Dancer 'lied' in Berlusconi sex case

Dancer 'lied' in Berlusconi sex case


Dancer 'lied' in Berlusconi sex case

Posted: 24 May 2013 12:38 PM PDT

A dancer alleged to have had paid sex as a minor with Italy's ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi tells a court she lied to investigators in 2010.

Sweden prepares for sixth night of violence

Posted: 24 May 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Extra police have been called to Stockholm in an attempt to end the riots that have blighted the city for five nights.

Striking Dubai workers face mass deportation

Posted: 23 May 2013 06:14 AM PDT

Fallout from rare strike at Arabtec Construction continues, as many South Asian labourers ordered to leave the country.

A Good Appetite: Strawberry Shortcake Forever

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:11 AM PDT

A vanilla-scented, freshly made sponge cake with good berries and a whipped cream weighs in as a great dessert.
    

UK security criticised after death of soldier

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Questions asked of British security forces as the family of murdered Drummer Lee Rigby speak for the first time.

N Korea willing to take 'positive steps'

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Top North Korean envoy meets China's Xi Jinping in an apparent effort to mend fences between Pyongyang and Beijing.

Stockholm Rioting Spreads Despite Patrols

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Increased citizen patrols and an appeal for calm by the family of a Portuguese man whose shooting death sparked rioting around Stockholm failed to quell nearly a week of violence and vandalism.

Guatemalan ex-president extradited to U.S. on money laundering charges

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:33 AM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face money laundering charges, the U.S. embassy in Guatemala said.

US casts doubts on Iran election credibility

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:16 AM PDT

US Secretary of State John Kerry criticised Iran for cutting all but eight men out of the country's presidential poll.

N Korea willing to take 'positive steps'

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:38 AM PDT

Top North Korean envoy meets China's Xi Jinping in an apparent effort to mend fences between Pyongyang and Beijing.

Nigeria military 'rescues' kidnapped group

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:24 AM PDT

Defence department says it rescued three women and six children captured by rebel group Boko Haram in country's north.

Wartime sex slaves urge Japan mayor to quit

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:54 AM PDT

Two South Korean women, who had been used as 'comfort women' in the war, say they "don't need to be trampled on again".

Higher IQ link to good concentration

Posted: 24 May 2013 01:26 AM PDT

People with higher IQs are faster at detecting small moving objects but slower at noticing larger background ones, say US researchers.

F.T.C. Said to Have Begun New Inquiry on Google

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:56 AM PDT

People contacted in connection with the inquiry said that the F.T.C. was asking questions about Google's bundling of advertising services.
    

Washington State Bridge Collapse Highlights Infrastructure Needs

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT

The collapse on Interstate 5 came as politicians have been wrestling over the millions needed to replace another aging bridge over the Columbia River.
    

Museums Move to Return Human Remains to Indigenous Peoples

Posted: 24 May 2013 09:08 AM PDT

Institutions like the Museum of Medical History in Berlin are responding to increasing claims to return bones and other human artifacts in their collections to indigenous peoples.
    

Ecuador president starts third term

Posted: 24 May 2013 10:53 AM PDT

Ecuador's President, Rafael Correa, is sworn into office for an unprecedented third term in the capital, Quito.

Facebook character stirs up Zimbabwe politics

Posted: 24 May 2013 09:53 AM PDT

The Facebook character stirring up Zimbabwe politics

Gibraltar given full Uefa membership

Posted: 24 May 2013 07:57 AM PDT

Gibraltar is accepted as a full member of Uefa after a vote at the European football confederation's congress.

Townsend faces FA gambling charge

Posted: 24 May 2013 11:36 AM PDT

Andros Townsend pulls out of the England Under-21s European Championship squad following FA betting charge.

Crime prevention dept to engage society

Crime prevention dept to engage society


Crime prevention dept to engage society

Posted: 24 May 2013 12:04 AM PDT

The Crime Prevention Department to be set up by the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) would engage the society at large, in line with the National Key Result Area (NKRA) target to reduce crime incidence in the country.

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Art Basel highlights Hong Kong's new arts hub status

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:53 PM PDT

(HONG KONG-AFP) - The first Art Basel fair hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art, highlighting the city's new role as a global arts hub amid an explosion of personal wealth in mainland China. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.

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Proposal to turn BN into single party needs study: Muhyiddin

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:39 PM PDT

Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the proposal to turn Barisan Nasional (BN) into a single party is rational and needs to be studied in detail to ensure continuous support from the people in future.

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Call for ministry to probe teachers' use of social media to slander govt

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:09 PM PDT

The Education Ministry has been urged to investigate into teachers using the social website, like Facebook, Twitter, and the short messaging service (SMS), etc, to slander the government during the recent 13th general election.

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MACC begins probe into payment to under-age rape victim

Posted: 23 May 2013 09:30 PM PDT

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has started its investigation on a claim of possible corrupt practise involved in the case of a restaurant manager charged with raping an under-age girl in Kota Kinabalu.

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Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:48 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Magnitude 8.2 earthquake strikes Russian Far East off Kamchatka

Posted: 23 May 2013 11:05 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 8.2 earthquake struck Russia's Far East in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Obama seeks end to perpetual U.S. 'war on terror'

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:06 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twelve years after the "war on terror" began, President Barack Obama wants to pull the United States back from some of the most controversial aspects of its global fight against Islamist militants.

Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks

Posted: 23 May 2013 09:27 PM PDT

ISTANBUL, May 24 — The Syrian opposition in exile met yesterday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve internal divisions, the Syrian National Coalition began talks in Istanbul to elect a coherent ...
    


Islamists kill 21 in suicide attacks in Niger

Posted: 23 May 2013 08:09 PM PDT

NIAMEY, May 24 — Islamist suicide bombers struck an army barracks and a French-run uranium mine in Niger yesterday, officials said, killing 21 people and wounding dozens more in attacks that showed militant violence spreading in West Africa. The MUJWA militant group claimed the coordinated dawn assaults on Areva's mine at Arlit and the military ...
    


One dead, about 10 injured in Guinea opposition protest

Posted: 23 May 2013 06:11 PM PDT

CONAKRY, May 24 — One person was killed and about were 10 injured when security forces and supporters of Guinea's president clashed with protesters marching in the capital yesterday against planned legislative elections. President Alpha Conde's opponents say he plans to rig the long-delayed polls due to take place on June 30. Conde took office in ...
    


Respect the rule of law

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:42 PM PDT

Law serves the country and its people, instead of politics.

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N. Korea town opens to Western tourists: travel agents

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:25 PM PDT

North Korea's authorities have opened the border town of Sinuiju to Western tourists, Chinese-based travel agencies said, despite international tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear test in February.

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Cars, people in water as US bridge collapses

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:24 PM PDT

A bridge carrying a freeway over a river in the northwestern US state of Washington partially collapsed Thursday, sending cars and people plunging into the water below, police said.

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'Comfort women' cancel meeting with Japan mayor

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:24 PM PDT

Two South Korean women forcibly drafted into Japanese military brothels during World War II have cancelled a meeting with a Japanese mayor who sparked outrage by calling them a wartime necessity.

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New concerns for China's rising middle class

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:23 PM PDT

With two cars, foreign holidays and a cook for their apartment, one Beijing family epitomises the new middle class created by China's decades of rapid economic growth -- and its resulting worries.

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Digital reincarnation for Dunhuang's Buddhist art

Posted: 23 May 2013 10:19 PM PDT

Inching their cameras along a rail inside the chamber, specialists use powerful flashes to light up paintings of female Buddhist spirits drawn more than 1,400 years ago.

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Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes Northern California - U.S. Geological Survey

Posted: 23 May 2013 09:07 PM PDT

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck in Northern California on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Korean "grannies" cancel meet with Osaka mayor over war brothel remarks

Posted: 23 May 2013 08:14 PM PDT

OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Two elderly South Korean women forced to work in Japanese wartime military brothels abruptly cancelled a meeting with Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto after he refused to withdraw remarks asserting the brothel system was "necessary" at the time.

Venezuela prosecutor to open probe over leaked recording

Posted: 23 May 2013 07:25 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's prosecutor's office said on Thursday it would open an investigation into in a recording the opposition says features a top government ally accusing the deputy head of the ruling Socialist Party of corruption and conspiring against the new president.