Monday, January 16, 2012

Luxury cruise turns into nightmare

Luxury cruise turns into nightmare


Luxury cruise turns into nightmare

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:22 PM PST

On board the Costa Concordia, passengers were dining, drinking, attending a magic show. Then they heard an ominous scraping sound.

Deaths, detentions mount in Syria, activists say

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 07:53 AM PST

The latest bloodshed in the besieged Syrian city of Homs came outside a bakery on Monday, when secret security forces fired indiscriminately on people in line, an opposition activist group said.

Hackers attack two Israeli websites

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:17 AM PST

The websites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and of El Al, the Israeli airline, were brought down Monday morning by an apparent hacking attack.

Labor group dismisses Nigeria's cut in fuel prices

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:11 AM PST

Labor leaders have rejected the Nigerian government's concession Monday to drop fuel prices after a nationwide strike paralyzed the country last week. Abiodum Aremu of the Nigeria Labour Congress said the group will only accept a return to prices before the government ended fuel subsidies on January 1.

N. Korea denies punishing citizens for not mourning enough

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:30 AM PST

North Korea has angrily denied allegations that it punished some of its citizens for inadequately mourning the death of its late leader Kim Jong Il.

A talk with Mitt Romney's relatives in Mexico

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:44 PM PST

In the rolling hills of northern Mexico, about 180 miles south of the U.S. border, lies a community that stands out for its religious roots. The houses in this community surrounded by peach and apple orchards look more like homes you would find in the American Southwest than in Mexico. On top of a hill stands a gleaming white Mormon temple, a rarity in this largely Catholic country.

Suspect leads Thai police to potential bomb materials

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:54 AM PST

The Thai government said Monday that it had found the basic ingredients for explosive devices in a building in central Thailand, just days after the United States and Israel warned their citizens in Bangkok of the possibility of an imminent terrorist attack.

Pakistan's PM to face contempt charge

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:56 AM PST

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to face a contempt of court hearing this week, officials said.

Strong earthquake hits off Antarctica's coast

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:05 AM PST

A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Sunday off the coast of Antarctica, prompting a warning that there was a "small possibility" it could trigger a tsunami.

5,000 missing in Mexico's drug war

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:04 AM PST

As forced disappearances become a growing problem in Mexico's drug war, family members of the missing are banding together.

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