Al-Qaeda leader calls on Muslims to kidnap Westerners Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged Egyptians to restart their revolution to press for Islamic law and called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, the SITE Intelligence Group said Friday.
Family of Chinese PM has hidden fortune: NYT Relatives of China's reformist premier have amassed huge riches during his tenure, according to a report Friday that came as the Communist Party prepares for a pivotal handover of power.
German doctors remove 28-kilo tumour from woman Doctors in Germany said Friday they had removed a tumour weighing 28 kilogrammes (62 pounds) from a 60-year-old woman who had previously been diagnosed as obese.
27 October 2012
Microsoft woos mobile users, aims at Apple Microsoft kicked off sales of its revamped Windows 8 system and Surface tablet Friday amid mixed reviews as the tech giant ramped up efforts to compete in a market shifting rapidly from PCs to mobile devices.
27 October 2012
US downplays Facebook claim on Benghazi attack Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the White House on Wednesday downplayed reports that a Libyan group claimed responsibility on Facebook for the deadly strike on the US consulate in Benghazi.
27 October 2012
Citi fined $2 mn over Facebook IPO leak US banking giant Citigroup paid a $2 million fine to a state regulator and fired a junior analyst over a probe into leaks of confidential information on Facebook's public offering.
27 October 2012
Berlusconi sentenced to prison for tax fraud Italy's former prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi was briefly sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset empire Friday.
27 October 2012
Maya demand an end to doomsday myth Guatemala's Mayan people accused the government and tour groups on Wednesday of perpetuating the myth that their calendar foresees the imminent end of the world for monetary gain.
27 October 2012
Thousands protest at parliament in Madrid Thousands of Spaniards massed near parliament in Madrid Tuesday yelling in anger at government austerity cuts that they say are punishing the poor.
27 October 2012
Libya marks 1st 'liberation' anniversary amid tension Libya on Tuesday celebrated the first anniversary of its "liberation" from the regime of Moamer Kadhafi, even as fighting flared in a former bastion of the slain dictator.
27 October 2012
Hurricane Sandy set to strengthen on path to Cuba Hurricane Sandy was expected to strengthen as it careened towards Cuba early Thursday after battering Jamaica, where it downed power lines and forced more than a thousand people to seek emergency shelter.
26 October 2012
Clinton set on leaving State Dept. despite Obama's 'begging' President Barack Obama said Wednesday he would love for Hillary Clinton to stay on as secretary of state after his hoped for re-election, but that "despite my begging" she has decided to move on.
26 October 2012
Chinese ships enter waters disputed with Japan Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around disputed Tokyo-controlled islands early Thursday, the Japanese coastguard said, sparking a strong protest from Japan.
Orynbayev discussed scientific-technical cooperation in U.S.Orynbayev visited several cities in Colorado and Pennsylvania leading Kazakhstan's delegation of representatives of Healthcare Ministry, Nazarbayev University, Kasipkor Holding and National Medical Holding.
26 October 2012
Texas warns it could prosecute OSCE poll monitors The southern US state of Texas has warned it could prosecute election observers from the OSCE, a global body that regularly monitors voting around the world, if they try to visit polling stations next month.
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