Friday, January 4, 2013

New Jersey man allegedly hired 'cannibal cop' to kidnap woman

New Jersey man allegedly hired 'cannibal cop' to kidnap woman


New Jersey man allegedly hired 'cannibal cop' to kidnap woman

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:37 PM PST

A lawyer claims that the arrest of a man accused of trying to pay a police officer to kidnap a Manhattan woman was done to prevent him from testifying about Internet sexual fantasies at the officer's ...


Bill to award Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousafzai reintroduced

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:34 PM PST

A legislation to award the prestigious Congressional Gold Medal to Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani peace activist who was shot in her head by Taliban, has been reintroduced in the US Congress.


After US school shootings, Colombian firm makes armored clothes for kids

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 10:20 PM PST

A Colombian firm that makes bulletproof vests is now creating armored clothing for children. Factory owner Miguel Caballero said he never thought about making protective clothes for kids until requ...


Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:54 PM PST

Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallied in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza on Friday for the first time since they were routed from power in the territory by the Islamist militants in 2007.


Giant tuna sells for record $1.8 million in Japan

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

A monster bluefin tuna sold for a record-breaking $1.8 million in the year's first auction at Japan's Tsukiji fish market on Saturday, nearly three times the previous high set last year.


Brazilian national pleads guilty to smuggling Indians into the US

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:56 PM PST

A Brazilian national pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to smuggle undocumented migrants from India into the United States, authorities said.


Grand jury indicts New York couple as bomb suspects

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:43 PM PST

A grand jury indicted a New York man and his girlfriend following their arrest on Saturday after police found an explosive compound, bomb-making manuals and weapons in their Greenwich Village apartmen...


Armstrong said to be weighing admission of doping

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:28 PM PST

Lance Armstrong, who this fall was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for doping and barred for life from competing in all Olympic sports, has told associates and anti-doping officials that h...


Thousands flee wildfires in southern Australia

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 07:17 PM PST

Thousands fled wildfires raging on the Australian island of Tasmania, destroying at least 80 properties and leaving unconfirmed reports of one man dying in the blaze, police said Saturday.


Former Congresswoman and survivor of shooting Gabrielle Gifford visits US school victims' families

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:54 PM PST

Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, nearly two years after being critically wounded in a mass shooting, on Friday met with families of victims in last month's shooting that left 26 people...


An Italian teacher who kills celebrities on Twitter

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:37 PM PST

Fidel Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev and Pope Benedict XVI -- Italian Tommasso Debenedetti has killed them all in fake tweets aimed at exposing shoddy journalism that have earned him global notoriety.


Hugo Chavez swearing-in can be delayed: Venezuelan vice president

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:28 PM PST

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for January 10 can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his struggle to recover from cancer surgery, hi...


Barack Obama wins (again) as Congress tallies electoral votes

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 11:17 AM PST

Congress certified on Friday what the world has known for nearly two months -- President Barack Obama's re-election, which was made official through the counting of the Electoral College's votes.


Bomb kills two Pakistanis in Peshawar

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:36 AM PST

A bomb planted at an electricity tower on Friday killed two passers-by in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, police said.


Syrian warplanes bomb suburbs of the capital

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:33 AM PST

Syrian ground and air forces bombarded rebel strongholds on the outskirts of Damascus and other areas around the country on Friday while anti-government forces targeted a military post near the capita...


China closes liberal website after reform call

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST

A liberal Chinese journal's website was shut down on Friday, sources said, in the latest and most prominent example of a crackdown by Chinese authorities against online freedom of expression.


In TV deal, Gore went to bat for Al-Jazeera

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:37 AM PST

Al Gore's Current TV was never popular with viewers, but it was a hit where it counted: with cable and satellite providers. The deal will make Gore, estimated to be worth more than $100 million, an ev...


Iran says it will restart nuclear talks

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:32 AM PST

Iran's top nuclear negotiator said on Friday that his country has agreed in principle to resume international talks on its nuclear program later this month, although the place and date for the negotia...

Vladimir Putin tops Foreign Policy list of most powerful people

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:22 AM PST

Leading US magazine Foreign Policy has named Vladimir Putin as the most powerful person in the world, but at the second place with the top spot left empty.


Afghan militants freed by government

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:19 AM PST

Some 250 prisoners formerly held by the United States have been released by Afghan authorities in hopes that this will lead to reconciliation in the 11-year conflict, a Defence Ministry spokesman said...

Armed raid at John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 'bed-in for peace' hotel

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 06:07 AM PST

Masked gunmen on Friday raided the Amsterdam hotel where John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their 1969 bed-in for peace, making off with cash but causing no injuries, police said.


Man spends last 500 pounds on ad asking for job

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:09 AM PST

An unemployed Briton has spent his last 500 pounds putting up a billboard that features an ad asking for a job in the media industry.


Police rescue Indian whose finger was sent to family

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:01 AM PST

Philippine officials say police have rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman whose severed finger was delivered to his family.


Police rescue Indian whose finger was sent to family

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 05:00 AM PST

Philippine officials say police have rescued a kidnapped Indian businessman whose severed finger was delivered to his family.


Shooting rampage in Philippines leaves nine dead

Posted: 04 Jan 2013 04:46 AM PST

A man who was apparently intoxicated fatally shot eight people, including a pregnant woman and a seven-year-old girl, before he was shot dead by police on Friday near the Philippine capital, officials...

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