Friday, September 28, 2012

Missing Indian American student's body found in US harbour

Missing Indian American student's body found in US harbour

Missing Indian American student's body found in US harbour

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:30 PM PDT

The death of an Indian American student, whose body was found in Wilmette harbour near the Northwestern University's suburban Chicago campus, has been ruled as a result of an accidental drowning.

US man shoots self in head... live on TV after car chase

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:49 PM PDT

A high-speed chase turned ugly for Fox News on Friday when it televised - live - a fleeing carjacking suspect shooting himself in the head in the Arizona desert.

Finding a new virus: Spit, sequencing and serendipity

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:14 PM PDT

Professor Maria Zambon's first thought when her team of scientists matched a virus from a patient's sputum to one never before seen in humans was: "Oh no, this is going to be tricky." In her north Lo...

Hillary Clinton unveils USD 45 million in new aid for Syria

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:45 AM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday unveiled a total of USD 45 million in new funding for humanitarian aid and to help the civilian opposition in Syria.

Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu speak by phone

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT

President Barack Obama and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Friday, after the US leader was criticised for failing to meet the Prime Minister at the United Nations in New York.

No press complaint over UK Prince Harry's naked pics

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 08:22 AM PDT

Britain's royal family said on Friday it would not lodge a complaint with the country's press watchdog over the publication of photographs showing Prince Harry cavorting naked in a Las Vegas hotel roo...

Five dead in Minnesota shooting rampage: Police

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 07:50 AM PDT

A gunman opened fire at a small business in the northern US state of Minnesota, killing four people before turning the gun on himself and dying of a self-inflicted gunshot, police said on Friday.

China says disgraced leader Bo Xilai expelled from party

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT

China's communist leadership expelled Bo Xilai from the ruling party Friday and sought to bury him with charges ranging from corruption to sexual affairs, aiming to sweep away their most damaging scan...

Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 06:06 AM PDT

Dozens of prisoners, including convicted Al Qaeda members, escaped an Iraqi jail after militants dressed in police uniform attacked the prison and released them, security sources said on Friday.

Fresh anti-Islam film protests in Pakistan

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:52 AM PDT

Hundreds of Pakistanis demonstrated in small rallies against a US-made anti-Islam film on Friday, but there was no repeat of the widespread violence seen at protests a week ago.

Two more Somali journalists murdered; one is beheaded

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 05:38 AM PDT

Officials in Somalia say two more journalists have been murdered, including one who was beheaded, bringing the number of journalists killed in the country this year to 15.

Blast kills Pakistan bomb disposal expert

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:54 AM PDT

A senior bomb disposal officer was killed on Friday as he attempted to defuse a device in Pakistan's troubled northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.

Israeli Prime Minister bomb sketch had pundits confused: Carl Bildt

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 04:18 AM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cartoon-like drawing of a bomb that he held up at the United Nations General Assembly left pundits bewildered, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said on F...

New virus not spreading easily between people, says world health body

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 02:59 AM PDT

A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily form person to person, the World Health Organisation (...

13 policemen killed, 83 inmates freed after gunmen attack prison in Iraq

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:57 AM PDT

Clashes killed at least 13 policemen at a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit that was seized by militants but has since been retaken by security forces, officials said on Friday. At least 83 prisoners...

Kaziranga rhino, mutilated by poachers, struggles for life

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:30 AM PDT

The rhino was found bleeding from gunshot injuries; poachers cut off its horn and nose.

US: Man kills masked boy, finds out it's his son

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 01:00 AM PDT

A man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbour's house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary and then discovered it was his son, state police said.

Mars rover Curiosity finds signs of ancient stream

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:43 PM PDT

The NASA rover Curiosity has beamed back pictures of bedrock that suggest a fast-moving stream, possibly waist-deep, once flowed on Mars - a find that the mission's chief scientist called exciting.

Japan on alert as typhoons loom

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:27 PM PDT

A very strong typhoon was near Taiwan, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki as of 2:00 pm (0500 GMT), packing winds of 180 kilometres (110 miles) per hour ...

Chinese crew rescued from burning boat by Japan's coastguard

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:15 PM PDT

A dozen Chinese crew members were rescued by Japan's coastguard when their Panama-registered boat caught fire in a Japanese bay, an official said Friday. Television footage showed thick smoke pouring ...
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