Tuesday 20 August 2013

Morning Digest: Pakistan's Musharraf charged with murder of Benazir Bhutto

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Pakistan's Musharraf charged with murder of Benazir Bhutto
RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (Reuters) - A court in Pakistan charged former military dictator Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday with the 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto in an unprecedented move likely to anger the all-powerful army..
Divisive trial in China may start early, with secret session
BEIJING (Reuters) - One of the charges against disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai relates to his flouting the authority of central leaders in Beijing, sources said, an allegation so sensitive that his trial could start one day sooner to hear it in secret..
Fed unease sends shares to one-month low, emerging markets suffer
LONDON (Reuters) - World shares sank to their lowest level in more than a month and emerging markets endured another wave of selling on Tuesday, as unease about an expected cut in U.S. stimulus and related gains in bond yields left investors on edge..
Actor Dick Van Dyke escapes unhurt from car fire on Los Angeles freeway
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran actor Dick Van Dyke, best known for his hit television comedy of the 1960s, survived a car fire unscathed on Monday when a passerby pulled him from the smoldering vehicle before it burst into flames on the side of a Los Angeles-area freeway..
A-Rod paid legal retainer for owner of clinic in doping scandal
MIAMI (Reuters) - New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez paid legal fees for the owner of a Miami anti-aging clinic at the center of a doping scandal that ensnared 13 professional baseball players, a spokesperson for the clinic owner said on Monday..
Amazon.com back up after going down for U.S., Canadian users
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com, the website of the world's largest online retailer, went down for about 15 minutes on Monday in a rare outage for many users across the United States and Canada..
NASA calls off attempts to fix Kepler space telescope
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The Kepler space telescope's planet-hunting days are over because its broken positioning system cannot be fixed, NASA officials said on Thursday..
Utah girl dies in freak trampoline accident
(Reuters) - A southern Utah girl died last week from injuries she received after a freak gust of wind carried away a backyard trampoline she was on, a spokeswoman for the Garfield County Sheriff's Office said on Monday..
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