Car bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Mosul - hospital

Car bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Mosul - hospital

Car bomb kills at least 8 in Iraq's Mosul - hospital

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:34 PM PST

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded inside a residential complex housing displaced Shi'ite Muslims in the Iraqi city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding another four, hospital and police sources said.

Nigeria protests suspended after fuel price cut

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:59 PM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday petrol prices would be reduced to 97 naira ($0.60) a litre and labour unions agreed to suspend mass protests to allow further negotiations with the government.

Housing Ministry investigates claims of sale of RMR houses

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST

Sarawak Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg today said the ministry is investigating cases of people selling houses received under the "Rumah Mesra Rakyat (RMR)" programme.

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Watch: Behind-the-scenes with Kate Winslet for St. John

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:03 AM PST

A video looking behind the scenes at Hollywood actress Kate Winslet's Spring 2012 campaign for St. John has been revealed, with the star emphasizing how the new line will appeal to curvaceous women.

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Japan probes radioactive apartment block

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:52 PM PST

Japan's government was Monday investigating how an apartment had been built with radioactive concrete in the latest scare from the country's ongoing nuclear crisis.

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Little optimism over Bahrain 'reforms'

Posted: 16 Jan 2012 12:11 AM PST

MANAMA, Jan 16: A new round of modest constitutional reforms proposed by the king of Bahrain will do little to stop the nearly year-old uprising in the island kingdom, activists and opposition leaders said on Sunday.

VIDEO: Cruise captain 'committed errors'

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

The owners of the cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Tuscany say there may have been "significant human error" on the part of the ship's captain.


Two divorcees nabbed over acid attack

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

The police have arrested two women in connection with an acid attack on a man in Kampung Tendong, Pasir Mas on Saturday.

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At least 11 killed in Beirut building collapse: Red Cross

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:40 PM PST

At least 11 people were killed and 12 were injured when a run-down six-storey apartment block collapsed without warning in the Lebanese capital, a Red Cross official told AFP on Monday.

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Red carpet

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:24 PM PST

Actors and actresses posed on the red carpet for the 69th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, January 15, 2012.

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Khazanah to divest Proton stake to DRB-Hicom for RM1.291 bln

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST

Khazanah Nasional Bhd has announced that it will divest its 42.74 per cent stake in Proton Holdings Bhd to DRB-Hicom Bhd via a conditional sale with a price consideration of RM5.50 per share or RM1.291 billion.

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Prisons Dept denies using excessive force on 200 inmates

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:36 PM PST

The Prisons Department has denied claims that Sungai Buloh Prisons officers had used excessive force to break up a protest on Jan 4 which allegedly caused injuries to 200 inmates of Blok Berkat.

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Meeting Ma Ying-jeou

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

Instead of indifferent as claimed by some people, the then rising political star of the Chinese world was sincere, polite and friendly.

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VIDEO: Artist scoops three Golden Globes

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:22 PM PST

Silent film The Artist scooped three prizes at the Golden Globe awards in Los Angeles, hosted by British comedian Ricky Gervais.


VIDEO: Search for life under Antarctic ice

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 11:11 PM PST

British scientists in Antarctica are planning to drill into an underground lake two miles below the ice, to gather samples that may contain new forms of life.


Bomb material found in Thailand after terror warnings

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai police discovered bomb-making material after the detention of a Lebanese man suspected of planning an attack, but the prime minister insisted on Monday that everything was under control.

Fourteen still missing from Italian ship disaster

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:07 PM PST

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Rescue workers searched the half submerged hulk of a capsized Italian cruise ship for 14 people still missing Monday, more than 48 hours after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least six and injuring more than 60.

Fifteen still missing from Italian ship disaster

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 09:32 PM PST

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian rescue workers searched the half submerged hulk of a stricken cruise ship for 15 people still missing on Monday, more than 48 hours after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least five and injuring more than 60.

Rescuers search stricken Italy cruise ship

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 07:55 PM PST

GIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Italian rescue workers searched the hulk of a partially submerged cruise ship for 15 people still missing Monday, more than two days after the huge vessel capsized, killing at least five people and injuring more than 60.

VIDEO: Aid official expelled from Chad

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 10:23 PM PST

A senior British aid official has been expelled from Chad while attempting to visit refugees from Darfur in the east of the country.


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