Egypt's military rulers ban discrimination

Egypt's military rulers ban discrimination


Egypt's military rulers ban discrimination

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 11:30 PM PDT

Measure comes a week after 26 people were killed in clashes involving minority Coptic Christian protesters and military.


Robert Downey Jr. Asks Hollywood to Forgive Mel Gibson

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:43 PM PDT

I?ve taken flack in the past for defending Mel Gibson in the past so it?s nice to see Robert Downey Jr. urge the crowd at the American Cinametheque award ceremony to forgive the embattled actor and move past the ugliness that has plagued his personal life and career in recent years. Recalling when Gibson had ...


Israel names 477 prisoners to be freed

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 11:03 PM PDT

Israeli justice ministry publishes official list of Palestinian prisoners to be released in phase one of a swap deal.


New government confirmed in Haiti

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:53 PM PDT

Haiti parliament passes a vote of confidence in support of new prime minister Garry Conille's legislative programme.


What's Happened To Jon Huntsman's Presidential Bid?

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:15 PM PDT

Like many Americans living in Asia, I find the U.S. presidential candidacy of Asia-hand Jon Huntsman somewhat intriguing.?? The country could use a national leader with hands-on experience in the world's fastest-growing region.?? And so last year, I described the then U.S ambassador to China as a name "you need to know" in 2011, suggesting ...


Floods death toll rises in Central America

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:17 PM PDT

Storm-ravaged Guatemala declares "state of calamity", while deaths also reported in Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua.


French Socialists to choose presidential nominee (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:00 PM PDT

A poster representing the front page of a French magazine showing the two socialists candidates Francois Hollande, left, and Martine Aubry is  displayed at a newspaper kiosk before the second round of the primary elections to chose a Socialist party candidate for the 2012 French presidential elections, in Nice, southeastern France, Friday, Oct. 14, 2011. The poster reads  'Primary,Tension ahead of runoff vote'. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau )AP - France's Socialists and sympathizers on Sunday are choosing their nominee for next year's presidential election — an expected showdown with embattled conservative President Nicolas Sarkozy.



Japan's aging air force plans major overhaul (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:18 PM PDT

AP - Warplanes bearing the bright red Rising Sun logo roared overhead Sunday as Japan held a once-every-three-years display to showcase one of the best air forces in Asia. The only problem — most of its fighters were grounded.


Eighth Tibetan burns himself in protest in China

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:12 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A young Tibetan man has set himself on fire in southwestern China, an exiled Tibetan activist said on Sunday, the eighth self-immolation this year in a region that has become the center of defiance of Beijing's religious controls.


VIDEO: Bangkok bolsters flood defences

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 08:36 PM PDT

Thai military and civilian volunteers are continuing their efforts to try and stop Thailand's worst floods in decades from inundating the capital, Bangkok.


VIDEO: Tight security after Tripoli unrest

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 08:35 PM PDT

Forces of the new Libyan government have stepped up security in the capital Tripoli, a day after clashes with armed supporters of Colonel Gaddafi.


VIDEO: Bangkok bolsters flood defences

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 08:36 PM PDT

Thai military and civilian volunteers are continuing their efforts to try and stop Thailand's worst floods in decades from inundating the capital, Bangkok.


VIDEO: Tight security after Tripoli unrest

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 08:35 PM PDT

Forces of the new Libyan government have stepped up security in the capital Tripoli, a day after clashes with armed supporters of Colonel Gaddafi.


Shooting Near Indonesian Mine Kills 3

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 09:13 PM PDT

Gunmen shot and killed three miners in the latest attack near the world's largest gold mine in eastern Indonesia.


Bangkok braces but safe so far from floods (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:56 PM PDT

Thai soldiers build a sandbag barrier at the partially flooded Sanjao Longhua Chinese temple as residents protect central Bangkok from floods October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Dario PignatelliReuters - Relief workers reinforced barriers on Sunday to help defend Thailand's capital, Bangkok, from the country's worst floods in half a century and efforts were stepped up to protect a huge industrial estate to the city's north.



Flood barriers around Thai capital hold up so far (AP)

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:51 PM PDT

Thai villagers wade through floodwaters in Pak Kred district in Nonthaburi province, Thailand, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011. Flooding that has devastated great areas of northern and central Thailand and taken nearly 300 lives since July is threatening to seep into the capital, though officials say they can keep it out of the central part of the city. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)AP - An elaborate system of defenses protecting Thailand's capital from high waters sweeping down from the north was holding up Sunday, protecting Bangkok from the worst floods to hit this Southeast Asian nation in decades.



Bangkok braces but safe so far from floods

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 10:56 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Relief workers reinforced barriers on Sunday to help defend Thailand's capital, Bangkok, from the country's worst floods in half a century and efforts were stepped up to protect a huge industrial estate to the city's north.


US 'abandons' plans to keep troops in Iraq

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 08:00 PM PDT

Obama officials tell the Associated Press all US troops will leave by the end of 2011, except 160 guarding embassy.


VIDEO: Wrecks litter Nigeria's coastline

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 07:21 PM PDT

There is growing concern in Nigeria that the multi-billion dollar oil industry is impacting the environment, as its ships end up abandoned along the coast.


VIDEO: Sochi 2014: Russia's Olympic city

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 07:22 PM PDT

Preparations are in progress in the southern Russian city of Sochi, a favourite holiday destination, which will be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2014.