Wednesday, February 22, 2012

49 killed, 550 injured as train slams into station in Argentina

49 killed, 550 injured as train slams into station in Argentina


49 killed, 550 injured as train slams into station in Argentina

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:11 PM PST

A packed train slammed into the end of the line in Buenos Aires' busy Once station Wednesday, killing 49 people and injuring hundreds of morning commuters in Argentina's worst train accident in decade...


Was Einstein wrong- or was the cable loose?

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 09:01 PM PST

The world of science was upended last year when an experiment appeared to show one of Einstein's fundamental theories was wrong - but now the lab behind it says the result could have been caused by a ...

Protests erupt over journalists' killing in Syria

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 07:45 PM PST

Syrian activists and Lebanese journalists burned the Russian flag at a rally in downtown Beirut on Wednesday evening, in protest over the deaths earlier in the day of two foreign journalists in the be...


Tony Blair's wife sues Rupert Murdoch over UK phone hacking

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 06:36 PM PST

The wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair is suing Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper company over phone hacking, her lawyer said on Wednesday.


West slams Syria over killing of journalists

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:40 AM PST

Western powers condemned Syria on Wednesday for the killing of two foreign journalists, with Washington slamming the regime's "shameless brutality" and Paris demanding an immediate end to attacks. Ame...


Divers find 8 more bodies in Italy luxury cruise wreckage

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:27 AM PST

Divers searching the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship off a Tuscan island found eight bodies on Wednesday on one of the passenger decks, including that of a missing 5-year-old Italian girl, author...


Seven killed in Afghan Quran protests; President appeals for calm

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 10:16 AM PST

Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed for calm on Wednesday after clashes in several cities between Afghan security forces and protesters furious over the burning of Muslim holy books at a US militar...


Pakistan commission records Mansoor Ijaz testimony from London

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 04:30 AM PST

A commission probing the memo scandal here on Wednesday began recording the testimony of Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz, the key figure in the controversy, through video-conference from L...


Mother visits American condemned to die in Iran

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:27 AM PST

The mother of a former US Marine sentenced to death in Iran on a spying conviction has visited her son in an Iranian prison, a spokesman for the Michigan family said on Tuesday.


Strauss-Kahn questioned for second day in vice ring probe

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:23 AM PST

Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was questioned by French police for a second day on Wednesday over allegations that he took part in sex parties organized by a corrupt vice ring.


Has the battery run out on Aakash tablet?

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 02:05 AM PST

Aakash, the "$35" computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor perf...


French government phasing out use of term 'mademoiselle'

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:50 AM PST

Forget what you learned in French class about "madame" and "mademoiselle." The French government now says women's marital status shouldn't matter, at least when it comes to this country's far-reaching...


New York police built secret files on mosques in New Jersey

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:49 AM PST

Americans living and working in New Jersey's largest city were subjected to surveillance as part of the New York Police Department's effort to build databases of where Muslims work, shop and pray. The...

New York mayor defends monitoring of Muslim students on Web

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:17 AM PST

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Tuesday defended the New York Police Department's monitoring of the Web sites of Muslim student groups at more than a dozen universities across the Northeast, framing the...


Pak Supreme Court adjourns contempt hearing against Gilani till February 28

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 01:02 AM PST

Pakistan's Supreme Court today adjourned the contempt of court case against Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani till February 28 after admitting evidence and recording the statement of the prosecutor.


India, China growth among reasons for increasing oil prices: US

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 12:08 AM PST

The economic boom in countries like India and China and unrest in other parts of the globe are some of the important factors responsible for increase in oil prices, the White House has claimed.


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