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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Anastasiades leads Cyprus presidency poll

Anastasiades leads Cyprus presidency poll


Anastasiades leads Cyprus presidency poll

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 11:24 AM PST

Cash-strapped Cyprus takes a big step towards an international bailout as voters give the centre-right opposition leader a commanding lead

Gunmen kidnap foreign workers in Nigeria

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 08:46 AM PST

Briton, Italian, Greek and Lebanese among abducted in the biggest kidnapping of foreign nationals in north since Islamist insurgency there began

Pressure builds in Iran nuclear stand-off

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 08:14 AM PST

The diplomatic dance cannot go on for ever: Iran is advancing its nuclear technology and the weight of sanctions is mounting. Something has to give

Dead lawyer to go on trial in Russia

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 09:30 AM PST

Case believed linked to Magnitsky law in US, which imposes visa blacklist and asset freezes on certain Russian officials accused of rights violations

Tunisia pro-uprising group fuels concern

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 10:39 AM PST

League for Protection of Revolution, a network of government supporters, claims to uphold spirt of uprising more than two years ago

China rulers struggle with corruption culture

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 09:47 AM PST

China's ruling Communist party faces an uphill task rooting out the graft at all levels of party and government if it resists outside scrutiny

Republican attacks Obama immigration plan

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 11:30 AM PST

A Florida lawmaker says the proposal would be 'dead on arrival' if sent to Congress – underscoring the uphill fight to reform the US migration system

Pakistan bomb blast kills at least 80

Posted: 16 Feb 2013 11:41 PM PST

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, an extremist Sunni group with links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban, claims responsibility for the attack in the western city of Quetta

Brain implants give rats sixth sense

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 06:47 AM PST

Neurotechnology research could lead to brain-controlled prosthetic devices, such as artificial limbs, that give their users a sense of touch

Police defend probe into Singapore death

Posted: 17 Feb 2013 10:35 AM PST

Singapore police have released a statement defending their investigation into the death of Shane Todd, a US engineer found hanged last June

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