Monday, September 17, 2012

Pakistan PM agrees to reopen graft cases against President Zardari

Pakistan PM agrees to reopen graft cases against President Zardari

Pakistan PM agrees to reopen graft cases against President Zardari

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT

In a big setback for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, his Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has agreed to re-open draft cases against him. For more than two years, Pakistan government has resisted...

Mitt Romney calls 47% of voters dependent in leaked video

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:59 PM PDT

During a private reception with wealthy donors this year, Mitt Romney described almost half of Americans as "people who pay no income tax" and are "dependent upon government." Those voters, he said, w...

Sunita Williams finishes triathlon in space

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:19 PM PDT

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams set yet another record as she completed a triathlon in space by running, biking and "swimming" along with athletes during the Nautica Malibu Triathlon held in...

132 convicts break out of Mexican prison

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:53 PM PDT

At least 132 convicts escaped from a Mexican prison near the US border on Monday, fleeing through a tunnel they dug in the old carpentry workshop, the state prosecutor's office said.

Italian editor defends topless Kate photos

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:37 PM PDT

The editor of an Italian gossip magazine that ran pictures of Prince William's wife sunbathing topless defended his decision on Monday, saying they were harmless and that the terrace where she was rel...

Afghan militants say bomb revenge for film; 12 dead

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:35 PM PDT

A suicide attack on a minibus in the Afghan capital killed 12 people on Tuesday, including seven foreigners, and the Hezb-e-Islami insurgent group claimed responsibility, saying the blast was retaliat...

Hezbollah leader says US must be held accountable for anti-Islam film

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:30 PM PDT

Hezbollah's leader made a rare public appearance at a rally in Beirut on Monday denouncing an anti-Islam film that has provoked a week of unrest in Muslim countries worldwide.

Irish newspaper suspends editor over Kate photos

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 08:19 PM PDT

The owner of the Irish Daily Star says the newspaper's editor has been suspended following his decision to publish topless photographs of Prince William's wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge.

US diplomats in Beirut burning classified material

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:53 PM PDT

Diplomats at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut have started to destroy classified material as a security precaution amid anti-American protests in Lebanon and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa.

Mitt Romney derides Obama supporters in hidden-camera speech

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney dismissed supporters of President Barack Obama - almost half of US voters - as people who live off government handouts and do not "care for their lives," ...

Occupy Wall Street marks anniversary, more than 100 arrested

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:21 PM PDT

Occupy Wall Street celebrated its one-year anniversary on Monday with a day of demonstrations that resulted in dozens of arrests but failed to produce the turnout or fervour that first propelled the m...

Setback for Asif Ali Zardari, graft cases against him to be reopened

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 06:49 PM PDT

In a big setback for Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, his Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has agreed to re-open draft cases against him. For more than two years, Pakistan government has resisted...

Louisiana State University evacuates following bomb threat

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:44 AM PDT

Louisiana State University's main campus is being evacuated following a bomb threat.

Royals' lawyer urges ban on resale of 'highly intimate' pics

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 10:21 AM PDT

A lawyer for Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine urged a French court on Monday to ban the republication or resale of topless photos of the duchess, saying they were from a "highly intimat...

Tunisian Salafist leader escapes arrest for film protest

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:59 AM PDT

A Tunisian Salafist leader on Monday escaped from a mosque that had been surrounded by security forces seeking to arrest him over clashes at the U.S. Embassy last week during protests against an anti-...

YouTube blocked in Pakistan for not removing anti-Islam film

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 09:14 AM PDT

The Pakistan government has blocked popular video-sharing website YouTube for not removing the anti-Islam film, according to local media reports. The website will remain suspended till the film is rem...

Nigerian military says alleged Boko Haram spokesman killed

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:49 AM PDT

Nigerian soldiers on Monday shot dead a man suspected to have acted as a spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram and arrested two other high-ranking members, a military official said.

Devout values conflict with free speech in Muslim rage

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:14 AM PDT

Stepping from the cloud of tear gas in front of the American Embassy here, Khaled Ali repeated the urgent question that he said justified last week's violent protests at United States outposts around ...

Trial of Bo Xilai's ex-police chief starts in China: Lawyer

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 06:37 AM PDT

An ex-police chief whose flight to a US consulate triggered the biggest scandal to rock China's ruling Communist party in years was put on trial in a closed session on Monday, his lawyer said.

Suicide car bomber kills seven near Baghdad's Green Zone

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 06:07 AM PDT

A suicide car bomber killed seven Iraqis and wounded 11 others, including a member of Parliament, close to an entrance to Baghdad's fortified Green Zone on Monday, where several Western embassies are ...

UK: Illegal Indian immigrant caught after 13 years

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:57 AM PDT

An Indian immigrant who arrived in Britain illegally by hiding in a lorry and remained undetected for 13 years, has been jailed for eight months and faces deportation at the end of the sentence.

Film protests show Arab world is long way from reform: Tony Blair

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:50 AM PDT

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday warned that violent demonstrations over an American anti-Islam film show that some in the Arab world are still a generation from modernisation.

Trial of pope's former butler to start September 29: Vatican

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:24 AM PDT

The trial of Pope Benedict's former butler on charges of aggravated theft in the so-called "Vatileaks" scandal will start on September 29, the Vatican said on Monday.

Pakistan blocks over 700 YouTube links to anti-Islam film

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:04 AM PDT

Pakistan on Monday blocked over 700 links to an anti-Islam film on YouTube that has triggered anti-US protests across the Muslim world, including Pakistan, officials said.

Protests in Pakistan over anti-Islam film, one killed in police firing in Karachi

Posted: 17 Sep 2012 03:57 AM PDT

Two protesters died on Monday as rallies in Pakistan over an anti-Islam film intensified, with thousands taking to the streets, burning US flags and an effigy of President Barack Obama.
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