Saturday, January 14, 2012

Egypt's ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest

Egypt's ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest


Egypt's ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:04 PM PST

Egypt's reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei withdrew from the presidential race on Saturday, saying a fair election is impossible under the military's grip nearly a year after Hosni Mubarak's ouster.


Iran nuclear drive could spark arms race: Hague

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:45 PM PST

British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Sunday warned that Iran's nuclear programme could spark a Middle East arms race, and that all options to deal with the threat were being considered.


Bomb kills at least 53 pilgrims in south Iraq

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 06:57 PM PST

A bomb tore through a procession of Shiite pilgrims heading toward a largely Sunni town in southern Iraq on Saturday, killing at least 53 people in the latest sign of a power struggle between rival Mu...


Failed Russia Mars probe set for Sunday crash

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST

Russia's space agency on Sunday called off all predictions of the likely crash site of its ill-fated Mars probe only hours before the 13.5-tonne spacecraft was due to begin its fatal descent.


Captain arrested, 41 missing after Italian cruise disaster

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 06:09 PM PST

The captain of a luxury cruise liner that keeled over off Tuscany, killing three people and leaving 41 unaccounted for, was arrested as survivors told of scenes "like the Titanic".


New York police kill man at his home after burglars flee

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:12 AM PST

New York City police killed a resident of a home that was being burglarized Thursday night while he apparently was rushing to help his brother.


Apple admits supplier abuse of workers

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:22 AM PST

Apple admitted on Friday that some of its suppliers continued to overwork and underpay employees, as it threw open its factory doors to monitors after a spate of suicides at a Chinese plant.


On Facebook, you can have a final word from your grave

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:20 AM PST

You're dead? Well you can still have a final word as Facebook in one of its new application lets you send one last video from beyond the grave. The new Facebook application gives users the chance f...


'Obama's daughters find him embarrassing'

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:16 AM PST

Though her father may be the US President, Malia Obama finds her father Barack very embarrassing, her mother Michelle has said. For 13-year-old Malia and eight-year-old Sasha, parent-teacher conferenc...


Nine killed in Pakistan suicide bombing

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:07 AM PST

At least nine people, including two policemen and three suicide bombers, were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police office in northwestern Pakistan. Interior Minister Rehman Malik has co...

Gilani reaches out to army; Pak govt-military truce on cards?

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:00 AM PST

Embattled Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani tonight appeared to reach out to the powerful army by stating that all state institutions will be allowed to play their role in an apparent bid to ...


Zardari-Kayani meet for first time since memo scandal

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 05:48 AM PST

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani met President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday triggering speculation that moves could be made to resolve the tense stand-off between the government and th...


Tunisia marks first anniversary of Arab Spring

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:59 AM PST

Tunisia is marking the one-year anniversary of the revolution that ended the dictatorship of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali - and sparked uprisings around the Arab world - with prudent optimism.


Brazil has 14 of world's 50 most violent cities

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 02:59 AM PST

Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday. The word's most violent city is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, with a murder rate of 158.87 for ever...


Militants storm district police chief's office in Pakistan

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 02:16 AM PST

Heavily armed militants stormed a district police chief's office at Dera Ismail Khan in northwest Pakistan today, triggering a gun battle with security forces, officials said. About five militants,...


Memogate: Ijaz to visit Pak to depose before judicial panel

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 12:58 AM PST

Controversial Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz today announced that he would visit Pakistan to depose before a Supreme Court appointed judicial commission to "tell the truth" about the secr...


Martin Luther King Memorial inscription to be corrected

Posted: 13 Jan 2012 11:26 PM PST

Three months after the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial, an inscription on the monument to the civil rights leader is to be corrected. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Friday ...


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