VIDEO: Nigeria Islamists 'will be history'

VIDEO: Nigeria Islamists 'will be history'

VIDEO: Nigeria Islamists 'will be history'

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 10:42 PM PDT

The Nigerian government has pledged to crack down on radical Islamist group Boko Haram, saying they will be history within a few months.


VIDEO: Is Singapore a model megacity?

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 06:50 PM PDT

When Singapore gained independence in the 1960s, its government foresaw the need for strict planning, which has helped it cope with becoming the second most densely populated city in the world.


Emperor penguin takes wrong turn to New Zealand (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 10:13 PM PDT

AP - A young Antarctic Emperor penguin has taken a rare wrong turn and ended up stranded on a New Zealand beach.


Ash cloud grounds Australian flights

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:30 PM PDT

An ash cloud drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago is once again grounding commercial jets and stranding thousands of passengers in Australia.

Sudan, Southern Sudan reach Abyei deal

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Representatives of Sudan and southern Sudan have signed an agreement calling for the immediate withdrawal of Sudanese troops from the disputed Abyei region.

Aborigine jail rate a 'tragedy': Australian report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Young Aborigines were 28 times more likely to be jailed than non-Aborigines, a found Tuesday, a AFP - Aborigines account for one quarter of Australia's prisoners, despite representing just 2.5 percent of the population, a report found Tuesday, describing the figures as a "national tragedy".

Australian flights disrupted by ash cloud again (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:46 PM PDT

A passenger arrives at the Qantas terminal at Sydney's airport June 21, 2011. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - An ash cloud from a volcano in Chile wreaked havoc on Australian flights again on Tuesday, with Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia cancelling domestic flights in and out of Sydney and other key cities from Tuesday afternoon.

Malaysia to fingerprint voters to combat fraud (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:55 PM PDT

Malaysia has unveiled plans to fingerprint voters to combat fraud in the next elections, under pressure from activists planning a mass rally next month over claims of rampant vote-rigging.(AFP/File/Kamarul Akhir)AFP - Malaysia has unveiled plans to fingerprint voters to combat fraud in the next elections, under pressure from activists planning a mass rally next month over claims of rampant vote-rigging.

US approves $3.4bn native American settlement

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:47 PM PDT

Judge rules in favour of settlement against US government to return billions in mismanaged resources to native tribes.


Tunisia's Ben Ali sentenced in absentia to 35 years in jail

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 10:03 PM PDT

TUNIS, Jun (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia on Monday to 35 years in jail, six months after his overthrow in a revolution helped to inspire the "Arab Spring."

Australian flights disrupted by ash cloud again

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:56 PM PDT

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An ash cloud from a volcano in Chile wreaked havoc on Australian flights again on Tuesday, with Qantas Airways and Virgin Australia cancelling domestic flights in and out of Sydney and other key cities from Tuesday afternoon.

Build unified ASEAN in South China Sea: McCain (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:17 PM PDT

File photo of US Senator John McCain June 8, 2011 in Washington, DC. McCain called for the United States to step up military and political support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in growing disputes in the South China Sea.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Win Mcnamee)AFP - Senator John McCain called for the United States to step up military and political support to Southeast Asian nations to stand up against China in growing disputes in the South China Sea.

Yelena Bonner: Are there any dissidents like her in Russia today? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 12:25 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Yelena Bonner, the Soviet-era human rights pioneer and political dissident who died in Boston over the weekend, lived to see a genuine â€" if incomplete â€"transformation in her native Russia even though she maintained her principled opposition to the Kremlin until the end, several of her former friends and colleagues in Moscow said Monday.


Ambassador Eikenberry's pushback against Karzai: Will it make a difference? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 11:29 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - The top US diplomat in Afghanistan joined a chorus of critics of the US mission in Afghanistan this weekend when he responded publicly to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's claims that the US and NATO were “using†Afghanistan.


Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business - Alistair Rennie, IBM

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT

Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Social Busine


The Worst Cities For Auto Theft

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 09:01 PM PDT

California is a golden state for car thieves, taking eight spots in our top 10.


Where Rich Chinese Are Buying Real Estate

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:50 PM PDT

UK, Canada and Australia are the destinations of choice for the second, third, fourth and fifth home


Syria forces sweep Aleppo as Assad promises reform (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:30 PM PDT

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad speaks in Damascus, June 20, 2011, in this handout photograph released by Syria's national news agency SANA. REUTERS/Sana/HandoutReuters - Syrian forces have extended a security sweep near the Turkish border to the merchant city of Aleppo, activists said, as President Bashar al-Assad pledged reforms that protesters said failed to meet popular demands.

Fukushima raises questions about new Finnish reactor (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:57 PM PDT

The turbine in the nuclear power plant Olkiluoto 3 'OL3' in south-western Finland. Thousands labour in its labyrinth of corridors and scaffolding, turning 320,000 cubic metres of concrete and five times the Eiffel Tower's steel into what, according to power company TVO, will be the most advanced nuclear reactor the world has ever seen.(AFP/File/Jacques Demarthon)AFP - More than 5,000 hard-hat workers swarm over a sprawling nuclear facility in western Finland to build OL3 -- touted as the safest nuclear reactor in the world -- a claim which has come under scrutiny following Japan's nuclear disaster.

Mexico reporter, his son and wife shot to death (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2011 08:58 PM PDT

A cameraman stands next to police vehicles parked outside the home of journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco in the Gulf Coast city of Veracruz, Mexico, Monday June 20, 2011. Lopez Velasco, the editorial director for Notiver who wrote a column about politics and crime, was gunned down with his wife and their 21-year-old son inside the home, early Monday. Authorities said investigators haven't determined a motive in the killings and no one has been arrested. (AP Photo/fotojarocha.com-Felix Marquez)AP - A journalist, his wife, and their 21-year-old son were shot to death inside their home in this Gulf coast city Monday, authorities said.
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