Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Romney vs Obama after ambassador's death in Libya

Romney vs Obama after ambassador's death in Libya


Romney vs Obama after ambassador's death in Libya

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:11 PM PDT

Republican challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama's administration on Wednesday of showing weakness in the face of tumultuous events that left four U.S. diplomats dead in the Middle Eas...


McDonald's menu to post calorie data

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:59 PM PDT

McDonald's said on Wednesday that it would begin posting calorie counts on all its menus next week - a move that could put pressure on other fast-food restaurants to do the same. The company also unve...


Libya attack brings challenges for US

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:46 PM PDT

Islamist militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a lightly defended United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, killing the American amba...


The film that stoked Mid-East violence has murky parentage

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:37 PM PDT

The film that set off violence across North Africa was made in obscurity somewhere in the sprawl of Southern California, and promoted by a network of right-wing Christians with a history of animosity ...


NASA's Mars rover ready to 'drive, drive, drive'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:32 PM PDT

The Mars rover Curiosity was due to wrap up an exhaustive, weeks-long instrument check on Thursday, clearing the way for its first lengthy drive to determine whether the Red Planet has ever been hospi...


London's Big Ben is now Elizabeth Tower

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:20 PM PDT

The iconic Clock Tower of Britain's Parliament was officially renamed Wednesday in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. The 315-foot (96-meter)-high structure - widely, though incorrectly, known as Big Ben...


California man confirms role in anti-Islam film that led to protests and death of Libya US envoy

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:44 PM PDT

The search for those behind the provocative, anti-Muslim film implicated in violent protests in Egypt and Libya led on Wednesday to a California Coptic Christian convicted of financial crimes who ackn...


In Libya, deadly fury took U.S. envoys by surprise

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:14 PM PDT

Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya's Western-backed revolution but also home to Islamists who have attacked foreign envoys.


US envoy killed: Pentagon moves two warships to Libya; suspects attack was planned

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:02 PM PDT

The Obama administration, roiled by the first killing of a U.S. ambassador in more than 30 years, is investigating whether the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist strike to ...


Imran Khan praises Nitish Kumar, says Osama shouldn't have been killed: Full transcript

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 12:06 PM PDT

What do Imran Khan and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have in common? Perhaps nothing very much on the face of it but Imran Khan, who believes he will be Pakistan's next Prime Minister says, he has...


Libya attack: US diplomat wrote on gaming forum he might 'die tonight'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT

A US diplomat who was among four Americans killed in Libya was mourned Wednesday by the Internet gaming community, of which he was a well-known member.


PIA plane with 187 people makes emergency landing in Karachi

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:06 AM PDT

A Pakistan International Airlines plane flying to Saudi Arabia with 187 passengers on board made an emergency landing at Karachi airport on Wednesday after its hydraulic system developed a fault, an o...


Police probe three lines of investigation in Alps killing

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:58 AM PDT

Detectives probing the killing of a British family in the French Alps last week are pursuing three "essential" lines of investigation, all of which assume that the father, Saad al-Hilli, was the main ...


Bones found at English car park may belong to medieval king

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:26 AM PDT

British archaeologists announced on Wednesday that a skeleton found under a city centre car park in central England could be that of the medieval king Richard III.

Egypt actor wins appeal on insulting Islam verdict

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:17 AM PDT

An Egyptian appeals court has overturned the conviction of one of the Arab world's most famous comedians, who had been sentenced to jail for insulting Islam in his movies.

Libya attack: Tried to revive US envoy for 90 minutes, says doctor

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:11 AM PDT

The Libyan doctor who treated US ambassador Chris Stevens says the diplomat died of severe asphyxiation and that he tried for 90 minutes to revive him.


Want fries with that? Are you sure?

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:27 AM PDT

The world's biggest hamburger chain said Wednesday that it will post calorie information on restaurant and drive-thru menus nationwide starting Monday. The move comes ahead of a regulation that could ...


French mosque desecrated by human excrement

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:19 AM PDT

A mosque in the French city of Limoges has been desecrated by having human excrement smeared on its doors, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said Wednesday in a statement condemning the incident.

Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:53 AM PDT

An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding after a YouTube trailer of his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on US missions in...


Libya must protect diplomats after 'despicable' attack: EU

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:28 AM PDT

European Union (EU) Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton on Wednesday condemned as "despicable" the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi and urged Libya to ensure the protection of diplomats and fo...

Afghanistan bans YouTube to prevent viewing of anti-Muslim film

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:18 AM PDT

Afghanistan banned the YouTube site on Wednesday so Afghans would not be able to watch a US-made film insulting the Prophet Mohammad that has sparked protests in Egypt and Libya and the killing of the...


More than 300 people die in two factory fires in Pakistan

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:44 AM PDT

Over 300 people were killed when fires engulfed two factories in two major cities, renewing concerns about lax building safety measures and dismal working conditions for factory workers in Pakistan.


Afghan TV stations face legal action for 'nudity'

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:36 AM PDT

The Afghan government has recommended legal action against two TV channels for allegedly broadcasting scantily dressed women and disseminating immorality, officials said on Wednesday.

US envoy to Libya killed in attack provoked by US-made film

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:13 AM PDT

The United States ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, was killed along with three of his staff in an attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi Tuesday night by an armed mob angry over a short...


Obama condemns attack that killed envoy to Libya, three others

Posted: 12 Sep 2012 04:51 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday that the United States would "work with the Libyan government to bring to justice" those who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens and three other American ...


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