Oprah Winfrey: Dedicated to OWN Gulf News | Oprah Winfrey earned the rare opportunity to convert her media charisma into a monogrammed TV channel. Now she's the one tasked with rescuing OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, after a disappointing first year. | It's a high-stakes, potentially ego-shattering challenge that could make the strongest w...
Palestinian-Israeli negotiators to meet Al Jazeera | Palestinian and Israeli negotiators will meet for the first time in more than a year in Jordan on Tuesday to discuss stalled peace talks, the Jordanian foreign ministry said on Sunday. | "Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday will host a meeting including the Quartet as well as Israeli and Pale...
Bet on stocks like Bajaj Auto, ITC, HDFC for positive returns in 2012: Deepak Mohoni The Times Of India Before looking at the year gone by and strategies for 2012, here is the usual summary of the week that just ended: the Sensex finished 1.80% or 283.78 points in the red, and the Nifty 1.90% lower. The CNX Midcap Index lost 1.23%. | Bharti Airtel was ...
Children locked in cars in heat scares Sydney Morning Herald | Paramedics have been called to two cases of children locked in cars and treated two other people for heat exposure as Melbourne baked in near 40-degree weather this afternoon, prompting a warning from health authorities ahead of more scorching cond...
Monkey stolen from US zoo found Sydney Morning Herald | A beloved squirrel monkey known as Banana Sam has been returned scared but safe to the San Francisco Zoo, two days after he was taken. | Banana Sam was "hungry, trembling and thirsty" after police returned him to the zoo, but a full physical examin...
Seoul Needs to Handle the New N.Korean Regime Delicately Chosunilbo | North Korea's official papers said in a New Year's editorial that the party, military and people must become a "shield" to protect new leader Kim Jong-un "to the death." It added the party and military must firmly support Kim's "sole" leadership. K...
NZ welcomes end to emergency laws in Fiji NZ Herald | The Government has welcomed Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama's announcement that emergency laws in the country will come to an end on Saturday. | New Zealand has been calling for the public emergency regulations to be lifted since the Fijian...
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Emergency Declared in 4 Nigerian States The New York Times | ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s president declared a state of emergency on Saturday in four states, after a recent spate of deadly attacks by a radical Muslim sect ki...
The Threat of War Against Iran and Syria is Real GlobalResearch | For those who think that the United States wouldn't possibly instigate another war in the Middle East, think again. Empowered by his "success" in the bombing of Libya and consequ...
Police are hunting two men who escaped from Parklea jail last night The Daily Telegraph Australia | POLICE from Quakers Hill Local Area Command are appealing for public assistance to locate two men who escaped from a correctional facility at Parklea last night. | Korri Schmutter, 22 and Kyle Prendergast, 20 were noticed missing during a routine c...
Seoul hopes for reduction in tensions between Koreas Novosti | South Korean President Lee Myung-bak said on Monday that his country is ready to improve relations with North Korea if Pyongyang “shows its attitude of sincerity,” Yonhap news agency reported. | The announcement comes shortly after Kim ...
Fighter jets scrambled after plane loses contact Austin American Statesman | SAN FRANCISCO — Federal authorities say fighter jets were scrambled to intercept a small plane that had lost contact with traffic controllers over California. | Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Mike Fergus says the Cessna 172 was fly...
Dilution of AFSPA detrimental to national interest: Army Chief Indian Express | Warning that partial revocation of AFSPA from Jammu and Kashmir will create terrorist 'sanctuaries', Army Chief General V K Singh has said dilution of the controversial Act will be 'detrimental' to national interest. | In an interview to the coming issue of Sainik Samachar, the Army Chief said, "Just one summer of peace does not mean normalcy... ...
McManus: Even despots don't live forever The Los Angeles Times It was a bad year for the villains of the world. | Three of the biggest bad guys met their ends: Osama bin Laden, killed by U.S. commandos who stormed his villa in Pakistan in May; Moammar Kadafi, killed by Libyan insurgents who captured him (with the help of a NATO airstrike) in October; and Kim Jong Il, the ruler of North Korea, who died Dec. 17,...
