Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Witness tells of Mali 'execution'

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

Evidence of revenge attacks in Mali after rebels flee

Up to 100,000 people flee fighting in Darfur: U.N.

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:42 PM PST

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Fighting over a gold mine in Sudan's Darfur region has forced 100,000 people to flee and brought the closure of all public offices and schools in one town to accommodate the displaced, the United Nations said on Thursday.

VIDEO: PennMasala: A cappella from India

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

Students from the University of Pennsylvania in the US are combining their love of Bollywood and a cappella singing under the catchy name PennMasala

Syria’s Confirmation of Airstrike May Undercut Israel’s Strategy of Silence

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Experts said Israel's refusal to confirm its Wednesday attack was part of a strategy to give targets face-saving ways to avoid escalation. But Syria may have undercut that effort.

France deports Moroccan it says has radical Islam ties

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - France deported a Moroccan man on Thursday suspected of links to the radical Islamist group Forsane Alizza, the Interior Ministry said, after the threat of domestic attack escalated following its intervention in Mali.

Two More Pakistani Polio Workers Killed

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

US warns Iran on nuclear upgrade

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:16 PM PST

Iran's reported plans to upgrade its uranium enrichment centrifuges would be a "further escalation" in the nuclear stand-off, the US warns.

Teen shot in head at US school

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:38 PM PST

A 14-year-old is shot in the head outside a school in the city of Atlanta, Georgia and a suspect is in custody, say police.

Hoaxer loved US sports star Te'o

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:06 PM PST

The man who admitted creating and killing off a fake online girlfriend in a hoax targeting US football star Manti Te'o says he was in love with him.

Gunmen kill five north Nigeria police, ceasefire in doubt

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:44 AM PST

KADUNA/KANO (Reuters) - Gunmen killed at least five police in two attacks in northern Nigeria on Thursday, casting doubt on the ceasefire declared days earlier by a purported Islamist commander and highlighting how difficult it will be to end insecurity in the region.

2 Pakistani Polio Workers Killed in Blast

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:52 AM PST

A roadside bomb killed two health workers in northwestern Pakistan, in the third such attack this week on workers struggling to immunize children against the crippling disease.

New York Developers and Unions Seek Eased Limits on Midtown Projects

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:01 AM PST

A new alliance wants zoning rules eased more than the city administration has proposed to encourage construction of towers around Grand Central Terminal.

Movie Review: ‘Koch,’ Neil Barsky’s Documentary on the Former Mayor

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:07 PM PST

A documentary about Edward I. Koch, mayor of New York during troubled years, examines his city as well as his personality.

Three ways U.S. immigration reform might impact Mexico

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:42 AM PST

Now that President Obama and the Senate have put together plans for comprehensive immigration reform, it seems like something might finally be done about this thorny issue. Of the 11 million estimated illegal immigrants in the United States, some 7 million are from Mexico, so any U.S. legislation would have huge impacts there.

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Hacking the Times: China's reach, and its rules, push beyond its borders

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:25 AM PST

The hackers would start digging into the New York Times' systems at about 8 a.m., Beijing time, and persist for about the length of a standard work day, according to the newspaper's account of its months-long battle with China-based cyber assaults. The attacks began Oct. 25, the day that the Times published an expose of the enormous wealth that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao's family had quietly accumulated, and were thought to be "consistent with other attacks believed to have been perpetrated by the Chinese military."

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Iran tells IAEA it plans to add machines to enrich uranium

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:18 AM PST

Iran has told U.N. nuclear officials that it plans to add potentially hundreds of next-generation centrifuge machines to its main uranium-enrichment plant, a move that could dramatically boost its ability to produce the fuel used in nuclear power plants and — potentially — in nuclear bombs.

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Freeing Kurdish activists would help Turkey peace moves: watchdog

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:17 AM PST

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Freeing thousands of Kurdish activists from Turkish prisons could help a fledgling peace initiative to end a three-decade-old insurgency, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.

Jessops brand sold to Peter Jones

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 11:39 AM PST

Administrators PwC confirm that they have sold the brand of High Street photographic firm Jessops to entrepreneur Peter Jones.

DealBook: Ex-Peregrine Chief Sentenced to 50 Years in Prison

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:09 PM PST

A prominent futures industry executive, Russell Wasendorf Sr., was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Thursday for embezzling from his clients and defrauding banks over nearly two decades.

Could Egypt fall apart?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 10:54 AM PST

The renewed bloodshed and defiant protests in Egypt prompts a provocative question: Could Egypt really collapse?
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Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Maximum 10-minute clearance at KLIA from Feb

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:26 AM PST

Immigration clearance for a maximum of 10 minutes for flight passengers will be introduced at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang from tomorrow.

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Press freedom: Where're our problems?

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:17 AM PST

As a member of the country's press fraternity, I couldn't quite refrain from feeling a deep sense of dejection by the number "145," Malaysia's ranking in the latest Press Freedom Index. We are placed a pathetic 145th among 179 countries and territories assessed.

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Smoke but no fire in smoggy Shanghai

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:07 AM PST

Shanghai was forced to deny that China's future tallest building, now under construction, was on fire Thursday after what looked like smog surrounded the towering structure.

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VIDEO: Georgia PM: 'President is a liar'

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 12:18 AM PST

Georgian PM Bidzina Ivanishvili speaks to the BBC about his strained relationship with Georgia's president and about coming to power in a country with such a turbulent political past

Australian opposition leader warns of second election

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia faces a possible fourth straight year of political instability after opposition leader Tony Abbott, on track to win power in a September election, threatened a second poll if a hostile upper house rejects his plan to scrap a tax on carbon.

Fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant found dead

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:17 PM PST

A fourteenth rare Borneo pygmy elephant has been found dead of suspected poisoning, Malaysian officials said Thursday, the latest in a series of fatalities that has shaken conservation efforts.

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Passenger trains collide in S.Africa, 20 injured: railway

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:15 PM PST

Two passenger trains collided in South Africa on Thursday near Pretoria during the peak morning commute, injuring around 20 people, the rail authority said.

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Microsoft puts Office in the Internet cloud

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:09 PM PST

Microsoft on Tuesday began letting people subscribe to Office as a service in the Internet cloud, shedding the need to buy the popular productivity software on a disk.

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YouTube to start charging for access to some content

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

The world's most popular video site has confirmed it is considering the introduction of subscriptions for premium content.
According to a report that first appeared in AdAge, YouTube could start charging users up to $5 a month to access some of the site's most popular channels.

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Malaysian economy to expand 5.3% this year: RAM

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 11:01 PM PST

The Malaysian economy is expected to expand 5.3 per cent this year before accelerating to 5.8 per cent next year as domestic demand continues to buttress growth, says RAM Holdings Bhd.

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Police to nab more involved in child-for-sale racket

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:41 PM PST

Penang police have identified a number of individuals in connection with the child-for-sale racket that was busted by police recently.

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Moody's affirms A3 ratings for 8 Malaysian banks

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:52 PM PST

Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the long-term deposit and issuer ratings of the eight banks rated 'A3' in Malaysia, while at the same time downgrading to Prime-2 (P-2) from Prime-1 (P-1) their corresponding short-term ratings.

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China sentences two Tibetans for "inciting" self-immolations

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:37 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A court in China has handed down heavy sentences to a Tibetan monk and his nephew for inciting eight people to set themselves on fire in anti-Chinese protests, media said on Thursday, the first time punishment has been meted out over such protests.

New York Times says targeted by China hackers after Wen report

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - The New York Times said on Thursday that Chinese hackers had "persistently" attacked its computers over the past four months since the paper published a story on Premier Wen Jiabao, but sensitive material related to the report was not accessed.

Are foreign workers the beneficiaries?

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:41 PM PST

In view of this, the minimum wage policy is going to benefit foreign workers instead of local employees, while increasing the expenses of employers. It seems like the policy is good for nothing.

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Women better than men at understanding technical jargon

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:35 PM PST

Men's stress levels go through the roof when confronted with terms such as 'algorithm' or 'phablet' with the majority finding them harder to understand than a foreign language.

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VIDEO: Pakistani mothers 'abandoned'

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 06:57 PM PST

An increasing number of Pakistani women are coming forward saying they have been forcibly separated from their children in the UK.

VIDEO: Fire safety tests ordered in Brazil

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 10:26 PM PST

The fire at a nightclub in Brazil which killed 235 people has led to a national debate about safety regulations in public venues, ahead of next year's football World Cup.

Singapore airport handles record 51 mn passengers

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:56 PM PST

Singapore's Changi Airport said Thursday it had enjoyed its busiest year in 2012, handling a record 51.2 million passengers, underscoring its position as a regional aviation hub.

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UK court challenge over woman's death sentence in Indonesia

Posted: 30 Jan 2013 09:11 PM PST

Britain's government faces a High Court challenge Thursday after it refused to pay for a lawyer for a British grandmother's appeal against her death sentence in Indonesia for drug smuggling.

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