One killed, 6 injured by Italy school blast - official

One killed, 6 injured by Italy school blast - official

One killed, 6 injured by Italy school blast - official

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:47 AM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - One person was killed and six people were injured when a bomb exploded near a school in Brindisi in southern Italy on Saturday, an official at the Civil Protection Authority said.

Car bomb rocks east Syrian city, casualties reported

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:28 AM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb blew up in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor on Saturday, state television and an opposition group said, without giving details on casualties.

Blind Chinese activist Chen says is at Beijing airport

Posted: 18 May 2012 11:20 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday he has left a hospital in Beijing, where he has been for the past three weeks since he sought refuge in the U.S. embassy, and was waiting at the airport.

A new cure for cellulite creates bikini season buzz

Posted: 18 May 2012 11:53 PM PDT

Attempting to banish cellulite has often been a frustrating and pricy dilemma for women, with everything from caffeinated creams to vibrating massages promising to smooth dimples. Now, women are shelling out up to $11,000 for a controversial new laser treatment called Cellulaze - all in the quest to rid their bodies of lumpy, dimpled skin - forever.

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Bomb at south Italy school, several hurt

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:36 AM PDT

ROME, May 19 — A bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian town of Brindisi today, injuring at least five people, two of them seriously, the Italian news agency ANSA reported, citing an official from the Civil Protection Service. ANSA said police were investigating but no other details were available. No comment was immediately ...

Italy says envoy recall signals ‘strong displeasure’ with India

Posted: 19 May 2012 12:05 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, May 19 — Italy's recall of its envoy from New Delhi is aimed at signalling its "strong displeasure" with the Indian government's handling of a case involving two Italian sailors charged with murder, a top Italian official said today. The ambassador's recall yesterday escalated an increasingly tense diplomatic spat between Italy and ...

Blind activist: China’s ‘manipulation’ of nephew’s case will fail

Posted: 18 May 2012 10:26 PM PDT

BEIJING, May 19 — Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said today the authorities' drive to manipulate his nephew's case would not succeed, but instead would increase public discontent over an episode that has renewed international focus on China's human rights and legal system. Chen Guangcheng's nephew, Chen Kegui, was denied his family's ...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi to address British parliament in June

Posted: 18 May 2012 09:59 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, May 19 — Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be given the rare honour of addressing both houses of Britain's parliament when she makes her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years next month, British officials said today. The Nobel peace laureate has accepted Prime Minister David Cameron's invitation to visit Britain and will ...

G8 leaders broadly united on Iran and Syria

Posted: 18 May 2012 09:39 PM PDT

CAMP DAVID, May 19 — Group of Eight leaders agreed in their initial discussions at Camp David yesterday that Iran needs to disclose more about its nuclear ambitions and that it was time to focus on a political transition in Syria, a US official said. The leaders, including newly elected French President Francois Hollande and Russian Prime Minister ...

Putin seeking control in Russian Cabinet selection

Posted: 18 May 2012 08:14 PM PDT

MOSCOW, May 19 — President Vladimir Putin will likely name allies to key economic posts when he unveils his new cabinet on Monday, asserting control over the government in a move that could hamstring reforms backed by his more liberal premier. At stake is the future of Russia's privatisation programme and the drive to diversify a US$1.7 trillion ...

Refloat of Italy’s Concordia wreck to be biggest ever

Posted: 18 May 2012 08:02 PM PDT

ROME, May 19 — Salvage crews will employ huge cranes and air tanks to refloat the half-submerged Costa Concordia cruise liner in the largest ever operation of its kind, according to a plan unveiled yesterday. Estimated to cost at least US$300 million (RM939 million), the work is expected to begin within a few days and last about a year, said the ...

Italy court upholds ruling clearing Berlusconi

Posted: 18 May 2012 07:56 PM PDT

ROME, May 19 — Italy's highest appeals court yesterday upheld a decision that cleared former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in a fraud and embezzlement case related to his private broadcaster Mediaset. Milan magistrates who wanted Berlusconi to be indicted lodged an appeal after a judge ruled last October that there was not enough evidence for a ...

Thousands protest in Chicago ahead of NATO summit

Posted: 18 May 2012 07:18 PM PDT

CHICAGO, May 19 — An estimated 2,500 people, including hundreds of nurses, protested peacefully in a downtown Chicago plaza under the watchful eye of police yesterday, chanting mostly about economic issues that have little to do with the summit of the NATO military alliance starting this weekend. The rally, which Chicago police estimated at about ...

Syria’s Assad: Nations that sow chaos will suffer

Posted: 18 May 2012 06:37 PM PDT

AMMAN, May 19 — Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday that countries trying to "sow chaos" in Syria could be infected with it themselves, an apparent warning to Arab Gulf nations that back the insurgency aimed at forcing him from power. Assad's remarks, to a Russian TV channel, came after UN staff monitoring an increasingly shaky ...

VIDEO: Zuckerberg rings Nasdaq bell

Posted: 18 May 2012 07:39 AM PDT

In one of the largest and most high-profile share floatations of recent years, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, rang the opening bell of the Nasdaq exchange.


Myanmar's Suu Kyi to address British parliament in June

Posted: 18 May 2012 09:47 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be given the rare honour of addressing both houses of Britain's parliament when she makes her first trip outside Myanmar in 24 years next month, British officials said on Saturday.

Obama presses ailing Europe to focus on growth

Posted: 18 May 2012 09:41 PM PDT

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - A growing chorus of world leaders on Friday pushed for a shift toward more pro-growth policies to help ease a European crisis that threatens to oust Greece from the euro zone and reverberate throughout the global economy.

Ringgit vulnerable to further downtrend

Posted: 18 May 2012 10:14 PM PDT

The ringgit is expected to be vulnerable to further downtrend, and may hit the 3.15 level against the US dollar next week, on escalating concerns over the eurozone debt crisis, dealers said.

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Thailand's 'Red Shirts' to rally in Bangkok

Posted: 18 May 2012 10:06 PM PDT

Tens of thousands of "Red Shirt" supporters were expected to bring central Bangkok to a standstill Saturday on the second anniversary of a deadly crackdown on street protests, city police said.

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Malaysia remains US' leading Asean trading partner

Posted: 18 May 2012 10:03 PM PDT

Malaysia continued to be the top trading partner of the United States amongst the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) in the first two months of the year, and the expert opinion here is that this trend would possibly continue during the remainder of the year.

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