Google's holiday gift: Free in-flight Wi-Fi |
- Google's holiday gift: Free in-flight Wi-Fi
- Radical Yemeni cleric calls for killing Americans
- New oil leaks keep Qantas Airbus jets grounded
- Hostage crisis ends at BMW France office
- Michelle calls the shots at home
- American authorities deployed Headley despite warning
- For Afghan wives, a desperate, fiery way out
- Bestseller already? George Bush to tell all
- Rescued Chilean miner runs in New York marathon
- Many flee Indonesia volcano amid fears of eruption
- Army-backed parties poised to 'win' Myanmar vote
- Moderate 5.7 quake hits Japan; no injuries
- Urine for sale? South African city wants to buy
- New Zealand man lived with rotting corpse for month, court told
| Google's holiday gift: Free in-flight Wi-Fi Posted: Google is offering free in-flight Wi-Fi access to an estimated 15 million passengers this holiday season, the company announced on Monday.
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| Radical Yemeni cleric calls for killing Americans Posted: A US-born radical Yemeni cleric linked to previous attacks on the US called for Muslims around world to kill Americans in a new video message posted on radical websites on Monday.
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| New oil leaks keep Qantas Airbus jets grounded Posted: Qantas Airways will keep its fleet of six Airbus A380s grounded for at least another 72 hours after oil leaks were discovered in the engines of three separate aircraft, the company's chief executive said on Monday. The move comes as investigators worked to pinpoint the cause of a dramatic mid-air explosion that forced a Qantas jetliner to make an emergency landing last week. The grounding of the A380s has delayed dozens of flights and forced Qantas, Australia's largest carrier, to charter aircraft from British Airways to meet the backlog.
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| Hostage crisis ends at BMW France office Posted: Police say authorities have subdued and taken into custody an armed employee of BMW France who allegedly took hostages at the German automaker's offices in southwest Paris.
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| Michelle calls the shots at home Posted: Michelle Obama is the boss at home - so what if husband and US President Barack Obama is the most powerful man in the world. "When you and the president have a fight, who makes up," a student asked the US First Lady at the National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum in New Delhi.
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| American authorities deployed Headley despite warning Posted: American authorities sent David C. Headley, a small-time drug dealer and sometime informant, to work for them in Pakistan months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, despite a warning that he sympathized with radical Islamic groups, according to court records and interviews.
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| For Afghan wives, a desperate, fiery way out Posted: Even the poorest families in Afghanistan have matches and cooking fuel. The combination usually sustains life. But it also can be the makings of a horrifying escape: from poverty, from forced marriages, from the abuse and despondency that can be the fate of Afghan women.
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| Bestseller already? George Bush to tell all Posted: George W. Bush will end a self-imposed silence about his presidency in an NBC prime-time special on Monday, the eve of the release of his memoir, "Decision Points." That the interviewer will be Matt Lauer, the co-host of the "Today" show, reveals calculations by Mr. Bush and his advisers, as well as a campaign by NBC.
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| Rescued Chilean miner runs in New York marathon Posted: A Chilean miner ran, walked and hobbled his way to the finish line of the New York City Marathon on Sunday, showing the passionate grit that helped him survive more than two months trapped underground.
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| Many flee Indonesia volcano amid fears of eruption Posted: Frightened residents fled a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano on Monday, cramming onto trains, buses and rented vehicles as authorities warned Mount Merapi could erupt again at any time.
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| Army-backed parties poised to 'win' Myanmar vote Posted: The Myanmar military's political proxies on Monday looked poised to claim victory in an election condemned by the West as a farce, as a deadly clash broke out between rebels and government troops.
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| Moderate 5.7 quake hits Japan; no injuries Posted: A moderate 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's remote Volcano Islands on Monday, seismologists said, although there was no tsunami warning and no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake hit at 5:26 am (local time), 86 kilometres south-east of Iwo Jima, at a depth of 138 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said. The southern chain consists of three small thinly populated volcanic islands. Iwo Jima, the largest, was converted into a military airfield during World War II and was the scene of a bloody battle between Japanese and US forces.
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| Urine for sale? South African city wants to buy Posted: Get paid to pee. That's the deal on offer in the South African city of Durban, where the city is looking to buy liquid waste to encourage residents to use dry toilets. Aiming to improve hygiene and save money, the port city has installed in home gardens about 90,000 toilets that don't use a single drop of water.
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| New Zealand man lived with rotting corpse for month, court told Posted: A New Zealand man murdered his Thai girlfriend then lived with her rotting corpse in the lounge for almost a month as he read jokes to cheer himself up, a court was told on Monday. Gordon Hieatt, 47, pleaded not guilty in Auckland High Court to strangling Nuttidar Vaikaew in April last year, news agency NZPA reported.
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