New footage proves overtake legal

New footage proves overtake legal

New footage proves overtake legal

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:59 PM PST

New video footage from Sebastian Vettel's car shows he did not commit an overtaking offence at the Brazilian GP.


Malema court hearing postponed to next year

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

Adjournment means corruption case against ex-ANC youth leader will not be heard before party's key December conference.


Look: Folk Medicine

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

A house call in Nanping Village.


Your Money: A Warning for Airbnb Hosts, Who May Be Breaking the Law

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:24 PM PST

Renting rooms, apartments or houses to travelers through the popular online company Airbnb often violates laws in New York City and elsewhere and could cost hosts dearly.


Penoles mine reports incident in Mexico, three killed says media

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:27 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A mine in central Mexico owned by silver giant Industrias Penoles reported an "incident" on Friday that local media said was an explosion that killed three people and trapped six others.

Drone crashes mount at civilian airports

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:22 PM PST

The U.S. Air Force drone, on a classified spy mission over the Indian Ocean, was destined for disaster from the start.

An inexperienced military contractor, flying by remote control in shorts and a T-shirt from a trailer at Seychelles International Airport, committed blunder after blunder during a six-minute span on April 4.

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Refugee: Palestinians in Arab countries have it bad, too

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:17 PM PST

A day after the U.N. General Assembly voted to grant Palestinians limited recognition of statehood, Israel authorized the construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, prompting swift condemnation from Palestinians.

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Man City spend most on agent fees

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:55 AM PST

Manchester City spent £10.54m on agents' fees during the last year - nearly £2m more than any other Premier League club.


U.S. disturbed by sentencing of blind Chinese dissident's nephew

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is deeply disturbed that the nephew of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was sentenced to more than three years in jail and views his trial as "deeply flawed," the U.S. State Department said on Friday.

The Getaway: Test-Flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PST

Big windows, power for smartphones and even a crowd-pleasing toilet are all part of the Dreamliner experience, as the author discovered on the plane's first North American charter.

Alarming Picture as Rebels Prepare to Leave Goma

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 12:56 PM PST

Human rights groups said that the rebels who captured Goma last week were now going on an assassination campaign as they prepared to leave, creating a vortex of crime and confusion.

Syrian Internet Connections Cut for Second Day

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:08 AM PST

The cutoff fanned speculation among opponents of President Bashar al-Assad about the government's intentions in coming days.


Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew Given 3 Years in Prison for Assault

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:38 AM PST

Chen Kegui was convicted after a closed-door trial for injuring a government official who broke into his home looking for his uncle, the dissident Chen Guangcheng.


VIDEO: Russian inmates 'assaulted by officers'

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:24 AM PST

A video appearing to show Russian prison officers punching and kicking one of their inmates has been unearthed by human rights campaigners


VIDEO: Shipwreck treasure unveiled

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:47 AM PST

Coins and other artefacts from one of the biggest and most valuable hauls of treasure ever found on the bottom of the sea have been unveiled by Spanish officials


ARTS: The Sweet Spot | Nov. 30, 2012

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:14 AM PST

Who's more of a grinch, David Carr or A. O. Scott, when it comes to holiday movies and music?


Spain reveals shipwreck treasure

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:57 AM PST

Spain reveals some of the treasures discovered in a shipwreck which sank more than 200 years ago, after a lengthy legal battle to reclaim them.


Bosnian teachers, policemen protest against pay cuts

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - Thousands of teachers and policemen demonstrated across Bosnia's Serb Republic on Friday against a 10 percent pay cut planned for non-government public workers next year, the first major protest in years against government spending cutbacks.

India Ink: Five Ways Indian Internet Users Are Fighting for Free Speech

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:32 AM PST

Recent arrests over Facebook posts have sparked a new kind of activism in India.


Can U.S. communication kits' help Syrians get around the Internet blackout?

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:51 AM PST

One way that some Syrians may be able to circumvent the total Internet blackout that has cut the entire country off from the Web since Thursday morning is with U.S.-provided "communication kits." State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland says the U.S. has provided 2,000 kits that would allow Syrians to continue communicating with one another and the outside world, and largely outside of state monitoring. The kits include a laptop, satellite receiver and 50-foot cable.

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