Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Barack Obama tackles rape comments, 'fiscal cliff' on TV talk show

Barack Obama tackles rape comments, 'fiscal cliff' on TV talk show


Barack Obama tackles rape comments, 'fiscal cliff' on TV talk show

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:53 PM PDT

President Barack Obama suspended the levity during an interview with late-night TV talk show host Jay Leno on Wednesday to address a Republican Senate candidate's assertion that pregnancies resulting ...


Muslims flee Myanmar unrest as death toll rises

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:29 PM PDT

A new wave of sectarian violence in western Myanmar has left five people dead and dozens injured in recent days, triggering another exodus of Muslims to emergency camps, officials said on Thursday.


Barack Obama criticises US Republican's rape remarks

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:20 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has criticised Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for his remarks about rape and pregnancy, saying that "rape is rape" and that the Republican's comments "don'...


Afghanistan, Pakistan eye US vote with foreboding

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT

The US election is a side-show on the frontline of the war on terror where Afghans feel abandoned by Washington's looming troop withdrawal, which some in Pakistan fear could cause more violence and in...


Rajat Gupta's four daughters broke down in court

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:05 PM PDT

Last year on Diwali Former Goldman Sachs director, Rajat Gupta arrived at the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan to surrender to the FBI and face criminal insider trading-related charges. His fa...


Bali's 'largest' ancient Hindu temple discovered

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:51 PM PDT

Construction workers in Bali have discovered what is thought to be the biggest ancient Hindu temple ever found on the Indonesian island, archaeologists said.


Emails offer glimpse at what US knew in first hours after attack in Libya

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:10 PM PDT

A series of three leaked e-mails sent by State Department officials beginning shortly after the fatal attack began on the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, last month - including one th...


Barack Obama trumps 'The Donald' with Kenya gag

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 09:03 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday lampooned Donald Trump, saying the real estate tycoon's feud with him dated back to "when we were growing up together in Kenya."


Rajat Gupta trial: Who said what

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:55 PM PDT

A former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday, culminating a spectacular fall from grace for a man whose good deeds worldwide ...


Barack Obama talks second term; Mitt Romney zeroes in on economy

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:48 PM PDT

President Barack Obama is confidently predicting speedy second-term agreement with Republicans to reduce federal deficits and overhaul immigration laws, commenting before setting out Wednesday on a 40...


Rajat Gupta's full statement in court

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:22 PM PDT

For the first time since the trial began two years ago, Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs and Procter & Gamble Co. board member spoke in court. Mr Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison for feedin...


Student auctions virginity for Australian documentary

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:20 PM PDT

A Brazilian student has sold her virginity in an online auction for US$780,000 as part of a documentary organised by an Australian filmmaker, reports said on Thursday.


Rajat Gupta gets two years in prison for insider trading

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:17 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in prison: Rajat Gupta was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday, a much lighter sentence than US prosecutors had demanded, by a judge who called his insider...


China ends nuke plant ban set after Japan disaster

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:05 PM PDT

China has decided to approve new nuclear power plants as part of plans to reduce reliance on oil and coal, ending the moratorium it imposed to review safety in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster l...


Narayana Murthy gets 2012 Hoover Medal for his humanitarian efforts

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:49 PM PDT

N.R. Narayana Murthy, co-founder of IT giant Infosys who has used his business success to "give back" to his native India, has been named recipient of the prestigious 2012 Hoover Medal.


S. Korea readies third bid to join global space club

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:35 PM PDT

South Korea hopes to launch a satellite into space on Friday in its third attempt to join an elite club that includes Asian powers China, Japan and India.


US college evacuated after bomb threat

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:28 PM PDT

A college in the US state of Texas was evacuated on Wednesday after receiving a bomb threat.


Hurricane Sandy pounds Jamaica, then aims at Cuba

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:17 PM PDT

Hurricane Sandy's howling winds and pelting rains lashed precarious shantytowns, stranded travellers and downed power lines on Wednesday as it roared across Jamaica on a course that would take it on t...


Rajat Gupta: The rise and fall

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:34 PM PDT

Rajat Gupat joined McKinsey & Company, the elite and secretive management-consulting firm as an earnest, under-stated young man, fresh out of Harvard Business School, and IIT Delhi before that. He ros...


Rajat Gupta gets two years in jail for insider trading; fined $5 million

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Rajat Gupta, the former Goldman Sachs director, has been sentenced to two years in jail for insider trading by a US court. He has also been fined $5 million.


Five shot, at least two dead in California shooting: Reports

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Police say five people have been shot and at least two are dead in a Los Angeles suburb. Downey police Lieutenant Dean Milligan tells KCAL-TV that the shootings occurred on Wednesday morning at a busi...


Silvio Berlusconi confirms will not run in 2013 Italy election

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 10:58 AM PDT

Former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi confirmed on Wednesday he would not lead his People of Freedom (PDL) party in next year's Italian election and called for a primary to decide the centre-right c...


One dead after gunman opens fire in Atlanta chapel

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:12 AM PDT

Police say the man suspected in a fatal shooting at a Georgia megachurch was a former church employee.


French Prime Minister backs Barack Obama in US presidential race

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:02 AM PDT

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has broken diplomatic protocol by openly expressing his hope that Barack Obama wins the upcoming US presidential election.


Haj pilgrimage starts in Mecca

Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Nearly 3 million Muslim pilgrims started the first phase of the annual haj on Wednesday, travelling through packed streets from Mecca's Grand Mosque to the enormous camp at Mina just outside the Saudi...


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