Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede

Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede


Dozens of children crushed to death in stampede

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:16 AM PST

A New Year's Eve fireworks display turned from celebration to tragedy early Tuesday when more than 60 children were crushed to death in a stampede, according to state media reports.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls for economic revamp

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:17 AM PST

In his first New Year's address, the young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told the nation to embark on "an all-out struggle" to overhaul its destitute economy, while striking a conciliatory tone on relations with the South.

Police: 7 aid workers shot to death

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:15 AM PST

Seven aid workers -- all but one of them women -- were shot to death Tuesday in a remote area of northern Pakistan, a police official said.

Growing toll of Syria's civil war: 46,000 deaths and counting

Posted: 01 Jan 2013 05:14 AM PST

The New Year brought Syrians the same intense carnage they'd been living through for the last 21 months -- and a reminder just how bloody the past year was.

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