News of 'farewell intercourse' law in Egypt turns out to be hoax |
- News of 'farewell intercourse' law in Egypt turns out to be hoax
- Greenpeace activist flies into French nuclear plant: police
- One in three PIP implants may rupture: British surgeons
- Some 300 tonnes of diesel fuel spill into Russian river
- 1,000 tourists evacuated after central China landslides
- Indonesian health minister dies from lung cancer
- Give us room to carry out process of justice: IGP
- EC deputy chairman denies allegations he is Umno member
- Taiwan sets up airborne unit for Spratlys
- Valencia, a cruel reflection of Spain's economic woes
- Suu Kyi makes historic debut in Myanmar parliament
- Car bomb kills 6 after Obama leaves Afghan capital
- Valencia, a cruel reflection of Spain's economic woes
- Chongqing looks to sell distressed assets after Bo scandal - source
- VIDEO: France opponents prepare for TV debate
- Gifting the enemy a bullet
- Two-year-old dies of bird flu in Indonesia
- Police probe embattled Australian speaker
- Suu Kyi joins parliament as Myanmar enters new phase (UPDATED)
- Brazil cracks down on lucrative wild animal trade
| News of 'farewell intercourse' law in Egypt turns out to be hoax Posted: 02 May 2012 01:00 AM PDT CAIRO, May 2: Recent reports that Egypt's parliament is working on a law that would permit husbands to have sex with their newly-deceased wives have been dismissed as "complete nonsense," according to the Daily Mail.
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| Greenpeace activist flies into French nuclear plant: police Posted: 02 May 2012 12:35 AM PDT A Greenpeace activist on Wednesday flew inside the grounds of a French nuclear power plant using a motorised paraglider, police and the organisation said.
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| One in three PIP implants may rupture: British surgeons Posted: 02 May 2012 12:33 AM PDT A pair of British plastic surgeons said Tuesday the rupture rate of PIP breast implants behind a global health scare may be as high as one in three, significantly more than previously thought.
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| Some 300 tonnes of diesel fuel spill into Russian river Posted: 02 May 2012 12:18 AM PDT Some 300 tonnes of diesel fuel have spilled into a river here due to an illegal tapping of a pipeline, the local government press center said Wednesday.
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| 1,000 tourists evacuated after central China landslides Posted: 02 May 2012 12:18 AM PDT More than 1,000 tourists were evacuated early Wednesday after being stranded for nearly two days on a central China highway by rain-triggered landslides, local authorities said.
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| Indonesian health minister dies from lung cancer Posted: 02 May 2012 12:17 AM PDT Indonesian Health Minister, Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, died on Wednesday after undergone series of treatment related to her lung cancer in Cipto Mangunkusumo hospital here, local media reported. She dies at 57.
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| Give us room to carry out process of justice: IGP Posted: 02 May 2012 12:16 AM PDT Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar asked the media and public to give the police room to investigate on the gathering at Dataran Merdeka, on Saturday.
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| EC deputy chairman denies allegations he is Umno member Posted: 02 May 2012 12:16 AM PDT Election Commission (EC) Deputy Chairman Datuk Wira Wan Ahmad Wan Omar today denied allegations by the opposition that he is an Umno member.
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| Taiwan sets up airborne unit for Spratlys Posted: 02 May 2012 12:03 AM PDT Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday that it has formed a special airborne unit capable of scrambling to the contested Spratly islands in just hours, as tensions in the South China Sea mounted.
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| Valencia, a cruel reflection of Spain's economic woes Posted: 01 May 2012 11:59 PM PDT VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Once the beacon of Spain's new economic grandeur, the Mediterranean region of Valencia has become a symbol of all that is wrong with the country. 
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| Suu Kyi makes historic debut in Myanmar parliament Posted: 01 May 2012 11:52 PM PDT NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took a historic oath on Wednesday to join a parliamentary system crafted by the generals who locked her away for much of her long struggle against dictatorship, ushering in a dramatic new political era. 
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| Car bomb kills 6 after Obama leaves Afghan capital Posted: 01 May 2012 11:36 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded outside a compound housing Westerners in Kabul on Wednesday hours after U.S. President Barack Obama signed a security pact during a short visit to a city that remains vulnerable to a resilient insurgency. 
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| Valencia, a cruel reflection of Spain's economic woes Posted: 01 May 2012 11:08 PM PDT VALENCIA, Spain (Reuters) - Once the beacon of Spain's new economic grandeur, the Mediterranean region of Valencia has become a symbol of all that is wrong with the country. 
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| Chongqing looks to sell distressed assets after Bo scandal - source Posted: 01 May 2012 10:56 PM PDT CHONGQING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's biggest municipality, Chongqing, has approached Hong Kong investors with the aim of selling distressed property assets and bolstering its finances, which are under a cloud after the fall of its ambitious leader, Bo Xilai, a source said. 
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| VIDEO: France opponents prepare for TV debate Posted: 02 May 2012 12:18 AM PDT Nicolas Sarkozy and opponent Francois Hollande are set to face each other in a one-off television debate on Wednesday as the presidential campaign continues.
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| Posted: 01 May 2012 11:52 PM PDT I'm not saying that the government's transformation plans are not sincere, but rather not comprehensive and in-depth enough. Without an independent and professional anti-corruption agency, anti-corruption efforts would be unable to sustain for long. Without setting up an independent unit to curb police's abuse of power, law enforcement officers will commit mistakes from time to time.
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| Two-year-old dies of bird flu in Indonesia Posted: 01 May 2012 11:17 PM PDT A two-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Indonesia, the health ministry said, bringing the country's death toll from the virulent disease this year to seven.
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| Police probe embattled Australian speaker Posted: 01 May 2012 11:17 PM PDT Police Wednesday said they were probing fraud allegations against Australian parliamentary speaker Peter Slipper who is at the centre of a scandal about travel vouchers and sexual harassment.
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| Suu Kyi joins parliament as Myanmar enters new phase (UPDATED) Posted: 01 May 2012 11:16 PM PDT Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in as a member of parliament Wednesday, opening a new chapter in the Nobel laureate's near quarter-century struggle against authoritarian rule.
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| Brazil cracks down on lucrative wild animal trade Posted: 01 May 2012 11:15 PM PDT Blue-and-yellow macaws from Amazonia, green parrots, monkeys, turtles, anacondas and pumas: wild animal trafficking is a very lucrative business that spares no species in Brazil, including those facing extinction.
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