VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

VIDEO: Resentment in 2014 Olympic resort

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 04:26 PM PST

With just over a year to go before Russia hosts the 2014 Winter Olympics, there is growing resentment in the Black Sea resort of Sochi where the Games will take place at the amount of disruption being caused.

Scientists 'print' 3D object with stem cells

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:50 PM PST

Scientists on Monday said that for the first time they had printed 3D objects using human embryonic stem cells, furthering the quest to fabricate transplantable organs.

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Japan town demands pants for Michelangelo's David

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:48 PM PST

A replica of Michelangelo's Renaissance sculpture David that was erected suddenly last summer is unnerving residents of a Japanese town, with some calling for the naked masterpiece to be given underpants.

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Germany's 'Cookie Monster' returns golden biscuit

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:47 PM PST

A self-styled "Cookie Monster" thief who took a large golden biscuit from outside a renowned German baked good maker to demand goodies for sick children appeared to have returned the emblem Tuesday.

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Mammograms once every two years is just as good for older women: study

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:45 PM PST

Following last year's study in The Lancet that claims that the benefits of regular mammograms far outweigh the risks, a new study suggests that getting screened every two years has the same benefit as once a year for older women.

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VIDEO: Rubbish piles up on streets of Seville

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:30 PM PST

An estimated 6,000 tonnes of rubbish is piling up on the streets of the Spanish city of Seville as workers continue a strike over pay and hours.

Kindy operators' minimum wage issue to be brought up to Sarawak Cabinet

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:35 PM PST

Problems faced by kindergarten operators and child minders in Sarawak, due to the implementation of the minimum wage scheme effective Jan 1, will be brought to the attention of the state cabinet, said Sarawak Welfare, Women and Family Development Minister Datuk Fatimah Abdullah.

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Psy sizzles the election

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:29 PM PST

How many votes can be fished and would the horse-riding dance affect the election result? Could Psy alone help to overthrow the Penang Pakatan Rakyat state government?

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Five dead as 8.0 quake off Solomons sparks Pacific tsunami

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

A major 8.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the Solomon Islands Wednesday with small tsunami waves buffeting Pacific coastlines, leaving at least five people dead and dozens of homes damaged or destroyed.

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Male companion cross-examined at India gang-rape trial

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 11:19 PM PST

Defence lawyers began cross-examining Wednesday the male companion of a student who was gang-raped on a bus in New Delhi at the trial of five adults accused of her murder, the man's father said.

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Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad freed from prison - official agency

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:41 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - A once-feared Iranian prosecutor at the centre of a confrontation between two of the Islamic Republic's most powerful figures was freed on Wednesday, state news agency IRNA said, two days after he was arrested without explanation.

Public Bank's 2012 pre-tax profit rises to RM5.1 bln

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:50 PM PST

Public Bank Bhd's pre-tax profit rose to RM5.104 billion in the financial year ended Dec 31, 2012 compared to RM4.878 billion posted in the same period in 2011.

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PLUS offers toll rebates during Chinese New Year holidays

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:49 PM PST

PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) today announced that its highway users would be able to enjoy toll rebates on selected days during the Chinese New Year holidays.

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Mexican girl gives birth at nine

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:43 PM PST

A Mexican girl aged nine has given birth to a girl of her own, local authorities and family members said Wednesday.

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VIDEO: Argentina 'will control Falklands'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 10:47 PM PST

The Falkland Islands will be back under Argentine control within "20 years", the country's foreign minister Hector Timerman has said.

Syria opposition ponders course as leader offers talks

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 09:39 PM PST

AMMAN, Feb 6 — Members of the opposition Syrian National Coalition have called for an emergency meeting to discuss a controversial proposal by its head to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad's government, opposition sources said. Sheikh Moaz Alkhatib, the moderate Islamic cleric who leads the 70-member assembly, said he would be ready to meet ...

Tsunami threat lifted after big South Pacific quake

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 06:01 PM PST

SYDNEY, Feb 6 — A powerful 8.0 magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands today, triggering a small tsunami that swept into isolated island communities and sparked tsunami alerts across the South Pacific that were later cancelled. Damage reports were limited, and there were no reports of casualties. The quake struck 340 km east of Kira ...

VIDEO: Forces take last Mali rebel town

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:23 PM PST

Soldiers from France and Chad have entered the town of Kidal in northern Mali, the last major town held by Islamist militants.

VIDEO: Bulgaria bus bomb 'Hezbollah attack'

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 01:04 PM PST

A bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a driver in Bulgaria was most likely the work of Lebanon's Hezbollah militants, Bulgarian officials say.

VIDEO: Bangladesh sentence sparks protests

Posted: 05 Feb 2013 03:43 AM PST

A war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has found a leader of the main Islamist party guilty of crimes against humanity during the war for independence from Pakistan in 1971.

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