Showing 61 - 70 of 88
Shooting-victim El-Halabi set to box for world title
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Germany's former boxing world champion Rola El-Halabi is set to fulfil her dream in January to box again, nearly two years after she was gunned down by her stepfather in a vicious attack.
Search on for 50 missing after Bangladesh sinking
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Bangladeshi rescuers on Thursday searched for 50 people still missing after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees heading for Malaysia capsized with 110 passengers on board, officials said.
Fukushima operator warns clean-up 'may cost $125 bn'
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» The cost of the clean-up and compensation after Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster may double to $125 billion, the plant's operator warned Wednesday.
Camilla highlights cause close to her heart
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Prince Charles's wife Camilla spoke Wednesday of her mother's death from osteoporosis as she used the royal couple's Australian tour to highlight a cause close to her heart.
S.Korea presidential favourite dismisses rivals' merger
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» South Korea's conservative presidential frontrunner Park Geun-Hye on Wednesday dismissed the decision of her two left-leaning rivals to merge their campaigns as a political "circus".
Britain to start talks with armed Syria opposition
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Britain announced Wednesday it would begin direct talks with military figures in Syria's armed opposition groups, as Prime Minister David Cameron called for a new international approach to ending the conflict.
India rejects Pataudi trophy for England Tests
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» India's cricket chiefs have turned down a proposal to name the trophy for the upcoming Tests against England after former captain Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, who died last year aged 70.
China congratulates Obama on re-election
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Chinese leader Hu Jintao congratulated US President Barack Obama on his re-election, noting "positive progress" in Sino-US relations over the past four years, China's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Longing to vote, Chinese 're-elect' Obama
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» More than 200 Chinese citizens stepped up to a mock ballot box on Wednesday, overwhelmingly "re-electing" US President Barack Obama while reflecting ruefully on the lack of multi-party democracy in China.
World leaders hail Obama victory, pledge cooperation
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» World leaders on Wednesday hailed President Barack Obama's sweeping re-election, with allies pledging to deepen cooperation with the United States on fighting the world economic slump and maintaining security across the globe.