Many children among 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma |
- Many children among 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma
- Ghana hopes to shield economy from African oil curse
- Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops
- Google set to challenge Microsoft Office
- Ongoing negotiations continue to delay Apple's iRadio launch
- Sony Xperia Z tablet launches globally
- Finnish start-up launches smartphone to rival big players
- Video fitness game can help keep kids fit: study
- Pope statue unveiled in Italian potato field
- US expert says scientist was murdered in Singapore
- Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India
- Advance or retreat?
- Blind Senegal jazzman Pape Niang
- Japan mayor says S. Korean troops guilty of sex abuse
- Death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian mine collapse
- Plane pull
- Guatemala's top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
- Monster tornado kills at least 51 in Oklahoma town
- Geographical, political factors causing drastic rise in Sabah immigrants
- Former ISA detainee released
| Many children among 91 feared dead in tornado-hit Oklahoma Posted: 20 May 2013 11:54 PM PDT MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed. |
| Ghana hopes to shield economy from African oil curse Posted: 20 May 2013 11:37 PM PDT ACCRA (Reuters) - Oil brought riches to Nigeria but also ravaged its economy and fuelled corruption and conflict. Now nearby Ghana has begun production and wants to take the wealth but dodge the oil curse. |
| Israel fires back at Syria after gunshots at its troops Posted: 20 May 2013 10:14 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot at a target across the Syrian frontier on Tuesday in response to gunfire that struck its forces in the Golan Heights, the Israeli military said. |
| Google set to challenge Microsoft Office Posted: 20 May 2013 11:57 PM PDT Sources claim the search giant Google is set to roll out a true alternative to the Microsoft Office productivity suite. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ongoing negotiations continue to delay Apple's iRadio launch Posted: 20 May 2013 11:56 PM PDT Issues with record labels and some of the service's reported features are leading to further delays that mean that Apple's take on internet radio and music streaming might not be unveiled at June's WWDC developer conference as first thought. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sony Xperia Z tablet launches globally Posted: 20 May 2013 11:54 PM PDT The world's thinnest 10-inch and currently world's most water-and-dust-resistant Android tablet is available to order now for June delivery. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Finnish start-up launches smartphone to rival big players Posted: 20 May 2013 11:51 PM PDT A group of ex-Nokia employees who quit over the company's decision to abandon the planned MeeGo operating system in favour of Windows presented their own smartphone on Monday, hoping to rival the sector's giants. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Video fitness game can help keep kids fit: study Posted: 20 May 2013 11:46 PM PDT If your kids are fans of exergames such as Kinect Sports and Wii Fit, good news: research finds that they can help keep kids moving and off the couch. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Pope statue unveiled in Italian potato field Posted: 20 May 2013 11:41 PM PDT The first-ever statue of Pope Francis has been unveiled in a potato field near Naples -- an unorthodox homage to the fact that the Argentine pope's ancestors were farmers in northern Italy. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| US expert says scientist was murdered in Singapore Posted: 20 May 2013 11:30 PM PDT An American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year was murdered and his death made to look like a suicide as part of a conspiracy, a US pathologist told an inquiry in the city-state Tuesday. |
| Chinese PM vows to open up markets to India Posted: 20 May 2013 11:17 PM PDT Visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Tuesday to open up domestic markets to Indian businesses and narrow a gaping trade deficit between the two countries. |
| Posted: 20 May 2013 10:09 PM PDT In short, reform should not be done superficially, but thoroughly. Whether the BN will advance or retreat, we might have to wait until after the Umno party election to get the answer. |
| Blind Senegal jazzman Pape Niang Posted: 20 May 2013 10:07 PM PDT (Dakar, Senegal-AFP) - Pape Niang is one of the most important musicians in Senegal's vibrant music scene. Blind by birth, he has been organizing for several months "Handicapable", a project to train and support the disabled. It will launch with a concert on May 24 and Pape Niang hopes it will help improve conditions for handicapped people in Senegal. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2013. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Japan mayor says S. Korean troops guilty of sex abuse Posted: 20 May 2013 10:06 PM PDT South Korean soldiers were guilty of abusing women in wartime, Osaka's mayor said in comments reported Tuesday, days after provoking a storm by labelling sex slaves a military necessity. |
| Death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian mine collapse Posted: 20 May 2013 10:05 PM PDT The death toll from a mine tunnel collapse in eastern Indonesia has risen to 21, the US operator said Tuesday, as rescuers searched for another seven workers now also presumed dead. |
| Posted: 20 May 2013 10:04 PM PDT The all-female team from London's Metropolitan Police "bobbies" celebrating after moving the Airbus A320 during the fourth annual "Plane Pull" at JFK Airport in New York. Teams of police officers from London's Metropolitan Police Service, city police officers, state police troopers and employees of British Airways PLC and JetBlue Airways Corp. race to move the Airbus A320 jet 100 feet in the fastest time. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Guatemala's top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction Posted: 20 May 2013 09:41 PM PDT GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's highest court on Monday overturned a genocide conviction against former dictator Efrain Rios Montt and reset his trial back to when a dispute broke out a month ago over who should hear the case. |
| Monster tornado kills at least 51 in Oklahoma town Posted: 20 May 2013 09:16 PM PDT MOORE, Oklahoma (Reuters) - A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble. |
| Geographical, political factors causing drastic rise in Sabah immigrants Posted: 20 May 2013 09:33 PM PDT Geographical and political factors caused Sabah's immigrant population to rise drastically from 1963 to 2012, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) On Illegal Immigrants heard today. |
| Posted: 20 May 2013 09:04 PM PDT Former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Yazid Sufaat, who was charged with promoting terrorist activities in Syria, and two others, who were charged with abetting him, were today acquitted and discharged by the High Court here. |
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