No signs of life from French gunman - government

No signs of life from French gunman - government


No signs of life from French gunman - government

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:36 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - French police have heard no sign of life from al Qaeda-inspired gunman Mohamed Merah, suspected of killing seven people, since late Wednesday evening, and it is unclear whether he is still alive, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said on Thursday.



Germany lacks 8 billion euro for infrastructure - report

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:27 AM PDT

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The German government lacks as much as 8.4 billion euros (7 billion pounds) for investment in motorways, railway lines and other infrastructure in the period to 2015, German paper Bild-Zeitung reported on Thursday, citing a government document.



India loses $210 billion in coal sales in "mother of all scams"

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:33 PM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India lost up to $210 billion in revenue by selling coal deposits too cheaply, according to a government auditor's draft report, renewing pressure on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is already reeling from corruption scandals.



Mali soldiers say seize power after palace attack

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:16 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television on Thursday to declare they had seized power in a coup after the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north.



Effective parenting today

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:47 AM PDT

It is interesting to note that in life we are trained in almost every area and made to understand the importance of living successfully, there is usually no training given to prepare us for parenting. Most of us either imitate what our parents thinking to ourselves, 'I didn't turn out so bad' or we try to glean from other people we know whom we think have done a good job as parents.

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From waffle irons to magic wands, Hello Kitty has it covered

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:25 AM PDT

With an estimated 12,000 Hello Kitty products out there on the market -- and a further 600 being released each year -- the Japanese cartoon character has been one of the world's great marketing success stories since first appearing way back in 1974.

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Kidnapped midwife released in Philippines

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:24 AM PDT

Suspected Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists released a health worker they had seized in the troubled southern Philippines, two days after they seized her, officials said Thursday.

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Snow isolates remote Tibetan county

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:24 AM PDT

Heavy snow has blocked the only road that connects the remote Tibetan county of Medog with the outside world, according to local authorities.

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UN hopes to turn tide in Syria with peace plan

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:18 AM PDT

The UN Security Council on Thursday awaited Syria's response to its demand for the "immediate" implementation of a plan by special envoy Kofi Annan to rein in the government's bloody crackdown.

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Mali soldiers say seize power after palace attack

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 12:05 AM PDT

BAMAKO (Mali), March 22 —Renegade Malian soldiers went on state television today to declare they had seized power in a coup after the government's failure to quell a nomad-led rebellion in the north. The soldiers of the newly formed National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State (CNRDR) read out a brief statement after heavy weapons ...



North Korea rocket satellite launch violates security laws, says UN chief

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:39 PM PDT

PUTRAJAYA, March 22 — North Korea's plans to launch a rocket carrying a satellite next month is a violation of the United Nation's (UN) security laws, its secretary-general said today. "As a secretary-general of the UN, there is deep concern over announcement of the government of peoples republic of north korea of their intention to launch ...



Sarkozy takes first-round poll lead after shootings

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 10:20 PM PDT

PARIS, March 22 — The first opinion poll since a gunman shot dead four people at a Jewish school on Monday showed President Nicolas Sarkozy would narrowly beat his Socialist challenger in the first round of a presidential election next month. Sarkozy and Francois Hollande suspended their campaigns after three children and a rabbi were shot dead at ...



Dozens homeless in western Mexico after huge quake

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 07:18 PM PDT

PASO CUAULOTE (Mexico), March 22 — Dozens of families cleared rubble from their destroyed homes in southwestern Mexico yesterday following a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake that caused landslides, knocked down school walls and cracked a church tower. At least 100 houses collapsed and 1,000 were damaged near the epicenter of Tuesday's quake in the ...



HK dad sentenced over fiery protest threat

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:47 PM PDT

A Hong Kong man was sentenced to community service after threatening to set himself on fire in a protest against his son's failure to get into an elite school, reports said on Thursday.

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Indonesia says its embassy was not target of Paris bomb

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:43 PM PDT

The Indonesian embassy was not the intended target of a bomb blast outside the mission in Paris, Indonesia's intelligence chief said Thursday.

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Thai drug cops arrested for trafficking

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:23 PM PDT

Four Thai policemen have been arrested after they seized narcotics worth $1 million in raids on drug gangs and kept them to sell themselves, senior police said.

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Barcelona builds soccer school in Indonesia

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:15 PM PDT

Spanish giant FC Barcelona has started the construction of a 100 million euro (132.3 U.S. dollars) soccer academy in Indonesia, the Spanish club's first full residential outside Spain.

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VIDEO: Australia's most wanted man caught

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 10:11 PM PDT

Australia's most wanted man Malcolm Naden, who evaded police for seven years, is finally caught.


Mali soldiers attack palace in coup bid

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 11:01 PM PDT

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mutineering soldiers attacked Mali's presidential palace overnight on Thursday as a protest over the government's handling of a nomad-led rebellion in the north turned into an all-out attempted coup.



Police deploy explosives in French gunman siege

Posted: 21 Mar 2012 10:56 PM PDT

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - French police fired shots and set off explosives roughly every hour outside an apartment block in southern France on Thursday to try to force out a 24-year-old gunman suspected of killing seven people in the name of al Qaeda.



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