Tuesday, February 14, 2012

With edge, US greets China's heir apparent

With edge, US greets China's heir apparent


With edge, US greets China's heir apparent

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:08 PM PST

China's vice president and likely future leader, Xi Jinping, embarked on a get-to-know-you tour of the United States on Tuesday, with a day of meetings from the White House to the Pentagon. But he was...


Bangkok triple blasts: Two Iranians arrested, one still at large

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:08 PM PST

Thai police have arrested two Iranian men. After the blast, two Iranians fled the scene, a third named Saeid Moradi, had his legs blown away when he tried to throw a grenade at police that fell on gro...


Obama' Valentine's Day warning: 'Do not forget!'

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:24 PM PST

US President Barack Obama had a special message for American men on Tuesday: "Let me start with a quick public service announcement for all the gentlemen out there. Today is Valentine's Day."


Schoolgirl brings hand grenade to class

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:17 PM PST

A nine-year-old girl took a hand grenade to an elementary school in Morelos, a state in central Mexico, authorities said. Administrators at the school in the city of Cuautla called the emergency respo...


UAE Prime Minister gets dedicated You Tube channel

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:42 PM PST

In a first of its kind initiative in the Arab world, the Prime Minister of UAE will now have a dedicated You Tube channel to keep the people of the country abreast of his initiatives and opinions.


Israel embassy car blast: Five facts on the "sticky bomb" challenge

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:44 PM PST

As investigations continue to trace a well-trained biker on a red motorcycle who stuck a palm-sized bomb on a Toyota Innova car being used by an Israeli diplomat, India is waking up to a new security ...


Indian gets death penalty for killing fellow countryman in Singapore

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 08:05 PM PST

An Indian construction worker has been awarded death penalty on charges of murdering his fellow countryman here, local media reported on Wednesday. Periyasamy Devarajan, 20, who was accused of killing...


Iran to install fuel rods in Nuclear reactor on Wednesday

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:30 AM PST

Iran will insert its first domestically-produced nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran on Wednesday, a top Iranian official said. "Because western countries were unwilling to help us, we...


Turkish troops kill 15 rebels, suffer 2 losses

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:01 AM PST

A clash in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast has left 15 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers dead, officials said Tuesday. The governor's office in Sirnak province said the clash took place in a m...


US, China agree to resolve differences

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 10:00 AM PST

US Vice President Joe Biden and his visiting Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today stressed on the need to resolve the differences between the two nations, noting that this is not only in the interest ...


New clashes rock Libyan desert town

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:49 AM PST

Fresh tribal clashes erupted today in Libya's remote southeastern desert, with one man saying five members of his clan had been killed, a toll that could not be independently verified. Clashes between...


Imran Khan wants open border with Afghanistan

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 09:28 AM PST

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan on Tuesday told the Afghan envoy here that it was his dream to see an open border between the two neighbours. Imran, also the chairman of the Pakistan ...


Iranian boats shadow US aircraft carrier in Gulf

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:19 AM PST

The American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, shadowed by Iranian patrol boats. But there were no incidents on Tuesday as the Lincoln's battle group crosse...


Pak police crack Rs 10 lakh diamond theft case at India Show

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:10 AM PST

Pakistanis were saved from severe embarrassment today after police cracked a theft case within 48 hours and recovered a diamond necklace worth Rs 10 lakh stolen two days back from an Indian trader at ...


Beaten by Chinese security agents who wanted his Twitter password

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:09 AM PST

The Chinese Communist Party has long felt threatened by overseas Web sites and social media outlets, but the recent detention of a California physicist who says he was beaten by Chinese security agent...


When World Cup meets stocks, soccer wins

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 07:06 AM PST

The furious activity in the trading pits of the world's great stock exchanges often gives the feeling that every second is gold dust in the relentless rush to make money. Then all of a sudden it is ki...


Vatican's WikiLeaks-style scandal over corruption

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:47 AM PST

The Vatican is having its own version of the WikiLeaks scandals that have hit the United States, spokesman Federico Lombardi has said following a recent rash of leaks to the Italian press.


Injured diplomat likely to be flown back to Israel

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:41 AM PST

Tal Yehoshua, the Israeli woman diplomat, hurt badly in a car bomb blast in New Delhi on Monday, is likely to be flown back to her country once her condition stablises.


Well-trained person planted bomb on Israeli embassy car: 10 facts

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:33 AM PST

After an Israeli diplomat's car exploded in New Delhi, just a few feet from the Prime Minister's residence, Indian investigators are trying to connect the dots of the terror attack. The bomb was plant...


Lioness attacks and kills zoo worker in South Africa

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 06:28 AM PST

A lioness sprung at the throat of a zoo worker on a rural conservation farm and killed him, apparently because security gates were left open, the Johannesburg Zoo said Tuesday. Colleagues heard Joe Ra...


US woman's body found 30 feet up a tree in Australia

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 05:00 AM PST

A 22-year-old American woman's decomposed body has been found 30 feet from the ground on a tree in Australia, a media report here said Tuesday.


Don't look for skilled workers in India, China: Obama

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:28 AM PST

President Barack Obama has said that he does not want US companies to look for skilled and educated workers in India and China in fields like engineering, technology and science. To prevent that, Obam...


Meet the cover girl for Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 04:07 AM PST

There was a time, not long ago, when the surest path to modelling stardom was down the runway of a top designer's show, when it would have been unthinkable to find among the industry's top ranks a swi...

Three Bangkok blasts, injured Iranian believed to be bomber

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 03:56 AM PST

Three explosions rocked a busy neighbourhood in the Thai capital on Tuesday. A man thought to be an Iranian was seriously wounded when a bomb he was carrying exploded and blew both his legs off, repor...


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