Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc
Associated Press - 9 minutes agoLOS ANGELES (AP) — Julian Assange's reign as the star of the WikiLeaks story could be coming to an end. More »Bradley Manning sympathetic star of WikiLeaks doc
FELDA GAGAL DAPAT PERINTAH PENGHAKIMAN INGKAR TERHADAP SAIFUDDIN
Bernama Media - 15 minutes agoKUALA LUMPUR, 22 Mei (Bernama) -- Lembaga Kemajuan Tanah Persekutuan (Felda)gagal memperoleh perintah penghakiman ingkar terhadap Setiausaha Agung PartiKeadilan Rakyat (PKR) Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail dalam kes saman fitnahberhubung kenyataan penjualan minyak sawit.Pesuruhjaya Kehakiman Leng Heng Cheong membuat keputusan itu dalam kamardengan dihadiri peguam Abu Bakar Isa Rahmat yang mewakili Felda, peguamPuspawati Rosman serta Azhana Mohd Khairuddin, masing-masing mewakili Saifuddindan enam defendan lain. ... More »FELDA GAGAL DAPAT PERINTAH PENGHAKIMAN INGKAR TERHADAP SAIFUDDIN
Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
Reuters - 19 minutes agoBy Tom Perry and Yousri Mohamed CAIRO/ISMAILIA (Reuters) - Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. Their abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who became active in a security vacuum that opened up in the isolated Sinai after the 2011 uprising that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. The state has struggled to restore order there since. ... More »Militants release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?
Reuters - 33 minutes agoBy Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - For a pathogen with such a short history, the mysterious new virus killing people in the Middle East and Europe has already had an amazing array of names. It first surfaced last year as "human betacoronavirus 2c EMC", but the suffixes "2c England-Qatar, "2C Jordan-N3", "England 1" have also appeared and many scientists have resorted to "novel coronavirus" - new crown-shaped virus - instead. ... More »When it comes to deadly viruses, what's in a name?
Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei
IANS India Private Limited - 1 hour 7 minutes agoRamallah, May 22 (IANS) It will be a do-or-die match for Indian women's football team when they face Chinese Taipei in their next group D match of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Wednesday. More »Do-or-die for India women against Chinese Taipei
Vodafone Misses Earnings and Rev
Zacks - 1 hour 9 minutes agoVodafone Group reported its financial results for the year ending Mar 31, 2013. More »Vodafone Misses Earnings and Rev
Iran's Ahmadinejad to contest ally's 'unjust' vote ban
AFP News - 1 hour 39 minutes agoIran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a close aide from next month's presidential election. More »Iran's Ahmadinejad to contest ally's 'unjust' vote ban
China welcomes 'sensible advice' on Tibet
IANS India Private Limited - 1 hour 41 minutes agoLondon, May 22 (IANS) China welcomes "constructive and sensible advice" and suggestions on Tibet's development, Chinese Tibetologists said here. More »China welcomes 'sensible advice' on Tibet
Friends of Syria meet as conflict escalates
AFP News - 1 hour 47 minutes agoBackers of the Syrian uprising were to meet in Amman with the opposition Wednesday to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the two-year conflict escalated close to the border with Lebanon. More »Friends of Syria meet as conflict escalates
Asia Distillates-Ultra low sulphur diesel premium falls
Reuters - 2 hours 0 minutes agoSINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - The Asian ultra low sulphurdiesel premium fell to a more than six-week low on Wednesday asarbitrage economics to send the cargoes to Europe remainedfirmly shut on weak European demand, industry sources said. The cash premium for the 10 ppm sulphur diesel premium fell12 cents to $1.66 a barrel above Singapore quotes, lowest sinceApril 8 when it was at $1.64, Reuters data showed. Australia remains one of the main importers of the dieselgrade, apart from Europe, traders said. ... More »Asia Distillates-Ultra low sulphur diesel premium falls
Iran, Hezbollah increasing support for Assad: Britain
Reuters - 2 hours 3 minutes agoAMMAN (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Wednesday Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah were "propping up" Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and giving him increasing support. "It is very clear that Syrian regime is receiving a great deal of support, increasing support in recent months from outside Syria from Hezbollah and Iran. This is a regime that is increasingly dependent on external support," Hague said in a news conference with his Jordanian counterpart Nasser Judeh. ... More »Iran, Hezbollah increasing support for Assad: Britain
Asia Fuel Oil-Cash market sluggish, eye on July supply flows
Reuters - 2 hours 5 minutes agoSINGAPORE, May 22 (Reuters) - Asia fuel oil cash premiums remained sluggishon Wednesday on oversupply, but there was growing consensus among traders thatarbitrage flows in the backend of June would be thin, providing a floor forprices. Asia cash premiums for the 380-centistoke (cst) benchmark for the marinefuels market were pegged at 25 cents a tonne, steady to levels seen in theprevious session, while the timespread widened 12.5 cents to 75 cents a tonne. ... More »Asia Fuel Oil-Cash market sluggish, eye on July supply flows
Iranian drone spotted in Bahrain's airspace
IANS India Private Limited - 2 hours 11 minutes agoManama, May 22 (IANS) Bahrain's Interior Minister Wednesday said an Iranian drone was spotted in Bahrain's airspace in the northern part of the country near Saudi Arabia. More »Iranian drone spotted in Bahrain's airspace
Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down
AFP News - 2 hours 13 minutes agoAs rescue efforts in Oklahoma wound down on Wednesday, residents turned to the daunting task of rebuilding a US heartland community shattered by a vast tornado that killed at least 24 people. More »Boundless destruction as US tornado rescue winds down
MAHATHIR, KHATAMI MINTA OIC KAJI SECARA MENDALAM PERPECAHAN ANTARA PUAK SUNNAH DAN SYIAH
Bernama Media - 2 hours 21 minutes agoPUTRAJAYA, 22 Mei (Bernama) -- Bekas perdana menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamaddan bekas presiden Iran Mohammad Khatami hari ini meminta Pertubuhan KerjasamaIslam (OIC) membentuk sebuah pasukan petugas bagi mengkaji secara mendalamperpecahan yang berlaku antara puak Sunnah dan Syiah.Dalam rayuan bersama yang bertujuan menamatkan keganasan dan pertumpahandarah antara kedua-dua puak itu, dua pemimpin terkemuka tersebut berkata pasukanpetugas berkenaan mungkin dapat mengemukakan cadangan konkrit untuk diambiltindakan oleh para pemimpin ummah dan politik berhubung perkara itu. ... More »MAHATHIR, KHATAMI MINTA OIC KAJI SECARA MENDALAM PERPECAHAN ANTARA PUAK SUNNAH DAN SYIAH
Indian passport problem in Saudi Arabia resolved
IANS India Private Limited - 2 hours 23 minutes agoDubai, May 22 (IANS) The problem of Saudi Arabian immigration authorities not accepting newly designed Indian passports has been resolved, according to the Indian embassy in Riyadh. More »Indian passport problem in Saudi Arabia resolved
The US National Spending and Debt
Investopedia - 2 hours 41 minutes agoWe are looking at what could be the official year of the Federal Budget, more specifically our debt and how we will manage it for many years to come. More »The US National Spending and Debt
Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
Associated Press - 2 hours 43 minutes agoBERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which later found favor with the Nazis. More »Germany celebrates composer Wagner's 200th
Indian vice president visit to Ethiopia
IANS India Private Limited - 2 hours 43 minutes agoAddis Ababa, May 22 (IANS) Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari will visit Ethiopia to attend the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Organisation of African Unity/African Union (AU) on May 25. More »Indian vice president visit to Ethiopia
Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election
IANS India Private Limited - 2 hours 53 minutes agoGeneva, May 22 (IANS) The Court of Arbitration for Sport has dismissed Athens Olympic champion Koji Murofushi's challenge of an International Olympic Committee's (IOC) disqualification from member election. More »Murofushi loses appeal in IOC member election
Solar plane set for new leg of cross-country US trip
AFP Relax - 3 hours agoThe first-ever manned airplane that can fly by day or night on solar power alone was set to soar early Wednesday on the second leg of its journey across the United States. More »Solar plane set for new leg of cross-country US trip
SunTec launches next generation product suite Xelerate
IANS India Private Limited - 3 hours agoThiruvananthapuram, May 22 (IANS) Technopark-based SunTec Business Solutions Wednesday launched its next generation product suite - Xelerate. More »SunTec launches next generation product suite Xelerate
Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters - 3 hours agoMay 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd has paid $500 million for a stake of around 10 percentin financial data provider Markit Group, a person familiar withthe transaction said on Tuesday. ** Australia's Westfield Group is in talks to sellseven U.S. shopping malls to private real estate investmentcompany Starwood Capital Group for more than $1 billion, asource said on Wednesday. ... More »Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing
IANS India Private Limited - 4 hours agoBeijing, May 22 (IANS) With the absence of Chinese star Liu Xiang, American David Oliver topped the men's 110-metre hurdles at the 2013 IAAF World Challenge Beijing here, while China's Li Jinzhe continued his good form and grabbed a second win in the men's long jump. More »Oliver tops 110m hurdles at World Challenge Beijing
Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president
AFP News - 4 hours agoIran said Tuesday the moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was among those barred from standing in next month's presidential election, provoking a sharp reaction from Washington. More »Iran bars Rafsanjani from standing for president