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Turkish minister cancels trip to US
Xinhua/Agencies
ANKARA — Turkish State Minister Zafer Caglayan cancelled his trip to the United States in response to the US House of Representatives' adoption of a resolution labelling the incidents of 1915 as "genocide," local Daily News reported on its website this week.
'Ghosts' in a bottle sold for $1,410
Agencies
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A New Zealand woman sold two vials that she said contained the ghosts of an old man and a young girl for almost NZ$2,000 ($1,410) after a fiercely contested online auction, local media reported on Wednesday.
Militant in Bali case dies in raid
Agencies
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indo­nesian counterterror authorities won international praise on Wednesday for killing a top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadly 2002 Bali bombings.
'Earthquakes don't kill people, buildings do'
Agencies
WASHINGTON — First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and now Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something sinister is happening underfoot.
Quake victims brave chill in turkey
Agencies
OKCULAR, Turkey — Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing at least 51 people.
India legislature to be 1/3 women
Agencies
NEW DELHI — India's government pushed a bill through parliament on Tuesday that would reserve one-third of the legislature's seats for women, the Times of India reported, after two days of high drama that saw suspension of seven members who violently disrupted proceedings.