Friday, 18th May, 2012 Suspected police impersonator questioned in Mississippi
Mississippi authorities are questioning a man suspected of
impersonating a police officer to determine whether he is involved in
the killings of two motorists on highways in the state, a sheriff's
investigator said Thursday.
Friday, 18th May, 2012 Chinese tycoon sentenced to life in prison for smuggling, bribery
A Chinese court on Friday sentenced Lai Changxing, a tycoon who spent
more than a decade as a fugitive in Canada, to life in prison for
smuggling and bribery, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Child actress, 14, among victims of Nepal crash
A 14-year-old Indian actress, Taruni Sachdev, was among the passengers
who died in Monday's plane crash in Nepal, officials said.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Ayrault takes over as prime minister in France
Jean-Marc Ayrault has taken over as France's new Socialist prime
minister, a day after Francois Hollande was inaugurated as president.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Mexican author Carlos Fuentes dead at 83
Fuentes was one of the most prolific Latin American writers known
equally for his fiction and his essays on politics and culture.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Police issue warrant for husband in bride's death
Police are looking for the husband of a bride who was found stabbed to
death in her bathtub on Sunday. She was still in the sequined cocktail
dress she wore to her wedding reception, police said.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Indonesia finds black box of crashed Russia Sukhoi jet
An Indonesian search team has found the black box of a Russian Sukhoi
Superjet plane that crashed into Mount Salak, killing all 45 people on
board.
Wednesday, 16th May, 2012 Mom kills her children, herself at Florida home
A Florida mother shot her four children early Tuesday morning before
turning the gun on herself at her home in Port St. John, police said.
Tuesday, 15th May, 2012 Rattlesnake bites customer in Wal-Mart
A Wal-Mart customer is recovering after he was bitten by a rattlesnake in a garden department of the store chain.
Tuesday, 15th May, 2012 Dalai Lama ducks question on monk self-immolations
The Dalai Lama refused to answer a question Monday about whether Tibetan
monks should stop setting themselves on fire to protest China's
occupation of Tibet.
Tuesday, 15th May, 2012 After three days, still no sign of missing FBI agent
An intensive weekend search of rugged terrain near Los Angeles failed to
turn up evidence of a missing FBI agent, but authorities continued
searching for the man there and elsewhere, an agency spokeswoman said
Monday.
Monday, 14th May, 2012 Yemeni military kills 24 suspected al Qaeda militants
Government troops in southern Yemen on Sunday attacked al Qaeda
hideouts, killing two dozen suspected militants in the latest push to
clear the area of the terror organization, local security officials
said.
