Bomb blasts cast shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

Bomb blasts cast shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

Bomb blasts cast shadow over Pakistan's milestone election

Posted: 11 May 2013 12:59 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A string of militant attacks cast a long shadow over Pakistan's general election on Saturday, but millions still turned out to vote in a landmark test of the troubled country's democracy.

Police stations bombed, British embassy cuts Libya staff

Posted: 11 May 2013 12:09 AM PDT

TRIPOLI, May 11 — Bombs exploded outside two police stations in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi yesterday and Britain temporarily cut staff at its embassy in Tripoli because of security fears. The blasts, which caused damage but no casualties, were the latest signs of insecurity in Benghazi, the birthplace of the uprising that toppled Muammar ...
    

VIDEO: How Saudi tourism is booming

Posted: 10 May 2013 04:36 PM PDT

While Saudi is closed to most foreign tourists, it is spending heavily on attracting religious visitors and locals to its cultural sites.

VIDEO: Guatemala's Montt guilty of genocide

Posted: 11 May 2013 01:00 AM PDT

Rios Montt, a former military leader in Guatemala, has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to 80 years in prison.

When it comes to Mother's Day, most men get it wrong: survey

Posted: 11 May 2013 12:14 AM PDT

When it comes to purchasing gifts for Mother's Day, more than half of US men get it wrong, according to a new survey.

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Iran to find out if political big hitters will run for president

Posted: 11 May 2013 01:10 AM PDT

DUBAI (Reuters) - The last day of registration for Iran's presidential candidates began on Saturday with several high-profile figures yet to declare whether they would run in the most uncertain election in decades.

Blast in Pakistan’s Karachi kills 8 during polls

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:15 PM PDT

KARACHI, May 11 — The death toll from a blast at the offices of a political party in the Pakistani city of Karachi climbed to eight as Pakistanis voted in a landmark election, television stations reported. About 35 people were wounded in the attack at an office of the Awami National Party (ANP). The al Qaeda-linked Taliban, who regard the general ...
    

Bomb kills 11 in Karachi as Pakistan votes

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:29 PM PDT

A bomb attack targeting an election candidate killed 11 people in Pakistan's financial hub of Karachi as historic polls got under way Saturday, a hospital doctor said.

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Pakistan marks democratic milestone in violence-marred poll

Posted: 10 May 2013 11:28 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistanis voted in a landmark test of democracy on Saturday and were quickly reminded of the militant violence that plagues the country, with election-related bombings in several cities.

Russia says no new plan to sell air defence systems to Syria

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:39 PM PDT

WARSAW, May 11 — Russia's foreign minister said yesterday Moscow had no new plans to sell an advanced air defence system to Syria, but left open the possibility it could deliver such systems under an existing contract. The Wall Street Journal this week reported that Israel had informed the United States a Russian deal was imminent to sell S-300 ...
    

German court rejects bias charge in neo-Nazi trial

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:52 PM PDT

  MUNICH, May 11 — A German court rejected yesterday accusations of bias from two defendants in a case involving neo-Nazi racist murders, removing legal hurdles to resumption of the trial. The trial of Beate Zschaepe and four others opened last Monday in Munich but was quickly adjourned after defence lawyers delivered motions accusing chief judge ...
    

Spielberg brings Hollywood eye to Cannes Croisette

Posted: 10 May 2013 10:36 PM PDT

Steven Spielberg will bring a Hollywood veteran's eye to the more art-house Cannes Film Festival next week -- but he insists he has no preconceptions and will be a strictly "democratic" jury head.

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Disaster management, prevention best defence: Australian assistant commissioner

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:57 PM PDT

Australia is a land of flood and fire, but being in the middle of a tectonic plate, is relatively safe from devastating earthquakes.

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Strong quake causes damage, injuries in southern Iran

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:55 PM PDT

A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and several injuries.

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More Nexus 7 details leak ahead of reveal

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:35 PM PDT

With just four days until Google's annual developers conference gets underway, further details have emerged about what is expected to be one of the event's stars -- the second generation Nexus 7 tablet.

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'Zoom' version of Samsung Galaxy SIV confirmed

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:02 PM PDT

Bluetooth SIG, the group tasked with certifying products that use Bluetooth technology, has listed the much-rumored photography-focused smartphone on its website.

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Nokia launches flagship phone for the US market

Posted: 10 May 2013 08:47 PM PDT

The Lumia 928 combines the company's best imaging and screen technology with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system in a concerted attempt to win over the US market.

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Scandal-hit ministers quit India’s troubled government

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:09 PM PDT

NEW DELHI, May 11 — Two Indian ministers embroiled in scandals quit yesterday, adding to speculation the prime minister may have to call an early election after the furore paralysed parliament and forced the delay of economic reforms. Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal had been widely expected to step down after police arrested his nephew on ...
    

Azizan unconscious but stable

Posted: 10 May 2013 07:40 PM PDT

Former Kedah menteri besar Datuk Seri Azizan Abdul Razak has remained unconscious after undergoing surgery at the Penang Hospital to amputate his legs below the knee.

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China boosts H7N9 monitoring

Posted: 10 May 2013 09:05 PM PDT

China's local health organs will step up flu monitoring as part of the country's efforts to fight H7N9 flu, Xinhua news agency reported.

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