Wednesday, August 1, 2012

An Olympics vigil, from 30,000 feet

An Olympics vigil, from 30,000 feet


An Olympics vigil, from 30,000 feet

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT

More than 70 years after squadrons of Spitfire and Hurricane fighters flew from here into an epic air battle with Hitler's Luftwaffe, pilots flying the fastest fighter interceptors in Britain's modern...


Pakistan sacks top lawyer for doing 'seva' in Indian shrines

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 10:28 PM PDT

The Pakistan government has fired a top law officer who earned the ire of lawyers by washing dishes and polishing shoes while performing voluntary service at Hindu and Sikh shrines in India to promote...


Dissident Chen raises China concerns with US

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:32 PM PDT

The dissident who was at the centre of a standoff between China and the United States on Wednesday accused Beijing of failing to live up to its promises as US lawmakers rallied behind him.


Julian Assange's mother meets Ecuador leader

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 09:14 PM PDT

The mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange met with Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on Wednesday to discuss the fate of her son holed up at the country's embassy in Britain.


As rich world falters, buoyant South East Asia discovers credit

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 07:10 PM PDT

Every weekday brings another lucky winner of the "Credit Card Clean" game on Thailand's Get Radio station.


Olympic bus hits, kills cyclist near stadium

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:35 PM PDT

A double-decker Olympic bus hit and killed a bicyclist on Wednesday night as it was ferrying journalists from the Olympic Park in east London, police and organisers said.


California professor's email reveals plot to shoot students

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 12:23 PM PDT

A professor arrested on arson charges wrote in emails that he was thinking of getting a dozen machine guns and shooting at least 200 students at the California high school attended by his late son, ac...


Explosions rock Lahore market, over 20 injured

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 11:23 AM PDT

More than 20 people were injured, five of them seriously, when two bombs went off in a market in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday.


This New York City penthouse is worth $100 million

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 06:17 AM PDT

What will $100 million buy you in New York City's real estate market? Apparently, a really good view.


Tetra Pak heir gets 10-months suspended sentence

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 05:28 AM PDT

For more than two months, Hans Kristian Rausing, a son of a billionaire, acted as if everything was fine, even though the corpse of his wife Eva was decomposing in their luxury home in central London....


Taliban executes four Afghans 'for Western links'

Posted: 01 Aug 2012 03:39 AM PDT

Taliban insurgents near the Afghan capital Kabul executed four civilians working for a Western security company, officials said today, days after a similar execution in the area. The bullet-riddled b...


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