Thursday, November 24, 2011

Egypt protests: Death toll rises to 41

Egypt protests: Death toll rises to 41


Egypt protests: Death toll rises to 41

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:31 AM PST

The death toll from the latest wave of violence in Egypt between protesters and security forces has reached 41, the health ministry said Thursday.


Protests in Germany over nuclear waste from France

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 03:04 AM PST

Police in northern Germany used water cannons against demonstrators gearing up for the arrival of a shipment of nuclear waste from France.


Triple bombings kill 19 in Iraq

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 02:37 AM PST

A string of bombings in a southern oil city killed 19 people on Thursday evening and injured dozens more, a grim sign of the security challenges Iraq will face after American troops go home.


Pakistan's JuD members protest against MFN status to India

Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:13 AM PST

Hundreds of members of Pakistan's Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD), an Islamist charity linked to outlawed militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, have been protesting in Lahore against the granting of Most Favoured Nation (MFN) trade status to India by the Pakistan government.


J.K. Rowling says reporter put letter in her child's bag

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:19 PM PST

Author J.K. Rowling told a U.K. media ethics inquiry on Thursday she felt "under siege" from intrusive journalists, who staked out her house, conned personal details from her husband and slipped a note into her 5-year-old daughter's school bag.


India 'jealous' of China's growing clout, says Chinese state media

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 11:00 AM PST

Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, the state-run media here today said India was "jealous" of China's growing influence in Asia and charged it with instigating "small" neighbours for a "gang fight" against this country.


Robot guards to patrol South Korean prisons

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:49 AM PST

Robot guards with sensors to detect abnormal behaviour will soon begin patrolling South Korean prisons to ease the burden on their human counterparts, researchers said on Thursday.


Oz hospital 'accidently' terminates healthy foetus

Posted: 24 Nov 2011 05:31 AM PST

The Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne was investigating on Thursday after a healthy 32-week-old foetus was accidentally terminated in a botched procedure it called "a terrible tragedy".


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