Ten Afghan "civilians" killed in NATO airstrike |
- Ten Afghan "civilians" killed in NATO airstrike
- International students flock to French patisserie school
- VIDEO: 'No body' found in California cabin
- VIDEO: Inside Romania's suspect abattoir
- 3-5% medicines in Malaysia fake: EMHN
- 16 gunmen killed in Thai military base attack: army
- World record
- South Koreans battle for civilised working hours
- Pope to make first appearance since resignation shock
- S&P ratings on MISC, Petronas unaffected by proposed takeover
- Russian car recycling levy shreds free-trade hopes
- France to miss 2013 deficit goal - foreign minister
- Thai insurgents attack southern army base, troops kill 16
- Analysis - North Korea nuclear-test drama rehashes old script
- VIDEO: Dresden survivor's story 68 years on
- VIDEO: Obama pledges to reignite economy
- Stronger US-China ties would make Obama's job easier
- Guam man kills two Japanese, stabs baby in deadly attack
- Pioneering Finns share leftovers to cut waste
- VIDEO: French MPs back gay marriage law
| Ten Afghan "civilians" killed in NATO airstrike Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:49 PM PST KUNAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A NATO airstrike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including five children, in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, local officials said, a toll that if confirmed is likely to raise tension between President Hamid Karzai's government and U.S.-led NATO forces. 
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| International students flock to French patisserie school Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:48 PM PST (France, 53379-AFP) - If you want to learn to be a pastry chef, it makes sense to study in the home of the croissant and the millefeuille. That's why students from around the world flock to France's School of Patisserie in the Loire to brush up on the finer details of desserts à la française. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| VIDEO: 'No body' found in California cabin Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:32 PM PST Police in California have denied reports that a body was found in a burnt-out mountain cabin where a man believed to be an ex-policeman accused of three murders was holed up. | ||
| VIDEO: Inside Romania's suspect abattoir Posted: 12 Feb 2013 01:42 PM PST As ministers from European countries prepare to discuss the horsemeat scandal, the BBC's Nick Thorpe reports from one of the suspected abattoirs in the north east of Romania. | ||
| 3-5% medicines in Malaysia fake: EMHN Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:47 PM PST Malaysia has a fake medicine prevalence of roughly three to five per cent of all medicine in the country's circulation, according to an article by Emerging Markets Health Network (EMHN). | ||
| 16 gunmen killed in Thai military base attack: army Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST In one of the most deadly attacks in Thailand's long-running insurgency, scores of heavily-armed gunmen stormed a southern army base Wednesday, authorities said, leaving 16 militants dead. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:40 PM PST Chefs cook the world's largest fried rice in celebration of the Chinese New Year in San Jose, Costa Rica. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| South Koreans battle for civilised working hours Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:27 PM PST A growing number of South Korean corporations are turning their backs on a workaholic culture once seen as indispensable but increasingly viewed as unhealthy, unproductive and inefficient. | ||
| Pope to make first appearance since resignation shock Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:20 PM PST Thousands of the faithful will flock into St. Peter's Square Wednesday to bid farewell to Pope Benedict XVI at his first public appearance since the shock announcement of his resignation. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| S&P ratings on MISC, Petronas unaffected by proposed takeover Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:16 PM PST Standard & Poor's Rating Services (S&P) said its ratings on MISC Bhd and Petronas will not be affected by Petronas' proposed conditional takeover of the shipping corporation. | ||
| Russian car recycling levy shreds free-trade hopes Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:22 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A giant mechanical claw reaches down, grabs a small brown car and swings it into the maw of a huge shredder. Within minutes, the Soviet-era Moskvich saloon is spat out as a pile of twisted metal. 
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| France to miss 2013 deficit goal - foreign minister Posted: 13 Feb 2013 12:09 AM PST PARIS (Reuters) - France will probably miss its goal to cut the public deficit to 3 percent of economic output this year, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday, the first government official to admit that analysts' doubts are valid. 
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| Thai insurgents attack southern army base, troops kill 16 Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:16 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - A pre-dawn raid on a Thai military base ended with 16 Muslim insurgents killed on Wednesday in the deadliest violence in the country's south in nine years, marking a dangerous escalation in one of Asia's least-known conflicts. 
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| Analysis - North Korea nuclear-test drama rehashes old script Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:36 PM PST WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean nuclear test draws international condemnation, modest U.N. sanctions and expressions of hope in the United States that China will finally rein in its brazen ally. 
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| VIDEO: Dresden survivor's story 68 years on Posted: 12 Feb 2013 05:03 PM PST Sixty-eight years ago today, British and American Air Forces dropped more than 2,600 tonnes of high-explosive bombs on the German town of Dresden. | ||
| VIDEO: Obama pledges to reignite economy Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST In his State of the Union address US President Obama pledged to revive the economy, called for stricter gun controls and promised America's war in Afghanistan to be over by the end of 2014. | ||
| Stronger US-China ties would make Obama's job easier Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:53 PM PST As expected, U.S. President Barack Obama's latest State of the Union address was anchored on how to bolster the growth of the world's largest economy, probably the biggest single defining issue of his entire presidency. | ||
| Guam man kills two Japanese, stabs baby in deadly attack Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:50 PM PST Two women were stabbed to death and an eight-month-old baby knifed in a frenzied attack on 14 Japanese tourists on the Pacific island nation of Guam, a court heard Wednesday. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| Pioneering Finns share leftovers to cut waste Posted: 12 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST Jukka Peltonen has just come home from the shop with a bag of clementines, but he's disappointed to discover they're too acidic for his taste. | ||
| VIDEO: French MPs back gay marriage law Posted: 12 Feb 2013 11:05 PM PST France's National Assembly has approved a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, after days of intense debate. |
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