Iraqi officials say car bomb near bus stop kills 5

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• Iraqi officials say car bomb near bus stop kills 5
• Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in
• Three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris
• Hong Kong's Surge Protector
• VIDEO: Poaching fears rise in Kenya
• Lawyer: 3 Delhi rape suspects to plead not guilty
• Indonesia to add photo warnings to cigarette packs
• China paper prints first issue since dispute
• First Look: ASUS Transformer All-in-One PC Running Android and Windows 8
• VIDEO: 'I survived a Syrian firing squad'
• Venezuela's sick Chavez misses own inauguration bash
• US missiles kill 5 suspected militants in Pakistan
• 10 Reasons To Hope For BlackBerry 10
• Piers Morgan Can Stay, Says the White House
• Top 5 Most Anticipated Video Game Soundtracks of 2013
• Swiss Bank's Demise: Glass Half Empty or Half Full?
• VIDEO: The Oscars: what you need to know
• VIDEO: The Oscars: what you need to know
• VIDEO: How the earth looks after a wildfire
• VIDEO: Lincoln leads Bafta nominations

Iraqi officials say car bomb near bus stop kills 5 Posted: 09 Jan 2013 11:14 PM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police say a car bomb explosion near a bus stop has killed five people and wounded 15 others in the capital, Baghdad.

Storm leaves Gaza man dead, Jerusalem snowed in Posted: 09 Jan 2013 11:03 PM PST JERUSALEM (AP) — A Gaza health official says a Palestinian man was electrocuted after being struck by a power cable snapped loose by ferocious winter winds, while a rare snowstorm paralyzed traffic in Jerusalem, its suburbs and the nearby West Bank.

Three Kurdish women shot dead in Paris Posted: 09 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST Bodies found early Thursday morning outside the Kurdish Institute, according to reports in French media.

Hong Kong's Surge Protector Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:47 PM PST (Repeats earlier post) A display at the Hong Kong Museum of History reminds visitors about the historical bonds between Hong Kong and its mainland kin, going back to when migrants came south to eke out livings in the salt and fishing businesses centuries ago. Lately the ties have reached a new [...]

VIDEO: Poaching fears rise in Kenya Posted: 09 Jan 2013 06:12 AM PST Kenya's Wildlife Service is hunting poachers who killed a family of 11 elephants.

Lawyer: 3 Delhi rape suspects to plead not guilty Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:54 PM PST NEW DELHI (AP) — Three of the suspects in the brutal rape and killing of a young woman on a New Delhi bus will plead not guilty, their lawyer said Thursday, hinting that police had tampered with evidence in the attack that has transfixed India.

Indonesia to add photo warnings to cigarette packs Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:58 PM PST JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has issued regulations that will require cigarette packets to bear graphic photographic warnings, a long-delayed measure in a country with one of the highest rates of smoking in the world.

China paper prints first issue since dispute Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:37 PM PST Latest edition of Southern Weekly contains no reference to editorial row, after deal on relaxing government censorship.

First Look: ASUS Transformer All-in-One PC Running Android and Windows 8 Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:20 PM PST At CES 2013, ASUS consumed the entire 62nd floor of Trump Tower. Each suite housed unreleased hardware from the company's broad range of displays, motherboards, accessories, gaming peripherals, tablets, and PCs. The jewel of the collection was the dual OS Transformer All-in-One Desktop, a PC and tablet hybrid running both Windows 8 and Android Jellybean.

VIDEO: 'I survived a Syrian firing squad' Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:55 PM PST A Syrian refugee who claims he was the only survivor of a group that faced a firing squad near the city of Aleppo has been speaking about the incident.

Venezuela's sick Chavez misses own inauguration bash Posted: 09 Jan 2013 10:13 PM PST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez remained on his sickbed in Cuba on Thursday while supporters planned to rally in his honor on the day he should have been sworn in for a new six-year term in the South American OPEC nation. The postponement of the inauguration, a first in Venezuelan history, has laid bare the gravity of Chavez's condition after complications from a fourth cancer operation in his pelvic area. ...

US missiles kill 5 suspected militants in Pakistan Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:55 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan intelligence officials say U.S. drone-fired missiles have hit a house in the country's northwest tribal region, killing five suspected militants.

10 Reasons To Hope For BlackBerry 10 Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:01 PM PST Research in Motion is struggling in the smartphone wars, but the software it teased at CES 2013 has some encouraging features.

Piers Morgan Can Stay, Says the White House Posted: 09 Jan 2013 05:01 PM PST Not that there was much drama involved, but the White House responded to a petition asking it deport CNN host Piers Morgan over his views on gun control and said Morgan can stay. In a statement explaining the decision, White House spokesman Jay Carney told the petition's 109,000 plus signees [...]

Top 5 Most Anticipated Video Game Soundtracks of 2013 Posted: 09 Jan 2013 04:53 PM PST With 2012 firmly behind us, it's time to look to the future and 2013 is already shaping up to be a promising year for video game soundtracks. Most of the triple-A titles in Q1 and Q2 feature prominent composers meaning 2013 could very well give 2012 a run for its [...]

Swiss Bank's Demise: Glass Half Empty or Half Full? Posted: 09 Jan 2013 02:00 PM PST   A Swiss flag flies above a branch of Swiss banking giant UBS. (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) UBS paid $780 million to settle with the IRS but seems to have emerged just fine. The smaller and older Wegelin plead guilty and agreed to close. See FATCA Cliff: Tax Evasion Guilty Plea And [...]

VIDEO: The Oscars: what you need to know Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:38 PM PST With nominations for this year's Academy Awards announced on 10 January, BBC Entertainment Reporter Natalie Jamieson looks at why the little gold statues mean so much to so many.

VIDEO: The Oscars: what you need to know Posted: 09 Jan 2013 09:38 PM PST With nominations for this year's Academy Awards announced on 10 January, BBC Entertainment Reporter Natalie Jamieson looks at why the little gold statues mean so much to so many.

VIDEO: How the earth looks after a wildfire Posted: 08 Jan 2013 11:04 PM PST Nick Bryant has been looking at the aftermath of one fire in New South Wales, where the flames were so ferocious that they managed to cross a major highway.

VIDEO: Lincoln leads Bafta nominations Posted: 09 Jan 2013 11:43 AM PST US civil war drama, Lincoln has led this year's Baftas with 10 nominations including best film and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis.

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