Psy, Samsung push 'brand Korea' in 2012 A breakthrough year for "brand Korea" -- led by the rapper Psy and electronics giant Samsung -- has boosted efforts to promote a country that still feels overshadowed, under-appreciated and misunderstood.
11 December 2012
Xi's Shenzhen visit a sign of reform: Chinese media China's new Communist Party chief Xi Jinping has signalled his commitment to push for economic reforms by visiting the city of Shenzhen, the historic hub of modernisation.
Settlement expected in Strauss-Kahn sex-case with maid Lawyers for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the ex-IMF chief and onetime French presidential hopeful, are headed to court Monday hoping to close the books on the New York sex scandal that destroyed his stellar career.
11 December 2012
DR Congo rebel peace talks open to rocky start Congolese rebels and government officials opened tense talks Sunday, with both sides vowing to end a crisis that has led to widespread atrocities and sparked fears of an all-out regional conflict.
11 December 2012
Gene sleuths track spread of hospital superbug Gene detectives on Sunday said they had pinpointed how a hospital superbug arose in North America in the early 2000s and spread to Europe before becoming a source of global concern.
11 December 2012
Software pioneer McAfee seeks return to United States US anti-virus software pioneer John McAfee said Sunday that he has filed legal motions with the Guatemalan government to avoid extradition to Belize, in hopes of being sent instead to the United States.
11 December 2012
Ghana opposition claims fraud in tight presidential vote Ghana's main opposition party on Sunday alleged fraud in the country's tight presidential election, claiming it had evidence that its candidate had won the vote even before official results were declared.
Winter weather claims second victim in the Balkans Freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall in the Balkans, that seriously affected traffic throughout the region, claimed a second victim on Sunday as a man died from cold in northern Serbia.
Egypt opposition debates Morsi concession Egypt's main opposition parties were to meet late Sunday to decide whether to keep up street protests against President Mohamed Morsi after the Islamist leader made a key concession in the crisis dividing the nation.
Shymkent beauty became Miss Kazakhstan 2012Zhazira Nurimbetova is a 4-year university student at present and will proceed with her professional career of a model only with an approval of her family.