Suicide bombing kills 10 at Pakistan market

Suicide bombing kills 10 at Pakistan market


Suicide bombing kills 10 at Pakistan market

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:24 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bombing at a market in northwest Pakistan killed at least 10 people on Saturday, local security officials said.


China detains man for leaking secrets in former police chief case

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities have detained a man for seven days for posting on the Internet details of the investigation related to ex-police chief Wang Lijun, official media said on Saturday, in a case that led to China's biggest political scandal in two decades. Wang, the former police chief of Chongqing municipality in southwest China, was jailed in September for 15 years for trying to cover up a murder carried out by the wife of his politician boss, Bo Xilai. In early February, Wang had fled to the U.S. ...


French president lands in Congo after Senegal stop

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:04 PM PDT

French President Francois Hollande, right, and Senegalese counterpart Macky Sall walk past an honor guard as Hollande arrives at the airport in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Oct. 12, 2012. Hollande was on a one-day visit to Senegal Friday, en route to Kinshasa, Congo for the Francophonie Summit. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)French President Francois Hollande landed early Saturday in Congo, where he is to take part in a summit of French-speaking countries, after months of controversy surrounding his visit to the vast Central African nation.



Two foreigners feared kidnapped from Afghanistan aid team: police

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 11:02 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Two foreigners, thought to be a Canadian and a U.S. citizen, were reported missing on Saturday by a provincial reconstruction team in volatile Wardak, west of Kabul, and were feared to have been kidnapped, Afghan police said.


China detains man for leaking secrets in former police chief case

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:50 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Authorities have detained a man for seven days for posting on the Internet details of the investigation related to ex-police chief Wang Lijun, official media said on Saturday, in a case that led to China's biggest political scandal in two decades.


Blind Chinese activist says nephew could face unfair trial

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:37 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday that Chinese police had sent the case of his nephew, charged with intentional infliction of injury, to the state prosecutor, paving the way for what he expects will be an unfair trial. The case of Chen Guangcheng's nephew, Chen Kegui, has renewed international focus on China's human rights and legal system. Chen has been held incommunicado by police for over five months and has been denied access to his choice of lawyers. His case is widely seen as illegitimate by Chen's family and human rights advocates. ...


U.S. hearing on Kandahar massacre to include video testimony from Afghans

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:05 PM PDT

Handout photo of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales at Fort IrwinSEATTLE (Reuters) - The preliminary court hearing next month in Washington state for the U.S. Army soldier charged with killing 16 Afghan civilians in a March rampage will include live video testimony from witnesses including villagers and Afghan soldiers. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is scheduled to have a two-week evidentiary proceeding called an Article 32 hearing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord beginning on November 5, Army Lieutenant Colonel Gary Dangerfield said on Friday. ...



VIDEO: How do you crack the Rubik's cube?

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:40 PM PDT

The European Rubik's Cube Championship and hundreds of competitors are taking part.


Blind Chinese activist says nephew could face unfair trial

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 09:37 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng said on Saturday that Chinese police had sent the case of his nephew, charged with intentional infliction of injury, to the state prosecutor, paving the way for what he expects will be an unfair trial.


US berates Russia for aiding Syria

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 10:18 PM PDT

Washington denounces Moscow's policy of supporting Syria as "morally bankrupt", as tensions over seized cargo escalate.


VIDEO: Final trip for space shuttle Endeavour

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 07:57 PM PDT

The US Space Shuttle Endeavour has had a long and eventful life, but its days of soaring into orbit and speeding around the earth at over 17,000 miles an hour are now over.


'Halo 4' Leaked, Microsoft Investigates

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 04:02 PM PDT

A photograph of 'Halo 4' discs has been posted online, quite possibly a pretty serious leak of the game which is due out in early November.


China Currency Not So Weak

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:34 PM PDT

China's currency gains on dollar.


Tuning into life nearby with BlipBoard

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Video We at Pop17 met up with Aneil Mallavarapu and Jason Fischl the people behind the new mobile application Blipboard Inc. A new app that will allow you to truly be a local in your neighborhood, the application provides its users to find out interesting things going on right now in the [...]


Arrest Warrant Issued Against Indian Billionaire Vijay Mallya

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:14 PM PDT

Nothing but bad times for this former "King of Good Times": Vijay Mallya's reputation, fortune and freedom in danger.


Romney criticises Biden on Benghazi attack

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:41 PM PDT

US Republican candidate Mitt Romney says Vice President Joe Biden's remarks on Libya consulate attack were misleading.


For Brazil's Vale, A Case Of Lowered Expectations

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 03:04 PM PDT

Brazilian miner Vale not expected to produce anything exciting in the third quarter results Oct. 24.


China’s mid-level party officials spend professional training time cultivating allies

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:52 PM PDT

For decades, professors at the Central Party School have safeguarded the ideology of China's Communist Party, indoctrinating each generation of officials in the teachings of Marx, Lenin and Mao.

The school has persevered in its mission despite massive changes in society and the economy. But in recent years, it has faced a new and insidious threat: students intent on networking.

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As Afghan war winds down, U.S. Army retools training for new threats

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:27 PM PDT

FORT POLK, La. — Shortly after dark, the paratroopers jumped out of C-130s into a Caspian Sea country teeming with mayhem, political unrest and insurgents. Their first mission was to prevent a U.S. consulate from being overrun. Then they were to repel an invasion by a hostile neighboring nation that was after oil wealth of the fictional country of Atropia. If all went according to plan, the mission would last no longer than a few weeks.

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China Economic Data Preview

Posted: 12 Oct 2012 02:34 PM PDT

What kind of economic numbers will China be posting next week? Here's what the market thinks is coming.