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Supreme Court rejects judge-drawn Texas election maps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Friday ruled in a Texas political dispute, rejecting judge-drawn election maps favoring minority candidates andDemocrats in the 2012 congressional and state legislature elections. In its first ruling on political boundary-drawing based on the 2010 U.S. Census, the high court unanimously set aside the interim maps…
France suspends Afghan training after troops killed
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday suspended French military training operations in Afghanistan and said he was mulling an early withdrawal after a renegade Afghan soldier shot dead four French troops. “The French army stands alongside its allies but we cannot accept that a single one of our soldiers be wounded…
Chinese ‘Red Pad’ reserved for top officials
For the communist cadre who has everything, a shadowy Chinese company is offering a $1,590 tablet computer called the “Red Pad” reserved for the nation’s top officials. The pricey device, whose existence was publicised by state media this week, has drawn mocking comparisons with Apple’s iPad from Chinese netizens. “The…
Rare monkey is rediscovered in Borneo
An endangered monkey known as the Miller’s Grizzled Langur has been discovered on the island of Borneo in an area it was not previously known to inhabit, international researchers said on Friday. Little is known about the monkey, known formally as Presbytis hosei canicrus, but it is listed as endangered…
Italy cruise wreck search suspended in choppy seas
Italian rescuers were forced to suspend operations on the stricken Costa Concordia luxury liner on Friday a week after a Mediterranean tragedy in which up to 32 people are feared to have died. “Rescue workers were on the ship during the night. When it moved, the search was immediately suspended,”…
Violence keeps Syria on edge, Arab mission in doubt
AMMAN (Reuters) – Scattered violence broke out on Friday in Syria, where Arab peace monitors have completed a month-long mission, ahead of Muslim prayers that are often followed by demonstrations for and against President Bashar al-Assad. Security forces prevented prayers at the Omari mosque in the southern town of Deraa,…
Third baby dies after Belfast hospital outbreak
A third baby has died after an outbreak of a deadly infection in a Belfast hospital, it was confirmed on Friday. The deaths at the city’s Royal Maternity Hospital occurred in the last week to 10 days, but a possible link to the pseudomonas bacteria was only discovered recently. The…
US shutdown of sharing site draws hacker retaliation
US authorities have shut down one of the largest file-sharing websites and charged seven people with copyright crimes, sparking a retaliatory cyber attack on the FBI and Justice Department websites. The two government sites were up and running again early Friday after being shut down for several hours in an…
Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Ohio voters by a wide margin want a halt to hydrofracking until more impact studies are conducted, though they believe there are economic benefits to drilling for natural gas and oil, a Quinnipiac University poll released on Thursday found. The poll comes just weeks after Ohio ordered…
Gingrich blasts media as Republicans clash
Surging Republican White House hopeful Newt Gingrich blasted US media digging into his past marital woes and questioned rival Mitt Romney’s job-creation claims as they clashed in a pivotal debate. Gingrich, Romney, Christian conservative former senator Rick Santorum and veteran Representative Ron Paul fenced against each other and ripped President…
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