Some South Africa Amplats strikers defy return deadline |
- Some South Africa Amplats strikers defy return deadline
- BoJ cuts Japan growth forecast
- Exercise and breast cancer: study looks at how confidence plays a role
- Storm flooded seven New York subway lines: city
- Vote for party, not candidate
- New York streets flooded as Sandy ravages eastern U.S.
- VIDEO: Hollywood 'gaining ground' in China
- VIDEO: Cotillard digs deep for Rust and Bone
- Sandy complicates final stretch of tense US presidential race
- Nuclear plant declares ‘alert’ after Sandy storm surge
- Kim Jong-un’s wife reported back in public after long silence
- Air strikes, car bombs wreck last day of Syria ‘truce’
- Japan seeks exemption on US sanctions on Teheran
- Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern US
- Romney takes ‘feel-your-pain’ tone
- Sandy leaves New York construction crane dangling in storm winds
- Floods across New York as Sandy ravages eastern U.S.
- Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern U.S.
- Fans queue for Rolling Stones tickets in Paris
- Honda in tie-up with Malaysia's Proton
| Some South Africa Amplats strikers defy return deadline Posted: 30 Oct 2012 12:06 AM PDT RUSTENBURG, South Africa (Reuters) - Some striking workers at Anglo American Platinum's (Amplats) Rustenburg mines in South Africa refused to return to work on Tuesday despite an offer by the company to reinstate 12,000 men sacked for taking part in a six-week wildcat walkout. 
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| BoJ cuts Japan growth forecast Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:56 PM PDT The Bank of Japan slashed its forecast for the nation's economic growth in the year to March, saying it now expected a 1.5 percent expansion, well down from an earlier prediction for 2.2 percent.
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| Exercise and breast cancer: study looks at how confidence plays a role Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:56 PM PDT As Breast Cancer Awareness Month is underway, a new study sheds light on a unique issue for older breast cancer survivors - staying motivated to exercise.
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| Storm flooded seven New York subway lines: city Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:52 PM PDT Surging seawater forced ashore by superstorm Sandy flooded seven New York subway tunnels and six bus garages in the worst disaster in the history of city transport, the network's chief said Tuesday.
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| Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:49 PM PDT Except for a few heavyweight candidates or those who are really notorious, voters would basically tend to vote for political parties, instead of candidates.
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| New York streets flooded as Sandy ravages eastern U.S. Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:45 PM PDT NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms to hit the United States, pounded the east coast on Tuesday, flooding large parts of New York City, bringing transport to a halt and interrupting the presidential campaign. 
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| VIDEO: Hollywood 'gaining ground' in China Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:48 PM PDT For decades, America has been able to extend its "soft power" beyond its shores through Hollywood movies. According to the BBC's John Sudworth, those American movies are still proving a big hit with Chinese audiences.
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| VIDEO: Cotillard digs deep for Rust and Bone Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:43 PM PDT Rust and Bone has won the top prize at the recent BFI London Film Festival and is about to open in the UK. Stars of the film Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts told the BBC's Tim Masters about working on the film.
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| Sandy complicates final stretch of tense US presidential race Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:37 PM PDT NEW YORK, Oct 30 — A tense and unpredictable race for the White House became even more so yesterday, as mammoth storm Sandy created delicate political challenges for President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney and raised the possibility of a chaotic voting process. As the deadly storm barrelled ashore on the paralysed East Coast, ... 
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| Nuclear plant declares ‘alert’ after Sandy storm surge Posted: 29 Oct 2012 11:09 PM PDT NEW JERSEY, Oct 30 — Exelon Corp declared an "alert" at its New Jersey Oyster Creek nuclear power plant due to a record storm surge, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said yesterday, warning that a further rise in water levels could force operators to use emergency water supplies from a fire hose to cool spent uranium fuel rods. The alert — ... 
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| Kim Jong-un’s wife reported back in public after long silence Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:53 PM PDT SEOUL, Oct 30 — North Korean state media reported public appearances by the wife of leader Kim Jong-un for the first time in two months today amid mounting speculation that she had been chastised for inappropriate conduct or that she may be pregnant. Ri Sol-ju's once frequent appearances with her husband in public reported in state media had ... 
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| Air strikes, car bombs wreck last day of Syria ‘truce’ Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:40 PM PDT BEIRUT, Oct 30 — Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus yesterday in what residents said were the capital's fiercest air raids yet, at the end of what was supposed to be a four-day truce. "More than 100 buildings have been destroyed, some levelled to the ground," said opposition activist Moaz al-Shami. "Whole neighbourhoods are deserted." Each side ... 
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| Japan seeks exemption on US sanctions on Teheran Posted: 29 Oct 2012 09:22 PM PDT TOKYO, Oct 30 — Japan is seeking an exemption from proposed new US sanctions against Iran that could effectively freeze Teheran's use of payments for oil, the Nikkei business daily reported today, citing sources. Japanese Finance Minister Koriki Jojima asked US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner at an Oct 11 meeting in Tokyo for Washington to ... 
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| Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern US Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:33 PM PDT NEW YORK, Oct 30 — Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain yesterday near the gambling resort of Atlantic City, forcing evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the presidential campaign. Early reports said there was widespread flooding through New York City, ... 
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| Romney takes ‘feel-your-pain’ tone Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:57 PM PDT DAVENPORT, Oct 30 — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was about to go on stage in Ohio yesterday when he decided to abruptly shift the tone of his campaign given the potentially lethal impact of Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast. With the storm bearing down, Romney cancelled campaign events scheduled for yesterday and today in ... 
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| Sandy leaves New York construction crane dangling in storm winds Posted: 29 Oct 2012 07:18 PM PDT NEW YORK, Oct 30 — New York City evacuated neighbors of a nearly completed, 90-story luxury apartment building on Monday after the top of a construction crane collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the crane's boom could crash to the ground. With the city bracing for massive storm Sandy, which made landfall in southern New Jersey later on ... 
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| Floods across New York as Sandy ravages eastern U.S. Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:31 PM PDT NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms to hit the United States, pounded the east coast on Tuesday, flooding large parts of New York City, bringing transport to a halt and interrupting the presidential campaign. 
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| Floods across New York as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:10 PM PDT NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms to hit the United States, pounded the east coast on Tuesday, flooding large parts of New York City, bringing transport to a halt and interrupting the presidential campaign. 
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| Fans queue for Rolling Stones tickets in Paris Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:38 PM PDT (STRASBOURG, France-AFP) - The Rolling Stones are set to play a surprise mini-gig in Paris Thursday. Fans started lining up early in the day to grab one of the 350 tickets priced at 15 euros. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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| Honda in tie-up with Malaysia's Proton Posted: 29 Oct 2012 10:26 PM PDT The parent of automaker Proton will enter a partnership with Japan's Honda, the companies have said, in the troubled Malaysian car manufacturer's latest stab at revival through a foreign tie-up.
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