Archive for December 2012
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The gunman who slaughtered 20 young children and six adults at a US school forced his way into the building, police said Saturday. Lieutenant Paul Vance of Connecticut State Police said the man, identified in
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International leaders on Saturday expressed horror at the Connecticut elementary school massacre, with Iran - at odds with the United States - calling the incident tragic and Pope Benedict conveying "heartfelt grief." Twenty-eight people, including
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Seychelles on Saturday said the son-in-law of Tunisia's deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has left the country, and denied statements by Tunisian authorities that he had been arrested there. "Sakhr El Materi was
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Egypt's ousted dictator Hosni Mubarak, who is serving a life sentence, was injured when he slipped in a prison shower on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported. The former president, who was sentenced over
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The children of a nurse found hanged after she was duped by a hoax call to the hospital treating Prince William's wife Catherine told a mass in her memory Saturday that her death had left
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Hundreds of candidates vying for a seat in Japan's parliament made their final pitches to voters Saturday, ahead of an election expected to see the return of the country's old guard. Opinion polls show the
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The world's longest high-speed rail route, running from the Chinese capital Beijing to Guangzhou in the south, will open for business on December 26, state media said Saturday. Travelling at an average speed of 300
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Russian riot police detained four opposition leaders and broke up a crowd of about 2,000 people who went ahead with a banned rally on Saturday to demand an end to Vladimir Putin's 13-year rule. The
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Global cocoa prices will find support in the next year, as supply is seen falling slightly short of demand due to a dip in output from top growers, a Reuters poll of 18 analysts and
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Argentina's 2012/13 wheat harvest is forecast at 9.8 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said on Thursday, cutting its previous estimate by 300,000 tonnes due to excessively wet weather. Grains powerhouse Argentina is a
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