Saturday, February 18, 2012

Morocco bans Spanish paper over royal cartoon

Morocco bans Spanish paper over royal cartoon


Morocco bans Spanish paper over royal cartoon

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 10:40 PM PST

Morocco has banned the distribution of Thursday's edition of Spain's influential El Pais, as a cartoon published by the newspaper allegedly tarnished King Mohammed VI's name, an official said.


Wildfires kill 3,39,000 people per year: Study

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 09:55 PM PST

Wildfires, peat fires and controlled burns on farming lands kill 3,39,000 people worldwide each year, said a study released on Saturday that is the first to estimate a death toll for landscape fires.


Indian fishermen shot dead: Italian ship crew surrender delayed

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 07:01 PM PST

The crew members of the Italian ship, who allegedly killed two Indian fishermen, have not yet surrendered yet. A team of diplomats from Italy will arrive in Delhi today for discussions with the Indian...


Iran deploys warships to the Mediterranean

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 08:34 AM PST

Iranian warships entered the Mediterranean after crossing the Suez Canal on Saturday to show Tehran's "might" to regional states, the navy commander said, at a time of simmering tensions with Israel. ...


Berlusconi challenges judges in bribery case

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 06:48 AM PST

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi demanded on Saturday the judges in his bribery trial be stood down, after prosecutors called for a five-year jail term. Berlusconi's lawyers told the co...


British press eye launch of Murdoch's 'Sun on Sunday'

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:36 AM PST

Britain's newspapers were abuzz on Saturday with Rupert Murdoch's announcement that he is to launch a Sunday version of his top-selling British tabloid The Sun.


Violent video games help boost vision: Study

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:19 AM PST

Playing a video game that involves shooting enemies on a battlefield has helped some adults who were born with a rare eye disorder improve their vision later in life, scientists said on Friday.


ISI employed architect for bin Laden compound: Report

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 04:06 AM PST

An architect regularly employed by the ISI worked on the compound in which Osama bin Laden sheltered for years in Abbottabad and the slain al Qaeda chief communicated regularly with LeT from his hideo...


Syria forces fire on Damascus protest dead funeral: activist

Posted: 18 Feb 2012 03:30 AM PST

Syrian security forces opened fire on Saturday on a huge crowd gathered for the funerals of demonstrators killed in rare protests in the capital, an activist spokesman in Damascus province told AFP.


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