Elephant smuggling gang busted in India |
- Elephant smuggling gang busted in India
- Thai south battles with floods, rubber industry hit
- S.Korea fires warning shots, second incident in days
- China's dream for rare earths rests on grim costs
- California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke
- Former Russian PM Chernomyrdin dies - Kremlin
- Parliament sitting disrupted due to power failure
- Umno members urged to turn up in full force in Batu Sapi
- Arguments end in Hong Kong expat Milkshake Murder case
- Harry Potter blamed for India's owl crisis
- Chinese firms use Bruce Lee name without family OK: report
- Philippines boosts security after attack alert
- Republicans deal stinging mid-term rebuke to Obama
- UN chief raises human rights in China speech
- Singapore IVF baby does not have DNA of 'father': lawyer
- Salvaged Titanic items go on show
- The US asseveration
- U.S., UK and Australia warn of Philippine danger
- Obama, Boehner discuss priorities in phone call
- Bitter end for Pelosi, the first female House speaker
| Elephant smuggling gang busted in India Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:16 AM PDT GUWAHATI, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - Police in northeast India said Wednesday they had busted an elephant smuggling racket which is suspected of selling nearly 100 animals across the country and to Nepal.
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| Thai south battles with floods, rubber industry hit Posted: 03 Nov 2010 12:25 AM PDT HAT YAI, Thailand (Reuters) - Transport and communications were severed and tourists stranded on Wednesday after southern Thailand's worst flash floods in a decade forced flight cancellations and left a bustling city in deep water. 
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| S.Korea fires warning shots, second incident in days Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's navy fired warning shots to drive away a North Korean fishing boat at a maritime border on Wednesday, the second incident in six days, jangling nerves in Seoul ahead of next week's G20 summit. 
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| China's dream for rare earths rests on grim costs Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PDT BAOTOU, China (Reuters) - China's quest for a green future built on rare earths metals seems a world away from Ren Limin as he casts lumps of one of the metals in a chemical-spattered shed thick with acrid fumes. 
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| California marijuana legalization goes up in smoke Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first U.S. state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. 
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| Former Russian PM Chernomyrdin dies - Kremlin Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:50 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former Russian prime minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, who created gas behemoth Gazprom, has died, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. He was 72. 
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| Parliament sitting disrupted due to power failure Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:58 PM PDT Parliament sitting was disrupted for a while today when there was a black out due to power failure at Parliament building.
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| Umno members urged to turn up in full force in Batu Sapi Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:57 PM PDT Deputy Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Lajim Ukin has called on voters, especially Umno members, in Batu Sapi to exercise their rights in the constituency's by-election tomorrow.
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| Arguments end in Hong Kong expat Milkshake Murder case Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:54 PM PDT HONG KONG, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - A Hong Kong judge has reserved his ruling over American Nancy Kissel's bid to stop her retrial in the infamous killing of her banker husband, a report said Wednesday.
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| Harry Potter blamed for India's owl crisis Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:54 PM PDT NEW DELHI, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blamed fans of Harry Potter for the demise of wild owls in the country as children seek to emulate the boy wizard by taking the birds as pets.
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| Chinese firms use Bruce Lee name without family OK: report Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:53 PM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - Chinese firms and individuals are using martial arts legend Bruce Lee's name and image without his family's authorisation to sell everything from noodles to toothbrushes, state media said Wednesday.
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| Philippines boosts security after attack alert Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:51 PM PDT MANILA, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - Western governments warned on Wednesday that attacks may be imminent in the Philippine capital and other parts of the country, prompting the government to increase security in Manila.
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| Republicans deal stinging mid-term rebuke to Obama Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:51 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - US voters handed Republicans a share of power and dealt a severe rebuke to President Barack Obama, as fear over the anemic economy crushed the hope of his historic election win two years ago.
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| UN chief raises human rights in China speech Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:47 PM PDT BEIJING, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday emphasised the need for worldwide respect of human rights during a visit to China, after critics accused him of being too soft on Beijing on the issue.
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| Singapore IVF baby does not have DNA of 'father': lawyer Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:47 PM PDT SINGAPORE, Wednesday 3 November 2010 (AFP) - A baby conceived through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) at a private hospital in Singapore has different DNA to the supposed father, a lawyer representing the clients said Wednesday.
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| Salvaged Titanic items go on show Posted: 02 Nov 2010 05:09 PM PDT An exhibition devoted to artefacts salvaged from the Titanic opens at the O2 in London this week.
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| Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:31 PM PDT The visit of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Malaysia is an arrangement of the American strategic layout in South-East Asia, or even Asia. It shows that Malaysia is still valuable in terms of diplomacy.
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| U.S., UK and Australia warn of Philippine danger Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:16 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - The United States, Britain and Australia have warned of a heightened risk of terrorist attacks in the Philippines, with Australia saying there were reliable reports that attacks may be imminent in the capital, Manila. 
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| Obama, Boehner discuss priorities in phone call Posted: 02 Nov 2010 11:16 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama called John Boehner, the likely next Speaker of the House of Representatives, to discuss priorities and common ground between Democrats and Republicans after Tuesday's election. 
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| Bitter end for Pelosi, the first female House speaker Posted: 02 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PDT
Pelosi, 70, won the distinction of being the highest woman ever elected to office in the United States. But while she earned the affection of Democrats for her strict and skilful running of the 435-seat House of Representatives, she swiftly became the woman the Republicans most loved to hate. Always impeccably turned out, the representative from California is an influential and powerful lawmaker and a charismatic speaker. President Barack Obama has credited her with helping to push through some of his key reforms. Married to a millionaire and a mother of five, Pelosi won admirers in party ranks for her fund-raising abilities as well as her success in uniting Democrats against Republican legislation. But some Republicans have spoofed her as Disney's would-be Dalmatian skinner "Cruella de Vil," and portrayed her as a "wicked witch" of high taxes in a television commercial that sees her challenger melt her down to nothing with a bucket of water. Pelosi, whose office says she has raised US$52.3 million this election cycle and held 212 political events in 24 US states plus Puerto Rico, recently shrugged off the attacks. If "no one's talking about you, you have to wonder what you were doing," she said, calling the often personal criticism the "highest compliment" and stressing US politics requires "a suit of armour" and the ability "to take a punch". She certainly helped use her sway to push through key legislation. She powered an US$800-billion economic stimulus plan to passage in February 2009, drove legislation to fight climate change through in June 2009, and led a Wall Street overhaul bill over Republican objections in June 2010. Pelosi, who as House speaker is technically second in line to the presidency, now looks set to be replaced by House Minority Leader John Boehner come January when the new House gathers for the first time. Political family Boehner has described himself as "hopping mad" over some of Pelosi's hardball tactics – notably the 11th-hour unveiling of the text of the controversial climate bill. There have been many women advisers to US presidents, three women US secretaries of state, and two women US vice presidential hopefuls from major parties. But Pelosi was the first to be House speaker. Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro was born to a political family with roots in Venice, Genoa, Abruzzi, Campobasso and Sicily and raised in Baltimore's "Little Italy". "We were devoutly Catholic, deeply patriotic, proud of our Italian American heritage, and staunchly Democratic," she once wrote. She was first elected to Congress in 1987, joined the Democratic House leadership in 2001, became the first woman to lead a major US party in the House in 2002, rising to speaker after Democrats won a majority in 2006. "Today, we have broken the marble ceiling. For our daughters and our granddaughters, the sky is the limit, anything is possible for them," she said on taking office in January 2007. Asked once whether she was the most powerful woman in 100 years, Pelosi told ABC television: "That sounds good." Pelosi has also been a force on US foreign policy, notably leveling forceful attacks on China's human rights record, criticizing the war in Iraq and making frequent trips to Italy. - AFP
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