Saturday, September 29, 2012

Bereaved China elderly suffer under one-child norm

Bereaved China elderly suffer under one-child norm

Bereaved China elderly suffer under one-child norm

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 10:31 PM PDT

When Wu Rui's 12-year-old daughter died she lost not just the only child she would ever have but also her source of security and support in old age.

Violence stalks women workers in Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 10:09 PM PDT

Muzhgan Masoomi's attacker stabbed her 14 times with a thick blade used to slaughter animals, tearing wide gashes in her flesh before leaving the government worker for dead on the outskirts of the Afg...

Woman kills boyfriend after he objects to Facebook post

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT

Police in Puerto Rico say a 27-year-old woman is suspected of killing her boyfriend after he became upset about her activities on Facebook.

Kidnapped British, Aussie tourists rescued in Ecuador

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:46 PM PDT

Ecuadoran authorities said on Saturday that they had rescued two women tourists, one from Britain and another from Australia, who were kidnapped a day earlier near the Colombian border.

Anti-austerity protests in Spain turn violent again

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:20 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of Spaniards and Portuguese rallied in the streets of their countries' capitals on Saturday to protest enduring deep economic pain from austerity measure, and the demonstration in Ma...

Youngest prisoner leaves Guantanamo, returns to Canada

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:04 PM PDT

The last Western detainee held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay returned to Canada on Saturday after a decade in custody following his capture in Afghanistan at age 15 after being wounded...

Israel to take military action against Iran?

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 08:53 PM PDT

The Israeli Prime Minister's fiery rhetoric on Iran suggests he may be considering military action before the US elections.

TV channel blames live airing of suicide on 'severe human error'

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Fox News apologised on Saturday for a "severe human error" that resulted in viewers seeing a suspected carjacker fatally shoot himself after a police chase.

Pak Army denies ISI's role in Hina-Bilawal link-up rumours

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 11:10 AM PDT

The Pakistani military today dismissed as "absurd and baseless" a British newspaper's report that the Inter-Services Intelligence agency was behind a defamation campaign against Foreign Minister Hina ...

Pakistan TV reporter shot dead

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 10:08 AM PDT

A reporter of a TV news channel was shot dead by unidentified persons in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan today.

Masked teen mistaken for prowler, killed by father

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 09:46 AM PDT

Tyler Giuliano had no trouble with the law. The teenager loved flying small planes as a Civil Air Patrol cadet and seemed happy as he played an online game with friends Wednesday night. But hours late...

Obama blocks Chinese purchase of US wind farms

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:51 AM PDT

Citing national security risks, President Barack Obama on Friday blocked a Chinese company from owning four wind farm projects in northern Oregon near a Navy base where the US military flies unmanned ...

In Sweden, man does time for convict friend

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 03:37 AM PDT

A man convicted of smuggling in Sweden outwitted his jailers by sneaking in a friend to serve most of his yearlong sentence, prison officials said Friday.

Nepal says pilot error likely cause of plane crash

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 02:34 AM PDT

Nepal said Saturday an error by a "panic-stricken" pilot likely caused the crash of an Everest-bound plane that killed all 19 on board. The twin-propeller Sita Air plane had just taken off on Friday f...

Pope's butler goes on trial in 'Vatileaks' scandal

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:51 AM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI's former butler Paolo Gabriele went on trial on Saturday for leaking confidential Vatican memos that revealed cloak-and-dagger politics among the pope's closest aides.

UK teen who ran away with teacher found in France

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:40 AM PDT

A 15-year-old British schoolgirl who sparked an international search when she went missing along with her math teacher was found safe and well in France on Friday, police said. Megan Stammers was loca...

Muslim girl cannot skip swimming class: German court

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:17 AM PDT

A German court on Friday refused to allow a Muslim student to skip swimming lessons after she said she was uncomfortable being so close to bare-chested boys.

Police hand over black box in Nepal plane crash

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 12:10 AM PDT

Police on Saturday handed over the black box data recorder of a plane that crashed on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital killing all 19 people on board to authorities probing the accident.

French judge to probe topless Kate Middleton pics

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 09:24 PM PDT

French prosecutors last week ordered a preliminary investigation into whether Closer magazine, which published the images on September 14, and the photographer had committed a criminal act.

Pakistan floods kill 371, affect 4.47 million

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:59 PM PDT

Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 371 people and affected nearly 4.5 million, the government's disaster relief agency said today. Pakistan has suffered devastating floods in the past two years, i...

Norwegian mass killer's speech to hit German theatres

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:27 PM PDT

A Turkish-German actress will read out Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik's bizarre courtroom speech in German theatres next month in an effort to highlight the widespread prevalence of fa...

Libya attackers linked to Al-Qaeda: US

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:50 PM PDT

The US intelligence community said Friday that a deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya was a planned attack linked to Al-Qaeda, but stressed that "many unanswered questions" remained.
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