26 saved after sailing boat sinks off Malaysia |
- 26 saved after sailing boat sinks off Malaysia
- Nigeria airline admits engine failure mayday call
- Former Tepco chief to be grilled over Fukushima disaster
- World powers push Iran on uranium enrichment
- Sudan, S. Sudan break off talks, no deal in sight
- NY court: HIV-positive saliva not a ‘deadly weapon’
- Accused Canadian cannibal probed in Hollywood body parts case
- Western women plug into concept of mobile beauty
- Power first
- Insight - In Greece, a painful return to country roots
- VIDEO: France prepares for parliamentary vote
- Was Canadian 'psycho killer' inspired by Hollywood?
- Myanmar calls for complete lifting of sanctions
- Taiwan activists protest against US beef
- Japan team create liver from stem cells: report
- Pneumonia, diarrhea are top killers of kids: UNICEF
- Fourteen bodies found in northeast Mexico
- Staff at S. Korean broadcaster end long strike
- Africa's highest dam opens flood of debate
- Demonstrators out to deter Australia's kangaroo cull
| 26 saved after sailing boat sinks off Malaysia Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:45 AM PDT Malaysia's navy has rescued 26 people, including tourists from Britain, Japan and the US, after their sailing boat sank in stormy weather off Borneo island, an official said Friday.
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| Nigeria airline admits engine failure mayday call Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:58 PM PDT LAGOS, June 8 — The operator of a commercial airliner that crashed in Lagos on Sunday said yesterday the pilot reported engine failure just before it went down, but it was not clear if one or two engines had failed. The Boeing McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operated by privately owned domestic airline Dana Air, hit an apartment block, killing all 153 ... 
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| Former Tepco chief to be grilled over Fukushima disaster Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:44 PM PDT TOKYO, June 8 — The former president of Fukushima plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co faces questioning for the first time today by a high profile investigative panel seeking to uncover the causes of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Members of the panel appointed by parliament will likely grill Masataka Shimizu over whether ... 
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| World powers push Iran on uranium enrichment Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:36 PM PDT BRUSSELS, June 8 — World powers will insist on Iran curbing its production of high-grade uranium at the next round of nuclear talks in Moscow, a senior European Union negotiator told her counterpart in Tehran yesterday. In a letter to Tehran, the European Union's Helga Schmid said an offer by the six powers trying to resolve a standoff with Iran ... 
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| Sudan, S. Sudan break off talks, no deal in sight Posted: 07 Jun 2012 08:16 PM PDT ADDIS ABABA, June 8 — Sudan and South Sudan broke off security talks yesterday after failing to agree on a demilitarised zone along their disputed border to help prevent them slipping into outright warfare. The African neighbours came close to war when a border dispute in April saw the worst violence since South Sudan split from Sudan in July ... 
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| NY court: HIV-positive saliva not a ‘deadly weapon’ Posted: 07 Jun 2012 07:27 PM PDT ALBANY (New York), June 8 — An HIV-positive man who admitted to biting a police officer attempting to arrest him had his aggravated assault conviction overturned yesterday by New York's top court, which ruled the man's saliva did not qualify as a deadly weapon. The Court of Appeals, in throwing out the conviction of David Plunkett, ruled that body ... 
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| Accused Canadian cannibal probed in Hollywood body parts case Posted: 07 Jun 2012 07:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES, June 8 — Police investigating the discovery of a severed head, hands and feet in the hills below the Hollywood sign in January have contacted counterparts in Montreal about possible links to a porn actor accused of murder, dismemberment and cannibalism. Investigators consider it unlikely that 29-year-old Luka Rocco Magnotta, who was ... 
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| Western women plug into concept of mobile beauty Posted: 08 Jun 2012 12:05 AM PDT A concept known as mobile beauty or "Moba Beau" in Japan is beginning to reach the West, with the proliferation of at-home laser treatment gadgets and high-tech, anti-wrinkle devices entering the marketplace in Europe and North America.
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| Posted: 07 Jun 2012 11:29 PM PDT Even if they do, they should not be punished for that as it is contrary to the spirit of democracy.
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| Insight - In Greece, a painful return to country roots Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT KONITSA, Greece (Reuters) - Thirteen years after abandoning rural Greece for a career in graphic design, Spiridoula Lakka finds herself in the last place she expected to end up - watering a patch of lettuce and herbs in her sleepy village. 
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| VIDEO: France prepares for parliamentary vote Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:57 PM PDT France prepares for parliamentary elections, the first of two rounds starts on Sunday.
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| Was Canadian 'psycho killer' inspired by Hollywood? Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:53 PM PDT Was alleged Canadian "psycho killer" Luka Rocco Magnotta inspired by Hollywood? That's a growing question fueled by multiple clues surrounding the grisly murder of a Chinese student.
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| Myanmar calls for complete lifting of sanctions Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:51 PM PDT Myanmar on Friday called for sanctions imposed on the country to be completely lifted as they are hurting efforts to attract foreign investment amid a historic reform drive.
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| Taiwan activists protest against US beef Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:50 PM PDT Scores of Taiwanese activists staged a protest in Taipei on Friday against US beef containing the feed additive ractopamine ahead of a parliamentary vote on a controversial bill to allow such imports.
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| Japan team create liver from stem cells: report Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:49 PM PDT Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of artificial organs for those in need of transplants.
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| Pneumonia, diarrhea are top killers of kids: UNICEF Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:49 PM PDT Pneumonia and diarrhea are among the top causes of childhood deaths around the world, particularly among the poor, said a report out Friday by the UN Children's Fund.
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| Fourteen bodies found in northeast Mexico Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:47 PM PDT Fourteen dismembered bodies were found Thursday in an abandoned cargo vehicle in northeastern Mexico, an area prone to drug violence, prosecutors told AFP.
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| Staff at S. Korean broadcaster end long strike Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:44 PM PDT Journalists and programme directors at South Korea's largest broadcasting company KBS on Friday ended a protracted strike called to press for fair reporting, a union spokesman said.
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| Africa's highest dam opens flood of debate Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:42 PM PDT The mud-coloured Omo River which snakes through green gorges, feeding lush vegetation and providing vital water to one of Ethiopia's most remote regions, will also power a contentious dam project.
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| Demonstrators out to deter Australia's kangaroo cull Posted: 07 Jun 2012 10:28 PM PDT Flashlight in one hand, walkie-talkie in the other, Fiona Corke is out on a dark night in a national park in the Australian capital Canberra looking for marksmen.
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