South Korean president to meet officials visiting from Pyongyang amid signs of warming tiesSEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Lee Myung-bak agreed to meet a visiting high-level delegation from North Korea on Sunday in what is likely to be a test of his 18-month hard-line policy against the communist country. Jury convicts former La. congressman Jefferson of 11 of 16 counts in freezer cash bribe caseALEXANDRIA, Va. — A former Louisiana congressman accused of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes was convicted in federal court Wednesday in a case in which agents famously found $90,000 stashed in his freezer. Prosecutor: New York mom who caused wrong-way crash that killed 8 was drunk, used marijuanaGARDEN CITY, N.Y. — A Long Island mother was drunk and high on marijuana when she drove the wrong way for almost two miles on a highway before smashing head-on into an SUV, killing herself and seven others, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Witnesses say ethnic protest spreads to second city in China’s Xinjiang regionBEIJING — Witnesses say an ethnic protest has spread to a second city in China’s western Xinjiang province after riots rocked the region’s capital, killing at least 140 and injuring more than 800. The man who sleeps with other people’s wives to save their marriages!LONDON - He’s hot, sexy and presumably a ‘relationship guru’: Meet Daniel Prendergast whose taste in women is tad bit different - they are all married. Oz PM’s emails, mobile phone repeatedly targeted by Chinese spiesMELBOURNE - Australian premier Kevin Rudd’s prime ministerial email and mobile phone communications have been repeatedly targeted by Chinese spies directly. Around 60 percent voting in by-polls to eight Karnataka assembly seatsBANGALORE - Around 60 percent of nearly 1.3 million eligible voters Saturday cast their vote in by-elections to eight assembly seats in Karnataka, where the state’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prestige is at stake. |