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Everest climber skips summit, rescues friend

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:56:59 GMT

Nadav Ben-Yehuda, who was climbing with a Sherpa guide, came across Aydin Irmak near the summit last weekend. In that chaotic period, four climbers died on their way down from the summit amid a traffi...

Pope's butler arrested in Vatican leaks scandal: Reports

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:33:22 GMT

According to Il Foglio newspaper and ANSA news agency, the detained man is none other than the pope's butler, Paolo Gabriele, a member of the small team which works daily in Pope Benedict XVI's apartm...

Astronauts snare Spacex Dragon Capsule - NASA

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:59:35 GMT

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies' Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost. Using the statio...

Priest apologises for unholy language on Facebook

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:08:15 GMT

A British priest has apologised for some unholy language on his Facebook page, his bishop says.Canon Paul Shackerley, Vicar of the Minster Church of St. George in Doncaster in northern England, raised...

Capsule set for historic space station arrival

Fri, 25 May 2012 14:06:31 GMT

The privately bankrolled Dragon capsule approached the International Space Station for a historic docking today after sailing through a practice rendezvous the day before. The unmanned SpaceX Dragon ...

California's sparkling beach named America's best

Fri, 25 May 2012 13:29:35 GMT

Like a Hollywood star, Coronado's 1.5 mile-long beach literally sparkles, thanks to the mineral mica glinting in its sand. That's one of the reasons why Coronado - flanked by the iconic hotel featured...

Hollande defends French exit from Afghanistan

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:37:56 GMT

President Francois Hollande visited Afghanistan on Friday to defend France's imminent departure from the war, telling troops that it would be coordinated closely with Afghan and NATO allies.

Asia's richest man says, his son will eventually head business empire

Fri, 25 May 2012 12:36:03 GMT

Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Friday confirmed that his eldest son will eventually control his business empire, but the 83-year-old tycoon dismissed suggestions that he is about to retire.Eldes...

Police bravery award for NRI builder

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:29:26 GMT

Sukhwinder Singh, a London-based NRI builder who was stabbed to death while he was confronting two muggers who had snatched a woman's bag in London in 2010, has been given a police public bravery awar...

Seven killed in gun attack on bus in Pakistan's Sindh district

Fri, 25 May 2012 11:05:09 GMT

At least seven people were shot dead and three others injured when unidentified gunmen attacked a packed passenger bus in Pakistan's southern Sindh province today. The gunmen fired indiscriminately at...

Pakistani interrogator says Osama's wives gave little away

Fri, 25 May 2012 10:03:53 GMT

Osama bin Laden's three wives were fiercely loyal to him and gave little away when they were interrogated after the al Qaeda chief was killed in a US raid over a year ago, a Pakistani intelligence age...

Car bomb in Central Turkey kills two: Reports

Fri, 25 May 2012 09:08:36 GMT

A suspected suicide bomber detonated explosives inside a car outside a police station in the central Turkish province of Kayseri on Friday, killing himself and a police officer and wounding some 20 ot...

Lawyers want Obama, Bush to testify in 9/11 case

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:55:05 GMT

Lawyers for accused plotters of the September 11 attacks want President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W. Bush to testify at a military tribunal for "inflammatory statements" they argue have ...

Brawl in Ukraine parliament over use of Russian language

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:26:08 GMT

A violent scuffle erupted in Ukraine's parliament on Thursday evening over a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts, hospitals and other institutions in the Russian-speaking r...

On day 4 of Rajat Gupta trial, jurors hear wiretapped conversations

Fri, 25 May 2012 07:01:26 GMT

Prosecutors played a series of FBI wiretapped phone conversations in a bid to show that Goldman Sachs' former Indian-American director Rajat Gupta shared confidential information with convicted hedge-...

Musharraf 'murdered my mother,' says Bhutto son

Fri, 25 May 2012 05:46:47 GMT

The son of slain Pakistan leader Benazir Bhutto said on Thursday that ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf "murdered my mother," as he vowed to play a bigger political role in his homeland "in any way I...

Man arrested for murder of boy who went missing in 1979

Fri, 25 May 2012 03:44:11 GMT

A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long in...

US panel cuts aid to Pak over sentencing of doctor who helped in Osama raid

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:44:04 GMT

A Senate panel voted to cut aid to Pakistan by a symbolic $33 million on Thursday, $1 million for each year of jail time handed to a Pakistani doctor convicted of treason for helping the United States...

Did McKinsey & Co throw Rajat Gupta under the bus?

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:37:16 GMT

It was surprising that a firm that prides itself on relationships chose to cut itself off from former Managing Director Rajat Gupta last year, when he was accused of insider trading in the Raj Rajarat...

Egypt counts votes, Muslim Brotherhood claims to be ahead

Fri, 25 May 2012 02:30:38 GMT

The Muslim Brotherhood said on Friday its candidate was leading the early count in Egypt's first free presidential election that exposed a rift in the nation between supporters of Islamists and backer...

Famously private Neil Armstrong gives rare interview

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:46:59 GMT

The famously private Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has been coaxed into giving a rare interview - with an Australian accountant.

Fire aboard US nuclear submarine, seven injured

Thu, 24 May 2012 18:09:19 GMT

At least seven people were injured when a fire broke out on a US nuclear submarine at a dockyard in the state of Maine, but the nuclear reactor on board was not in danger, the navy said on Thursday.

Vatican bank chief ousted after no-confidence vote

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:51:46 GMT

The Vatican has said that the head of its bank, who is being investigated in a money laundering case, has been ousted after receiving a unanimous vote of no-confidence from bank overseers.

Berlusconi paid for sex, witness tells court

Thu, 24 May 2012 17:07:09 GMT

Italy's former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi paid for sex during at least one party at his luxury villa outside Milan, a witness said on Thursday at a trial where he is accused of paying for sex wi...

Navin Patnaik cancels lecture at Sussex University

Thu, 24 May 2012 15:25:24 GMT

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has cancelled a seminar he was scheduled to deliver at the Sussex University on Monday amid claims by rights groups that he changed his programme fearing demonstra...