Polio almost eradicated in India

Polio almost eradicated in India


Polio almost eradicated in India

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:57 PM PST

Once home to hundreds of thousands of childhood polio cases, India saw only one reported case in 2011.


Zardari's party lobbies allies for support; tension (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:18 PM PST

A young Indian girl is given her first polio vaccination at a health camp organized by the Rotary Club in conjunction with UNICEF and the WHO, in Moradabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. India will celebrate a full year since its last reported case of polio on Friday, a major victory in a global eradication effort that appeared to be stalled just a few years ago. If no previously undisclosed cases of the crippling disease are discovered across the country, India will no longer be considered to be polio endemic, leaving only Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria on that list. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)Reuters - President Asif Ali Zardari's ruling party, facing intense pressure from Pakistan's powerful generals, lobbied its coalition partners on Friday for support as tension raised fear over the stability of the country.



Apple halts sale of iPhone 4S amid customer anger (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:19 PM PST

Hundreds of customers queue up to purchase a new smartphone iPhone 4S at an Apple Store early Friday, Jan. 13, 2012 in Shanghai, China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Apple Inc. postponed sales of its iPhone 4S in its mainland China stores Friday after angry customers and gangs of scalpers threw eggs at the company's flagship Beijing store.



Afghan minorities cautiously support peace talks (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:07 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton expresses her dismay at emerging reports of U.S. Marines allegedly desecrating the bodies of Taliban fighters killed in Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, during a news conference with Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, at the State Department in Washington.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - Prominent Afghan opposition leaders say they support possible U.S.-brokered peace negotiations with Taliban militants but want to be part of any talks.



Crude rises as Nigeria strike threat looms (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2010 file photo, utility workers walk past a destroyed car in San Bruno, Calif., where a pipeline exploded on Sept. 9, 2010. California regulators launched a top-level legal investigation Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, into whether Pacific Gas & Electric Co. broke any laws in the deadly San Bruno pipeline explosion, a process that ultimately could end in hefty fines for the company.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - Oil prices rose to near $100 a barrel in Asia on Friday as negotiations to avert a looming strike in major oil producer Nigeria ended for the day without any result.



Australian sentenced to Saudi lashing returns home (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:41 PM PST

AP - An Australian man who received 75 lashes in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of blasphemy has returned home.


While Siri Grows, Vlingo Brings Voice Control To TV

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:37 PM PST

With its voice-controlled TV service, Vlingo is jumping into the battle for smart TVs going on between TV hardware makers on the one hand, and cable or satellite operators on the other hand.


Share What You Make with Instructables

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:28 PM PST

Instructables is one of those sites where Alice in Wonderland would have been very happy. You can go down just about any path; any rabbit hole, and find something incredibly fun, rewarding, and educational. If you want to learn how to make, build, cook, modify, or create something, you can learn it at the well-known ...


Myanmar Frees Political Prisoners

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:36 PM PST

Myanmar has freed several prominent political prisoners, which has been a key condition set by Western countries for easing sanctions against the country.


Turkey charges UK royal over orphanage film

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:49 PM PST

Prosecutors indict Sarah Ferguson, accusing duchess of violating privacy of secretly filmed children in documentary.


Candidates make final push ahead of Taiwan vote (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:36 PM PST

Taiwan's President and presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou is greeted by supporters during an election rally Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 in New Taipei City, Taiwan. Taiwan will hold its presidential election on Saturday Jan. 14. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Candidates in Taiwan's closely fought presidential election are crisscrossing the island to appeal for last-minute support.



Could Cancer Cure Barbie? Mattel vs. Beautiful and Bald Barbie

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:07 PM PST

? Barbie is just shy of 53 years old.?? She's survived the Vietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification, both wars with Iraq and has managed to outlast 10 U.S. Presidents.?? But she might have just met her match with two cancer survivors. The Associated Press reports that Rebecca Sypin and ...


Thailand Plays Pass The Buck On Bank Bailout Bill

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:00 PM PST

It?s not everyday that I read a story on Thai banking and think of David Bowie. So, indulge me for a moment. ?Young Americans? (1975) has the following lyric: ?Do you remember, the bills you have to pay, or even yesterday?? OK, so Bowie wasn?t singing about interest payments on bank bailout funds. But a ...


Chinese dissident goes into exile in U.S., says was tortured

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 09:26 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - One of China's most prominent Christian dissidents, Yu Jie, has gone into exile to the United States after he said he was tortured in a crackdown on dissent, he told Reuters on Friday.


Iranian leader meets Fidel Castro (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:42 PM PST

Cuba's President Raul Castro, left, and  Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gesture before Ahmadinejad's departure at the Jose Marti international airport in Havana, Cuba, Thursday Jan. 12, 2012. Ahmadinejad is visiting Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador as part of his Latin American tour. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Two of Washington's top irritants, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Fidel Castro, discussed world events for two hours, and the Iranian leader on Thursday described the retired Cuban revolutionary as healthy and engaged, and declared their two countries to be allies "fighting on the same front."



Myanmar frees prominent political prisoners (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:45 PM PST

AP - Myanmar has freed several prominent political prisoners, which has been a key condition set by Western countries for easing sanctions against the country.


Pakistan president returns home

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:56 PM PST

Zardari back in Islamabad amid heightened tensions between army leaders and civilian government over "memo-gate" saga.


Salvadoran soldiers get Spain extradition request (AP)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:17 PM PST

AP - El Salvador's government says it has received a formal request from Spain for the extradition of 13 former military officers accused in the 1989 slayings of six Jesuit priests and two other people.


Enraged shoppers pelt Beijing Apple store with eggs (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:03 PM PST

Reuters - Apple Inc's flagship Beijing store was pelted with eggs on Friday when hundreds of enraged shoppers, many of whom had waited in line overnight, were told the store would not begin sales of the iPhone 4S as scheduled.


VIDEO: Heart-stopping moment for medics

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 08:03 PM PST

A team of medical workers in Mexico were caught on camera as they dropped a donor heart being rushed to hospital for an urgent transplant. Despite the mishap the heart transplant was a success.


Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism

Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism


Israel warns against computer-hacker vigilantism

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:51 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Thursday called on computer hackers not to take the law into their own hands to avenge attacks on Israeli credit card companies, and said the authorities were capable of countering all cyber threats.


Stop and search overhaul planned

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

The Metropolitan Police commissioner orders a radical overhaul of stop and search policing in London.


Army Officer Recommends Trial in WikiLeaks Case

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:53 PM PST

An Army officer recommended a general court-martial Thursday for a low-ranking intelligence analyst charged with causing the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history.


Surgeons Transplant Synthetic Trachea in Baltimore Man

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:39 PM PST

In only the second procedure of its kind, surgeons in Sweden replaced the cancerous windpipe of a Baltimore man with one made in a laboratory.


Militants Take Hostages in Kenya

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:32 PM PST

An al Qaeda-affiliated Somali militant group said Thursday that it took several hostages in a raid in northern Kenya that killed at least six people.


WORLD: Prospects for U.S.-Taliban Talks

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST

January 12, 2012 — The Taliban shows openness to talks with the United States, just as an inflammatory video surfaces showing what appears to be four Marines urinating on three dead Taliban fighters.


Israeli court ruling on citizenship 'racist'

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

Rights groups slam supreme court ruling upholding law banning Palestinians married to Israelis from getting citizenship.


Child murder mum jailed for life

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:28 AM PST

A mother who murdered her toddler son at their flat in Renfrewshire is jailed for a minimum of 15 years.


U.S. inches closer to peace talks with Taliban

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:58 AM PST

The United States could inch closer next week toward peace talks with the Taliban if Afghan President Hamid Karzai blesses the negotiations, senior administration officials said Thursday.


Somali fighters in deadly cross-border raid

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:20 PM PST

At least six Kenyans killed and others kidnapped in attack by Islamist al-Shabab group, about 10km from Somali border.


Wikileak accused 'must be tried'

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 01:13 PM PST

A US military officer recommends a court martial for Bradley Manning, accused of leaking secret US government documents to Wikileaks.


Art Review: Damien Hirst Spot Paintings at Gagosian in 8 Cities - Review

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:50 PM PST

A show of Damien Hirst's spot paintings is spread out over 11 Gagosian galleries in 8 cities on 3 continents. Parts of it are very bad, but parts are not bad at all.


'Urination' US Marines identified

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:19 PM PST

At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC.


Warming to U.S. Plea, Japan Pledges to Cut Oil From Iran

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:41 AM PST

The move was in response to a request from the visiting United States Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner, who was rebuffed by China on the matter a day earlier.


Canada says marriages of foreign gays not valid

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:16 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government has abruptly started to argue that the same-sex marriages of many foreigners who wed in Canada are not valid, a move that stunned the gay community and could affect thousands of couples.


Smaller Magnetic Materials Push Boundaries of Nanotechnology

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 12:58 PM PST

Findings from research conducted at I.B.M., being reported Thursday in the journal Science, could lead to a new class of more powerful and efficient nanomaterials.


Taliban Statement Highlights Challenges

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 11:16 AM PST

The Taliban ruled out recognizing the Afghan Constitution or the "stooge Kabul administration" of President Hamid Karzai, even as it opens negotiations with the U.S., underscoring the challenges faced by the budding peace effort.


Israel Upholds Limits on Palestinian Spouses

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST

Israel's Supreme Court upheld a controversial law that bans most Palestinians who marry Israelis from living inside the Jewish state.


Sectarian Clashes Kill 20 in Yemen

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:57 AM PST

Twenty fighters were killed in new clashes between an ultraconservative Islamist group and former Shiite rebels in Yemen's north, security officials said.


Iran to Loom Over Wen's Mideast Trip

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's heads to the Middle East on Saturday to boost energy ties with key oil exporters that are also U.S. partners, as the U.S. puts pressure on Beijing to reduce Iranian oil imports.