Today at 12:23:32 - Pakistan's former military leader Pervez Musharraf has decided to postpone his return to the country, one of his aides says. Today at 12:23:32 - The Japanese government admits failing to keep records of key meetings dealing with the country's nuclear crisis last year. Today at 12:23:32 - A group of soldiers who staged a failed mutiny in Papua New Guinea are seeking a pardon, Australian reports say, amid an ongoing power struggle. Today at 12:23:32 - French troops will resume training Afghan soldiers on Saturday but Paris will pull out most of its troops by the end of 2013, President Nicolas Sarkozy says. Today at 12:23:32 - Lahore's Dr Akram has said many Pakistani hospitals are forced to buy the cheapest drugs - as the death toll from a batch of faulty drugs in the city rises. Today at 12:23:32 - One of Sri Lanka's most controversial diplomats, former army Maj Gen Shavendra Silva, is appointed to a senior post at the UN, officials say. | Today at 23:49:47 - ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Sudan will free ships carrying cargos of crude it seized from South Sudan to ease tensions between the former civil war foes and help the two states agree on a deal over oil re ... Today at 23:49:47 - LONDON (Reuters) - Police said on Saturday they were searching the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's News International and had arrested four people, including a policeman, in an investigation into s ... Today at 13:41:24 - SADADA, Libya (Reuters) - A militia commander whose troops were driven out of the Libyan tribal stronghold of Bani Walid this week said on Friday that his forces were massing to recapture the town but ... Today at 13:41:24 - DAKAR (Reuters) - Protesters hurled rocks at police who retaliated with tear gas in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday after a top legal body said President Abdoulaye Wade had the right to run for a th ... Today at 13:41:24 - KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) - In an audio tape posted on the Internet, the purported leader of the violent Nigerian Islamist sect Boko Haram threatened to kill more security personnel and kidnap their fam ... | |
Today at 23:46:23 - China will steadfastly strengthen its cooperation with African countries, a top Chinese official said ahead of his visit to Ethiopia. Today at 23:46:23 - Actress Kirsten Dunst says her 'Melancholia' director Lars Von Trier's difficult reputation made her scared about working with him. Today at 23:46:23 - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Ms. ... Today at 23:46:23 - At least Scotland’s secessionists are honest (maybe), which is more than could be said of Quebec’s secessionists.This week, in a potentially momentous development, Scotland’s ... Today at 23:46:23 - The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has appealed for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly one-third of the total amount earmarked f ... | Today at 23:07:34 - How Low Can They Go: The U.S. Barely Debates its Latin-American Policy, with no Intellectual Recourse Today at 23:07:34 - New York, Jan 27 2012 1:10PM The United Nations today honoured the memory of the more than 1.5 million boys and girls who perished in the Holocaust, with top officials stressing the need to speak out ... Today at 23:07:34 - New York, Jan 27 2012 12:10PM The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) appealed today for $1.28 billion to provide humanitarian assistance to children in over 25 countries this year, with nearly on ... Today at 23:07:34 - New York, Jan 27 2012 3:10PM A senior United Nations official has called for an immediate end to Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank, as he witnessed first hand the suff ... Today at 23:07:34 - Advocates in Congressional briefings urge, ”Release more aid, include Haitian civil society and women in nation’s rebuilding” | Today at 20:26:35 - How does a man move on with his life after losing his wife and daughters to two ruthless home invaders who tormented, then killed them? Today at 20:26:35 - Pirates moved an American hostage at least three times in 24 hours and threatened on Thursday to kill him after US Navy SEALs rescued an American and a Dane in a bold, dark-of-night raid that raises ... Today at 20:26:35 - Police are investigating the death of a woman found inside businessman Alan Bond's Cottesloe house. Today at 20:26:35 - Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company they accused of a practice called "clickjacking" that fools users of the world's top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging perso ... Today at 20:26:35 - A US judge sentenced ''Barefoot Bandit'' Colton Harris-Moore to 6 1/2 years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins, and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010. |
Today at 12:07:58 - Pakistan's former leader Pervez Musharraf will "certainly" be arrested if he returns to Pakistan, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Friday. Today at 12:07:58 - World No. 1 Novak Djokovic survived an enthralling marathon clash with Andy Murray on Friday to earn an Australian Open final showdown with Rafael Nadal. Today at 00:46:33 - In the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear plant, one man's quiet anger echoes through the contaminated, empty streets of Tomioka, Japan. Today at 00:46:33 - Nine rockets were fired at the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul Friday about 500 meters from the infamous compound of Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, Syed Imtiaz, Hussain Shah a senior police official sa ... Today at 00:46:33 - A rebel commander said Thursday that he had seized control of the military in Papua New Guinea, exacerbating the political instability in the country. | Today at 12:07:58 - Julia Gillard is on firm footing again. A blue suede shoe that she lost during a protest by aboriginal-rights activists has been returned.
Today at 12:07:58 - As China expands its influence on the Mekong River, it is encroaching on a region dominated for decades by a much more profitable trade: narcotics.
Today at 00:46:33 - Russian authorities are investigating whether demonstrations in favor of "clean elections" by Lego figures, stuffed dolls and other toys this month are legal, according to reports.
Today at 00:46:33 - A new taste for eating elephant meat — everything from trunks to sex organs — has emerged in Thailand and could pose a new threat to the survival of the species.
27/01/2012 at 15:06:48 - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was dragged away by security guards after she was trapped by protesters demonstrating for indigenous rights.
| Today at 00:46:33 - THE first New Zealand-made longboarding film in over a decade, some of it shot in Gisborne, will screen at two venues here this week... 27/01/2012 at 15:47:09 - World War Two veteran John Bunyan waited patiently for more than an hour to make his plea for a full restoration of the Cenotaph at yesterday’s... 27/01/2012 at 15:47:09 - GISBORNE stonemason Brian Shepherd is making an impassioned plea to the community to fundraise $1.5 million to completely rebuild the city’s iconic... 27/01/2012 at 15:47:09 - A SLUMP in student numbers at Cobham School in recent years has not been due to the principal, says Gisborne Primary Principals Association (GPPA)... 27/01/2012 at 15:47:09 - THE developers of the Citrus Grove private plan change at Makaraka left yesterday’s monthly meeting of the District Council with a promise the... |
