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British TV crew arrested while covering Bahrain protests
Update: AFP is now reporting that the journalists have been released and are being deported LONDON — A team of journalists for Britain’s Channel 4 News was arrested Sunday after covering Bahrain’s Grand Prix race, which went ahead after a week of angry protests away from the F1 desert circuit.…
How WWII codes on Twitter thwarted French vote law
PARIS — Twitter users turned Sunday’s French presidential election into a battle between a green Hungarian wine and a red Dutch cheese in a bid to get round tough laws banning result predictions. The #RadioLondres hashtag was the top France trend on Twitter during the first-round presidential vote, in homage…
Israel forces ‘ready to hit Iran if ordered’
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces are carrying out more special operations beyond the country’s borders and will be ready to attack Iran’s nuclear sites if ordered, the chief-of-staff said in an interview on Sunday. In an extract from an interview with the top-selling Yediot Aharanot daily, Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said…
Google launches Street View in Israel
JERUSALEM — Google on Sunday launched Street View in Israel, the US Internet giant said, putting on show streets and sites of interest from the Holy Land’s three major cities with its 360-degree street-level images. The imagery of “Jerusalem, Tel Aviv-Jaffa and Haifa includes sites of interest such as the…
Afghanistan, U.S. ‘finalize draft post-2014 deal’
KABUL — Afghan and US officials have finalised the initial draft of a strategic partnership agreement that will govern relations between Kabul and Washington after 2014, a presidential statement said Sunday. “The draft agreement on Afghanistan and US long-term partnership was finalised and initialed on Sunday in Kabul by the…
South Korea Christians protest over Lady Gaga concert
SEOUL — Scores of conservative South Korean Christians will pray together on Sunday against Lady Gaga’s Seoul concert, organisers said, accusing the US pop star of advocating homosexuality and pornography. The pop diva arrived in South Korea on Friday, a week before her Seoul performance which kicks off her “Born…
Bloodshed won’t tighten U.S. gun laws: experts
The statistics are staggering, the stories heartbreaking, yet there is little chance that any amount of bloodshed will lead to stiffer gun controls in the United States in the foreseeable future. “It’s not something that any politician thinks is winnable,” said Kristin Goss, a politics professor at Duke University and…
Fracking brings boom, fears to rural U.S.
Underneath the ground in southwestern Pennsylvania, bedrock is put under explosive pressure to fracture and spill out its lucrative cache of natural gas. On the surface, though, the society is fracturing as the new gold rush fills pockets but also creates environmental and health concerns in this hardscrabble region once…
Walmart hid bribery in Mexico: report
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has admitted it is investigating allegations that its managers in Mexico used widespread bribery to secure the company’s presence in the country and expand its market share. “This work is ongoing and continues today,” David Tovar, vice president of corporate communications, said in a statement.…
Police dig for remains of missing New York child
Police and FBI agents dug in an apartment basement Saturday in the SoHo district of New York to search for the remains of a boy who was six years old when he disappeared more than three decades ago. A portion of Prince Street, where Etan Patz lived, was closed to traffic as about 30…
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