Tuesday, September 11, 2012

I may be killed, fears Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy

I may be killed, fears Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy


I may be killed, fears Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:55 PM PDT

"I'm scared," said Rimsha Masih, a teenaged Christian girl in Pakistan who faced a life sentence for allegedly buring pages of the Quran but has now been released on bail. She told a US broadcaster ab...


Ten dead in plane crash in Russian Far East: Official

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:41 PM PDT

Ten people died and four were injured on Wednesday after a small plane crashed in far-eastern Russia, an emergency ministry official said.


Film sparks violent protests at US missions in Egypt, Libya; one American official dead

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT

Protesters angered over a film that ridiculed Islam's Prophet Muhammad fired gunshots and burned down the U.S. consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, killing one American, witnesses and the...


Can't verify authenticity of jailed Pak doctor interview, says US

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:19 PM PDT

The United States has said it can't verify the authenticity of the interview given by the imprisoned Pakistani physician, who helped CIA trace Osama bin Laden, to an American news channel, but noted t...


In unusual snub, Barack Obama to avoid meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:47 PM PDT

In a highly unusual rebuff to a close ally as tensions escalated over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program, the White House said on Tuesday President Barack Obama would not meet Benjamin Netanyahu ...


Mark Zuckerberg says time to 'double down' on Facebook

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:46 PM PDT

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hasn't enjoyed seeing his company's stock get pummeled on Wall Street this summer, but he is relishing the opportunity to prove his critics wrong.


US missions attacked in Egypt, Libya; one American official dead

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:59 PM PDT

Protesters in Egypt and Libya attacked U.S. diplomatic missions on Tuesday, leading to the death of an American staffer at the consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi after fierce clashes at the comp...


Boeing evacuates US plant after threat on 9/11

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 11:12 AM PDT

Boeing evacuated some 500 employees from a plant in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a reported bomb threat on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks.


Outsider Hassan Mohamud wins Somali presidential race

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 10:31 AM PDT

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a 56-year-old university lecturer chosen by lawmakers as Somalia's new president, is not well known. "We don't know much about him at all," a western diplomat told AFP as vot...


World powers to censure Iran at IAEA: Diplomats

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 09:39 AM PDT

Western nations have convinced Russia and China to join them in censuring Iran at a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog over Tehran's continued expansion of its nuclear programme, diplomats said on Tues...


100 feared dead in the factory fires in Pakistan

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:53 AM PDT

Pakistani officials say the death toll from devastating factory fires that broke out in two major cities has risen to 97.

Syria envoy to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad Assad: UN chief

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 08:38 AM PDT

International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi is due to meet Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a visit to Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday. The U.N. chief reiterated his call ...


Officers can't babysit royals: London Police chief

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:18 AM PDT

London's Metropolitan Police chief says his officers cannot interfere in the private lives of the royal family, not even to prevent Prince Harry from going bare at a Las Vegas party.


Nine workers killed in Moscow region fire

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 07:13 AM PDT

Nine workers were killed when a building in the Moscow region caught fire on Tuesday, Russia's Emergency Ministry said, adding that the victims could be Vietnamese migrant workers.


Three Afghans killed, NATO chopper destroyed in attack

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:32 AM PDT

An attack on a US military base killed three Afghan intelligence employees and destroyed a NATO helicopter, Afghan and coalition officials said on Tuesday.


No school, no work: Young see toll from recession

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:21 AM PDT

The report on Tuesday from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development - the world's most developed countries - found that 16 percent of people from 15 to 29 are neither in school nor wo...

Indonesian extremists praise 9/11 hijackers

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 06:02 AM PDT

About 100 Islamic extremists on Tuesday praised the 9/11 hijackers at a rally outside the US embassy in Jakarta, as they celebrated the 11th anniversary of the deadly attacks.


Yemen: Bomb misses defense minister, kills 13

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:54 AM PDT

Yemeni officials say a car bomb targeting the motorcade of the country's defense minister has killed at least 13 people, but the minister escaped unharmed.


Obama backs effort to recover Arab Spring assets

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 05:24 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama is pledging American support for Arab Spring nations seeking to recover assets from their toppled regimes. Mr Obama says the return of the money - which he estimates could be...


Istanbul suicide blast kills police officer, wounds seven

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 04:16 AM PDT

At least one police officer died and seven people were severely wounded on Tuesday in a suicide bombing targeting a police station in central Istanbul, the police chief said.


Status of World Trade Center site, 11 years later

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 03:38 AM PDT

Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at ...


A jail for China's elite: better food, beds, cells

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:31 AM PDT

China's privileged remain privileged even in prison. When Gu Kailai, wife of disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai, is sent to prison following her conviction for the murder of a British businessman, s...


Two-thirds of Indonesian men smoke, tops in world

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:29 AM PDT

Indonesian men rank as the world's top smokers, with two out of three of them lighting up in a country where cigarettes cost pennies and tobacco advertising is everywhere.


No word on status of China's missing next leader

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 02:17 AM PDT

A Chinese spokesman on Tuesday said he had no information about the status of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who dropped from sight 10 days ago and has canceled a series of meetings with foreign visito...

Pak blasphemy case: Christian girl moved to undisclosed place

Posted: 11 Sep 2012 01:58 AM PDT

A young, mentally-challenged Christian girl accused of blasphemy has been moved from the police headquarters in the Pakistani capital to an undisclosed location for security reasons, days after she wa...


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