Japan's parliament elects Noda new prime minister

Japan's parliament elected former Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda as the new prime minister on Tuesday — the country's sixth leader in five years.A fiscal conservative, Noda faces a host of daunting problems, including the post-tsunami recovery and nuclear crisis, and a sluggish economy and the yen's surge, which hurts Japan's exporters.Noda, who was elected Monday to head the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, succeeds the unpopular Naoto Kan, who officially resigned earlier Tuesday with his Cabinet...

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Rooney scores hat-trick as United hit eight past Arsenal

Wayne Rooney scored a hat-trick as champions Manchester United retained their 100% English Premier League record this season with a remarkable 8-2 thumping of injury-hit Arsenal at Old Trafford.United dominated the Gunners who suffered their worst ever Premier League defeat. With Manchester City winning 5-1 at Tottenham also on Sunday, it proved a superb day for the two Manchester clubs, who are level at the top with a maximum nine points from their three games.for more detail visit cnnn...

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Facebook hits 1 trillion page views? Nope.

The news stormed across blogs and headlines this week: Facebook had become the first website to rack up a mind-boggling 1 trillion monthly page views.for more detail visit cnnne...

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35 killed in series of attacks across Iraq

A series of bomb attacks throughout Iraq left 35 people dead and scores injured, officials with Iraq's Interior Ministry and police said Sunday. At least 28 people were killed in a suicide bombing attack in a Sunni mosque in the Ghazaliya neighborhood in western Baghdad late Sunday, an Interior Ministry official said. At least 37 others were wounded in the attack. A Sunni member of Parliament, Khalid al-Fahdawi, was among the dead.In Tarmiyah, about 40 kilometers north of Baghdad, two people were...

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Car bombing in Nigeria kills 18 at UN base

Nigeria - A suicide bomber rammed his vehicle packed with explosives into the UN headquarters yesterday, destroying several floors in a thunderous blast that killed at least 18 people, witnesses and officials said.Boko Haram, a shadowy Nigerian Islamist insurgency group with possible links to Al Qaeda’s affiliates in the region, claimed responsibility for the attack in a telephone call to the BBC. If confirmed, it would signal a significant leap in the scope of Boko Haram’s focus, which until now...

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GANG ATTACKS AND SETS FIRE TO A CASINO IN MEXICO, 53 KILLED

Two dozen gunmen burst into a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, doused it with gasoline and started a fire that trapped gamblers inside, killing at least 45 people and injuring a dozen more, authorities said. The fire at the Casino Royale in Monterrey, a city that has seen a surge in drug cartel—related violence, represented one of the deadliest attacks on an entertainment center in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug cartels in late 2006. “This is a night...

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Gaddafi wanted dead or alive

Fighting raged Wednesday as Muammar Gaddafi's troops fought back at his Tripoli compound a day after it was captured, while rebels offered a $1.7 million reward for the elusive strongman, dead or alive. Washington for its part said Libya's stockpile of weapons of mass destruction had been secured and that it was confident the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) could set up governing structures after overrunning Tripoli.A group of mostly foreign journalists who had been confined to Tripoli's...

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Neil Armstrong urges return to the moon to train for Mars

NEIL Armstrong has urged a return to the moon to train for missions to Mars as the UN contemplates the future of its space program following the end of the shuttle era. The first man to walk on the moon is due to address the US Congress on new directions for NASA in coming weeks.He has previously criticised US President Barack Obama for being "poorly advised" on space matters and said it was "well known to all that the American space program is in some chaos at the present time, some disarray". "There...

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UK blood pressure diagnosis and treatment to change

The way blood pressure is diagnosed and treated is to be revolutionised due to new guidelines for the medical profession issued by NICE. These guidelines, developed in conjunction with the British Hypertension Society, will mark the first time a change has been made in the way blood pressure is monitored by GPs in over a century. One key aspect of the new instructions is the recommendation that high blood pressure should be diagnosed using ambulatory blood pressure monitoring. This involves the...

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Brangelina ranked third richest couple by Forbes

LOS ANGELES: They may not be as famous in Europe as Posh 'n' Becks, Brangelina or even Jay Z and Beyonce, but the richest couple in the world are supermodel Gisele Bundchen and her American football playing husband Tom Brady, according to Forbes magazine.The pair earned a grand total of $76m between May 2010 and May 2011 says the magazine, and it seems that Gisele was the household's main breadwinner (if they do actually eat bread). The Brazilian raked in $45m during the year and is apparently on...

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South Sudan clashes kill 600

The U.N. on Monday called for reconciliation in the newly-established Republic of South Sudan after fighting reportedly left at least 600 dead and at least 26,000 cattle stolen.The Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General, Hilde F. Johnson urged restraint Monday after fighting between the Murle and Lou Nuer communities in Jonglei State, killed at least 600 and left more than 750 wounded.Clashes broke out early Thursday morning and lasted through the day, South Sudan authorities reported....

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Rebel forces took over Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya Compound

Libya: August 23 as it happened: Coverage of events in Libya on August 23 as rebel forces took over Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound. for more detail visit telegraph.co...

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Earthquake in US: Quake sends US East Coast scrambling like 9/11

WASHINGTON: Thousands of people across the US East Coast raced frantically into the streets Tuesday as an earthquake sent shock waves of the kind last seen almost exactly a decade ago on September 11. The US eastern seaboard has few larger earthquakes. Many workers were bewildered -- and feared the worst -- as their desks swayed violently and their ceilings and walls shook. In a region days away from commemorating the trauma of the September 11, 2001 attacks, many immediately suspected terrorism...

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London police arrest 100 in riots

More than 100 people have been arrested after bouts of rioting and looting broke out across London.Emergency services were deployed to respond to "copycat criminal activity" across the capital late on Sunday night and early Monday morning, after trouble flared in Tottenham, north London, Scotland Yard said.Disturbances erupted in several boroughs in north, south and east London, with reports of trouble in Brixton, Enfield, Walthamstow and Islington.Advertisement: Story continues below ...

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