VIDEO: Greece's 'unflinching' presidential guard

VIDEO: Greece's 'unflinching' presidential guard


VIDEO: Greece's 'unflinching' presidential guard

Posted: 21 Apr 2013 01:07 AM PDT

Members of the Greek Presidential Guard perform an important and highly respected function

VIDEO: Survivors pulled from China quake rubble

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 11:19 PM PDT

More than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake devastated villages in China's Sichuan province, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble.

VIDEO: Thermal images show suspect in boat

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 11:45 PM PDT

Footage of the moments leading up to the arrest of the Boston Marathon bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been released by the Massachusetts State Police.

VIDEO: Coach: Boston suspect was kind and smart

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 11:27 PM PDT

The former wrestling coach of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar "Jahar" Tsarnaev is still coming to grips with the past week.

Italian chef named best female chef in the world

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 11:10 PM PDT

The first female chef in Italy to earn three Michelin stars has been named the best female chef in the world for 2013.

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Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone as toll climbs

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 10:15 PM PDT

LUSHAN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with more than 11,000 injured.
    


Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect awaits charges

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 10:12 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - Investigators were seeking a motive for the Boston Marathon bombings and whether others were involved as they awaited a chance on Sunday to interview the surviving ethnic Chechen suspect.
    


Rescuers struggle to reach China quake zone

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 10:12 PM PDT

LUSHAN, April 21 — Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of southwestern China today as the toll of the dead and missing from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 203 with more than 11,000 injured. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, close to ...
    


FBI probe held up Boston bombing suspect’s citizenship bid

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 09:34 PM PDT

BOSTON, April 21 — US officials decided in recent months not to grant Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's application for citizenship after a background check showed he had been interviewed in 2011 by the FBI, the New York Times reported yesterday. Tsarnaev, a 26-year-old ethnic Chechen and one of two brothers suspected of carrying out ...
    


Residents return for look at Texas homes after deadly blast

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 09:20 PM PDT

WEST (Texas), April 21 — Officials began allowing some residents to return to their homes yesterday for their first look at the damage three days after a deadly blast at a Texas fertiliser plant flattened sections of a small town. JoAnn Nors, 70, worried about her cat, Princess, who had gone unfed since Nors and her husband, 77-year-old Ernest, ...
    


North Korea moves two more missile launchers

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 09:03 PM PDT

SEOUL, April 21 — North Korea has moved two short-range missile launchers to its east coast, apparently indicating it is pushing ahead with preparations for a test launch, a South Korean news agency reported today. South Korea and its allies have been expecting some sort of North Korean missile launch during weeks of heightened hostility on the ...
    


China earthquake toll rises to 164, injuries at 6,700

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 08:18 PM PDT

YA' AN, April 21 — Rescuers poured into a remote corner of southwestern China today as the death toll from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 164 with more than 6,700 injured, state media said. The 6.6 magnitude quake struck in Lushan county, near the city of Ya'an in the southwestern province of Sichuan, at a depth of 12 ...
    


Napolitano elected for second term as Italy president

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 07:48 PM PDT

ROME, April 21 — The Italian parliament yesterday re-elected 87-year-old President Giorgio Napolitano to serve a second term in an attempt to resolve the political stalemate left by February's inconclusive election. As most of parliament cheered his re-election, demonstrators protested outside. By evening the crowd had swelled as thousands of ...
    


Two people shot at Denver marijuana rally

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 07:19 PM PDT

DENVER, April 21 — Two people were shot at a pro-marijuana rally in Denver yesterday, police said. One person was shot in the leg and another was "also down with unknown injuries," Denver police said on their Twitter page. Police said it occurred at Civic Centre Park, which was the site of a large marijuana rally. – Reuters   ...
    


China earthquake toll rises to 164, injuries at 6,700

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 07:17 PM PDT

YA'AN, China (Reuters) - Rescuers poured into a remote corner of southwestern China on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst earthquake in three years climbed to 164 with more than 6,700 injured, state media said.
    


On horseback

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 07:53 PM PDT

An archer in samurai costume on horseback is shooting an arrow to a target during a demonstration of samurai martial arts at Sumida Park, Tokyo.

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Mursi plans cabinet reshuffle

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 06:58 PM PDT

CAIRO, April 21 — Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said yesterday he planned to reshuffle his cabinet in a move that could help build political consensus around a US$4.8 billion (RM14.5 billion) loan Cairo is seeking from the International Monetary Fund. Mursi's opponents have been demanding the formation of a new government to oversee ...
    


US doubling non-lethal aid to Syrian opposition

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 06:32 PM PDT

ISTANBUL, April 21 — US Secretary of State John Kerry said today that the United States would double its non-lethal aid to opposition forces in Syria to US$250 million (RM759 million)  and that foreign backers had agreed to channel all future assistance through the rebels' Supreme Military Council. Kerry stopped short of a US pledge to supply ...
    


Boston bomb suspect’s defence will likely focus on his youth

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 06:05 PM PDT

BOSTON, April 21 — Lawyers for the surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect will likely accentuate his youth and mental state in fighting charges expected against him in civilian court, possibly including a death penalty request, legal experts said yesterday. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was arrested late on Friday after an extensive manhunt and ...
    


Boston bombings: a chance for US-Russia cooperation

Posted: 20 Apr 2013 05:45 PM PDT

MOSCOW, April 21 — Russian President Vladimir Putin may have been tempted to tell US President Barack Obama "I told you so" when US officials blamed two ethnic Chechens for the Boston Marathon bombings. He has long said the United States underestimates the security threat posed by Islamist militants in Russia's volatile North Caucasus, and has ...
    


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