Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Despite his rhetoric, Romney needs the '47 percent' to win

Despite his rhetoric, Romney needs the '47 percent' to win


Despite his rhetoric, Romney needs the '47 percent' to win

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:02 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney isn't backing down from a hidden-camera video that shows him disparaging nearly half the nation's voters.


Prophet Mohammed cartoons may shock those who want to be shocked, say editors of French weekly

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:30 PM PDT

A French satirical weekly has published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad to mock the violent reactions around the world to the anti-Muslim film. The editors of Charlie Hebdo say the cartoons may "shoc...


US stands with India as it undertakes difficult reforms: White House

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:45 PM PDT

The US will stand with India as a partner as it undertakes "difficult but necessary" reforms, a top White House official said on Tuesday.


Grateful William and Kate head back to Europe

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:17 PM PDT

The royal couple jetted out of the tiny Pacific nation just hours after French authorities ordered the magazine Closer to hand over all forms of the "particularly intrusive" pictures to the royal coup...

Anger as Australian senator links gay marriage to bestiality

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:11 PM PDT

A conservative Australian senator was forced to resign from his parliamentary role on Wednesday after he linked same-sex marriage to bestiality and polygamy during a debate.


France tense over planned Prophet Mohammad cartoons

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:08 PM PDT

The French government has called for restraint after learning that a satirical weekly plans to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad on Wednesday just as an anti-Islam video has ignited Muslim prot...

South Africa Lonmin miners end strike, accept pay raise

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:53 PM PDT

After a round of fresh talks yesterday, a negotiator had announced in the afternoon that the workers had settled for a 22 per cent wage rise and a USD 245 one-off bonus from the owners of the world's ...

Romney struggles to steady campaign after secret videos

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:39 PM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney struggled on Tuesday to steady his reeling White House campaign after a secretly recorded video showed him dismissing President Barack Obama's supporters - almost half the count...


Palestinians have no interest in peace with Israel, says Mitt Romney

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:08 PM PDT

Republican Mitt Romney said on Tuesday that Democratic President Barack Obama believes government should "take from some to give to the others" as he defended telling wealthy donors that half of Ameri...


U.S. activist says he was deceived over anti-Muslim film

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:55 PM PDT

An American Coptic Christian activist whose California TV facility was used to make an anti-Islamic film that touched off protests across the Muslim world said he was deceived by the film's producer a...


Fire at Mexico Pemex gas facility kills 26

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:34 PM PDT

At least 26 people were killed and as many injured when a Pemex gas facility burst into flames in northern Mexico on Tuesday, one of the worst accidents to hit the state oil monopoly in recent years.


Beijing demonstrators damage US ambassador's car

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:33 PM PDT

A car carrying the U.S. ambassador to China was mildly damaged after becoming the target of boisterous anti-Japan demonstrators who were expressing outrage over a territorial dispute and marking the 8...

Was Jesus married? New papyrus fragment fuels debate

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:14 PM PDT

A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words "Jesus said to them, my wife," -- a discovery likely to renew a fierce debate in the Christian world...


NATO scales back joint operations with Afghans

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:12 PM PDT

NATO is scaling back joint operations with Afghans after an unprecedented number of Western soldiers were shot dead by their local colleagues and as anger erupts over an anti-Islam film, officers said...

French weekly to publish caricatures of Prophet Mohammed

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 11:39 AM PDT

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo confirmed on Tuesday that its latest edition contains several cartoons which feature caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.


Two unarmed female police officers killed in UK

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:59 AM PDT

Two unarmed female police officers were fatally wounded today as they attempted to deal with an apparently routine call about a burglary, Greater Manchester Police said.


US, China conduct first counter-piracy naval drill

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:38 AM PDT

The US Navy says it has carried out its first joint counter-piracy naval exercises with China off the Horn of Africa.


Myanmar democracy icon Suu Kyi begins key United States tour

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi opened a two-week tour of the United States on Tuesday with talks with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the latest step of a rapid normalization of U.S....


Protecting WikiLeaks colleagues is top goal: Julian Assange

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:59 AM PDT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, still holed up in Ecuador's embassy in London, said his number one goal is to protect colleagues at the controversial website from "any possible attack" by the United...


Seven killed in twin blasts in Karachi

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:42 AM PDT

At least seven people were killed and 15 more injured when two improvised explosive devices went off in a crowded commercial area in the Pakistani financial hub of Karachi this evening, officials and ...


Talks over Julian Assange at an impasse: British government

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:20 AM PDT

British Foreign Secretary William Hague says talks with Ecuador over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remain deadlocked.

Ethiopia to swear in new prime minister on Friday

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:58 AM PDT

Hailemariam Desalegn is the hand-picked successor of former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who died on August 20 after ruling Ethiopia for more than two decades. Mr Hailemariam is a former Deputy Prime ...

Somali woman helping rape victims wins United Nations award

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:25 AM PDT

Hawa Aden Mohamed won the United Nations refugee agency's Nansen Refugee Award on Tuesday for her work in helping thousands of Somali women and girls, many of them rape victims, start new lives in the...

Fast-track lanes at Heathrow airport for the rich

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 07:09 AM PDT

After facing embarrassment over long delays at immigration at Heathrow airport before the Olympics, Britain is working on plans for fast-track passport lanes for high-value individuals from India and ...


Salman Rushdie releases memoirs as anti-Islam film protests rage

Posted: 18 Sep 2012 06:44 AM PDT

As violent protests over a US-made film rock the Muslim world, Salman Rushdie publishes his account on Tuesday of the decade he spent in hiding while under a fatwa for his book The Satanic Verses.


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