Monday, October 15, 2012

Two motorcycles escorting Michelle Obama collide in Ohio

Two motorcycles escorting Michelle Obama collide in Ohio


Two motorcycles escorting Michelle Obama collide in Ohio

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:16 PM PDT

Authorities say two motorcycles have collided while escorting US First Lady Michelle Obama from a campaign stop in central Ohio, injuring a police officer and a state trooper.


Global outpouring to help Malala Yousufzai

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:55 PM PDT

When the time came to choose medical treatment for Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl who defied the Taliban and then was gunned down by them, her family and doctors faced a world ...


US moves to help Libya create commando force

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:54 PM PDT

The US administration has won congressional approval to devote $8 million to helping Libya develop a commando force to fight extremist groups, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.


Mitt Romney raised $170 million in September, trails Barack Obama

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:23 PM PDT

Republican Presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his allies raised $170.5 million in September, the campaign said on Monday, falling just short of the 2012 fundraising record set last month by Democ...


Former US candidate George McGovern admitted to hospice

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:02 PM PDT

Former US senator and Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern has been admitted to a hospice in South Dakota.


China navy in waters near Japan island: Tokyo

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:51 PM PDT

Chinese naval vessels were in waters near to a Japanese island on Tuesday, the Defence Ministry in Tokyo said, as tensions with Beijing remain high over a disputed archipelago.


Student protest in Mexico turns violent, 176 arrested

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:32 PM PDT

Mexican students protesting a new curriculum threw homemade explosives, fired rockets and hurled stones at police in a melee that left 176 arrested and 10 police officers injured, officials said.


CIA plotted to kill terrorist by arranging bride: Report

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:22 PM PDT

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) had paid an Al Qaeda spy to help find a bride for American-born terrorist Anwar al Awlaki in a plot to kill him, a media report said.


Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's supersonic free fall tests mettle, spacesuit

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:12 PM PDT

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner's supersonic plunge to Earth from the stratosphere could help determine whether space tourists should wear spacesuits similar to the one that protected him as he s...


Barack Obama looks for debate turnaround

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:01 PM PDT

Barack Obama vows to put up a fight on Tuesday in his second debate with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, a promise the US President will need to keep if he is to overcome his lackluster, momentum-s...


Kids quiz White House hopefuls, but Mitt Romney's a no-show

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:50 PM PDT

President Barack Obama wooed Americans not yet old enough to vote on Monday in a unique children's television news special that his rival Mitt Romney opted to avoid.


Rehman Malik announces USD one million bounty on Malala Yousufzai's attacker: Report

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:37 PM PDT

Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik has announced a million dollar bounty on the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, who claimed responsibility for the attack of teenage rights activist Malala ...

Hillary Clinton takes responsibility for handling of Libya attack

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 07:11 PM PDT

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told US media on Monday that she will take the blame for any shortcomings in the handling of an attack last month on the US mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi.


Teenage girl whipped in public for speaking to men

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 12:33 PM PDT

A teenaged girl received 60 lashes in Timbuktu after Islamist extremists convicted her of speaking to men on the street.


Shot Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, can recover, say UK doctors

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:45 AM PDT

A Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban has every chance of making a "good recovery", British doctors said on Monday as 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai arrived at a hospital in central Eng...


120 prisoners escape from Tripoli jail: Libyan official

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 10:38 AM PDT

About 120 prisoners escaped from a jail in Tripoli on Monday, National Guard chief Khaled al-Sharif said, adding that Libyan security services were on high alert to catch them.

World matched record for hottest September

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 09:01 AM PDT

The globe last month matched a record for the hottest September. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on Monday that September was 60.2 degrees Fahrenheit worldwide, which is 1.2 d...


Malala Yousafzai, shot by Taliban, arrives in UK for treatment: Airport

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:26 AM PDT

A 14-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for the right to an education in an attack that shocked the world arrived in Britain for specialist care on Monday....


Controversy in Russia over hijab ban at schools

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:20 AM PDT

Several Muslim families pulled their daughters out of schools in Russia's south after the girls were told they were not allowed to wear their hijabs, a top Muslim cleric said on Monday.

Failing to agree on which TV channel to watch, woman kills husband with axe

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:13 AM PDT

A woman in Russia stabbed and axed her husband to death during a fight over what to watch on TV, officials said on Monday.

Pakistani mother, four children killed in British house fire

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 08:01 AM PDT

An Asian woman and four of her children died on Monday in a devastating house fire in Britain, which police said was "suspicious".

Pizza Hut rethinks presidential debate stunt

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 06:22 AM PDT

Pizza Hut is rethinking its contest daring people to ask "Sausage or Pepperoni?" at the presidential debate on Tuesday.


Britain, Scotland sign deal for independence referendum

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 06:09 AM PDT

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond signed an agreement on Monday to hold a referendum in 2014 on Scottish independence.


Pakistan army asks Christians to vacate their homes in its camp

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:57 AM PDT

Leaders of the minority Christian community in the restive Khyber tribal region of northwest Pakistan have alleged that some 30 families were directed to leave their homes inside an army camp where th...


Crocodile escape gives Vietnam schoolkids day off

Posted: 15 Oct 2012 05:29 AM PDT

Primary schoolchildren in a part of southern Vietnam were given a day off on Monday after a number of crocodiles escaped from a farm and were seen roaming around residential areas, reports said.


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