Sunday, October 28, 2012

[World] BC shaken by aftershock following powerful earthquake

BC shaken by aftershock following powerful earthquake
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1278733--tsunami-warning-lifted-in-b-c-following-powerful-earthquake
VANCOUVERâ€"The second largest earthquake in Canadian history was still rattling nerves Sunday, with aftershocks off the northern coast of British Columbia.

Manmohan's new team to take charge today
http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/in-cabinet-reshuffle-a-focus-on-youth/
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's new team will take charge on Monday, a day after Singh reshuffled his cabinet, in what he hoped would be the last time before the 2014 polls.

Gary Glitter is first arrest in Jimmy Savile investigation
http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/oct/28/gary-glitter-arrest-jimmy-savile?newsfeed=true
GARY Glitter, the former pop star and convicted paedophile, has been arrested and questioned over alleged sexual offences in connection with the Jimmy Savile inquiry.

UPDATE 2-Muslim survivors of Myanmar's sectarian violence relive ordeals
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/28/burma-clashes-22000-flee-homes
By a Reuters Staff Reporter. SITTWE, Myanmar Oct 28 (Reuters) - Muslim survivors of six days of sectarian violence in western Myanmar spoke on Sunday of fleeing bullets and burning homes to escape on fishing boats after an attack by once-peaceable ...

Lithuanian opposition parties vow to form gov't
http://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/world-news/opposition-groups-in-coalition-deal-3277085.html
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) - Opposition Social Democrats won Lithuania's parliamentary election on Sunday after campaigning on promises to reverse unpopular austerity policies and boost social spending in the recession-scarred Baltic state.

Chinese leader Wen Jiabao's family deny $2.7bn fortune
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9639674/Chinese-leader-Wen-Jiabaos-family-deny-2.7bn-fortune.html
Chinese leader Wen Jiabao's family deny $2.7bn fortune. Relations of Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, have denied amassing a multi-billion-dollar fortune and threatened legal action against The New York Times.

Netanyahu's Big Gamble: The Risks of Throwing In with Lieberman
http://world.time.com/2012/10/28/netanyahus-big-gamble-the-risks-of-throwing-in-with-lieberman/
It might be a product of one politician's panicky impulsiveness. Or it may be a shrewd bet that Israel's steady drift to the political right has passed a crucial threshold.

China's upcoming CPC congress landmark moment
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/China-leader-s-persona-forged-by-harsh-early-life-3987775.php
PARIS, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- China's urbanization process, social development and economic growth over the past decade were remarkable and have greatly impressed the world, a French expert on China said.

At least four killed in Nowshera shrine blast
http://dawn.com/2012/10/29/4-killed-in-shrine-bombing-in-northwest-pakistan/
A police officer collects evidence from the site of remote-controlled bomb explosion at a Sufi shrine on the outskirts of Nowshera city October 28, 2012.

Suspected Basque terrorist leaders arrested in France
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/9639666/Suspected-Basque-terrorist-leaders-arrested-in-France.html
Suspected Basque terrorist leaders arrested in France. The woman alleged to be the leader of the ETA Basque terrorist movement's killer squads was arrested along with her number two in France yesterday.

Photographer Who Took Topless Photos of Kate Middleton to be Arrested
http://www.clevelandleader.com/node/19249
Prince William and Kate Middleton were said to have been devastated after hundreds of intimate photographs, including ones exposing her breasts and bottom, were taken in September at Chateau d'Autet, a holiday retreat in Provence owned by the Queen's ...

1300 pilgrims with fake permits turned back
http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.con&contentid=20121025140756
Abdul Rahman Al-Ali Saudi Gazette. JEDDAH - Around 1,300 pilgrims on board 26 buses were banned by passport officers from going to Makkah because they held fake Haj permits.

Injured Taraba gov moved to Abuja
http://www.osundefender.org/?p=50417
Share. Taraba State Governor, Danbaba Suntai, whose jet, a Cessna 208 series he personally flew, on Thursday evening crashed very close to the Yola airport in Adamawa State, has been flown from Yola Specialist hospital where he was initially admitted to ...

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