Sunday, July 22, 2012

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media

Heaviest rains in 60 years kill 10 in Beijing: media

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 07:51 PM PDT

Residents push a stranded car on a flooded street amid heavy rainfalls in BeijingBEIJING (Reuters) - The heaviest rain storm in six decades to hit the Chinese capital killed at least 10 people and caused widespread chaos, flooding streets and stranding 80,000 people at the city's main airport, state media reported on Sunday. The storm, which started on Saturday afternoon and continued late into the night, flooded major roads and sent torrents of water tumbling down steps into underpasses. In the Beijing suburb of Tongzhou, two people died in a roof collapse and another person killed was struck by lightning, the official Xinhua news agency reported. ...

Blast rocks Egypt's gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 07:03 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An explosion on Sunday rocked the Egyptian pipeline built to carry natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the 15th time it has been attacked since the start of the uprising in early 2011 that toppled President Hosni Mubarak. The blast occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning at al-Tuwail, east of the coastal Sinai town of al-Arish, at a point before the pipeline splits into separate branches to Israel and Jordan, security officials and witnesses said. ...

At least 18 killed in bus accident in India

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:34 PM PDT

GUWAHATI, India, Jul (Reuters) - A bus plunged into a gorge after landslides in India's northeastern state of Mizoram, killing at least 18 people and injuring dozens, a police official said on Sunday. The accident took place on Saturday near Keifang village, close to the border with Myanmar and more than 100 km (60 miles) from the state capital Aizwal, the official, L.R. Sailo, said. "Seventeen people died on the spot and a 10-year boy died in the hospital," Sailo said by telephone from Aizwal. (Reporting by Biswajyoti Das; Editing by Mayank Bhardwaj and Ron Popeski)

Egyptians throng former spy chief Suleiman's funeral

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:00 PM PDT

People attend the funeral of Egypt's former intelligence chief Suleiman in CairoCAIRO (Reuters) - Thousands of well-wishers and Egypt's military brass gathered on Saturday for the funeral of the country's former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, a key figure in the fallen Mubarak regime who died this week in hospital in the United States. Supporters of Suleiman chanted "God is great" and "in the name of God," as his casket was hoisted atop a horse-drawn cart after a ceremony at the Al Rashdan Mosque in Cairo's Heliopolis district. ...

Spanish protests swell as jobless march on Madrid

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:02 PM PDT

Demonstrators wearing Guy Fawkes masks march outside the Spanish Labour Ministry during an unemployment protest in MadridMADRID (Reuters) - Hundreds of unemployed Spaniards who had walked hundreds of kilometers (miles) to Madrid joined protests on Saturday against Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government and its handling of an economic crisis. Demonstrations have swollen across Spain since the center-right government announced 65 billion euros ($79 billion) in new spending cuts two weeks ago to cut its deficit and avert a full-blown bailout, with firefighters and police joining a mass protest on Thursday. ...

Militant attacks kill 15 in Pakistan

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 02:39 PM PDT

A man injured in a bomb attack in Upper Dir, seeks treatment after he was brought to Lady Reading hospital in PeshawarPARACHINAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb exploded at a compound in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine people and wounding 20, local government and intelligence officials said. The bombing in the compound, used by a local militia and containing residential units and an office, occurred near the village of Spin Tal in the Orakzai tribal region. The Pakistan military has been conducting operations against militant groups in the area for months. ...

Pentagon eyes drones for Kenya to fight militants nearby

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:55 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon is seeking to send hand-launched drones to Kenya as part of a $40 million-plus military aid package designed to help four African countries fight al Qaeda and al Shabaab militants, notably in Somalia, the Wall Street Journal reported. Kenya would get eight "Raven" unmanned aerial systems - an unarmed drone that can be used to identify targets for strikes by ground forces or other aircraft. ...

"Vatileaks" butler wanted to help the pope: lawyer

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 01:34 PM PDT

File photo of Pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele with Pope Benedict XVI at St. Peter's Square in VaticanVATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Paolo Gabriele, the papal butler held on suspicion of leaking documents alleging corruption in the Vatican, was driven by a desire to help the pope, his lawyer said on Saturday, adding that his ultimate aim may have been to clean up the Church. The lawyer, Carlo Fusco, told a news conference that Gabriele had acted alone in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal and was not part of any wider plot, saying he expected a Vatican magistrate to order a trial for him soon. ...

Japan probes alleged cover-up at nuclear plant

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:20 AM PDT

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2011 file photo, workers in protective suits and masks wait to enter the emergency operation center at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station in Okuma, Japan. Japanese labor officials said Sunday, July 22, 2012 that they are investigating subcontractors on suspicion they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport their dosimeter readings so they could stay on the job longer. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, Pool, File)Japanese authorities are investigating subcontractors on suspicion that they forced workers at the tsunami-hit nuclear plant to underreport the amount of radiation they were exposed to so they could stay on the job longer.

Syrian rebels say fight for Aleppo has begun

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:23 AM PDT

This citizen journalist image shows Syrians walking past destroyed vehicles after fighting between rebels and Syrian troops in the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in south Damascus, Syria, Saturday, July 21, 2012. This week, fierce fighting between troops and rebels reached the Syrian capital, the central bastion of Bashar Assad's rule, shattering parts of the city and sending thousands of people fleeing to neighboring Lebanon and Iraq. Activists and residents reported a tense calm in Damascus Saturday but said sporadic gunfire and explosions could be heard throughout the night. (AP Photo)The commander of Syrian rebels in the northern province of Aleppo says his forces have launched an operation aimed at "liberating" the country's largest city from regime troops.

Israel official: Syria protecting chemical arsenal

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 10:42 PM PDT

A senior Israeli defense official says Syria remains in control of its chemical weapons arsenals, even as the Israeli military considers a possible attack meant to prevent those arms and advanced Syrian missiles from falling into militant hands.

Norway remembers victims of bomb, shooting attacks

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 01:25 AM PDT

Norwegian Royal family members attend a memorial service at a venue near the site of a bombing which destroyed a government building, in Oslo, Norway, July 22, 2012. Norway holds a memorial service early Sunday to mark the first anniversary of the bombing in government buildings in Oslo, and shooting dead of youths at a Labor Party youth camp on Utoeya island. The attendees are from left.,Crown Princess Mette-Marit, Crown Prince Haakon, wife of Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg's wife, Ingrid Schulerud, Queen Sonja, Prime Minister Stoltenberg and King Harald. (AP Photo/NTB Scanpix, Tor Erik Schroeder) NORWAY OUTNorway is commemorating the 77 victims of a bomb and gun massacre that shocked the peaceful nation one year ago.

NATO says 3 service members killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:02 PM PDT

NATO says insurgent attacks have killed three of its service members in eastern Afghanistan.

In German circumcision debate, 'us vs them' fears

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:56 PM PDT

Rabbi David Goldberg had performed about 25 ritual circumcisions this year before a regional court ruled in June that the practice amounted to causing criminal bodily harm.

Rogge again rules out minute silence for Israelis

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 03:12 PM PDT

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogges gestures to a reporter as he leaves after giving a press conference for the media at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 21, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)IOC President Jacques Rogge won't budge: There will be no minute's silence for the Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich massacre at the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

Eurozone crisis saves Germany tens of billions

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 11:54 PM PDT

Germany has emerged as one of the biggest beneficiaries of the European financial crisis.

Militants attack gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai

Posted: 22 Jul 2012 12:42 AM PDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 12, 2011 file photo, Egyptian Bedouins watch as smoke and flames rise into the air after masked gunmen blew up a terminal of the Egyptian natural gas pipeline to Israel and Jordan in el-Arish, in the northern part of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, in a predawn attack. Militants on Monday April 9, 2012 again blew up a gas pipeline in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula that transports fuel to neighboring Israel and Jordan, a senior Egyptian security official said. The attack on the pipeline was the 14th time it was targeted since the popular uprising that ousted longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak last year. (AP Photo, File)An Egyptian security official says militants have blown up a gas pipeline in the country's Sinai Peninsula that used to transport fuel to Israel.
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