VIDEO: British kidnap victim killed

VIDEO: British kidnap victim killed


VIDEO: British kidnap victim killed

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:51 PM PDT

A British man has been murdered in Pakistan as he prepared to give evidence against a gang accused of kidnapping him last year.


Climate change 'may shrink fish'

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:44 PM PDT

Fish species are expected to shrink in size by up to 24% because of global warming, say scientists.


South Korean rapper tops UK chart

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Rapper Psy becomes the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style.


Clinical India hammer Pakistan

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 10:15 AM PDT

India reignite their World Twenty20 campaign with an eight-wicket Super Eights victory over their arch rivals Pakistan.


VIDEO: Afghan war: 2,000 US troops killled

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000.


Son of China's Bo Xilai defends his father

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:32 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - The Harvard-educated son of disgraced Chinese political leader Bo Xilai defended his father against charges of taking bribes and having improper sexual relationships, saying he believed in his father's good character.


Marriage Seen Through a Contract Lens

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 06:41 AM PDT

It may be time to acknowledge the harsh truth that nearly half of marriages in the United States end in divorce and many others are miserable, and consider something like a 20-year marriage contract.


South Korean rapper tops UK chart

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:21 AM PDT

Rapper Psy becomes the first South Korean pop star to make it to the top of the UK singles chart with his song Gangnam Style.


Suicide bombing rocks Syria's Kurdish city

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:50 PM PDT

State TV reports four killed near police barracks in Qamishli, as fierce fighting continues in Aleppo.


VIDEO: Afghan war: 2,000 US troops killled

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

A checkpoint shooting in eastern Afghanistan has taken the US military's death toll in the war past 2,000.


Son Defends Ousted Chinese Official

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:47 PM PDT

Bo Guagua spoke out in defense of his father, the ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai who was expelled from the Communist Party.


U.S. and Afghan Killings Reflect War's Trust Gap

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:37 PM PDT

U.S. and Afghan troops turned their guns on each other this weekend, leaving two Americans and three Afghan soldiers dead in an incident that highlighted the breakdown of trust following a recent spate of insider attacks.


Syrian Fighting Sets Market Ablaze

Posted: 29 Sep 2012 01:19 PM PDT

Fires sparked by clashes between government troops and rebels in Aleppo raged through a medieval marketplace that is a world heritage site, activists said.


Canada says it took Guantanamo detainee early after U.S. pressure

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:49 AM PDT

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada, which allowed Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr to be transferred to a prison in his homeland months earlier than expected, did so after pressure from the United States, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Sunday.


Bo Xilai’s Son Defends Him as Upright and Devoted

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:54 AM PDT

Bo Guagua, 24, who graduated this year from Harvard, issued a brief statement on a Tumblr account, saying "it is hard for me to believe the allegations" against his father.


Cyberattacks on 6 American Banks Frustrate Customers

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT

The attacks, by a group claiming Middle Eastern ties, caused Internet blackouts and delays in online banking, and the banks did not explain clearly what was going on.


Rampage over Facebook Koran image

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:17 AM PDT

Hundreds of Muslim protesters attack Buddhist villages in Bangladesh, after an image of a burned Koran was posted online.


Nearly half of Yemenis go hungry post-revolt, says WFP

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:27 AM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Nearly half of Yemenis go to bed hungry every night as political instability compounds a global food and fuel price surge, giving the Arabian Peninsula state the world's third-highest rate of child malnutrition, the World Food Programme said on Sunday.


Egypt signs $1 billion Turkish loan deal

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 11:23 AM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt signed a deal on Sunday to loan $1 billion from Turkey, half of the aid package Ankara promised Cairo earlier this month, Egypt's state news agency reported.


Two Kenyan police shot dead near Somalia border

Posted: 30 Sep 2012 12:35 PM PDT

GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Two police officers were shot dead in Kenya on Sunday in the northern town of Garissa close to the border with Somalia, police said, hours after a child was killed in a grenade attack on a church in Nairobi.


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