http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/ Get latest news from Titan Herald en-us 2012-02-06 15:38:06 Copyright: (C) Titan Herald, Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.titanherald.com http://www.titanherald.com/images/header/header.gif http://www.titanherald.com TOKYO, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - The Japanese government on Friday appeared split over a pledge to cut oil imports from Iran, just a day after the finance minister told his US counterpart it would do what Washington wanted. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39975/JAPAN.YET.TO.DECIDE.ON.IRAN.OIL.CUT:.MINISTER .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39975/JAPAN.YET.TO.DECIDE.ON.IRAN.OIL.CUT:.MINISTER .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World MOSCOW, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - New sanctions against Iran will be perceived by the world community as an attempt at changing the regime in the Islamic republic, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Gannady Gatilov said on Friday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39977/NEW.SANCTIONS.AGAINST.IRAN.WILL.BE.PERCEIVED.BY.THE.WORLD .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39977/NEW.SANCTIONS.AGAINST.IRAN.WILL.BE.PERCEIVED.BY.THE.WORLD .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World YANGON, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Myanmar pardoned a number of prominent dissidents, journalists and a former premier Friday under a major prisoner amnesty, intensifying a surprising series of reforms by the army-backed regime. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39979/MYANMAR.PARDONS.A.NUMBER.OF.PROMINENT.DISSIDENTS .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39979/MYANMAR.PARDONS.A.NUMBER.OF.PROMINENT.DISSIDENTS .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World YANGON, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Myanmar pardoned a number of prominent dissidents and a former premier Friday under a new prisoner amnesty, intensifying a surprising series of reforms by the army-backed regime. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39981/MYANMAR.PARDONED.A.NUMBER.OF.PROMINENT.DISSIDENTS .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39981/MYANMAR.PARDONED.A.NUMBER.OF.PROMINENT.DISSIDENTS .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World ISLAMABAD, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari arrived home from Dubai early Friday, officials said, against a backdrop of mounting tension as his government faces new challenges to its precarious rule. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39983/PAKISTAN.PRESIDENT.ARRIVES.HOME.FROM.DUBAI:.OFFICIAL .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39983/PAKISTAN.PRESIDENT.ARRIVES.HOME.FROM.DUBAI:.OFFICIAL .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World NEW DELHI, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - India marked a year since its last new case of polio Friday, a major milestone in a country once considered the epicentre of the disease and one that gives hope of eradicating the scourge worldwide. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39985/POLIO.BREAKTHROUGH:.INDIA.MARKS.DISEASE-FREE.YEAR .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39985/POLIO.BREAKTHROUGH:.INDIA.MARKS.DISEASE-FREE.YEAR .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World DUBAI, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Saudi security forces clashed with Shiite protesters in the kingdom's oil-rich east at dawn on Friday, killing one person and wounding three, witnesses and activists said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39987/SAUDI.FORCES.SHOOT.DEAD.SHIITE.PROTESTER .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39987/SAUDI.FORCES.SHOOT.DEAD.SHIITE.PROTESTER .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World YANGON, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Myanmar's new prisoner amnesty which took effect on Friday is the latest in a series of dramatic reforms under a nominally civilian government which took office about nine months ago. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39989/POLITICAL.REFORMS.UNDER.NEW.MYANMAR.GOVERNMENT .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39989/POLITICAL.REFORMS.UNDER.NEW.MYANMAR.GOVERNMENT .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World ISLAMABAD, Jan.13:(AFP|RSS-Nepal) - An investigation into the killing of a Pakistani journalist who reported that Islamist militants had infiltrated the military has not been able to find his murderers, state media said Friday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39991/PAKISTAN.PROBE.DRAWS.A.BLANK.ON.JOURNALIST.KILLING .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39991/PAKISTAN.PROBE.DRAWS.A.BLANK.ON.JOURNALIST.KILLING .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World ISLAMABAD, Jan. 13 (Xinhua|RSS-Nepal) -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Friday declared that he would not take vote of confidence from the parliament amidst the government's mounting tension with the powerful army and the top judiciary. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39993/PAKISTANI.PM.SAYS.NO.NEED.TO.TAKE.CONFIDENCE.VOTE .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39993/PAKISTANI.PM.SAYS.NO.NEED.TO.TAKE.CONFIDENCE.VOTE .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World BRUSSELS, Jan. 13 (Xinhua|RSS-Nepal) -- A NATO spokeswoman on Friday rejected Russian allegations that the alliance was planning Libya-style military action in Syria. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39995/NATO.DENIES.MILITARY.INTERVENTION.PLANS.IN.SYRIA .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39995/NATO.DENIES.MILITARY.INTERVENTION.PLANS.IN.SYRIA .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World ISTANBUL (AP|RSS-Nepal) - The leaders of Georgia and Turkey have welcomed 15 Georgian and three Turkish sailors who were released more than a year after their Greek-owned ship was captured by Somali pirates. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39997/18.SAILORS.RELEASED.BY.PIRATES.ARRIVE.IN.ISTANBUL .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39997/18.SAILORS.RELEASED.BY.PIRATES.ARRIVE.IN.ISTANBUL .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World URUMQI, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Heavy fog shrouded Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at the city's airport on Friday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39999/HEAVY.FOG.LEAVES.THOUSANDS.STRANDED.AT.XINJIANG.AIRPORT .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/39999/HEAVY.FOG.LEAVES.THOUSANDS.STRANDED.AT.XINJIANG.AIRPORT .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Jan 13, 2012 (AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said he will press on with a campaign for full state membership at the United Nations despite ongoing "exploratory" talks with Israel. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40001/PALESTINIANS.TO.PRESS.UN.BID.DESPITE.QUARTET.TALKS.PUSH .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40001/PALESTINIANS.TO.PRESS.UN.BID.DESPITE.QUARTET.TALKS.PUSH .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World OSLO, Jan 13, 2012 (AFP|RSS-Nepal) - An Oslo court on Friday ordered a new psychiatric evaluation of Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in July, after an earlier and widely contested test found him criminally insane. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40003/NORWAY.GUNMAN.GETS.NEW.PSYCHIATRIC.TEST .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40003/NORWAY.GUNMAN.GETS.NEW.PSYCHIATRIC.TEST .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World CAIRO, Jan 13, 2012 (AFP|RSS-Nepal) - Former US president Jimmy Carter said on Friday that Islamist parties, who have taken political centre stage in Egypt's first post-revolution legislative polls, have vowed to honour the peace treaty with Israel. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40005/EGYPT.ISLAMISTS.TO.HONOUR.PEACE.DEAL.WITH.ISRAEL:.CARTER .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40005/EGYPT.ISLAMISTS.TO.HONOUR.PEACE.DEAL.WITH.ISRAEL:.CARTER .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World BANGKOK, Jan. 13 (Xinhua|RSS-Nepal) -- Thailand confirmed Friday that two terrorist suspects had been detained after the U.S. embassy in Thailand warned its citizen of possible terrorist threat. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40007/1ST.LD.WRITHRU:.TWO.TERRORIST.SUSPECTS.DETAINED.IN.THAILAND .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40007/1ST.LD.WRITHRU:.TWO.TERRORIST.SUSPECTS.DETAINED.IN.THAILAND .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World BANGKOK, Jan. 13 (Xinhua|RSS-Nepal) -- Thailand confirmed Friday that two terrorist suspects had been detained after the U.S. embassy in Thailand warned its citizen of possible terrorist threat. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40009/TWO.TERRORIST.SUSPECTS.DETAINED.IN.THAILAND. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40009/TWO.TERRORIST.SUSPECTS.DETAINED.IN.THAILAND. .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World ANKARA, Jan. 13 (Xinhua|RSS-Nepal) -- Turkey on Friday strongly condemned the latest terrorist bombing in Pakistan's northwest town of Jamrud, which killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens others. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40011/TURKEY.CONDEMNS.TERRORIST.BOMBING.IN.NORTHWEST.PAKISTAN .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-14/40011/TURKEY.CONDEMNS.TERRORIST.BOMBING.IN.NORTHWEST.PAKISTAN .html 2012-01-14 04:53:00 World SEOUL, Jan 10: (AFP) - Members of North Korea's powerful military have held a rally to pledge loyalty to the country's new leader Kim Jong-Un, vowing to become "rifles and bombs" to protect him, official media said Tuesday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39625/MILITARY.RALLY .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39625/MILITARY.RALLY .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World YANGON, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) --Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has confirmed to run the upcoming by-elections set for April 1, according to sources with her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), Tuesday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39627/AUNG.SAN.SUU.KYI.CONFIRMS.TO.RUN.UPCOMING.BY-ELECTIONS .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39627/AUNG.SAN.SUU.KYI.CONFIRMS.TO.RUN.UPCOMING.BY-ELECTIONS .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BEIJING, Jan 10: (AFP) - China's Premier Wen Jiabao will this week visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid mounting international tensions over oil-rich Iran. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39629/CHINA'S.WEN.TO.VISIT.OIL-RICH.MIDEAST.STATES .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39629/CHINA'S.WEN.TO.VISIT.OIL-RICH.MIDEAST.STATES .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Jan 10: (AFP) - A remote-controlled bomb blast killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 60 others in a tribal region of northwest Pakistan Tuesday in the deadliest such attack in months, officials said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39631/BOMB.BLAST.KILLS.26.IN.TRIBAL.PAKISTAN:.OFFICIALS .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39631/BOMB.BLAST.KILLS.26.IN.TRIBAL.PAKISTAN:.OFFICIALS .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World KABUL, Jan 10: (AFP) - At least two policemen were killed and one was wounded on Tuesday when a group of suicide bombers stormed a government building in southeastern Afghanistan, the ministry of interior said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39633/TWO.POLICE.DEAD.IN.AFGHAN.SUICIDE.ATTACK:.MINISTRY .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39633/TWO.POLICE.DEAD.IN.AFGHAN.SUICIDE.ATTACK:.MINISTRY .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World NEW DELHI, Jan 10: (AFP) - More than two-thirds of Indian milk is contaminated with substances ranging from salt to detergent and may not be safe to drink, according to a survey by an Indian government watchdog. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39635/INDIAN.MILK.OFTEN.ADULTERATED:.GOVT.STUDY .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39635/INDIAN.MILK.OFTEN.ADULTERATED:.GOVT.STUDY .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World LAGOS, Jan 10: (AFP) - A nationwide strike in Nigeria over soaring fuel costs entered its second day Tuesday, a day after six people were killed as tens of thousands protested in Africa's largest oil producer. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39637/NATIONWIDE.STRIKE.ENTERS.SECOND.DAY.IN.NIGERIA .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39637/NATIONWIDE.STRIKE.ENTERS.SECOND.DAY.IN.NIGERIA .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BANGKOK, Jan 10: (AFP) - Thailand on Tuesday agreed a $63 million pot to compensate all victims of years of political unrest and aid reconciliation in the deeply divided nation, a government spokeswoman said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39639/THAILAND.AGREES.PAYOUTS.FOR.VICTIMS.OF.UNREST .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39639/THAILAND.AGREES.PAYOUTS.FOR.VICTIMS.OF.UNREST .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World TUNIS, Jan 10: (AFP) - A Tunisian man who set himself alight last week in a protest against unemployment has died from his burns, a hospital official said Tuesday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39641/JOBLESS.TUNISIAN.DIES.DAYS.AFTER.SELF-IMMOLATION:.HOSPITAL .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39641/JOBLESS.TUNISIAN.DIES.DAYS.AFTER.SELF-IMMOLATION:.HOSPITAL .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World LAS VEGAS, Jan 10 (BSW) - Frontier Silicon, the world leading supplier of digital radio and network audio technology, announced today that it has now shipped over 17 million digital radio processor ICs. The Company provides the most field proven receiver solution with 75% of DAB/DAB+ digital radios in the market today deploying Frontier Silicon technology. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39643/PRESS.RELEASE.FROM.BUSINESS.WIRE.:.FRONTIER.SILICON .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39643/PRESS.RELEASE.FROM.BUSINESS.WIRE.:.FRONTIER.SILICON .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World DAMASCUS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Tuesday that he did not give any orders to security forces to fire on civilians during the government's handling of the protests against his rule. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39645/SYRIA'S.ASSAD.DENIES.ORDERING.TO.FIRE.ON.CIVILIANS .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39645/SYRIA'S.ASSAD.DENIES.ORDERING.TO.FIRE.ON.CIVILIANS .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World DAVAO CITY, Philippines, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- A local official in a southern Philippine city was wounded in an ambush before noon on Tuesday, the military said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39647/S..PHILIPPINE.LOCAL.OFFICIAL.WOUNDED.IN.AMBUSH .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39647/S..PHILIPPINE.LOCAL.OFFICIAL.WOUNDED.IN.AMBUSH .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World NEW DELHI, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - India's Premier Manmohan Singh called malnutrition in the country "a national shame" on Tuesday as he released a major survey that found 42 percent of children under five were underweight. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39649/INDIA'S.MALNUTRITION.'A.NATIONAL.SHAME',.SAYS.PM. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39649/INDIA'S.MALNUTRITION.'A.NATIONAL.SHAME',.SAYS.PM. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World NEW DELHI, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - More than two-thirds of Indian milk is contaminated with substances ranging from salt to detergent and may not be safe to drink, according to a survey by an Indian government watchdog. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39651/INDIAN.MILK.OFTEN.ADULTERATED:.GOVT.STUDY. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39651/INDIAN.MILK.OFTEN.ADULTERATED:.GOVT.STUDY. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World JERUSALEM, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - The Israeli parliament passed tough new legislation targeting illegal immigration early on Tuesday, giving authorities powers to detain migrants for up to three years without charge. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39653/ISRAEL.APPROVES.JAIL.WITHOUT.TRIAL.FOR.ILLEGALS. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39653/ISRAEL.APPROVES.JAIL.WITHOUT.TRIAL.FOR.ILLEGALS. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World MOSCOW, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - The head of Russia's beleaguered space programme hinted on Tuesday that foreign powers may be behind the string of failures that struck his agency in the past year. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39655/RUSSIA.HINTS.AT.FOUL.PLAY.IN.ITS.SPACE.FAILURES. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39655/RUSSIA.HINTS.AT.FOUL.PLAY.IN.ITS.SPACE.FAILURES. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World NEW DELHI, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - British author Salman Rushdie has dismissed demands by an influential Islamic seminary in India that he should be banned from entering the country to attend a literature festival later this month. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39657/RUSHDIE.SHRUGS.OFF.CALL.FOR.INDIA.'BLASPHEMY'.BAN. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39657/RUSHDIE.SHRUGS.OFF.CALL.FOR.INDIA.'BLASPHEMY'.BAN. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World DAMASCUS, Jan 9, 2012 (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday firmed up a timetable for promised reform in the face of 10 months of anti-regime protests but vowed to crush "terrorism" with an iron fist. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39659/ASSAD.FIRMS.UP.REFORM.TIMETABLE,.VOWS.TO.CRUSH.TERROR. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39659/ASSAD.FIRMS.UP.REFORM.TIMETABLE,.VOWS.TO.CRUSH.TERROR. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World ANKARA, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - The leader of the 1980 Turkish coup and a co-conspirator have been charged with crimes against the state after an Ankara court approved an indictment Tuesday, the Anatolia news agency reported. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39661/EX-TURKISH.GENERAL.IS.CHARGED.OVER.1980.MILITARY.COUP. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39661/EX-TURKISH.GENERAL.IS.CHARGED.OVER.1980.MILITARY.COUP. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World VIENNA, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - Iran has stoked Western fears about its nuclear ambitions with its enrichment of fissile material in a new site deep inside a virtually indestructible mountain bunker, analysts said Tuesday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39663/IRAN.STOKES.NUCLEAR.FEARS.WITH.NEW.FACILITY. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39663/IRAN.STOKES.NUCLEAR.FEARS.WITH.NEW.FACILITY. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BEIJING, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Beijing Tuesday for talks focused on sanctions against Iran opposed by China, a major importer of oil from the Islamic republic. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39665/GEITHNER.IN.CHINA.FOR.IRAN.SANCTIONS.TALKS. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39665/GEITHNER.IN.CHINA.FOR.IRAN.SANCTIONS.TALKS. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BANGKOK, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - Thailand on Tuesday agreed a $63 million pot to compensate all victims of years of political unrest and aid reconciliation in the deeply divided nation, a government spokeswoman said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39667/THAILAND.AGREES.PAYOUTS.FOR.VICTIMS.OF.UNREST. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39667/THAILAND.AGREES.PAYOUTS.FOR.VICTIMS.OF.UNREST. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World DUBAI, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - Iran is jamming broadcasts by Qatar-based news channel Al-Jazeera, satellite operator Arabsat said in a statement received on Tuesday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39669/IRAN.JAMMING.AL-JAZEERA:.ARABSAT. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39669/IRAN.JAMMING.AL-JAZEERA:.ARABSAT. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BAGHDAD, Jan 10, 2012 (AFP) - Bomb attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq on Tuesday killed six people, including an army colonel and three schoolboys, security officials said, a day after a spate of violence left 17 dead. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39671/IRAQ.BOMBS.KILL.SIX,.INCLUDING.THREE.SCHOOLBOYS. .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-11/39671/IRAQ.BOMBS.KILL.SIX,.INCLUDING.THREE.SCHOOLBOYS. .html 2012-01-11 00:00:00 World BEIJING, Jan. 9 :(Xinhua/RSS-Nepal) - An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the waters of Santa Cruz Islands at 12:07 Beijing Time Monday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39413/6.5-MAGNITUDE.QUAKE.HITS.SANTA.CRUZ.ISLANDS:.CHINA.EARTHQUAKE.NETWORKS.CENTER .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39413/6.5-MAGNITUDE.QUAKE.HITS.SANTA.CRUZ.ISLANDS:.CHINA.EARTHQUAKE.NETWORKS.CENTER .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World KHOST, Afghanistan, Jan. 9 :(Xinhua/RSS-Nepal) - Three civilians were killed and another sustained injuries as a suicide bomber blew himself up in Khost city, the capital of Khost province 150 km southeast of capital city Kabul Sunday evening, police said. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39415/3.AFGHAN.CIVILIANS.KILLED,.1.WOUNDED.IN.SUICIDE.BOMBING .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39415/3.AFGHAN.CIVILIANS.KILLED,.1.WOUNDED.IN.SUICIDE.BOMBING .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World ZHENGZHOU, Jan. 9 :(Xinhua/RSS-Nepal) - A truck smashed through a median and collided with a bus Sunday night leaving seven dead and 32 injured on a highway in central China's Henan province, local authorities said The accident occurred at approximately 10:45 p.m. on a section of the Xuchang-Pingdingshan-Nanyang highway in Xuchang county, the publicity department of Xuchang City said in a statement. About 70,000 are killed and 300,000 injured on China's roads every year, according to the Ministry of Public Security. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39417/WRITETHRU:.AUTO.ACCIDENT.KILLS.7,.INJURES.32.ON.CENTRAL.CHINA.HIGHWAY .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39417/WRITETHRU:.AUTO.ACCIDENT.KILLS.7,.INJURES.32.ON.CENTRAL.CHINA.HIGHWAY .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World KABUL, Jan. 9 :(Xinhua/RSS-Nepal) - Eight armed insurgents were killed and 13 arrested in a series of military operations in different parts of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the country's Interior Ministry said on Monday. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39419/8.INSURGENTS.KILLED,.13.ARRESTED.IN.AFGHANISTAN .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39419/8.INSURGENTS.KILLED,.13.ARRESTED.IN.AFGHANISTAN .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan. 9 : (AP/RSS-Nepal) - Former President Pervez Musharraf announced he would return to Pakistan later this month and prepare for elections, something that could add to political turbulence in an already tense atmosphere in the country. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39421/PAKISTAN'S.MUSHARRAF.TO.RETURN.THIS.MONTH .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39421/PAKISTAN'S.MUSHARRAF.TO.RETURN.THIS.MONTH .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World BAGHDAD, Jan. 9 : (AFP/RSS-Nepal) - Iraq's fledgling police force, completely reformed after the 2003 US-led invasion, on Monday marked 90 years since its foundation at a time of raised sectarian tensions due to a political standoff. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39423/IRAQ.POLICE.MARK.90TH.BIRTHDAY.AT.TIME.OF.TENSION .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39423/IRAQ.POLICE.MARK.90TH.BIRTHDAY.AT.TIME.OF.TENSION .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World BANGKOK, Jan. 9 :(Xinhua/RSS-Nepal) - Some 500 taxi operators and drivers parked their vehicles around the Government House and nearby areas Monday morning to protest against the government's policy of natural gas for vehicles (NGV) price hike. http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39425/SOME.500.THAI.TAXI.OPERATORS,.DRIVERS.RALLY.OUTSIDE.GOVERNMENT.HOUSE .html http://www.titanherald.com/WORLD/News/2012-01-10/39425/SOME.500.THAI.TAXI.OPERATORS,.DRIVERS.RALLY.OUTSIDE.GOVERNMENT.HOUSE .html 2012-01-10 03:14:00 World