Friday, December 7, 2012

Barack Obama asks Congress for $60 billion in Sandy aid

Barack Obama asks Congress for $60 billion in Sandy aid

Barack Obama asks Congress for $60 billion in Sandy aid

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:04 PM PST

President Barack Obama asked Congress Friday for $60.4 billion in federal aid for New York, New Jersey and other states hit by Superstorm Sandy in late October. It's a disaster whose cost is rivaled o...

U.S. drone strike kills Al-Qaeda commander - Pakistan tribal sources

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:30 PM PST

Tribal sources from Pakistan's northwest said on Saturday a U.S. drone attack had killed a senior Al-Qaeda commander in the latest blow to the militant Islamist group that has been targeted in many si...

'Your next boss could be a computer!'

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:10 PM PST

The first fully automatic computer system that can delegate tasks to human workers via crowd-sourcing has been developed by a US-based scientist.

Hillary Clinton to testify on Benghazi attack at open hearing

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 09:58 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will testify this month before US lawmakers at Senate and House hearings about the deadly September attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya, top lawmakers said F...

Apple and Samsung: A defining rivalry

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:57 PM PST

What a difference three months can make. At the end of August, Apple Inc seemed on top of the world. Fresh off a resounding $1.05 billion US legal victory over arch-foe Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the...

US Supreme Court to hear same-sex marriage cases for the first time

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:25 PM PST

The US Supreme Court stepped into the gay marriage debate for the first time on Friday by agreeing to review two challenges to federal and state laws that define marriage as a union between a man and ...

Egypt delays early voting on new Constitution

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:47 PM PST

Egypt postponed early voting on a contentious draft constitution, and aides to President Mohammed Morsi floated the possibility of canceling the whole referendum in the first signs Friday that the Isl...

UN climate talks go into overtime in Qatar

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:40 PM PST

The world's poorest countries, inundated by rising seas and worsening disasters, made a last ditch plea for financial help early Saturday as negotiators at United Nations climate talks struggled to re...

After nurse's death, DJs criticised for Royal prank call

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:24 PM PST

As pranks go, this one appeared outrageous and obnoxious rather than malicious: After convincing a hospital nurse who answered the phone this week that they were Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles, tw...

John McAfee stable, awaiting deportation in murder probe

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:09 PM PST

US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee is in stable condition after complaining of heart trouble and is awaiting deportation to Belize for questioning over his neighbour's murder, an official said...

Syrian rebels press in battle for Damascus airport

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:23 AM PST

Syrian rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad declared Damascus International Airport a "legitimate target" on Friday in a bid to cut off regime supplies, as clashes between government troop...

Royal hoax presenters off show until further notice: Station

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 11:11 AM PST

Two Australian radio presenters who duped a nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William's pregnant wife Catherine will not return "until further notice", their station said on Saturday after th...

Three accused in UK court of stabbing Indian general

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:31 AM PST

Three men accused of stabbing a retired Indian general have been ordered to remain in custody by a British court.

Egyptian protesters penetrate barrier at President Morsi's palace

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:18 AM PST

Tens of thousands of Egyptian protesters surged around President Mohamed Morsi's palace in Cairo on Friday after breaking through barbed wire barricades and climbing onto army tanks guarding the premi...

Britain to allow gay marriages in churches

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:05 AM PST

Britain will announce plans next week to allow gay marriages in churches and other religious buildings, officials said on Friday, although Prime Minister David Cameron insisted no faith group would be...

Amsterdam to move problem neighbours to 'special units'

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 10:02 AM PST

Amsterdammers guilty of "really unacceptable" behaviour towards their neighbours will from next year be removed from their homes and made to live together in special housing complexes, the city said o...

Kate and William 'saddened' by nurse's death

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:55 AM PST

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate said on Friday they were "deeply saddened" by the death of a nurse who fell victim to a prank call from an Australian radio station seeking details of the du...

US works with Russia on Syria, but wants Bashar al-Assad out

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:51 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Friday that the United States and Russia are committed to trying again to get President Bashar Assad's regime and the rebel opposition to talk about a...

Nurse a victim of prank call, says hospital: Read full statement

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:27 AM PST

London's King Edward VII hospital says the nurse involved in a prank telephone call to elicit information about the Duchess of Cambridge has died. In a statement issued by the hospital said that Jacin...

Coffee from an elephant's gut fills a $50 cup

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:22 AM PST

In the lush hills of northern Thailand, a herd of 20 elephants is excreting some of the world's most expensive coffee.

Nurse who took prank call about Kate Middleton found dead

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 08:01 AM PST

A nurse who took a prank call at the London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said on Friday.

Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal arrives in Gaza for first-ever visit

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:48 AM PST

Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal broke into tears on Friday as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit, a landmark trip reflecting his militant group's growing international acceptance ...

Afghan spy chief wounded by underpants bomber

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 07:13 AM PST

The suicide bomber who tried to assassinate Afghanistan's spy chief detonated a bomb hidden in his underwear, the intelligence agency said on Friday.

Pakistani Taliban recruits via Facebook

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:52 AM PST

The Pakistani Taliban has set up a page on Facebook to recruit enthusiasts to write for a quarterly magazine and to edit video, a spokesman confirmed on Friday.

Weak deal on the horizon in Doha as six European Nations offer finance

Posted: 07 Dec 2012 06:29 AM PST

With just hours to go before the close of the United Nations conference on combating climate change being held in Doha, Qatar, it's becoming clear that "no strong commitments" may emerge at the end of...
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