VIDEO: A dip with the sharks for record attempt

VIDEO: A dip with the sharks for record attempt

VIDEO: A dip with the sharks for record attempt

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT

A 61-year-old American woman is attempting to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without the protection of a shark cage.


VIDEO: Global economy fears hit Asian markets

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Asian stock markets have fallen on Monday, extending one of the worst sell-offs in recent years, on concerns about the state of the global economy.


VIDEO: Can you spot a blood diamond?

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:17 PM PDT

Panorama asks if conflict diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange region could find their way into London's premier jewellery district.


Australian court extends asylum injunction, policy in limbo

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:20 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's highest court on Monday extended an injunction stopping the deportation of asylum seekers to Malaysia, leaving Prime Minister Julia Gillard's new border security policy in limbo until late August or September when a final ruling is expected.

Asia markets dip after U.S. credit downgrade

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:37 PM PDT

Key Asian stock exchanges extend their losses in what is expected to be an eventful day in world markets, following Standard and Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating last week.

100 new arrests as 'copy cat' violence plagues London

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Police in London arrested more than 100 people Sunday night and early Monday in connection with violence that has afflicted London neighborhoods following riots in the city's Tottenham enclave over the weekend.

Searching for a new Sony in the rubble of the great quake

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:41 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - On a recent trip to Japan's devastated northeast coast, venture capitalist Yoshihito Hori chanced upon a group of fishermen outside an evacuation center collecting wood from the debris where homes once stood. They were pulling out the nails and cutting it up to sell as firewood for 500 yen ($6.37) a bundle.

Fresh gunfire heard as Syria intensifies crackdown (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:38 PM PDT

In this photo taken during a government organized tour, streets are deserted in the central city of Hama, Syria, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. In the besieged city of Hama, the government has cut off electricity and communications, a rights group said eight babies died because their incubators lost power. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)AP - Syrian activists say an eastern city has come under new artillery fire as a deadly military assault leaves the country's leadership increasingly isolated.

Searching for a new Sony in the rubble of the great quake (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:35 PM PDT

A woman rides her bicycle past a boat in the rubbles of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 31, 2011. REUTERS/Damir SagoljReuters - On a recent trip to Japan's devastated northeast coast, venture capitalist Yoshihito Hori chanced upon a group of fishermen outside an evacuation center collecting wood from the debris where homes once stood. They were pulling out the nails and cutting it up to sell as firewood for 500 yen ($6.37) a bundle.

Assad must stop violence, U.N. chief repeats

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:31 PM PDT

SOMA CITY, Japan (Reuters) - U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon on Monday renewed his appeal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to stop the violence against civilians after reports of a new military crackdown just a day earlier.

China's top Xinjiang official vows "terrorist" crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT

Reuters - The top official in China's Xinjiang province has called for a crackdown on terrorists and religious extremists after a series of deadly attacks, provincial government said on Monday.


Hong Kong gears up for landmark labour case (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Hong Kong is set to hear later this month a Filipino domestic helper's legal bid for permanent residency in the southern Chinese city, in a landmark case that has sparked heated debate.(AFP/File/Samantha Sin)AFP - Hong Kong is set to hear later this month a Filipino domestic helper's legal bid for permanent residency in the southern Chinese city, in a landmark case that has sparked heated debate.

French resistance hero Nancy Wake dies at 98 (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:02 PM PDT

AP - Australian spy and French resistance hero Nancy Wake has died in London at age 98.


China's top Xinjiang official vows "terrorist" crackdown

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 10:01 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The top official in China's Xinjiang province has called for a crackdown on terrorists and religious extremists after a series of deadly attacks, provincial government said on Monday.

Australia, Malaysia refugee swap under legal scrutiny (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:59 PM PDT

Australia's High Court will hear an application to halt a controversial refugee swap with Malaysia before the scheme even starts, after a refugee lawyer applied for an injunction.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - Australia's High Court will Monday hear an application to halt a controversial refugee swap with Malaysia before the scheme even starts, after a refugee lawyer applied for an injunction.

Wilshere, McEachran the pick of Premiership starlets (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:44 PM PDT

Arsenal's Jack Wilshere (pictured in March) and Chelsea's Josh McEachran will be rivals in this season's Premier League title race, but together the teenage duo represent the future of English football. Although they have only made 45 Premier League starts between them, Wilshere and McEachran are already being hailed as a new breed of English midfielder.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Arsenal's Jack Wilshere and Chelsea's Josh McEachran will be rivals in this season's Premier League title race, but together the teenage duo represent the future of English football.

Defense in Malaysia's Anwar sex trial to meet PM (AP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:52 PM PDT

AP - Hearings in Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial have been delayed after his lawyers sought time to interview potential witnesses, including the prime minister.


61-year-old begins Cuba-to-U.S. swim

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Diana Nyad likes a challenge. At 61, a lot of people are considering retirement and spending time with grandchildren. Not Nyad. For nearly two years, she's been training for her 103-mile swim between Cuba and Florida. And now the adventure is about to begin.

Ukraine's high-stakes trial resumes amid protests (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 08:13 PM PDT

Policemen stand guard in front of supporters of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko near the court building in Kiev, August 7, 2011. Ukraine braced Monday for street protests and high-stakes court drama as its jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko goes back on trial on charges of abusing authority during her pro-Western rule.(AFP/Genya Savilov)AFP - Ukraine braced Monday for street protests and high-stakes court drama as its jailed ex-prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko goes back on trial on charges of abusing authority during her pro-Western rule.

Kadhafi Libya forces launch offensive, report gains (AFP)

Posted: 07 Aug 2011 11:17 PM PDT

Libyan rebels come under fire at an intersection beyond Bir Ghanam during fighting with forces loyal to Libya's leader Moamer Kadhafi, on August 6. Libyan rebels in the western town of Zliten were said to be low on ammunition but their peers were in control early Monday of the key southwest town of Bir Ghanam which the regime claimed to have retaken.(AFP/Colin Summers)AFP - Moamer Kadhafi's troops were Monday on the offensive against rebels in key western towns but the insurgents clung on to strategic Bir Ghanam despite claims it had been retaken by loyalists.
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