Peru's shaman make predictions for 2011

Peru's shaman make predictions for 2011

Peru's shaman make predictions for 2011

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:53 PM PST

Peruvian faith healers gathered for their annual ritual aimed at assisting deserving world leaders and predicting fortunes for 2011.


Flooded Australian towns evacuated

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:53 PM PST

Towns across Queensland may be underwater for more than a week, in some of worst flooding the state has seen.


Bolivians protest against fuel price increase

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 05:06 PM PST

Hundreds of Bolivians protested against the government's decision to cut subsidies for fuel and diesel


Peru's shaman make predictions for 2011

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:53 PM PST

Peruvian faith healers gathered for their annual ritual aimed at assisting deserving world leaders and predicting fortunes for 2011.


How to play real-life Quidditch

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:23 PM PST

Quidditch, the game popularised in the Harry Potter books, is now being played by students in colleges around the world.


LG pledges action against patent suit by Sony (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:31 PM PST

An LG sign at the company's headquarters in Seoul. LG Electronics said Thursday it would AFP - LG Electronics said Thursday it would "actively respond" to a lawsuit filed by Japan's Sony that seeks to block mobile phone shipments to the United States by the South Korean firm.

Facebook chorus prompts Qantas to scrap instruments ban (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:25 PM PST

Australian musicians Thursday said they had scored a victory against Qantas after a Facebook campaign helped persuade the airline to scrap a ban on carrying instruments as cabin luggage.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australian musicians Thursday said they had scored a victory against Qantas after a Facebook campaign helped persuade the airline to scrap a ban on carrying instruments as cabin luggage.

Research In Motion Denies PlayBook Has Battery Issues

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:35 PM PST

In a statement late Wednesday, Research In Motion (RIMM) attempted to tamp down concerns that the co


Smith tight-lipped over Sreesanth incident (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:34 PM PST

Indian bowlers Shanthakumaran Sreesanth (R) and Ishant Sharma during the second Test in Durban on December 28. South Africa captain Graeme Smith was tight-lipped on Wednesday about his confrontation with Sreesanth during the second Test at Kingsmead.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - South Africa captain Graeme Smith was tight-lipped on Wednesday about his confrontation with Indian bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth during the second Test at Kingsmead.

India's new rich prove reluctant philanthropists (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:06 PM PST

This picture taken on June 3, 2010 shows Arcelor Mittal Chairman and CEO Lakshmi Mittal (L) chatting with Wipro Chairman Azim Premji in Bangalore. A huge charity gift by Premji has shone a harsh light on the philanthropic track record of India's established and emerging billionaires.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)AFP - A huge charity gift by a high-tech tycoon has shone a harsh light on the philanthropic track record of India's established and emerging billionaires.

China shuts over 60,000 porn websites this year (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:18 PM PST

Reuters - China shut down more than 60,000 pornographic websites this year, netting almost 5,000 suspects in the process, a government spokesman said on Thursday, vowing no let-up in its campaign against material deemed obscene.


The Missing Link In China's Auto Development?

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 09:29 PM PST

Chinese consumers are being provided with a new product intended to wean them away from foreign cars


Violent deaths in Iraq reach lowest level since war began, group reports

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:58 PM PST

Nearly 4,000 Iraqi civilians, police and soldiers died through violence in 2010, making it the least deadly year since the war began, the Web site Iraq Body Count said Thursday in its latest report.


Haiti Frees Aid Worker Accused of Kidnapping

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:49 PM PST

An American aid worker was released from Haiti's notoriously overcrowded National Penitentiary after authorities apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.


Fire damages centuries old abbey

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:34 PM PST

A Belgian abbey that has survived seven centuries is badly damaged by fire.


China political satire scores big at box office (AFP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:24 PM PST

File photo of Chinese director Jiang Wen. His new film AFP - A new film from one of the bad boys of Chinese cinema, Jiang Wen -- a scathing satire on power, greed and corruption -- has critics cheering and movie-goers queuing up to make it a box office hit.

Family of WWI veteran looks forward to 110th birthday

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 06:57 PM PST

The family of Frank Buckles, the nation's lone living veteran of World War I, hopes he makes it to his 110th birthday about a month from now, despite troubling signs he is on the decline.

Haiti frees US aid worker accused of kidnapping (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 07:52 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. citizen Paul Waggoner is escorted by police to court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Waggoner, who helped found medical aid group Materials Management Relief Corps in post-quake Haiti, was released Wednesday Dec. 29 from the National Penitentiary after authorities apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)AP - An American aid worker was released Wednesday from Haiti's notoriously overcrowded National Penitentiary after authorities apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.

RIM offers data tapping at India office: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:12 PM PST

Reuters - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has offered to install a network data analysis system at its premises in India that would help tap data, the Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing an internal note from India's interior ministry.


Big Gas Find Sparks a Frenzy in Israel

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 08:12 PM PST

Israel is at the center of a gas bonanza that has investors, international oil companies, Israeli politicians and even Hezbollah, Israel's sworn enemy, clamoring for a piece of the action.


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