Chicago's former first lady dies Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:34 PM PST Maggie Daley, the wife of a former Chicago mayor, died Thursday night after battling breast cancer. |
Tendulkar misses out on historic 100th century? Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:58 PM PST Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar has missed out on becoming the first cricketer to score 100 international centuries after being dismissed for 94 in the third Test against the West Indies. |
Board members in Olympus cover-up resign Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:50 PM PST Shares of scandal-plagued Olympus rallied after three board members of the Japanese camera maker quit ahead of today's meeting with a company ex-CEO turned whistleblower. |
Labor woes send shudder through Beijing Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:37 PM PST China's recent economic downturn is spurring a new wave of worker strikes, which experts say are the only effective channel for them to air their grievances. |
Laid-back U.S. China envoy causes a stir Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:25 PM PST He's the ambassador who carries his own bags and the can for the U.S. in China. |
Teen accused of pot possession in Indonesia sentenced to 2 months Posted: 24 Nov 2011 09:09 PM PST An Australian teen was sentenced to two months in prison in Indonesia for marijuana use in a case that has drawn international attention. |
Deadly new, old floods wreak havoc in Thailand Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:58 PM PST Flooding ravaged parts of southern Thailand on Thursday, with residents there joining their countrymen in Bangkok and beyond struggling with the effects of high water. |
Top Maoist leader suspected dead in India shootout Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:55 PM PST Indian security forces believe they have gunned down a top Maoist leader in a shootout, a federal official said Friday in a guarded announcement about what could be a trophy killing in the nation's fight against the movement. |
Occupy protesters celebrate Thanksgiving Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:40 PM PST Occupy protesters across the country celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, bringing all the trimmings of a traditional meal to the unlikely location of a demonstration. |
6,000 people evacuated after chemical plant blast in China Posted: 24 Nov 2011 06:14 PM PST About 6,000 residents in southern China were evacuated Thursday after an explosion tore through a warehouse at a chemical plant, state media reported. |
Report: Iran arrests 12 CIA agents Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:52 PM PST An official Iranian news agency quoted an Iranian legislator Thursday as saying that Iran's intelligence ministry had arrested 12 CIA "spies." |
Western Wall likely completed later than previously believed Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:33 PM PST Newly discovered artifacts beneath the huge stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, indicate it took longer to build than previously believed. |
North Korea threatens 'a sea of fire' upon South Korea Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:12 PM PST One day after South Korea staged exercises near Yeonpyeong Island marking the anniversary of North Korea's deadly shelling, the North's military threatened "a sea of fire" upon the South's presidential office, the South's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. |
Would-be prime minister no stranger to Egyptian government Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:01 PM PST Shortly after Kamal Ganzouri stepped down as prime minister more than a decade ago, Egypt's state-run al-Ahram newspaper ran a story in which various party and government officials accused him of being arrogant, autocratic and corrupt. |
China cracks down on rogue exchanges Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:59 PM PST The Chinese government has launched a crackdown on hundreds of unregulated electronic equity and futures exchanges that have sprung up in recent years to trade everything from fine art and commodities to insurance products. |
India opens doors to supermarket giants Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:39 PM PST India is to throw open its $450bn retail sector to foreign supermarkets, granting access for the first time to giants such as Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco that have long sought to enter an underserved market of 1.2bn people. |
Syria faces Friday deadline to avoid Arab League sanctions Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:37 PM PST Syria has until Friday to agree to let Arab League observers into the country to monitor the government's response to civil unrest or else face economic sanctions from its neighbors, a senior Arab League diplomat said Thursday. |
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