In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama

In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama


In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:53 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will soon do something Barack Obama has yet to do as president - visit U.S. ally Israel, where he will try to present himself to voters back home as a credible replacement to Obama on the world stage.



Japan probes under-reporting of Fukushima radiation dosage

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 11:44 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were urged by a subcontractor to place lead around radiation detection devices in order to stay under a safety threshold for exposure.



US town holds massacre vigil, eyes booby-trapped apartment

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:32 AM PDT

Bomb squad experts will try again Saturday to enter a gunman's booby-trapped apartment, hours after a late-night vigil for the 70 victims of a massacre in a packed cinema, including 12 dead.

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12 killed in Air Force chopper crash in Brunei

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:28 AM PDT

A total of 12 people were killed after a Bruneian air force helicopter crashed in the Southeast Asian Sultanate, the country's defence ministry said Saturday.

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Looking for mass murder motives is futile, US expert says

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:18 AM PDT

Tempting as it might be, it's futile to dwell on the motives behind a mass murder like the one at the midnight Batman screening in Colorado, a police officer turned threat assessment expert says.

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Singletons dish on the dos and don'ts of dinner date etiquette

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:15 AM PDT

Here's the perfect way to make sure a dinner date ends in disaster: order for your dinner companion, flirt with the wait staff, refuse to try new foods and ask to split the check.

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Japan firm 'told workers to lie about radiation dose'

Posted: 21 Jul 2012 12:14 AM PDT

A subcontractor at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant told workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure in an apparent effort to keep its contract, reports said Saturday.

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Ex-Japan PM joins anti-nuclear demo outside PM’s office

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:41 PM PDT

TOKYO, July 21 — In a rare move by a former Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama joined a boisterous anti-nuclear demonstration outside his old office yesterday, a fresh sign that the ruling party he once led is fracturing over energy and other policies. Japan's debate over nuclear power has become increasingly heated after incumbent Prime ...



Second Japan nuclear unit resumes power generation

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:20 PM PDT

TOKYO, July 21 — Kansai Electric Power Co said its 1,180-megawatt No. 4 reactor at its Ohi nuclear plant resumed supplying electricity to the grid today, Japan's second nuclear unit to regain power since last year's Fukushima crisis led to the shutdown of all units. The move came three days after the unit was restarted, and the reactor is set to ...



Police to detonate devices in Colorado shooting suspect’s home

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:20 PM PDT

AURORA, Colorado, July 21 — The apartment of the man suspected of shooting 71 people at a Denver-area movie theatre yesterday, killing 12 of them, has been so extensively booby-trapped that police have determined they cannot safely defuse the devices, a police source said yesterday. Police now plan to detonate the devices using a robot, the source ...



Syrian forces attempt fightback after rebel surge

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 06:57 PM PDT

BAB AL-HAWA, Syria, July 21 — Syrian army helicopters pounded Damascus with rockets and heavy machine guns overnight, and tanks bombarded the capital from the ring road, to try and reverse relentless gains by rebels since much of President Bashar al-Assad's entourage was assassinated. The unprecedented rebel momentum of the past few days has ...



Attack on Turkey-Iraq pipeline knocks out oil flows - report

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 10:35 PM PDT

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish authorities are blaming sabotage for a fire on a pipeline carrying petroleum from Iraq to Turkey's Mediterranean coast that cut oil flows late on Friday, NTV television said.



Vigil

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:59 PM PDT

A woman lights candles at a makeshift memorial during a vigil for victims of the Century 16 movie theatre where a gunman attacked movie goers during an early morning screening of the new Batman movie "The Dark Knight Rises" in Aurora, outside Denver, Colorado.

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VIDEO: Benghazi's struggle with poverty

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:24 PM PDT

Almost a year since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, poverty is still widespread throughout Libya.


In Israel, Romney to provide contrast with Obama

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:50 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will soon do something Barack Obama has yet to do as president - visit U.S. ally Israel, where he will try to present himself to voters back home as a credible replacement to Obama on the world stage.



Gunman kills 12 in rampage at "Batman" premiere in Colorado

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:30 PM PDT

AURORA, Colo. (Reuters) - A gunman wearing a full suit of tactical body armour, a helmet and a gas mask opened fire at a packed midnight showing of the new "Batman" film in a Denver suburb on Friday, killing 12 people after setting off two smoke bombs in the dark theatre.



Partners in crime

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:53 PM PDT

In an emotionaly charged statement, the family of murdered real estate agent pointed the finger at institutes of higher learning.

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Holidaymakers flock to 'France's favourite village'

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:47 PM PDT

(France-AFP) - Until recently, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie was just a quiet, pretty medieval village in south-central France. That was before a TV programme dubbed it "France's favourite village". Since then, things have never been the same -- and now, the quiet community is host to some 400,000 visitors a year. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Local bourse to extend gains on positive sentiments

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:27 PM PDT

FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) is expected to extend its record-setting-run next week on positive external and internal sentiment, dealers said.

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4 burnt to death in 4WD-tanker collision

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:07 PM PDT

Four people were burnt to death while another was injured in a collision between a Nissan Navara and a tanker at Kilometre 37, Jalan Keratong-Bahau, near, today.

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