Monday, January 16, 2012

We will finish our term, no question of PM resigning: Pak Interior Minister Rehman Malik

We will finish our term, no question of PM resigning: Pak Interior Minister Rehman Malik


We will finish our term, no question of PM resigning: Pak Interior Minister Rehman Malik

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 11:23 PM PST

A day after Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari won the trust vote, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that their government "will finish full term."


Italy cruise tragedy: Missing Indian's family hopes for miracle

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:27 PM PST

On Sunday morning, when Gladys and Frank Rebello flipped opened the papers at their Naigaon residence, they weren't expecting to read any piece of news that would concern them personally. But they lea...


In protest, Wikipedia to go dark on Wednesday

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 10:00 PM PST

Wikipedia will black out the English language version of its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress, the foundation behind the popular community-based onl...


Search for 29 missing in Italy liner as captain questioned

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:44 PM PST

Emergency workers searched on Tuesday for 29 people missing from an Italian cruise disaster which killed six as the ship's captain faced an interrogation on accusations that he veered wildly off cours...


Hospital mistakenly bills patients for millions

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

Patients at a New York City hospital are getting billed for tens of millions of dollars because of a computer error.


UN official calls for probe into Costa cruise ship disaster

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:53 PM PST

A top UN official has called for a thorough investigation into the weekend luxury cruise ship disaster off the coast of Italy that left six people dead and at least 15 missing.


UN agency mulls changes to maritime law after Italy disaster

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 08:15 PM PST

The UN's maritime agency may re-examine international safety regulations for large passenger ships in the wake of the Italian liner disaster, the organisation said today. Italian rescuers were desp...


India, China begin talks on boundary positively

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST

India and China today began crucial talks on the boundary question on a positive note with Chinese leader Dai Bingguo saying the two sides have "scaled much height" and "produced some results" on the ...


Will Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have to quit? Trust vote today

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:51 AM PST

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari met with their coalition partners this evening before facing a trust vote in Parliament. Mr Gilani is expected to make a pol...


UK govt sinks new royal yacht idea

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:46 AM PST

What do you get for a monarch who has almost everything? Not, apparently, a new yacht, at least not one paid for with taxpayer funds. That was the message Monday as a brief boomlet of support for the ...


Italy cruise tragedy: Ship owner blames captain for grounding

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:30 AM PST

The captain of the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany made an unauthorized deviation from its programmed course, a "human error" that led to the vessel's deadly grounding, the ship's Italian owner ...


Oil rig catches fire off Nigeria's delta

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 06:14 AM PST

Chevron Corp. says an offshore rig being run for its subsidiary near Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has caught fire and officials are still trying to account for all the workers there.


Thai Police seize bomb-making material amid terror alert

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 05:14 AM PST

A foreign suspect with alleged links to Hezbollah militants led Thai police on Monday to a warehouse filled with materials commonly used to make bombs, as Thailand and the US disagreed over whether Ba...

Mystery persists over Russian spacecraft fall site

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:41 AM PST

Russian officials say they still have no firm information where a failed Mars moon probe plummeted to Earth, the day after it went down. The unmanned Phobos-Ground probe fell yesterday after being stu...

10 things you should know about Pak crisis

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 04:19 AM PST

The current political crisis in Pakistan places the civil government in danger. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani are confronting an angry judiciary and army. Here's the...


Woman wins contest to blow up factory where her dad died

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:47 AM PST

A British woman won a competition to blow up a factory building where her father had died in an accident. Sarah Griffiths, 41, pushed a button that triggered a series of explosions to demolish the Cam...

Attacks against Kurdish sect, Iraq workers, kill 12

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 03:38 AM PST

Separate car bombs against displaced members of a tiny Kurdish sect and industrial workers left 12 people dead in Iraq on Monday, the latest in a spate of violence since US troops left last month.

Flexing Muscle, Baghdad Detains U.S. Contractors

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:31 AM PST

Iraqi authorities have detained a few hundred foreign contractors in recent weeks, industry officials say, including many Americans who work for the United States Embassy, in one of the first major si...


Thailand's two main international airports put on high alert

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:18 AM PST

With Thailand, the tourist hotspot country, coming under terror threat, the country has raised the level of security at its two main international airports.

In Silicon Valley, the ripe scent of new money

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 02:03 AM PST

Sam Odio expected a few congratulatory e-mails when he sold Divvyshot, his online photo-sharing service, to Facebook last April for millions of dollars.


Russian space probe crashes into Pacific

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:41 AM PST

A Russian space probe designed to boost the nation's pride on a bold mission to a moon of Mars has come down in flames, showering fragments into the south Pacific west of Chile's coast, officials said...


$11 million bounty on Musharraf's head

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:31 AM PST

Just days ahead of former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf's planned return to Pakistan from self-exile, a grandson of slain Baloch nationalist leader Akbar Bugti has put a bounty worth Rs ...


Flight diverted to Florida for 'unruly' couple

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 01:20 AM PST

Officials say a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Costa Rica was diverted to Tampa, Florida, on Sunday evening after a couple from Germany became unruly.

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