Bulgarian young blind musician follows her dreams

Bulgarian young blind musician follows her dreams

Bulgarian young blind musician follows her dreams

Posted: 12 May 2012 12:23 AM PDT

A blind young Bulgarian musician, Olga Koeva, 19, shows how strong the human will, talent and dreams can be.

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1 killed, 77 injured as buses with Umno members ram trailer truck

Posted: 11 May 2012 10:11 PM PDT

A Wanita Umno member was killed and 77 other party members were injured in a road accident involving two buses and a trailer lorry near the Port Dickson south-bound exit of the North-South Expressway early today.

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Local shares likely to continue downtrend

Posted: 11 May 2012 10:10 PM PDT

Shares on Bursa Malaysia are likely continue to trade easier next week, pressured by weaker external sentiment which normally would impact regional market performance, dealers said.

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Chavez shows strength after Cuba cancer treatment

Posted: 11 May 2012 08:35 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez strode, sang and gave a rousing speech on Friday in a careful show of vigour after his latest cancer treatment in Cuba fanned rumours he was dying five months before an election.

Greek Socialist fails to form government, vote beckons

Posted: 11 May 2012 08:08 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos on Saturday becomes the last political leader to throw in the towel after failing to cobble together a government, leaving the country's president with one final chance to avoid new elections.

Chavez returns to Venezuela after cancer treatment in Cuba

Posted: 11 May 2012 07:37 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez headed home on Friday after a series of cancer radiation treatments in Cuba to a nation fretting over his health five months before a presidential election.

U.S. resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns

Posted: 11 May 2012 04:32 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popular protests against the island kingdom's rulers, the State Department said on Friday.

Greece hurtles towards new election; hard left leads

Posted: 11 May 2012 04:01 PM PDT

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's politicians failed on Friday to agree a new government, sending the country hurtling towards a new vote, with radical leftists leading in the polls and poised to scrap the 130 billion euro bailout that staved off bankruptcy.

Syria says thwarts 1,200 kg car bomb in Aleppo

Posted: 11 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing with 1,200 kg (2,640 pounds) of explosives in the northern city of Aleppo on Friday, state television said, a day after two bombs in the capital Damascus killed at least 55 people.

Hezbollah says able to strike anywhere in Israel

Posted: 11 May 2012 01:28 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said his militant group was capable of striking any target in neighbouring Israel, saying "the days when we fled and they did not are over".

U.S. lawmakers want Haqqani named ''terrorist'' group

Posted: 11 May 2012 12:11 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The leaders of U.S. congressional intelligence committees, who recently returned from a trip to Afghanistan, urged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday to immediately designate the militant Haqqani network as a "terrorist" group.

Italy anarchists claim attack as public anger rises

Posted: 11 May 2012 12:02 PM PDT

GENOA/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for shooting and wounding the head of a nuclear engineering company and said it would strike again, spreading fears of a return to 1970s political violence in crisis-hit Italy.

Algeria ruling party snubs Arab Spring to win election

Posted: 11 May 2012 10:39 AM PDT

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria on Friday declared its ruling party for the past 50 years the victor in a parliamentary election, going against the tide of the "Arab Spring" which has transformed its neighbours.

Lithuania leader warns Ukraine of crisis of trust

Posted: 11 May 2012 10:14 AM PDT

KIEV (Reuters) - Lithuania's president warned the Ukrainian leadership on Friday that a "crisis of trust" was growing between Ukraine and its European partners over jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko which could block its hopes of a future in mainstream Europe.

Egyptians vote abroad, leadership contest heats up

Posted: 11 May 2012 08:56 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's presidential election, set to be the freest it has ever had, began for citizens abroad on Friday after a caustic televised debate between two candidates that produced no clear favourite to lead the most populous Arab nation.

Horrific Canadian child murder case ends with guilty verdict

Posted: 11 May 2012 07:38 PM PDT

TORONTO, May 12 — A Canadian man was found guilty of the murder, assault and kidnapping of an 8-year-old girl yesterday, after a gruesome two-month court case that horrified the country. A jury in London, Ontario, found Michael Rafferty, 31, guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping and sexual assault, dismissing his girlfriend's testimony that ...

UN official condemns Sudan for ‘indiscriminate’ bombing

Posted: 11 May 2012 06:44 PM PDT

JUBA, May 12 — The UN's top human rights official yesterday said she was outraged by Sudan's "indiscriminate" aerial bombing of South Sudan and warned that attacks that hurt civilians could be considered international crimes. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, condemned the attacks by Khartoum during a visit this week to ...

Syria says thwarts 1,200kg car bomb in Aleppo

Posted: 11 May 2012 06:24 PM PDT

BEIRUT, May 12 — Syrian forces foiled an attempted suicide car bombing with 1,200kg of explosives in the northern city of Aleppo yesterday, state television said, a day after two bombs in the capital Damascus killed at least 55 people. The would-be bomber was killed in the al Shaar district of Syria's largest city which, like Damascus, has seen ...

US resumes Bahrain arms sales despite rights concerns

Posted: 11 May 2012 06:02 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, May 12 — The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human rights concerns linked to months of popular protests against the island kingdom's rulers, the State Department said yesterday. The Obama administration notified Congress that certain sales would be allowed for Bahrain's ...

No more aid for Greece without reforms

Posted: 11 May 2012 05:50 PM PDT

FRANKFURT, May 12 — Greece will not receive any more financial aid if it does not stick to the agreed bailout deal, European Central Bank policymaker and head of Germany's Bundesbank Jens Weidmann was quoted as saying today. He also told Sueddeutsche Zeitung in an interview that an exit from the euro zone would have a bigger impact on Greece than ...

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