Indonesian man mauled by tiger
Jakarta (dpa) – A tiger mauled a man to death in Aceh province on Indonesia’s northern island of Sumatra, state media said Thursday. The victim, Cut Hasan, 48, is believed to have been attacked Tuesday […]
Jakarta (dpa) – A tiger mauled a man to death in Aceh province on Indonesia’s northern island of Sumatra, state media said Thursday. The victim, Cut Hasan, 48, is believed to have been attacked Tuesday […]
By Bill Smith Beijing (dpa) – China’s economic growth slowed to 10.3 per cent in the second quarter of this year, suggesting that policies designed to rebalance the economy and prevent overheating were working, the […]
Wellington (dpa) – Somali refugee Asha Ali Abdille, 36, pleaded guilty Wednesday to New Zealand’s first plane hijacking charge. She admitted trying to hijack a 19-seat Air New Zealand Jetstream aircraft flying from Blenheim to […]
By Bill Smith Beijing (dpa) – China evacuated thousands more people and broke a dyke to release floodwater Wednesday as several southern regions fought to control some of the worst floods for decades. Relief workers […]
Kuala Lumpur (dpa) – Malaysian police have detained an Iranian man on suspicion of trying to smuggle drugs worth 1 million ringgit (312,500 dollars) into the country inside a microwave oven, news reports said Wednesday. […]
By Juan O. Tamayo McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI – Cuba will free 52 political prisoners and allow them to leave the island, Roman Catholic church officials announced Wednesday in a surprising concession that would be the […]
By Julian E. Barnes and Laura King Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON – Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the commander of Western forces in Afghanistan, was summoned to Washington on Tuesday to explain unflattering comments about senior […]
By Mark Geenty of NZPA Dunedin, June 19 NZPA – The All Blacks’ 42-9 win over Wales may have come at a cost, with lock Anthony Boric and Israel Dagg rated doubtful starters for next […]
In the latest Investigate HIS/HERS, does the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil contain viral DNA that shouldn’t be there? Just how effective are natural health remedies? And how did the politicians shape up this term? An […]
JERUSALEM – Israel said Thursday it has agreed in principle to ease some restrictions on the flow of certain kinds of goods into the Gaza Strip. But details were not disclosed and Cabinet members remain […]
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration unveiled new measures Wednesday to isolate Iran commercially and financially from the rest of the world in hopes of convincing the Persian Gulf nation to suspend its uranium enrichment program. […]
Facebook continues to face criticism over privacy protections at its social networking website. Privacy and civil liberties groups on Wednesday urged Facebook to address issues they say violate the privacy of the site’s more than […]
DPA – Russian police have seized 100,000 copies of a book criticizing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the website of government opponent Garry Kasparov reported Wednesday. The book, titled “Putin. Results. 10 years,” was being transported […]
Scientists shut down Phoenix Mars Lander program By Thomas H. Maugh II Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – The National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday they are formally closing down […]
TORONTO, (UPI) – A Toronto television production company says it has located the wreckage of a missing U.S. submarine that was sunk in 1944 in the South China Sea. In a news release, yap films […]
WASHINGTON, (UPI) – More than a dozen state attorneys general Tuesday filed legal challenges to the healthcare law soon after U.S. President Barack Obama signed the measure. The lawsuits focus on the mandate requiring an […]
CAT PEOPLE The search for NZ’s black panthers Are some of New Zealand’s missing trampers victims of leopard or cougar attacks in the South Island? A new book by big cat investigators MICHAEL WILLIAMS […]
The Beasts of Benmore: Oct 07 issue THE BEASTS OF BENMORE Experts are close to confirming the existence of possibly two varieties of exotic big cats living wild in New Zealand – American mountain lions […]
By David G. Savage, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ The Supreme Court justices, hearing a Second Amendment challenge to Chicago’s ban on handguns, signaled Tuesday they were ready to extend gun rights nationwide, clearing the […]
U.S. aid to Chile unlikely to boost U.S. image in Latin America By Paul Richter, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON _ The U.S. aid that poured into Indonesia after the 2004 tsunami paid handsome dividends for […]
By Steven Thomma, McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON _ An overwhelming majority of Americans think their federal government is gridlocked by partisan infighting and turf battles and can’t accomplish anything, according to a new McClatchy-Ipsos poll. Yet […]
NASHVILLE, (UPI) — The U.S. war in Afghanistan isn’t close to ending, Army Gen. David Petraeus said. It’s going to be hard. It is hard all the time, Petraeus, the head of U.S. Central Command, […]
MOSCOW, Feb. 1 (UPI) – The Russian military has conducted the first successful flight of its long-awaited fifth-generation stealth jet fighter. Dubbed T-50, the Sukhoi prototype is the first fighter plane to be built by […]
By Julian E. Barnes, Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON – U.S. defense officials outlined plans to double production of unmanned aircraft, part of an expanded 2011 budget unveiled Monday shifting the Pentagon’s focus away from major […]
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times BEIRUT – Leaders of Iran’s opposition movement and the country’s hard-line establishment sharpened their months-long confrontation Saturday, with opponents calling on demonstrators to take to the streets on a […]
By Barbara Demick, Los Angeles Times BEIJING – The Chinese government Saturday announced a series of harsh retaliatory measures in protest of the Pentagon’s $6 billion arms sale to Taiwan, including a suspension of security […]
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (UPI) – The United States has speeded movement of anti-missile defenses to the Persian Gulf to put pressure on Iran, government officials say. Four countries in the region have accepted U.S. missile […]
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