Saturday, December 1, 2012

Software founder John McAfee captured: report

Software founder John McAfee captured: report

Software founder John McAfee captured: report

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:12 PM PST

Anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee, wanted by authorities in Belize for his neighbour's murder, has been captured after weeks on the run, his blog said Saturday.

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives new job to aide seen as possible heir

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:37 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has moved his chief of staff, seen as a potential successor and a target of criticism from hardline conservatives, to another job, according to the president's of...

Shiites win big in Kuwait polls amid boycott

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:53 PM PST

The Shiite minority emerged the main victors in Kuwait's parliamentary polls boycotted by the opposition which considered the new assembly "illegitimate" amid poor voter turnout.

Taliban suicide attack on Afghan NATO base kills three

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:32 PM PST

Taliban insurgents launched a major suicide attack Sunday against a NATO base at an Afghan city airport, killing three Afghan guards and wounding several foreign troops, officials said.

Mittal-France deal: Unions accuse Francois Hollande of betrayal

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 08:02 PM PST

French trade unions accused President Francois Hollande of betrayal on Saturday after his government backed away from a threat to nationalise ArcelorMittal's Florange steelworks.

Japan tunnel collapse sets cars on fire, seven feared trapped

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 07:43 PM PST

At least seven people were trapped inside a highway tunnel in Japan after it collapsed on Sunday, setting a car ablaze and raising fears of another cave-in that forced a halt to rescue efforts.

Indian couple arrested in Oslo: Government won't intervene, say sources

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:08 PM PST

As the families of the Indian couple arrested in Norway for alleged abuse of their seven-year-old son anxiously await the verdict on Monday, the Indian government seems reluctant to intervene in what ...

Shooting instructor wounds four in France over noisy party

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST

A shooting instructor in southern France who became enraged at his neighbours for staging a noisy party went on a rampage early Saturday, wounding four people, two of them seriously, police said.

Bus hits overpass at Miami airport, two dead

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 09:11 AM PST

A bus carrying more than 30 people hit an overpass at Miami International Airport, killing two people on board and leaving three others critically injured, officials said on Saturday.

Could there be a vampire on the loose at this place?

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:18 AM PST

Get your garlic, crosses and stakes ready: a bloodsucking vampire is on the loose. Or so say villagers in the tiny western Serbian hamlet of Zarozje, nestled between lush green mountain slopes and ...

Plane crashes into houses in Congo, 32 killed

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:00 AM PST

A cargo plane crashed into houses near Brazzaville airport while attempting to land during a thunderstorm on Friday evening, killing at least 32 people, a Congolese Red Cross official said on Saturday...

Syrian rebel films himself shooting 10 prisoners

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 04:40 AM PST

New footage posted on the Internet appears to have been filmed by a Syrian rebel who points the camera along the barrel of his gun as he shoots 10 unarmed prisoners.

Pakistani soldiers among nine killed in avalanche near Kashmir

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:02 AM PST

Pakistan's military says an avalanche has killed five soldiers and four civilians in the snow-covered mountains of Pakistani Kashmir.

Home amid Chinese highway destroyed; farmer accepts deal

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:11 AM PST

Authorities have demolished a five-story home that stood incongruously in the middle of a new main road and had become the latest symbol of resistance by Chinese homeowners against officials accused o...

North Korea to launch satellite in December

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 12:57 AM PST

North Korea plans to launch a long-range rocket between December 10 and 22, the North's official news agency said on Saturday.

Kate Middleton revisits school, plays hockey in high heels

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 12:49 AM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge has gone back to school. The Royal, formerly known as Kate Middleton, played hockey and revealed her childhood nickname - Squeak - when she returned to her elementary schoo...

Voting in Kuwait amid calls for boycott by opposition

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 12:04 AM PST

Deeply divided Kuwait opened polling stations on Saturday to pick a new parliament that's certain to side with the ruling establishment after a widespread election boycott by opposition groups.

US judge refuses to order anti-Muslim film off YouTube

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:52 PM PST

An actress who said she was duped into appearing in an anti-Islam film that stoked violent protests against the United States across the Muslim world lost on Friday her second legal bid to force the v...

Israel to build 3,000 homes for Palestinians after UN's recognition

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:43 PM PST

Israel has responded swiftly to United Nation's recognition of a Palestinian state, revealing it will build 3,000 more homes for Jews on Israeli-occupied lands that the world body overwhelmingly said ...
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