Southern Sudan votes to break away |
- Southern Sudan votes to break away
- Brotherhood lawyer: Mubarak must quit or reform
- MPs approve Ahmadinejad ally as foreign minister
- Over 99 percent of south Sudan votes to separate
- Somali pirates arrested in South Korea - media
- Over 99 percent of south Sudan votes to separate
- Cyclones to hit flood-weary Australia
- For US soldiers, a healthy food revolution
- India courts investment as FDI slides
- Is WikiLeaks leaking? Norwegian paper scoops Assange
- Love, death conquer all at Sundance film festival
- 12 dead in Philippine fire
- Philippine business titan wants more
- China policeman's son gets 6 years for hit-and-run
- Spanish savings banks' social role threatened by reform
- Malaysian by-election gives test of political mood
- Somali pirates arrested in South Korea
- Chinese property 'bubble' fuels hard landing fears
- Youth violence grows in fast-changing Vietnam
- Mubarak names deputy as protest deaths top 100
| Southern Sudan votes to break away Posted: 30 Jan 2011 01:17 AM PST KHARTOUM, Jan 30: The people of Southern Sudan, at home and abroad, have voted in favor of secession with a 99% margin after counting 100% of the ballots.
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| Brotherhood lawyer: Mubarak must quit or reform Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:58 AM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Protests that have rocked Egypt will not abate until President Hosni Mubarak steps down or announces immediate reforms, a lawyer representing the Islamist opposition group Muslim Brotherhood told Reuters on Saturday. 
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| MPs approve Ahmadinejad ally as foreign minister Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:58 AM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament narrowly approved hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's choice for foreign minister on Sunday, after the previous minister was abruptly sacked during an official visit to Africa last year. 
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| Over 99 percent of south Sudan votes to separate Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:58 AM PST JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - More than 99 percent of voters in Sudan's south chose to separate from the north in a plebiscite intended to end decades of civil war, a referendum official said on Sunday announcing preliminary results. 
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| Somali pirates arrested in South Korea - media Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:26 AM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - Five Somali pirates were arrested on Sunday to be questioned over the hijacking of a South Korean chemical ship in the Arabian Sea and attempting a murder of the carrier's captain, local media reported. 
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| Over 99 percent of south Sudan votes to separate Posted: 30 Jan 2011 12:26 AM PST JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - More than 99 percent of voters in Sudan's south chose to separate from the north in a plebiscite intended to end decades of civil war, a referendum official said on Sunday announcing preliminary results. 
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| Cyclones to hit flood-weary Australia Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:52 PM PST SYDNEY, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Flood-shattered Australia braced for further downpours on Sunday as two tropical cyclones hammered toward the devastated northeast, threatening further misery for already submerged towns.
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| For US soldiers, a healthy food revolution Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:51 PM PST FORT BENNING, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Pizzas, sodas and doughnuts are off the menu at some US Army bases as new recruits are being weaned off fast food for healthier fare, which the military believes will make them better soldiers.
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| India courts investment as FDI slides Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:48 PM PST NEW DELHI, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - As India was pitching itself as a hot investment destination at the World Economic Forum in Davos, figures showed the amount of foreign money entering the country has fallen by nearly a third.
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| Is WikiLeaks leaking? Norwegian paper scoops Assange Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:44 PM PST OSLO, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - As if there isn't enough intrigue around Wikileaks and its enigmatic founder, a Norwegian daily that laid hands on the same US classified documents says it has infuriated Julian Assange by playing his own game.
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| Love, death conquer all at Sundance film festival Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:43 PM PST PARK CITY, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - An Anglo-American young love story entitled "Like Crazy" and a moving documentary about euthanasia, "How to Die in Oregon," won the top prizes at the Sundance film festival Saturday.
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| Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:41 PM PST MANILA, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Twelve people were killed in a huge fire that razed some 100 houses in a poor residential area in the Philippine capital on Sunday, authorities said.
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| Philippine business titan wants more Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:31 PM PST MANILA, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Manuel Pangilinan may have embarked on one of the Philippines' most remarkable corporate buying binges over the past dozen years, but he is hungry for more.
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| China policeman's son gets 6 years for hit-and-run Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:25 PM PST BEIJING, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - A Chinese court sentenced a man who attempted to exploit his father's senior police rank to flee a fatal road accident to six years in jail on Sunday, state media reported.
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| Spanish savings banks' social role threatened by reform Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:23 PM PST MADRID, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Spain's regional savings banks have long been a source of funding for social projects like libraries but this role is under threat from a new government requirement that all lenders raise their capital or face state intervention.
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| Malaysian by-election gives test of political mood Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:21 PM PST Voting began on Sunday in a by-election in a bastion of Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, a contest that could help trigger national polls this year.
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| Somali pirates arrested in South Korea Posted: 29 Jan 2011 10:35 PM PST SEOUL, Jan 30 — Five Somali pirates were arrested today to be questioned over the hijacking of a South Korean chemical ship in the Arabian Sea and attempting a murder of the carrier's captain, local media reported. South Korea's navy rescued all 21 crew members aboard the chemical carrier Samho Jewelry on January 21 and captured the five pirates ...
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| Chinese property 'bubble' fuels hard landing fears Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:13 PM PST DAVOS, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - The world business elite raised concerns over China's property prices at its annual get-together in Davos, with some worrying that if the bubble bursts it could hurt growth.
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| Youth violence grows in fast-changing Vietnam Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:11 PM PST HANOI, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Tran Huy Hoang stares in shock at the images of four Vietnamese teenagers slapping and kicking a girl whose hands try to shield the blows.
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| Mubarak names deputy as protest deaths top 100 Posted: 29 Jan 2011 11:07 PM PST CAIRO, Sunday 30 January 2011 (AFP) - Embattled Hosni Mubarak tapped Egypt's military intelligence chief as his first-ever vice president and named a new premier, as the death toll in a mass revolt against his autocratic rule topped 100.
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