Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:41 AM PST

The killings of Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir have once again captured the world's attention but the victims of a lesser-known border dispute between the two nations are largely forgotten.

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Malaysia cooperating with CIA, MI-6 in hostage crisis

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:39 AM PST

Malaysia is forging cooperation with American, British and Egyptian intelligence to find out about the fate of two more Malaysians, whose identities are known, in the hostage incident in eastern Algeria, North Africa, last Wednesday.

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Forest, mines, farmland: Liberia is for sale

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:08 AM PST

Liberia is selling itself slice by slice nine years after a terrible civil conflict finally came to an end, offering valuable resources to the highest bidder even though that could kindle tension among a population that often feels it is being sold out.

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VIDEO: Bulgarian leader fights off gunman

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST

Police in Bulgaria have arrested a man after he jumped on stage and put a gun to the head of the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, as he was making a speech in Sofia.

VIDEO: Batmobile fetches $4.2m at auction

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:02 AM PST

The Batmobile featured in the original 1960s television show with Adam West has sold at auction in the US for $4.2m.

VIDEO: Obama to be sworn in for new term

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST

On Sunday Barack Obama will begin his second term as president of the United States when he is sworn in at a small ceremony in the White House.

India's old leaders get hip to the young and the restless ahead of elections

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:43 PM PST

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Scalded by spontaneous anti-rape and corruption protests near the seat of government in New Delhi, India's ageing leaders are scrambling to win over an angry and influential young urban population ahead of elections due to be held by early next year.

China plans emergency measures to control Beijing air pollution

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:12 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is to unveil unprecedented new rules governing how China's capital reacts to hazardous air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said, as deteriorating air quality threatens to become a rallying point for wider political dissatisfaction.

VIDEO: Gadgets 'made waterproof in an hour'

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST

From tissues to tablets - how nanotechnology can make things waterproof in under an hour

One Malaysian hostage feared dead

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

The Malaysian embassy in Algiers has received information that there is a worrying possibility that one of the two Malaysians still unaccounted for in the In Amenas hostage crisis is dead whilst the fate of the other Malaysian is still unknown.

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Dozens of hostages, militants killed in Algerian hostage crisis

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

A total of 23 hostages and 32 militants were killed in the heinous hostage crisis in a gas complex in Algeria after al-Qaida affiliated militants attacked and kidnapped hundreds of Algerian and foreign workers.

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Najib announces 7 major projects for Kelantan

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:35 PM PST

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced seven major projects for Kelantan which would be implemented soon.

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China 'strongly dissatisfied' with US island remarks

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:26 PM PST

China said it was "strongly dissatisfied" Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control of disputed islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row.

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From Handel to a rubber duck, Sydney Festival aims to please

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:07 PM PST

When Georg Friedrich Handel composed Semele in the 1740s, he could never have imagined it would be performed by opera singers in outrageous catwalk couture, including towering boots and sequinned kilts.

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Snow alert hits Paris air traffic

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:17 PM PST

PARIS, Jan 20 – France expects airlines to reduce flights in and out of Paris by as much as 40 per cent today due to forecast snowfalls over the capital and surrounding region. France's transport ministry said in a statement airlines had been asked to cut flight services by that amount at the two main airports on the Paris outskirts, Charles de ...

Syrian opposition in new search for transitional government

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

ISTANBUL, Jan 20 – Syria's opposition leaders yesterday launched their second bid to form a transitional government, with their credibility at stake as the country slides deeper into civil war. Agreement among the National Coalition, an umbrella group for the Syrian opposition, could help address international concern about the risk of Syria ...

Four climbers killed in avalanche

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 07:09 PM PST

EDINBURGH, Jan 20 – Four climbers were killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands yesterday, police said, in by far the worst incident linked to a blast of cold weather that has hit Britain. The victims, two men and two women, were in a party of six out climbing in the Glencoe area, renowned for its beautiful landscapes. Scotland is home to ...

Anti-racism protesters rally in Athens after stabbing

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 06:40 PM PST

ATHENS, Jan 20 – Hundreds of demonstrators yesterday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country. About 5,000 immigrants and human rights activists later gathered in the city's central Omonia ...

Syria says talk of Assad’s removal unacceptable

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 05:11 PM PST

BEIRUT, Jan 20 – Syria's foreign minister said yesterday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad's future was "unacceptable", a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional government. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem's comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal ...

Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 05:02 PM PST

ALGIERS, Jan 20 – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al-Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, ...

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