VIDEO: Football linesman dies after attack

VIDEO: Football linesman dies after attack


VIDEO: Football linesman dies after attack

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

An assistant referee has died in the Netherlands a day after he was chased and beaten by teenage footballers taking part in an amateur youth match.

VIDEO: Psy explains his name to the BBC

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:08 PM PST

BBC's Rico Hizon in Singapore asks Gangnam Style's Psy what the story is behind his name.

VIDEO: Typhoon Bopha hits Philippines

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:33 PM PST

A powerful typhoon has struck the southern Philippines causing flooding and power cuts and forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.

VIDEO: Second day in hospital for Kate

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge is beginning a second day in hospital for treatment for severe morning sickness.

VIDEO: Typhoon Bopha hits Philippines

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:33 PM PST

A powerful typhoon has struck the southern Philippines causing flooding and power cuts and forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their homes.

VIDEO: Second day in hospital for Kate

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:43 PM PST

The Duchess of Cambridge is beginning a second day in hospital for treatment for severe morning sickness.

Blind China dissident says jailed nephew acted in self-defense

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:52 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng said the jailing of his nephew last week was on trumped up charges which ignored clear evidence that he had acted in self-defense after men armed with sticks forced their way into his home and beat him.

Merkel's euro push leaves east Germany out in the cold

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:36 PM PST

EISENHUETTENSTADT, Germany (Reuters) - This fading industrial city, like many in Angela Merkel's former East German home, is stony ground for the chancellor's message of European integration and fertile soil for opponents trying to stop her winning a third term next September.

Bomb blast in Afghanistan kills 2 NATO troops

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:20 PM PST

The international military coalition in Afghanistan says two of its service members have been killed in a bomb attack in the country's south.

UN calls on Israel to open nuclear facilities

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:30 PM PST

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution calling on Israel to quickly open its nuclear program for inspection and backing a high-level conference to ban nuclear weapons from the Middle East which was just canceled.

VIDEO: Football linesman dies after attack

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:24 PM PST

An assistant referee has died in the Netherlands a day after he was chased and beaten by teenage footballers taking part in an amateur youth match.

VIDEO: Psy explains his name to the BBC

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:08 PM PST

BBC's Rico Hizon in Singapore asks Gangnam Style's Psy what the story is behind his name.

Are women leaders less corrupt? No, but they shake things up

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (TrustLaw) - It is almost a cliché that getting more women into power is a good way to tackle corruption. Women, the argument goes, are less likely to take bribes or put personal gain before public good. But is it true? While many bristle at the suggestion that women are the "fairer sex," considering it simplistic and even sexist, a growing body of research hints that the ascent of women might indeed help dent corruption. A deeper look shows the connection between gender and corruption is more complex than the cliché suggests. ...

Are women leaders less corrupt? No, but they shake things up

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:06 PM PST

WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (TrustLaw) - It is almost a cliché that getting more women into power is a good way to tackle corruption. Women, the argument goes, are less likely to take bribes or put personal gain before public good.

Terrorist attacks soar, deaths down from 2007 peak: study

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:03 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected.

Bomb explodes at offices of Greek ultra-right party, no casualties

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:24 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb went off at the offices of a Greek ultra-right group near Athens early on Tuesday causing damage but no casualties, a police source said. The explosion occurred at the local offices of the Golden Dawn party in the Athens suburb of Aspropyrgos. "It was a powerful blast that caused a lot of damage," said a police official who declined to be named. Riding a wave of public anger at austerity, corrupt politicians and illegal immigration, Golden Dawn has come out of nowhere to become Greece's third-biggest party, according to the latest opinion polls. ...

Typhoon Bopha slams Philippines south, destroys homes, one dead

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:15 PM PST

Residents saw an uprooted tree to clear the road after Typhoon Bopha hit Tagum CityMANILA (Reuters) - Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, slammed into a southern island on Tuesday, destroying homes, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of flights and ferry services, officials said. Bopha, with wind gusts of up to 195 kph (121 mph), made landfall at dawn, uprooting trees, tearing off roofs, and toppling power and communication lines. "There goes my house," Landring Ceballos, a fisherman in Davao Oriental province told reporters as he watched in horror as winds lifted his makeshift house and dumped it in the sea. ...


Terrorist attacks soar, deaths down from 2007 peak: study

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 09:03 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of terrorist attacks each year has more than quadrupled in the decade since September 11, 2001, a study released on Tuesday said, with Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan the most affected. The number of annual deaths in attacks, however, peaked in 2007 -- the height of the Iraq conflict -- and has been falling ever since. The survey reported 7,473 fatalities in 2011, 25 percent down on 2007. That figure included dead suicide bombers and other attackers. ...

Bomb explodes at offices of Greek ultra-right party, no casualties

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 08:25 PM PST

ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb went off at the offices of a Greek ultra-right group near Athens early on Tuesday causing damage but no casualties, a police source said.

Typhoon Bopha slams Philippines south, destroys homes, one dead

Posted: 03 Dec 2012 10:15 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - Typhoon Bopha, the strongest tropical storm to hit the Philippines this year, slammed into a southern island on Tuesday, destroying homes, cutting power and forcing the cancellation of flights and ferry services, officials said.

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