Raid on Kenyan coastal village leaves 28 dead

Raid on Kenyan coastal village leaves 28 dead

Raid on Kenyan coastal village leaves 28 dead

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:23 AM PST

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Raiders killed villagers and burnt homes in an early morning attack in Kenya's volatile coastal Tana Delta region that left 28 people dead, police said on Friday.

U.S. House approves bill authorizing $633 billion in defence spending

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:22 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives approved the final version of the annual defence policy bill on Thursday, authorizing $633.3 billion (389.6 billion pounds) in defence spending for 2013, easing limits on satellite exports and providing more Marines for embassy security.

Vietnam imposes funeral wreath limit in austerity drive

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:13 AM PST

Vietnam has imposed strict limits on the number of wreaths that can be laid at officials' funerals and banned civil servants from burning 'ghost money' in a bid to assuage public anger over government waste.

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Four states urged to be prepared for floods

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:07 AM PST

People living in low lying areas in four states, namely Sabah, Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang have been urged to be alert and be prepared to evacuate since the Monsoon season which started in October is expected to continue until March.

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Raid on Kenyan coastal village leaves 28 dead

Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:00 AM PST

MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - Raiders killed villagers and burnt homes in an early morning attack in Kenya's volatile coastal Tana Delta region that left 28 people dead, police said on Friday.

France's Hollande reaffirms 2013 deficit target

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:59 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande reiterated on Friday that his government was targeting a reduction of the public deficit in 2013 to three percent of GDP despite new official data showing economic growth way below forecast.

VIDEO: Hoax eagle snatch video exposed

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:44 AM PST

A Canadian animation college has revealed its students created a video which appeared to show a Golden Eagle snatching a baby, after the video went viral spreading across the internet.

Queen's Christmas speech goes 3D

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:12 PM PST

Queen Elizabeth II will broadcast her annual Christmas message to Britain and the Commonwealth in 3D television for the first time, Buckingham Palace announced on Thursday.

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VIDEO: Spain's controversial crowd control

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 01:48 PM PST

The use of rubber balls fired by police during demonstrations in Spain has proved controversial - with the practice now banned in the Basque Country.

VIDEO: Europe gripped by extreme cold snap

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:06 PM PST

At least 61 people have died as snow and sub-zero temperatures spread across parts of eastern Europe.

Singapore ranks as least emotional country in the world: poll

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:05 PM PST

Singaporeans are the least likely in the world to report experiencing emotions of any kind on a daily basis, according to the Gallup Poll.

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At least eight killed in Kenya's volatile Tana Delta region - local media

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:22 PM PST

NAIROBI, Kenya (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed in fresh clashes in Kenya's coastal Tana Delta region, an area where more than 100 people died in a series of attacks earlier this year, local media said on Friday.

Silence, ringing of bells to honour victims of U.S. school massacre

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:10 PM PST

NEWTOWN, Conn./WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Many Americans will remember the victims of the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre with a moment of silence on Friday, just before a powerful U.S. gun rights lobbying group plunges into the national debate over gun control.

Analysis - Allies to lose socialist patron if Venezuela's Chavez goes

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:08 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Murals adorning a Caracas slum that has given militant backing to President Hugo Chavez over the years are a virtual pantheon of international radicals.

Women seeking vagina lifts vulnerable to misinformation: study

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:48 PM PST

Women considering going under the knife for a "vagina lift" are being warned that the internet is rife with misinformation and inaccuracies in a new study released this week.

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Japan new PM to send envoy to S.Korea

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:19 PM PST

Japan's incoming prime minister will send a special envoy to Seoul, he said Friday, to meet South Korea's president-elect, in an early attempt to mend frayed ties.

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Japan's next PM ready to lift ban on e-campaigning

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:06 PM PST

Japan's incoming prime minister Shinzo Abe said Friday he wanted to lift the strict ban on all forms of Internet electioneering as he met with information technology company chiefs.

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VIDEO: Newtown shootings: Minute silence

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:21 PM PST

People across the United States will observe a minute's silence later, exactly one week after a gunman killed twenty children and six members of staff at a primary school in Connecticut.

Apple "pinch-to-zoom" patent deemed invalid

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:15 PM PST

A filing Wednesday in a high-stakes legal battle between Samsung and Apple revealed that a "pinch-to-zoom" patent central to the case has been deemed invalid.

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Bangladeshi faces jail sentence and caning for sodomy

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:00 PM PST

A welder was charged in the Sessions Court here today with sodomising a nine-year-old boy in October.

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