Police find 15 bodies in western Mexico

Police find 15 bodies in western Mexico

Police find 15 bodies in western Mexico

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:55 AM PST

MEXICO CITY, Jan 10 — Police found 15 bodies piled on top of one another outside a convenience store in western Mexico yesterday, local and federal authorities said. The corpses, at least 13 of which were semi-naked, had been shot in what appeared to be a flare up in an on-going turf war between drug cartels in Michoacan state. The victims, which ...

Turkish PM warns of civil war in Syria

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:32 AM PST

ANKARA, Jan 10 — Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday Syria was heading for civil war and that Turkey should play a leading role in preventing this, in one of Ankara's starkest warnings over the violent uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. "The situation in Syria is heading towards a religious, sectarian, racial war, and ...

Embattled Assad to make speech on “internal issue”

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:04 AM PST

BEIRUT, Jan 10 — Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, locked in a violent struggle against a wave of unrest, is to make a speech today on "the internal issue and international and regional developments," state media said. The SANA news agency gave no further details. Assad, whose forces are accused of killing thousands of protesters over the last 10 ...

US authorities probe US-China commission email hack

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Jan 10 — US authorities are investigating allegations that an Indian government spy unit hacked into emails of an official US commission that monitors economic and security relations between the United States and China, including cyber-security issues. The request for an investigation came after hackers posted on the Internet what ...

Kazakh leader says riot-hit town to vote in election

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:18 PM PST

ALMATY, Jan 10 — Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Tuesday overturned a decision to cancel parliamentary elections in the mutinous oil town where deadly riots have posed the biggest challenge to stability in the country's two decades of independence. By exercising his veto over the Constitutional Council's decision, Nazarbayev will allow ...

Once bitten, China to temper remarks on Taiwan vote

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 10:15 PM PST

BEIJING, Jan 10 — China has forgone blustery warnings and war games in the run-up to Taiwan's presidential election this weekend, and will likely take a measured response even if the independence-leaning opposition unseats friendlier incumbent Ma Ying-jeou. It is no secret that Beijing prefers another four years for the Nationalist Party's Ma, who ...

Analysis - Anwar acquittal boosts case for early election

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:29 AM PST

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak may call elections as early as March to stay ahead of a weakening economy and dissension within his own party made worse by Monday's acquittal of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim.

China's Wen to visit key Mideast energy powers

Posted: 10 Jan 2012 12:25 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao will visit three key Middle Eastern oil and gas suppliers -- Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar -- from the weekend, amid signs that Beijing wants to expand its options in the face of U.S. sanctions aimed at Iran.

China stops unapproved stem cell treatments

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:46 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered a halt to all unapproved stem cell treatments and clinical trials, state media reported on Tuesday, as Beijing seeks to rein in the largely untested stem cell therapies now on offer across the country.

U.S. authorities probe U.S.-China commission email hack

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:43 PM PST

(Reuters) - U.S. authorities are investigating allegations that an Indian government spy unit hacked into emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors economic and security relations between the United States and China, including cyber-security issues.

Islamists seek to cement control in last stage of Egypt vote

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:37 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamists aimed to cement control over Egypt's lower house of parliament as a final phase of voting began on Tuesday, while a secular party's plan to boycott elections for the upper chamber threatened to weaken the liberal bloc.

Say no to extremism and violence

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:52 PM PST

Thankfully, the day ended without water canon or tear gas. However, three explosions in the vicinity of the Jalan Duta Court Complex had filled the day with uneasiness and a strange atmosphere. The coward act with an ulterior motive should be condemned.

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Khalid not under pressure to remove Hasan Ali

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:30 PM PST

Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said he was not pressured by anyone to remove Datuk Dr Hasan Ali as a state executive councillor.

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Suu Kyi confirmed to run in upcoming by-elections

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:29 PM PST

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been confirmed to run the upcoming by-elections set for April 1, according to sources with her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD) Tuesday.

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Saari warned over candidacy issue

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:29 PM PST

PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang has verbally warned its Hulu Klang assemblyman Saari Sungib not to precede the party in announcing who is eligible or not to be the party's candidate for the coming general election.

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Civil Defence Act to be amended

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST

The Civil Defence Act 1951 will be amended to fine-tune the duties and jurisdiction of the home minister and the Civil Defence Department director-general besides the role of its members, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop.

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Now merit will determine electoral contest

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:28 PM PST

The verdict in the Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial has not only proven that the country's judiciary is independent, it has also dispelled any notion that the ruling party is employing underhand tactics to put the opposition at a disadvantage, analysts said.

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BN feels no pressure with court's decision

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:27 PM PST

Barisan Nasional (BN) feels no fear nor pressure at all with the Kuala Lumpur High Court's decision yesterday to acquit and discharge opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan.

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Taiwan murder suspect 'kills self' in Japan custody

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:05 PM PST

A Taiwanese man suspected of stabbing to death two female compatriots slashed his throat in the back of a Japanese police car as he was being taken for questioning, a police spokeswoman said Tuesday.

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Man dies from bird flu in Indonesia: officials

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST

A 24-year-old Indonesian man infected with bird flu died in the capital Jakarta, the health ministry said Tuesday, in the country's third fatal case in three months.

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