Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Quran-burning: Protests in Afghanistan despite US apology

Quran-burning: Protests in Afghanistan despite US apology


Quran-burning: Protests in Afghanistan despite US apology

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 11:01 PM PST

Hundreds of Afghan demonstrators took to the streets of Kabul for a second day on Wednesday to protest against the burning of copies of the Quran by NATO troops.


Obama sings at White House blues show

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:53 PM PST

President Barack Obama broke into a song on Tuesday at a White House blues show, as Rolling Stones front man Mick Jagger urged a reluctant US leader to step up and sing a few lines.


Call centres in India used to scam Americans for millions

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 10:19 PM PST

Federal authorities have cracked down on a California-based company that used the services of call centres in India to make fake, very often threatening, debt collector calls to consumers in the US.


Police monitoring of Muslim students in New York sparks outrage

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:47 PM PST

The mayor faced off with the president of Yale University on Tuesday over an effort by the city's police department to monitor Muslim student groups for any signs that their members harboured terroris...


In din over Iran, rattling sabers echo

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:32 PM PST

The United States has now endured what by some measures is the longest period of war in its history, with more than 6,300 American troops killed and 46,000 wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan and the ulti...


Dead woman 'married' twice in China

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:44 PM PST

During this year's Spring Festival, a family surnamed Wu sold their daughter's dead body for 35,000 yuan ($5,557) to a man surnamed Liu who wanted to perform a "yin marriage"- a marriage between two d...


Nodding disease confounds experts, kills children

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:09 PM PST

More than 3,000 children in northern Uganda are suffering from a debilitating mystery ailment known as nodding disease, which has touched almost every family in the village of Tumangu.


New 'super-Earth' is a steamy 'waterworld'

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:05 PM PST

An astronaut attempting to visit recently discovered planet GJ1214b would land in hot water -- literally, US scientists say.


US apologises for Quran burnings in Afghanistan

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:32 PM PST

The U.S. apologised on Tuesday for the burning of Muslim holy books that had been pulled from the shelves of a detention center library adjoining a major base in eastern Afghanistan because they conta...


Ijaz to depose from London today via video conference

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:30 PM PST

Pakistani authorities have finalised arrangements to record via a video link from London the testimony of American businessman Mansoor Ijaz regarding a mysterious memo that had sought US help to stave...


Afghan protests erupt over Quran 'burning'

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:10 PM PST

Protests erupted outside the main US military base in Afghanistan and in Kabul today over allegations that foreign troops had set fire to copies of the Quran, police said.


UK court OKs legal claim to be served via Facebook

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 06:07 PM PST

Legal authorities said on Tuesday that a High Court judge in England has approved the use of Facebook to serve legal claims.

Survivors narrate the 'horror story' of a deadly avalanche

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 09:38 AM PST

The expert skiers wasted no time after an avalanche hit and swept their friends down a steep slope in Washington state. They immediately turned on their emergency beacons and began searching for signs...


Suspect claims demon visited him before killing

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 08:13 AM PST

Prosecutors urged jurors on Tuesday to reject a murder suspect's claims that he was visited by a demon that sounded like Barry White and an angel that looked like Olivia Newton-John before he shot and...


One dead after BMW crashes through restaurant window

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 07:37 AM PST

Police say a BMW crashed into a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in suburban Washington, killing the driver and injuring several other people. Authorities say the vehicle left the roadway and sliced ...


Pakistan to ask Interpol to arrest former president Musharraf

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 05:58 AM PST

Pakistan's interior minister says the government will ask Interpol to arrest former president Pervez Musharraf in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. Rehman Mali...


Italy sends top diplomat to India in shootings row

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:47 AM PST

Italy has sent a top diplomat to India and said Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi will visit next week amid an escalating row over two Italian soldiers arrested for killing two Indian fishermen. Junior Fo...


Mumbai exits world's 10 most expensive cities for office space

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:44 AM PST

Mumbai has lost its sheen of being one of the top 10 most expensive office locations in the world for the first time in six years, slipping to the 15th position in the new list compiled by global real...

Watch: Drivers in Beijing block fire engine

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:45 AM PST

A short film showing car drivers in Beijing refusing to give way to a fire engine has gone viral online and renewed concern over increasingly selfish behaviour patterns in fast-developing China.


Outrage over video of blocked fire engine in China

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:44 AM PST

A short film showing car drivers in Beijing refusing to give way to a fire engine has gone viral online and renewed concern over increasingly selfish behaviour patterns in fast-developing China.


Indonesian maid raped, thrown from window: Report

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 02:22 AM PST

An Indonesian maid was allegedly raped twice by a neighbour, who then cut and strangled her before throwing her out of the window of a second-storey flat, media reports said Tuesday.


French cops question Strauss-Kahn on sex ring

Posted: 21 Feb 2012 01:54 AM PST

French police detained former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn for questioning on Tuesday over allegations he took part in orgies in Paris and Washington paid for by a pair of businessmen.


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