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Motivational author, speaker Covey dies

Jul 17, 2012

Motivational speaker and author Stephen Covey, whose “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” sold millions of copies, died Monday in an Idaho hospital.He was 79.Covey‘s family said in a statement he died at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls from residual effects of a bicycle accident he had in April, CNN reported.“In his final hours, he was surrounded by his loving wife and ea
Needles found in food on 4 Delta flights.

Jul 17, 2012

Delta Air Lines confirmed Monday what appeared to be sewing needles were found in sandwiches served on four flights from the Netherlands to the United States.The airline, based in Atlanta, said one passenger was injured after biting into a sandwich but declined medical treatment from paramedics after the plane landed in Minneapolis Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported.The sandwiches were serve
Mexico arrests suspect in religion camp rampage

Jul 17, 2012

This image is not directly related to the story. (Bloomberg)Officials on Monday said they have made an arrest in the rampage attack last week in Central Mexico, where gang members robbed victims at a religious youth camp and raped several underage girls."We have detained this person and have... photographs of the others who were responsible," said State of Mexico prosecutor Alfredo Castillo."They
Dress outrage

Jul 16, 2012

‘I can be coquettish, but you can’t harass me’It was definitely not a fashion show or street performance.Some women in Shanghai were recently outraged over a statement from the municipal subway authority asking them to wear more clothing in public and that scantily clad women attract molesters.They covered their heads and faces with black cloth, leaving only their eyes visible, and walked into metro compartments and on platforms that day. Many passengers nodded and smiled at them.“It was a fight
Cyberwars loom cheap and nasty

Jul 16, 2012

Advent of cyberwarfare raises a whole host of new dangersThere was always something unusual about Stuxnet, the computer worm which infected and temporarily disabled centrifuges at Iran’s nuclear plants last year: it was far more sophisticated than the malware produced by amateur hackers.Now, the mystery is over. In interviews with The New York Times, United States officials revealed that Stuxnet was the result of an American-Israeli government partnership, part of a secret operation codenamed “O
DR Congo, Rwanda agree on force to combat rebels

Jul 16, 2012

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) ― Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo agreed Sunday to an international force to neutralize rebels in eastern DR Congo, as the African Union said it was ready to send peacekeepers there.Rwandan President Paul Kagame told AFP both sides had agreed “in principle” to accept the force.He was speaking after his first face-to-face meeting with DR Congo President Joseph Kabila since a U.N. report in June accused Rwanda of supporting Congolese rebels. The two leaders met on the
Clinton meets Israeli leaders amid regional upheavals

Jul 16, 2012

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton held top-level talks on Monday with Israeli leaders expected to focus on changes sweeping the Middle East, as well as Iran and the stalled peace process.On the last leg of a 12-day, eight-nation tour, Clinton was also to brief Israeli leaders on a weekend trip to Egypt when she met with newly elected President Mohamed Morsi and military leader Field Marshall Hussein Tantawi.Clinton wanted to have “a broader strategic conversation about m
Top Nazi suspect located in Budapest

Jul 16, 2012

JERUSALEM (AFP) ― The Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre confirmed Sunday that Laszlo Csatary, accused of complicity in the killings of 15,700 Jews, had been tracked down to the Hungarian capital.“I confirm that Laszlo Csatary has been identified and found in Budapest,” the centre’s director Efraim Zuroff told AFP.Ten months ago an informer had provided information that allowed them to locate Csatary, 97, in Budapest, Zuroff told AFP by phone. They had paid the informer the $25,000 promised fo
Obama refuses to apologize for Romney attacks

Jul 16, 2012

Democrats say will not stop attacks on Romney recordWASHINGTON (AFP) ― U.S. President Barack Obama refused to apologize Sunday for accusing Mitt Romney of outsourcing jobs while in charge of Bain Capital, a charge his Republican opponent has dismissed as “false.”The U.S. presidential race has taken an acrimonious turn in the past week as the wealthy Republican candidate endures a Democratic onslaught over the Bain issue and for squirreling many of his millions away in offshore tax havens.Romney,
10-foot dead snake found in Seine in Paris

Jul 16, 2012

(123rf)Police in Paris said a 10-foot dead snake pulled from the River Seine was likely a pet abandoned by its owner when it became too large.Investigators said Wednesday the snake was badly decomposed but was likely a python, Radio France Internationale reported Friday.The discovery raised concerns about people throwing their dead pets into the Seine.Police said they have noted a growing problem
Alaska town elects a cat for mayor

Jul 16, 2012

A cat named Stubbs has been the mayor of a small Alaskan town for about 15 years, locals say.Known locally as “Mayor Stubbs,” the part-manx was named mayor of Talkeetna shortly after he was born, KTUU-TV, Anchorage, Alaska, reported.As the story goes, about 15 years ago, some residents of Talkeetna were unhappy with the candidates who were running for mayor, so as a joke, they encouraged others to
Springsteen, McCartney silenced by London curfew

Jul 16, 2012

(MCT)Concert organizers pulled the plug on rock stars Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney after the pair defied the sound curfew at London's Hyde Park, silencing their microphones at the tail end of the show.Springsteen had already exceeded the 10:30 p.m. curfew by half an hour Saturday night when he welcomed McCartney on stage and the pair sang the Beatles hits I Saw Her Standing There” and Twis
Mexico nabs officer suspected in airport shooting

Jul 16, 2012

Mexican authorities say they've captured one of three rogue federal police officers who allegedly took part in a June 25 shootout that killed three of their colleagues at Mexico City's international airport.Federal Police regional security chief Luis Cardenas Palomino says suspect Bogard Felipe Lugo de Leon was caught at a Mexico City apartment after police received a tip.Cardenas Palomino says Lu
U.N. pursues probe in Syria village killings

Jul 15, 2012

DAMASCUS (AFP) ― U.N. observers plan to return on Sunday to the Syrian village of Treimsa to pursue their investigations after saying activists and rebels bore the brunt of an army assault that killed more than 150 people.In fresh violence on Sunday, at least nine people were killed as regime forces shelled several areas across the strife-torn country, a rights watchdog reported.Following a visit to Treimsa on Saturday, the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria said heavy weapons were used and homes
Japan offers glimpse of history in MacArthur’s office

Jul 15, 2012

TOKYO (AFP) ― For six years U.S. General Douglas MacArthur was lord of all he surveyed as supreme commander of the Allied forces in occupied Japan, gazing over Tokyo from a building requisitioned from an insurance company. Now, more than 60 years after Japan began governing itself again, his office is being opened to the public, just as he left it. The sixth-floor room has the original seats, desk and even an armchair where MacArthur would have sat as he presided over Japan’s rise from the ashes