Video: Chinese police detain British reporter, unaware he's broadcasting live throughout |
- Video: Chinese police detain British reporter, unaware he's broadcasting live throughout
- UK auction house 'unearths Titanic violin'
- Venezuelans Bid Farewell to Chávez
- Photos of the Day: March 15
- Court Says C.I.A. Must Yield Some Data on Drones
- Tweets of the Week: A new Pope, sugary drinks and sinkholes
- Tuareg rebels seek to stamp control on northern Mali
- Kenya's Odinga delays legal challenge to vote
- U.S. to Bolster Missile Defense to Deter Attack by North Korea
- Iran's Web censors vs. Google Reader
- N Korea accuses US of powerful cyber attacks
- U.S. to Bolster Missile Defense to Deter Attack by North Korea
- US to bolster defences to counter N Korea
- U.S. beefing up West Coast missile defenses
- Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers,’ Directed by Harmony Korine
- As Gun Bills Advance, Spotlight Falls on Reid
- U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty: U.N.
- U.S. to Boost Missile Defenses in Response to North Korea
- Concern Grows in Karachi as Social Worker, Parween Rahman, Is Mourned
- France finds horsemeat in beef imported via Netherlands
| Video: Chinese police detain British reporter, unaware he's broadcasting live throughout Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:20 PM PDT Sky News reporter Mark Stone suggests early on, in his live broadcast from the back of a Chinese police van, that one word got him there: 1989. He had been broadcasting from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, probably a routine story on the just-a-formality election of Xi Jinping as president of China, when he mentioned the 1989 protests. Read full article >> |
| UK auction house 'unearths Titanic violin' Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:14 PM PDT Instrument played by bandmaster as ocean liner sank in 1912 found in "well-preserved" condition, auctioneers claim. |
| Venezuelans Bid Farewell to Chávez Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:22 PM PDT Hundreds of thousands followers of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez flocked to the streets of the capital for a final farewell as the country ends 10 days of official mourning. |
| Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:17 PM PDT In today's pictures, men spit fire in India, a shrunken head is on display in Tokyo, a polar bear dives into the water in Germany, and more. |
| Court Says C.I.A. Must Yield Some Data on Drones Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:38 PM PDT A federal appeals court held that the agency must disclose, at least to a judge, a description of its records on drone strikes in response to a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union.  |
| Tweets of the Week: A new Pope, sugary drinks and sinkholes Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:48 PM PDT For the week ending 15 March, here is a look at the news in America - all in 140 characters or fewer. |
| Tuareg rebels seek to stamp control on northern Mali Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:04 PM PDT GAO, Mali (Reuters) - Tuareg rebels are moving to exert their own authority over north Mali by issuing security passes for the region, officials and residents said on Friday, underscoring the challenge of unifying the West African state before planned elections. |
| Kenya's Odinga delays legal challenge to vote Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:56 PM PDT NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's defeated presidential contender Raila Odinga has delayed his legal challenge to last week's election result, his allies said on Friday, extending a period of uncertainty over the outcome of the disputed poll. |
| U.S. to Bolster Missile Defense to Deter Attack by North Korea Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT The United States will deploy additional ballistic-missile interceptors along the Pacific Coast in a clear response to North Korea's tests of nuclear technology and long-range missiles.  |
| Iran's Web censors vs. Google Reader Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:34 PM PDT Google's much-dreaded announcement on the coming demise of Google Reader has alarmed users in Iran — and drawn attention to the scale and complexity of online censorship there. As Quartz's Zach Seward explained in a great post yesterday, Google Reader is one of the few ways Iranians can access Web sites blocked in Iran. (According to ViewDNS, a site that monitors servers, the government censors roughly one in three news sites and one in four of all sites on the general Web.) To quote Seward: Read full article >> |
| N Korea accuses US of powerful cyber attacks Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:27 AM PDT Disruption of main news services alleged as tensions between the North and the US-allied South escalate. |
| U.S. to Bolster Missile Defense to Deter Attack by North Korea Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:30 PM PDT The United States will deploy additional ballistic-missile interceptors along the Pacific Coast in a clear response to North Korea's tests of nuclear technology and long-range missiles.  |
| US to bolster defences to counter N Korea Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:33 PM PDT Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says deployment of further missile interceptors aimed at growing North Korean threat. |
| U.S. beefing up West Coast missile defenses Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:06 PM PDT The Pentagon is beefing up West Coast missile defenses in response to escalating threats of attack from nuclear-equipped North Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Friday. The move counters North Korea's threat of an unprovoked nuclear attack on the United States, even though the administration says the Stalinist regime is still years away from having the capacity to launch such an assault on the continental United States. North Korea has made significant improvements in its long-range missile technology, and has successfully launched a missile test in space, making the additional protection a prudent precaution, Hagel said. Read full article >> |
| Movie Review: ‘Spring Breakers,’ Directed by Harmony Korine Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:10 PM PDT "Spring Breakers" delves into a deeply American topic: the pursuit of happiness taken to nihilistic extremes.  |
| As Gun Bills Advance, Spotlight Falls on Reid Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:36 AM PDT How four bills are presented to the full Senate — and which ones Senator Harry Reid chooses to promote — will probably reshape the debate over what to do about gun violence.  |
| U.S. drone strikes violate Pakistan's sovereignty: U.N. Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:11 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States has violated Pakistan's sovereignty and shattered tribal structures with unmanned drone strikes in its counterterrorism operations near the Afghan border, a U.N. human rights investigator said in a statement on Friday. |
| U.S. to Boost Missile Defenses in Response to North Korea Posted: 15 Mar 2013 01:24 PM PDT The Pentagon is preparing to strengthen its missile defense systems on the West Coast in response to increased threats from North Korea and rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. |
| Concern Grows in Karachi as Social Worker, Parween Rahman, Is Mourned Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:19 AM PDT Politicians and newspapers paid tribute to the victim, Parween Rahman, who was shot dead by unidentified assassins on Wednesday evening.  |
| France finds horsemeat in beef imported via Netherlands Posted: 15 Mar 2013 11:58 AM PDT MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Horsemeat has been found in France in a shipment of 320 tonnes of meat labeled "pure beef" that was imported from eastern Europe via the Netherlands, a local prosecutor said on Friday. |
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