Monday, December 10, 2012

Spending a night with the dead in Peru's capital

Spending a night with the dead in Peru's capital


Spending a night with the dead in Peru's capital

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:47 PM PST

When Presbitero Matias Maestro cemetery in Lima received its first body in 1808, the best plots went to the elite, unless the noble had been dishonoured or disgraced.


One in five hate crimes in US due to religious bias

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:39 PM PST

One in five hate crimes reported in the US in 2011 were due to religious bias, most of them stemming from anti-Jewish and anti-Islamic prejudice, while almost half of such crimes were racially-motivat...


Indian-origin woman gets 20 years for false chemotherapy claims

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:17 PM PST

An Indian-origin woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a penalty of over USD 14 million on charges of healthcare fraud.


Personal health: when daily stress gets in the way of life

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:16 PM PST

I was about to give an hour-long talk to hundreds of people when one of the organizers of the event asked, "Do you get nervous when you give speeches?" My response: Who, me? No. Of course not.


New glitches with 787 show stakes for Boeing

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 09:09 PM PST

After years of delays in producing its much-anticipated 787 aircraft, Boeing seemed in recent months to be turning a corner, streamlining production and increasing the pace of deliveries.


Mali Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra resigns after army arrest

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:37 PM PST

Malian Prime Minister Cheik Modibo Diarra announced the resignation of himself and his government early on Tuesday just hours after he was arrested at home by soldiers acting on the orders of ex-coup ...


Philippines typhoon toll tops 700, hundreds missing

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:11 PM PST

The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year has climbed above 700 with hundreds more missing, many of them tuna fishermen feared lost at sea, the government said on Tues...


330 migrants living in one Moscow apartment

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 08:01 PM PST

A Moscow district court has annulled the residency documents of 333 migrant workers who were registered as living at a single apartment in northern Moscow, according to the Prosecutor General's Office...


Brief Facebook outage after infrastructure change

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:50 PM PST

Facebook was unreachable briefly on Monday after the social network made a change to part of its infrastructure dealing with routing traffic to its online address.


A new leader who talks of 'Chinese dream' and revival

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:29 PM PST

In a strong signal of support for greater market-oriented economic policies, Xi Jinping, the new head of the Communist Party, made a visit over the weekend to the special economic zone of Shenzhen in ...


North Korea extending rocket launch period to December 29

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:20 PM PST

North Korea is pressing ahead with preparation for a long-range rocket launch after extending its liftoff window by another week until December 29 because of technical problems.


Mali Prime Minister arrested at home by soldiers

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:10 PM PST

Malian soldiers arrested Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra at his home late on Monday, acting on the orders of ex-coup leader Amadou Sanogo, a member of the premier's entourage told AFP.


NASA adds $30 million for space taxi work

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 07:00 PM PST

NASA is adding $30 million to its investment in three companies' efforts to develop spaceships that can fly astronauts to the International Space Station, officials said on Monday.


Thousands in New York protest China's rule of Tibet, urge UN action

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:53 PM PST

Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the United Nations on Monday calling for an end to Chinese rule in Tibet, where dozens of Tibetans have set themselves on fire in recent weeks to protest Ch...


Unknown attackers fire at Cairo protesters, nine hurt

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:42 PM PST

Nine people were hurt when unknown attackers fired at protesters camping at Tahrir Square in central Cairo on Tuesday, according to witnesses and Egyptian media, as opponents and supporters of Preside...


Royal prank station under pressure on who cleared call

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:33 PM PST

An Australian radio network was under renewed pressure on Tuesday to fully explain how its royal prank call was cleared to air after the shattered hosts said they were not ultimately responsible.


Strauss-Kahn, New York hotel maid settle suit over alleged sexual assault

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:24 PM PST

Dominique Strauss-Kahn and a New York hotel maid who accused the former International Monetary Fund chief of sexual assault on Monday settled her civil lawsuit against him for an undisclosed sum, endi...


No violation of American laws in lobbying by Wal-Mart: US

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:17 PM PST

Amid controversy over reports that Wal-Mart spent nearly Rs 125 crore for lobbying with lawmakers to get access to Indian market, the US has said the global retail giant did not violate any American l...


HSBC to pay $1.9 billion to settle probe: source

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 06:05 PM PST

HSBC, the British banking giant, will pay $1.9 billion to settle a money-laundering probe by federal and state authorities in the United States, a law enforcement official said on Monday.


Malala Yousufzai may be declared as 'Daughter of Pakistan'

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:40 AM PST

The Pakistan parliament today unanimously adopted a resolution asking the government to declare teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, the target of a recent assassination attempt by the Taliban, a...


Coat-wearing monkey caught outside Toronto store

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 11:17 AM PST

Shoppers at an Ikea store in Toronto weren't monkeying around when they reported a primate on the loose.


US drone strike kills al Qaeda commander in Pakistan

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:57 AM PST

A U.S. drone strike has killed an al Qaeda commander in Pakistan's northwest, the second member of the Islamic militant network killed in the area in less than a week, Pakistani intelligence officials...


Google's popular GMail service suffers disruption

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:28 AM PST

Google Inc's popular email product, GMail, appeared to go dark for users across North America and Europe on Monday.


Dutchman launches life-sized replica of Noah's Ark

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:14 AM PST

Just as the first storms of winter roll in, Dutchman Johan Huibers has finished his 20-year quest to build a full-scale, functioning model of Noah's Ark - an undertaking of, well, biblical proportions...


Dominique Strauss-Kahn seeks end to sex-case damages case

Posted: 10 Dec 2012 10:03 AM PST

Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn sought to close a key chapter in the sex scandals that destroyed his career by sealing a financial agreement with a maid who accused him...


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