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Reports Describe Deadly Shootout in Restive Region of China
december 30, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING — Police officers killed seven people they judged to be “kidnappers” in a remote mountainous area in the turbulent western frontier region of...
‘Octomom’ case stuns one-child public in China (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from...
Turkey: funerals held after air strike (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – Thousands of mourners gathered in southeast Turkey on Friday for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military...
‘Octomom’ case stuns one-child public in China
december 30, 2011by latadmin
BEIJING (AP) — The photo was undeniably cute: a studio portrait of eight babies in identical onesies and perky white cotton hats, sporting an array of expressions from...
Pakistan car bomb kills eight
december 30, 2011by latadmin
A car bomb Friday killed eight Pakistanis in the southwest city of Quetta, which is the capital of Baluchistan province neighbouring Afghanistan and Iran, police said....
Blast leaves several dead in Pakistan city
december 30, 2011by latadmin
Police say a car bomb has exploded outside the home of a local politician in southwest Pakistan, killing at least ten people. Nazir Ahmed Kurd, a police officer, said...
Pacific islands lose a day in dateline warp
december 30, 2011by latadmin
If you ever had the feeling that time is passing by too quickly, the people in the South Pacific islands of Samoa and Tokelau can relate. Islanders are missing an entire...
Car-bombing in Pakistan’s Quetta kills at least 8 (Reuters)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
Reuters – A bomber remotely detonated an explosive-laden car outside the home of a Pakistani former minister, killing at least eight people and wounding 30, police...
Maldives closes hundreds of luxury resort spas (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – Maldives has ordered hundreds of luxury resorts to close their spas after protesters demanded a halt to “anti-Islamic” activities.
Pakistan judicial commission to probe memo scandal (AP)
december 30, 2011by latadmin
AP – Pakistan’s Supreme Court set up a judicial commission Friday to investigate a secret memo scandal that threatens the government, lawyers said, dealing a...
