In this Aug. 10, 2012 file photo, Todd Akin, Republican nominee for the Missouri US Senate seat, speaks to reporters after addressing the Missouri Farm Bureau in Jefferson City, Mo. Until this week, Rep. Todd Akin was virtually unknown beyond his … Could Isaac Be Our Drought Buster? - Fox 59
Nepalese man bites snake in revenge attack
A Nepalese farmer who was bitten by a venomous snake took revenge by sinking his teeth into the reptile and killing it, police said on Thursday. Heavy rain, floods kill 21 in Pakistan
Flash floods triggered by heavy rain have killed more than 20 people and destroyed hundreds of houses in northern Pakistan, officials said on Thursday. China is tough against Tokyo but reins in activism
Wu Qingjun is no dissident. In fact, his pet issue-- China's claim over islands controlled by Japan -- aligns him squarely with Beijing's government. But that didn't stop authorities from sending four agents to tail him for 24 hours. Zimbabwe prime minister's party dismisses poll
The Zimbabwe prime minister’s party says a new opinion poll reflecting a surge in support for President Robert Mugabe’s party was skewed by a “margin of terror” that saw nearly half those questioned refusing to disclose their political loyalties.
Hot air balloon crashes in Slovenia killing 4
A hot air balloon carrying 32 people, including children, was swept up in a storm and crashed in a fireball outside Slovenia’s capital on Thursday, killing four people and injuring 28 others, police and doctors said.
Ethiopia mourns amid political handover preparations
Ethiopians mourned on Thursday the passing of both their political and religious leaders, as preparations continued to handover power to a successor to prime minister Meles Zenawi. Vietnamese bank faces run after tycoon's arrest
HANOI (Reuters) – A major Vietnamese bank founded by arrested tycoon Nguyen Duc Kien faced a run on deposits on Thursday, witnesses said, but the central bank has injected funds into the banking system and assured jittery residents their money is safe. Monday’s arrest of Kien, 48, sent shockwaves through the Communist-run country, triggering a 9.2 percent slide in the stock market this week and causing depositors to pull funds from Asia Commercial Bank (ACB), one of Vietnam’s biggest lenders, which Kien helped found in 1994. Withdrawals began on Tuesday when the arrest was made public. …
Tajik protesters demand troop pullout near Afghan border
DUSHANBE (Reuters) – About 2,000 people occupied the centre of a Tajik border town on Thursday to demand a withdrawal of government troops, a month after a military assault aimed at capturing an ex-warlord killed dozens of people in the former Soviet republic. The trigger for the latest protest in Khorog was the unsolved killing of another former warlord who fought the government in a 1992-97 civil war and enjoyed support among the population of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region. Protesters pitched tents on the town square. …
Australia PM denies wrongdoing over '95 union fund
Australia's leader denied she personally benefited from helping a boyfriend set up a union fund 17 years ago, comprehensively addressing the scandal Thursday for the first time in a likely acknowledgement that silence could harm her party's election chances next year. Rat that doesn't gnaw discovered in Indonesia
A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia. Worthless 'bomb detectors' put Iraqi lives at risk
An Iraqi soldier walks past a line of cars at an entrance to Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, looking for the silver antenna of the bomb detector he holds to swing left, indicating a threat. Swedish prosecutors rule out London Assange visit
Swedish prosecutors on Thursday ruled out travelling to London to question Julian Assange over alleged sex crimes even though the WikiLeaks founder's lawyer said he had key information relating to the matter. German minister skeptical on more time for Greece
Giving Greece more time to carry out reforms and spending cuts won't resolve the debt-laden country's problems, Germany's finance minister said Thursday, a day before the Greek prime minister meets Chancellor Angela Merkel. US, China stimulus hopes boost global markets
World financial markets rose Thursday on hopes that more help for the global economy is on the way, after minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve showed policy makers favor further stimulus and poor manufacturing data out of China fueled speculation Beijing will take more action to boost its economy. Ex-RBS trader details bank's Libor fixing
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A former dealer for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC has provided fresh details on how traders at the British bank tried to influence Libor rates, court documents filed in Singapore show. Tan Chi Min, who is suing RBS for wrongful dismissal, alleges that the bank's minutes of his disciplinary meeting held in September last year did not accurately reflect what was discussed and omitted details of conversations about how traders at the bank tried to influence RBS's interbank lending rate submissions. … Balkans region hit by worst drought in decades
Wildfires are destroying forests, rivers are being reduced to a trickle, crops are wilting on the scorched farmland and electricity supplies are running low. Lawrence murder pair lose appeal bid
Two men jailed earlier this year for the notorious racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence in 1993 have lost the first round of their bid to challenge their convictions. Japan, S.Korea play hot potato with protest note
Japan on Thursday refused to take back a letter sent by its own prime minister after Seoul said it would not accept delivery of the note, as a row over islands threatened to descend into diplomatic farce. Egypt editor charged with insulting president
A Cairo court has ordered the chief editor of an Egyptian daily detained pending trial on charges of insulting the country’s president and “spreading lies.”
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