Monday, September 3, 2012

Elephants dying in epic frenzy as Ivory fuels wars and profits

Elephants dying in epic frenzy as Ivory fuels wars and profits

Elephants dying in epic frenzy as Ivory fuels wars and profits

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:34 PM PDT

In 30 years of fighting poachers, Paul Onyango had never seen anything like this. Twenty-two dead elephants, including several very young ones, clumped together on the open savanna, many killed by a s...

Egypt's veiled news anchor stirs debate

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:52 PM PDT

Egypt's first veiled newsreader on state television has drawn support from many viewers for ending an unwritten rule under ousted Hosni Mubarak that kept covered women out of the top job, although som...

On eve of Democratic Convention, Obama consoles storm victims

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 07:17 PM PDT

President Barack Obama consoled victims of Hurricane Isaac along the Gulf Coast on Monday and stoked the enthusiasm of union voters in the industrial heartland, blending a hard political sell with a s...

Maldivian teen to face 100 lashes for sex: Report

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:14 AM PDT

A Maldivian court has ordered 100 lashes and eight months' house arrest for a 16-year-old girl convicted of having sex with an older man, a report said on Monday.

Days after Isaac, thousands still in the dark

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Officials say more than 100,000 customers still don't have electricity in the wake of Hurricane Isaac, as federal officials work to help storm victims.

One person killed in shooting in central Helsinki

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 09:12 AM PDT

Finnish media have reported that a gunman shot and killed one person in central Helsinki on Monday afternoon, a few hundred metres from the Finnish capital's railway station.

Bill Clinton made racist remarks about Barack Obama in 2008: Report

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Former US President Bill Clinton had taken a racial jibe at Barack Obama in 2008, saying "this guy would have been carrying our bags", a report claimed on Monday.

Four shot at mine owned by South Africa President's nephew

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 06:13 AM PDT

Police and politicians say four miners have been shot and injured, apparently by security guards using rubber bullets at a gold mine owned by the South African president's nephew and a grandson of ant...

Red Bull heir arrested in deadly Thai hit-and-run

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 05:55 AM PDT

A grandson of the creator of the Red Bull energy drink has been arrested for driving a Ferrari that struck a police officer and dragged his dead body down a Bangkok street in an early-morning hit-and-...

Still no bail for Pakistan 'blasphemy' girl

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:49 AM PDT

A Pakistani court on Monday adjourned by another four days possible bail for a Christian girl accused of blasphemy in a case that has sparked international criticism.

Twitter's free speech defender

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 02:43 AM PDT

Alexander Macgillivray, Twitter's chief lawyer, says that fighting for free speech is more than a good idea. He thinks it is a competitive advantage for his company.

Young Iraqis face religious fashion crackdown

Posted: 03 Sep 2012 12:31 AM PDT

For much of Iraq's youth, sporting blingy makeup, slicked-up hair and skintight jeans is just part of living the teenage dream. But for their elders, it's a nightmare. A new culture rift is emergin...

World War I ammunition found in Italy as glacier melts

Posted: 02 Sep 2012 11:58 PM PDT

More than 200 pieces of ammunition from World War I frozen in time for nearly a century have been discovered after a glacier melted in northern Italy.
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