VIDEO: Inside town on fire for 50 years

VIDEO: Inside town on fire for 50 years

VIDEO: Inside town on fire for 50 years

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:10 AM PDT

A fire has been raging for 50 years beneath the town of Centralia in Pennsylvania's coal country. The BBC's Matt Danzico meets some of the residents who refuse to leave the abandoned community.


VIDEO: Cambodia's dark past in the spotlight

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 01:07 AM PDT

A group of young circus performers brings the story of the Pol Pot era to the stage with Rouge.


Mars rover Curiosity sends home first colour photo

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:43 AM PDT

PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA's newly landed Mars science rover Curiosity snapped the first colour image of its surroundings while an orbiting sister probe photographed litter left behind during the rover's daring do-or-die descent to the surface, scientists said Tuesday.

27 killed, 25 injured in road mishap in northeastern India

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:53 AM PDT

Some 27 people were killed while 25 others sustained serious injuries in a major road mishap in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya Wednesday, a police official said.

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Indian gov't to gift mobile phone to every family below poverty line

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:52 AM PDT

India's ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government is to gift a mobile phone to every family living below the poverty line, local media reported Wednesday.

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Interpol issues notice for arrest of Sea Shepherd founder

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:35 AM PDT

Interpol said Wednesday it had issued an international Red Notice for the arrest of Paul Watson, the founder of marine conservation group Sea Shepherd, after he failed to meet bail conditions in Germany.

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Three missing as students swept off rocks in New Zealand

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:34 AM PDT

Three people are missing feared drowned after students on a New Zealand climbing expedition were swept off rocks into rough seas on Wednesday, rescuers said.

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From toilets to weddings: UK study shows unexpected places women shop online

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:17 AM PDT

A new UK study has highlighted the impact of social media on shopping habits, revealing that women are becoming increasingly fluid in where they spend online -- with some even taking to their phones during weddings and toilet visits.

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Government provides 90% of education financing

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 12:03 AM PDT

The government provides 90 per cent of higher education financing, making Malaysia the only country allocating a huge amount of money to education, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah.

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Total trade up 4.6% in June

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:49 PM PDT

Malaysia's total trade in June rose 4.6 per cent to RM112.75 billion, the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) says today.

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Son of China's Bo Xilai sends statement to murder trial - CNN

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The son of ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai has broken his silence and submitted a witness statement to the murder trial of his mother, CNN said on Wednesday, citing an e-mail from the young man.

VIDEO: 'Twitter saved me from the floods'

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:39 PM PDT

Resident Kassy Pajarillo describes how she used Twitter to help rescue her mother and grandmother from severe flooding in the Philippines, where 16 people are known to have died.


Pakistan PM ordered before court over graft cases against president

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:56 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 — Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was today ordered to appear before the Supreme Court over his failure to comply with orders to re-open corruption cases against the president. The move, another twist in a long-running standoff between the government and the judiciary, could lead to further political instability in ...

Clinton warns of ‘proxies, terrorists’ coming to Syria

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:35 PM PDT

PRETORIA, Aug 8 — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that the crisis in Syria must not be allowed to descend into sectarian warfare and she warned against "proxies or terrorist fighters" being sent in to join the conflict," Clinton said at a news conference in the South African capital Pretoria."We have to send very clear ...

Syria rebels see future fight with foreign radicals

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 10:26 PM PDT

ALEPPO, Syria, Aug 8 — Abu Bakr, a Syrian rebel commander on the outskirts of Aleppo, is a devoted Islamist determined to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. But the radical allies that have joined the rebels in recent months alarm even him. "Let me be clear. I am an Islamist, my fighters are Islamists. But there is more than one type of ...

Egypt launches air strikes on suspected militants in Sinai

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 09:41 PM PDT

AL-ARISH, Egypt, Aug 8 — Egypt launched air strikes in the Sinai region close to the border with Israel today, killing more than 20 suspected Islamic militants, the state-run Ahram news website said. The air strikes on positions in the town of Sheikh Zouaid followed the deaths of 16 border guards last Sunday in an attack blamed partly on ...

Egypt launches air strikes on suspected militants in Sinai - state media

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:23 PM PDT

AL-ARISH, EGYPT (Reuters) - Egypt launched air strikes in the Sinai region close to the border with Israel on Wednesday, killing more than 20 suspected Islamic militants, the state-run Ahram news website said.

Philippines rushes aid to 850,000 people affected by floods

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:18 PM PDT

MANILA (Reuters) - Emergency workers and troops rushed food, water and clothes to nearly 850,000 people displaced and marooned from deadly floods spawned by 11 straight days of southwest monsoon rains that soaked the Philippine capital and nearby provinces.

Top court orders Pakistan PM to appear over graft cases against president

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:13 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf was ordered on Wednesday to appear before the Supreme Court this month over his failure to comply with orders to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.

Hurricane Ernesto lands on Mexican coast

Posted: 07 Aug 2012 11:13 PM PDT

CHETUMAL, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurricane Ernesto slowed slightly as it crashed into Mexico's Yucatan peninsula on Tuesday, flooding streets in the port city of Chetumal and sending thousands of residents and tourists into shelters.

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