Friday, September 7, 2012

Ohio teen travels quarter of a mile through sewer

Ohio teen travels quarter of a mile through sewer

Ohio teen travels quarter of a mile through sewer

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:39 PM PDT

An overflowing creek in a Cleveland suburb sent a 14-year-old boy on the ride of his life. Jeffrey LaPorta traveled more than a quarter of a mile through multiple storm sewer pipes, at times comple...

Dog dies while trying to save drunken owner from train

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:29 PM PDT

A dog was run over by a train moments after it managed to pull its drunken suicidal owner off railway tracks in a Kazakh city.

China quake: Death toll up to 80, crippled infrastructure hampers rescue operations

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:52 PM PDT

At least 80 people were killed in earthquakes that hit southwest China, as crippled infrastructure in the remote area complicated efforts to assess the scale of the disaster.

Myanmar appoints first female Cabinet minister

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A doctor has become Myanmar's first woman to be appointed a full Cabinet minister. President Thein Sein said on his official website that Myat Myat Ohn Khin has been appointed Minister of Social Welfa...

US grandmother gives birth to her own grandchild

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:08 AM PDT

Emily and Mike Jordan couldn't help but feel anxious. More than two years before, at age 29, Emily had been diagnosed with cervical cancer. But just before she was to undergo a radical hysterectomy...

SM Krishna calls on Pakistani Prime Minister

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:59 AM PDT

Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf told India's External Affairs Minister SM Krishna that his country is looking forward to a visit by his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh.

US adds Haqqani group to terror blacklist, puts pressure on Pakistan

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT

In a report to Congress on Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton formally designated the militant Haqqani network - responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against American troops in...

No reports of damage from California quake: Police

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:59 AM PDT

Authorities in California say a small but shallow earthquake centered in the heart of Beverly Hills shook a lot of people awake but caused no injuries or damage.

Barack Obama convention glow dimmed by grim jobs data

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:47 AM PDT

A bleak monthly US jobs report poured cold water on President Barack Obama's hopes for a post-convention bounce on Friday, putting him on the defensive as he entered the final two-month sprint to the ...

Small plane crashes in Rome car depot, two dead

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:44 AM PDT

Italian firefighters say a small plane has crashed in a car depot on the outskirts of Rome on Friday, killing the two people on board and sparking a fire on the ground.

Motorbike bomb attack outside Damascus mosque: State TV

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 05:17 AM PDT

A motorcycle bomb exploded as worshippers left a mosque after Friday prayers in northern Damascus, wounding several people, Syrian state television said.

Sri Lankans protest attack on pilgrims in India

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:19 AM PDT

Tamil shopkeepers have protested in Sri Lanka's capital to condemn an attack on Sri Lankan pilgrims this week in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Some 184 Sri Lankan pilgrims were mobbed Mo...

Curiosity's tyre tracks on Mars visible from space

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:07 AM PDT

NASA's robotic rover Curiosity is making its mark on Mars, in a way so big that it can be seen from space. In just one month, it's driven 368 feet on the red planet, slightly more than the length o...

Prince Harry back in Afghanistan to fly Apache helicopters into combat

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:16 AM PDT

Britain's Ministry of Defense says Prince Harry has returned to Afghanistan to fly Apache attack helicopters during a four-month tour of combat duty. The 27-year-old who is third in line to the Bri...

Quakes kill at least 50 in mountainous South West China

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:29 AM PDT

A series of earthquakes collapsed houses and triggered landslides in a remote mountainous part of southwestern China on Friday, killing at least 50 people with the toll expected to rise. Damage was pr...

Pak blasphemy case: Judge grants bail to 11-year-old Christian girl at 1 million rupees

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 01:00 AM PDT

A Pakistani judge granted bail Friday to a young, mentally challenged Christian girl accused of insulting Islam for burning pages of the religion's holy book. Rights activists welcomed the decision af...

Obama girls' role: Not to speak, but to be spoken of

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:27 AM PDT

On Friday, Malia Obama will be at her desk at Sidwell Friends School for the fourth day of high school - hours after waving onstage at the Democratic National Convention with her sister, Sasha.

US to blacklist Pak-based Haqqani network

Posted: 07 Sep 2012 12:17 AM PDT

The Obama administration has decided to blacklist as a terrorist organization the Haqqani network, the militant organization responsible for some of the deadliest attacks against American troops in Af...

Police grasp for answers in 'savage' French Alps killing

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 11:30 PM PDT

Police were grasping for answers as it emerged that all four victims in a mysterious killing in the French Alps targeting a British-Iraqi family were shot in the head. The attack, which the prosecutor...

No love lost for Hafiz Saeed: Hina Rabbani Khar to NDTV

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 09:03 PM PDT

As Delhi puts the 26/11 attacks trial on centrestage in talks with Islamabad, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has told NDTV that her government has "no love lost" Hafiz Mohammad Saeed or...
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