Sunday, December 30, 2012

Oscar-winning sound editor drowns in New Zealand

Oscar-winning sound editor drowns in New Zealand


Oscar-winning sound editor drowns in New Zealand

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:33 PM PST

Double Oscar-winning sound editor Mike Hopkins has drowned in a rafting accident in New Zealand, police said on Monday.


UN mission leaves East Timor 13 years after vote

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:27 PM PST

The United Nations ended its peacekeeping mission in East Timor on Monday, leaving the country without any direct security assistance for the first time since a spasm of political and ethnic violence ...


World to welcome in New Year with a bang

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:06 PM PST

Sydney will on Monday kick off a wave of dazzling firework displays welcoming in 2013 from Dubai to Moscow and London, with long-isolated Yangon joining the global pyrotechnics for the first time.


Sunni protesters attack Iraq official's convoy, guards wound two

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:56 PM PST

Bodyguards for Iraq's deputy prime minister wounded two people when they fired warning shots at Sunni protesters who pelted his convoy with bottles and stones on Sunday, witnesses said.


Woman who pushed Indian in New York subway laughed in court

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 07:16 PM PST

A 31-year-old woman accused of shoving a man to his death in front of a subway train because she believed he was Muslim laughed and smiled during a court hearing where she was ordered to undergo a psy...


Washington pushes United States to edge of 'fiscal cliff'

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:48 PM PST

US lawmakers pushed the country to the edge of the "fiscal cliff" on Sunday as they struggled to reach a last-minute deal that could protect the world's largest economy from a politically induced rece...


Hugo Chavez suffers 'new complications', says Venezuelan Vice President

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:40 PM PST

Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba, his Vice President said on Sunday, describing the Venezuelan leader's condition as delicate.


Hillary Clinton hospitalised with blood clot: official

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:17 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been hospitalised after suffering a blood clot following an accident several weeks ago, her senior State Department aide Philippe Reines said on Sunday.


Nine dead after bus careens into Oregon ravine

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:02 PM PST

A Canada-bound bus crashed through a guard rail on an icy road in Oregon on Sunday and careened into a ravine, killing at least nine people and injuring at least 18 others, state police said.


Psychiatric test for suspect in New York subway death of Indian

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:30 AM PST

A woman suspected in the death of an immigrant who was pushed off a New York City subway platform has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.


With hours remaining, hopes rise for stopgap US fiscal deal

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:40 AM PST

Hopes rose on Sunday that U.S. lawmakers could reach at least a limited deal to prevent the still-recovering economy from tumbling off a "fiscal cliff" at the New Year, sending the country into anothe...


International Syria envoy warns of surge in deaths

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:04 AM PST

The international envoy to Syria warned Sunday that as many as 100,000 could die in the next year if a way cannot be found quickly to end the country's civil war.


Germany close to arms deal with Saudia Arabia- report

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:58 AM PST

The German government is close to completing a 100 million-euro arms deal with Saudi Arabia to sell 30 armoured vehicles, and Berlin's national security council has already signaled its backing, Bild ...


Indian owner of US supermart found dead in store

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:57 AM PST

An Indian man from Andhra Pradesh, who runs a super market in the US, was found dead at the store under suspicious circumstances, according to reports.


Nobel scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies in Rome

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 08:43 AM PST

Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home ...


13 journalists killed in Pakistan, five in India this year

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:56 AM PST

Pakistan saw the highest number of journalists losing their lives in South Asia with 13 of them dying in the line of duty, followed by India with five among a total of 25 media-persons falling victim ...


Barack Obama wants gun violence measures passed in 2013

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 06:34 AM PST

Recalling the shooting of 20 first graders as the worst day of his presidency, President Barack Obama on Sunday pledged to put his "full weight" behind a legislative package next year aimed at contain...


German magazine Der Spiegel mistakenly publishes George HW Bush obituary

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:48 AM PST

Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former U.S. President George HW Bush.


Bad brakes cited in Moscow crash landing

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:30 AM PST

Russian investigators on Sunday blamed a defective brake system for a Moscow airport crash that killed five crew members when a liner skidded off the runway and smashed into a highway.


Singapore to use Delhi gang-rape case to defend death penalty, says minister

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 05:01 AM PST

Singapore today said it would cite the "heart-breaking case" of the Delhi gang-rape as an example to reject demands for abolition of death penalty in the city state.


Pakistan militants kill 41 in mass execution, attack on Shi'ites

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 04:30 AM PST

Pakistani militants, who have escalated attacks in recent weeks, killed at least 41 people in two separate incidents, officials said on Sunday, challenging assertions that military offensives have bro...


Bomb hits convoy of buses in Pakistan, 19 people killed: officials

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:01 AM PST

A car bomb attack on buses carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims to Iran killed 19 people and injured 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on Sunday, officials said.


Pakistan lifts YouTube ban, for three minutes

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 11:56 PM PST

A ban on YouTube, which Pakistan imposed after an anti-Islam video caused riots in much of the Muslim world, was lifted Saturday, only to be reinstated - after three minutes - when it was discovered t...


Indian man, pushed to death at a New York subway, to be cremated today

Posted: 29 Dec 2012 11:09 PM PST

Sunando Sen, the 46-year-old Indian immigrant who died after being pushed in front of a subway train in New York by a woman, will be cremated on Monday by his friends.


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