Monday, November 26, 2012

Anger at Chinese businesswoman's foreign passport

Anger at Chinese businesswoman's foreign passport


Anger at Chinese businesswoman's foreign passport

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:01 PM PST

A prominent Chinese businesswoman has come under fire after she was exposed as having a foreign passport, highlighting resentment towards the rising number of wealthy emigrants.


Savita Halappanavar's father appeals to Ireland for public inquiry

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:44 PM PST

Savita Halappanavar's father has appealed to the Irish Government to hold a public inquiry into his daughter's death, saying that the family was not happy with the probe so far.


Three killed in attack on Papua police station

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:57 PM PST

Separatist gunmen attacked a police station on Tuesday in Indonesia's restive Papua province, killing three officers and setting the complex alight, police said.


We will defeat terrorism, Malala tells Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:44 PM PST

"We will defeat terrorism," teen peace activist Malala Yousufzai, currently recuperating in a British hospital after she was shot at by the Taliban, told journalist Hamid Mir after he escaped an attem...


Experts exhume remains of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:34 PM PST

The remains of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed from his grave on Tuesday so international forensic experts could search for additional clues to his death, Palestinian officials ...


Despite 2011 disaster, pro-nuclear party could win power in Japan

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:13 PM PST

Japanese voters look likely to hand victory to a party that favours nuclear power in the first election since the March 2011 Fukushima radiation disaster - a result a baffled Greenpeace activist liken...


Walmart admits goods made at Bangladesh fire factory

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:57 PM PST

US retail giant Walmart has admitted some of its products were made at the Bangladesh garment factory that burnt down at the weekend killing 110 workers, as anger grows over lax safety standards.


World War II bomb bound at Moscow stadium site

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:24 PM PST

An object believed to be an unexploded WWII aerial bomb has been found at a construction site in Moscow, a police spokesperson said on Monday.


South Korea sacks Jill Kelley over David Petraeus scandal

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:13 PM PST

South Korea said on Tuesday it was dismissing Jill Kelley, the Florida socialite at the heart of the scandal that brought down CIA chief David Petraeus, from her post as an "honorary consul".


Another Indian-origin hedge fund manager accused of insider trading

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:52 PM PST

A former hedge fund portfolio manager accused of passing along information in one of the largest insider trading fraud cases in history appeared in a Manhattan court for the first time on Monday and w...


Transplant doctor, Nobel Prize winner Joseph Murray dies in Boston

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:30 PM PST

Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93.


Satellite photo shows increased activity at North Korean launch site

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 07:07 PM PST

A new satellite image shows a marked increase in activity at a North Korean missile launch site, pointing to a possible long-range ballistic missile test by Pyongyang in the next three weeks, accordin...


Young UK feminists armed with tweets and jokes

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:54 PM PST

A new wave of feminism has taken hold in Britain this year: young, irreverent, and fuelled by social media.


UN to vote on raising Palestinian status on Thursday

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:39 PM PST

The Palestinians said the UN General Assembly will vote on Thursday afternoon on a resolution raising their status at the United Nations from an observer to a nonmember observer state, a move they bel...


Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:32 PM PST

A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with in a scene befitting the hit movie "Miss Bala," or "Miss Bullet,"...


Experts to exhume Yasser Arafat, seek evidence of poison

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:25 PM PST

The body of the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday by a team of international experts trying to discover if he was poisoned, as many Palestinians believe.


Fire at German workshop for disabled kills 14

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:13 PM PST

14 people were killed and eight injured on Monday when a fire broke out at a workshop for disabled people in Germany's Black Forest region, authorities said. Scores had to be rescued from the building...


Euro officials reach deal to reduce Greek debt

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 06:03 PM PST

Greece is on its way to getting the next installment of its much-needed bailout loans after Finance Ministers from the 17 European Union countries that use the euro agreed on a program to reduce the c...


Syrian jets bomb rebel bases near Turkey border

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:57 PM PST

Syrian warplanes bombed two rebel bases near the Turkish border on Monday sending hundreds of people fleeing across the frontier.


United States weighs post-2014 force of 10,000 troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 10:24 AM PST

President Barack Obama is weighing plans to keep roughly 10,000 US troops in Afghanistan after the NATO-led force hands over security to the Afghan government, a senior US official said Monday.


Nigeria military base bombing death toll hits 30

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:30 AM PST

A hospital official says the death toll in a twin suicide bombing at a church in a major military base in Nigeria has risen to at least 30.


United States, Russia name crew for yearlong space mission

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:11 AM PST

NASA and Russia's Roscosmos have named the two men who will spend a year aboard the International Space Station to gather more data about the effects of weightlessness on humans.


Thailand teachers shut schools over southern violence

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:06 AM PST

Teachers in a violence-wracked southern Thai province said on Monday that they are shutting down all primary schools there until the government can guarantee their safety from attacks by Muslim insurg...


Personal coaching app tracks sleep, diet, fitness

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:04 AM PST

Trying to get fit or lose weight but lacking the motivation and willpower? A new app that acts like a digital personal coach monitors fitness, activity, sleep and diet and provides tips for health and...


Fire kills 14 at German workshop for handicapped

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST

Fourteen people perished on Monday when a fire broke out at a workshop for handicapped people in Germany, local news agency DPA said.


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