Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Forgotten victims of 'Kashmir of the seas'

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:41 AM PST

The killings of Indian and Pakistani troops in Kashmir have once again captured the world's attention but the victims of a lesser-known border dispute between the two nations are largely forgotten.

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Malaysia cooperating with CIA, MI-6 in hostage crisis

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:39 AM PST

Malaysia is forging cooperation with American, British and Egyptian intelligence to find out about the fate of two more Malaysians, whose identities are known, in the hostage incident in eastern Algeria, North Africa, last Wednesday.

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Forest, mines, farmland: Liberia is for sale

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:08 AM PST

Liberia is selling itself slice by slice nine years after a terrible civil conflict finally came to an end, offering valuable resources to the highest bidder even though that could kindle tension among a population that often feels it is being sold out.

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VIDEO: Bulgarian leader fights off gunman

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST

Police in Bulgaria have arrested a man after he jumped on stage and put a gun to the head of the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, as he was making a speech in Sofia.

VIDEO: Batmobile fetches $4.2m at auction

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:02 AM PST

The Batmobile featured in the original 1960s television show with Adam West has sold at auction in the US for $4.2m.

VIDEO: Obama to be sworn in for new term

Posted: 20 Jan 2013 12:00 AM PST

On Sunday Barack Obama will begin his second term as president of the United States when he is sworn in at a small ceremony in the White House.

India's old leaders get hip to the young and the restless ahead of elections

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:43 PM PST

JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - Scalded by spontaneous anti-rape and corruption protests near the seat of government in New Delhi, India's ageing leaders are scrambling to win over an angry and influential young urban population ahead of elections due to be held by early next year.

China plans emergency measures to control Beijing air pollution

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:12 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing is to unveil unprecedented new rules governing how China's capital reacts to hazardous air pollution, the official Xinhua news agency said, as deteriorating air quality threatens to become a rallying point for wider political dissatisfaction.

VIDEO: Gadgets 'made waterproof in an hour'

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 08:12 AM PST

From tissues to tablets - how nanotechnology can make things waterproof in under an hour

One Malaysian hostage feared dead

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:25 PM PST

The Malaysian embassy in Algiers has received information that there is a worrying possibility that one of the two Malaysians still unaccounted for in the In Amenas hostage crisis is dead whilst the fate of the other Malaysian is still unknown.

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Dozens of hostages, militants killed in Algerian hostage crisis

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:04 PM PST

A total of 23 hostages and 32 militants were killed in the heinous hostage crisis in a gas complex in Algeria after al-Qaida affiliated militants attacked and kidnapped hundreds of Algerian and foreign workers.

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Najib announces 7 major projects for Kelantan

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:35 PM PST

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today announced seven major projects for Kelantan which would be implemented soon.

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China 'strongly dissatisfied' with US island remarks

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:26 PM PST

China said it was "strongly dissatisfied" Sunday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a veiled warning to Beijing not to challenge Tokyo's control of disputed islands at the centre of a bitter territorial row.

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From Handel to a rubber duck, Sydney Festival aims to please

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:07 PM PST

When Georg Friedrich Handel composed Semele in the 1740s, he could never have imagined it would be performed by opera singers in outrageous catwalk couture, including towering boots and sequinned kilts.

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Snow alert hits Paris air traffic

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:17 PM PST

PARIS, Jan 20 – France expects airlines to reduce flights in and out of Paris by as much as 40 per cent today due to forecast snowfalls over the capital and surrounding region. France's transport ministry said in a statement airlines had been asked to cut flight services by that amount at the two main airports on the Paris outskirts, Charles de ...

Syrian opposition in new search for transitional government

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 08:07 PM PST

ISTANBUL, Jan 20 – Syria's opposition leaders yesterday launched their second bid to form a transitional government, with their credibility at stake as the country slides deeper into civil war. Agreement among the National Coalition, an umbrella group for the Syrian opposition, could help address international concern about the risk of Syria ...

Four climbers killed in avalanche

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 07:09 PM PST

EDINBURGH, Jan 20 – Four climbers were killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands yesterday, police said, in by far the worst incident linked to a blast of cold weather that has hit Britain. The victims, two men and two women, were in a party of six out climbing in the Glencoe area, renowned for its beautiful landscapes. Scotland is home to ...

Anti-racism protesters rally in Athens after stabbing

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 06:40 PM PST

ATHENS, Jan 20 – Hundreds of demonstrators yesterday paraded the coffin in central Athens of a Pakistani immigrant who was stabbed to death earlier this week, praying and opening the casket to show his face in protest at racist attacks in the country. About 5,000 immigrants and human rights activists later gathered in the city's central Omonia ...

Syria says talk of Assad’s removal unacceptable

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 05:11 PM PST

BEIRUT, Jan 20 – Syria's foreign minister said yesterday any discussion of President Bashar al-Assad's future was "unacceptable", a week after an international envoy said the president should not be part of a transitional government. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem's comments showed the government has dug in against foreign pressure for a deal ...

Algeria ends desert siege with 23 hostages dead

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 05:02 PM PST

ALGIERS, Jan 20 – Algerian troops ended a siege by Islamist militants at a gas plant in the Sahara desert where 23 hostages died, with a final assault which killed all the remaining hostage-takers. Believed to be among the 32 dead militants was their leader, Abdul Rahman al-Nigeri, a Nigerien close to al-Qaeda-linked commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar, ...
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Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Africa Must Take Lead in Mali, France Says

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:26 PM PST

Once the situation is more stable, France wants African troops to do most of the work to wrest the north of Mali from the Islamists, as called for under a United Nations Security Council resolution passed in December.

Netanyahu says Israel needs strong ruling party

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:44 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday a country with as many enemies as Israel cannot afford a weak ruling party, after polls ahead of Tuesday's parliamentary election showed a slide in his support.

Shooting at Brazil samba school

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:23 PM PST

Gunmen on motorcycles open fire during a carnival rehearsal by a samba school in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, killing three youths.

CIA drone strikes will get pass in counterterrorism ‘playbook,’ officials say

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:57 AM PST

The Obama administration is nearing completion of a detailed counterterrorism manual that is designed to establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations but leaves open a major exemption for the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan, U.S. officials said.

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Maduro slams business leaders over Venezuela economy comments

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:47 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's vice president hit out at the country's business leaders on Saturday, saying they were seeking to destabilize the nation while cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez fights to recover from surgery.

Cole agrees new Chelsea contract

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:57 AM PST

Ashley Cole reaches an agreement on a new contract at Chelsea, with the deal expected to be signed early next week.

Family of dead Pakistan officer seeks probe

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:50 AM PST

Kamran Faisal's family says he had torture marks on his body, rejecting postmortem report that termed death as suicide.

US firm to file Armstrong lawsuit

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:23 AM PST

Texas company SCA Promotions plans to file a lawsuit next week to recoup $12m from disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong.

The Lede Blog: Bulgarian Politician Faces Off With Gunman During Televised Conference

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:59 AM PST

A man attempted to fire a gas pistol at Ahmed Dogan, the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish political party, while he was giving a speech in Sofia.

Five Britons feared dead in Algeria

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:52 PM PST

Foreign Secretary William Hague says five Britons and one UK resident have been killed or are missing as a result of the hostage crisis in Algeria.

Massacre of over 100 reported in Syria's Homs

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 11:05 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than 100 people were shot, stabbed or possibly burned to death by government forces in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group said on Thursday, and fierce fighting raged across the country.

Bolshoi’s Sergei Filin recovers from eye surgery as police pursue acid attack case

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:38 AM PST

MOSCOW — Police visited Sergei Filin in his Moscow hospital room Saturday as they investigated an acid attack that left the Bolshoi Ballet's artistic director recovering from eye surgery and stunned dancers and fans around the world.

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W African leaders urge global support on Mali

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 12:15 PM PST

ECOWAS bloc holds meeting in Ivory Coast as France asks African nations to join fight against Ansar al-Dine-led rebels.

Merkel's CDU rides popularity wave in German state vote

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:42 AM PST

BERLIN (Reuters) - The leader of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats in Lower Saxony on Saturday predicted victory in a close-run regional election that will gauge Merkel's chances of winning a third term.

Cease-Fire in Myanmar With Kachin Rebels Fails to Take Hold

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:55 AM PST

Ethnic Kachin rebels and at least one independent observer say that the fighting was less intense than in previous days and that the government's aerial bombardments stopped.

Washington Readies for Festive but Scaled-Down Version of Inauguration

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:50 AM PST

Officials expect 600,000 to 800,000 people to turn out on the National Mall to witness Monday's inauguration, typical for most inaugurations but far short of the 1.8 million who clogged the city in 2009.

Earl Weaver, a Volatile, Visionary Manager, Dies at 82

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:33 AM PST

Mr. Weaver was the Hall of Fame manager who brought pugnacity and pragmatism to the Baltimore Orioles dugout, tormenting a generation of umpires along the way.

India's ruling Congress party names Rahul Gandhi its No. 2

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 10:01 AM PST

NEW DELHI — The latest heir apparent to India's oldest and most powerful political dynasty was elevated Saturday to the ruling Congress party's second-highest post, a move that the party hopes will revive its fortunes ahead of national elections expected later this year.

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VIDEO: Boeing halts Dreamliner deliveries

Posted: 18 Jan 2013 11:49 PM PST

Boeing has said it will continue production of its 787 Dreamliner, but has suspended deliveries of any further aircraft until a battery problem is resolved.

VIDEO: Bulgarian leader fights off gunman

Posted: 19 Jan 2013 09:40 AM PST

Police in Bulgaria have arrested a man after he jumped on stage and put a gun to the head of the leader of the country's ethnic Turkish party, Ahmed Dogan, as he was making a speech in Sofia.
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