South Korea unveils completely eco-friendly building |
- South Korea unveils completely eco-friendly building
- Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on U.S. convoy
- Stray dogs
- Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral
- Nato says sank eight Libyan warships
- Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on US convoy
- Engine problem forces Qantas flight back to Bangkok
- Obama: Gaddafi’s departure from Libya inevitable
- UN: Peacekeepers, Sudan soldiers attacked
- New IMF rules make harassment grounds for dismissal
- Obama, Netanyahu face tense meeting on Mideast
- Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral
- Qantas flight returns to Bangkok after engine shutdown
- Turkish quake kills two, injures 79 - minister
- Blast in Pakistan targets U.S. consulate convoy
- VIDEO: Nato strikes hit Gaddafi warships
- Suspected militants killed in Yala
- Obama, Netanyahu at odds before White House talks
- N. Korea heir apparent visiting China
- BoJ leaves key rate unchanged, eyes recovery
| South Korea unveils completely eco-friendly building Posted: 20 May 2011 12:27 AM PDT The 2,500 square-metre building, which houses a climate change research centre at Incheon near the capital Seoul, was opened last month by the environment ministry at a cost of around $8 million. 
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| Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on U.S. convoy Posted: 20 May 2011 12:27 AM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. consulate convoy in Peshawar on Friday that killed one Pakistani and wounded 10. 
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| Posted: 19 May 2011 11:40 PM PDT A mentally disabled youth (C) plays with a stray dog at a centre for disabled children in Bucharest as an animal-rights activist instructs the animal. Stray dogs are part of daily life in Romania, where plans to put them down have bred a vivid debate.
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| Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral Posted: 19 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT FREMANTLE, May 20 — The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died aged 110, was laid to rest today after a military funeral in the Australian port town of Fremantle. Choules, who died this month in a Perth nursing home, shunned military parades in his later years, but today more than 100 navy sailors formed a guard ... 
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| Nato says sank eight Libyan warships Posted: 19 May 2011 11:14 PM PDT BRUSSELS, May 20 — Nato aircraft sank eight warships belonging to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces in overnight attacks, the alliance said today. The ships were sunk in coordinated attacks on the ports of Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte, an alliance statement said. "Given the escalating use of naval assets, Nato had no choice but to take ... 
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| Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on US convoy Posted: 19 May 2011 11:07 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban today claimed responsibility for an attack on a US consulate convoy in Peshawar that killed one Pakistani and wounded 10. One American in one of the vehicles was lightly wounded. "The diplomatic staff of all Nato countries are our targets," Ehsanullah Ehsan, a Taliban spokesman, told ... 
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| Engine problem forces Qantas flight back to Bangkok Posted: 19 May 2011 10:14 PM PDT SYDNEY, May 20 — A Qantas Airways flight returned to Bangkok today after pilots were forced to shut down one of the aircraft's engines, the latest in a string of incidents involving Rolls-Royce engines. Qantas said one of the Boeing 747's four engines experienced "high vibration and temperature" shortly after takeoff. "The plane landed an hour ... 
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| Obama: Gaddafi’s departure from Libya inevitable Posted: 19 May 2011 08:06 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 20 — US President Barack Obama said yesterday that it was inevitable Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi would have to leave power and only then could a democratic transition in the North African state proceed. Obama was speaking in a major address about the Middle East where a series of uprisings this year have toppled governments in ... 
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| UN: Peacekeepers, Sudan soldiers attacked Posted: 19 May 2011 07:36 PM PDT KHARTOUM, May 20 — Unknown people attacked a convoy of northern Sudanese soldiers and UN peacekeepers in Sudan's Abyei flashpoint region, wounding two, the United Nations said today. The south overwhelmingly voted to declare independence from the mostly Muslim north in a referendum in January but tensions have built up in Abyei, an oil-producing ... 
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| New IMF rules make harassment grounds for dismissal Posted: 19 May 2011 06:34 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 20 — New staff rules released by the International Monetary Fund yesterday make harassment grounds for disciplinary action and even dismissal, the institution said a day after Dominique Strauss-Kahn quit as IMF boss in the face of sexual assault charges. The review of the rules, which were approved on May 6 but published only ... 
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| Obama, Netanyahu face tense meeting on Mideast Posted: 19 May 2011 11:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's endorsement of a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders of their future state sets the stage for what could be a tense meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday. 
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| Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral Posted: 19 May 2011 11:24 PM PDT FREMANTLE, Australia (Reuters) - The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died aged 110, was laid to rest on Friday after a military funeral in the Australian port town of Fremantle. 
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| Qantas flight returns to Bangkok after engine shutdown Posted: 19 May 2011 11:24 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Qantas Airways flight returned to Bangkok on Friday after pilots were forced to shut down one of the aircraft's engines, the latest in a string of incidents involving Rolls-Royce engines. 
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| Turkish quake kills two, injures 79 - minister Posted: 19 May 2011 11:24 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An earthquake which shook northwest Turkey on Thursday night killed two people and injured 79, Environment Minister Veysel Eroglu said on Friday. 
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| Blast in Pakistan targets U.S. consulate convoy Posted: 19 May 2011 11:24 PM PDT PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A car bomb in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday targeted a U.S. consulate convoy but caused no American deaths or serious injuries, said U.S. embassy spokesman Alberto Rodriguez. 
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| VIDEO: Nato strikes hit Gaddafi warships Posted: 19 May 2011 11:49 PM PDT Nato air strikes have hit eight warships belonging to Col Muammar Gaddafi's forces in co-ordinated raid on Tripoli, Al Khums and Sirte.
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| Suspected militants killed in Yala Posted: 19 May 2011 11:29 PM PDT Four suspected militants were killed during a 10-minute gun battle with troops and police in Yala today.
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| Obama, Netanyahu at odds before White House talks Posted: 19 May 2011 11:24 PM PDT US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were on a collision course over the shape of an elusive peace with the Palestinians ahead of Oval Office talks Friday.
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| N. Korea heir apparent visiting China Posted: 19 May 2011 11:23 PM PDT North Korea's leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-Un began a visit to China Friday, South Korean media reported, a trip seen as conferring Beijing's blessing on its close ally's succession process.
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| BoJ leaves key rate unchanged, eyes recovery Posted: 19 May 2011 11:22 PM PDT The Bank of Japan on Friday left its key rate unchanged, sticking to its view that the economy will pick up later this year despite being pushed into recession by the March 11 earthquake.
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