New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing

New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing

New Zealand puts quake toll at 98, many more missing

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:30 AM PST

CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - New Zealand rescuers said on Thursday they held grave fears for more than 200 people still missing as the death toll from an earthquake reached 98 after searchers pulled dozens of bodies from a Christchurch television building now turned into a tomb.

Suicide bombing wounds 24 in Afghanistan: police

Posted: 24 Feb 2011 12:06 AM PST

KANDAHAR, Thursday 24 February 2011 (AFP) - A suicide car bomb struck the border town of Spin Boldak in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province Thursday wounding at least 24 people, a police official said.

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More Britons back new voting system than oppose -poll

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:29 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - More British voters support the introduction of a new voting system than oppose it, the first Reuters/Ipsos MORI poll on the alternative vote shows.

Al Qaeda backs Libyan protesters, condemns Gaddafi

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:29 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's North African wing has condemned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and expressed solidarity with protesters revolting against his rule, the SITE Intelligence Group quoted it as saying on Thursday.

Tree-planting world record set in Philippines

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:50 PM PST

MANILA, Thursday 24 February 2011 (AFP) - Philippine environmentalists have set a world record for the most trees planted simultaneously, kickstarting an enormous reforesteration programme, organisers said Thursday.

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Govt to maintain RON95, diesel prices

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:31 PM PST

The government will maintain the current fuel price for RON 95 at RM1.90 and diesel at RM1.80 despite the escalating global oil price, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.

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M'sia hopeful world oil prices will stabilise soon

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:30 PM PST

Malaysia hopes global oil market will stabilise soon so that the impact of the current volatile situation is not significantly felt in Malaysia.

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Myanmar tycoon rescued from mountain

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:22 PM PST

YANGON, Thursday 24 February 2011 (AFP) - A controversial tycoon reputed to have close links with Myanmar's junta was rescued Thursday from an icy mountain three days after his helicopter was forced to land in bad weather, officials said.

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Escape from hell

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:18 PM PST

48-year-old Zheng Zhen-chen looks very much like a villain due to the tattoo found all over his body. He was jailed five times during the past two decades. However, your perception of him may change after hearing his story and how he has been taking care of old people.

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China goes all out to halt Jasmine Revolution

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:14 PM PST

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pulling out all the stops to prevent a Chinese-style 'Jasmine Revolution'.

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Turkish PM's wife addresses UN on women's plight

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 11:20 PM PST

NEW YORK, Feb 24: Emine Erdoğan, wife of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addressed a session at the United Nations on Tuesday, largely focusing on the tragedy of women in Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Gaza Strip, Iraq and Pakistan.

VIDEO: The monarchy's life in Nepal's republic

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:53 PM PST

Nepal is the world's newest republic, after removing its monarchy from power in 2008.


Sport takes a backseat to Christchurch rescue efforts

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:58 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's sporting community continued to focus on supporting Christchurch's earthquake victims on Thursday, with implications on events such as the rugby World Cup taking a backseat.

Yemen's Saleh orders protection for protesters

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:58 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year rule, a statement said.

Yemen president orders protection for protesters

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:20 PM PST

DUBAI, Feb 24 — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh has ordered his security forces to protect demonstrators trying to end his 32-year rule, a statement said. The statement, relayed by the Yemeni press attache in Washington today, said Saleh had "demanded security services to offer full protection for the demonstrators". "Late this evening ...


VIDEO: Anna Wintour on McQueen's legacy

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:17 PM PST

American Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour talks about the enduring influence of Alexander McQueen, as New York's Metropolitan Museum prepares to hold an exhibition dedicated to the work of the British fashion designer.


VIDEO: NZ moves from 'rescue to recovery'

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:37 PM PST

New Zealand rescuers say they are continuing to search for survivors in the aftermath of Tuesday's powerful earthquake in Christchurch.


VIDEO: Obama condemns 'outrageous' Libya

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has denounced the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful protesters as "outrageous and unacceptable".


VIDEO: Djordjevic jailed over Kosovo murders

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:41 PM PST

A former Serbian chief of police has been jailed for 27 years for his role in the murder of more than 700 ethnic Albanians in Kosovo in 1999.


Opposition deprived of big issue: Adnan

Posted: 23 Feb 2011 10:23 PM PST

What issue in Kerdau? This is the response you get from Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Adnan Yaakob.

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