Thursday, August 23, 2012

Court tosses Jayant Patel's manslaughter conviction

Court tosses Jayant Patel's manslaughter conviction


Court tosses Jayant Patel's manslaughter conviction

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:55 PM PDT

Australia's highest court on Friday threw out the conviction of an American surgeon accused of the manslaughter of three patients and ordered him to stand trial again, after ruling that conduct by pro...


Signs suggest Iran is speeding up work on nuclear program

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:44 PM PDT

International nuclear inspectors will soon report that Iran has installed hundreds of new centrifuges in recent months and may also be speeding up production of nuclear fuel while negotiations with th...


Background check was run before Colorado shootings: School

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:35 PM PDT

The former graduate student accused in a deadly mass shooting at a movie theater had failed a key exam six weeks before the rampage, made threats and was banned from his college, prosecutors said on T...


12 killed, dozens injured in clashes in Libya

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:04 PM PDT

A Libyan security official says a conflict between two tribes in central Libya has left 12 dead and dozens injured.


Train collision injures 24 in northeast China

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:52 PM PDT

Two passenger trains collided at a railway station in northeast China, injuring at least 24 people, state media said on Friday.


Norway mass killer Anders Breivik faces sentence

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:27 PM PDT

Thirteen months after his killing spree - a bomb attack and Europe's deadliest rampage by a lone gunman in peacetime - Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik will hear his sentence on Fr...


Michelle Obama meets Sikh shooting victims' families

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:55 AM PDT

Mandeep Singh Khattra and his family received Michelle Obama with an embrace on Thursday as the first lady consoled relatives of worshippers gunned down earlier this month at a Sikh temple in suburban...


Australia hikes annual refugee quota to 20,000

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:37 AM PDT

Australia today said that it was stepping up its refugee intake to 20,000 from 13,750 annually - the "biggest" increase in 30 years - under new changes to its humanitarian programme which would focus ...


Moderate quake hits Nepal

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:33 AM PDT

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale jolted Nepal on Thursday, Xinhua reported. According to US Geological Survey, the temblor struck at 10.30 pm and was at a depth of 38.30 km.


Elisabeth Murdoch takes aim at brother on media morality

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:27 AM PDT

Elisabeth Murdoch urged the media industry on Thursday to embrace morality and reject the pursuit of profit at all costs, which her brother James championed before scandal engulfed News Corp.


Detained Egyptian journalist to be freed: President's spokesman

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 11:18 AM PDT

Egyptian editor Islam Afifi, who is facing charges of spreading false news and was remanded in custody on Thursday, will be freed on orders from President Mohamed Morsi, his spokesman said.


Fans worry after Pakistan Twitter star goes off line

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 10:57 AM PDT

Electronic cries of anguish are ringing out across Pakistan's Twitter community over the abrupt disappearance of the popular satirist @MajorlyProfound, beloved for his acid commentary on the powerful ...


Body found in jet's landing gear at Heathrow

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:45 AM PDT

British Airways (BA) has said that a body has been found in a passenger plane that landed at London's Heathrow Airport after a flight from South Africa.


Hippo stuck in South Africa swimming pool

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:15 AM PDT

A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge's swimming pool. Now it's stuck there.


Hippo stuck in South Africa swimming pool

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 09:04 AM PDT

A hefty hippo chased away from his herd at a South African game reserve has found a refreshing place to relax: the lodge's swimming pool. Now it's stuck there.


Small plane lands on Florida interstate near Tampa

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 08:57 AM PDT

Fire rescue officials in Florida have said that a single engine plane carrying three people has landed in the median of Interstate 75 near Tampa.


Pakistan summons senior US diplomat over drone strikes

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior US diplomat in Islamabad to protest against a string of drone strikes since last week, saying the attacks by the spy planes were unlawful and a violation of the ...


Saudi columnist sparks furore with prostitution comments

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 07:16 AM PDT

A Saudi columnist has triggered a furore in the ultra-conservative kingdom after he wrote on micro-blogging website Twitter that some Saudi women were working as prostitutes in Dubai.


South Korea returns protest letter, angering Japan

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 06:25 AM PDT

South Korea on Thursday returned a protest letter from Japan's prime minister without answering it, further angering Tokyo amid a bitter row over disputed islands.


A claim that dinosaur footprint found at NASA center

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:36 AM PDT

An amateur dinosaur hunter claimed to have discovered a rare cretaceous footprint from a nodosaur at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, most likely left more than 110 million years ago.


Taiwan evacuates over 3,000 as typhoon closes in

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 05:02 AM PDT

Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 people on Thursday ahead of Typhoon Tembin, as a military official warned major measures were needed a avoid a repeat of a deadly disaster three years ago.


Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande to discuss Greece's euro fate

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 04:41 AM PDT

Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande will discuss debt-wracked Greece later on Thursday after Athens' plea for more time to implement crucial but painful reforms to safeguard its eurozone membership.


Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy traumatised: Activist

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:29 AM PDT

A Pakistani Christian girl detained on accusations of defaming Islam was too frightened to speak in a prison where she is being held in solitary confinement for her safety, an activist who said he vis...


Michelle Obama to meet Sikh shooting victims' families

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 03:16 AM PDT

The Sikh temple where a white supremacist killed six people earlier this month has been largely repaired. A crisp new American flag flies out front, prayer services have returned to a normal schedule ...


Indian taxi driver wins Lamborghini in lucky draw

Posted: 23 Aug 2012 02:07 AM PDT

An Indian cab driver could not believe his luck when he won a USD 245,028 prized Lamborghini Gallardo in a lucky draw at a local shopping mall in Abu Dhabi.


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