Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Did poisoned cat meat kill Chinese tycoon?

Did poisoned cat meat kill Chinese tycoon?


Did poisoned cat meat kill Chinese tycoon?

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:41 PM PST

The sudden death of a billionaire in southern China is causing police to ask: Was it murder by cat meat? Long Liyuan, 49, died on December 23 in wealthy Guangdong province after sharing a dish of s...


Canadian man uses iPad to enter US

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:27 PM PST

A Canadian man who realized he forgot his passport as he approached the U.S. border found a new way to gain entry - his iPad.


Anuj Bidve's body released to Indian embassy, will be given to family in London

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

The body of 23-year-old Anuj Bidve who was shot dead near Manchester has been handed to the Indian embassy in London. Anuj's family - his parents and his brother-in-law - are heading to London today. ...


Man arrested in New York Islamic center firebomb attack

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:52 PM PST

A man who confessed to a string of New Year's Day arson attacks at an Islamic cultural center and four other sites where he had personal grievances was arrested on a hate crime charge, police said.


Los Angeles arson suspect's captor patrols for $1 a year

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST

The reserve sheriff's deputy who captured a man suspected of being the city's most dangerous arsonist is a volunteer who earns $1 a year and only recently qualified to patrol alone, authorities said o...


Why you should run your car AC during winter

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 10:21 PM PST

Dr. Arunachalam Gunasekar is a 30-year veteran of the Indian armed forces, where he was a public health professional and director of medical research. He talks about the causes and effects of Delhi's ...


Iowa: Romney, Santorum seesawing in narrow vote

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney waged a seesaw battle for supremacy in Iowa's Republican presidential caucuses late Tuesday night, a dramatic opening round for the campaign to pick a challenger to Presi...


China's president lashes out at western culture

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:47 PM PST

President Hu Jintao has said China must strengthen its cultural production to defend against the West's assault on the country's culture and ideology, according to an essay in a Communist Party policy...


Chinese firm makes Steve Jobs action figure

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:47 PM PST

A China-based company plans to begin shipping a realistic-looking Steve Jobs action figure in February. It remained to be seen whether Apple will take to the courts to block In Icons from selling t...


150 children lose parents in South Sudan violence

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:07 PM PST

Red Cross volunteers are trying to reconnect 150 young children with their missing parents after tens of thousands of residents of South Sudan ran into the bush while fleeing a massive wave of tribe-o...


Crude rises above $101 per barrel amid US-Iran tensions

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:49 PM PST

Oil prices soared Tuesday as tensions grew over key Persian Gulf oil shipments.


Murdoch's 'wife' an imposter on Twitter

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 09:36 AM PST

Wendi Deng Murdoch's verified Twitter account turned out to be bogus on Tuesday when someone else admitted to posing as Rupert Murdoch's wife on the microblogging site.


41-vehicle pileup on Kentucky highway after snow showers

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 08:03 AM PST

Police say eight people have been injured in a 41-vehicle pileup that shut southbound Interstate 75 for hours on a day when scattered snow showers pelted northern Kentucky. Kentucky's Kenton County ...


Taliban strike deal with Qatar for an office in Doha

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 07:49 AM PST

The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there in what could be the first step toward peace talks to end more than ...


Body found on queen's estate was murder, say British police

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 06:43 AM PST

British police say a woman's body has been found at the vast rural estate where Queen Elizabeth II and her family celebrated New Year's. Police are treating the case as a murder, and an autopsy was be...


Narrow escape for 150 passengers as plane skids off runway

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:33 AM PST

An Ohio airport says a plane that arrived from Florida with up to 150 people on board skidded off a runway and got stuck in grass. Travelers waiting at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport to board the ...

Jailed terrorist complains of not being allowed to Skype

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 04:16 AM PST

In what could be regarded as the height of whining, a Bangladeshi terrorist, who plotted to blow up a passenger jet, has complained that that he is not allowed to use Skype to make low-cost phone call...


India asks traders to stay away from China's Yiwu trade hub

Posted: 03 Jan 2012 01:15 AM PST

The two Indians traders, who were virtually held captive by locals in China's Yiwu trade hub, have now been shifted to a hotel for "safety" reasons by the police, even as India issued an advisory aski...


Sherry Rehman to take over as Pak envoy to US next week

Posted: 02 Jan 2012 11:19 PM PST

Pakistan's new envoy to the United States, Sherry Rehman, is set to reach Washington on January 9 to occupy the position that was vacated by Husain Haqqani after he was linked to the Memogate scandal.


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