VIDEO: Branson set to travel to ocean bottom

VIDEO: Branson set to travel to ocean bottom

VIDEO: Branson set to travel to ocean bottom

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Sir Richard Branson is already selling tickets to fly people to the edge of space and now he wants to voyage to the bottom of the deepest oceans.


VIDEO: Berlusconi set for Milan trial

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:09 PM PDT

He is no stranger to the court room, but the start of Silvio Berlusconi's trail in Milan is the most serious of the four he is currently involved in.


Japan stems uncontrolled leak from nuclear plant (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:01 PM PDT

A car sits atop a house in Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture. The wider economic fallout from Japan's triple calamity -- the massive March 11 earthquake, giant tsunami and the nuclear crisis -- is likely to drive the country into recession in coming months, said a survey of economists.(AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)AFP - Workers at Japan's crippled atomic power plant on Wednesday plugged a hole spewing highly radioactive water into the ocean, boosting efforts to contain the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

VIDEO: Libya: Rebel leader criticises Nato

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:39 PM PDT

The Libyan rebel commander, Gen Abdul Fattah Younis, has accused Nato of standing idly by while pro-Gaddafi forces kill people in Misrata.


VIDEO: Berlusconi set for Milan trial

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:09 PM PDT

He is no stranger to the court room, but the start of Silvio Berlusconi's trail in Milan is the most serious of the four he is currently involved in.


VIDEO: Libya: Rebel leader criticises Nato

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:39 PM PDT

The Libyan rebel commander, Gen Abdul Fattah Younis, has accused Nato of standing idly by while pro-Gaddafi forces kill people in Misrata.


VIDEO: 'Fears of a serial killer at work'

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Police in New York are continuing their search for more victims of a possible serial killer, after eight bodies were found close to a popular Long Island beach.


Berlusconi sex trial could end leader's career (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:14 PM PDT

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi prepares for a press conference on his government's organization of the migrant situation in Italy, in Rome's Chigi Premier's Palace, Friday, April 1, 2011. Italy has shipped more than 2,000 migrants to detention camps on its mainland from the tiny clear-watered fishing and tourist island of Lampedusa, relieving pressure on the island off Sicily, southern Italy, which has been overwhelmed by a relentless stream of boats full of illegal arrivals from North African shores.(AP Photo/Mauro Scrobogna, LaPresse) ITALY OUTAP - Aspiring Italian starlets and Oscar-winning actor George Clooney are being called to make appearances in Premier Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges he paid for sex with an underage prostitute, then tried to use his influence to cover it up.

In bunker, Ivory's Coast's Gbagbo plays final hand (AP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:24 PM PDT

Soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara rest at a gas station in the Youpougon neighborhood, at the main northern entrance to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Ivory Coast's strongman leader Gbagbo is thought to be holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo tried to hang on to power for one more day Wednesday from inside a bunker encircled on all sides by soldiers loyal to his rival. Diplomats said he had sent emissaries to negotiate, only to then refuse the proposals put before him.

Bourse veto will not hurt investment, says Australia (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:30 PM PDT

The Singapore Exchange Centre is seen in the financial district of the city state. Australia's Treasurer Wayne Swan has denied that his country's international standing had been harmed by his effective blocking of a merger between the Australian and Singaporean bourses.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Australia denied Wednesday that its appeal to foreign investors had been dented by the effective blocking of a politically toxic merger between the Australian and Singaporean stock exchanges.

VIDEO: 'Fears of a serial killer at work'

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Police in New York are continuing their search for more victims of a possible serial killer, after eight bodies were found close to a popular Long Island beach.


Gbagbo negotiating exit from Ivory Coast (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:25 PM PDT

A tank burns by the roadside after heavy fighting in Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan, April 5, 2011. REUTERS/Emmanuel BraunReuters - The United Nations and France say Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo departure from power is being negotiated following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival backed by U.N. and French helicopter air strikes.

Malaysia arrests 58 escaped illegal immigrants (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:54 PM PDT

Malaysian police officers guard a road block as part of a manhunt for escaped foreign illegal migrants from the Lenggeng detention depot at Broga, south of Kuala Lumpur on April 5. Police have arrested 58 illegal immigrants, a senior official said on Wednesday after dozens fled a detention camp to escape difficult living conditions.(AFP/Saeed Khan)AFP - Malaysian police have arrested 58 illegal immigrants, a senior official said on Wednesday after dozens fled a detention camp to escape difficult living conditions.

New sex scandal rocks Australian military (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:42 PM PDT

Photo illustration shows Australian troops during a firing practice. The Australian military was hit by another scandal Wednesday after a young army recruit allegedly filmed himself having sex with a female cadet and broadcast it via Skype to his friends.(AFP/Illustration)AFP - The Australian military was hit by another scandal Wednesday after a young army recruit allegedly filmed himself having sex with a female cadet and broadcast it via Skype to his friends.

Security Firms Threaten to Leave Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 07:15 PM PDT

Some private security companies guarding diplomatic and aid missions in Afghanistan are threatening to withdraw over a plan to impose back taxes.


Gbagbo negotiating exit from Ivory Coast

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 11:12 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - The United Nations and France say Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo departure from power is being negotiated following a fierce assault by forces loyal to his rival backed by U.N. and French helicopter air strikes.

Before Rebuilding, Japan Faces Massive Clean Up (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 10:35 PM PDT

Time.com - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has promised to build safe, eco-friendly homes throughout the ravaged northeast, away from the reach of monster waves. But before that can happen, crews have to haul away the debris


Libya rebels slam NATO over besieged city's plight (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Loyalist shells fall on Libyan rebel positions near the eastern oil town of Brega. Libyan rebels hit out at the NATO-led air mission, saying that it was failing in its UN mandate to protect civilians in the besieged third city of Misrata.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)AFP - Libyan rebels hit out at the NATO-led air mission, saying that it was failing in its UN mandate to protect civilians in the besieged third city of Misrata.

U.S. Nears Trade Deal With Colombia

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:55 PM PDT

The U.S. and Colombia will likely announce an agreement Wednesday on a free-trade deal after several weeks of intensive talks on labor issues.


Berlusconi under pressure as sex trial looms (AFP)

Posted: 05 Apr 2011 08:37 PM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an underage nightclub dancer and abuse of power opens in Milan on Wednesday after a dramatic build-up that has dented his popularity.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's trial on charges of sex with an underage nightclub dancer and abuse of power opens in Milan on Wednesday after a dramatic build-up that has dented his popularity.
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