Wednesday, October 3, 2012

18 school children buried in China landslide: State media

18 school children buried in China landslide: State media


18 school children buried in China landslide: State media

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Eighteen primary school students were buried on Thursday in a landslide in a southwestern Chinese region that was hit by deadly earthquakes last month, state media said.


Outrage over human errors in Hong Kong boat crash

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:29 PM PDT

Shock over Monday's crash, which left 38 dead, gave way to outrage on Wednesday over what experts concluded was human error. Investigators have not publicly offered a theory of how the collision occur...


In debate style and body language, Mitt Romney trumps Barack Obama

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:26 PM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney came across as aggressive and polished, while Democrat Barack Obama appeared laid back and unassertive in a presidential debate on Wednesday that showcased their differences in ...


Damage control for Obama after lackluster debate

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 10:07 PM PDT

Mitt Romney tore into Wednesday's first presidential debate with the driving passion of a man who thinks he is losing an election. President Barack Obama appeared every inch the battered incumbent, dr...


Mitt Romney turns in strong debate performance

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:56 PM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney performed strongly Wednesday in his first presidential debate, putting a more passive Barack Obama on the back foot as he reignited hope in his flagging campaign.


Turkey fires at Syria after deadly shelling

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT

Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets on Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbors and pr...


US presidential debate: Quotes of the night

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 09:00 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney faced off on Wednesday in the first of three televised debates in the run-up to the November 6 election. Here are some of the key qu...


Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, in first debate, spar over fixing the economy

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:41 PM PDT

Mitt Romney aggressively pressed President Obama on the economy, jobs and health care in a debate Wednesday that avoided the kind of one-liners that sometimes emerge from the high-stakes face-offs be...


Obama says Romney would cut school funding

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:34 PM PDT

President Barack Obama says Republican rival Mitt Romney favours cutting a fifth of the Education Department's budget while Mr Romney is countering that President Obama directed $90 billion to so-call...


Obama and Romney delve into the details

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:17 PM PDT

In their first debate, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney delved into dense discussions on taxes, health care, entitlement programs and more. Each candidate unleashed a flurry of statis...


Resurfaced '07 talk by Obama renews questions on race

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT

In the summer of 2007, his campaign for the White House well under way, Senator Barack Obama waded into the minefield of racial politics and accused President George W. Bush of sitting idly by as a "q...


Obama vs Romney: Some shortcuts with facts

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney spun one-sided stories in their first presidential debate, not necessarily bogus, but not the whole truth.


US Presidential Debate Round 1: Obama, Romney clash over Obamacare

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:37 PM PDT

US presidential debate: In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and ...


Michelle Obama: Debate 'worst way' to spend anniversary

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:30 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama is marking his 20th wedding anniversary Wednesday by squaring off against rival Mitt Romney in their first debate -- and First Lady Michelle is less than thrilled.


It's show time: Obama, Romney meet in first debate

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:48 PM PDT

Primed for a showdown, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney left their practice sessions behind Wednesday for a prime-time debate before millions with the power to settle the r...


Bollywood favourite pushes sari revival

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 11:27 AM PDT

As the platform-heeled models sashay past the flash of cameras to the sound of U2, Sabyasachi Mukherjee surveys the progress of his campaign to drag the sari from the back of the closet onto the catwa...


Butler stole papers pope wanted destroyed: Police

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 08:19 AM PDT

Defence lawyer Cristiana Arru sought to turn the spotlight on police methods during the search, drawing out several agents to say that they had not used gloves when they handled the documents, and a g...


Barack Obama marks 20 years of marriage with romantic 'tweet'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:41 AM PDT

President Barack Obama marked 20 years of marriage to his wife Michelle on Wednesday with a romantic tweet sent to the first lady and to his 20 million followers on Twitter.


Five Taiwanese dead in Vietnam boat crash: Reports

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 07:24 AM PDT

Five Taiwanese tourists including a child were killed on Wednesday in a boat collision in Vietnam's famed Halong Bay, state media reported.


British police quiz man over missing girl, five

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:45 AM PDT

British police investigating the disappearance of a five-year-old girl in Wales continued their search on Wednesday after detaining a local man.


FBI offers $50,000 bounty for suspect with ties to Al Qaeda

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:43 AM PDT

US authorities offered a $50,000 reward today for an American of Syrian descent with alleged Al Qaeda ties, who is accused of plotting to kill US military personnel overseas.

Who's the undecided voter? It may be the 'Walmart mom'

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Sometimes seen as the great prize of U.S. electoral politics, this elusive citizen is more likely to be female, white, lacking a college education and earning less than $25,000, according Reuters/Ipso...


Seven killed in blasts in pro-Hezbollah east Lebanon: Official

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 06:16 AM PDT

At least seven people were killed and four injured in a series of blasts on Wednesday that rocked an area of the Hezbollah-controlled Bekaa valley, a Lebanon security official said.

Taiwanese pilot killed in warplane crash in France

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:47 AM PDT

A Taiwanese pilot died on Wednesday when the fighter jet he was flying on a training mission in France burst into a ball of flames after crashing in a forest, officials said.

United States intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists

Posted: 03 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT

A multibillion-dollar information sharing programme created in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks in 2001 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valua...

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