Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study

Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study


Republican women more feminine than Democrats: study

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:13 AM PDT

Female Republican politicians look more feminine than their Democratic counterparts, according to a study published Thursday based on facial features of US women lawmakers.

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Beware of bogus investment

Posted: 28 Sep 2012 12:08 AM PDT

Abdul Rahman (not his real name) had just withdrawn his Employees Provident Fund (EPF) savings of close to RM500,000.

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Minneapolis gunman kills four, shoots himself

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:21 PM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company on Thursday, killing five people including himself and wounding four others, police said.



Kenya says Somali rebel city falls; fighting near beach

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:20 PM PDT

NAIROBI/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Kenyan and Somali government troops captured Somalia's southern port of Kismayu, the al Shabaab militant group's last major bastion, the Kenyan military said on Friday, but residents said there was fighting just outside the city.



VIDEO: Turkey calls for safe zones in Syria

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:38 PM PDT

On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been speaking to the BBC about the situation in Syria.


VIDEO: Missing Megan not in French news

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Reaction to the missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers in France is limited, with the law and media apparently believing she can think for herself.


Author Murakami wades into Japan-China island row

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:44 PM PDT

Haruki Murakami, one of the world's foremost novelists, waded into the territorial row between China and Japan on Friday, warning of the peril of politicians offering the "cheap liquor" of nationalism.

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Ling re-admitted to hospital, trial postponed

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:37 PM PDT

Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik's cheating trial was postponed to Monday, Oct 1, after the former transport minister was admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital this morning for low blood sugar and heart problems.

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Grey market thrives outside Hong Kong Apple store

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:27 PM PDT

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Hardline group threatens state: Tunisia's Marzouki

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:35 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tunisia underestimated the negative impact a small group of hardline Islamists would have on its ability to attract investors and reform its economy, President Moncef Marzouki said on Thursday.



Kenyan military says captured Somali rebel bastion of Kismayu

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:28 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan and Somali government troops have captured Somalia's southern port city of Kismayu, the last rebel bastion of al Shabaab militants, Kenya's military spokesman said on Friday.



U.S. call for "cool heads" in China-Japan island dispute goes unheeded

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:12 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged China and Japan on Thursday to let "cool heads" prevail in a festering dispute over a cluster of East China Sea islands, but hours later Chinese and Japanese diplomats traded barbs at the United Nations.



California man behind anti-Muslim film jailed over probation

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 09:39 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An Egyptian-American man behind an anti-Islam film that has stoked violent protests across the Muslim world was arrested on Thursday in California for allegedly violating his probation, and a federal judge ordered him jailed without bond.



Gunman opens fire in Minneapolis, "several" killed

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 09:29 PM PDT

MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) - A gunman opened fire inside a Minneapolis sign company on Thursday, killing several people including himself and wounding four others, police and hospital officials said.



VIDEO: Mars images 'show old streambed'

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Nasa's Curiosity rover has only been on the surface of Mars seven weeks but it has already turned up evidence of past flowing water on the planet.


Millions of South Koreans on the move for holiday

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:20 PM PDT

Millions of South Koreans began heading for their hometowns Friday as the annual exodus for the autumn harvest holiday got under way.

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Ship's captain apologises for New Zealand disaster

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:15 PM PDT

The Filipino captain of the ship that caused New Zealand's worst maritime environmental disaster has issued a public apology for the catastrophe and for trying to cover up his role.

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VIDEO: Imelda Marcos shoe collection damaged

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:17 PM PDT

Officials at the museum where the famous shoe collection of Imelda Marcos is have admitted that some of the belongings have been damaged


Chinese crew rescued as boat burns in Japan

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:10 PM PDT

A dozen Chinese crew members were rescued by Japan's coastguard when their Panama-registered boat caught fire in a Japanese bay, an official said Friday.

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30 missing, feared dead in Indonesia ferry collision

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 10:09 PM PDT

About thirty people are still missing and feared dead after an Indonesian ferry with more than 200 people on board collided with a cargo tanker earlier this week, rescuers said Friday.

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