Baharudin's death due to natural courses: coroner's court

Baharudin's death due to natural courses: coroner's court

Baharudin's death due to natural courses: coroner's court

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:16 AM PDT

The Coroner's Court today ruled that the death of taxi driver Baharudin Ahmad while participating in an illegal gathering on July 9 last year, to be due to natural causes.

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China to try ex-police chief at heart of murder scandal next week

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:11 AM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The former police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in decades faces trial next week on charges of defection, taking bribes and illegal surveillance.

Kenyan police seize suicide vests, say thwart attacks

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:09 AM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police seized a cache of explosive-laden vests, grenades and automatic rifles in an overnight raid on a Nairobi apartment on Friday, thwarting an imminent attack by Somali Islamist militants, a senior police official said.

India's diesel price hike heralds long-stalled reforms

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:03 AM PDT

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's beleaguered government appeared poised on Friday to push ahead with measures to revive the economy after months of dithering, even as it came under heavy fire from allies and opponents alike for raising heavily subsidized fuel prices.

Pakistani police arrest former prime minister's son on drugs charge

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:47 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested the son of a former prime minister on Friday in connection with a drugs case, although he was later granted bail, the latest twist in a power struggle between the increasingly assertive Supreme Court and the ruling party.

Confidant of S. Korean president jailed for corruption

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:07 AM PDT

One of South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak's most trusted confidants was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in jail Friday after being convicted on corruption charges.

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Prince William no fan of 'king of fruits'

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:58 PM PDT

Britain's Prince William declared Friday that he is no fan of durian, the spiky and notoriously pungent Southeast-Asian fruit, after sampling it on a visit to Malaysia.

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Pakistani police arrest former prime minister's son on drugs charge

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:43 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police arrested the son of a former prime minister on Friday in connection with a drugs case, the latest twist in a power struggle between the increasingly assertive Supreme Court and the ruling party.

California bank fraud convict linked to anti-Muslim video

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:36 PM PDT

CERRITOS, California (Reuters) - Evidence mounted on Thursday that a Los Angeles-area man who served time in prison for bank fraud may have been involved in an anti-Muslim video that stoked violent protests in the Islamic world against the United States.

China surveillance ships near islands disputed with Japan

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:26 PM PDT

TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Six Chinese surveillance ships entered waters near disputed islands claimed by Tokyo and Beijing on Friday, raising tensions between Asia's two biggest economies to their highest level since 2010 over a long-running territorial row.

Japan seen exiting nuclear power by 2030s

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:20 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is expected on Friday to propose abandoning nuclear power by the 2030s, a major shift from policy goals set before last year's Fukushima disaster that aimed to increase the share of atomic energy to more than half of electricity supply.

Pakistani police arrest ex-PM’s son on drugs charges

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:45 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Sept 14 — Pakistani police arrested the son of a former prime minister today in connection with a drugs case, although he was later granted bail, the latest twist in a power struggle between the increasingly assertive Supreme Court and the ruling party. The feud could hurt Pakistan's young democracy and distract the government from ...

Netanyahu deputy disagrees on setting Iran ‘red line’

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 10:35 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, Sept 14 — Benjamin Netanyahu's deputy for intelligence and atomic affairs yesterday broke with the Israeli prime minister's call for Iran to be confronted with a "red line" beyond which its disputed nuclear programme would face military attack. In a broadcast interview, Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor appeared to side with the United ...

China to try ex-police chief at heart of murder scandal next week

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:36 PM PDT

BEIJING, Sept 14 — The former police chief at the heart of China's biggest political scandal in decades faces trial next week on charges of defection, taking bribes and illegal surveillance. Wang Lijun will be tried at the Intermediate Court in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Tuesday, a court official said today. The trial was expected to last ...

Coptic church to choose new pope in December

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 08:05 PM PDT

CAIRO, Sept 14 —  Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will choose a new pope on December 2, after Pope Shenouda who led the church for four decades died in March and left many Christians worrying about their rights under an Islamist-led government. Many Christians, who make up about tenth of Egypt's 83 million people, are concerned by the rise of ...

VIDEO: Guatemala volcano triggers alert

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:37 PM PDT

Guatemala has evacuated thousands of people after the Fuego volcano started spewing ash and lava.


VIDEO: Taliban 'using fake Facebook profiles'

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:07 AM PDT

A recent review conducted by the Australian Department of Defence suggests that the Taliban has been using fake Facebook profiles to gain information from coalition troops in Afghanistan.


VIDEO: Libya arrests over US embassy attack

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 12:04 AM PDT

US and Libyan officials are investigating the possibility that heavily armed militants used protests over a US-made film that mocks the Prophet Mohammed as a pretext for a co-ordinated assault.


One dead, 22 missing in Indonesia boat sinking

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:48 PM PDT

A river ferry with 97 passengers has sunk in Indonesia's East Kalimantan region, leaving one dead and at least 22 missing, a local rescue agency official said Friday.

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Kiribati fisherman survives 106 days adrift

Posted: 13 Sep 2012 11:47 PM PDT

A Kiribati fisherman who drifted in the central Pacific for nearly four months has been found alive and asking for cigarettes, a Marshall Islands fishing vessel reported Friday.

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