Friday, September 21, 2012

Deadly film protests in Pakistan

Deadly film protests in Pakistan

Deadly film protests in Pakistan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

Fifteen people are killed as violent protests erupt on the streets of Pakistan's main cities in anger at an anti-Islam film made in the US.

S Africa issues Malema 'warrant'

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:05 AM PDT

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of firebrand South African politician Julius Malema on corruption charges, his lawyer says.

Apple says map app will 'improve'

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:39 AM PDT

Apple responds to fierce criticism of its mapping software, saying it is working to "improve" the application.

Turkey jails 'coup plot' generals

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:50 AM PDT

A Turkish court jails three former senior officers for 20 years each for plotting a coup - part of a mass trial of military personnel.

China sacks 'smiling official'

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:54 AM PDT

A safety official in China who sparked public outcry after images showed him grinning at the scene of a fatal bus crash is sacked, officials say.

France says bullfighting legal

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:45 AM PDT

France's Constitutional Council, a top legal authority, rejects a plea from animal rights campaigners to ban bullfighting.

Bomb 'kills six' in Thai south

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:31 AM PDT

At least six people are killed and 40 others injured as a bomb explodes near a market in Thailand's restive south, police say.

Israeli soldier killed in clash

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:18 AM PDT

One Israeli soldier and three militants have been killed in a clash inside Israel close to its border with Egypt, says the Israeli military.

'Surge' troops leave Afghanistan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 12:53 AM PDT

The last of 33,000 extra US soldiers sent to Afghanistan by President Barack Obama more than three years ago have left, the Pentagon says.

Arab Spring brought chaos - Assad

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT

President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is quoted by an Egyptian magazine as saying the Arab uprisings only brought chaos and the Syrian rebels cannot win.

EMI-Universal deal gets approval

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:53 AM PDT

EU and US regulators approve Universal Music's takeover of EMI, but some of the merged firm's most valuable labels must be sold off.

Fresco 'destroyer' demands fees

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:04 AM PDT

The woman who ruined a prized fresco of Jesus Christ in Spain demands royalties after her botched restoration becomes a hit with tourists.

VIDEO: US Endeavour makes final air show

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 11:00 AM PDT

US space shuttle Endeavour is making a flypast of California landmarks, in a final air show before it heads for display in Los Angeles.

VIDEO: China facing one child policy dilemma

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:04 AM PDT

China's incoming new Communist Party leaders face a difficult question - has the time come to end the one child policy?

VIDEO: Golfer McIlroy puts home on market

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:23 AM PDT

Golfer Rory McIlroy puts his Northern Ireland home up for sale, having spent much of the past year based in the United States.

VIDEO: Pakistanis demonstrate against film

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:37 AM PDT

Demonstrations are taking place across Pakistan against a film made in the US which is said to mock Islam.

VIDEO: Louvre opens new Islamic art wing

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 10:51 PM PDT

A new wing of the Louvre Museum in Paris opens is set to open on Friday, amid ongoing religious tensions over the publication of obscene cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

VIDEO: Searching India's slums for new voices

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT

South Korean opera singer Kim Jae Chang hopes his choir - made up of children recruited from India's slums - can bring hope to his fellow countrymen back home.

VIDEO: Fashion Week gets royal treatment

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:51 AM PDT

British designer Philip Colbert employs spoof photographer Alison Jackson for his latest shoot, to put the Queen, Elton John, and Katy Perry in the front row of his show.

Public sector borrowing hits high

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:03 AM PDT

UK public sector net borrowing was £14.4bn in August, official figures show, the biggest deficit on record for this month since records began.

Spain prepares for bank bailout

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:17 AM PDT

Spain is expected to need up to 60bn euros (£48bn; $78bn) to recapitalise its banks, but it is not clear when Madrid will ask for it.

Facebook to suspend photo tag

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:52 AM PDT

Facebook will disable its facial recognition tool following a review by the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland.

Gene map shows brain blueprint

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 07:15 AM PDT

A 3D map of the entire human brain reveals that our brains are strikingly similar, sharing the same basic molecular blueprint.

Mirren reprises role as The Queen

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:02 AM PDT

The Oscar-winning actress is reunited with writer Peter Morgan, playing Elizabeth II in West End play The Audience.

Beale dislocates finger on stage

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Actor Simon Russell Beale leaves the stage during a performance of Timon of Athens at London's National Theatre after falling and dislocating his finger.

Endeavour goes on final air show

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:29 AM PDT

US space shuttle Endeavour is to fly by California landmarks in a final air show before it heads for display in Los Angeles.

Ig Nobel honours ponytail physics

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Physicists who came up with an equation to predict the shape of a ponytail earn themselves a spoof Nobel.

Gene flaw linked to low back pain

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:48 AM PDT

Scientists have identified a gene flaw linked to disc problems that are a common cause of lower back pain.

Wright 99 fires England through

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:22 AM PDT

Luke Wright hits 99 not out as England begin their World Twenty20 defence with a crushing 116-run win over Afghanistan.

Vettel heads Button in practice

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:42 AM PDT

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel is fastest in the second practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix, with Jenson Button second.

Ethiopia's new leader sworn in

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 04:40 AM PDT

Ethiopia's new leader Hailemariam Desalegn is sworn in after the death of long-time leader Meles Zenawi in August.

India: Singh defends economy plan

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:11 AM PDT

Indian PM Manmohan Singh defends his economic reforms, saying they are necessary to fight an economic slowdown.

Louvre opens Islamic art wing

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:35 AM PDT

Louvre opens Islamic art gallery amid protests over Muhammad cartoon row

Mexico jailbreak 'via front door'

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 02:00 AM PDT

The 131 Mexican inmates who fled a jail earlier this week escaped through the front door, not a tunnel as was previously reported, officials say.

New film protests in Muslim world

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 06:55 AM PDT

Fresh protests are under way in Muslim countries against an anti-Islam film made in the US, with at least three people killed in Pakistan.

Amish haircut attackers guilty

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 01:10 PM PDT

Members of an Amish breakaway group are found guilty of hate crimes for forcibly cutting the beards and hair of community members last year in Ohio.

Man remanded over police killings

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:22 AM PDT

Dale Cregan is remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with the murders of two police officers and two men in Greater Manchester.

Pressure on police row minister

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:16 AM PDT

Pressure mounts on Tory minister Andrew Mitchell as police leaders urge him to resign and Labour calls for a full account of his outburst at an officer outside Downing Street.

UK soldier dies at Camp Bastion

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 10:54 AM PDT

A British soldier from the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers has died at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirms.

Passenger plane skids off runway

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 09:10 AM PDT

Birmingham Airport's runway shuts for two hours after a plane arriving from the south of France skids off it.

The rise of the Maori tribal tattoo

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:06 PM PDT

What the tattoo on my face means to me

Is this Europe's most under-rated city?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:09 PM PDT

Is this the most under-rated city in Europe?

What happened to America's community spirit?

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:12 AM PDT

When did Americans start hating each other?

Day in pictures: 21 September 2012

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 05:20 AM PDT

24 hours of news photos from around the world

In pictures: The unlikely Tintin fans in DR Congo

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 01:25 AM PDT

Images of the Congolese who love the comics some see as racist

China's ageing families under pressure

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:18 PM PDT

How China got old before it could afford it

Mekong River trial murder mystery

Posted: 21 Sep 2012 03:38 AM PDT

Unanswered questions at the trial of a notorious ethnic Shan warlord

Quiz of the week's news

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 05:12 PM PDT

Gangnam Style is all the rage - what exactly is it?

Is US an empire in decline?

Posted: 20 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT

Is the end of the American Imperium nigh?
Posted by Harshad at 11:33 AM

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