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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page China National News.com http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:08 -0500 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:47:08 -0500 30 DAMASCUS - An Arab League-UN joint mission to violence-wracked Syria could be in the offing with the League putting forward such a proposal, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359243/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:36:26 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359243/cs/1/ LONDON - Prince Harry, the third in line to the British throne, is due to return to the frontline in Afghanistan after he qualified to fly the crack Apache helicopter-gunships. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359242/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:30:36 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359242/cs/1/ BEIJING - Speculation was rife, especially in the Chinese social media, that a well-known crime-fighting former police chief may have tried to and failed in getting political asylum in the United Stat http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359241/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:24:11 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359241/cs/1/ On April 10, 2002, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair told the House of Commons, "Saddam Hussein's regime isdeveloping weapons of mass destruction, and we cannot leave him doing so unchecked." http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348678/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:37:46 -0500 (Op-ed) Ramzy Baroud http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348678/cs/1/ BEIJING - Another Tibetan, said to be a monk, has set himself on fire in the troubled southwest Chinese province of Sichuan as thousands defied a security crackdown protesting against Beijing rule, ac http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359232/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:09:05 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203359232/cs/1/ ISLAMABAD - A US drone targeting a house in Pakistan's northwest tribal region near the Afghanistan border Thursday killed four suspected militants including a key commander of the terrorist group al- http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358567/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:21:23 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358567/cs/1/ NEW YORK - After three decades, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Thursday granted licences to a consortium of utilities led by a Fortune 500 company Southern Co to build two new nuclear reactors i http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203361069/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:33:36 -0500 China National News.com http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203361069/cs/1/ India and the European Union (EU) have agreed to expedite talks for a broad-based trade and investment agreement and hope to conclude the deal soon, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Friday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385787/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385787/cs/1/ Shyness, grieving and fetishes are soon to be classified as mental illness by a new international diagnostic manual, according to specialists. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385778/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:10:03 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203385778/cs/1/ The European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship 2014 will be held in Azerbaijan's capital Baku, Vice-President of the European Union of Gymnastics Rudolf Hediger said here. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203384690/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203384690/cs/1/ Reigning Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles will go head-to-head with reigning world indoor champion Liu Xiang of China in a blockbuster 60-metre hurdles race at the Aviva Grand Pr http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203382491/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:30:01 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203382491/cs/1/ German international and Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger will be out of action for an indefinite period due to a torn ligament. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381637/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:00:33 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381637/cs/1/ A day after a court ordered the arrest of ousted Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed, UN special envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco Friday called for dialogue to resolve the political turmoil. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379444/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:31 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379444/cs/1/ England wicketkeeper Craig Kieswetter has backed beleaguered Kevin Pietersen to regain his form, which earned him reputation of being one of the finest one-days batsman in international cricket. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379427/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:20 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379427/cs/1/ Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp, who emerged as favourite to succeed Fabio Capello, is interested in taking charge of England for this summer's European Championships, but the Football Associ http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379422/cs/1/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:03 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379422/cs/1/ A senior United Nations official today outlined a set of priorities that Member States should tackle ahead of the Sustainable Development Conference (Rio20) in June so that there is a clear framework http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370491/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:17:25 -0500 U.N. - Economic Development http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370491/cs/1/ A senior United Nations human rights official has voiced concern over a wave of violence inside prisons in South America, where at least eight inmates have been killed in the past two weeks in four se http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370490/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:16:13 -0500 U.N. - Americas http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203370490/cs/1/ The Maldives' ousted president Mohamed Nasheed Thursday appealed to the world community to help restore democracy in his country while stating that he was toppled by a small group of police officers. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358096/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:10:08 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203358096/cs/1/ On Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, 100 fans of the longest-running animated comedy show, 'The Simpsons' will watch all 500 episodes of the series in a row, in the hopes of breaking the Guinness Wo http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203354250/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:01 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203354250/cs/1/ Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar was inducted into the International Cricket Council (ICC) Hall of Fame in Dubai, receiving his commemorative cap from fellow Hall of Famer and team-mate Kapil Dev. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203352216/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:20:09 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203352216/cs/1/ Four schoolboys have been left open to public ridicule after an indiscreet list of rules for their rugby tour to Dubai was leaked for the world to see. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203351826/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:00:50 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203351826/cs/1/ The international community may be forced to 'militarise' the crisis in Syria unless President Bashar al-Assad stops the onslaught on his people, a senior US official has warned. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350884/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:16 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350884/cs/1/ Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has said the phone hacking scandal at News International has cost the group nearly 200 million dollars till date. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350604/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:20:29 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203350604/cs/1/ Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal, who took 24 wickets for Pakistan in the three Test series against England, has surprised the International Cricket Council with the claim that it had given him specia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348740/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:22 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348740/cs/1/ Steve Coogan and Paul Gascoigne were among a number of celebrity phone-hacking victims who settled their cases against the News of the World on Wednesday. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348736/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:40:09 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348736/cs/1/ Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene has claimed Australia's bowling attack is their weakness, and his team would look to expose it in Friday's one-day international at the WACA. http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348715/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:09 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348715/cs/1/ Cuban runner and world record holder in the 110-metre hurdles Dayron Robles has said his objective in the London Olympics is "nothing but to win the gold". http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348707/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348707/cs/1/ England all-rounder Stuart Broad appears to share the opinion of most Indian cricketers that the umpires decision redressal system (UDRS) requires reworking and improvement to be more effective and ac http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348691/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:10:08 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348691/cs/1/ The executive director of Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE), Piara Powar, has been branded a racist for calling an Asian fan a "coconut". http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348663/cs/1/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:00:06 -0500 ANI http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203348663/cs/1/ REPORTING FROM ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- An apparent US drone strike early Thursday in northwest Pakistan killed a top Pakistani Taliban commander also serving as a key Al Qaeda operative, local ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381056/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Los Angeles Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381056/ Unlike many of his peers, Charles Dillingham has an unusual perch on the real estate world. The manager of the CIBC Canadian Real Estate Equity Fund works for the investment arm of Morguard ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379856/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:34:34 -0500 The Globe And Mail http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379856/ A rebel peers through a window in Idlib, Syria, Thursday. Syrian forces fired mortars and rockets that killed scores of people Thursday in the rebellious city of Homs, activists ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381027/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:34:20 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381027/ The Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- The historic seizure of 15 tons of pure methamphetamine in western Mexico, equal to half of all meth seizures worldwide in 2009, feeds growing ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381067/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:29:37 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381067/ Los Angeles Times BEIRUT -- Diplomats on Thursday were seeking new approaches to remedy the worsening conflict in Syria as opposition activists reported that government shelling and attacks ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379909/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:29:25 -0500 Star-Telegram http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379909/ BEIJING -; Beijing says a celebrity policeman linked to one of country's rising political stars spent a day in a U.S. consulate in southwestern China amid speculation that he sought political ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381032/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381032/ Ruling Saenury Party lawmaker Kim Chung-hwan delivers a speech to the media before Park and other lawmakers head to North Korea's Industrial District of Kaesong from the Inter-Korean Transit ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381033/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:39 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381033/ In this photo taken on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, hundreds of Tibetans gather on the side of a main street in Nangqian county, China's Qinghai province. Another Tibetan has set himself on fire in ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381034/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:35 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381034/ PAJU, South Korea -; A delegation of South Korean lawmakers has crossed the tense border with North Korea to visit a joint factory park seen as the last major symbol of reconciliation between the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381035/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:28 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381035/ Former Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed greets supporters outside his residence in Male, Maldives, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. A Maldives court issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Nasheed, one day ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380320/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:24 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380320/ This image from amateur video made available by Shaam News Network on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, purports to show smoke filling the air near a mosque in Homs, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381036/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:28:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381036/ Iran ranks 17th on the list of the world's major economic powers based on the statistics released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A report by the IMF says Iran's economy has ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379932/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:21:52 -0500 News.Az http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379932/ Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012 | 6 p.m. Not quite recovered from Super Bowl weekend? No worries. The weekend ahead is packed with plenty of low-key, but nonetheless tantalizing, performances and events. ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380163/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:16:01 -0500 Las Vegas Sun http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380163/ Vodafone, the largest cellular network operator, missed quarterly revenue forecasts yesterday as increasingly tough trading in Spain and Italy overshadowed solid performances in emerging markets and ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381072/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:12:07 -0500 IOL http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381072/ Naples - Francesco Schettino, the captain of the capsized cruise liner Costa Concordia, knew as soon as his ship struck a rock off the island of Giglio on January 13 that he had made a catastrophic ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379521/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:11:40 -0500 IOL http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379521/ The US-China relationship has the potential to take the world in a "very positive direction" in the coming decades, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski said recently. ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379931/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:10:45 -0500 Global Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379931/ It is believed the assailants had been the man's own guards and might be linked to a pirate gang. Colonel Mohamed Hussein said the hostage had been part of a two-man group in the region under ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379518/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:09:48 -0500 The Herald http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379518/ Japan Airlines (JAL) and International Airlines Group (IAG) have agreed plans for a new joint business between JAL and British Airways on flights between Europe and Japan. The joint business would ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379899/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:02:18 -0500 Travel Blackboard http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379899/ TAIPEI -- The annual Computex Taipei, the world's second-largest computer trade show, will be held in early June on a bigger scale than ever before, according to the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379889/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:35 -0500 The China Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379889/ But the 72-year-old Nepali, who claims to stand at just 56 centimeters (22 inches), is on the brink of life change as significant as a lottery win as experts prepare to test his claim to be the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379891/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:21 -0500 The China Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379891/ WASHINGTON -- American pop diva Lady Gaga Wednesday unveiled the first dates for her upcoming world tour which she has dubbed the "Born This Way Ball" and will kick off in ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379903/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:16 -0500 China Post Online http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379903/ DAMASCUS: More than 80 people were killed in Syria Thursday, most of them in a relentless blitz on the city of Homs, an attack US President Barack Obama decried as "outrageous ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379501/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:09 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379501/ WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released a 191-page file on Steve Jobs that paints an occasionally unflattering portrait of the late Apple founder.The report was ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379502/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:56:06 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379502/ Algeria's president has announced on state television that elections will be held on May 10.President Abdelaziz Bouteflika broke with tradition by making the announcement directly to Algerians ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381057/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:46 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381057/ As Mali's army confronts attacks from ethnic Tuareg separatists, the country's president is battling some tough critics - the wives of military personnel who grilled him for nearly two ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381058/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:43 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381058/ Scientists said Nasa is about to propose major cuts in its exploration of other planets, especially Mars.Nasa's former science chief is calling the plan irrational.With limited money for ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381059/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:39 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381059/ Lehman Brothers Holdings is suing several units of Citigroup to recover 2.5 billion US dollars it transferred to a back-up account at Citi months before seeking bankruptcy court protection.The ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381061/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:35 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381061/ The Artist continued its impressive run of success in pre-Oscar award ceremonies with an accolade for its four-legged cast member.The American Humane Association, which advocates for animals on film ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381060/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:31 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381060/ Passengers on United Airlines Flight 531 from Chicago to Los Angeles did not just get to travel with a world-famous celebrity, they also had their picture taken with him.The affable celebrity was ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381062/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:27 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381062/ Police are searching for a man convicted of threatening to kill Madonna who walked away from a Los Angeles-area mental hospital last week.Los Angeles police said Robert Dewey Hoskins left a state ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380351/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:22 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380351/ Britain has no plans to arm Syrian rebels trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad, the Foreign Secretary has said.William Hague insisted the UK had no intention of getting involved in the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381063/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:18 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381063/ Libya has given Syria's charge d'affaires and his staff in Tripoli 72 hours to leave the country, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday. Libya's Transitional National Council officially recognized the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379505/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:18 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379505/ Argentina's foreign minister is due to arrive at the United Nations to officially protest about Britain's "militarisation" of the seas around the disputed Falkland Islands.Hector ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381064/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:13 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381064/ The Marine Corps confirmed one of its sniper teams in Afghanistan posed in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the Nazi SS ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381065/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:40:07 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381065/ British women were beaming while the Canadian women's team had mixed emotions following their World Cup skeleton race Thursday in Calgary. Elizabeth Yarnold won and British teammate Shelley ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379885/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:37:42 -0500 CBC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379885/ Cyndy Vanier, a Canadian under arrest in Mexico, faces accusations she led a plot to smuggle members of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's family into ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381047/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:37:29 -0500 CBC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381047/ Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Life Insurance Co., South Korea’s biggest insurer, said it sees investment opportunities in distressed assets put up for sale by U.S. and European ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381026/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:31:47 -0500 Business Week http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381026/ (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc's quarterly sales beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday as the video game publisher lost fewer "World of Warcraft" subscribers than it did a ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379846/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:33 -0500 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379846/ But crisis has given way to a grinding reality for Europe: economic stagnation and even, for much of the Continent, the specter of another downturn less than three years after the last recession ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381070/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:19 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381070/ Chinese security forces shot and killed two Tibetans on Thursday who had been involved in antigovernment protests, the American broadcaster Radio Free Asia reported. Yeshe Rigsal, a 40-year-old ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379922/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:55 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379922/ Nicolas Sarkozy will be formally investigated on suspicion of influence peddling and concealing illegal political financing in connection with the scandal known as the Bettencourt Affair, a French ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379923/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:53 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379923/ Bedouin tribesmen kidnapped 18 Egyptian border guards in the Sinai along the Israeli border on Thursday, security officials said. The officials said the kidnapping was retaliation for the killing of ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379925/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:49 -0500 New York Times http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379925/ US army private Bradley Manning, accused of giving a trove of classified documents to WikiLeaks, is to be formally charged later this month ahead of a court-martial, the US Army ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381049/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:22 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381049/ A NATIVE American tribe has sued some of the world's largest beer makers, claiming they knowingly contributed to alcohol problems on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379894/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:19 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379894/ Saudi sources say escalation imminent if Iran goes nuclear Pakistan expected to supply the kingdom with warheads "Unacceptable to have Iran with a nuclear ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381050/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:17 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381050/ Couple accused of trafficking heavily deaf young girl Court hears they put her to slave labour Girl "physically and sexually abused" by ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381051/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:09 -0500 News.com.au http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381051/ - (UK) Jan NIESR GDP Estimate: -0.2% v -0.2% prior - (US) Weekly Natural Gas Inventory data -78 BCF v -85 BCF to -90 BCF expected - With the Greece bailout cliffhanger continuing in Europe, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381068/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:04 -0500 FXstreet http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381068/ Feb. 9: Mourners carry a body during a funeral for a 10-year-old boy and rebel fighters killed during fighting in Idlib, Syria. The Obama administration is working to help organize a so-called ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381071/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:12:11 -0500 Fox News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381071/ 'World of Warcraft' hits new high in China The company, which reported earnings after the closing bell on Thursday, also impressed analysts by losing only ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379789/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:53 -0500 Hollywood Reporter http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379789/ Open the Firefox browser Click Tools>Options>Privacy<Use custom settings for history Check Accept cookies from sites Check Accept third party cookies Select Keep until: they expire Click ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379517/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:13 -0500 The Australian http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379517/ AMMAN (Reuters) - Tanks amassed outside opposition neighborhoods in Homs on Friday as Alawite-led forces bombarded the Syrian city for the fifth day and residents expected a major push to subdue the ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381028/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:21 -0500 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381028/ MANILA (Reuters) - The death toll from landslides triggered by an earthquake in the central Philippines has risen to 35 and scores of missing are feared dead as rains and aftershocks hamper rescue ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381030/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:10 -0500 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381030/ Workers prepare a carnival float at Mocidade de Padre Miguel Samba School in preparation for the school's parade in Rio de Janeiro February 9, ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381031/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:09:05 -0500 Reuters http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381031/ The Czech National Bank, the central bank of the Czech Republic, has launched an iOS app that will help people tell if their cash is legit or not. It's marketed to tourists who may not know ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381080/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:06:04 -0500 IBTimes http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381080/ Vatican officials have announced the approval of an official logo for the World Youth Day (WYD) celebrations that will be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. The logo, designed by Brazilian artist ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379921/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:04:24 -0500 Catholic Culture http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379921/ Striking police officers and their relatives, left, walk past soldiers as they leave the state legislature building in Salvador, Brazil, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380343/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:01:57 -0500 CBS News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203380343/ (CBS News) The slaughter continues in Syria. The dictator there, Bashar al-Assad seems to have set out to destroy all opposition. His forces have surrounded Homs, a city the size of Philadelphia and ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381053/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:01:50 -0500 CBS News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381053/ (CBS News) Boston College is facing a crisis that's both moral and legal. The school collected an oral history of the vicious war between Irish Protestants and Catholics -- a history that ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381055/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:01:44 -0500 CBS News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381055/ President Obama, who has opposed same-sex marriage but is said to be ';evolving'; on the issue, this evening is attending a fundraiser at the home of a lesbian couple whose 2008 Chicago ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381073/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:56 -0500 ABC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381073/ Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the attention that comes with them. New Jersey's second ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381076/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:46 -0500 ABC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381076/ Sylvester Stallone have starred in movies together and gone into business together, so why not have surgery together? The aging action heroes recently found themselves at the same hospital, where ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381077/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:38 -0500 ABC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381077/ Courteney Cox revealed that she hasn't slept with another man since her split with estranged husband David Arquette. "I'm really not ready," Cox, 47, said Feb. 8 on The Howard ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381079/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:25 -0500 ABC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381079/ Naomi Watts will play Princess Diana in "Caught In Flight". The film is based on Diana's reported affair with Pakistani-born surgeon Dr. Hasnat ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381078/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:22 -0500 ABC News http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203381078/ G proteins play a central role in cellular signal processing. They are described as molecular switches that oscillate between 'on' and 'off', regulated by effectors. Biochemists ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379878/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:43:12 -0500 Science Daily http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379878/ The budget airline has launched its longest flight - around five hours - to the Jordanian capital of Amman, the first no-frills UK flight to an Arab capital city. The airline's reasoning may be ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379902/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:38:05 -0500 The Independent http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379902/ Douglas County-based CH2M Hill, an international engineering firm, was selected as the program manager for construction of stadiums and support facilities for the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar.CH2M ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379880/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:37:14 -0500 Denver Post http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379880/ Pope Benedict XVI believes that in a noisy world of constant communication people need silence more than ever.He outlined his thoughts in his message for World Communications Day 2012, which is ... http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379892/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:34:24 -0500 EWTN http://story.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/203379892/