Friday, October 19, 2012

French dog poisoned and buried alive survives

French dog poisoned and buried alive survives


French dog poisoned and buried alive survives

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:04 PM PDT

A Jack Russell terrier has survived after being poisoned and buried alive - and he can thank the man who saw the ground wiggle.


Mitt Romney hits out at Barack Obama's 'Romnesia' remarks

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:51 PM PDT

Mitt Romney mocked President Barack Obama on Friday for his "petty attacks" on the Republican challenger, saying the incumbent was playing word games instead of justifying his bid for a second term.


Malala Yousufzai escaped certain death by centimetres, say doctors

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban, has stood up with help for the first time but remains seriously ill, doctors treating her at a British hospital said on Frid...


Gone in 90 seconds: Seven major paintings stolen from Dutch museum

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:05 AM PDT

Dutch police on Friday released security camera images taken during the theft of seven major artworks from a Rotterdam museum which indicate the culprits were in and out in barely 90 seconds.


UK minister Mitchell quits over 'pleb' police outburst

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 11:04 AM PDT

British cabinet minister Andrew Mitchell resigned from the government on Friday after failing to shake off accusations he had sworn at police and called them "plebs" during a row outside Prime Ministe...


Barack Obama says mind-changing Mitt Romney has 'Romnesia'

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:46 AM PDT

President Barack Obama came up with a biting new term on Friday for what he called rival Mitt Romney's flip-flopping on policy positions, calling it "Romnesia."


UK opens criminal inquiry over BBC star's alleged child abuse

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:10 AM PDT

British police investigating alleged sexual abuse by BBC presenter Jimmy Savile launched a criminal inquiry on Friday, saying more than 200 potential victims had come forward since accusations he had ...


British engineers create petrol from air and water

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 10:06 AM PDT

A small British company has developed a way to create petrol from air and water, technology it hopes may one day contribute to large-scale production of green fuels.


Truce over, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney hit trail anew

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 09:55 AM PDT

After a one-night truce that saw President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney trade jokes at a charity dinner, the two dashed back onto the trail Friday before prepping for their third and final debate.


Bangladesh quizzes family of alleged US bomb plotter

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:54 AM PDT

Bangladeshi security agents have questioned the family of a man accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to find out if he has any link to militants, the country's foreign min...


Italy court hearings set scene for Concordia shipwreck trial

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:09 AM PDT

A series of pre-trial hearings into the Costa Concordia shipwreck with captain Francesco Schettino was to wrap up on Friday, paving the way for a trial on a tragedy in which 32 people died.


Bosnian scrap metal thief steals iron bridge

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 08:04 AM PDT

A Bosnian scrap metal dealer raised his sights from stealing and illegally selling metal drain covers and made off with an entire iron bridge, local police in the northeast of the country said on Frid...

Outgunned Syria rebels turn to making own arms

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:53 AM PDT

Lightly-armed Syrian rebels who face the warplanes, artillery and tanks of loyalists have turned to making their own weapons, even rigging a video game controller to fire mortar rounds.


Somalis convicted in first German piracy trial for 400 years

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:35 AM PDT

A German court on Friday sentenced 10 Somalis to between two and seven years in prison for hijacking a German-flagged ship off the Horn of Africa in Germany's first piracy trial in four centuries.


Glasgow Airport flights resume after evacuation

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 07:19 AM PDT

Airport officials have said that flights at Glasgow Airport in Scotland have resumed after an emergency evacuation of a plane on the runway brought a brief halt to traffic.


Gas leak triggers fire in Mexico, 2,000 evacuated

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:50 AM PDT

A leaking gas pipeline exploded in western Mexico, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 people, and injuring at least three, as crews battled on Friday to put out the blaze.


Greece's funds are running out, but confident on aid: Prime Minister

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:40 AM PDT

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras said on Friday that the indebted country has enough money to keep going until mid-November but was confident it would get the next installment of rescue loans soon...


Spain's labour unions call general strike to protest austerity

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:31 AM PDT

Spain's two main labour unions on Friday called a general strike for November 14, the second such blanket action this year against the government's biting austerity measures.


Beirut car bomb kills 8, link seen to Syria war

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:24 AM PDT

A huge car bomb that exploded in central Beirut during rush hour on Friday killed a top security official and seven others, wounded about 80 and heightened fears that Syria's war is aggravating tensio...

Lights out as Egypt plans to pull plug on all night shopping

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:20 AM PDT

Buying a pair of trousers at one in the morning has never been a problem in Cairo, but a new government proposal to slash trading hours could effectively pull the plug on the city that never sleeps.


Japan wants 'peaceful' end to island row: Minister

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 06:04 AM PDT

Japan's foreign minister said in Berlin on Friday that his country was seeking to resolve peacefully a territorial row with China after Beijing held naval and air drills in the area.


British Prime Minister Cameron threatens to veto EU budget

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:58 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday he would veto the EU's 2014-20 budget if it included increases in spending at a time when member state budgets are being cut.


Freed Pussy Riot band member takes case to European court

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT

The sole member of anti-Kremlin punk group Pussy Riot freed on appeal has taken her case to the European Court of Human Rights, her lawyer said on Friday, accusing Russia of violating her right to fre...


Work resumes at South Africa's troubled Marikana mine

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:54 AM PDT

Up to 4,000 workers at the Marikana platinum mine in South Africa which was the scene of deadly violence in August, returned to work on Friday after downing tools a day before, managers said.


Woman may break into top echelons of China's Communist Party

Posted: 19 Oct 2012 04:07 AM PDT

A woman may for the first time break into the so far male-dominated top echelons of China's ruling Communist Party, as she appears to be in line for a seat in the nine-member Standing Committee which ...


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