UK regulator asked to look at News Corp undertakings on BSkyB

UK regulator asked to look at News Corp undertakings on BSkyB

UK regulator asked to look at News Corp undertakings on BSkyB

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:03 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government has asked the media regulator to consider whether undertakings provided by News Corp to secure a buy out of BSkyB are still credible in light of a phone hacking scandal.

69 dead, 200 hurt as trains derail in India

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:16 AM PDT

Rescue teams using sniffer dogs searched for bodies and survivors Monday in the mangled remains of two Indian passenger trains that derailed at the weekend, killing 69 and injuring 200.

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11 confirmed dead in Russia's Volga river boat disaster

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:15 AM PDT

Russian officials on Monday confirmed 11 people had died when an overcrowded cruise ship carrying nearly 200 people capsized on the Volga river.

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Suicide bomb kills six before Pakistan minister arrives

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:14 AM PDT

A suicide bomber struck a public meeting in Pakistan's northwest on Monday where a cabinet minister had been due to speak, killing six people including a child.

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Crew to blame for Nepal plane crash: investigator

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:13 AM PDT

A mix-up in the cockpit and pilot error was to blame for an air crash in Nepal's eastern hills late last year that left 22 mostly Buddhist pilgrims dead, an investigator said Monday.

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Eight dead, 100 missing in Russian boat disaster

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:09 AM PDT

An overcrowded cruise ship sank in a storm on Russia's Volga river killing eight people and leaving 100 others missing, official said Monday.

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Sympathy for Japan, but no to whaling, says Australia

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:08 AM PDT

Tsunami-hit Japan may find sympathy from other nations at this year's global whaling meeting, but this should not cloud opposition to killing whales, Australian minister Tony Burke said Monday.

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Two Swedes among India train crash dead: official

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:07 AM PDT

Two Swedes were among the 63 killed in a train crash in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state at the weekend, and a third has been injured, a local official told AFP on Monday.

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Top US, Chinese officers hold talks

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:05 AM PDT

America's top military officer held talks with his Chinese counterpart Monday amid rising tensions in the South China Sea that Washington fears could spiral dangerously out of control.

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Addicted to antique collection

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 01:04 AM PDT

Standing firm on his belief that old items should be preserved so that the next generation can understand the spirits and concepts of the past era, Zeng Yao-zong started collecting Malaysian antiques more than a decade ago.

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The boundary

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:57 AM PDT

If the world of press knows no boundary and fails to distinguish between public and private interests, media organizations may also become the targets of hackers anytime.

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No scientific evidence to link deaths to HPY immunisation - Liow

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:43 AM PDT

There has been no scientific evidence to link the human papillomavirus (HPV) immunisation to a number of deaths in Europe and India, the Dewan Negara was told today.

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The rally is over

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:41 AM PDT

Meanwhile, the July 9 rally has cost the country and the people a certain amount of economic losses.

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Government will honour pledges in state election - DPM

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has again reiterated that the Federal Government would honour all promises made to the state in the recent state election.

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Report lodged by UMT against student for allegedly insulting the national anthem

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT

A police report was lodged against a man claiming to be a Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) student yesterday for allegedly changing the lyrics of the national anthem and also for insulting the Malay rulers and the prime minister in his Facebook postings.

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Jeddah ranked among world's cheapest cities

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:27 AM PDT

JEDDAH, Jul 11: Jeddah has been ranked as one of the top 10 cheapest cities in the world, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living (2011) survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Karachi was the cheapest, while Tokyo was the most expensive. Jeddah came 128th.


After Fukushima, glacial change seen for U.S. nuclear

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT

WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. nuclear industry this week gets its first peek at a roadmap for new regulations that ultimately could cost it billions in the wake of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Axeing NOTW may not stop wider brand damage for Murdoch

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - It was presented as a sacrificial -- and healing -- act, the severing of a limb to save the body.

Four bombs in southern Thailand wound 12

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT

YALA, Thailand (Reuters) - Four bombs laid by suspected Muslim insurgents wounded 12 people in Thailand's deep south on Monday, in what one analyst said could be an attempt to draw the attention of the incoming administration of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to the problems of the region.

Merkel signals ambitions to run for 3rd term in 2013

Posted: 11 Jul 2011 12:00 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel signalled for the first time her intention to seek a third term in 2013, although a poll on Sunday showed Peer Steinbrueck of the main opposition party gaining more support from voters.

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