Friday, July 6, 2012

'All the Bells' to ring out start of London Olympics

'All the Bells' to ring out start of London Olympics


'All the Bells' to ring out start of London Olympics

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:38 PM PDT

Church bells, bicycle bells, handbells, ship's bells, and even mobile phones will sound across Britain in a "cacophonous, amazing sound" to mark the start of the Olympics, artist Martin Creed told AFP...


US drone strike kills 21 militants in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:24 PM PDT

A US drone targeted a compound in the restive North Waziristan tribal region on Friday, killing 21 suspected militants in the first such attack since Pakistan reopened NATO supply routes to neighbouri...


US declares Afghanistan major non-NATO ally

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:58 PM PDT

The Obama administration on Saturday declared Afghanistan the United States' newest "major non-NATO ally," an action designed to facilitate close defense cooperation after U.S. combat troops withdraw ...


Tensions in Libya ahead of first post-Gadhafi polls

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 09:47 PM PDT

Fears of militia violence and calls for a boycott threatened Friday to mar Libya's first nationwide parliamentary election, a milestone on the oil-rich North African nation's rocky path toward democra...


Gunmen kill 18 people in roadside restaurant in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:23 PM PDT

Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire at a roadside restaurant in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people, officials said. In the northwest, a U.S. drone strike killed 12 suspected militants ne...


Egypt's president orders probe of protester deaths

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:40 AM PDT

Egypt's new president has ordered a fresh investigation into the killing of anti-government protesters over the past 16 months, starting with the uprising that unseated longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak. ...


Pena Nieto wins Mexico presidential vote: Final results

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Enrique Pena Nieto decisively won Mexico's presidential election, the electoral office said on Friday, issuing final vote results following a demand for a recount by his closest rival.


18 Shia pilgrims killed in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 10:36 AM PDT

Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Shia pilgrims in Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan on Friday, killing 18 people in the latest in a string of attacks in the region targeting the minority commun...


Flood alerts in UK as heavy rain sweeps in

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 08:45 AM PDT

Torrential rain pelted a large swath of Britain on Friday, flooding roads, canceling concerts and turning practice for the British Grand Prix into a puddle-churning ordeal. Authorities issued 145 floo...


Video shows US pilot singing after killing Afghan: Report

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:39 AM PDT

A video from an Apache helicopter's on-board camera that was leaked online shows a US pilot blowing up an Afghan man while singing "Bye, bye Miss American pie".


To escape rape, Russian woman jumps from fourth floor

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:24 AM PDT

A 27-year-old woman in Russia's Siberia region, who was working as a masseuse, jumped out of a fourth-floor window after being threatened with gang rape, police said on Friday.


Indian peacekeeper killed in Congo

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 05:07 AM PDT

A UN soldier from India was killed in clashes between renegade soldiers and DR Congo troops on the border with Uganda, the United Nations said today as the mutineers took a key border post.


'Nice to be right' says Higgs after particle milestone

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Professor Peter Higgs was making his first detailed public comments since researchers at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) announced Wednesday they believe they have found the sub-...


British Police arrest seven people on suspicion of terrorist offences

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 03:42 AM PDT

British police say 7 people have been arrested on suspicion of terrorist offences. More details awaited


Woman accused of putting beer in toddler's cup

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:57 AM PDT

A Phoenix mother has been arrested after authorities say she put beer in her two-year-old son's sippy cup.


On Twitter, a campaign against hot pants at UAE malls

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:31 AM PDT

With the number of foreigners dwarfing that of locals in her hometown of Abu Dhabi, Asma al-Muhairi has become increasingly anxious at the prospect of her younger nieces abandoning their full-length b...


Found at airport: 649 kilos of cocaine worth $98m

Posted: 06 Jul 2012 01:24 AM PDT

Hong Kong customs officers have made the city's biggest ever cocaine bust, seizing 649 kilograms (1,430 pounds) of the drug worth 76 million Hong Kong dollars ($98 million).


Romney campaign's missteps have some Republicans grumbling

Posted: 05 Jul 2012 11:25 PM PDT

For months, Republican Mitt Romney's presidential campaign was a picture of discipline, charting a relatively steady course for the former Massachusetts governor through a bitterly contested primary s...


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