Thursday, January 3, 2013

Afghan's journey from friend to killer of Americans

Afghan's journey from friend to killer of Americans


Afghan's journey from friend to killer of Americans

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

It was only after the young Afghan soldier's hatred of Americans had grown murderous that he reached out to the Taliban.


Subway deaths haunt those at trains' controls

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:05 PM PST

Late one December morning in 2005, Tracy Moore was pulling her R train into the Steinway Street Station in Queens. It is a sloping stretch of track, undulating "like a roller coaster," Moore said. She...


Gunman kills three in Philippine market: police

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:48 PM PST

A gunman shot dead three people and wounded several others when he opened fire in a crowded Philippine market on Friday, before he himself was shot dead, police said.


Hillary Clinton planning to return to work next week

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:42 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, sidelined for almost a month by a string of medical problems, is upbeat and planning to return to work next week, the US State Department said Thursday.


Law won't protect unmarried victims in rape: Judge

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:44 PM PST

A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of a man who pretended to be a sleeping woman's boyfriend, saying in part that an arcane law from 1872 doesn't protect unmarried women in...


First Hindu American Congresswoman takes oath on Bhagavad Gita

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:33 PM PST

Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii has created history by not only becoming the first Hindu ever to be sworn in as a member of the US House of Representatives, but also the first ever US lawmaker to have taken...


US criticises Google chairman's North Korea visit

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:16 PM PST

The United States on Thursday criticised a planned visit to North Korea by Google chairman Eric Schmidt, calling it ill-timed in the wake of Pyongyang's widely condemned rocket launch last month.


Government defends decision to issue visa to Javed Miandad, BJP, Shiv Sena condemn move

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:13 PM PST

The government of India has defended the decision to grant visa to former Pakistan cricketer Javed Miandad that allows him to watch the final one-day match of the ongoing limited-over cricket series b...


Malala Yousafzai to undergo skull surgery: Pakistan

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:05 PM PST

Shot teenage Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai will undergo skull surgery within weeks at the British hospital where she is recovering from her injuries, the Pakistani government said on Thursday.


Venezuela's Hugo Chavez still has 'severe' respiratory problem

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:05 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still suffering a "severe" respiratory infection that has hindered his breathing as he struggles to recover from cancer surgery in Cuba, the government said on Thur...


US senators demand details from CIA on Bin Laden film

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:44 PM PST

Three powerful US senators are demanding that the CIA provide details on the spy agency's cooperation with the director of "Zero Dark Thirty," Hollywood's take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden.


Disputes brewing over Hugo Chavez's inauguration

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:34 PM PST

President Hugo Chavez is due to be sworn in for a new term in less than a week and his closest allies still aren't saying what they plan to do if the ailing leader is unable to return from a Cuban hos...


Sudan, South Sudan presidents to meet for summit

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:22 PM PST

Rival leaders of Sudan and South Sudan are due to meet on Friday in the Ethiopian capital to push for progress on stalled economic, oil and security deals that were drafted to ease tension between the...


New Sandy Hook school opens after Newtown attack

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:12 PM PST

Classes resumed on Thursday for the more than 400 surviving students of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, 20 days after a massacre at the school that killed 20 first graders and six adults ...


11 dead in Damascus gas station blast

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:02 PM PST

At least 11 people were killed and 40 wounded when a car bomb exploded at a crowded petrol station in the Syrian capital Damascus on Thursday, opposition activists said.


US closes probe of Google search bias, finds no violation: official

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:32 AM PST

Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 20-month inves...


Too early to give a post 2014 drawdown troop figure: Pentagon

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 10:22 AM PST

As US President Barack Obama prepares to announce the future of American troop presence in Afghanistan, the Pentagon on Thursday said it does not want to view a post 2014 US-Afghan relationship just f...


Did Neil Armstrong lie about details of famous 'one small step' quote?

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:54 AM PST

Astronaut Neil Armstrong may not have been speaking entirely off the cuff when he delivered the most iconic quote in the history of manned space flight.


How did Osama live undetected in Pakistan? Report ready, but not public

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:46 AM PST

A Pakistan judicial commission submitted findings on Thursday from its investigation into how Osama bin Laden lived in the country undetected for years until his killing by US special forces, official...

Pakistani Al Qaeda suspect extradited from Britain to United States

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:21 AM PST

A suspected Pakistani Al Qaeda operative accused of planning attacks in the United States, Britain and Norway was on Thursday extradited to the US, the interior ministry in London announced.

Measles surge alarms health experts in Pakistan

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:10 AM PST

A surge in measles-related deaths, particularly in Sindh province, has alarmed doctors and health providers in Pakistan, with experts warning of an epidemic- like situation and blaming it on poor immu...


Entering the age of the $1 million medicine

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:29 AM PST

The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease that clogs their blood with fat. The only snag is the price.


Venezuela parliament chief in Cuba with ailing president

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:28 AM PST

The head of Venezuela's national assembly has flown to Cuba to join the vice president and other members of the government at the bedside of ailing President Hugo Chavez, a local paper reported.

Car bomb kills 17 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 07:04 AM PST

A car bomb killed 17 worshippers south of Baghdad on Thursday as pilgrims from around the world thronged Iraq's shrine city of Karbala to finish commemorations for a revered figure in Shiite Islam.


Muslim family in UK takes school to court over hijab ban

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 06:25 AM PST

Parents of a nine-year-old Muslim girl in Britain have dragged a Greek orthodox school to court for banning her from wearing a headscarf.


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