China has blocked Internet searches for the term "body double" after web users expressed suspicions that convicted murderer Gu Kailai used a stand-in at her court hearings. 3 Jordanian Paralympic squad members out on bail
Two Jordanian Paralympic power-lifters and a trainer were granted bail Wednesday after being accused of sexual assault in Northern Ireland.
Boat in China-Japan island dispute returns to Hong Kong
A boat which carried a group of pro-China activists to disputed islands in the East China Sea last week, leading to their detention by Japan and anti-Tokyo protests, returned to Hong Kong on Wednesday. 1,600 extremists in Egypt's Sinai: state news agency
Egypt is searching for 120 wanted militants and believes around 1,600 extremists are hiding out in the Sinai, where militants have attacked soldiers and police, the official news agency MENA reported on Wednesday. Tunisia journalists protest against Islamist govt
Dozens of journalists protested in Tunis on Wednesday, accusing the Islamist-led government of seeking to take control of a press group, after the appointment of a controversial new director. Man partly to blame for Antarctic ice shelf collapse: study
An ice core extracted from an Antarctic islet has yielded further evidence of the impact of man-made warming on the frozen continent, fuelling concern for the future of ice shelves, a report said Wednesday. Tunisian leader's ex-adviser trial 'political': lawyer
Ayoub Messaoudi, a former adviser of Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, appeared in court on Wednesday accused of defaming senior army officials, in a trial that his lawyer dismissed as "political." IAEA head "not optimistic" on access to Iran military site
HELSINKI/VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief played down chances of a breakthrough when talks with Iran resume on Friday but said the agency would pursue access to a military site that diplomats say may have been cleansed of evidence of illicit nuclear activity. Visiting the Parchin complex has become a priority for the International Atomic Energy Agency as it seeks to end what the West sees as Iranian stonewalling of an IAEA investigation into allegations that Tehran has sought to design a nuclear weapon. “I cannot be too optimistic … …
Storm prompts US to delay 9/11 hearings at Gitmo
An approaching storm prompted the U.S. military to place its base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, under an alert Wednesday and cancel several days of pretrial hearings in the case of five prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 attacks.
Four flames lit on UK's highest peaks
Four Paralympic flames were lit on the highest peaks of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ahead of next week's Games in London. Historic Westglow manor in NC mountains with peerless views earns reputation as luxury spa
BLOWING ROCK, N.C. – On Travel + Leisure’s most recent World’s Best Awards list for top destination spas, you’d expect to find familiar brand names like Canyon Ranch. But the No. 2 spot on this coveted lineup might surprise you: Westglow Resort & Spa, located in Blowing Rock, N.C., 100 miles (161 kilometres) from Asheville and 200 miles (321 kilometres) from Raleigh.
Hey there, what's in that feedbag? Israeli biblical park outfits donkeys with wireless routers
HOSHAYA, Israel – It was nothing like this 3,000 years ago.
Antarctic Peninsula Warms Rapidly ... Again
The Antarctic Peninsula, which juts out about 1,000 miles (1,610 kilometers) from the western flank of the frozen continent, is one of the fastest warming places on Earth. Mexico religious cult refuses to allow schools in
MEXICO CITY -- Adherents of a religious sect in western Mexico are physically blocking school teachers from entering their walled community, setting up one of the most high-profile confrontations between religious and civil authorities in Mexico since the 1930s.
Fuel shortages in Nigeria as union attacks subsidy halt
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s capital city Abuja suffered severe fuel shortages on Wednesday, as a trade union halted deliveries and threatened to cut supplies to the rest of the country by Friday unless the government resumes some subsidy payments it has withheld. Fuel stations were closed throughout Abuja and black market traders toured the city with jerry cans selling gasoline for 50 percent more than the official price of 95 naira ($0.61) a liter. …
Kabul blames 'foreign spy agencies' for insider attacks
Afghan officials on Wednesday blamed "infiltration by foreign spy agencies" into the ranks of its security forces for a rise in attacks by Afghan soldiers on US-led NATO forces. Spa-rty, anyone? Spa trends include group gatherings and cross-cultural inspiration
from lavender-scented treatments to mauve nail polish -- are some of the trends and services that were shown off at the annual International Spa Association meeting held Aug. 16 in New York. Here are some details:
Official: Tourists and pilots die in Kenya crash
A Kenyan official says that four people, including two German tourists, have died after a plane they had chartered crashed in the famed Masai Mara game reserve.
Ex-Ivory Coast leader's party accuses govt of attack on HQ
Former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo's party accused the government of current President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday of sponsoring an armed attack on its headquarters last weekend. Cruise line agrees to buy Maine lobsters when ships make port calls next 2 months
PORTLAND, Maine – A second cruise ship line has agreed to buy lobsters from local suppliers when one of its ships visits Maine in September and October, U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said Wednesday.
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