Convicted Editor of Indonesian Playboy Surrenders

Convicted Editor of Indonesian Playboy Surrenders


Convicted Editor of Indonesian Playboy Surrenders

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

The editor of Indonesia's defunct version of Playboy magazine surrendered himself to authorities on Saturday to serve a two-year jail term for indecency.


Vilified or Not, Pelosi Insists She’s Winning

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:54 AM PDT

On the brink of an election that could end Nancy Pelosi's run as speaker, her recent doings underscore an enduring truth: This most vilified of politicians is also one of the most resolute.


Scrutiny Dims Baseball’s Dominican Prospects

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:07 PM PDT

Scrutiny of teenagers in the Dominican Republic has cut the number signed and the bonuses they receive.


Ecuador’s Leader Confounds Backers and Detractors Alike

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Rafael Correa's mixture of polyglot academic success, street-smart political acumen and crude outbursts against his opponents make him a contender for the region's most enigmatic leader.


Smarter Than You Think: Google Cars Drive Themselves, in Traffic

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:43 AM PDT

Google has been working on vehicles that can drive themselves, using artificial-intelligence software that can sense anything near the car and mimic the decisions made by a human driver.


N. Korea leader, son make appearance

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:26 AM PDT

North Korea's increasingly reclusive leader, Kim Jong Il, put in a rare appearance at Arirang celebrations in Pyongyang Saturday, along with his youngest son, Kim Jong Un.


Pomp marks N Korean anniversary

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Secretive country celebrates 65 years of communist rule with rare media access amid talk of succession.


Pomp marks N Korean anniversary

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

Secretive country celebrates 65 years of communist rule with rare media access amid talk of succession.


Cable ditches graduate tax plans

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:30 AM PDT

Business Secretary Vince Cable admits that Liberal Democrats are to abandon plans for a graduate tax to fund universities.


Mercedes Recalls 85,000 Cars for Steering Problem

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:00 AM PDT

The recall of 85,000 recent models came because a steering problem could make the cars harder to control.


British Aid Worker Killed in Rescue

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:07 PM PDT

A Scottish aid worker who was taken hostage two weeks ago by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan was killed Saturday during an unsuccessful rescue raid.


UK PM defends hostage rescue bid

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT

David Cameron defends a failed rescue attempt by US forces in Afghanistan during which a British hostage was killed by her captors.


Dead British soldier named by MoD

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT

A British soldier killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan is named by the Ministry of Defence as Sergeant Peter Rayner.


British Aid Worker Killed in Rescue

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:07 PM PDT

A Scottish aid worker who was taken hostage two weeks ago by the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan was killed Saturday during an unsuccessful rescue raid.


Putin Staff Chief Among Moscow Mayor Picks

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 11:10 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved on Saturday a shortlist of four candidates to replace the sacked mayor of Moscow, including the chief of staff of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.


Scientists hold protest over cuts

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Hundreds of scientists have protested against cuts to the science funding outside the Treasury.


Kidnapped British aid worker killed in Afghan rescue attempt

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:44 AM PDT

KABUL - A British aid worker who was kidnapped in northeastern Afghanistan two weeks ago was killed during an attempted rescue operation by NATO troops, U.S. and British officials said Saturday.



N Korea 'heir' appears in public

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

The man expected to be the next leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in front of the world's media for the first time.


N Korea 'heir' appears in public

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 10:30 AM PDT

The man expected to be the next leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in front of the world's media for the first time.


Reds chief fears administration

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 09:42 AM PDT

Liverpool chairman Martin Broughton fears the club is at risk of entering administration, leaving it devalued and "wide open to predators".


More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic

More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic


More than 200 rescued from blazing ferry in Baltic

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 01:04 AM PDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - More than 200 passengers and crew were evacuated after a ferry caught fire near the German island of Fehmarn in the Baltic Sea, German authorities said on Saturday.


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China delegation arrives in Pyongyang for anniversary

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:42 AM PDT

SEOUL, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - A Chinese delegation arrived in Pyongyang Saturday to attend celebrations for the 65th anniversary of North Korea's ruling communist party under its new leadership, the North's official media said.

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Rescue shaft nearly reaches trapped Chilean miners

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - Chilean rescuers on Saturday were drilling the last part of an escape shaft for 33 miners trapped deep underground after a cave-in two months ago, nearing the culmination of a record-setting tale of survival.


Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A Hungarian village close to a damaged reservoir, which sent alumina sludge tearing through the area earlier this week, is being evacuated due to fears about its dam, a spokesman for disaster crews said on Saturday.


China's activists savour peace prize for jailed dissident

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:40 PM PDT

BEIJING, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - China's rights community on Saturday savoured the Nobel Peace Prize given to jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo but warned the award could spell trouble, after a police round-up of activists celebrating the win.

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Shaft to rescue trapped Chile miners to be completed

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:20 PM PDT

SAN JOSE MINE, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Chilean rescuers were to complete Saturday a shaft that will play a key role in bringing to the surface 33 miners who have been trapped in a collapsed mine for a record two months.

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Gen2, Satria Neo recall part of Proton's commitment: MD

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:55 PM PDT

National carmaker Proton Holdings Bhd Proton considers its move to recall the Gen2 and Satria Neo due to defective parts as a positive exercise, saying it will not have a severe impact on the company's performance.

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Sabah MP dies in road accident

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Batu Sapi Member of Parliament Edmund Chong Ket Wah died in a road accident along Jalan Sembulan-Tanjung Aru at 11.40 a.m. today.

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Wanita MCA calls for direct elections by 2014

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Wanita MCA today called for direct elections for the posts of MCA president, Wanita MCA chief and MCA Youth chief by 2014 to reflect transparency and democracy in the party's elections and to build a healthier party system.

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Amnesty International urges US to end death penalty

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:49 PM PDT

LONDON, Saturday 9 October 2010 (Bernama) -- Ahead of World Day against the Death Penalty on Oct 10, Amnesty International has urged the United States to end its use of this cruel and inhumane punishment, according to Qatar News agency.

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Ku Li agrees to be BN election director for Galas

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Gua Musang Member of Parliament Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah said today he has agreed to be the Barisan Nasional (BN) election director for the Galas state by-election on Nov 4.

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Lim Si Pin to step down as Gerakan Youth chief next year

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:47 PM PDT

Gerakan Youth chief Lim Si Pin said today that he would relinquish his post after his term ended next year (2011) and will continue to serve the party as a regular member.

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Over RM1bn benefits paid by Socso Jan-July

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT

The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has paid out more than one billion ringgit in benefits to contributors who injuries in workplace accidents from January until July this year.

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Hungary village near burst sludge pond evacuated - MTI

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 11:29 PM PDT

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The Hungarian village of Kolontar, which lies close to a damaged alumina sludge reservoir which flooded villages on Monday, is being evacuated, national news agency MTI reported on Saturday.


Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo wins Nobel Peace Prize

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 01:47 PM PDT

By Aira-Katariina Vehaskari

OSLO: Jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize yesterday, sparking a furious backlash from Beijing and renewed Western calls for his immediate release.

The 54-year-old writer and university professor was honoured "for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China", Norwegian Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said in his announcement.

"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has long believed that there is a close connection between human rights and peace," he added.

Liu was sentenced last December to 11 years behind bars for subversion, following the 2008 release of "Charter 08", a manifesto for reform signed by more than 300 Chinese intellectuals, academics and writers.

He is one of only three people to win the Peace Prize while in prison, after 1991 laureate Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar and German pacifist Carl von Ossietzky, who was in a Nazi jail when he won in 1935.

Following yesterday's announcement, US President Barack Obama, the 2009 Peace laureate, called for Liu's release, as did his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

Several European governments and human rights groups including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch joined the calls for him to be freed.

Two other former Peace Prize winners, the Dalai Lama and Lech Walesa of Poland, also hailed Liu's win and called for his release.

Censorship network

Liu, who has been detained several times, was a key figure in the pro-democracy student movement in China in 1989, which was brutally crushed by Chinese authorities and culminated in the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

The Nobel Committee was unable to reach Liu to inform him of his win yesterday, and in China, news of the prize was difficult to come by due to a vast censorship network blocking Internet keyword searches for "Nobel Peace Prize" and "Liu Xiaobo", and even the blocking of text messages containing the new laureate's full name.

The laureate's wife, Liu Xia, said she was "so excited" at the news, and thanked her husband's supporters including the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama.

She told AFP police had advised her that they would take her to the northeastern province of Liaoning, where Liu is imprisoned, so that she could tell him today of his Nobel win.

UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon called Liu's Nobel "a recognition of the growing international consensus for improving human rights practices and culture around the world".

And the European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she hoped the jailed dissident would be able to travel to Oslo on Dec 10 "to receive his prize in person", worth 10 million Swedish kroner (RM4.7 million).

-AFP

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30 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT

KARACHI, Oct 9: Unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have attacked 30 NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan.


Indian death video emailed by Australian police: report

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:38 PM PDT

MELBOURNE, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Australian police circulated an Internet video of an Indian man being electrocuted on top of a train and joked that it "might be a way to fix the Indian student problem", a report said Saturday.

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Two dead, one kidnapped in Philippines attack: police

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:38 PM PDT

MANILA, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Gunmen abducted an elderly woman and killed her bodyguard as well as her driver in a kidnapping attack in the southern Philippines, police said Saturday.

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Ultra-modern museum reveals Krakow's mediaeval past

Posted: 08 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT

KRAKOW, Saturday 9 October 2010 (AFP) - Futuristic technologies in a swish new subterranean museum are bringing to life the mediaeval past of Krakow, Poland's historic and picturesque southern city that was once the seat of Polish kings.

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