Honda is recalling 172,200 small SUVs and cars in the US because the doors may not close. The recall affects 166,000 CR-V SUVs from the 2012 model year and 6,200 Acura ILX small luxury cars from the 2...


Need a room for the Olympics? Sleep in a cab

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:20 AM PDT

A London taxi driver has come up with a novel way of solving the Olympic hotel dilemma: visitors can sleep in his cab for 50 pounds ($78).


Attacks target Muslim leaders in Russia's Tatarstan

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 03:03 AM PDT

The most senior Islamic official in Russia's largely Muslim Tatarstan region was wounded in a car bomb attack and his deputy was killed in a separate shooting on Thursday, law enforcement officials sa...


Egypt TV channel gives veiled women a face

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:46 AM PDT

Abeer Shahin graduated from the prestigious American University in Cairo but struggled to find a job because of employers' aversion to her full Islamic face veil, or niqab. But now she has found a job...


Nuclear fears galvanise usually sedate Japan

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:29 AM PDT

Japan's usually sedate society is angry and getting organised against nuclear power, with the kind of snowballing protest movement not seen for decades.


Massive iceberg breaks off Greenland glacier

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 02:16 AM PDT

A massive iceberg twice the size of Manhattan has broken off of a glacier in Greenland, according to NASA satellite imagery, in what could be the latest indication of global warming.


Over 30 dead, 100 missing in Zanzibar ferry disaster

Posted: 19 Jul 2012 12:04 AM PDT

At least 31 people have drowned and more than a hundred more are missing feared dead after a ferry sank off Zanzibar, police said on Thursday, a day after the accident.


US ship didn't warn Indian fishermen: Dubai police chief

Posted: 18 Jul 2012 11:22 PM PDT

The US ship that fired at Indian fishermen off the Dubai coast, killing one and injuring three, did not warn them, Dubai Police commander-in-chief was quoted as saying on Thursday.


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