Sunday, January 1, 2012

Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens

Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens


Austerity reigns over Euro zone as crisis deepens

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:42 PM PST

Europe's leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity measure...


39 cars firebombed in three days, a city on edge

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:41 PM PST

For all its considerable delights, Southern California always seems faintly on the cusp of an apocalypse. There are palm trees, year-round gardens and splendid weather - it was 81 degrees and sunny on...


China launches first 3D TV channel

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST

China's first 3D television channel started a trial broadcast on Sunday, officials said. The channel - China 3D TV Trial Channel - is being jointly operated by China Central Television (CCTV) and five...


Media moghul Rupert Murdoch joins Twitter

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:12 PM PST

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has joined Twitter, and on his first day offered opinions on subjects including the US presidential election, the Oscars race and Steve Jobs.


Will China outsmart the US?

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 10:09 PM PST

Three months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Angus Echols, a member of DuPont's executive committee, began shaping the chemical giant's plans for the coming decade. The U.S. would soon be...


Indian student shot dead in Canada

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 09:57 PM PST

An Indian student, working part time at a convenience store, was shot dead in the western Canadian city of Surrey, in a shocking Christmas Day attack.


South Korea president warns North Korea against provocation

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 08:32 PM PST

South Korea's president opened the door on Monday to possible nuclear talks with North Korea and warned the neighbouring country to avoid any provocations, saying the Korean peninsula is at a crucial ...


Iran navy tests surface-to-air missile

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:14 PM PST

Iran's navy said on Sunday it test-fired an advanced surface-to-air missile during a drill in international waters near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil ...


20-year-old British man charged with murder of Anuj Bidve

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:10 PM PST

A 20-year-old Briton has been charged with the murder of the Indian student Anuj Bidve, who was shot dead in Salford last Monday in an unprovoked incident. Kiaran Stapleton, from the Ordsall area, has...


Blackbirds fall dead from the sky in Arkansas again

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:47 AM PST

Hundreds of blackbirds fell dead from the sky at a small town in the US state of Arkansas for the second New Year's Eve in a row, a media report said.


In Pak, teenage Hindu girl 'converted' to Islam, married off to Muslim

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:37 AM PST

A teenage Hindu girl in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi was allegedly forcibly converted to Islam and married off to a Muslim man, prompting her family to lodge a police complaint.


Iran says it's produced first nuclear fuel rod

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:33 AM PST

Iran says its scientists have produced the nation's first nuclear fuel rod, a feat of engineering the West doubted Tehran was capable of.


Drinking fuelling 'risky sex' among teenagers in UK

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 07:12 AM PST

Drinking is fuelling an epidemic of "risky sex" among teenagers, leading to pregnancies and spread of diseases, doctors in Britain have warned.


Cops: Man tries to use $1 million bill at Walmart

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:55 AM PST

Do you have change for a million-dollar bill? Police say a North Carolina man insisted his million-dollar note was real when he was buying $476 worth of items at a Walmart.


Memogate row: Asma Jahangir quits as counsel for Husain Haqqani

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 06:34 AM PST

Leading Pakistani lawyer Asma Jahangir on Sunday quit as counsel for former envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, in legal proceedings related to the Memogate scandal, saying she had "no confidence" in the...


We won't eat halal meat, say British MPs

Posted: 01 Jan 2012 04:20 AM PST

British Muslim MPs have been told they cannot have meat slaughtered in line with Islamic tradition because the method is offensive to many of their non-Muslim colleagues, a media report said.


Prince Harry to climb Mount Everest: Report

Posted: 31 Dec 2011 11:55 PM PST

Prince Harry, the third-in-line to the British throne, is all set to realise his long-held ambition of conquering Mount Everest this year, a report said.


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