Guitarist Carlos Santana signed on as the first rock ‘n’ roll resident artist at the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel and Casino’s new concert hall, The Joint.
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Pirates fire on Japanese ship off Somalia
Pirates attacked a Japanese cargo ship off the coast of Somalia on Sunday, a Japanese Transportation Ministry official said. A pair of small pirate vessels fired on a ship operated by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines about 4 p.m.
3-D: The Future of Movies
The lights dim in the screening room. Suddenly, the doomed Titanic fills the screen–but not the way I remember in the movie. The luxury liner is nearly vertical, starting its slide into the black Atlantic, and Leonardo DiCaprio is hanging on for life, just like always.
New prison photo of Charles Manson released
California corrections officials released an updated prison photograph of Charles Manson on Wednesday, showing the balding and graying 74-year-old, complete with his iconic forehead swastika.
Nigerian’s scam nets 19-year sentence
A college student in Nigeria has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for scamming an Australian woman out of $47,000 online by pretending to be a widowed white businessman desperately in love with her.
Pakistan to reinstate judges after protests
All judges sacked by Pakistan’s previous president, including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, will be reinstated, Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani announced Monday after days of massive protests by lawyers demanding government action. “As per my commitment and the commitment of [President] Asif Ali Zardari, I announce the reinstatement of all deposed judges,” Gilani said in his address Monday
The Economic Crisis Hits Eastern Europe
Twenty years after revolution swept communism from Eastern Europe, the region is in the middle of another maelstrom.
73 dead in China mine blast: state media
The death toll from a mine blast in northern China on Sunday climbed to 73, state-run media said.
Newspapers in Asia: A Positive Story
There’s a motorcycle-taxi stand near my home in Bangkok, and many of the drivers’ hands are dirty. Not from urban grime or motor oil, but from newsprint.
Arrests in India after hepatitis B kills 32
Authorities were carrying out raids at medical stores in India’s western Gujarat state for bogus drugs and recycled syringes after a hepatitis B outbreak left 32 people dead, officials said Saturday. Five medical practitioners were also arrested for violations, said Malayappan Thennarasan, the top administrator of the state’s Sabarkantha district