Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Bill Richardson urges North Korea not to carry out nuclear test

Bill Richardson urges North Korea not to carry out nuclear test


Bill Richardson urges North Korea not to carry out nuclear test

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson urged North Korea not to carry out any nuclear tests or use ballistic missiles, he said on Thursday as he returned from a private visit to the isolated count...


Insulin breakthrough could see end to needles

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:25 PM PST

Breakthrough Australian research mapping how insulin works at a molecular level could open the door to novel new diabetes treatments, ending daily needle jabs for millions, scientists said on Thursday...


Women in India, developing countries lag in Internet use: Intel report

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:16 PM PST

More needs to be done to boost women's and girl's lagging online access, tech giant Intel Corp said in a report to be released later on Thursday that calls for doubling the number of female Internet u...


Chinese paper at centre of censorship protests hits newsstands

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:23 PM PST

The latest issue of a Chinese newspaper at the centre of anti-censorship protests appeared on newsstands in Beijing and Shanghai on Thursday as usual, but not its home city Guangzhou.


Connecticut moves cautiously on gun control in Newtown's wake

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:06 PM PST

A month after the Newtown school tragedy, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is moving cautiously on gun control in Connecticut, a relatively liberal Northeastern state that nevertheless has a strong gun culture a...


Troops, Islamists clash in central Mali

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:24 PM PST

Malian troops exchanged fire on Wednesday with armed Islamist groups that have been occupying the country's vast desert north for nine months and appear to be trying to push farther south.


Egypt says Palestinian rivals agree to enact unity deal

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:01 PM PST

An Egyptian official said the leaders of the Palestinian Hamas and Fatah factions had agreed at talks in Cairo on Wednesday to implement a long-delayed reconciliation pact, although it was unclear if ...


Israeli, US defence chiefs discuss Middle East issues

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:48 PM PST

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak met on Wednesday for a meeting that underscored a "strong US commitment to Israel's security," the Pentagon said.


Accused Colorado shooter posed with guns before rampage

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:35 PM PST

Self-portraits of accused Colorado movie house gunman James Holmes posing with firearms and body armor ended prosecutors' pretrial case against the former graduate student on Wednesday, but defence la...


Venezuela top court upholds delay of Hugo Chavez swearing-in

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:24 PM PST

Venezuela's top court cleared cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday to indefinitely postpone his re-inauguration but the opposition said it did not resolve the uncertainties facing the co...


Nearly 60 are injured in ferry crash in Lower Manhattan

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:21 PM PST

One by one, the passengers shuffled toward the exits - bags in hand, music in their ears - gathering in a neat crowd to step off their New Jersey commuter ferry and into the frosty Lower Manhattan mor...


Seven hurt as crane collapses at construction site in New York

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:13 PM PST

With the popping of cables and the snapping of metal, a crane collapsed onto a building under construction near New York's East River waterfront on Wednesday, injuring seven people, three of whom need...


Iran to extend gas pipeline to Iraq, Syria

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:52 AM PST

Tehran is planning to build a gas pipeline up to Iraq and Syria, the Iranian Oil Ministry said on Wednesday.


Barack Obama to nominate chief of staff Jack Lew for Treasury: media

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:30 AM PST

President Barack Obama plans to nominate his chief of staff Jack Lew as his next Treasury secretary, replacing Timothy Geithner, US media reported on Wednesday.


40 years of Assad family rule is 'too long': Lakhdar Brahimi

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:29 AM PST

Syrians believe that 40 years of Assad family rule is too long, the international mediator for Syria said, the closest he has come to calling directly for President Bashar al-Assad to leave power.

Google drops key patent claims against Microsoft

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:17 AM PST

Google unit Motorola Mobility has asked a trade panel to drop two key patents from an infringement complaint that it filed against Microsoft, according to a filing at the International Trade Commissio...


Winter storm brings devastation to Syria and neighbours

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:12 AM PST

The worst winter storm in two decades has hit the eastern Mediterranean this week, bringing destruction and death to Syria and its neighbours who are already dealing with a refugee crisis from the cou...

Dozens injured in ferry accident in lower Manhattan

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:09 AM PST

A ferry crashed as it was docking in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday morning, injuring several dozen passengers, according to fire officials.


Afghans say total US pullout would trigger disaster

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:51 AM PST

Afghan lawmakers said on Wednesday disaster and civil war would follow if Washington pushed ahead with a suggestion to withdraw all its troops from the country after 2014.


Hillary Clinton 'thrilled' to be back at work

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:34 AM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she is "thrilled to be back" at work after a month-long absence due to illness, a concussion and a blood clot near her brain. But she says she is looking...


Turkey holds plane en route to Iran: customs official

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 08:08 AM PST

Turkey has been holding for several days a cargo plane en route from the United Arab Emirates to Iran after its crew refused to document its load, a customs ministry official told sources on Wednesday...


Giant squid captured on video in ocean depths

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 07:03 AM PST

After years of searching, scientists and broadcasters say they have captured video images of a giant squid in its natural habitat deep in the ocean for the first time.


Commuter ferry crash in New York injures 57, one critical

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:45 AM PST

A commuter ferry crashed into a pier in lower Manhattan early on Wednesday, injuring 57 people, one critically, the New York City Police Department said.


Irish PM dismisses Pope's criticism of change in abortion laws

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:25 AM PST

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny on Wednesday weighed into the country's abortion debate to dismiss the Pope's criticism of proposed new laws.


Russia, United States to meet Syria envoy Brahimi

Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:18 AM PST

Russian and United States diplomats plan to hold a meeting with the international mediator for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, on Friday in Geneva, Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister M...

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