VIDEO: Thousands prepare for Kumbh Mela

VIDEO: Thousands prepare for Kumbh Mela

VIDEO: Thousands prepare for Kumbh Mela

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:37 PM PST

Tens of thousands of Hindu pilgrims have started arriving in the north Indian holy city of Allahabad for the Kumbh Mela.

Pentagon report cites "lack of maturity" of Lockheed F-35 jet

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 11:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp's's new F-35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it Still faces problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane, software development and weapons integration, according to a report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester.

Kickstarting the smartwatch market

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 09:26 PM PST

The Pebble Watch, which only nine months ago was a concept on the Kickstarter site lookinf for funding to turn the smartwatch concept into a reality, will start shipping to its first customers on January 23.

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Chavez not in coma, says brother

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 08:20 PM PST

CARACAS, Jan 13 – Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, Hugo Chavez, is recovering in Cuba and is not in a coma as some have rumored a month after surgery, his brother, Adan Chavez, said after a visit to Havana. The 58-year-old socialist leader has not been seen or heard from since his December 11 cancer surgery - his fourth such operation after ...

Key witness in Berlusconi sex trial to testify tomorrow

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:28 PM PST

MILAN, Jan 13 – The nightclub dancer who is the main witness in the sex trial of Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is to testify tomorrow, her lawyer said yesterday. Karima El Mahroug, better known by her stage name "Ruby the Heartstealer", was due to testify in the Milan court in December but failed to show up, telling her lawyer ...

Petrol bombs thrown at protesters outside Egypt president’s palace

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:29 PM PST

CAIRO, Jan 13 – Unknown attackers threw petrol bombs at tents housing protesters outside the Egyptian presidential palace in Cairo yesterday and fired rubber bullets at security forces, injuring at least 15 people, officials and witnesses said. Four tents were burnt in the attacks, injuring several protesters. One police officer and six soldiers, ...

New York governor declares public health emergency to combat flu

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:15 PM PST

NEW YORK, Jan 13 – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency yesterday, giving pharmacists permission to administer flu vaccinations to more people as officials seek to stem the worst flu outbreak in that state in several years. Cuomo's order came a day after federal health officials said that fast-spreading influenza had ...

Northern Ireland police injured in sectarian clashes

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:14 PM PST

BELFAST, Jan 13 – At least 29 police officers were injured when pro-British and Irish nationalist youths clashed in the Northern Irish capital yesterday following another protest against the removal of the British flag from Belfast City Hall. Rioting started as the mainly Protestant protesters passed a Catholic area on their way home from a rally ...

Italian consul in Benghazi shot at in car but unhurt

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 04:47 PM PST

BENGHAZI, Jan 13 – An Italian consul came under fire in his car in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi yesterday but was unhurt, Italy said, four months after the US ambassador was killed in an attack on the US mission in the city. A spokesman for the Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed the attack on Guido De Sanctis, Italy's Benghazi consul since ...

Russia rejects Assad exit as precondition for Syria deal

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:41 PM PST

MOSCOW, Jan 13 – Russia voiced support yesterday for international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi but insisted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit cannot be a precondition for a deal to end the country's conflict. Some 60,000 Syrians have been killed during the 21-month-old revolt and world powers are divided over how to stop the escalating ...

France bombs Mali rebels, African states ready troops

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:26 PM PST

BAMAKO, Jan 13 – French aircraft pounded Islamist rebels in Mali for a second day yesterday and neighbouring West African states sped up their plans to deploy troops in an international campaign to prevent groups linked to al-Qaeda expanding their power base. France, warning that the control of northern Mali by the militants posed a security ...

Hyundai shows connected car concept based around smartphone

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 07:23 PM PST

South Korean carmaker Hyundai believes seamless smartphone integration is crucial to the future of motoring.

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Israel evacuates Palestinians from tent outpost in West Bank

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:26 PM PST

E1, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli security forces evacuated about 100 Palestinians early on Sunday from an outpost of tents pitched in an area of the occupied West Bank that Israel has earmarked for a new settlement.

France believes hostage killed in Somalia rescue bid

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 06:21 PM PST

PARIS/MOGADISHU (Reuters) - France sent special forces into Somalia to rescue a secret agent but insurgents apparently killed their hostage during the raid along with a commando, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday.

Pentagon report cites "lack of maturity" of Lockheed F-35 jet

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:22 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp's's new F-35 fighter jet has completed over a third of its planned flight tests, but it is still facing problems with the helmet needed to fly the plane, software development and weapons integration, according to a report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester.

Haiti remembers 2010 earthquake in subdued ceremony

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:14 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti marked the third anniversary of the earthquake that destroyed much of the capital and killed more than 250,000 people with a purposely low-key commemoration on Saturday that included former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

SeaGate's mobile storage solutions impress at CES

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 05:20 PM PST

A wireless portable hard drive has won the CNET Best of CES award for network and storage and highlights the growing need for alternatives to cloud storage for smartphone and tablet owners.

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Pakistan Shi'ites watch over 96 bomb dead for second night

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:56 PM PST

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Talks between Pakistani officials and Shi'ite leaders on Saturday failed to quell a protest that brought thousands onto cold, wet streets for a second night to watch over the bodies of 96 people killed in one of Pakistan's worst sectarian attacks.

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez not in coma, brother says

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:21 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's cancer-stricken president, Hugo Chavez, is recovering in Cuba and is not in a coma as some have rumoured a month after surgery, his brother, Adan Chavez, said after a visit to Havana.

Several hundred thousand due in Paris to protest gay marriage

Posted: 12 Jan 2013 03:11 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Several hundred thousand people are expected to march through Paris on Sunday against the planned legalisation of same-sex marriage in the first mass protest against the unpopular President Francois Hollande.

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