Friday, August 17, 2012

South African government orders inquiry on mine violence that killed 34 miners

South African government orders inquiry on mine violence that killed 34 miners


South African government orders inquiry on mine violence that killed 34 miners

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 09:28 PM PDT

President Jacob Zuma rushed home from a regional summit Friday and announced an official inquiry into a police shooting of striking miners that left 34 dead and 78 wounded, an incident that police cla...


UN confirms Algeria's Brahimi to replace Annan as Syria envoy

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 10:12 AM PDT

The United Nations on Friday confirmed that veteran Algerian diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi will replace former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as the international mediator on Syria as the 17-month-old con...


Kenny the Clown had Steve Jobs' stolen iPad

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:40 AM PDT

An iPad stolen from the home of the late Steve Jobs ended up in the hands of a professional clown who had no idea it was pilfered from the Apple co-founder's house.


Julian Assange faces boredom, stress inside Ecuador embassy

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:29 AM PDT

Julian Assange lives in a pricey building in one of London's toniest districts. But he is not staying in the lap of luxury. The once globe-trotting WikiLeaks founder is confined to several hundred squ...


US keeps Russia on 'national threat' list

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 07:19 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama has extended a legal act that lists Russia, among 16 other states, as a national threat, and allows for the freezing and confiscation of assets in the US.


Russian Punk band is sentenced to 2 years in prison for anti-Putin stunt

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT

A Moscow judge handed down prison sentences of two years on Friday afternoon for three young women who staged a protest against Vladimir V. Putin in the Cathedral of Christ the Savior last February an...


Officials keep eye on weather as wildfires burn in US

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 06:15 AM PDT

Crews in central Washington, rural Idaho and Southern California made gains on several wildfires, allowing some evacuees to return home and protecting two vacation towns from a massive encroaching bla...


Mine 'bloodbath' shocks post-apartheid South Africa

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:26 AM PDT

The police killing of 34 striking platinum miners in the bloodiest security operation since the end of white rule cut to the quick of South Africa's psyche on Friday, with searching questions asked of...


India's Mars mission sparks another UK aid row

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 05:01 AM PDT

The announcement of India's Mars mission has sparked another round of tabloid-driven controversy over the wisdom of sending 280 million pounds of British aid to India every year when the country can a...


Thousands flee Syria, Damascus diarrhoea outbreak: United Nations

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:51 AM PDT

Syrians are pouring across the border to escape fighting in their battered homeland and diarrhoeal disease has broken out in rural areas near Damascus, UN aid agencies said on Friday. More than 170,00...

Japan deports pro-China island activists

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 04:29 AM PDT

Japan on Friday deported pro-Beijing activists who had sailed to a disputed island, as Tokyo moved swiftly to put an end to a potentially damaging row with China. Half of the group were put aboard a c...


Israel's existence 'insult to all humanity': Iran

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:54 AM PDT

Iran's president says Israel's existence is an "insult to all humanity." It's one of his sharpest attacks yet against the Jewish state. It comes as Israel openly debates whether to attack Iran over...


Air France: Out of gas? Ask passengers to pitch in

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 03:29 AM PDT

An emergency layover in Syria's capital was bad enough. Then passengers on Air France Flight 562 were asked to open their wallets to check if they had enough cash to pay for more fuel.


Prince William in helicopter helps save drowning girl

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 02:29 AM PDT

Prince William led his helicopter crew on a rescue mission and saved a 16-year-old girl from drowning.


More than 30 killed in South Africa shooting: Police

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 12:43 AM PDT

South Africa's police ministry says more than 30 people were killed when its officers opened fire on striking workers at a Lonmin PLC mine.


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