Friday, October 5, 2012

American man fired from hotel in Israel kills co-worker

American man fired from hotel in Israel kills co-worker


American man fired from hotel in Israel kills co-worker

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 08:03 PM PDT

An American man who lost his job at a Red Sea hotel in Israel shot dead a chef at the resort on Friday, then was killed himself in a shootout with Israeli commandos, police said.


Vest lets Facebook users hug from afar

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:26 PM PDT

A vest developed in Massachusetts Institute of Technology lets Facebook users hug one another no matter how far apart they are.


Radical preacher Abu Hamza extradited to US

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:23 PM PDT

Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects were on their way from Britain to the United States on Saturday after a court rejected their last-ditch court bid to block their extr...


12,000 sacked as S Africa mine strike turns deadly

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:53 AM PDT

The world's biggest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum, sacked 12,000 striking workers in South Africa on Friday, just hours after a miner was killed in clashes with police.


Pakistan arrests seven in terror plots: Police

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:42 AM PDT

Pakistani police said on Friday that seven suspects from a feared Al Qaeda-linked group had been arrested for allegedly plotting to attack school buses and prisons in Karachi.


Syrian rebels down helicopter gunship: NGO

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:29 AM PDT

Syrian rebels downed a helicopter gunship on Friday in eastern Damascus province, home to some of the rebel Free Syrian Army's fiercest and best organised battalions, a monitoring group said.


The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:17 AM PDT

Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.


French hostage pleads for his life on video

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 09:05 AM PDT

An Islamist group in Somalia issued a video on Friday of a French hostage held in the Horn of Africa country since 2009 pleading with French President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release and sa...


Anatomy of Vatican scandal: How the butler did it

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:58 AM PDT

He had the trust of Pope Benedict XVI and the cardinals, monsignors and priests who run the Roman Catholic Church. And because of his privileged position as papal butler, he had access to their deepes...


UK court rules Abu Hamza can be extradited to US

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 07:09 AM PDT

Britain's High Court has ruled that radical preacher Abu Hamza al-Masri and four other terror suspects can be extradited to the U.S.


The art and science of guessing a Nobel Prize

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:19 AM PDT

Guessing who will win a Nobel Prize is a bit like forecasting the stock market: Experts don't seem to do it any better than laymen.


S Korean torture film raises ghost of military past

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 06:16 AM PDT

A film based on the memoir of a democracy activist who was tortured in the 1980s by South Korea's military rulers is provoking discussion about the country's not-so-distant authoritarian past and the ...


Pirates attack German-owned ship off Togo: International Maritime Bureau

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 05:16 AM PDT

Pirates released a German-owned tanker off Togo on Friday, a day after capturing it, the International Maritime Bureau said as it warned of a rising number of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea.


Man arrested 'for murder' over missing British girl

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:44 AM PDT

A man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of the murder of a missing five-year-old girl in Wales whose disappearance has gripped Britain.


Suicide bombers may target Imran Khan's anti-drone rally: Pakistan government

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 04:04 AM PDT

Authorities in northwest Pakistan warned that cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's march against the US drone campaign could be targeted by suicide bombers even as a faction of the local Taliban o...


Scientists tune into blue whale songs with defence technology

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:46 AM PDT

Australian scientists are using military technology for locating submarines to track rare blue whales hundreds of kilometres away by eavesdropping on their distinctive songs. Blue whales can communica...


Israeli forces kill American gunman in hotel shoot-out

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:26 AM PDT

Israeli forces shot and killed an American man who opened fire in a seaside hotel packed with tourists on Friday, killing one person, a police spokesman said.


Einstein 'God' letter to sell on eBay, with bidding starting at $3 million

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:25 AM PDT

A handwritten letter in which Albert Einstein questioned the existence of God is going up for sale online, with bids starting at USD 3 million.


Boy finds intact carcass of 30,000-year-old woolly mammoth

Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:04 AM PDT

A neighbourhood adventure has led an 11-year-old Russian boy to discover remains of a 30,000-year-old nearly intact woolly mammoth complete with skin, hair, bones and even reproductive organs.


Barack Obama plays catch-up after lethargic debate

Posted: 04 Oct 2012 11:29 PM PDT

President Barack Obama on Thursday landed the verbal blows he missed the previous night in his debate with Mitt Romney, clawing at his Republican foe to stop him gaining a boost in the polls.


No comments:

Post a Comment