Two weeks ago, the agent walked away from al-Qaeda with the device he was supposed to use in an attack on US-bound aircraft. He traveled to the United Arab Emirates and then to Saudi Arabia, with
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Qaeda bomber adept at breaching aviation security
May 9, 2012 Comment Off 46 ViewsA Saudi bombmaker believed behind several failed but ingenious attempted attacks on the West is the most likely creator of an improved "underwear bomb" discovered in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied
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Clinton leaves China without Chen – euronews
May 5, 2012 Comment Off 28 ViewsUS Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left Beijing after a week overshadowed by the fate of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng. Strategic and economic talks took a back seat to the situation
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Hudson cries as she faces man accused of murder
April 24, 2012 Comment Off 27 ViewsJennifer Hudson broke down in tears as she faced the man accused of murdering her family across a courtroom. The Oscar-winning actress, dressed all in black, was the first witness called in the
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Sarkozy swaggers in face of imminent defeat
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 40 ViewsBut recent polls have put Mr Hollande up to 15 points ahead of Mr Sarkozy in the second round of voting as French voters warm to his message of a renegotiated European Union fiscal pact, to loosen
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Breivik describes hunting down teens
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 24 ViewsBreivikDefendant Anders Behring Breivik, who is expected to give his account of events on the July 22, 2011 attacks at Utoeya island, is pictured in court on the fifth day of his trial in
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Campaigns on hold as France prepares to vote
April 21, 2012 Comment Off 24 ViewsFrench presidential candidates marked a one day truce Saturday on the eve of voting in a first-round poll to whittle the ten-strong field down to two frontrunners. French election rules outlaw
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New World Bank chief to focus on ‘market-based’ growth
April 17, 2012 Comment Off 28 ViewsDr Kim was nominated for the top post by US President Barack Obama The World's Bank's new president, Jim Yong Kim, has said that capitalist "market-based growth is a priority for every single
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Kim Beats Okonjo-Iweala to World Bank Job
April 16, 2012 Comment Off 69 ViewsDespite her spirited efforts to land the World Bank top job, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has lost out to US nominee, Jim Yong
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North Korea’s New Leader Makes Unprecedented Speech
April 15, 2012 Comment Off 31 ViewsNorth Koreans and the world, for the first time, heard the country's new, young leader, Kim Jong Un, speak in public Sunday. He addressed the crowd in central Pyongyang gathered for a military
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