Italy rescue workers make voice contact with another survivor

Italy rescue workers make voice contact with another survivor

Italy rescue workers make voice contact with another survivor

Posted: 15 Jan 2012 12:49 AM PST

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Jan 15 – Rescue workers on the stricken cruise ship that ran aground near a small Italian island late on Friday have made voice contact with another survivor and were trying to reach the person, a coast guard official said today. "We are trying to do the impossible to reach that person," the official told Italian ...

Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:57 PM PST

MUMBAI, Jan 15 — The all-Indian crew of a chemical oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year has been released, alongwith the ship, Indian authorities said. The vessel, MT Fairchem Bogey, is proceeding to a safe port, the Directorate General of Shipping, which regulates shipping activity, said in a statement late ...

New US sanctions hamper Iran bid to recover US$1.75b

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:26 PM PST

WASHINGTON, 15 — Iran's effort to recover some US$1.75 billion (RM5.47 billion) frozen in a US bank faces a new obstacle due to a law President Barack Obama signed last month, potentially further squeezing Tehran's economy and exacerbating tensions between the two countries. When Obama signed the National Defense Authorisation Act on Dec. 31, a ...

Qaeda militants seize town southeast of Yemen capital

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 11:25 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Dozens of al Qaeda militants have seized a small town about 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Yemen's capital Sanaa, a police source and witnesses said on Sunday.

Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The all-Indian crew of a chemical oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year has been released, along with the ship, Indian authorities said.

Iran sends rare letter to U.S. over killed scientist

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:37 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Saturday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country's nuclear program have escalated to their highest level ever.

Bodies in Cambodian car may be Frenchman, family

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:53 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Police in Cambodia were on Sunday investigating how five bodies, thought to be those of a Frenchman and his four children who went missing last year, ended up in a car dumped in a pond behind the French family's home.

Kazakh vote tests stability after oil town unrest

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

ZHANAOZEN, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Kazakhstan began voting on Sunday in an election designed to put a second party in parliament and ease growing discontent after deadly riots shook the image of stability prized by the veteran leader of Central Asia's largest economy and oil producer.

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:33 PM PST

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) - About 40 people were still missing Sunday more than 24 hours after an Italian cruise ship with more than 4,000 on board capsized off Italy's west coast, killing at least three people and injuring 70.

China denounces US sanctions on company dealing with Iran

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:58 PM PST

BEIJING, Jan 15 — China critised US sanctions on a Chinese company selling refined petroleum products to Iran, calling Washington's punishment an unreasonable step beyond international sanctions on Tehran's nuclear programme. On Thursday, the Obama administration invoked US law to sanction China's state-run Zhuhai Zhenrong Corp, which it said was ...

Paterno was unsure how to handle abuse tip

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:32 PM PST

PHILADELPHIA, Jan 15 — Joe Paterno, the longtime Penn State University football coach fired in the fallout from child sex abuse allegations against former assistant Jerry Sandusky, says he was unsure how to handle the first report about Sandusky that reached him in 2002. "I didn't know exactly how to handle it, and I was afraid to do something ...

Clinton calls Myanmar’s foreign minister, Aung San Suu Kyi

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 05:22 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told Myanmar's foreign minister and pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a call yesterday the United States is "committed to walking down the path of reform" with the Southeast Asian nation. One day after President Barack Obama's administration said it would upgrade ties with Myanmar ...

Kazakh vote tests stability after oil town unrest

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:53 PM PST

ALMATY, Jan 15 — Kazakhstan holds an election today that will put a second party in parliament, aiming to ease discontent after deadly riots last month, but few expect the vote to lead to real pluralism in a country dominated by its veteran leader. No-one doubts the Nur Otan party of President Nursultan Nazarbayev will win the vote by a landslide. ...

Iran sends rare letter to US over killed scientist

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 04:08 PM PST

TEHRAN, Jan 15 — Iran said yesterday it had evidence Washington was behind the latest killing of one of its nuclear scientists, state television reported, at a time when tensions over the country's nuclear programme have escalated to their highest level ever. In the fifth attack of its kind in two years, a magnetic bomb was attached to the door of ...

Greeks like their PM, unhappy with coalition government

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:58 PM PST

ATHENS, Jan 15 — Most Greeks are unhappy with their coalition government but continue to support its technocrat Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, an opinion poll showed yesterday. Pressure is building on Athens to conclude a deal to cut its debt load. Government negotiations with bankers and insurers broke up without agreement Friday, although ...

Nigerian strike talks fail to reach fuel price deal

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 06:40 PM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan and labour unions failed to reach a compromise over government-subsidised fuel prices, but the unions said oil workers would not shut down crude output while the two sides kept talking.

Three dead, 40 missing in Italian ship disaster

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 06:03 PM PST

PORTO SANTO STEFANO, Italy (Reuters) - About 40 people were still missing Sunday more than 24 hours after an Italian cruise ship with more than 4,000 on board capsized off Italy's west coast, killing at least three people and injuring 70.

Purification

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:19 PM PST

Shinto believers pour cold water to purify their bodies and souls as part of an endurance show at the Kanda Shrine in Tokyo.

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Taiwan's Ma wins second term as president

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:25 AM PST

Taiwan's Beijing-friendly leader Ma Ying-jeou secured a second four-year term as president Saturday, promising better ties with China after an election watched intently by the United States.

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Nigeria crisis talks fail to reach compromise

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 03:02 PM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigerian unions and President Goodluck Jonathan met late into the night Saturday but failed to reach a compromise over the removal of fuel subsidies that has raised fears of a shutdown of Nigeria's oil industry, a union leader said.

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