Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media

Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media


Pakistan school bus explosion and blaze kill 17 children: media

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:35 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Seventeen Pakistani children burnt to death on Saturday when a gas cylinder on the bus taking them to school exploded, media said.

In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:05 PM PDT

Al-Maliki and Obama hold a joint news conference in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in WashingtonBy Warren Strobel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq. Unresolved sectarian tensions, inflamed by the raging civil war in neighboring Syria, have combined to send violence in Iraq to its highest level since Obama withdrew the last U.S. troops in December 2011, U.S. officials and Middle East analysts say. A Sunni Muslim insurgency against the Shi'ite-led Baghdad government has also been reawakened. ...


In Syria's shadow, Iraq violence presents new test for U.S.

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:05 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saddled with Middle East problems ranging from Iran to Syria and beyond, President Barack Obama now faces one that is both old and new: Iraq.

Children killed in Pakistan explosion

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:10 PM PDT

A gas-cylinder blast inside a school bus on the outskirts of Gujrat has left 17 children dead, police say.

Guatemala's ex-president extradited to US

Posted: 24 May 2013 12:55 PM PDT

Alfonso Portillo describes extradition to the US, where he will face money-laundering charges, as a "kidnapping".

Gas cylinder blast on Pakistan school bus kills 17

Posted: 24 May 2013 09:48 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 17 children were burned to death in eastern Pakistan on Saturday when a faulty gas cylinder exploded on the bus taking them to school, police said.

Violence spreads outside calmer Stockholm

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:47 PM PDT

Officials say police reinforcements sent to Swedish capital helped as dozens set cars and recycling station ablaze.

Militants attacks kill 9 in Pakistan

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:51 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suspected militant attacks killed nine people in two different areas of northwest Pakistan on Friday, police said.

Audra McDonald Releases New Album, Appears In Nationally Televised Solo Concert

Posted: 24 May 2013 08:48 PM PDT

This month, Audra McDonald is releasing her fourth album, "Go Back Home," her first solo disc in seven years, and starring in a televised concert, featuring selections from the album, on PBS' Live from Lincoln Center.

In 2009 redux, Obama faces thorny issue of detainees at prison in Cuba

Posted: 24 May 2013 05:21 PM PDT

At the beginning of his first term, President Obama, surrounded by former generals and admirals, announced his intention to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay with all the fanfare and sense of possibility accorded a new, determined occupant of the Oval Office.

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Microsoft Reveals The Xbox One

Posted: 24 May 2013 05:15 PM PDT

Assad's Key to Survival: Loyal Businessmen

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:39 PM PDT

As the Syrian regime goes on the offensive, one key to its resilience is support from loyal businessmen like Mohammed Jaber, who organizes armed convoys to bring in and distribute fuel.

VIDEO: Saudi drivers in 'sidewalk skiing' craze

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:21 PM PDT

Motorists in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of driving cars, which uses only two wheels.

Syria opposition unity talks face specter of collapse

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:15 PM PDT

A member of the Free Syrian Army inspects the damaged buildings in Al-Tarrab neighborhood near Aleppo International airportBy Khaled Yacoub Oweis ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on Friday. ...


VIDEO: Saudi drivers in 'sidewalk skiing' craze

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:21 PM PDT

Motorists in Saudi Arabia have developed a new way of driving cars, which uses only two wheels.

5 Steps to Making a Sale Through Social Media

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:20 PM PDT

New Research: Social Media Trends For Marketers In 2013 (Daily Deal Sites 80% Down?)

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:20 PM PDT

Social Media Examiner has just released its annual Social Media Marketing report. It reveals some interesting data about this year's social media marketing trends. The entire report is available for download here, but I'd like to highlight some of the report's most surprising and significant points. In a survey of 3,025 marketers, the study determined the following:

Guinea opposition protest turns violent

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:33 PM PDT

At least 15 injured in clashes between youths and police as unrest grows over delays to long-awaited parliamentary vote.

Improvising in a time of war

Posted: 24 May 2013 06:41 PM PDT

Ratty sweatpants and plastic sandals don't scream "entrepreneur." But way down in dusty southern Turkey, two miles from the Syrian border, a couple of dozen men sitting in the shade in plastic chairs were most definitely innovators in a wartime economy.

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Ed O'Bannon Case Against NCAA Will Gain Herculean Steam If Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel Join Lawsuit

Posted: 24 May 2013 06:49 PM PDT

In the immortal words of Ron Burgandy, "That escalated quickly."

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