'Knights Templar' says no Norway tie: AP

LONDON (AP) _ Before he carried out the attacks that killed scores of people in Norway, Anders Behring Breivik wrote of his allegiance to the Knights Templar, which he described as a secret society created to carry out a crusade against Islam in Europe.While law enforcement agencies said they had never heard of the group, a man named Paul Ray, who writes an anti-Muslim blog called ``Lionheart,'' h

July 28, 2011

NATO bombing must stop before talks: Lybia

 

July 27, 2011

Chinese Couple accused of selling children for gaming

A Chinese couple is being accused for selling their children so that they could play video games at internet cafes, according to reports.Li Lin and Li Juan, who first met at an Internet café in 2007, decided to sell their second child, daughter, for 3,000 yuan (about $500).After spending their earnings, the couple sold their first child, a son, for 30,000 yuan. When their third son was born, the p

July 27, 2011

Terrorist wanted to meet S.Korean president

The Norwegian mass murderer wished to meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak along with other global leaders, according to reports.Anders Behring Breivick included President Lee on the list of global leaders that he want to meet in his 1,518 page document entitled “2083: A European Declaration of Independence.”　He mentioned the Pope and Putin, and other global leaders such as Geert Wilders and

July 27, 2011

Norway police slammed for slow response to rampage

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ When Anders Behring Breivik launched his assault on the youth campers of Utoya Island, he expected Norway's special forces to swoop down and stop him at any minute.Instead, Delta Force police officers made the 25-mile (40-kilometer) journey by car _ they have no helicopter _ then had to be rescued by a civilian craft when their boat broke down as it tried to navigate a one-minu

July 27, 2011

Norway victims reflect diversity suspect despised

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ A dreadlocked teenage musician who made it onto a television talent show. A secretary who might have survived if her bicycle hadn't been in the shop. A gentle young man whose last phone conversation with his father broke off with the words, ``Dad, someone is shooting.''All were among the 76 victims of Friday's bombing in downtown Oslo and the island summer-camp shooting spree t

July 27, 2011

Norway suspect revealed nothing

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The suspect in the bombing and mass shooting that killed 76 people in Norway sees himself as ``some kind of savior'' and is likely insane, his attorney said Tuesday, though the lawyer said he did not know whether he would use an insanity defense.Geir Lippestad told The Associated Press in an interview that his client, Anders Behring Breivik, is unaware of the impact of the atta

July 27, 2011

Norway victim's father recounts last words

OSLO, Norway (AP) _ The father of a victim of the Norway massacre said Tuesday his son was full of love for people and for the outdoors _ and the young man's last words to him were ``Dad, someone is shooting.''Norwegian police on Tuesday began releasing the names of those killed in last week's bomb blast and massacre at a Labor Party youth camp, an announcement likely to bring new collective grief

July 27, 2011

Norway suspect's lawyer warns gunman may be 'insane'

OSLO (AFP) -- The lawyer for the Norwegian gunman who has claimed responsibility for killing 76 people in twin attacks last week said Tuesday that everything about his client's case indicates he is "insane.”   "This whole case indicates that he's insane," Geir Lippestad told journalists of Anders Behring Breivik, adding that a medical evaluation would take place to establish his psychiatric condit

July 26, 2011

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi holds rare talks with government

 

July 26, 2011

China launches safety campaign after deadly train crash

 

July 26, 2011

Obama vows to work on immigration reform

 

July 26, 2011

Bodies fall in China train disaster clean-up

Public anger is mounting in China after a video of bodies falling from train carriages during a post-crash clean-up operation appeared online, the Daily Telegraph reported.The Chinese government is being criticized for trying to cover up the deadly train accident in Zhejiang province in the east of the country without a full investigation. The disaster left 43 people dead and 210 injured.Immediate

July 26, 2011

U.S. parties unveil competing debt plans

 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats upped the ante Monday by putting forth competing plans to resolve the high stakes fight over slicing away at the government deficit and increasing the U.S. borrowing limit, but no compromise was in sight with time running out to prevent a potentially catastrophic default in barely a week.President Barack Obama planned to address the nation at 9 p.m. Mo

July 26, 2011