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British woman could face death penalty for smuggling
A British woman could face the death penalty in Indonesia after being arrested for allegedly smuggling crystal methamphetamine into the country from China, an official said. The woman, identified only by her initials AR, was arrested at a hotel in the city of Surabaya, East Java province, last month with 1.47 kilograms of the drug, the Indonesian narcotics agency said. "Because ...
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Earthquake strikes Japan
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has stuck 278km north east of Tokyo, Japan. The US Geological Survey says the quake was 41km deep. - Herald ...
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Earthquake strikes Japan
A strong 6.1 earthquake has struck off the northern coast of Japan's main Honshu island, seismologists say, but no tsunami warning was issued and there are no immediate reports of damage. The quake hit at 2.48pm (local time) in the Pacific some 50 kilometres from the town of Namie near the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Daiichi plant, the United States Geological Survey said. Japan's ...
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48 Hours Unraveling the lies of Jodi Arias
Jodi deserves the DP she deserves no mercy she has no redeeming qualities. She premeditated the slaughter of Travis and an overkill only because if she could not have him then in her mind neither would anyone else. She has no ...
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Somaliland hopes for independence
The Horn of Africa has been ravaged by war and famine for decades, and now one of Somalia's regions, hopes to become an independent state. Somaliland sits on the Gulf of Aden and is officially regarded as an autonomous region of Somalia. The two were, however, separate until 1960. During the civil war in the 1980s, 40,000 people from Somaliland were killed, and nearly half a million fled. ...
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US scolds Russia for sending arms to Syria
The US has scolded Russia for sending missiles to the Syrian government, with plans for an international peace conference promoted by the two major powers appearing to founder on diplomatic rifts over its scope and purpose. General Martin Dempsey, the most senior US military officer, has described Russia's recent delivery of anti-ship missiles to President Bashar al-Assad as ...
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Exclusive EU cites Chinese telecoms Huawei and ZTE for trade violations
By Daniel BasesNEW YORK (Reuters) - Europe's top trade official for the first time late on Friday officially cited Chinese mobile telecommunications equipment makers Huawei and ZTE Corp for violating anti-dumping and anti-subsidy guidelines.European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said he was prepared to launch a formal investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by these Chinese ...
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Reports of 60 injured in US train accident
NEW YORK: A rush-hour collision between two commuter trains in a suburb north of New York City Friday injured 60 passengers, five of them seriously.A spokesman for the Metro North commuter train line said the incident involved a train headed into the city and one traveling in the opposite direction toward New Haven, Connecticut."Sixty people have been taken to the hospital," ...
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France legalises same-sex marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French ...
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Dozens injured in Conn. train collision
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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France set to legalise same-sex marriage
French President Francois Hollande is due to sign a gay marriage and adoption bill into law, after the country's Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, trying to turn the page on months of bitter opposition to the measures, said it was "time to respect the law and the Republic". The Constitutional Council approved the bill on ...
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U.S. Criticizes Russia On Missiles To Syria
The top U.S. military officer has denounced Russia for providing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime with anti-ship missiles, saying the weapons will only worsen the Syrian war. The comments by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, came after "The New York Times" reported that Russia recently delivered a shipment to Syria’s government of ...
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Stars at NBA 2013 playoffs
Rihanna attends Game One of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals of the 2013 NBA Playoffs between the Miami Heat and the Milwaukee Bucks at American Airlines Arena on April 21, 2013, in Miami, ...
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South Sudan town trashed by army
Al Jazeera has gained access to a South Sudanese town, where fighting and looting have forced most of the population to leave. Homes and a hospital have been looted and destroyed, with the UN blaming South Sudanese soldiers who have been fighting a regional rebel group. The army denies the charge, but medical staff and patients at the hospital, the only such facility for 150km, said they had ...
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U.S. Quiet On Iran Women President Bar
The United States has declined to take a firm stand after a member of Iran’s electoral authority said women will be barred from standing in Iran’s June presidential election. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Washington would not comment on specific candidates. She also noted that Iranian authorities must approve all candidates. The spokeswoman said that, broadly, the ...
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Lisbon to hold first Jewish film festival
Hundreds of people were expected to attend Lisbon's first-ever Jewish film festival next week.The three-day festival, entitled "Judaica: 1st exhibition of cinema and culture," was scheduled to open on May 22 at Lisbon's main art cinema, Cinema Sao Jorge, and will include 15 Jewish and Israeli documentary and feature productions, according to a report by the Jornal Digital ...
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UN panel sanctions delaying N.Korea nuke program
North Korea is still trying to import and export nuclear and ballistic missile-related items but financial and trade sanctions are slowing progress on development of their prohibited weapons, UN experts say in a new report. Key parts of the expert panel's report, obtained Friday by the Associated Press, provide further information on North Korea's attempts to evade four rounds of increasingly ...
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French President Francois Hollande to sign gay marriage bill into law today
gay marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution cleared the bill on Friday. The ...
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O.J. Simpsons ex-lawyer contradicts his testimony on guns
LAS VEGAS O.J. Simpson's former lawyer defended himself point-by-point Friday against allegations he botched the former football star's armed-robbery trial, after giving damaging testimony that Simpson actually knew his buddies had guns when they went to a hotel room together to reclaim some sports memorabilia. Miami-based attorney Yale Galanter quickly found himself under withering ...
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60 taken to hospitals as commuter trains collide in Conn.
FAIRFIELD, Conn. Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries from a collision between two New York-area commuter trains. The governor said from the scene of the accident Friday night that most people were not seriously hurt but five were critically injured, including one very critically injured. The trains on the Metro-North Railroad ...
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Connecticut gov. 5 are critically hurt
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
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Commuter train wreck
>Are you there? Stay safe and share your images with iReport.(CNN) -- Two Metro-North passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured -- some of them critically -- authorities said. A train heading from New Haven to New York City derailed around 6:10 p.m., hitting the other ...
Bangladesh in Focus
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Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh, the politics of their situation is more important than the human impact
Bangladesh and Myanmar have been disputing their sea border for years, and in recent months tensions on the land border have mounted as claims of interference and counter-claims of provocation are made by both countries, now the politics of territorial dispute have come to have a direct bearing on the respect for human life and development.
In October of 2009, the government of Bangladesh received a report from its military officials detailing a credible threat of attack from Myanmar, they feared that St Martin’s island in the Bay of Bengal, a region increasingly important economically for hydrocarbons, would be attacked and captured by Myanmar, and called for the government to strengthen the defensive capability of the island which has a circumference of just 3 miles. Read more
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