http://www.channelnewsasia.com Latest Channel NewsAsia World News http://www.channelnewsasia.com/images_v1/top_mcnilogo.gif http://www.channelnewsasia.com 129 137 2012 MediaCorp Pte Ltd. All rights reserved. en-us Fri, 25 May 2012 16:00:00 GMT www.channelnewsasia.com http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203757/1/.html CAIRO: The apparent winners of the first round of Egypt's first free presidential election, one from the Muslim Brotherhood and one Hosni Mubarak's last premier, were reaching out to the losing candidates on Saturday ahead of a June run-off. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 12:23:52 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203750/1/.html WASHINGTON: SpaceX's Dragon cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches Saturday following the spacecraft's landmark mission to the orbiting lab. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 11:54:43 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203731/1/.html TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday downplayed as a "technical" issue a report by the UN atomic watchdog revealing that uranium traces of a higher grade than any found before had been detected. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 10:04:44 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203736/1/.html MOSCOW: Russia's ruling party United Russia confirmed Saturday Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as its new chief in a bid to reverse flagging popularity that stoked opposition protests against the Kremlin. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 10:01:18 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203732/1/.html HELSINKI: Police in Finland arrested an 18-year-old man on Saturday suspected of killing two people and wounding seven others in a overnight shooting in the south of the country. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 10:01:11 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203690/1/.html PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico: Storm Bud weakened further early Saturday and was downgraded to a tropical depression, but it continued to batter Mexico's coast with strong winds and torrential rain. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 08:02:03 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203700/1/.html VIENNA: Analysts have played down the UN atomic agency's discovery of higher-grade uranium traces in Iran, saying it was likely due to a technical glitch rather than a covert attempt to enrich to arms grade. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 04:12:54 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203696/1/.html NICOSIA: Syria's main opposition bloc urged the UN Security Council on Saturday to convene an emergency meeting to examine what it called an army massacre near Homs, where it said 110 people were killed. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 03:10:40 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203692/1/.html WASHINGTON: A gunman who held hostages at an Indiana real estate office shot himself after releasing them unharmed and has died, police said Friday. AFP World Sat, 26 May 2012 02:25:57 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203683/1/.html WASHINGTON: The US government is easing the airport screening process for travellers 75 and older, beginning to roll out new rules just in time for the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, an official said Friday. AFP World Fri, 25 May 2012 23:32:52 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203677/1/.html MONTREAL: Quebec students, trade unions and community groups on Friday challenged a new law regulating demonstrations after months of protests, and recent mass arrests. AFP World Fri, 25 May 2012 21:43:17 GMT http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/1203645/1/.html WASHINGTON: SpaceX on Friday became the first commercial outfit to dock its own cargo capsule at the International Space Station, marking what experts have hailed as a new era for private space flight. AFP World Fri, 25 May 2012 17:13:56 GMT