N.Korea says to launch ‘satellite’ to mark founder’s birth

N.Korea says to launch ‘satellite’ to mark founder’s birth

N.Korea says to launch ‘satellite’ to mark founder’s birth

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:18 PM PDT

SEOUL, March 16 — North Korea said on Friday it would launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of its founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month even though it recently said it would suspend long-range missile testing as part of talks with the United States. Foreign officials have said the past launches are disguised long-range missile ...

London father-in-law emailed Assad advice - report

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:34 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Bashar al-Assad's father-in-law, a London doctor who had been seen as a modernising influence on him, has been offering advice to the Syrian leader on how to depict his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising to the world, Britain's Guardian newspaper said on Friday, quoting intercepted emails.

North Korea says to launch long-range rocket to mark founder's birth

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 11:29 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution.

Belgium sets day of mourning, crash survivors return

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:40 PM PDT

BRUSSELS/SIERRE, Switzerland (Reuters) - Belgium said it would hold a national day of mourning on Friday for 22 children and six adults killed in a bus crash in Switzerland, as parents of the victims and the first of the survivors headed home.

China leader's ouster could cloud succession plans

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:39 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been toppled from his post as head of the inland city of Chongqing, in a move risking a backlash from backers of his controversial vision of socialist growth.

Sanctions vice tightens on Iran over nuclear dispute

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:39 PM PDT

LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The sanctions vice is tightening on Iran, cutting it out of key global financial networks, but Tehran is taking urgent steps to withstand the pressure over a nuclear programme the West suspects is intended to produce bombs.

Philadelphia man arrested for supporting Uzbek militants

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:38 PM PDT

DENVER (Reuters) - A Philadelphia man accused of being a member of an Islamic militant group U.S. authorities say is seeking to overthrow the secular government of Uzbekistan has been arrested on charges of conspiracy to provide support to a terrorist organization.

Russian opposition sees jailings as Putin warning

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:34 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian courts jailed one of the organisers of opposition protests for 10 days, fined another and gave the husband of a third a five-year prison term for fraud on Thursday in rulings the opposition said were a warning signal from Vladimir Putin.

Exclusive - U.S., UK set to agree emergency oil stocks release

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:33 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is poised to cooperate with the United States on a release of strategic oil stocks that is expected within months, two British sources said, in a bid to prevent fuel prices choking economic growth in a U.S. election year.

North Korea says to launch long-range rocket to mark founder's birth

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:22 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it will launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month, prompting immediate fears from Japan it would in fact be another long-range missile launch in breach of a U.N. resolution.

Yemeni 'Salafis' form political party

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:17 PM PDT

SANAA, Mar 16: Salafis in Yemen have formed their first political party, urging recently elected President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi to apply Shariah to all areas of life and to reject interference by foreign powers.

VIDEO: Dogs that escaped the dinner plate

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:47 PM PDT

Authorities in Thailand say that in the last six months they have rescued 2,000 dogs destined for the dinner tables of south east Asia.


Tim Burton brings dark, dreamlike fantasy world to France

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:08 PM PDT

(France-AFP) - He's taken his audiences to the netherworld and back. And now director Tim Burton gives a behind the scenes look into his dark creative world with a new exhibition opening here in Paris. Boyhood sketches, ghoulish figurines and even Batman's mask are on display. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Michelle Yeoh receives Legion of Honour from France

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:07 PM PDT

Malaysian actress, Datuk Michelle Yeoh has been awarded the officer of Legion of Honour, the highest decoration by France, during a ceremony in Paris on Wednesday (March 14).

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No directive on service tax for prepaid users: MCMC

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:06 PM PDT

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) says that it has not issued a memo to telecommunication industry players instructing them to be prepared for a proposed six per cent tax on prepaid phone subscribers.

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Nigeria music icon making a comeback... at 85

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 10:06 PM PDT

Fatai Rolling Dollar, the 85-year-old Nigerian icon of "highlife" music that once dominated West Africa, is mounting an unlikely comeback. An album release a few years saw the octogenarian return from the wilderness and today he performs to packed venues and remains, despite his age, one of Nigeria's snappiest dressers. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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On sale

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:58 PM PDT

Customers show off their newly purchased new iPads in Tokyo.

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France's Hollande says pushes growth over austerity

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:36 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - France's poll-leading Socialist presidential candidate Francois Hollande said on Thursday that budget-cutting targets should not be set in stone and he would bend them in favour of growth.

North Korea says to launch "satellite" to mark founder's birth

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:34 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Friday it would launch a "working" satellite to mark the centenary of its founder Kim Il-sung's birth next month even though it recently said it would suspend long-range missile testing as part of talks with the United States.

Syrian forces press offensive in Idlib, 45 killed

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 09:26 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces pressed their military offensive in the northern province of Idlib, driving 1,000 refugees across the Turkish border as the bloody revolt against President Bashar al-Assad entered a second year with no sign of political solution.

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