Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew

Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew

Somali pirates release Indian ship with 21 crew

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:53 PM PST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The all-Indian crew of a chemical oil tanker that was hijacked by Somali pirates in August last year has been released, along with the ship, Indian authorities said.

Re-elected Taiwan leader: China politics can wait (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou declares his victory in the presidential election, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Taipei, Taiwan. Ma won a close re-election fight, leveraging his message of greater prosperity through expanded ties with China to beat his populist-minded opponent, Tsai Ing-wen. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)AP - Economy first, politics later — if ever. That's the mandate Taiwanese voters gave their newly re-elected president on relations with the Chinese mainland, which is bent on achieving unity with the democratic island but will have to wait for it.

UN chief and Turkish FM discuss Syria

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:40 PM PST

"Dangerous trajectory" of crisis called "a source of grave concern" by Ban amid continued violence.


Zoosk: An "Only in America" Immigrant Success Story

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:09 PM PST

In true "only in America" fashion, two former students at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran ended up in and established a romantic social network that is considered a top destination for singles. Zoosk co-founders Alex Mehr and Shayan Zadeh met in Iran as students back in the 1990s. "Their dream was to someday start ...


US soldier charged in suicide faces hearing (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:55 PM PST

Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Hunstman, left, embraces Sheryl Moore, right, of Hilton Head, S.C., after she read a letter form her son currently serving in Afghanistan supporting Hunstman for President during a campaign stop Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012, in Hilton Head, S.C. (AP Photo/David Goldman)AP - The U.S. military says one of eight soldiers accused of abuse that drove a 19-year-old soldier to suicide is facing a preliminary hearing at a base in a southern Afghanistan.

Iran claims evidence to tie US to killing

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 10:47 PM PST

Foreign ministry says in letter that "reliable documents" implicate CIA in recent blast that targeted nuclear scientist.


Hezbollah chief rejects call by UN to disarm

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

Hassan Nasrallah says Ban Ki-moon's concern about Lebanese group's military strength "reassures and pleases us".


Bodies in Cambodian car may be Frenchman, family

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:52 PM PST

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Police in Cambodia were on Sunday investigating how five bodies, thought to be those of a Frenchman and his four children who went missing last year, ended up in a car dumped in a pond behind the French family's home.

VIDEO: Nigeria strike talks fail

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:31 PM PST

Talks between Nigeria's government and union leaders fail to reach an agreement over fuel subsidies, but oil workers will not strike immediately.


Germany's Youngest College Lecturer Is Just 16 Years Old (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - By all accounts, Carina Lämmle is the youngest college lecturer in Germany. She also happens to teach a discipline so advanced, few have ever heard of it


Egypt's ElBaradei ends presidential bid in protest (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:05 PM PST

FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 4, 2011 file photo, pro-reform leader and Nobel peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei poses for a portrait during an interview with The Associated Press in his home in Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. Egypt reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei said Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 that he won't run for president to protest military rule. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)AP - Egypt's reform leader Mohamed ElBaradei has withdrawn from the presidential race, saying a fair election is impossible under the military's grip nearly a year after Hosni Mubarak's ouster. Many fear that the ruling generals will push through a candidate of their own to preserve their power.

Kazakh vote tests stability after oil town unrest (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:26 PM PST

Reuters - Kazakhstan began voting on Sunday in an election designed to put a second party in parliament and ease growing discontent after deadly riots shook the image of stability prized by the veteran leader of Central Asia's largest economy and oil producer.


Russia: The Revolution Will Be Tweeted and Facebooked and YouTubed (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:25 PM PST

Time.com - The very real protest movement that swept through Russia's cities in December were propelled by virtual machinery


Kazakh vote tests stability after oil town unrest

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:26 PM PST

ZHANAOZEN, Kazakhstan (Reuters) - Kazakhstan began voting on Sunday in an election designed to put a second party in parliament and ease growing discontent after deadly riots shook the image of stability prized by the veteran leader of Central Asia's largest economy and oil producer.

Life Just Gets Worse for Michael Jordan's Old High School Coach

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 09:01 PM PST

Clifton ?Pop? Herring, Michael Jordan?s old high school coach, is in trouble again ? mere days??after he appeared as the subject of a Sports Illustrated cover story laying out his demons, the least of which are Jordan continually referring to Herring as the coach who ?cut? him (instead of the coach who kept him on ...


Factional fighting claims lives in Libya

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:50 PM PST

Fighters from Gharyan and al-Asabia towns in country's northwest use rockets and machine guns on one another.


Japan PM lags in polls despite Cabinet reshuffle (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 08:32 PM PST

AP - Newspaper polls show Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet reshuffle has failed to lift public support.


VIDEO: Cruise ship couple rescued

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:27 PM PST

Two passengers have been found alive on the submerged cruise ship Costa Concordia, more than 24 hours after it ran aground off the Italian coast.


Tax Talk 2012: Lee Wrights

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 07:29 PM PST

? As I noted before, in terms of what affects voters the most, I feel strongly that it?s important to understand what it is that each candidate hopes to bring to the table in terms of tax incentives, tax policy and tax proposals. With that in mind, I contacted each of the candidates who has ...


Chiang Rai and northern Thailand’s Golden Triangle: More than poppy production

Posted: 14 Jan 2012 05:14 PM PST

Moonlit Caribbean harbors, ritzy Swiss resorts, jungle mountains. When you get right down to it, pirates, smugglers, swashbucklers and rogues are probably the world's most discerning travelers, ferreting out the most stunning locales to conduct business in. Case in point: Southeast Asia's lush Golden Triangle, synonymous with the opium trade and best explored by motorbike.

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