Saturday, August 25, 2012

Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead

Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead


Man mistakes son for monkey, shoots him dead

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 11:12 PM PDT

A farmer in southern Nepal mistook his son for a monkey trying to steal his crops and shot the 12-year-old dead, police said on Sunday.


China's chaotic health care drives patient attacks

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 11:08 PM PDT

Dr. Chen Yuna had just eaten her lunch and was seated at her desk updating patients' medical records when a masked man entered her office. He pulled out a dagger and stabbed her 28 times in her neck, ...


Plane crash lands, strikes two cars, injures two

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:35 PM PDT

Authorities say a small plane has crash-landed in a business district in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, striking two cars and injuring the two people on board. Nobody on the ground was h...


Venezuela refinery blast: Death toll rises to 39

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:33 PM PDT

A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery and unleashed a ferocious fire on Saturday, killing at least 39 people and injuring more than 80 others in one of the deadliest disasters ever ...


Who was Neil Armstrong?

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Neil Armstrong was a quiet self-described nerdy engineer who became a global hero when as a steely-nerved pilot he made "one giant leap for mankind" with a small step on to the moon. The modest man wh...


Neil Armstrong, the first man on moon, dies

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:21 PM PDT

The family of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, says he has died at age 82.


Mitt Romney has locked himself into 'extreme positions': Barack Obama

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:03 PM PDT

President Barack Obama said Mitt Romney has locked himself into "extreme positions" on economic and social issues and would surely impose them if elected, trying to discredit his Republican rival at t...


Empire State Building shooting: All nine victims hit by police

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 10:35 AM PDT

All nine bystanders caught in the crossfire of a shooting outside New York City's iconic Empire State Building were wounded by two police officers who had never fired their weapons on duty, authoritie...


Refinery blast kills 24 in Venezuela, dozens hurt

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 09:13 AM PDT

A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery early Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 80 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country's key oil indus...


Tropical Storm Isaac drenches Haiti; heads toward Cuba, Florida

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:31 AM PDT

Tropical Storm Isaac swept across Haiti's southern peninsula early Saturday, bringing flooding and at least three deaths while adding to the misery of a poor nation still trying to recover from the te...


Christian girl arrested for blasphemy in Pakistan cannot read: Vatican

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 07:03 AM PDT

French Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran on Saturday went to the defence of the young Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy, stressing that she "cannot read or write."


New NASA video captures drama of Curiosity rover's Mars landing

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Viewers can now relive the drama of the Curiosity rover's landing on Mars with a new NASA video detailing the final moments of touchdown.


'Manageable' oil slick reaches Sri Lanka capital

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:42 AM PDT

An oil slick from a rusting cargo vessel that sank in bad weather reached the coast of Sri Lanka's capital on Saturday and threatened a beach resort popular with foreign tourists, officials said.


Tiger escapes enclosure at German zoo, kills female keeper before being shot

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 05:17 AM PDT

A tiger escaped its enclosure at Cologne Zoo in western Germany on Saturday and killed a female keeper before being shot dead by the zoo's director, police said.


Empire State Building shooting: Gunman quiet loner, victim outgoing family man

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:26 AM PDT

A gunman who killed a former co-worker in cold blood in the shadow of the Empire State Building and then was shot dead by police after he turned his gun on them spent long hours in the quiet of Centra...


Egypt blocks 120 tunnels in the Sinai: Security sources

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:14 AM PDT

Egyptian military engineers have blocked 120 tunnels used for smuggling to and from the Gaza Strip since the start of operations in the neighboring Sinai Peninsula, security officials said on Saturday...

France's Hollande says Greece must remain in euro

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 03:44 AM PDT

French President Francois Hollande has said that Greece must remain in the eurozone. Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met Mr Hollande in Paris as part of his country's push to win more time to car...


Blast rocks Venezuela's largest refinery, kills 19

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 03:27 AM PDT

A large gas explosion shook Venezuela's biggest refinery, the 645,000-barrels-per-day Amuay facility, killing 19 people before dawn on Saturday, officials said.


Key Pakistani Taliban figure killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:54 AM PDT

A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen militants including a senior leader of the Taliban in Pakistan, the international military coalition said on Saturday, dealing a blow to armed ex...


Tropical storm Isaac makes landfall in southern Haiti

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:50 PM PDT

Tropical Storm Isaac made landfall on Haiti's southern coast early on Saturday, lashing the impoverished Caribbean nation with driving rain and gale-force winds, US forecasters said.


Former Navy SEAL behind bin Laden book faces threats, investigation

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 11:18 PM PDT

The former US Navy SEAL who authored a soon-to-be-published book about the raid that killed Osama bin Laden is now facing threats against his life in addition to possible criminal prosecution.


Empire State Building shooting: Long before carnage, an office grudge festered

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 10:51 PM PDT

The two men at the center of a fatal shooting outside the Empire State Building on Friday had brushed shoulders for years - often literally, two large egos stuffed into a small office - and yet could ...


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