Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Chinese official probed for having 21 houses

Chinese official probed for having 21 houses


Chinese official probed for having 21 houses

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:48 PM PDT

An urban management official in China's Guangdong province is being investigated over allegations that he and his family own 21 houses worth an estimated value of about 40 million yuan ($6.5 million)....


Details of doping scheme paint Lance Armstrong as leader

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:26 PM PDT

To start what was deemed a new and better doping strategy, Lance Armstrong and two of his teammates on the United States Postal Service cycling squad flew on a private jet to Valencia, Spain, in June ...


Pakistanis unite in outrage over girl's shooting by Taliban

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Doctors on Wednesday removed a bullet from a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban, as Pakistanis from across the political and religious spectrum united in revulsion at the attack on the 14-year-o...


Pakistani blogger's Taliban attackers identified

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:23 PM PDT

Pakistani child peace campaigner Malala Yousufzai, who was shot at by the Taliban, will not be sent abroad for treatment, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik. He added that her attackers have been ide...


UN body condemns murder of Indian journalist

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has condemned the murder of an Indian journalist in West Bengal last month and asked for a probe into the crime.

Graphic images of N. Korean 1983 bombing published

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:53 PM PDT

A Seoul newspaper on Thursday published graphic, never-before-seen pictures of the bloody aftermath of North Korea's 1983 bid to assassinate South Korean President Chun Doo-Hwan with a bomb attack in ...


Woman who glued toddler's hands: 'I'm not a monster'

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:07 PM PDT

A mother who admitted to beating her two-year-old daughter and gluing the child's hands made a plea for leniency on Wednesday, saying she was no longer the "monster" who committed the attack.


Barack Obama names US General in Afghanistan to lead NATO

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:55 PM PDT

President Barack Obama has nominated Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, to be the next NATO supreme allied commander. Mr Allen is slated to replace Admiral Jim Stavridis in...


Australian Catholic Church denies sex abuse cover-up

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:45 PM PDT

The Catholic Church in the Australian state of Victoria on Thursday denied claims by police that it deliberately covered up paedophilia and talked victims out of reporting sexual abuse.


Russia warns over use of force against Iran

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:16 PM PDT

Russia has warned over the use of force against Tehran which could spell the end of the negotiating process on Iranian nuclear programme.


Bali bombing victims search for closure 10 years on

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:09 PM PDT

A decade after suicide bombers brought carnage to Indonesia's resort island of Bali, survivors have returned to the scene for a commemoration service with many determined to finally banish memories of...


US security in Benghazi weak, lawmakers told

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:53 PM PDT

The US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi was a sitting target with weak security as requests for extra staffing were denied despite a rising Al Qaeda threat, US lawmakers were told on Wednesday...


Mother of former SEAL asks Mitt Romney to stop

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:41 PM PDT

The mother of a former Navy SEAL killed in Libya has called on Mitt Romney to stop talking about her son during his political campaign.


Barack Obama condemns attack on Pakistani blogger

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:27 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama decried the "disgusting" shooting of a teenaged Pakistani activist by the Taliban as local authorities announced a reward of more than $100,000 for the gunmen.


No rush for Afghanistan exit, says NATO chief

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:22 AM PDT

NATO insisted on Wednesday that there was no move towards a speedier withdrawal from Afghanistan despite recent setbacks, including deadly insider attacks, as the alliance prepared for its post-2014 r...


Candid Obama says 'hand wringing' after debate will ebb

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 11:02 AM PDT

US President Barack Obama admitted on Wednesday he was "too polite" in his debate with Mitt Romney, but predicted Democratic "hand wringing" would soon subside over his limp performance.


British TV star's gravestone removed amid sex abuse claims

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 09:52 AM PDT

The gravestone of Jimmy Savile, one of Britain's biggest TV stars in the 1970s and 1980s, was removed overnight Tuesday-Wednesday and will be sent to a landfill site as police probe a string of sex ab...


British singer Sarah Brightman to be next space tourist

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:47 AM PDT

British soprano and crossover singer Sarah Brightman announced in Moscow on Wednesday that she will blast off as a space tourist to the International Space Station (ISS).


Jordan's king appoints new prime minister ahead of elections

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:33 AM PDT

Jordan's King Abdullah II appointed a veteran independent politician on Wednesday as his new caretaker prime minister ahead of parliamentary elections - the last time he will make such an appointment,...


UN nuclear agency chief has no plans to visit Iran

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 08:21 AM PDT

The UN nuclear watchdog denied on Wednesday that its head planned to visit Iran to discuss Tehran's disputed nuclear programme.


Sunita Williams gets her ice cream in space

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:32 AM PDT

An unmanned commercial supply ship, carrying equipment and sweet treats like ice cream successfully linked up on Wednesday with the International Space Station manned by a team of astronauts led by In...


Britain can rise again, says Prime Minister David Cameron

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 07:02 AM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged Britain to work harder to rise above its economic woes, warning that it faced a sink or swim moment to avoid falling behind its global competitors.


12 Chinese workers killed, 24 hurt in dormitory blaze

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:53 AM PDT

Twelve Chinese construction workers were killed and 24 injured in a fire at their dormitory early on Wednesday, state media reported.


Magnitude-5.8 earthquake hits Costa Rica

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:41 AM PDT

Seismologists have said that a magnitude-5.8 earthquake has shaken Costa Rica. There are no immediate reports of damage.


Who is Malala Yousufzai?

Posted: 10 Oct 2012 06:28 AM PDT

A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wedn...


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