Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Tamils demand army withdrawal after Sri Lanka clashes

Tamils demand army withdrawal after Sri Lanka clashes

Tamils demand army withdrawal after Sri Lanka clashes

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:52 PM PST

Sri Lanka's main Tamil party on Thursday demanded troops be withdrawn to barracks in the former rebel heartland of Jaffna after the worst ethnic violence since the end of the island's 37-year conflict...

Gift of boots to barefoot man reverberates online

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:50 PM PST

On a cold November night in Times Square, Officer Lawrence Deprimo was working a counterterrorism post when he encountered an older, barefooted homeless man. The officer disappeared for a moment, then...

Afghan girl's throat slit over refusal to marry

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:39 PM PST

Two men have been arrested for slitting the throat of a 15-year-old Afghan girl after her family refused a marriage proposal, police said on Thursday.

Egypt rushes out new charter amid turmoil over Mohamed Morsi's powers

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:24 PM PST

A divisive panel boycotted by liberals and Christians was set on Thursday to vote on a draft new Egyptian constitution, amid mounting protests over President Mohamed Morsi's assumption of sweeping pow...

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world, India 66th

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:15 PM PST

Switzerland is the best place to be born in the world in 2013 and India is 66, according to a new research. The research places Britain at 27.

US soldier kills pregnant wife, dumps body in Mexican landfill

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:09 PM PST

A US soldier killed his pregnant wife after a Thanksgiving Day argument and dumped her body at a landfill near this Mexican border city, then killed himself, authorities said on Wednesday.

Kosovo ex-PM faces war crimes verdict at UN tribunal

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:01 PM PST

The UN's Yugoslav war crimes court will on Thursday hand down judgement for Kosovo's ex-Prime Minister and former freedom fighter Ramush Haradinaj and two comrades in arms who were re-tried because of...

Japanese man's childhood dreams give birth to giant robot

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:52 PM PST

Like many Japanese, Kogoro Kurata grew up watching futuristic robots in movies and animation, wishing that he could bring them to life and pilot one himself. Unlike most other Japanese, he has actuall...

Myanmar police fire water cannon at mine protest: activist

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:39 PM PST

Riot police fired water cannon to disperse people protesting against a controversial Chinese-backed copper mine in northern Myanmar, an activist told AFP Thursday.

UK phone hacking scandal: Leveson report to be released today amid censorship fears

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:14 PM PST

Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on Wednesday on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the ...

Three accused of plotting to join Al Qaeda indicted in California

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:03 PM PST

Three men accused of plotting to join up with Al Qaeda and Taliban militants for training in Afghanistan were indicted on Wednesday in California in a move that could allow prosecutors to move to tria...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has lung infection: Ecuadorean ambassador

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:50 PM PST

Ecuador's ambassador to Britain says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has developed a chronic lung infection and requires constant medical attention at his refuge in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London.

Barack Obama takes 'fiscal cliff' battle to Twitter

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:36 PM PST

President Barack Obama opened a new front on Wednesday in the battle between Democrats and Republicans over the best way to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff" - Twitter.

Mohamed Mursi to urge unity in face of political crisis

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:25 PM PST

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi will address the nation on Thursday, calling for unity as he pushes through a new constitution he hopes will defuse a crisis prompted by his decision to grant himself ...

Missile test fears shadow South Korea-China talks

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:20 PM PST

South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for China on Thursday for talks on North Korea, shadowed by signs that Pyongyang is preparing an imminent long-range missile test.

26/11 accused David Headley, Tahawwur Rana to be sentenced in January 2013

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:07 PM PST

The sentencing of American-born Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist David Headley, accused of involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has been fixed for January 17 next year while that of his accomplice Tahawwur R...

New York nanny murder: Yoselyn Ortega pleads not guilty

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST

A nanny accused in the stabbing deaths of two children in her care at their upscale Manhattan home pleaded not guilty on Wednesday inside a hospital room where she's been treated for self-inflicted st...

Lottery fever grips US ahead of Powerball draw

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:13 AM PST

Lottery fever gripped the United States on Wednesday ahead of a Powerball drawing with an estimated jackpot of $500 million, the second highest in the nation's history.

Italian teacher jailed for killing rabbits in class

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:08 AM PST

An Italian teacher has been sentenced to eight months in prison for killing two rabbits with a hammer in front of his pupils in an anatomy class, the animal protection association LAV said on Wednesda...

Will travelling anywhere on Earth in four hours be a reality?

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:57 AM PST

A small British company with a dream of building a re-usable space plane has won an important endorsement from the European Space Agency (ESA) after completing key tests on its novel engine technology...

Turkey lifts headscarf ban in religious schools

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:13 AM PST

Turkey has lifted a ban on female students wearing headscarves in schools providing religious education, in a move drawing criticism from secularists who see it as fresh evidence of the government pus...

US, Pakistan ties fully repaired, says Hina Rabbani Khar

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:00 AM PST

Pakistan and the United States have restored full military and intelligence ties after relations hit a low point last year, and Islamabad will take further steps to support a nascent Afghan peace proc...

French court upholds 'gay sex addict' ruling against GlaxoSmithKline

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:50 AM PST

A French appeals court on Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to pay 197,000 euros to a man who claimed that its drug to treat Parkinson's turned him into a g...

Mother names baby 'Hashtag'

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:42 AM PST

Observe the power of social networking media. One mother, impressed by Twitter, has christened her baby girl "Hashtag".

French Government says has buyer for ArcelorMittal site

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:34 AM PST

The French government has found an industrialist willing to invest 400 million euros to renovate ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks in northeast France, a minister said on Wednesday.
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