Deadline looms in Nepal over constitution |
- Deadline looms in Nepal over constitution
- Lady Gaga calls off Indonesia concert
- China detains official for rapes after online uproar
- Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline
- Japan: Americans held in Irish student's death
- China: Official confesses to raping 10 girls
- Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline
- 4 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan
- Four NATO Service Members Killed in Afghanistan
- More Tech And Lack Of Competition Should Mean Better Ratings For Indianapolis 500
- China detains official for rapes after online uproar
- Blind China Activist's Brother Returns to Village
- Mexico's Former Ruling Party Suspends Ex-Governor
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: A "Must Win" Corporate Turnaround for Japan
- How Polio Can Be A Global Emergency When Cases Are At An All-Time Low
- Political Islamism is not to be feared
- Does military service still matter for the presidency?
- Red Bull Enters New Territory In Austin With First StarCraft II BattlegroundsTournament
- Petra, Jordan’s famous city of stone, faces a preservation struggle
- VIDEO: Buddhism in South Korea under scrutiny
| Deadline looms in Nepal over constitution Posted: 26 May 2012 11:12 PM PDT Many fear fresh political unrest as deadline for finalisation of new document nears with no agreement on table.
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| Lady Gaga calls off Indonesia concert Posted: 26 May 2012 10:41 PM PDT Organisers cancel show after religious conservatives threatened "chaos" if pop diva entered Muslim-majority country.
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| China detains official for rapes after online uproar Posted: 26 May 2012 09:24 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in central China detained a former Communist Party official on suspicion of raping underage girls, state media said on Sunday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power. Li Xingong, who was the party's deputy head in Yongcheng city in Henan province, is accused of assaulting more than ten girls during police interrogations, the official Xinhua news agency reported. City authorities have "ordered swift and severe punishment on the suspect in accordance with relevant laws", it added. ...
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| Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline Posted: 26 May 2012 10:20 PM PDT
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| Japan: Americans held in Irish student's death Posted: 26 May 2012 10:30 PM PDT Police have detained two American men as part of an investigation into the strangling death of an Irish exchange student in Tokyo, local authorities said Sunday.
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| China: Official confesses to raping 10 girls Posted: 26 May 2012 10:30 PM PDT A Communist Party official in central China's Henan province was in police custody after authorities said he confessed to raping more than 10 girls, state-run media said Sunday.
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| Nepal on alert as clock ticks towards constitution deadline Posted: 26 May 2012 10:20 PM PDT KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Nepal stood on the brink of fresh political turmoil on Sunday as wrangling over the young Himalayan republic's first federal constitution ground towards a midnight deadline.
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| 4 NATO service members killed in Afghanistan Posted: 26 May 2012 09:33 PM PDT Four NATO service members were killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Sunday.
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| Four NATO Service Members Killed in Afghanistan Posted: 26 May 2012 09:06 PM PDT NATO says four of its service members have been killed in separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan.
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| More Tech And Lack Of Competition Should Mean Better Ratings For Indianapolis 500 Posted: 26 May 2012 08:51 PM PDT Television ratings for the 500 have been trending down for several years,??from a high of 6.5. in 2005 to below 4.0 in both 2010 and 2011. That has put a lot of pressure on Randy Bernard, who became CEO of??the??Izod IndyCar Series??in early 2010.??Bernard told me a year ago that his tenure will be largely ...
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| China detains official for rapes after online uproar Posted: 26 May 2012 09:24 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Police in central China detained a former Communist Party official on suspicion of raping underage girls, state media said on Sunday, following an online uproar about the latest case of abuse of power.
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| Blind China Activist's Brother Returns to Village Posted: 26 May 2012 08:22 PM PDT A rights lawyer says the brother of blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng has returned to his closely guarded village in eastern China.
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| Mexico's Former Ruling Party Suspends Ex-Governor Posted: 26 May 2012 05:25 PM PDT Mexico's former ruling party has suspended the membership of a former governor accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from drug cartels.
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| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries: A "Must Win" Corporate Turnaround for Japan Posted: 26 May 2012 08:10 PM PDT Will MHI achieve their restructuring goals? We cannot say. What we can say is that substantial failure would imperil not just the company, but Japan and, perhaps, the world. We should all hope they succeed.
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| How Polio Can Be A Global Emergency When Cases Are At An All-Time Low Posted: 26 May 2012 07:53 PM PDT How can it be that there's a polio emergency when cases were down by half last year? They're up in all the wrong places.
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| Political Islamism is not to be feared Posted: 25 May 2012 04:27 PM PDT The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for president of Egypt has moved on to the second round of voting. As fear mounts over the rise of Islamists, nostalgia for the old Arab world is stirring among many inside and outside the region. Some are starting to push the argument that former regimes restricted personal freedoms and stifled economic development but at least we all knew who we were dealing with and where we stood. And chaos was held in check. Read full article >>   
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| Does military service still matter for the presidency? Posted: 25 May 2012 09:11 AM PDT In every presidential election since 1992, the candidate with the less distinguished military résumé has triumphed. Bill Clinton defeated war heroes George H.W. Bush and Bob Dole; National Guard pilot George W. Bush beat Vietnam veterans Al Gore and John Kerry; and Barack Obama was decisively elected over John McCain, who had displayed extraordinary valor during years of captivity as a Navy pilot in North Vietnam. Read full article >>
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| Red Bull Enters New Territory In Austin With First StarCraft II BattlegroundsTournament Posted: 26 May 2012 07:23 PM PDT Red Bull has been at the forefront of blending real sports thinking, and marketing, with eSports. Over the past few years the energy drink maker, which has become a mainstay of extreme sports athletes, has treated its pro gamers just like its soccer players, skateboarders, surfers and NFL players. They even measured pro gamers' heart ...
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| Petra, Jordan’s famous city of stone, faces a preservation struggle Posted: 25 May 2012 10:47 AM PDT We've been hiking a narrow canyon for nearly half an hour, hemmed in by huge sunset-colored cliffs, and the suspense is killing me. Where's Petra? "It's becoming clear why it was lost for so long," quips one of my fellow travelers to the ancient Middle Eastern city. Read full article >>
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| VIDEO: Buddhism in South Korea under scrutiny Posted: 26 May 2012 07:22 PM PDT South Korea is preparing to celebrate the birthday of Buddha, but the role of monks in the country has been questioned after recent scandals.
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