Job growth suggests resilience of US recovery |
- Job growth suggests resilience of US recovery
- 2 UN staff killed by Afghan mob were beheaded
- New problem in Japan: Radioactive corpses
- US concerned about prosecution of minorities in Iran
- Death toll in Thai flood reaches 25
- China scores low in English test
- 14 held in Spain for offering to commit murders on Internet
- Millionaire sentenced to 13 years in child-porn case
- Afridi's speech won millions of hearts: Pak media
| Job growth suggests resilience of US recovery Posted: The United States economy showed signs of kicking into gear in March, as the Labor Department reported Friday that it added 216,000 jobs and knocked the unemployment rate down another jot, to 8.8 percent.
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| 2 UN staff killed by Afghan mob were beheaded Posted: Protesters angered by the burning of a Koran by a fringe American pastor in Florida mobbed offices of the United Nations in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing ten foreign staff members and beheading two of the victims, according to an Afghan police spokesman. Five Afghans were also killed.
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| New problem in Japan: Radioactive corpses Posted: Fear of radiation is preventing the authorities from collecting the bodies of about 1,000 victims of the March 11 Japan earthquake and ensuing tsunami. There is a growing concern after one corpse discovered within three miles of the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, north of Tokyo, was found to contain high levels of radiation.
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| US concerned about prosecution of minorities in Iran Posted: The United States has expressed its deep concern over what it says continued religious prosecution of minorities in Iran.
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| Death toll in Thai flood reaches 25 Posted: Severe flooding in southern Thailand has left 25 dead and caused thousands to be evacuated, officials said today, after whole villages were engulfed by the rising waters.
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| China scores low in English test Posted: Chinese have "poor" English skills despite huge efforts by the government in language training, according to a study.
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| 14 held in Spain for offering to commit murders on Internet Posted: Fourteen people have been arrested in Spain for using an Internet forum to offer their services to extort, attack and even commit murders, the police said. The Internet forum with a Mexican domain and called "Asesinos a sueldo" (Murderers for hire), was reported in the summer of 2009 by a citizen in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, according to police.
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| Millionaire sentenced to 13 years in child-porn case Posted: A Mexican court sentenced Lebanese-born millionaire Jean Succar Kuri to 13 years in prison for producing child pornography and corrupting minors. Succar Kuri, who also faces rape charges, has been behind bars in this Caribbean resort city since his extradition from the US in July 2006.
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| Afridi's speech won millions of hearts: Pak media Posted: Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi "was able to win millions of hearts across the border", a Pakistani daily said on Friday, adding that his post-match speech and press conference was graceful and full of sportsman's spirit. Pakistan was defeated on Wednesday by India in the World Cup semifinal match held in Mohali that was witnessed by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh. India will now play against Sri Lanka on Saturday.
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