VIDEO: India celebrates Swami anniversary

VIDEO: India celebrates Swami anniversary

VIDEO: India celebrates Swami anniversary

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:51 PM PST

Yoga, meditation and new age fads have become a multi-million dollar industry.

VIDEO: Cat survives swallowing TV aerial

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:19 PM PST

A kitten had a lucky escape after he swallowed a 15cm TV aerial and survived

Rights group warns Pakistan faces worsening sectarian violence

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

An injured rescue worker receives treatment in a hospital after the second bomb blast in QuettaQUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Violence against Pakistani Shia Muslims is rising and some communities are living in a state of siege, a human rights group said on Friday, warning that sectarian violence will only get worse a day after 114 people were killed in bombings. Most of the deaths were caused by twin attacks in the western city of Quetta, near the Afghan border, the worst violence against Shias in decades. "Last year was the bloodiest year for Shias in living memory," said Ali Dayan Hasan of Pakistan Human Rights Watch. ...

Cleric return jolts Pakistan politics before vote

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:42 PM PST

In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, photo, Pakistani cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Lahore, Pakistan. To his supporters Muslim cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri is the savior of Pakistani politics recently returned from abroad to right the country ahead of upcoming elections. To his detractors, he is a shady religious figure bent on derailing the vote, possibly at the behest of the country's powerful military. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — To his supporters, Tahir-ul-Qadri is a savior of Pakistan's fragile democracy who will right the country ahead of elections expected to take place this spring. To his detractors, he is a shady religious figure bent on derailing the vote, possibly at the behest of the country's powerful military.

VIDEO: Killer whales escape from ice trap

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 11:10 PM PST

Around a dozen killer whales have managed to escape after being trapped under thick ice off the coast of Canada

VIDEO: Australians flee as bush fires rage

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:42 PM PST

Australia's south-east is still burning and emergency crews are battling more than 120 blazes across the region.

In Delhi Rape, New Details About the Accused

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 08:09 PM PST

Like the victim of December's brutal gang rape, several of the accused men were from families that moved to the big city to improve their lot as India's economy flourished. Their lives, however, followed a different arc.

India rape accused hunted victim, aimed to kill: police

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

A police van carrying five men accused of the gang rape and murder of an Indian student leaves a court in New DelhiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - The gang of men charged with the rape and murder of an Indian physiotherapy student deliberately tried to find a woman to rape and kill and ended the night with blood on their clothes, a police report seen by Reuters said. Five men, along with a teenager who says he is under 18, gathered for dinner at a dwelling in a south Delhi slum on the evening of December 16 and there hatched the plot to find a target, according to the dossier given to court by the prosecution. ...

High Sensor Costs Won't Stand in the Way of the Self-Driving Future

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:11 PM PST

Owen Thomas at Business Insider says that "a true self-driving car is far from hitting the market." Why? Because according to a source, "the massive array of sensors Google has to install in its cars alone costs $250,000 or more." I think this analysis is mistaken in two ways. First, the [...]

Lawsuit threat reminds critics of caution in more open Singapore

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:40 PM PST

Singapore's PM Lee attends the plenary session of the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit in New DelhiSINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's long-ruling government is reacting to discontent about rising prices, foreign workers and a sluggish economy with unprecedented openness but threats of lawsuits show it remains testy with critics deemed to have crossed the line. In power since 1959, the People's Action Party (PAP) was hit in 2011 by its worst election result in history, prompting the government to launch an "Our Singapore Conversation" campaign to consult citizens on policy and the future as they find new freedoms online and in public. ...

Montreux Jazz Festival founder Claude Nobs dies

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:08 PM PST

FILE - In this July 15, 2011 file photo Swiss Claude Nobs, founder and director of the Montreux Jazz Festival, speaks during the closing press conference during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland. The Jazz Festival said Nobs, a native of Montreux, died Thursday Jan. 10, 2013 after sustaining injuries from a fall while cross-country skiing in nearby Caux-sur-Montreux on Christmas Eve. He was taken to the hospital and fell into a coma from which he never recovered. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)GENEVA (AP) — Claude Nobs, the founder and general manager of the Montreux Jazz Festival, whose passion for music and artistry introduced generations of legendary musicians to international audiences on the Swiss stage, has died. He was 76.

VIDEO: Take a tour of The Shard's roof

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 05:48 PM PST

BBC News gets a preview of the viewing platform on the 72nd floor of The Shard in London, western Europe's tallest building.

India rape accused hunted victim, aimed to kill: police

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:14 PM PST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The gang of men charged with the rape and murder of an Indian physiotherapy student deliberately tried to find a woman to rape and kill and ended the night with blood on their clothes, a police report seen by Reuters said.

VIDEO: Obama to hold talks with Karzai

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:26 PM PST

The Afghan President Hamid Karzai will meet US President Barack Obama in Washington later for talks about a continued international military presence in the country.

VIDEO: Guns exchanged for computers in Mexico

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:15 AM PST

A new government scheme in Mexico is allowing citizens to exchange their guns for cash or computers in an effort to reduce violence.

Lawsuit threat reminds critics of caution in more open Singapore

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:40 PM PST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's long-ruling government is reacting to discontent about rising prices, foreign workers and a sluggish economy with unprecedented openness but threats of lawsuits show it remains testy with critics deemed to have crossed the line.

After Israel vote, austerity budget looms

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:03 PM PST

Israel's PM Netanyahu speaks during a visit to the National Traffic Police Headquarter in Beit Dagan near Tel AvivTEL AVIV (Reuters) - In the heated debates on war and peace that have marked campaigning for this month's parliamentary election in Israel, it is easy to forget the vote was triggered by a more workaday problem - the budget. Ending the deadlock over an austerity package that forced him to dissolve his coalition prematurely will be a priority for Benjamin Netanyahu after the January 22 ballot, which polls predict will give the right-wing prime minister a new term in office. ...

UK military switching to Glock pistols

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:36 PM PST

A Glock 17 Gen 4 pistol is presented during a media opportunity at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. The defense ministry has signed a 9 million pound ($13.6 million) contract to provide the Armed Forces with more than 25,000 new Glock sidearms. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)LONDON (AP) — Britain's army is bidding goodbye to the Browning pistol it's used for more than 40 years, opting for faster and lighter Glock 17 pistols for its secondary sidearm.

3 US men, SKorean among 7 dead in Philippine fire

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 10:07 PM PST

Funeral workers carry the body of a victim following a fire that razed a small two-storey hotel at Olongapo city, a former U.S. naval base, west of Manila, Philippines Friday Jan. 11, 2013. The fire swept through the hotel in a Philippine resort city early Friday, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said. (AP Photo/Jun Dumaguing)MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire swept through a hotel in a Philippine resort city early Friday, killing seven people, including three Americans, three Filipinos and a South Korean, authorities said.

New Japan PM: China's island dispute moves 'wrong'

Posted: 10 Jan 2013 09:31 PM PST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gestures during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo, Friday, Jan. 11, 2013. The Japanese Cabinet approved a fresh stimulus spending of more than 20 trillion yen ($224 billion) on Friday, rushing to fulfill campaign pledges to break the world's third-biggest economy out of its deflationary slump. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)TOKYO (AP) — Reaffirming his hawkish stance on China, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday that Japan will not negotiate with Beijing over a contested cluster of uninhabited islands, and that China was "wrong" for allowing violent protests over the territorial dispute.

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