New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police

New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police


New South Africa mine massacre video pressures police

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:06 AM PST

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ECB's Draghi met Italy's economy minister on Monday - source

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:05 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - The head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi met Italy's Economy Minister Vittorio Grilli on Monday, a source said on Tuesday, as a scandal at Italy's No. 3 bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena deepens.

Suicide bomber strikes near Somali presidential palace - guard

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:30 PM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Somali presidential palace on Tuesday, killing at least one soldier and wounding two, a palace guard at the scene said.

Unsolicited SMS ads to come under study: Rais

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:27 AM PST

The Information, Communications and Culture Ministry is to look into the system of sending advertisements via SMS to mobile phones to prevent consumers from being harassed by unsolicited messages.

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Malaysian economy improving: RBS

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:02 AM PST

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) said it is "becoming more positive" on the Malaysian economy with the country witnessing growth and the government "tightening fiscal policy."

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Bird's nest production to top RM3.5bn in 2020

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:24 PM PST

Malaysia is expected to have 63,000 swiftlet premises in 2020, producing 870 metric tonnes of bird's nest worth RM3.5 billion.

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Govt to remove obstacles hampering women's progress: Najib

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:04 PM PST

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today the government was prepared to change legislation, regulations, practices and thinking that obstructed the progress of women in accordance with their position and capability.

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N. Korea threat 'merciless' retaliation on South

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:12 AM PST

North Korea on Tuesday vowed "merciless" retaliation against the South for its support of UN sanctions, as Seoul urged Pyongyang to step back from a widely expected nuclear test.

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Of book-burning and busybody

Posted: 29 Jan 2013 12:06 AM PST

If you happen to see Ibrahim Ali now, please ask him about the Bible burning.

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Taking a Gander at the future of the internet

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:41 PM PST

Imagine knowing how many people are in a coffee shop and how long it will take to get served, just by glancing at your smartphone, or being certain that there will be a seat on the bus or train when it arrives. Gander is a search engine that aims to make all of this and more possible, by letting users search their physical world in the same way that they currently search for web pages on the net.

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Smartphone makers compete with new music offerings

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:38 PM PST

Samsung and Nokia are both increasing their music-based offerings in a bid to stem competition from other companies and services.

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India's top court rejects bid to move gang-rape trial

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 11:20 PM PST

India's Supreme Court rejected on Tuesday an application to move the trial of five men accused of the fatal gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi.

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S. Korea forms military task force on nuclear test

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:58 PM PST

South Korea's military said Tuesday it had formed a crisis management task force to monitor North Korea's nuclear site ahead of an expected atomic test, which Seoul said could be imminent.

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10 rare pygmy elephants found dead in Borneo

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:58 PM PST

Ten endangered pygmy elephants have been found dead this month in Malaysian Borneo and are thought to have been poisoned, conservation officials said Tuesday.

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Floods hit two Australian states, thousands evacuated

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:38 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Massive summer floods have killed four people and forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes across two Australian states on Tuesday, disrupting air and rail travel and coal production.


Analysis - Immigration reform could boost U.S. economic growth

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 09:09 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sluggish U.S. economy could get a lift if President Barack Obama and a bipartisan group of senators succeed in what could be the biggest overhaul of the nation's immigration system since the 1980s.


VIDEO: US senators to tackle immigration

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 08:57 PM PST

A group of Republican and Democratic senators have proposed to work together on a solution to America's immigration problem.

VIDEO: Egypt protesters defy curfew

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 07:27 PM PST

Thousands of demonstrators have been on the streets of the Egyptian cities of Suez, Port Said, and Ismailiya in defiance of a curfew imposed by President Mohamed Morsi.

VIDEO: S Korea hopes for space race success

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 04:53 PM PST

South Korea is preparing its third and final attempt to launch a space satellite this week, after two previous attempts failed.

Singapore population half foreigners by 2030: govt

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:20 PM PST

Foreigners could make up nearly half of Singapore's population by 2030, the government said Tuesday as it unveiled its politically sensitive projection for a city of up to seven million boosted by young immigrants.

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