Russia charges nine with membership of banned Islamist group

Russia charges nine with membership of banned Islamist group
Egypt opens tiny window for Gaza truce
China held landmark straw poll to choose top leaders - Xinhua
Najib unveils 11 ETP projects worth RM6.68bn
Thai man's penis removed after botched enlargement
Police find lead on plantation manager's kidnapping
Malaysian students condemn rape, abuse of Indon workers
VIDEO: Israel intensifies Gaza bombing
VIDEO: Four die as train hits US parade
Elderly criminal numbers soar in greying Japan
Japan PM dissolves lower house for election
Japan on course for December 16 election and seventh PM in six years
New study raises questions about linking women's moods to PMS
Clinton in Singapore as part of Asia-Pacific tour
Thai police hold serial panty thief after jewel heist
Israel to hold fire during Egyptian PM visit to Gaza
South Korea warns of rolling power blackouts in winter
Japan sets course for December 16 election and seventh PM in six years
Cyprus president gets thumbs-down for troika, government - poll
Girls, guns and yoga: John McAfee's odd life in "pirate haven"

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:44 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Friday nine suspected militants were charged with belonging to outlawed Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir, which police said had planned bomb attacks on civilian targets in Moscow.

Egypt opens tiny window for Gaza truce

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:44 AM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Egypt opened a tiny window to emergency peace diplomacy in Gaza on Friday, but hopes for even a brief ceasefire while its prime minister was inside the bombarded enclave to talk to leaders of the Islamist Hamas movement were immediately dashed.

China held landmark straw poll to choose top leaders - Xinhua

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's ruling Communist Party has lifted the lid on the opaque backroom selection of the country's top leaders, revealing that it had held a straw poll for the first time in May to decide on the membership of its top decision-making body.

Najib unveils 11 ETP projects worth RM6.68bn

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PST

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced 11 Economic Transformation Programme projects that will contribute RM1.129 billion to the Gross National Income.

Thai man's penis removed after botched enlargement

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:27 AM PST

Health officials on Friday told Thai men size does not matter after a patient had to have his genitals removed following a botched attempt to enlarge his penis by injecting olive oil into the organ.

Police find lead on plantation manager's kidnapping

Posted: 16 Nov 2012 12:17 AM PST

Sabah police have found a lead on the reported kidnapping of an oil palm plantation manager and his assistant by a group of five men armed with fire arms, in the interior of the state's east coast on Wednesday.

Malaysian students condemn rape, abuse of Indon workers

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:54 PM PST

Malaysian students in Indonesia have condemned the rape and abuse of Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia and expressed the hope that the offenders would be severely punished.

VIDEO: Israel intensifies Gaza bombing

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:29 PM PST

Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza has intensified after it authorised the call-up of 30,000 army reservists, amid reports of a possible ground offensive.

VIDEO: Four die as train hits US parade

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:40 PM PST

The BBC's Alistair Leithead reports after four people were killed and 17 others injured when a freight train in Texas hit a parade float.

Elderly criminal numbers soar in greying Japan

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:37 PM PST

The number of elderly criminals being caught by Japanese police has rocketed, the justice ministry said Friday, with pensioners committing almost 50 times more assaults than two decades ago.

Japan PM dissolves lower house for election

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:37 PM PST

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda dissolved the lower house of parliament Friday for an election next month, in a political gamble widely expected to strip his centre-left party of power.

Japan on course for December 16 election and seventh PM in six years

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:04 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan dissolved parliament's lower house on Friday for a December 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power with a conservative former prime minister at the helm.

New study raises questions about linking women's moods to PMS

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:20 PM PST

Is premenstrual syndrome (PMS) to blame for your bad mood? Not so fast, suggest researchers from the medical school at the University of Toronto. When it comes to moodiness, they claim PMS is too often the scapegoat for general stress or lack of support.

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Clinton in Singapore as part of Asia-Pacific tour

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 11:12 PM PST

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Singapore on Friday for consultations with the city-state's leaders, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit in Cambodia with President Barack Obama.

Thai police hold serial panty thief after jewel heist

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:58 PM PST

Thai police said Friday they had discovered thousands of items of stolen women's underwear at the home of a robbery suspect, the second time the man has been found hoarding undergarments this year.

Israel to hold fire during Egyptian PM visit to Gaza

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:36 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel will suspend military action in the Gaza Strip on Friday during a short visit to the Palestinian territory by Egypt's prime minister, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

South Korea warns of rolling power blackouts in winter

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:30 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea may have to bring in rolling power blackouts this winter after the closure of nuclear plants for safety checks means the electricity network will have less than a third of normal reserve capacity.

Japan sets course for December 16 election and seventh PM in six years

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:25 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is set to dissolve parliament's lower house on Friday for a December 16 election that is likely to return the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power with a conservative former prime minister at the helm.

Cyprus president gets thumbs-down for troika, government - poll

Posted: 15 Nov 2012 10:11 PM PST

NICOSIA (Reuters) - More than two-thirds of Cypriots have given the island's leftist president the thumbs-down in an opinion poll, putting the opposition firmly in the lead ahead of general elections in February.