VIDEO: Anders Breivik murder trial begins

VIDEO: Anders Breivik murder trial begins


VIDEO: Anders Breivik murder trial begins

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:34 AM PDT

Breivik is on trial for the bomb and gun attack in Norway last year that left 77 people dead.


Exclusive - Briton killed after threat to expose Chinese leader's wife - sources

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:39 AM PDT

CHONGQING, China (Reuters) - The British businessman whose murder has sparked political upheaval in China was poisoned after he threatened to expose a plan by a Chinese leader's wife to move money abroad, two sources with knowledge of the police investigation said.



Norway mass killer salutes as appears in court

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:19 AM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian anti-Islam militant Anders Behring Breivik who massacred 77 people in July arrived under heavy armed guard at an Oslo courthouse on Monday, lifting his arm in what he has called a rightist salute as his trial began.



Spanish king under fire over "irresponsible" hunting trip

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:51 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos I came under intense media fire on Sunday for hunting elephants in Botswana when his country was being sucked back into the euro zone's financial crisis and one young Spaniard out of two was unemployed.



Carla and Valerie: discreet battle of France's first ladies

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:52 AM PDT

Carla Bruni has swapped the front row of the runway shows for the front row of political rallies, and Valerie Trierweiler has stopped writing about politics and started being written about.

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1,800-year-old tomb cluster found in E China

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:34 AM PDT

Archaeologists in east China's Jiangxi province said Monday they have found a cluster of tombs dating back 1,800 years.

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ITS can help govt to address traffic and safety issues

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:33 AM PDT

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) is an emerging technology in providing solutions to the government to address issues related to traffic management, safety and environment in transportation.

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Seven safeguards for Security Offences Bill

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 12:10 AM PDT

The government has decided to come up with seven safeguards following the formulation of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Bill 2012, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

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3 killed as Thailand's Songkran turns violent

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:51 PM PDT

Three people were killed and many injured in separate violent incidents in Thailand as the country's celebration of the annual Songkran Festival, or the traditional New Year Holiday turned ugly in some places, local media reported on Monday.

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Kabul fighting ends with explosions, heavy gunfire

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:26 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Heavy street fighting between militants and security forces in the centre of the Afghan capital, Kabul, ended on Monday after 18 hours of gunfire, rocket attacks and explosions, police and government officials said.



M'sian economy should be more dependent on domestic consumption, says Tun M

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:47 PM PDT

The government must look at ways to increase the contribution of domestic consumption to Malaysia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) while ensure the economy is less dependent on the export market, says former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said.

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Police probe 'killer' python in urban Japan

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:45 PM PDT

Police in urban Japan were Monday probing the death of a man whose body was found next to a 6.5-metre (21 foot) python.

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UN council set to condemn North Korean rocket launch

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 09:18 PM PDT

NEW YORK, April 16 — After days of closed-door haggling, the UN Security Council is hoping to adopt a statement today condemning North Korea's botched rocket launch and suggesting an expansion of a UN blacklist of North Korean firms and individuals, envoys said. US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said on Friday the members of the ...



Swiss woman taken by gunmen in Mali’s Timbuktu

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 08:34 PM PDT

BAMAKO, April 16 — A Swiss woman who had stayed in the northern Malian town of Timbuktu after it was captured by Tuareg and Islamist rebels was taken from her house by unidentified gunmen yesterday, a witness and several sources in the town said. Yehia Tandina, one of the town's residents, said the woman, whom she identified only as Beatrice, was ...



Mali ready to talk to rebels, not ‘foreigners’

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 07:31 PM PDT

NOUAKCHOTT, April 16 — Mali's interim president is willing to open dialogue with Tuareg-led rebels and Islamists occupying the north of the West African country, but "armed foreign jihadist groups" among them should leave, a Malian envoy and mediator said yesterday. "We want to resolve the difficulties in the north of our country through dialogue ...



Coached and confident, North Korea's Kim echoes grandfather

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 10:23 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Most North Koreans never heard their late leader, Kim Jong-il, speak. His son, smiling and joking with generals on a podium as he watched a big military parade on Sunday, shattered that mould.



47 dead in Afghan attacks: interior minister

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

A total of 36 Taliban militants were killed as they mounted a wave of attacks across Afghanistan, Interior Minister Bismillah Mohammadi said Monday.

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Life is beautiful in detention camp

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 11:03 PM PDT

Discussing the Act from a different angle can actually depict the absurdity of the ISA.

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VIDEO: Village that predicts French elections

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 10:54 PM PDT

Ahead of the French presidential elections, BBC correspondent Christian Fraser visits the village that predicts which way the political winds are blowing.


Students who demonstrate for abolishment of PTPTN should repay their loans - Khaled Nordin

Posted: 15 Apr 2012 10:42 PM PDT

Students involved in the demonstration, urging the government to abolish loans from the National Higher Education Fund (PTPTN), should return the money that they had borrowed.

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