Day Laborers Find Steady Work After Hurricane Sandy

Day Laborers Find Steady Work After Hurricane Sandy


Day Laborers Find Steady Work After Hurricane Sandy

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:56 PM PST

For workers in New York and New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy has been a boon, conjuring up demolition and construction work that has been mostly absent since the housing market's collapse.

Former MP Sir Irvine Patnick dies

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 01:01 PM PST

The former Conservative MP Sir Irvine Patnick has died, according to his family.

Afghan Army Deaths Topped 1,000 in 2012

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:44 PM PST

The Afghan government hit a grim record in its quest to take over the country's security: more than 1,000 soldiers died in 2012, a 20 percent increase from 2011.

Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini, a Revolutionary in the Study of the Brain, Dies at 103

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:47 PM PST

By studying chicken embryos in the bedroom of her house in Turin, Italy, Dr. Levi-Montalcini discovered how embryo cells built a latticework of intricate connections.

Attack on Libyan church building kills two

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:01 PM PST

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - An explosion on Sunday at a building belonging to a Coptic church in western Libya killed two Egyptian men and wounded two others, a military spokesman said.

C African rebels to consider coalition offer

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:59 AM PST

After meeting African Union chief, rebel leaders say they will weigh power-sharing offer do not want to join government.

How to Help Afghan Refugees

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:04 PM PST

The aid organization with the most permanent presence in Kabul's refugee camps is a respected Afghan group, Aschiana.

Car bomb attempt on Northern Irish policeman foiled

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:48 AM PST

BELFAST (Reuters) - An attempt by militant nationalists to kill a Northern Irish policeman was foiled when a booby trap bomb was found under his car, police said on Sunday.

Shedding Door Pulls, Mumbai Taxis Rattle Off

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:15 AM PST

The Padmini taxi was once ubiquitous in Mumbai. But under a 2008 government decree requiring cabs older than 25 years to be retired, the old car is slowly disappearing.

Nine hostages in Brazil robbery

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 11:06 AM PST

Some 200 policemen in the south of Brazil are chasing a gang that escaped with nine hostages after a frustrated attempt to rob a jewellery factory.

Protests and vigils for India rape victim

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:45 AM PST

Thousands gather to demand justice for 23-year-old who died from injuries sustained in attack and other rape victims.

Bahrain policemen jailed for beating opposition member to death

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:33 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Two Bahraini policemen were sentenced to jail for seven years each on Sunday for beating to death a Shi'ite opposition activist in custody during last year's crackdown on protesters.

Italy's Rita Levi-Montalcini dies

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:51 AM PST

The Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini, who won the Nobel prize for her work on cells, dies at the age of 103.

A Rush to Split Up Big Bank Deposits to Keep Them Safe

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:47 AM PST

Next year, $1.5 trillion of bank deposits will lose an unlimited government guarantee granted during the financial crisis, and boutique firms are offering new shelters for the cash.

Cold-Weather Aid Trickles Into Afghan Camps

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:45 PM PST

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday distributed emergency cold weather supplies to families in a refugee camp where two days earlier a 3-year-old child died of exposure to the cold.

QPR 0-3 Liverpool

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 10:11 AM PST

A woeful QPR display intensifies their relegation fears as they are beaten by a Luis Suarez-inspired Liverpool.

Cold-Weather Aid Trickles Into Afghan Camps

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 12:23 PM PST

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on Sunday distributed emergency cold weather supplies to families in a refugee camp where two days earlier a 3-year-old child died of exposure to the cold.

Sudanese police block protest at human rights commission

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:58 AM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security forces on Sunday blocked activists trying to deliver a petition criticizing the government to the country's human rights commission, drawing a rare rebuke from the state-appointed body.

'Fattest man' looks to the future

Posted: 26 Dec 2012 11:22 AM PST

'World's fattest man' Paul Mason looks to the future

Court to rule on legality of Egyptian parliament

Posted: 30 Dec 2012 09:26 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court is to examine the legitimacy of the upper house of parliament, a case likely to increase the legal uncertainty of the country's political transition and leave it without a legislature.

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