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Woman survives 364-ft plunge after bungee cord snaps

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:53:28 GMT

An Australian woman has survived a terrifying fall after her bungee cord snapped during a 364-feet leap off Africa’s Victoria Falls Bridge, plunging her into the crocodile-infested Zambezi River below.

Woman survives 364-ft plunge after bungee cord snaps

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:53:28 GMT

Countries across world celebrate 7 billionth babies

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:24:46 GMT

She came into the world at two minutes before midnight, a tiny , wrinkled girl born into a struggling Manila family. On Monday, she became a symbol of the world’s population reaching 7 billion people and all the worries that entails for the planet’s future.

Countries across world celebrate 7 billionth babies

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:24:46 GMT

Brazil's Lula starts cancer therapy, doctors upbeat

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:33:30 GMT

Brazil's popular former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva started chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer today with doctors saying he will recover in four months.

Kyrgyzstan PM set to win tense presidential vote

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:27:20 GMT

Kyrgyzstan's Moscow-backed prime minister was poised to become president of the strategically important former Soviet republic on Monday, with nearly all votes counted in an election set to be disputed by disgruntled rival candidates.

Philippine financial markets closed for 2 days

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:55:32 GMT

On Friday, Philippine stocks gained 1.55 percent to.

Oz court ends strike, Qantas to fly again

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:18:52 GMT

An Australian court on early on Monday ended the union strikes and abrupt grounding of Qantas Airways fleet after it stranded thousands of passengers.

'Lady al-Qaida' gets 15 years' jail in S Arabia

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:13:31 GMT

A woman dubbed "Lady al-Qaida" for being the first female in Saudi Arabia who underwent trial for involvement in terrorist activists has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a court in the kingdom.

Kenyan jets bomb southern Somali town, 12 killed

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:41:31 GMT

At least 12 people were killed today when two Kenyan jets bombed the southern Somali town of Jilib as the east African nation's fights to rid Somalia of Islamist al Shabaab rebels.

Lawyers launch Fukushima compensation team

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:03:27 GMT

Japanese lawyers on Sunday launched a legal team to help victims of the Fukushima accident seek compensation from the plant's operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co, and the national government.

Powerful earthquake hits off northeastern Taiwan

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:23:26 GMT

A powerful earthquake has struck off northeastern Taiwan, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

Niger faces local anger if it delivers Gaddafi son

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:13:43 GMT

Niger, the West African nation where Libya's fugitive Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may be headed, risks a backlash from nomad Tuaregs in its north if it follows through on its obligation to hand him over to the International Criminal Court.

Niger faces local anger if it delivers Gaddafi son

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:13:43 GMT

Qantas grounds global fleet due to strikes

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:12:21 GMT

Qantas Airways grounded its global fleet indefinitely and locked out workers on Saturday after weeks of disruptive strikes, and the disappointed Australian government was seeking emergency arbitration to end the strikes.

Bangkok may dodge flood disaster: PM

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 01:08:06 GMT

Receding floodwaters north of Bangkok have reduced the threat to the Thai capital, the PM said on Saturday , but high tides in the Gulf of Thailand will still test the city’s flood defences.

Lula, ex-Brazilian president, has throat cancer

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:39:16 GMT

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was diagnosed with throat cancer, a hospital where the ex-leader went for medical exams said Saturday.

6.9-magnitude Peru quake causes minor damage, injuries

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:13:07 GMT

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the coast of southern Peru on Friday shook buildings in Lima and injured 83 people near the city of Ica, civil defense officials said on Saturday.

Twelve children dead in Ecuador bus accident

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 02:44:54 GMT

At least 12 children were killed and seven others injured when the bus in which they were travelling drove off a cliff in the Andes mountains of northern Ecuador, state media has reported.

21 killed in series of shootouts in Mexico

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:12:30 GMT

Mexican authorities say at least 21 people have been killed in three shootouts between soldiers and gunmen and a fight between rival drug gangs.

Turkey boy rescued 5 days after quake

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:26:54 GMT

A 13-year old boy was pulled from a collapsed building without injury on Friday, five days after Turkey’s powerful earthquake struck, and state-run TV said he survived by drinking rain water that seeped through cracks in the wreckage around him.

River spills into Bangkok, floods the Grand Palace

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:01:46 GMT

The main river in Thailand’s capital swelled to a record high on Friday, spilling over its banks and sending water rippling into the grounds of the Grand Palace , a primary historical monument of temples and gilded spires.

Magnitude 6.9 quake shakes buildings in Peru capital

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:20:08 GMT

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck southern Peru on Friday, the USGS said.

Thousands flee Bangkok fearing breach of river banks

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:03:29 GMT

Traffic clogged roads out of the Thai capital on Friday as thousands of people fled ahead of a high tide expected to worsen floods that have inundated factories and prompted foreign governments to warn their citizens to stay away.

Bangkok flees worst flood in 50 years

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:58:57 GMT

Clambering aboard bamboo rafts and army trucks, residents fled waterlogged homes on the outskirts of Thailand’s capital on Thursday as floods that have engulfed a third of the country inched closer to downtown areas.