California woman gets life for chopping off husband’s penis |
- California woman gets life for chopping off husband’s penis
- China media warns Philippines of “counterstrike” in South China Sea
- Cambodia bans foreign radio programmes in run-up to election
- China’s troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence, says state media
- Next iPhone could be controlled with head movements
- World's biggest food fight to begin ticketing system
- Singapore gripped by Hello Kitty frenzy
- Lion on the loose in South Africa
- Poor English saved Japan bankers from Lehman: minister
- Teen from Turkey turns bananas into plastic
- Bomb in Thai south kills eight soldiers
- Sri Lanka man dies of heart attack after shocking electric bill
- Dozens of mummies found in pre-Inca royal tomb in Peru
- One restaurant, two countries: a Slovenian border tale
- French bistro chairs sit pretty
- China's troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence - state media
- Cambodia bans foreign radio programmes in run-up to election
- VIDEO: Rising temperatures in western US
- Cloud seeding only if suitable clouds available
- MAS to enhance cabin baggage allowance from July
| California woman gets life for chopping off husband’s penis Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:08 PM PDT A judge sentenced a Southern California woman who cut off her estranged husband's penis and tossed it in the garbage disposal to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Catherine Kieu, 50, was convicted by an Orange County jury in April of aggravated mayhem and torture following the July 2011 assault on her ex-husband. Kieu drugged her ... 
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| China media warns Philippines of “counterstrike” in South China Sea Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:41 PM PDT China's state media warned on Saturday that a "counterstrike" against the Philippines was inevitable if it continues to provoke Beijing in the South China Sea, potentially Asia's biggest military troublespot. The warning comes as ministers from both countries attend an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Brunei, starting Saturday, ... 
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| Cambodia bans foreign radio programmes in run-up to election Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:38 PM PDT Cambodia has banned local radio stations from broadcasting content from foreign media in the run-up to a general election next month and also told them to stop carrying reports on foreigners playing any role in the campaign. Prime Minister Hun Sen, one of the world's longest-serving leaders, has total control of local television and most radio ... 
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| China’s troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence, says state media Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:36 PM PDT More than a hundred people, riding motorobikes and wielding knifes, attacked a police station in China's ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Saturday, in the latest unrest to hit the restive region in the past week. The attack in the remote desert city of Hotan, a heavily ethnic Uighur area, comes two days after the ... 
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| Next iPhone could be controlled with head movements Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:30 AM PDT Developers have unearthed more settings in the latest beta version of iOS 7, the operating system that will power the next iPhone and iPad and that will also be released to existing iDevice owners later this year. | ||
| World's biggest food fight to begin ticketing system Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:25 AM PDT The world's biggest tomato fight in Spain has implemented a ticketing system for the first time in its 68-year history in an effort to clamp down on the number of participants, which swelled to an estimated 50,000 revelers last year. | ||
| Singapore gripped by Hello Kitty frenzy Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:23 AM PDT Tempers flared and police had to be called in Thursday as anxious Singaporeans rushed to McDonald's outlets to buy Hello Kitty plush toys being sold by the fastfood chain as a promotion. | ||
| Lion on the loose in South Africa Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:21 AM PDT A runaway lioness is roaming South Africa's countryside where it has been spotted on a sugarcane farm and by passengers on a bus, a parks authority said Friday. | ||
| Poor English saved Japan bankers from Lehman: minister Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:21 AM PDT Japan's banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to have got them into trouble, the country's finance minister said Friday. | ||
| Teen from Turkey turns bananas into plastic Posted: 29 Jun 2013 12:20 AM PDT There's nothing slippery about Elif Bilgin's idea of using banana peels as a substitute for old-school petroleum-based plastics. | ||
| Bomb in Thai south kills eight soldiers Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:49 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected Muslim rebels in southern Thailand killed eight soldiers in a roadside bomb attack on Saturday, days after the government rejected demands for a ceasefire over the Islamic holiday of Ramadan starting next month. | ||
| Sri Lanka man dies of heart attack after shocking electric bill Posted: 28 Jun 2013 11:45 PM PDT A Sri Lankan man suffered a fatal heart attack after being presented with a shocking electricity bill, a media report said Saturday. | ||
| Dozens of mummies found in pre-Inca royal tomb in Peru Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:45 PM PDT Polish and Peruvian archaeologists have discovered a royal burial chamber with 60 mummies and some 1,200 gold, silver and ceramic objects from over 1,000 years ago in Peru. | ||
| One restaurant, two countries: a Slovenian border tale Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:00 PM PDT A neon-green line runs across the floor of the "Kalin" restaurant in the tiny Slovenian hamlet of Obrezje: step over it and you're suddenly in Croatia. | ||
| French bistro chairs sit pretty Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:38 PM PDT  (France, Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne-AFP) - After New York's Times Square and the Harvard university campus, French-designed metal Fermob chairs find a new home on Paris's Place de la Republique. A visit to the factory where the chairs are made. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | ||
| China's troubled Xinjiang hit by more violence - state media Posted: 28 Jun 2013 10:00 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - More than a hundred people, riding motorbikes and wielding knifes, attacked a police station in China's ethnically divided western region of Xinjiang, state media said on Saturday, in the latest unrest to hit the restive region in the past week. | ||
| Cambodia bans foreign radio programmes in run-up to election Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:50 PM PDT PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia has banned local radio stations from broadcasting content from foreign media in the run-up to a general election next month and also told them to stop carrying reports on foreigners playing any role in the campaign. | ||
| VIDEO: Rising temperatures in western US Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:39 PM PDT Western US states are baking under an extended heat wave, with temperatures threatening to break the all-time high recorded on Earth. | ||
| Cloud seeding only if suitable clouds available Posted: 28 Jun 2013 09:25 PM PDT Cloud seeding during the haze can only succeed if there are suitable clouds to induce condensation to produce rain, said Meteorological Department director-general Che Gayah Ismail. | ||
| MAS to enhance cabin baggage allowance from July Posted: 28 Jun 2013 08:53 PM PDT Malaysia Airlines will be enhancing its cabin baggage allowance for all its domestic and international flights effective July 1. |
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